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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

s/woman/female hooman/g

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%E2%80%93FBI_encryption_dispute

Not sure how that compares to the response from other companies though. But I would guess favorably, from a user privacy perspective?

They also have faced pressure to scan iCloud content, but have afaik refused https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/victory-apple-commits-encrypting-icloud-and-drops-phone-scanning-plans

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Back in the day I was running GLTron on an Athlon 1800+ w/Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 (I think?) and I was running dual monitors. GLTron didn't like using both screens since it presented as a peculiar resolution. So I emailed the GLTron dude and he quickly emailed me a patch that let me run the game across both monitors (bezels not an issue because I was doing multiplayer split screen).

What a great game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Where I am there's a smallish internet provider, Sonic, that advertises almost-too-good-to-be-true service. As a former subscriber...nope, it's pretty much what they say it is. It was gigabit fiber and I could iperf to a university server and get 900Mbps+ (depending on time of day). Fast.com would say 1Gbps.

My only complaint was that iirc the advertised price was for service, with an extra charge for router. BYO router meant you were charged slightly more for service (this is my recollection, not positive though).

They are a pretty vocal net neutrality advocate, and from what the tech told me they offer "best effort" service, meaning while ATT fiber may support gigabit, they'll throttle it and upcharge you for the extra speed; Sonic, afaik, didn't do that. They now offer 10Gbps Internet for I think the same price as the gigabit, but I think you need to BYO network gear to take advantage of it.

Unfortunately our new place doesn't offer them, otherwise I would still be a subscriber.

Point being...too good to be true usually is just that, but sometimes it's not 🤷

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is this useful?

https://github.com/rodlie/powerkit

Not affiliated and haven't used it, but its tagline of "Desktop Independent Power Manager" seems like it fits the bill.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago

Thanks butNext time please use the spoiler tag, sheesh 🙄

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I think the gist is, both are capable of surrounding themselves with people who share their agenda


would you be comfortable with Biden's cabinet effectively running the white house? Trump's?

Not sure I parsed it correctly though...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Behind in specs? Depends on which specs I guess


but CPU/GPU performance is AFAIK pretty great? https://www.tomsguide.com/features/iphone-15-pro-benchmarks

Features, yeah, depends on what you're looking for. AFAIK iPhones are the only mainstream phone to offer satellite texting though.

I have both an iPhone (work) and an android (personal), and they both...kinda just work 🤷

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

I want to love Julia so much, but it's always something. The funky handling of scope in the REPL was the latest off-putting thing for me, but maybe I should give it a try again...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not a lawyer; would this likely stand up in court? Obviously I wouldn't risk it were I the dev, but just curious.

It's pathetic that I'll happily recommend my Emporia Vue2 energy monitor to folks running HA


not because it works out of the box, but because the company is aware of the community integration projects and seems ok with it, even if they don't actually support it. (ESPHome Firmware flash gives you local control


It's been pretty great!)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Big difference for me between the RPi 5 and orange pi 5 Plus is more RAM and m.2 NVME support on board. It also has four additional efficiency cores and dual 2.5G NICs, but that's less important to me.

Downside is it has a less polished ecosystem.

Overall though I've been happy! But I also love my collection of raspberry pis, so it's a matter of taste I guess.

My current self hosted setup is my OPi running Immich, an RPi 4 4GB running Home Assistant and Pihole, an RPi 5 4GB "off-site" (with family, via WireGuard VPN), and a VPS with public IP as my entry point from outside. It's a fun hobby :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I'm fortunate enough to not be in a position where money is tight for food, but re: beans and rice, I absolutely love my instant pot!

Mexican-style beans are, IMHO, delicious, easy to make, and dirt cheap. I love them, our toddler loves them, and it's easy on the wallet. Dry beans are really affordable, and a 25lb bag of rice is great to have in the pantry (note: careful with bulk brown rice as I think it can go rancid). A stove and a pot can do both, but an instant pot and a rice cooker makes it so easy.

I also drink a fair amount of coffee, but again, bulk or even just "make coffee at home" is very affordable. A few cups at Starbucks costs the same as a pound of beans (which yields many cups).

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