Liru's recent activity
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Comment on What are your top two strategy games you play competitively? in ~games
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Comment on Yuki Tsunoda set to replace Liam Lawson at Red Bull in ~sports.motorsports
Liru LinkAt the rate things are going, we'll probably have Horner in the 2nd Red Bull seat by Silverstone.At the rate things are going, we'll probably have Horner in the 2nd Red Bull seat by Silverstone.
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Comment on Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix 2025 - Results in ~sports.motorsports
Liru LinkAbsolutely wild race. Definitely an entertaining start to the season. Honestly, the contest for "best radio message" already has a potential frontrunner for the year with Leclerc/Ferrari.Absolutely wild race. Definitely an entertaining start to the season.
Honestly, the contest for "best radio message" already has a potential frontrunner for the year with Leclerc/Ferrari.
"Is there a leakage?"
"A leakage of what?"
"I have the seat full of water! Like, full of water!"
"Must be the water"
"Let's add that to the words of wisdom"
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Comment on Framework 13 chassis available for $400 in ~tech
Liru (edited )Link ParentI've had a Framework since mid-2022 (Edit, a 1260p processor, 12th gen Intel). I've got a bunch of stuff to say about them. Overall, as a Linux user, there's a hefty premium, but if you believe in...I've had a Framework since mid-2022 (Edit, a 1260p processor, 12th gen Intel). I've got a bunch of stuff to say about them. Overall, as a Linux user, there's a hefty premium, but if you believe in repairability and maintenance, it's worth buying a Framework. I've had a replacement webcam shipped to me (which I proceeded to trivially replace) when I contacted support saying that it was busted. Overall, the battery life is worse than comparable options, and I believe that eventually Asahi Linux will be the best option for laptops, but it's good enough compared to the alternatives, based solely on the fact that you can replace stuff (like the aforementioned webcam) with little trouble.
Is the build quality there?
Nope. I've got several flaws from Framework after only 2ish years of use, not even dependant on their subcontracted stuff. Basically, if you're not keeping it stationary, expect stuff like chassis bending after a few years.
Is the long term support for the hardware there?
I've heard messages saying that you can upgrade the motherboard if you want to, so at least there's that. Not exactly cheap, but it's an option.
Are there any obvious downsides?
Battery life is pretty meh. Other than that, I'd say there's not much to report compared to other x86 processors.
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Comment on Looking to get into indycar in ~sports.motorsports
Liru LinkHad to look this up. Will Buxton?With my favorite F1 commentator joining the indycar crew
Had to look this up. Will Buxton?
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Comment on 1,156 questions censored by DeepSeek in ~tech
Liru Link ParentThe strawberry test for AI is simple: all you have to do is ask "how many r's are in the word strawberry?" Famously, most LLMs think there are only 2, despite multiple attempts at correcting it....The strawberry test for AI is simple: all you have to do is ask "how many r's are in the word strawberry?" Famously, most LLMs think there are only 2, despite multiple attempts at correcting it. It was such a huge and simple fuckup for many models that it became famous.
OpenAI tried to paper over the publicity of the strawberry test by releasing a "model" called Strawberry, trying to hide it in search results. Reportedly, a lot of people were banned after trying that after said model was released, since they argued that people are trying to expose how the Strawberry model works and is thus against TOS. Wes linked the article to that in their comment.
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Comment on Should I self-host my blog? in ~tech
Liru Link ParentMy ISP blocks inbound requests to ports 80 and 443, among a few others. Technically you can set up a site on something like port 81, but that becomes slightly inconvenient and ugly.My ISP blocks inbound requests to ports 80 and 443, among a few others. Technically you can set up a site on something like port 81, but that becomes slightly inconvenient and ugly.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
Liru Link ParentHeck yeah, home servers. How/where did you acquire the R730xd, and what else are you using it for? Also, how did you get 50 million images? Are they from certain datasets or something? I'm having...Heck yeah, home servers. How/where did you acquire the R730xd, and what else are you using it for?
Also, how did you get 50 million images? Are they from certain datasets or something? I'm having a hard time believing they're just something like photos straight from your cellphone or something.
