Cenzorrll

joined 2 years ago
[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

If my experience with my step kid at 8 is true, he lost his phone 2 months ago and now has a smartwatch because "if it's attached to him, he can't lose it, right?".

The charger will be under seat cushions within an hour, even though there's no reason to ever move it from the spot in his room.

[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago

I haven't seen much asking for Bernie. Lots of praising Bernie for doing what's right and we should have had him in 2016, but I see a lot more asking for AOC.

[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I've used Linux for 15+ years.

Install from the repositories, if it isn't in your "app store" or installed using apt or yum or whatever your distro package manager is, don't bother with it until you're more familiar with Linux.

Your system is 99%+ of the time going to be secure as long as you don't install something sketch. You need to install it, it won't just happen on it's own, things can be hidden behind copy paste instructions so be sure you have a good idea of what each step does if you're doing that (I've never come across this in the wild, FYI). The other small percentage is a bug or something in packages (see the xz debacle) which you have little control over. The best thing you can do is just keep packages up to date.

[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I also do not have ADHD and do not do this, much.

I keep tabs open until I'm done with them or am setting those ideas aside. I'll keep them around longer if it was hard for me to find, otherwise I trust that I'll be able to find the information again. I can't actually remember the last time I bookmarked a website, although with how shitty search engines are becoming, I might start doing that again to avoid having to slog through AI shit sites to find a site again.

[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why is US ghosts number one? It's terrible. The UK one is a million times better.

If someone is more familiar with this than me, does it get better after the first few episodes? It just seems like a hamfisted knock off to me without the soul of the original.

[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Electronic windows were an improvement over hand cranked, but the doors could still be opened. Though I do wonder if they have ever been the cause of a loss of life.

Absolutely, I think there were more than a few cars that ended up in the water where the occupant couldn't roll down the window and the water pressure kept the door closed. That's why in the 90s there was a huge market for window hammers and they had regular "how to get out of your car" PSAs. I think it was absolutely over blown and maybe only a few cases where someone died, but it was real.

[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

We were unaffiliated with the department of safety (cops), they have no business being in our building unless it's to drop off samples or for training. Cases are usually handled by prosecutors by that point, so if any defense lawyer got word that a cop was in there harassing us about results that would be highly unusual and they'd have a pretty strong case for tossing it due to tampering.

[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I do 120 miles a day commute.

Ew.

But those slate trucks look fun as shit. If it ends up meeting expectations, it might be one of the only trucks I'd consider getting rid of my Tacoma for.

[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I got both my Tacoma and Nissan leaf for less than that. As a truck, the cybertruck sucks. As an electric car, the cybertruck sucks.

[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

There's a value I would take a cybertruck for. That value is lower than my 2010 Tacoma with almost 250,000 miles, though.

Actually, now that I think about it, there are enough things I think are dangerous about it, both to others and occupants, stupid design decisions, etc., that no, I don't think I'd even take a free one.

[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

If I had 6 of those dots I would retire and have still have 12 dots leftover when I die.

[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Check if there's alternatives to what you use in Windows, or if there's a Linux version. Decide if you need to use the windows program, or if the Linux equivalent will work. There may be a learning curve to using a different program, but I haven't yet really found anything that doesn't have an equivalent that isn't a program paired with hardware that will only work with each other.

 

Hi sysadmins, I am thinking of doing a pretty drastic career change. I have 10+ years of experience in chemistry doing bioanalysis and a few years repairing breath alcohol analyzers. I have always considered messing around with electronics, networking, and computers/servers as a hobby and have been using various Linux distros as my main os for almost 20 years.

I have come to see my specialty in my line of work as a dead end. I'm pretty damn good at my job but I feel like automation is going to be taking over very soon, and I'm not that good that I think I'll be in the top 10% that get to stick around and run the automations when the robots finally take over. So I'm considering doing a career change to IT/sysadmin.

What I'd like to know is what should I learn how to do to see if I'll even like moving down this path? What can I set up at home, break, then fix that would give me an idea as to what the sysadmin life is really like?

I'm pretty sure I haven't ever really done any sysadmin type work with my home setups, seeing as I build and set up services I want for myself and at the level I'm willing to put up with. For the most part I can be handed something already implemented and work within that space to keep it going and adjust it to what I want it to do or fit my set up. I can usually find my way through log files and error codes to figure out what the problem is and duckduckgo my way to a fix.

 

Alright meshers, I've been playing around with meshtastic for some time now and I've ended up with a good number of devices. I'm mostly in the rakwireless boat, with a pair of heltecs.

I have two RP2040 (rak11310) units that I just can't come up with a good use for. They use less power than a heltec on full blast, but don't have Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. If you disable Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on the heltec and turn on power saving, the heltec ends up using less power for what I can see as the same capabilities as the RP2040.

So, what can I put these units to use for? The processor is definitely more powerful than the NRF52 boards, but meshtastic doesn't seem to need any more than the NRF52 has to offer. With power saving, the heltecs can perform equally well with less power, while also having a more powerful processor in case it's needed.

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