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Comment on Has anyone else run up against higher costs due to the US tariffs? in ~society
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Comment on What is a business/org that is great and ethical in so many aspects that everyone should consider using? in ~life
cutmetal Link ParentBack in the day Costco used to only take American Express, when did they change sides?Back in the day Costco used to only take American Express, when did they change sides?
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Comment on What is a business/org that's so terrible no one should use if possible? in ~life
cutmetal Link ParentWell the SLA cuts both ways - I'm locked in to a two year contract. But when there's an outage I usually get a small refund, there are no uptime guarantees. I didn't realize that consumer Comcast...Well the SLA cuts both ways - I'm locked in to a two year contract. But when there's an outage I usually get a small refund, there are no uptime guarantees.
I didn't realize that consumer Comcast had gotten so expensive.
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
cutmetal LinkVinnum Sabbathi has finally put out some new music after their incredible Of Dimensions And Theories. The new one is a 10" EP called Intersatelitial. It's pretty good! But so far it's no ODAT....Vinnum Sabbathi has finally put out some new music after their incredible Of Dimensions And Theories. The new one is a 10" EP called Intersatelitial. It's pretty good! But so far it's no ODAT.
Also just downloaded Charli xcx's brat. I've only listened to 365, and I was surprised that I think I got it. It sounds sort of like the Spice Girls on ketamine lol.
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Comment on What is a business/org that's so terrible no one should use if possible? in ~life
cutmetal Link ParentThat's fucking terrible, fuck those scumbags. Are you saying that it's gotten better since Luigi's act of heroism?That's fucking terrible, fuck those scumbags. Are you saying that it's gotten better since Luigi's act of heroism?
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Comment on What is a business/org that's so terrible no one should use if possible? in ~life
cutmetal Link ParentI've been using Comcast Business service at my home for maybe eight years now. It used to be amazing - first line tech support was someone knowledgeable and helpful and friendly in the US. When I...I've been using Comcast Business service at my home for maybe eight years now. It used to be amazing - first line tech support was someone knowledgeable and helpful and friendly in the US. When I bought my house around that time I was having connectivity problems, so they sent a crew out to replace the coax from the pole to my house (maybe 150' of very rough terrain) at no charge. You do have to sign an SLA with them, and it's quite expensive - I'm paying about $150/mo for the "performance" plan, which is something like 300 down/30 up, with my own modem and router. But there's no caps hard or soft, I get a routable public IPv4 address, and running servers isn't against the TOS.
But, the last few years it's gone down the tubes. Maybe once a year I have connectivity problems and they have to send out techs to do something on the repeater(?) box on the line next to my pole. Their phone support is now outsourced, your standard crummy phone support experience. And randomly each month since the start of this year I've been getting paper invoices that they're charging me for, even though ebills are turned on in my account. Called them up and they refunded the money I'd paid and said they fixed the problem, but I'm still getting paper bills and getting charged for them, need to call them back.
There's supposed to be a local fiber ISP coming to my address Soon™️, so I may jump ship if I don't move first. For anyone in a similar situation where you must have good fixed-line internet, I'd still recommend Comcast Business, but now unfortunately with heavy reservations.
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Comment on The great enslurrification of culture in ~arts
cutmetal Link ParentMan I am so OOTL in this post-reddit world. It feels kind of nice because most of culture is trash, but I do like this clanker word. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clanker?wprov=sfla1Man I am so OOTL in this post-reddit world. It feels kind of nice because most of culture is trash, but I do like this clanker word.
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Comment on What follows GitHub? in ~tech
cutmetal Link ParentI have a little VM running gitea in my basement as basically just a web UI on git for personal mucking around. It's been a few years since I did anything with it other than use it and it's about...I have a little VM running gitea in my basement as basically just a web UI on git for personal mucking around. It's been a few years since I did anything with it other than use it and it's about to be time to update it. You sound like you're in the know - I hadn't heard of Forgejo, is that the one the community has moved to now? When I first set this up it was gogs, seems like a trend line now if every 2-3 major Debian releases I redo the very stale VM with whatever gogs derivative is now standard.
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Comment on Thinking about my next (career) move in ~life
cutmetal Link ParentOh god, just got lost in openpsychometrics for like an hour, thanks for the share!Oh god, just got lost in openpsychometrics for like an hour, thanks for the share!
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Comment on Glow-in-the-dark succulents could be the future of ambient lighting in ~science
cutmetal Link ParentOh that's so cool. I backed the OG "glowing plants" Kickstarter back in like 2012 maybe? Only time I've ever lost money on Crowdfunding. A greenhouse 30 mins from me carries these petunias, going...Oh that's so cool. I backed the OG "glowing plants" Kickstarter back in like 2012 maybe? Only time I've ever lost money on Crowdfunding. A greenhouse 30 mins from me carries these petunias, going to go get some!
