billwashere
@billwashere@lemmy.world
- Comment on how to start with self-hosting? 2 hours ago:
Start with docker. Any OS will do. Most Linux distros are better but I run docker on Mac, Linux, Windows (not a lot in windows since I despise Microsoft but it does work).
The great thing about docker is it is very portable, modular, and easy to get back to a known state. Say you screw something up, just revert and start over. It’s also very easy to understand in my opinion. It’s like all the benefits of virtualization with much less over head.
- Comment on Are you not entertained? 1 day ago:
I fucking hate all the attention Taylor Swift gets. Yes she’s a talented performer. She is not the second coming.
- Comment on YSK that you can usually tell news site's bias based on how complimentary the picture they attached is 1 day ago:
Exactly!!
- Comment on don't trust cowboys or people doing cowboy voices 1 day ago:
I’m pretty sure I had a stroke.
- Comment on In shower today: "I bet my YouTube account is older than most of the people on YouTube." ...Yes, yes it is. 1 day ago:
Why is everyone 2006?
- Comment on In shower today: "I bet my YouTube account is older than most of the people on YouTube." ...Yes, yes it is. 1 day ago:
Ok this made me chuckle.
- Comment on In shower today: "I bet my YouTube account is older than most of the people on YouTube." ...Yes, yes it is. 1 day ago:
I was curious so I checked mine.
Aug 24, 2006.
Jesus I’m old.
- Comment on Centipede Simulator Steam Page is now live 1 day ago:
Oh that Centipede… at first I was like “I don’t really want that simulated…”
- Comment on House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to investigate Wikipedia over allegations of organized bias 2 days ago:
So the truth is organized bias?!?
- Comment on YSK that you can usually tell news site's bias based on how complimentary the picture they attached is 2 days ago:
This face always makes me think of a kid who just shit himself and he’s so proud that he made a poopy.
- Comment on I'm "use NFS forfilesharing old." what's the current optimal solution for shared drives if I have like 3 linux machines in the house? 2 days ago:
NFS is still useful. We use it in production systems now. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
And if you have a dedicated system for this, I’d look into TrueNAS Scale.
- Comment on Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action 3 days ago:
Hence the reason they settle.
- Comment on Schools in Florida are testing armed drones as a defense against school shootings 4 days ago:
Yeah this will go swimmingly. Especially if you’re the supplier of drones to the schools.
These will be purchased, sit in a cabinet and never be charged or maintained. When they are “needed”, no one will know how to operate them or what they can do.
This is a waste of money from the hit git go.
- Comment on Trump claims EU leaders call him ‘president of Europe’ 5 days ago:
Gone
- Comment on Argentina wants to monitor social media with AI to ‘predict future crimes’ 1 week ago:
I’ve seen this movie.
- Comment on Wealth inequality seems like the only outcome in a system where capital gains are taxed less than labor 1 week ago:
The other issue is large stagnant piles of cash. Money not circulating through the system is useless.
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 1 week ago:
Yep very true.
To me the main benefit of the direct fiber connection is the symmetry. With cable here I’m “supposed” to get “up to” 1000mbs down but my upload speed is at best 40. Moving large files back and forth to work is very painful.
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 1 week ago:
In principle I agree with you, but as a network guy, somewhere, between you and the server you are connected to, the bandwidth is shared. The only question is just where and how much bandwidth (well network throughput) there is to share. I work for a large university and our main datacenter has 10GbE and 25/100GbE connections between all the local machines. But we only have about a 3-5gb connection out to the rest of the world.
Now don’t get me wrong, I’d 100% rather have a symmetrical fiber connection to the ISP than something shared like radio or DOCSIS. I used to live in a neighborhood where everyone had Spectrum and about 5-6 PM the speed would plummet because cable internet is essentially just fancy thinnet all over again. Yes I’m old since I used to set up thinnet :)
PS: I would kill for $70 fiber where I am now. Used to have it but we moved to the sticks and I miss it terribly.
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 1 week ago:
I should really read before I post… :)
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 1 week ago:
I mean there is a third option: municipal fiber
But then the gub’ment is your ISP but at least it’s not making billionaires money.
I’d suggest the best case scenario to me would be a fourth option like a community run co-op of fiber to the premises and have it be grant funded. But who am I kidding, that’s almost to socialist for rural America like where I live.
- Comment on MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing 1 week ago:
Well there’s a word I didn’t know until today.
- Comment on MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing 1 week ago:
Well now I can’t unsee that. Thanks for ruining my day 🤣
- Comment on 96,000 UK Police Bodycam Videos Lost After Data Transfer Mishap 1 week ago:
“Mishap”
- Comment on FROG FACT MONDAY 1 week ago:
This took me way longer to get than it really should have.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I just had six days with grandchildren 2 & 6 (parents were in Alaska) and I have no idea how I did this before.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Dad of four kids and two grandchildren. Enjoy every minute of sleep. Take a nap in the middle of the day for no reason other than you’re bored. Remember that day. It will get you through the dark times. 🤣
- Comment on This CEO laid off nearly 80% of his staff because they refused to adopt AI fast enough. 2 years later, he says he’d do it again 1 week ago:
Does he still have a company at all?
This type of shortsightedness should be punished. I mean AI can be useful for certain tasks but it’s still just a tool. It’s like these CEOs were just introduced to a screwdriver and he’s trying use it for everything.
“Look employees, you can use this new screwdriver thing to brush your teeth and wipe your ass. “
- Comment on Caption this. 2 weeks ago:
“I skipped arm day…”
- Comment on True art is polarizing 2 weeks ago:
Why did anybody spend money on producing this “movie”? I mean really… somewhere in the midst of this someone should have started question their life choices.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Well maybe not. The “no objections” is just him setting him up to give it a shot and not wussing out. And the “evolve”… not sure about you guys but I’m significantly different than I was at 22….
I’m not super fond of the phrasing either but I think his heart is in the right place.