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solrize

@ solrize @lemmy.ml

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  • What do you think about power stations?

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  • I have one, I like it, it can run corded power tools fans and stuff like that. I'm trying to avoid cordless tools except for a few important ones, because their batteries are a scam. The power station also = free electricity if I charge from solar panels, though I'm not yet doing that.

  • Data Finds Republicans are Obsessed with Searching for Transgender Porn

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  • Article says there are more searches for trans-related keywords in GOP areas. However it doesn't say anything about trans porn searches vs cis porn searches. It wouldn't surprise me if conservative areas have more searches for porn in general, so all the numbers are higher. Anyway the article uses a lot of statistical jargon without seeming to check this basic issue. FAIL.

  • What can I do with no job and no VPS?

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  • What is going on with you? Anyway, if you want to try self-hosting on a VPS, make an account on lowendspirit.com and hang out there for a while. There are lots of offers for free or ridiculously cheap VPS there. Like this starts at 25 cents per month ($3 per year):

    https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/10636/tierhive-256mb-ram-3gb-disk-3-p-year-hourly-vps-kvm-big-project-updates-more-ports-ipv6

    Open a thread there saying what you're trying to do, and ask for hosting and for technical help if you need that.

  • Typing into the abyss - need a service

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  • Just use a text editor. I use Emacs org files but that's just me.

  • Typing into the abyss - need a service

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  • I guess I don't understand the issues you think you're facing with straightforward approaches. You probably don't want it on an internet server, right? Maybe just scrounge an old laptop with no internet connection and set it up with an encrypted disk. Then use it as your journalling box. So you're fairly safe from network attacks. You might have to worry about someone snagging the laptop itself and recovering the key somehow. Yes there are approaches you can take to mitigate that. I don't know of any super simple ready made methods though.

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  • This type of story tends to result in a plea deal or no charges or just civil litigation. I didn't read the whole wall of text but I assume it's all hypothetical. If it's a real case that you're involved with, you need a real lawyer. If it's real and you're uninvolved, it's lurid enough to probably play out in the news, so you can follow it there.

    In principle, what a person intended is a factual question and as such can be decided by a jury. But as you say, making the case can be hard.

  • The state of Linux music players in 2026

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  • Command line mplayer seems fine to me. I have it aliased to "m" for convenience. Playlists work great (just make a shell script to play the songs you want). Need help getting to sleep? Shell script that sets the volume to barely audible, then plays some long instrumental audios. And so on.

  • Before I get a job, I'm experimenting with a free VPS - Will it work? help?

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  • Maybe you could try a prepaid credit card from a store.

  • New to Rust - what is the most fun way to learn the language?

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  • I read the Google book a while back and it seemed decent: https://google.github.io/comprehensive-rust/

    I didn't like "The Rust Book" because it seemed too slow and patronizing, but that's probably just me.

    You might also be interested in Ada or Haskell as a way to widen your perspective from C.

  • Before I get a job, I'm experimenting with a free VPS - Will it work? help?

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  • Can anyone recommend a small vacuum for cleaning my desk and work area that doesn't break the bank?

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  • Dirt Devil Scorpion Plus. Fairly powerful, and corded so no batteries to mess with.

  • Hold on to Your Hardware: BadRAM

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  • Thanks for 50 years of consumer CPUs not supporting ECC memory, Intel.

  • Anyone got any informative YouTube channels that DON’T use AI slop?

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  • Just watch stuff from before 2023 or so? There's still lots.

  • What instance has mostly reasonable moderate conservative/liberal people?

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  • I've heard of something called Facebook that's supposed to be quite conservative. But, I've never visited it.

  • Rise of the AI Soldiers

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  • I dunno, clones can think creatively. You will find them immensely superior to droids.

  • Vykar Backup (from Borgbase / Devs of Vorta)

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  • I remember having to puzzle over the borg documentation a little when I started using it, but I don't use any tools. I just have a couple of aliases in my .bashrc and that seems like enough.

  • Vykar Backup (from Borgbase / Devs of Vorta)

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  • I don't understand, what's wrong with Borg?

  • Looking for a printer. Whats your opinion?

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  • Old Brother laser printers are great. They're easy to find used, but it's unclear if they're still being made. For stickers there are thermal printers for just that purpose if you want to go that route.

  • The Rust Compiler is the most helpful one I have experienced so far

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  • Haskell is also extremely picky about programs though GHC's error messages are notoriously confusing. Basically they say "error at line 123" with a bunch of incomprehensible spew saying what the error is. So you ignore the spew, look at line 123, and squint til you figure out what is wrong. In practice that method actually works once you get used to it. C++ is kind of similar IME.

    You might also give Ada a try. Its goals overlap Rust's and I'd like to have some familiarity with both.

    Based on your mentions of Python and bash, I'd say spend more time on languages with serious type systems. Rust, Haskell, Ada, ML, and maybe pointy headed languages beyond Haskell.