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Comment on Retro Video Game Club brainstorming and planning topic in ~games
cutmetal Link ParentThat's crazy, I too was thinking CGA, but standing for Classic Game Aficionados!That's crazy, I too was thinking CGA, but standing for Classic Game Aficionados!
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Comment on What's a question you could ask to determine if someone is an expert in your line of work? in ~talk
cutmetal Link ParentWow, shows what I know about alternate shells! Thanks for teaching me :)Wow, shows what I know about alternate shells! Thanks for teaching me :)
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Comment on What's a question you could ask to determine if someone is an expert in your line of work? in ~talk
cutmetal Link ParentI use Linux and ssh every day professionally and at home and have for 15 years, have previously worked for Canonical, and I have no opinion on ssh key algorithms :p I just trust the distro...I use Linux and ssh every day professionally and at home and have for 15 years, have previously worked for Canonical, and I have no opinion on ssh key algorithms :p I just trust the distro defaults.
But the find and replace is a pretty good one. You're right that it's pretty tough to come up with something distro-agnostic that most Linux pros would know but few novices would.
Some more proposals:
- In grub, which keypress will let you edit the entry before boot?
- How do you find the kernel command line that was used at boot?answer
I think it's F10?
- What files could you add commands to and be pretty sure they'd execute for any new interactive shell session on any system?answer
cat /proc/cmdline, though iirc it's null-delimited so you might have to do something weird likecat /proc/cmdline | tr '\0' ' '- I'd have to play around with thatanswer
probably /etc/profile, I'm not sure how weird alternative shells (and maybe init systems?) can get
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Comment on Which other sites do you visit? in ~tech
cutmetal Link ParentI too still read most of the posts that go through /., but man, I wouldn't call it well-curated lol. There are still dupes posted every week, and zero effort summaries. Every few months I get to...I too still read most of the posts that go through /., but man, I wouldn't call it well-curated lol. There are still dupes posted every week, and zero effort summaries. Every few months I get to learn about TIOBE's most recent googling of programming language names. Fringe scientific "discoveries" made by whackadoodles still sometimes get posted. But, it seems to be mostly by and for greybeards who like the tech, whereas HN feels younger and way way shallower. I'll take the occasional "electric universe" quackery over money-obsessed 22 year olds reinventing the wheel.
Also, on /. some psychotic right wingers had been very prominent in the comments for a few years, but then blessedly that seemed to die down some, maybe earlier this year? But it seems to be ticking back up sadly.
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Comment on What are some great actual comedies made in the last twenty years? in ~movies
cutmetal LinkHere's a weird-ass list of stuff not mentioned elsewhere ITT for you: Hot Tub Time Machine Paul RubberHere's a weird-ass list of stuff not mentioned elsewhere ITT for you:
- Hot Tub Time Machine
- Paul
- Rubber
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Comment on Is AI actually useful for anyone here? in ~tech
cutmetal Link ParentTotally with you. Copilot AI code review is 75% useless, but 25% of the time it points out something worthwhile, which makes it a great adjunct to our workflow, where we have mountains of code...Totally with you. Copilot AI code review is 75% useless, but 25% of the time it points out something worthwhile, which makes it a great adjunct to our workflow, where we have mountains of code being spilled from low-skilled contractors every day and only a few overworked senior engineers to review it.
Copilot tab completion in VScode is just annoying 90% of the time. But it's just useful enough for me to not turn off.
ChatGPT is useful for grokking dense code or getting a gut check on a weird error. The other day I had some really nasty C++ macros to figure out, ChatGPT made that task many times faster than it would have been.
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Comment on The Promised LAN in ~comp
cutmetal LinkA few years ago I had the idea to connect the network at my parents' house with mine, so I could run a NAS there and we could off-site backup to each other's houses. My brother wanted in too from...A few years ago I had the idea to connect the network at my parents' house with mine, so I could run a NAS there and we could off-site backup to each other's houses. My brother wanted in too from his house. But I never built it - these guys did, and then went way farther.
It's amazing how far apart we've been pushed from one another. Why don't we try to fix that? We have the technology.
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The Promised LAN
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Comment on One quirky anti AI technique I've used is leaving in the typos in ~tech
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Comment on Interview with Hunter Biden in ~society
cutmetal (edited )LinkI watch most of Channel 5's stuff but this one is LONG, hope he releases an edited down version. Edit: goddam, Channel 5 is on the AP...I watch most of Channel 5's stuff but this one is LONG, hope he releases an edited down version.
Edit: goddam, Channel 5 is on the AP
https://apnews.com/video/hunter-biden-lashes-out-at-george-clooney-other-democrats-over-joe-bidens-2024-campaign-d0c759fc7dbc44a9845b8df91e2d7b6f?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share
Same on the merch, Bandcamp must really be hurting right now, to say nothing of the tiny overseas bands who would have otherwise gotten $30-60 from me.