DaGeek247

joined 2 years ago
[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Likely federation issues. Maybe don't jump straight to the worst possible interpretation the next time you see someone 'make a mistake' on the internet.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 29 points 1 week ago

If you have to engage, swear at them. Most LLMs don't swear without a lot of cajoling.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 8 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Wrong hand. He has paint on it in the fourth panel.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 2 points 2 weeks ago

At the cost of having to carry a bigass sniper rifle instead. I expect that he could have carried more ammo, yes, but one of the moves he pulled in the defense of helms deep was stabbing an orc in the eye with an arrow then pulling it out and firing it at another orc. I still think it would be a side-grade, rather than any sort of clear upgrade.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm gonna be honest; Legolas had magic elf eyes with hundreds of years of experience with his magical bow. I'm pretty sure giving him a modern sniper rifle would just be a side-grade at best and the book would be just about the same length.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 14 points 2 weeks ago

That's what Disney did.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks ago

I was going to suggest NFS; it has better user management. It's also a lot faster, but that doesn't normally matter for home networks.

As for the original question; other forums came to the conclusion that dolphin SMB share management is bad and to just use a different tool if you need to switch users. https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=60527

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't buy into the "anyone can build a gun" argument anyway.

Bullets in america are not tracked, logged, or otherwise managed in any way by the american government. They don't matter for making a gun because literally anyone can walk up to their local pawn shop and get some without any identity checks or other hassle.

Guns made by 3d printers are kinda shitty, in the exact same way that jellyfin is kinda shitty compared to Netflix. They both do the job, but one just takes more time and effort to get running.

Making a untracked 3d-printed glock is entirely doable by the average Joe.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago

What you're talking about has existed for decades at this point. Most grey/black hat forums rightfully ban collective ddos tools when they see them. Turns out that the difference between duplicating a copyrighted work, and actively attacking a private server are vastly different, legally speaking, and get prosecuted a lot more forcefully when found.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 10 points 3 weeks ago

I've switched from similiar-sized apartment with a tank heater to a house with a tankless heater. My bills are close enough that it isn't super easy to tell. total it was about 20-40 more a month for the location switch.

The real difference is how often you use it. You'll save money if you use it sparingly (as opposed to an always on tank heater), but you'll definitely spend more if you don't (because infinite hot water access!). Just make sure it and it's power source is sized for the house it's going into.

You'll definitely want to pay for an electrician to get it on a dedicated circuit to power it. Otherwise you'll just get infinite tepid water instead.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago

gotta be specific, but my tankless water heater has actually been pretty okay actually.

Context! I live in Texas, which actually has some pretty great renewable use compared to other states. My personal plan isn't solely wind powered anymore, but it has been in the past, and still partially is right now.

My house is a super cheap remodel. The tankless water heater is completely electric.

My repair costs have been as follows: complete replacement of the heater cores: 70$.

  • two out of three failed over the course of a year and a half.
  • I also paid for the plumber to figure out what the issue was, but i'll be able to replace them on my own pretty easily whenever this happens again

I also paid plumber and electrician costs to move the water heater so i could actually get at them without pulling the whole thing off the wall (thanks shitty remodel!)

$200 for the plumber to run the cleaner through it, since i have super hard water here

  • and another half grand to install the valves required to actually be able to do that (thanks shitty remodel!)
  • I'll be able to get my own cleaning kit for one to two hundred online in the future.

So like, because i'm new at taking care of one, and because of the shitty remodel, I have paid over a gran in 'repairs' on the thing. But, at the same time, the next time it needs replaced heater cores, or to get it's annual cleaning, it'll cost me basically nothing.

Energy costs haven't been much more expensive than a tanked water heater either, but it's hard to compare considering those tank water heaters also ran in a different location with different AC needs. And I take super long showers, which I was straight up unable to do before moving here. I don't pay too much more than previously despite that though.

Most importantly! I can take hour long showers without running out of hot water, and being honest, that's really the biggest deal for me. I don't always do that, but sometimes I just wanna relax for a while and running out of hot water is a bitch when I do.

I'd honestly recommend a modern tankless water heater, so long as your electric can handle a load specifically sized to your house, even despite the problems i've had surrounding my own.

 

I switched to windscribe last month because the proton CEO starting spewing politcal BS, and I wanted port forwarding that wasn't locked behind a shitty GUI.

As far as I was concerned setup was super easy, the VPN speeds were great, and port forwarding worked really nicely. The whole price for a fixed server and port forward, + unlimited data was a bit much (at $95/year) but for the ease of use and speeds I was getting, I was happy to stick with them.

My setup is a always-on server with a 1gbps connection, where yes, I fucking seed my shit, all of it. I have about 30TB of linux ISOs and counting, and it's rare that my combined upload speed is less than 1MBps, ever.

Which lead me to getting banned from windscribe with no notice or warning in the middle of last week. This lead to me having to spend tracker points to avoid HnR, and i'm also unable to grab any new ISOs until I find a new VPN provider that won't ban me for actually using the service full time.

I did shoot them an email (after talking' with their AI bot first), and they were actually helpful enough. The offered to restore support, so long as I promised to not torrent with them again (which, I honestly did promise not to. I'm not sticking with a VPN service that can't handle me actually using it for what it's advertised for) and they did unban the account. Whole email chain took about three days to get resolved.

My sticking point is that they still have instructions on setting up torrents on their own website, and that they specifically allow for unlimited data (with the plan i paid for) so long as it's just one user. I did not break those rules. After clarifying that in the support email, they still said that I was using too much data (despite the unlimited data advertisement) and that torrenting was not allowed on their service.

TL:DR: Windscribe bans you if you use a lot of data, and support says torrents aren't allowed, despite their website advertising such. Proof in the attached images.

If y'all have any other suggestions for a VPN that allow port forwarding i'd really appreciate it.

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