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- Comment on You can drive 74 hours and still be in Germany. The American mind can't comprehend this. 17 hours ago:
There’s quite a few roundabouts near us that have traffic lights that only function during busy traffic.
- Comment on Like clockwork, Peacock is raising subscription prices again 1 day ago:
I didn’t pirate for years when Netflix was the bomb. Then it all started going to poop but I kept the subscription running while I sailed the seven seas with the thought that it was just a little bit of a reduced library, it’s still good. It’s just a heap of shows cancelled after one season and even more content missing, it’s still good. But after a few years I had to accept that like a pig soaring over a dam, it was gone. So now no one gets my money.
Except my ISP, private indexers, a VPN company, and various hard drive manufacturers I guess.
- Comment on Be honest and admit that you see IT too 1 week ago:
- Comment on Google Drive alternative? 2 weeks ago:
I’ve run Nextcloud since OwnCloud was the only option, with zero issues on any setup - be it direct, via snap, or via docker.
On a cheap VPS, a dedicated box, and now self hosted since I finally have a decent enough connection to support it. Ran out of storage on the VPS, then the 4TB dedicated box, now on 120TB self hosted (Nextcloud only using around 6TB mind you). CPU and RAM were never an issue.
I use shared and private folders, shared and private calendars, and shared and private contact lists on Android, iOS, and PCs (Windows and Linux). I have a public upload directory for customers to send us files and often share files directly using expiring read only links.
It’s easy and it works, no idea wtf people are doing to have so much drama with it.
- Comment on lemm.ee partially dead 2 weeks ago:
I’m not even a member of lemm.ee and was aware of it closing today^*^
^*^ - timezone dependent but +/-24hours.
- Comment on Be aware that buying electrical items from Ali Express might not be too clever. 4 weeks ago:
I’ve bought heaps of 240VAC rated items from AliExpress and not had a problem. They’re definitely cheaply made for the most part, and I generally give them a once over to identify any glaring issues… but I’ve got heaps of stuff out there working just fine.
Is it possible you got the wired mains to the low voltage side? I remember a box of LED drivers I bought came with the 240V side using red+black, and the low voltage side using brown+blue that looked awfully similar. Had one go pop before we busted it open and realised the version that came on the unit had the wiring colours the exact opposite. What made life even harder is that the top cover was symmetrical and had been put on back to front… so 240V was on the “correct” colour side.
- Comment on Donald Trump leaving G7 summit early, snubbing planned meeting with Anthony Albanese 4 weeks ago:
At this point I see avoiding meetings with Trump as a positive thing.
America is falling man.
- Comment on Been a good couple of years 5 weeks ago:
I’m on Tildes, and it’s a good site for discussion without the constant memes and accusations of everyone being a communist / not communist / slightly communist / whatever else seems to get thrown around on Lemmy.
Not real sure why RIF dude chose that site to write an app for though. The site itself is basically exactly the same as the app. Very clean, very simple, no wasted space. It’s even better than old.reddit at prioritising content over pretty pictures.
Lemmy would benefit much more from a RIF app, even if Voyager and the like do a pretty good job as it stands.
- Comment on Twenty-seven states and DC sue 23andMe to oppose the sale of DNA data from its customers without their direct consent 5 weeks ago:
Yeah but I might be .05% native american and then I can get a cool eagle tattoo
- Comment on Twenty-seven states and DC sue 23andMe to oppose the sale of DNA data from its customers without their direct consent 5 weeks ago:
If its not, then why is it so popular there?
I know literally one Australian who’s done it, and they did it after living in the US for a couple of years… and are unfortunately related to me.
- Comment on Twenty-seven states and DC sue 23andMe to oppose the sale of DNA data from its customers without their direct consent 5 weeks ago:
One of my family members moved to the US and did it. Really pissed me off that they’d do that but I guess it’s the thing to do there?? They’ve since moved back to AU but got to leave a little bit of themselves (and by genetics, me) behind to be sold to the highest bidder <3
Thanks heaps for that.
- Comment on VPN Registrations Increase by 1,000%, less than Hour After PornHub Blocked France From Accessing its Website. 5 weeks ago:
Or as they call it in France, Le Porn
- Comment on Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates 1 month ago:
CB radios often had a “PA” switch that sent your microphone audio to a loudspeaker under the hood
We used to roll those back in the day. A friend gave my very drunk self a lift home one evening and I used it to give commentary to a group of revellers on the side of the road… who threw a beer bottle at us, and then chased the car which luckily didn’t get stopped at the traffic light nearby.
Good times.
- Comment on YouTube tops Disney and Netflix in TV viewing 1 month ago:
“Shorts” and “Games” are like herpes. No matter how many times you try to get rid of them, they just keep appearing.
