Postmortal_Pop

@ Postmortal_Pop @lemmy.world

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2 yr. ago

I live here and in right with you.

1w ago

What's your favourite thing to self host and why?

I've actually tried both, yams got me the furthest but none of them will move files to new, properly named folders no matter what I try.

1w ago

What's your favourite thing to self host and why?

I'll give this one a try, maybe a combination of this and yams will get things going.

I'm honestly not even looking for 100%, all I want is to rename the files and move them to new, properly named folders. Currently I can rename files but I can't move them anywhere so I have to rename them, manually move them, then add the new location to the arr involved.

1w ago

What's your favourite thing to self host and why?

Hey could you just zip up your arr stack and send it to me? I don't know if it's just me or if it's just understood that it doesn't work the way it's advertised, but I cannot for the life of me get any one part if it to run 100% right.

2w ago

Would you rather be able to magically speak the language, understand the customs/etiquette/etc, or know how to navigate the streets and hills upon visiting a new place?

Language. I've managed to learn the rest pretty easy everywhere I go but I do not handle language well.

2w ago

Elon Musk threatens to make ‘historically accurate’ version of The Odyssey with Grok

I believe the idea is "never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake." If he wants to task mecha-hitler with making a movie that will flop because he can't handle people that aren't his favorite color, let him. It's better than letting him spend that money on more orphan crushing machines.

2w ago

I Put a Datacenter GPU in My Gaming PC for £200

Cooling wouldn't be too hard, I'm currently overengineering an Xbox 360 for that so I've done a good deal of learning. Getting of to display video is outside my skillset though.

2w ago

I Put a Datacenter GPU in My Gaming PC for £200

So I'm picking up that it's not a viable alternative for the desperate?

2w ago

if i became a parent

Adding to the pile, babies sense your fear.

Really though, they pick up on tone and body language and it can make their panic worse. Start making a mental checklist of needs and focus on that. Hold me, diaper, hungry, burps, teething, mom/dad, toy, pet, sleepy, panic. Keep your tone happy and confident, it helps them feel like it's less of a problem. Right now, you are the god to them, if the god is scared what does that mean for us mortals?

Find your comforts. It may feel like they have preferences, but what they're responding to is just as much you as it is the stimuli. My boy didn't understand the noise that magically appeared when he was colic, but he did understand that dad could tackle any fit he had while listening to Dido's Life for Rent album. Eventually the hopeful melancholy and sleepy tones because a comfort to him as he grew to understand the noise.

Find a stuffy that you and your baby both like. Everyone suggests getting 2 and cycling them so they don't have to go without if it's lost or damaged or dirty. I personally found that hard to do because he bonded to an anatomically accurate squid plush from an aquarium I've never been to so instead we made it a game, this is how squidly takes his bath. The uniqueness of the item made it easier to find and hard to forget.

Find children shows you can tolerate or enjoy. Sarah and Duck from the BBC did wonders for me, it was quite enough to wear an earbud over and engaging enough to watch if I had to. Bluey seems like a similar choice, and I grew up Scooby doo so I never minded. It will save you the suffering that is children's media if you curate it before you get there.

Don't be afraid to ask for help or take a break. We're hardwired to feel bad about not responding when a baby cries, but you're no good to that baby if you're no good to yourself. If you need to lock yourself in a bathroom and cry or call family to take over, or just make it through a grocery store without getting puked on, do what you need to do to make it happen. They won't remember you letting them cry it out but they will remember you being a hood example of mental health.

On that point specifically, hit me up if you're limited on peers with parenting experience. Shoot me a DM, I'll give you my contact info. Goes equally for any reader in need. Sometimes you just need a chance to have an adult conversation or say fuck without worry, my doors are always open for that.

2w ago

I Put a Datacenter GPU in My Gaming PC for £200

Not an AI guy, but I do like using niche hardware wrong to get results cheap. Can anyone tell me what this would be like for gaming or general computing? My 1660 super was a budget pick when I got it back in '18.

3w ago

Any ideas on how to preserve an autograph on a surface that was designed to be stain resistant?

remotelove@lemmy.ca

I got answers here but you'll need to do a little leg work.