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Comment on Best way to set up NAS? in ~tech
Liru LinkIt's basically how NFS works, unfortunately. The reason it happens is because your Nextcloud instance is attempting to connect to the NAS, the NFS link is down, and the Nextcloud instance blocks...Why is this an issue? it causes my nextcloud to freeze up as the files it is supposed to share are no longer available. necessitates me restarting my NUC to get the connection going again.
It's basically how NFS works, unfortunately. The reason it happens is because your Nextcloud instance is attempting to connect to the NAS, the NFS link is down, and the Nextcloud instance blocks because of the attempts to retry, thinking that it's just taking a long time to read.
There are a few workarounds for that, but if you're insistent on using NFS, I'd look into using
autofsto mount it.I'm unsure of what the failure mode is of Nextcloud trying to access a share that suddenly doesn't exist, though, as opposed to one that hangs when attempting to access a share.
My question to you is, why is the Nextcloud instance on the NUC and not on the NAS?
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Comment on What it's like to create a simple, free website in 2025 in ~comp
Liru Link ParentFree SSL is basically Let's Encrypt's whole schtick, and it works really well. I was referring to free hosting.Free SSL is basically Let's Encrypt's whole schtick, and it works really well. I was referring to free hosting.
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Comment on What it's like to create a simple, free website in 2025 in ~comp
Liru Link ParentThe only real reason I can guess is that free is free, and Cloudflare is one of the only providers that would let you host your own custom site for no cost.The only real reason I can guess is that free is free, and Cloudflare is one of the only providers that would let you host your own custom site for no cost.
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Comment on CES 2025 in ~tech
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Comment on What is the best modern-ish OS to install on older computers? (Parameters within) in ~comp
Liru LinkI think the biggest issue you may face is regarding RAM usage. How much does each machine have? Modernish software uses quite a bit, even the "slim" pieces of software, due to how much RAM a...I think the biggest issue you may face is regarding RAM usage. How much does each machine have? Modernish software uses quite a bit, even the "slim" pieces of software, due to how much RAM a modernish machine is assumed to have.
I primarily want to use these machines for some old school mudding. Bonus points for a browser that works with encryption to make web browsing somewhat usable.
Is command-line only acceptable? If you're trying to get a modernish GUI running on this, you may run into problems. You'll probably want to use a basic tiling window manager/compositor like
dwmif so. Lynx supports https and modern encryption IIRC.As for actual suggestions... you mentioned using FreeBSD on the one computer. I think that at least trying to use one of the newer versions of it could be useful. Going the BSD route, you may want to look into NetBSD since it's pretty minimal.
Failing that, you'd probably want to run some minimal flavour of Linux with 32-bit support. Vanilla Archlinux, for instance, is out, since it dropped 32 bit support (which I discovered in a painful manner one day), but there's an Archlinux32 distro you may want to check out since it seems active. Another option is Debian. With hardware that old, though, depending on your comfort with tech, I'd probably suggest trying out Gentoo with minimal USE flags and a
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Comment on Is there a site where I can check if a game has multiple endings or missable stuff without spoilers? in ~games
Liru Link ParentI'm sending off an email to the owner to see if maybe I can get an account and edit that. Seems like overkill for just a single game, but may as well.I'm sending off an email to the owner to see if maybe I can get an account and edit that. Seems like overkill for just a single game, but may as well.
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Comment on Is there a site where I can check if a game has multiple endings or missable stuff without spoilers? in ~games
Liru Link ParentI checked out some games on that site, most notably the Deus Ex series. It's not a good sign when a "starter guide" that's supposed to get someone on the right path basically says "here are three...I checked out some games on that site, most notably the Deus Ex series. It's not a good sign when a "starter guide" that's supposed to get someone on the right path basically says "here are three different exploits you can use, none of which are necessary to actually play the game," as well as giving very opinionated advice on how to play in a game that's supposed to be open-ended about that sort of thing.
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Comment on I worked for Mr. Beast, he’s a fraud in ~tech
Liru Link ParentThe jigsaw puzzle robot in particular has a technical writeup included. Is that not detailed enough?The jigsaw puzzle robot in particular has a technical writeup included. Is that not detailed enough?