I do not want short form video, nor do I want to participate in “gaming” that is just poker machines reskinned as a “game” to take your money.
The “not interested” button, it does nothing!
- Comment on Tesla confirms it has given up on its Cybertruck range extender to achieve promised range 2 months ago:
Tesla and unfulfilled promises… Only slightly less an iconic duo than Tesla bad news and stock price going up.
- Comment on The fact that even 3D games are old now blows my mind on a regular basis. 2 months ago:
Why did I start rambling? Oh yeah cuz it’s Reddit.
🤔
- Comment on Researchers secretly experimented on Reddit users with AI-generated comments 2 months ago:
Fair point about AI-generated comments. What’s your take on how this affects online discussions? Are we losing genuine interactions or gaining new insights?
- Comment on A Reddit Bot Drove Me Insane 2 months ago:
Why the fuck does Aussie zone block so many instances? You guys okay out there?
I’m not entirely sure we’re missing out on all that much with a few porn instances missing.
- Comment on Go Private? 3 months ago:
Is it possible to automate? I looked at the Lamington docs briefly and it looked like it uses a file to store config. Thought if the config file was a symlink it would make it easy to change config to be private / be public.
Like this every 30 minutes or whatever.
#!/bin/bash THRESHOLD=1.5 CMD_HIGH="echo ln -sfn /blah/blah/config.json /blah/blah/config.json.private" CMD_LOW="echo ln -sfn /blah/blah/config.json /blah/blah/config.json.public" CPU_CORES=$(nproc) LOAD_15MIN=$(uptime | awk -F'[a-z]:' '{print $2}' | awk -F', ' '{print $3}' | tr -d ' ') if (( $(echo "$LOAD_15MIN > $THRESHOLD" | bc -l) )); then echo "[$(date)] High Load Detected - Current: $LOAD_15MIN, Threshold: $THRESHOLD" echo "[$(date)] Taking Lamington private........ " eval "$CMD_HIGH" else echo "[$(date)] Normal Load Detected - Current: $LOAD_15MIN, Threshold: $THRESHOLD" echo "[$(date)] Returning Lamington to public... " eval "$CMD_LOW" fi
- Comment on Go Private? 3 months ago:
Random thought - can you toggle private instance reasonably simply? I know nothing about running a Lamington stall, but if its a JSON file is it possible to have two versions and update a symlink to the version you want to use at the time?
The reason I ask is it would be pretty sneaky tricks to monitor server load and toggle to private when it exceeds a threshold for a fixed period of time, then toggle back (i.e. greater than 50% server load = private for the next 2 hours or whatever).
Alternatively, I’ll just put my vote in for going private.
- Comment on Go Private? 3 months ago:
Do people find the server organically through Google results or something else that may be impacted by the change? If there’s value in that there might be an argument against going private.
If enabling it reduces the need for server upgrades as time goes on I guess it’s a positive though. Don’t want to be paying extra server costs just to help out some AI company.
- Comment on Central Coast man earns house deposit by collecting 450,000 cans and bottles - ABC News 3 months ago:
I recently learned a term for this sort of story:
- Comment on conflicted about my coworkers' overpunctuality 4 months ago:
I wish I worked a job where my biggest concern was the difference between starting at 12:30 or 12:35.
- Comment on You can see who upvoted and downvoted a post by viewing it in friendica. 4 months ago:
Who cares? If your upvote or downvote or any other activity you deliberately perform on a public platform is something you’re embarrassed about and wouldn’t be willing to do in a face to face engagement you probably shouldn’t be doing it.
- Comment on How do I stop laughing at stupid shit all the time 4 months ago:
Dunno man, but if you find out let me know cause every time I see this bad boy I’m giggling like a schoolgirl no matter the situation
- Comment on Fucking Optus doesn't provide ipv6 over cell. And starlink has cgnat. 5 months ago:
Satellite and Mobile are both pretty bad options for hosting.
Have you looked at tailscale or CloudFlare zerotrust to allow access to your server?
- Comment on Athletics Australia becomes Australian Athletics in 'bold new' rebrand 5 months ago:
This sounds exactly like an episode from the first season of Utopia
- Comment on Today could be a day for soul-searching. Instead we cling to a distant monarchy in denial of our racist past | Paul Daley 5 months ago:
Who’s denying any of that though?
- Comment on The series of anti-Semitic attacks that have shocked Sydney 5 months ago:
Maybe if they stopped genociding people?
- Comment on Annual General Thread 6 months ago:
I dunno man, I’m happy for the site to just grow and change organically. I deal with enough paperwork and faff at work, I don’t want more of it on my shitposting provider too.
If Lodion needs cash I send cash. In fact I think I already changed it to a monthly donation to make things more consistent. Otherwise whatever happens, happens.
