zlatko

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[–] zlatko@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Pedometers, you mean?

[–] zlatko@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

Well, true, but tyres wouldn't make it a double distance, it's not that simple. The case isn't clear, if course, but the claim says that the odometer tried to reduce the range after it got out of the warranty period.

Not saying anything about the merit of the case, just the the claim itself sounds interesting and that if true, you can't wave it away with "you changed tyres".

[–] zlatko@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

Fucking hell, that site a million partners who all have "legitimate interest". I've clicked on like a third of them and then gave up. I don't need their shit.

[–] zlatko@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Now that they have their own Putin, why not?

[–] zlatko@programming.dev 10 points 1 month ago

hunter2

it doesn't look like *s to me

 

Funny thing at work, I was handling some legacy users - we need to make sure that on the next login, if they have a weak password, they have to change it.

So the whole day I'm typing "123" as a password, 123 123 123 123 all good. So finally I'm done and now I'm testing it, and accidentally I type 1234 instead of just 123. Doesn't really matter, either is "weak", so I just click "Login".

Then goes Chrome, "1234 is known as a weak password, found in breaches, you should change it".

So TIL 123 is still good.

[–] zlatko@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

I generally use 2000px on the long edge. That's the limit on 52frames.com and for the rest it's usually good enough.

Not optimal if you want fast loading times, but at least it's good enough to print.

[–] zlatko@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

I dunno: double-jointed sadistic french bisexual, struggling for money but overly confident.

[–] zlatko@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago

You could just block most of the internet services - gmail, youtube, facebook etc under these rules, and then wreak havoc. I bet they'd roll back these laws in record time if someone pushed them to the limits :/

[–] zlatko@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

Like others here, I'll almost always do:

  • Exposure as rendered
  • Denoise (profiled)
  • Haze removal
  • Lens correction

I'll frequently also enable Sharpen and either Filmic RGB or Shadows and Highlights, depending on the style I want.

I'll sometimes crop the images.

When I actually want to do manual editing, it'll mostly be a small tweak in the RGB levels followed by Colour balance RGB module. I'll also adjust exposure partially, via masks, and similar other tweaks.

Very rarely ill want to heal something with Retouch.

When I'm really having fun (and time), I'll just go tinker with everything else just to see what happens. It's rare that I have the time, though.

[–] zlatko@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

I went a slightly different selfhosted route: I made a website with Public CMS. It's WYSIWYG, simple and straightforward, and just goes to my existing stuff anyway.

For private things its usually a Google photos album or folder.

 

This one was for my 52frames Egg entry. There's more at my photo site.

Hashtag egg, also I should tag my Fuji with which I've taken them and all that ;)

[–] zlatko@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

I mean, often enough even that phone call won't help.

But you're right, as long as everything is working normally, working on premises slows you down to do maintenance, updates etc etc. Cloud (of all kinds) takes that work away and you can work faster. And in the VC-driven daily and eternal grind, moving faster is the only thing that matters.

 

I'm building a NAS for the first time on my own, so I wanted to share the story so far here.

I'm not a stranger to custom builds, in fact I don't think I ever bought an assembled PC (not counting second hand 386 box a million years ago). But this is my first small, low power build, so it's not perfect, I already ran into a wall (more later).

I base the build on an AsRock mini-ITX board, the CPU is included, it's passively cooled, low power consumption but still powerful for a NAS. I'm sticking it into a Node 304 Fractal Design case. Here's the full list of parts I got:

  • AsRock J4125-ITX board with a Celeron 4125 (4-core CPU)
  • 8GB DDR4 RAM (a Crucial kit)
  • a 500GB NVMe SSD (which I can't use)
  • a couple of Seagate IronWolf 4TB drives
  • 90W PicoPSU and some no-name power brick
  • Fractal Design Node 304 mini-ITX case.

I planned to have an SSD for OS, these two disks for my photography and media, and then later on expand with more storage (preferably SSD, when I can afford it).

As mentioned, I messed up: the M2 slot on the motherboard is a "Key E" slot. I never bothered with these keys before, so I didn't know that a Key E slot does not have a SATA protocol, it won't take my SSD.

Another thing, the PicoPSU is a 20-pin power supply, and the board has a 24-pin slot. It should still be fine, the specs say that this is still okay, but I'll have to see. According to my back-of-the-napkin calculations, 90 Watts should be enough power for the mobo and CPU, the SSD and the two spinning disks.

Anyway I'll get a regular SATA SSD tomorrow and see how it's shaping up. Let me know if you want me to post more on my progress/end result or if you have any questions.

 

Taken for the 52frames.com challenge last week. I have a few more shots on my (relatively new) photo site.

 

What would be a good investment now? I want no-frills Linux support, good CPU, lots of RAM, decent screen. If I'm actually working, I'm almost always docked, but when not, I would not mind a good battery as well. I want this primarily for personal use. I don't mind upgrading parts myself (if that's still possible), like getting a stronger SSD or something.

I used to own a T420 (and some other ThinkPads as well, but this one was used). It was an incredible investment at the time, used laptop price, build quality and feature on par with laptops 6, 7, 8 years younger. I wonder if this is still something you can get away with.

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