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batmaniam

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  • Resistance is futile

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  • "You owe the companies nothing. You, especially, don’t owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs." Banksy on utilizing ad space.

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  • Despite doing an awful lot with ESP32s, Home assistant, and a bunch of LoRa stuff, I know very little about BLE. Would it be possible for folks to voluntarily add their MAC to a data base on gitlab, and have a ESP32 program that:

    1. Spammed out whatever the max reasonable number of random entries from that database is
    2. Updated it every-time it was on a specified WiFi So that every time I drove by one of these, not only do I look like a spacehulk of TPS, headphones, cars and cellphones, but I'm specifically helping someone appear somewhere not their location as well?

  • TIL that half the visual information from each retina goes to one hemisphere of the brain, rather than one eye per hemisphere

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  • Another fun eye/brain fact: There are two "outputs" for each eye. One goes to your occipital lobe, in the back, and really processes the image ("That's a cup, it

    <holds liquid>

    <is firm with a medium weight>

    .." etc) and one goes to your brain stem, which processes movement.

    It's possible to have the connection to the occipital lob severed, but not to the brain stem. It's a condition called blindsight. The result is that if you showed someone a cup, they wouldn't be "see" it; they wouldn't know what it is and wouldn't register you were showing them anything at all... but if you tossed it to them they could catch it.

  • What are your opinions on regular drinking?

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  • It's sobering (pardon the pun). As a rule any industry that can advertise help programs, or "responsible use" only exists because of the lives it ruins. They know that, financially, those that keep it going can't and won't stop regardless of what is said.

  • GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information

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  • I JUST put together that the moto partnership means "buying a phone loaded with gOS" not "moto is working with gOS to ensure it runs smoothly on their hardware". I was excited before but that is awesome

  • Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable/relockable

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  • Do you have tasker on grapheneOS?

  • TIL pediatricians are being used as a great source of antibodies.

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  • Looks like they screened it and then were able to reproduce the relevant antibodies in vitro.

  • Question: Humidity controlled cabinet

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  • Not sure what type of humidifier that is but you may need a rotary one to get lower. There's a technology connections video on them. They essentially are silica that's constantly dis/recharging. They're very energy inefficient but don't have the same performance limits as compressor based systems.

    I got one earmarked for exactly this before I moved. They're simple enough I was planning gutting it and adding smarts using ESPHome. But moisture hasn't been an issue for me so the project is a low priority.

  • Recommendations

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  • I have been mostly happy with my flashforge AD5X starting as a newbie. Its got a good range of material capabilities, but 95% of the time I'm printing PLA anyway. PLA is the most common filament by far.

    I will say I have had two hot ends (the part the filiment comes out of) get covered in enough filament they broke during a misprint ($40 repair each).

    I don't really have experience with other makes/models but that is my loose endorsement of the AD5X. My only real complaint is how expensive the nozzles are compared to other brands.

  • South Koreans hunt for old LG air-conditioners after logos turn out to be pure gold

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  • I think we can both agree tautology works because it works, and that's good enough for me.

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  • South Koreans hunt for old LG air-conditioners after logos turn out to be pure gold

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  • Well, them and the bandits, I'd imagine.

  • Fun/interesting things to self host?

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  • I spun it up it up in may to fool around. Today I opened a brand new air purifier and imeaditley disassembled it to flash ESPHome firmware on it. It never once ran stock.

  • We Surveyed 2,158 Self-Hosters: Here's What Keeps Us Hosting

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  • One thing I've noticed: my self hosted services are rarley, if ever, hounding me to check out features. I cannot emphasise enough how much I loathe a program fighting for my attention.

  • 3D design software for 3d printing?

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  • Maybe? It was/is on an old win10 I keep around (and came with it).

    There's a million better options, but I was glad it was there. Good way to get some kid fooling around early the way paint did. You used to be able to scan things with your surface and import them into builder (this was a good while back).

  • 3D design software for 3d printing?

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  • I'm going to toss out Microsoft 3D builder, strictly to dip your toe in the water. It's bare bones and basically MS Paint but when I was getting started I used it for very simple stuff. I still use it if I'm making dead simple modifications/combinations of existing .STL files.

    Microsoft actually had some cool ideas in the early/mid 2010s. Still had all the proprietary bullshit but there was at least nifty stuff going on.

  • Are We Living in a Golden Age of Stupidity? - Slashdot

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  • This is a great conversation because I'm one of those people who's terrible at arithmetic, but quite good at math. As in: I can look at a function, visualize it in 3D space, see what different max, mins and surfaces are dominated by what terms etc, but don't ask me to tally a meal check. I'd be useless at applying any math without a calculator.

    Similarly, there's a lot of engineers out there that use CAD extensively that would probably not be engineers if they had to do drafting by hand.

    The oatmeal did a comic that distilled this for me where they talked about why they didn't like AI "art". They made the point that in making a drawing, there are a million little choices made reconciling what's in your head with what you can do on the page. Either from the medium, what you're good at drawing, whatever, it's those choices that give the work "soul". Same thing for writing. Those choices are where learning, development, and style happen, and what generative AI takes away.

    That helped crystalize for me the difference between a tool and autocomplete on steroids.

    Edit: to add: you're statement "I claim to understand but don't" hits it on the head and is similar to why you have to be careful if plagiarism in citing academic review papers. If you write YOUR paper in a way that agrees with the review but discuss the paper the review was referencing, and, even accidentally, skip over that the conclusion you're putting forward is from the review, not the paper you're both citing, that's plagiarism. Notion being you misrepresented their thoughts as your own. That is basically ALL generative AI.

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    Unraid question: Moving a server with external HD array

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  • this makes me feel much better. I'm debating spooling it up on wifi after disconnecting it and piecing it back together.

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  • thank you! I had looked at the documentation but was unable to find that. I think to be safe I'm going to follow what @autriyo@feddit.org said as well. There's no reason not to label them.

    Which means, sorry future people stumbling on this, I will not be providing definitive evidence one way or the other on this.

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
    batmaniam @lemmy.world

    Flashforge AD5X, how long do nozzles last? Premature wear

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
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    Can/should I just use a networked folder as a duplicati backup destination?

  • Buildapc @lemmy.world
    batmaniam @lemmy.world

    Tips/Getting started on a custom "case"? (ESD protection, cooling, etc)

  • Plex @lemmy.ca
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    Random skipping on direct stream? Temp fix.