btsax

@btsax@reddthat.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saved you a click: a 1911⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  In Luke, Jesus tells his followers to sell off some of their clothes to buy weapons so this is not totally out of the realm of possibility

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d just point out that now might be a good time to add a whole-house surge arrester and/or get a bunch of new surge arresting power strips for your hardware. They have a useful life measured in joules dissipated so replace them if they’re old too or your cheap RAM (among other things) may let out the magic smoke one day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people disconnecting or destroying their Ring cameras?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  High speed rail… mmmmm…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you are not in a tech field, what got you into self-hosting?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I do civil engineering work, mostly related to soils etc. I have a computer for work but that’s about as far as it gets for me professionally.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you are not in a tech field, what got you into self-hosting?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Engineer here, but my technical expertise is about as far away from computing and technology as you can get and still be an engineer.

  I was a kid in the 90s and the first album I bought was Metallica’s black album. I spent over $18 in like 1999 so with inflation that’s like $300 or something now. Then the drummer of what was then my favorite band says hey, if you’re downloading our music on Napster, then we don’t want you as a fan. That hit teenage me pretty hard and basically radicalized me to find “alternative methods” for every piece of digital media I could, if that’s how the people I looked up to were going to treat me for not having as much money as them. Everything I host now started at that inflection point, from picking up Linux as a hobby to learning about networking and security. Turned out to be a pretty good path to follow though seeing how Microsoft, Netflix, Spotify et. al. turned out in the end.

  I still download and share all of Metallica’s discography out of spite, but haven’t listened to them since.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lawyers set to argue that Instagram and YouTube intentionally addicted and harmed teen in landmark social media trial⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Cool, can’t wait for nothing to happen afterwards

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Make matrix as easy to use and understand and make sure all their friends are there first

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you know your boss is an insane moron⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Then it’s fake in a way that The Old Man and the Sea is fake in that it’s a story that reflects on what it’s like to be human

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you know your boss is an insane moron⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a corporate job where I never interacted with customers and I was salaried and my boss would still keep Teams up on his computer all the time and come and check in on my cubicle if I wasn’t showing available on Teams exactly at 7:30 in the morning. I got lectured once for showing up at 7:35. Not late to any meetings, not late on “deliverables”, etc. Just not “professional” enough for him. I have no doubt believing this post.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTokers are heading to UpScrolled following US takeover⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is “remain ‘impartial’ to political agendas” a dogwhistle for “tolerates Nazis” or have I just become too cynical

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not OP but I bought a 45" LG UltraGear gaming “monitor” a while back that’s basically just a TV, no smart anything etc. Right now the only ones I see after a quick search are curved though, mine is flat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Without a way of knowing which satellite passing overhead was the ISS, in the narrow windows each day where you could see them well enough to correctly point a Yagi at one, you’d quickly run out of battery before making a relevant contact. Also the people on the ISS rarely listen or respond, the most used ham equipment on the ISS is basically a glorified repeater so you’d also have to get above the pileup of all the satellite chasers just trying to log contacts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  JS8Call and FT8 are digital modes that don’t require talking. Plenty of other things to do as well

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've never been in a situation where me having a gun would have made things bettter.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Fun story, he was killed with a bomb which caused the car he was in to fly so far into the air that he’s often referred to as Spain’s first astronaut.