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[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Americans had "unity" after 9/11

Uh, no we didn't. Source: am American, lived through that period.

Yes we had a brief period of unity (and solidarity with NYC) following 9/11, but as soon as the American War Machine woke up, my country was intensely divided.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 12 points 2 weeks ago

When the son of the deposed King of Nigeria emails you directly asking for help, you help. His father ran the freaking country, okay?

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 points 2 weeks ago

I used Photoprism years ago, so my knowledge is probably pretty outdated.

My experience of Photoprism was that mobile was not tightly integrated. At the time I used Syncthing to sync photos


it worked ok for me, but I wasn't going to set it up on my partner's phone, for example.

Immich Just Works on both mobile and desktop. Multi user is great, sharing is great, and the local ML and face detection work remarkably well.

Whatever works for you is the best of course! Immich fits the bill for me, and it was very much worth it for me to "buy" it.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 3 points 3 weeks ago

That's how I start my refried beans. After pressure cooker add oil (lots...), salt, and a little vinegar. Sauteed onions, cumin, chili powder also good.

I think it's way better than any vegetarian refried beans that you get in a can. Probably because they have more salt and oil...

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

Flagship Nvidia is around $10k. Easy to spend at least another $5k on the rest of the computer+setup (monitors, peripherasls...).

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Alt text from memory: #4: Boston

Edit: it's actually Prank #11: Boston. I was close.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 0 points 3 weeks ago

Well, Bon Scott probably did, but that's a little different.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 84 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

There's a joke about whitespace here somewhere, I just know it.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 2 points 3 weeks ago

Regarding DNS servers, what router do you have? Some routers have simple enough DNS capabilities


I have a MikroTik, and have it set up with DNS entries for internal services (including wildcard). Publicly accessible services just use my registrar's DNS (namecheap


no complaints).

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Oracle Free tier, amd64. Only use it because it's free---limited bandwidth, but given I have slow upload at home it's never really been a bottleneck. Hate to admit it given it's Oracle, but I've been completely happy with it.

If I switch to a paid VPS I will probably go with racknerd (suggestions welcome though if you have thoughts).

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

filtered coffee has had much more time to steep in all the caffeine

True, but I think it's more complicated than that. Filtered coffee is typically a coarse grind, espresso is fine---and fine grind has a larger surface area to volume ratio, which helps with extraction.

I have also heard that caffeine leaches out fairly quickly, so it gets to be diminishing returns pretty quickly.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 11 points 3 weeks ago

Especially after adding in all the power draw of the automation requires...

What exactly is the incremental power draw for automation? My network gear and server (a little nuc) are sunk power costs as I self host other services.

Idling, my home uses around 100W with the fridge off. One 10W light is an additional 10% of my power budget, and I have a lot more than one light in my house. I also pay about $0.40/kWh.

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