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  1. Comment on Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leak in ~tech

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    Given how good proton has gotten, I would just move to linux fully at that point. I'd have to use windows at work, but thats a work problem, not mine. More likely, microsoft will include a windows...

    Given how good proton has gotten, I would just move to linux fully at that point. I'd have to use windows at work, but thats a work problem, not mine.

    More likely, microsoft will include a windows license with a Microsoft 365 plan, but still offer standalone licenses.

    6 votes

  2. Comment on California workers who cut countertops are dying of an incurable disease in ~health

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    It doesn't matter how uneducated or dumb the employee is. It's simply the responsibility of the employer to ensure safety compliance regardless . If I repeatedly failed to perform my...

    It doesn't matter how uneducated or dumb the employee is. It's simply the responsibility of the employer to ensure safety compliance regardless .

    If I repeatedly failed to perform my multiple-per-shift temperature checks when I worked fast food, I would be fired.

    If people refuse to wear PPE or use dust reducing wet saws, they should be reprimanded until they do, or fired.

    Businesses should be forced to have the highest possible protection for their employees, and be forced to require them to use it.

    We already have controls in place for this. They just aren't being utilized how they should be

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Canine Cruciate Ligament options for older dog in ~life.pets

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    I realize this may sound a bit lacking in empathy but I assure you it is not - the reality is it is very likely your pooch pal only has a few solid years of life left. If they even do things like...

    I realize this may sound a bit lacking in empathy but I assure you it is not - the reality is it is very likely your pooch pal only has a few solid years of life left. If they even do things like joint replacements on dogs it's going to be prohibitively expensive and I would say (calculating dollars per year) I doubt you'd get the amount of joy in return for such a cost. It's rather morbid to think about it this way, but personally my advice is to maximize comfort while minimizing excess expenditure. The money spent on those sorts of expensive medical procedures would probably be better spent on increasing doggos quality of life in other ways. High quality food, like farmers dog or others, pampering treatments like fancy bathing and grooming sessions, spending time with you doing fun doggo things. Special treats, comfy beds, etc.

    Swimming is an excellent thing for arthritis in both humans and dogs. Finding a nearby lake or stream deep enough for them to take a swim can do wonders for getting them exercise with less pain.

    Anyways, I'm sorry your pooch is having a rough go. Hopefully the final chapter can bring you both many joyous times together.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Gitlab.com is currently down in ~tech

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    Glad we self host. Bummer for others.

    Glad we self host. Bummer for others.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on All five people on Titan sub dead after 'catastrophic implosion' in ~transport

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    The guy who thought cutting corners was OK, the CEO of OceanGate, was literally on the vessel. I think most would argue that he of all people on that vessel, definitely deserved his fate. Imagine...

    The guy who thought cutting corners was OK, the CEO of OceanGate, was literally on the vessel. I think most would argue that he of all people on that vessel, definitely deserved his fate. Imagine if he had sent some random pilot down with the tourists? He would be happily breathing while trying to mitigate a disaster and feign ignorance and saying how could this happen, etc.

    At least no one has to listen to that fool blathering about how his super dangerous DSV was not at all dangerous, and how this was just a freak accident. He sleeps with his victims, that, out of everything else, is fair.

    20 votes

  6. Comment on Reddit admins are now approaching mod teams of closed subreddits, looking for moderators who will cooperate and re-open them in ~tech

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    It's always projection with people like Huffman and Musk.

    It's always projection with people like Huffman and Musk.

    26 votes

  7. Comment on There's A Hail Mary Petition To Get Starfield On PS5 ... Exclusively in ~news

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    It's extra funny because recent Bethesda games have been worse on PS systems - like, objectively, up to and including lacking features.

    It's extra funny because recent Bethesda games have been worse on PS systems - like, objectively, up to and including lacking features.

  8. Comment on Redditors of Tildes, which subreddits are you missing the most during the blackout? in ~tech

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    Googling things and getting tons of reddit results really sucked, but I was usually able to leverage archive.org - but honestly, it already happened before - reddit threads and comments get...

    Googling things and getting tons of reddit results really sucked, but I was usually able to leverage archive.org - but honestly, it already happened before - reddit threads and comments get deleted and still show up on google results, resulting in deadlinks from search results themselves.