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
Liru Linktableflip.gif About two and a half years ago, I posted this comment: I've been trying to solve this issue on-and-off since then, trying to figure out what went wrong. Due to me being laid off, I...tableflip.gifAbout two and a half years ago, I posted this comment:
Due to not dealing with Rails for... almost a decade now, I spent far more time than necessary trying to get my current booruwiktionary up and running again. Between various gem updates, updates to the booru itself, and lots of updates via
pacmanthat probably didn't get to be tested because the server itself was running so long, I succeeded. Or, at least I thought I did. Browsing everything works, but the fact that I can't log in and can't upload new content means that I'm pretty damn frustrated. I'm legitimately thinking of working on my own booru again [...], something that can compile to something self-contained instead of dealing with weird issues like this.I've been trying to solve this issue on-and-off since then, trying to figure out what went wrong. Due to me being laid off, I decided to start work on my own booru again, since I had free time. After finishing about half of what I was planning for the barebones version of it, I tried fixing the old booru again, and found that somehow, a default setting was switched between versions of Rails around the time that I updated, ruining the way Rails uses cookies in my setup.
Fixing the issue basically involved deleting a single
#character.Two and a half years' worth of time for that fix.
I hate programming sometimes.
On another note, I'm not sure if I want to continue with my own implementation.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
Liru LinkHaven't been doing much coding lately, but I recently decided that I should make a plugin to auto-repay large loans in OpenRCT2, since I like watching big numbers go down. So I did just that. The...Haven't been doing much coding lately, but I recently decided that I should make a plugin to auto-repay large loans in OpenRCT2, since I like watching big numbers go down.
The code is mostly quick and awful, but it does what I need it to. I'm happy enough with the result, especially considering that I haven't done Typescript stuff in forever.
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Comment on If Taylor Otwell and Taylor Swift stood in the US presidential election, who will you vote for? in ~talk
Liru Link ParentIt's even worse than that. Rasmus Lerdorf was the inventor of PHP, which wasn't bad in and of itself. There's at least some plausibility to it, since it was basically a hobby project that got out...The joke answer would be that Taylor Otwell committed crimes against humanity by creating PhP.
It's even worse than that.
Rasmus Lerdorf was the inventor of PHP, which wasn't bad in and of itself. There's at least some plausibility to it, since it was basically a hobby project that got out of hand. (A rough summary of PHP's beginnings: "I'm going to create a programming language to create dynamic web pages for my own home page, despite not knowing anything about making programming languages. ...hm, this works well enough, I'm going to post what I did online. ...wait, why are so many people using it? oh no")
Taylor Otwell created Laravel, which is a far worse crime, in my opinion.
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Comment on Jesse Eisenberg applies for Polish citizenship in ~movies
Liru Link ParentI just want to emphasize this, because he definitely would have had an easier time. Back when I went through the Polish citizenship process in 2019, the process was almost trivial because I had...If he had family there he might have an easier time
I just want to emphasize this, because he definitely would have had an easier time. Back when I went through the Polish citizenship process in 2019, the process was almost trivial because I had family there. The actual granting of citizenship amounted to basically this:
"Do you have your birth certificate here?"
"Yes."
"Can you read, write, and understand Polish?"
"Yes."
"Congratulations, *stamp stamp stamp* here you go."Compared to a few other people I knew who were trying to get Polish citizenships (mostly Ukrainian, some British, and one Indian), it was extremely easy. My process honestly reminded me of the scene in Silicon Valley where Gilfoyle gets his American citizenship. "It took me five years. They asked me about Al-Qaeda like fourteen times. He literally got it while I was still looking for parking."
It depends on how you rank the games. Top by fun, by strategy, by depth?
Zero Hour was definitely my jam when I was younger, I think I played it in high school until I hit university. Met a few friends through it, although I haven't stayed in contact with them much...
I haven't played any RTS games competitively in a long time, but back in the day, I also used to play StarCraft and StarCraft 2 at a pretty decent level. I quit mostly because Dota 2 got its hooks into me not too long after.
Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne was also fun and required a bit of thinking instead of just spamming units constantly. I think I eventually quit because I felt that the TTK was a little bit too high for my tastes.
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance is pretty fun as well, and pretty deep, although I strongly disliked the metagame at the higher levels back when I played as opposed to how I wanted to play. I eventually started defaulting to making comp stomp lobbies with some friends.
Recently I also got sucked into playing Red Alert via OpenRA, but I wouldn't really consider that "competitive" and more "1v1 with some friends". I don't think I'm good enough to go anywhere close to a decent competitive level any more.