BearOfaTime

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BearOfaTime ,

Readers Digest contained multiple books in one volume

BearOfaTime ,

You'd be surprised how many phone calls took place at that time.

Mayne talking about a show, or chatting someone up, etc. You were bored, so a phone was great.

BearOfaTime ,

There were handheld electronic card game players in the 80's.

BearOfaTime ,

Hahahaha, dammit, I admit that's funny

BearOfaTime ,

Your the elf that wanted to be a dentist!

BearOfaTime ,

You "will try" tomorrow.

Take the word "should" out of your vocabulary for the most part, especially with self-talk. It's often not useful.

BearOfaTime ,

I don't mind those breaks... It feels like going to the next chapter in a book.

But actual ads, yea, not for a service that costs.

Though this whole thing is funny - they collect even more user data than they did with cable or broadcast, and now want to show you ads too.

Can't wait to finish my media server setup.

BearOfaTime ,

Ah, yea, that seems more like something that wasn't intended for breaks.

Definitely disruptive.

BearOfaTime ,

There was another movie around this idea very recently, maybe a couple years ago. Can't remember the name though.

Young woman in isolation, think she helped create the system, maybe was on Netflix like 4 years ago?

BearOfaTime ,

Similar style, but that was a mini-series (for lack of a better description).

This was a movie (IIRC), and she was held in a prison in her mind (so she thought), I can't remember the details. Futuristic, but not very far into the future.

BearOfaTime ,

Oxygen has an interesting plot, similar, but not it.

I think the prison angle in this film wasn't the main premise. Just how a technology was used.

There was an eye drop that delivered a drug or something that could...do something to your brain.

Uggh, wish I could remember more.

BearOfaTime ,

Killer album, really shows their musical chops. I've listened to it so many times.

It's reminiscent of Medeski, Martin and Wood.

BearOfaTime , (edited )

Hahahahahahahaha, oh man, how much you spend on a psychologist every month?

Also, what you're doing is called sophistry, specifically moving the goal posts (which predates the US by about 1000 years).

You later move on to attacking the person, rather than the argument (more sophistry).

You should probably educate yourself lest you expose the clown inside.

BearOfaTime ,

Bad faith, for sure, made very clear in the last 20 years.

BearOfaTime ,

Is this the same mechanism used by balancing beads used in motorcycle wheels?

Is it practically impossible for a newcomer selfhost without using centralised services, and get DDOSed or hacked?

I understand that people enter the world of self hosting for various reasons. I am trying to dip my toes in this ocean to try and get away from privacy-offending centralised services such as Google, Cloudflare, AWS, etc....

BearOfaTime ,

What?

I've popped up a web server and within a day had so many hits on the router (thousands per minute) that performance tanked.

Yea, no, any exposed service will get hammered. Frankly I'm surprised that machine I setup didn't get hacked.

BearOfaTime ,

DDOS can happen just from a script hammering on an exposed port trying to brute force credentials.

BearOfaTime ,

Interestingly (I just found this out) Android permits 1 VPN connection per user profile.

So I run a VPN in my regular profile, and found my work profile wasn't using it. So I installed Tailscale there, and it works only in the work profile, while my regular VPN only works in my main profile.

If always assumed VPN config was a system-wide thing.

BearOfaTime ,

I hate you for reminding me of those times. Lol

Am I the only one preferring low quality media over high quality one?

I have a very slow Internet connection (5 Mbps down, and even less for upload). Given that, I always download movies at 720p, since they have low file size, which means I can download them more quickly. Also, I don't notice much of a difference between 1080p and 720p. As for 4K, because I don't have a screen that can display 4K,...

BearOfaTime ,

I've tested converting DVDs at different resolutions, and playing them on a 60" screen sitting 6' away.

720 is just fine. I really can't tell a difference between 720 and 1080, usually. Surprisingly.

BearOfaTime ,

Do they typically even use something with as much energy as a 9mm? I thought they were typically smaller rounds like 38 or 22, since it's a close range gun?

I really don't know anything about them, would be interesting to see a chart of them.

BearOfaTime ,

Oh, for sure. I'm surprised it's made at all.

BearOfaTime ,

Does the slide absorb any significant amount of energy?

The spring can't be all that strong since they can be assembled by hand, and what does the slide weigh? (Granted the slide is being accelerated, so I assume that's where the bulk of energy is dissipated, MV^2 and all).

What's the math on this, say the dissipated energy in a semi auto VS revolver using the same round?

(Really I'm curious what the numbers are, as I've read this many times but have no idea what the comparison is like).

BearOfaTime ,

Thanks for the thoughtful reply.

I've heard many times that revolvers or semi-auto have less recoil than the other, hence the question about slide mass/energy, as the only element I could see being different which could possibly explain why people hold this opinion.

Do you know of any actual metrics/tests done that show this clearly? Or is it just a perception issue?

(And yea, we'd have to agree on a definition of what we're measuring/comparing). Do any gun magazines run proper tests occasionally to make comparisons?

I admit my physics classes were a long time ago, but at first glance it seems felt recoil would only be marginally different between a revolver and a pistol using the same round. If anything, I'd expect the revolver to have a greater felt recoil, given the mechanics of a pistol... But I could very well be wrong.

BearOfaTime ,

Lots of good ideas here, but don't forget to discuss these ideas with her first.

I'd recommend reading ADHD and Adults, it's a good intro to how ADHD works differently in adults than children.