First off, get a good guess at what the marker is. If it's permanent ink, it's probably using alcohol base, if it's acrylic it's water, etc. Depending on the solvent used in the marker you can pick a coating material that won't damage the original markings. You're going to want it in spray can form unless you own an airbrush.

If all else fails, someone else pointed out automotive clear coat. That will do fine if you follow the info carefully.

Once you have a clear coat that either does or preferably doesn't react with the mark, you're going to tape off your phone. Masking tape is fine, I find washi tape from the scap booking section to work better. It sticks tighter but peals back up easily and without residues. Go around the camera hump, over the surface, around the outside, and completely cover the screen. Always do more than you think is necessary, because it's easier to waste tape than remove paint.

Now for the best results you're going to want a hot, dry, windless environment. If it's not like that outside you can do it indors with ventilation, just lay down and old sheet and open some windows.

Now your clear coat is going to be in a spray can. Look around the tip for a mark on the can, that will indicate the angle of the intake. Point the sprayer the same direction and test it a few times on cardboard until you have a good and steady stream. Practice the next part if you have any doubts about yourself. Just cut a piece of cardboard that's phone sized and pretend you're doing the real thing.

You're going to start each spray off to the side of the target. The initial push and your ability to move is not perfect even after years of doing this and will lead to a wet spot. Make sure that spot is on the work area and not the piece. Steadily move across the piece and end the spray on the work area again, this prevents splatter.

You're going to gently dust the phone in coat. Adjust to the next pass and do it again. Then let this coat dry completely not tacky, not dull, full dry.

Turn the phone 90 degrees and do it again. You're going to repeat this process 30 or 40 times. Eventually it will build up into one solid coating across the entire surface. Ideally you let that cure for 24 hour.

This is your phone so I understand if that's not doable, just make sure to ler each coat dry.

3w ago

[Mimi] Sweater. [216]

Probably? I only know of the comic from these posts.

3w ago

US Expats(or hopeful expats), what countries do you consider your good home away from home?

So I looked it up and, no surprise, it seems to be a lot of propaganda. In the last 5 years there has been a handful of cases. This year a couple was kidnapped by unaffiliated criminals on the confirmation that they had several internal accounts. The perpetrators killed them and impersonated them to drain their accounts. An influencer with dual citizenship was kidnapped at gunpoint from her custom lavender cyber truck. Assumibly to ransom her or extort her for for money hased on her incredibly lavish Instagram lifestyle.

Those are spot on. The part where it gets dodgy is the reports of cartel involvement and targeting US citizens indiscriminately. The two cases in the last year that targeted Americans that weren't flaunting their wealth were actually both associated with immigration. The father of 4 immigrated and married a citizen and was kidnapped to extort that. The young woman was kidnapped by the smuggling group her fiance paid to bring her to the US. Both cases, it was locala targeting locals that had americans in the splash zone so the news spun it as "targeting the whites"

The one cartel situation involved 4 kidnapped tourists. The cartel outright stated that it was their agents who were working outside of their orders. It's speculated that the 4 were mistaken for rival drug traffickers. Knowing the news here rarely admits that white people are common mules and I didn't see a lot of info about their personal lives, I'd speculate they were either there to transport drugs or were poking around where they shouldn't.

All in all, stay away from drugs, don't look rich, and avoid bad neighborhoods. It's the same stranger danger we use here. The only reason kidnapping for ransom isn't equally strong here is because we live in a surveillance state that only cares about money. You attack a rich person and the rich people pay their politicians to make an example of you.

3w ago

[Mimi] Sweater. [216]

I have a fan theory that the friend is a self insert and Mimi is actually the artist's intrusive thoughts made manifest.

3w ago

[Mimi] Sweater. [216]

wilts dramatically because I looked at the thermostat

3w ago

[Mimi] Sweater. [216]

There's a running joke that Mimi is well endowed and her friend isn't.

3w ago

Lemmy.blahaj.zone doesn't load at all. Am I missing something?

Because their 196 is Infinitely better then worlds.

3w ago

Pete Hegseth announces annual testosterone screenings for service members

You can do better.

3w ago

If you could see one statistic above every person's head, that is updated in real time and never goes away, what would you choose?