Then maybe talk about her difficulties with her, and ask how you can help. Work to understand her perspective first, what she finds difficult, what she finds frustrating.

Then pick one thing, together, that you can help with. You need to work as a team, taking on challenges together (this is sort of relationships 101, it's a team thing).

BearOfaTime , (edited )

These magnetic attachments hint at functionalities similar to Apple’s MagSafe,

Or perhaps, Motos concept that was in production 10 years ago?

Last I checked Magsafe did nothing like this, only charging/connecting.

BearOfaTime ,

Depeche Mode isn't classic rock though?

BearOfaTime ,

Can Proxmox with some containers/VMs address your needs?

Its what I'm running for a media server (a VM) and some containers for things like Pihole and Syncthing.

BearOfaTime ,

piracy run by a couple random schmucks has an infinitely better service AND content selection than the top 4 corporate streaming services combined"

FTFY 😁

BearOfaTime ,

Guess we'd need to qualify it with more in our personal libraries that we actually want to watch. Lol

BearOfaTime ,

My takeaway: jetflix developed a model that worked. Just need to replicate that many times.

Would probably work well for sharing with family /friends.

BearOfaTime ,

Depending on where you are, water can definitely look very blue or even vivid green.

BearOfaTime ,

As intended. A Layoff by any other name...

BearOfaTime ,

Narrator: Yes

Hahahaha, oh I feel you.

BearOfaTime ,

O & O Shutup on a thumbdrive

BearOfaTime ,

After 30 years of running windows boxes, I've never been hacked.

But I've lost thousands of hours to update fucking my shit up.

BearOfaTime ,

They've been in use in the US in other retail outlets for about as long.

I suppose there was little rationalization for them in grocery stores until recently. Keep in mind grocery stores are massive chains, largely stocked by vendors - the store doesn't own a huge portion of the product, they rent out space to vendors.

So there's probably also the interaction between vendor and the chain - how the pricing update is managed.

Maybe someone more knowledgeable about how grocery works could chime in. I only have a cursory understanding. I wonder what their It systems look like, how they integrate/communicate with vendor systems.

BearOfaTime ,

Oh Ffs, what a fucking idiot, or liar, probably both.

Of course that's the whole fucking point, you over-educated fucktard.

And people wonder why the average Joe mistrusts academia?

BearOfaTime ,

Just leave my gallons of ice cream sitting there.

They'll probably require you to shop with your phone and scan shit as you go.

Yea, no, kiss my ass.

BearOfaTime ,

I'm so disappointed in this crowd, came in expecting some smart-ass comments, like "Angry Birb"

BearOfaTime , (edited )

Agreed.

I can buy a $1k car, carefully, and have a "beater" that works fine. Most people can't. They need something in a bit better condition.

Though the greater point - battery replacement would be $5k-$10k on most cars, no thanks - that's equivalent to replacing both the engine and transmission on a gas vehicle, at "fuck the customer" stealership prices.

My gas vehicles always go 300k miles, before needing either an engine or trans, many longer. Engines today are damn robust, and have been since the 90's.

My maintenance over the years is trivial - about $150/year on fluid changes (that with an AWD vehicle with a unique setup). Occasionally something breaks, but that stuff you'd have on any vehicle (tie rod ends, latches, hood release cabke/switch, etc).

There's a lot of BS out there about all this.

BearOfaTime ,

Meh, some/much of this is in every new car.

But EV's take it to a new level with shit you just can't disable.

I have a car with some of this shit. Just had to disconnect the cell antenna and attach a dummy to block it. Try that with an EV and it'll probably have a heart attack.

BearOfaTime ,

Lol... Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

BearOfaTime ,

Change Windows. You can't take shit down during the work day.

Everywhere I've worked (many very large companies, banks, telecom, outsourced IT, etc) teams have coverage schedules, so I suspect this article is misleading.

Someone has to mind things 24/7, this is done via scheduling.

And the more critical you are, the more on-call you are. I had one role where I was on call 24/7. Things rarely broke enough for me to be called, but I never once resented when I was called. I'd rather get woken up at 2am because my help is needed than have the risk that our systems aren't ready for the day.

BearOfaTime , (edited )

Lol he's got 5 people for 700 users. Way overstaffed. Or well-staffed at a minimum.

700 users is a business group in my world.

BearOfaTime ,

I've had the opposite experience - nearly everything works out of the box on Windows, yet not even a Logitech mouse works on Linux unless I go find some third party tool to make it work.

A mouse that works instantly on XP (probably on Win95).

How many people actually want fully on-site IT jobs?

I've been looking for a new job as a software developer. The huge majority of job listings I see in my area are hybrid or remote. I just had an introductory phone call with Vizio (which didn't specify the location type in the job listing). The recruiter told me that the job was fully on-site, which I told her was a deal breaker...

BearOfaTime , (edited )

because Mike, I swear to god, you keep clicking that pen and I'm gonna find a new home for it

Hahahahah, oh man, I hear ya!

Seriously, I'm as anti-social as they come, but I've learned the value of people being in the same space. It's the way we're wired, and no, calls/video/virtual stuff is no replacement.

And I've had a million random conversations between calls/meetings that have solved many issues, or provided opportunity for improving relationships, etc. These conversations just don't happen when you're remote - I say this as someone who's worked hybrid since the 90's - there's no replacement for being in the same space. Again, I'm someone that finds being in the office exhausting - I'd rather be remote.

BearOfaTime ,

Oh,that cleanup at the end of day is brilliant!

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