    It all reminds me a lot of the old web when websites would constantly break links, etc, and search results were constantly dead ends.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Subreddit migration directory - Subreddits migrating to Lemmy instances in ~tech

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    Beehaw specifically unfederated with lemmy and another instance due to the massive influx of new federated lemmy/etc users, many of them bad actors, which completely overwhelmed their ability to...

    Beehaw specifically unfederated with lemmy and another instance due to the massive influx of new federated lemmy/etc users, many of them bad actors, which completely overwhelmed their ability to moderate. It's not unsurprising, and its sort of the same as a subreddit on reddit going "approved submitters only" in a manner of speaking when seeing influxes of users after big events like the banning of hate subreddits that caused many people to brigade.

    5 votes

  10. Comment on New users: Ask your questions about Tildes here! in ~tildes

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    I'm assuming there is no way yet to get a reminder about something on here (eg like RemindMe bot on reddit)? Often times I would like a reminder to msg me or something and let me know I intend to...

    I'm assuming there is no way yet to get a reminder about something on here (eg like RemindMe bot on reddit)?

    Often times I would like a reminder to msg me or something and let me know I intend to return to a topic later. For example, there are a few great topics about programming stuff I would like to join the discussion on while toilet reading at work, but don't have time to contribute until later that evening, but by then I usually forget.

    6 votes

  11. Comment on What was your first programming language, what languages do you know now, and what tips do you have for those trying to learn any of those? in ~comp

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    C# is to Java as is Gourmet Coffee is to Folgers. It's really just Java, but way way better.

    C# is to Java as is Gourmet Coffee is to Folgers. It's really just Java, but way way better.

    5 votes

  12. Comment on Recommended length of paternity leave? in ~life

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    Paternity leave should be just as long as maternity leave. Those first months are crucial for bonding, and learning how to properly share parenting duties. I would even argue it's an unfair burden...

    Paternity leave should be just as long as maternity leave. Those first months are crucial for bonding, and learning how to properly share parenting duties.

    I would even argue it's an unfair burden on your wife to expect her to carry the bulk of the work.

    If you have the leave available use it. If possible, just as long as her.

    Edit: forgot to mention - I just had my oldest graduate college, my middle graduate high school, and my last child is going to be in high school in 2 years.

    You do NOT get to go back and do it over again. You should be present as much as possible. Work is forever, childhood happens only once. Be there. Be present.

    12 votes

  13. Comment on More say birth gender should dictate sports participation in ~lgbt

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    If we truly care about fair play, we would stop using gender at all. Simply create 2 or 3 classes and base the metrics on testosterone levels. There are many born genetically female that have...

    If we truly care about fair play, we would stop using gender at all. Simply create 2 or 3 classes and base the metrics on testosterone levels.

    There are many born genetically female that have extreme high testosterone, and many born genetically male with very low testosterone.

    This seems like an obvious solution to me, but it would require both sides of the argument to give up on gender based divisions. I have seen plenty of people dislike this idea when I suggest it, but none with a viable reason as to why it's a bad idea. Open to have my mind changed.

    4 votes

  14. Comment on Starfield system requirements are out on Steam in ~games

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    Only reason I am not bothering is because I already have gamepass. Seems pointless to buy it until I drop gamepass at some point.

    Only reason I am not bothering is because I already have gamepass. Seems pointless to buy it until I drop gamepass at some point.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Starfield system requirements are out on Steam in ~games

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    If you really want to pre-order, GMG for the discount.

    If you really want to pre-order, GMG for the discount.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom discussion in ~games

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    I have. Again, I just don't really enjoy the style of game they are. Im not really a Zelda "fan" as it were. I have fond memories of the NES games but they are just that. That said, I'm glad...

    I have. Again, I just don't really enjoy the style of game they are. Im not really a Zelda "fan" as it were. I have fond memories of the NES games but they are just that. That said, I'm glad others find joy in the series! I just dislike the behavior of SOME fans who "can't believe" people don't think it's the best thing ever. Certainly other games have similar fans, it's just always louder with the larger releases.

  17. Comment on Anyone else having a bad day because of the AWS us-east-1 outage? in ~tech

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    I thankfully had today off. My spouse is away on business (we work for same company) so I was taxicab today for my son's orthodontics appointments and dental cleanings. All my juniors are having...

    I thankfully had today off. My spouse is away on business (we work for same company) so I was taxicab today for my son's orthodontics appointments and dental cleanings.

    All my juniors are having to deal with any fallout, and they aren't allowed to page me.

    Tis nice.

    2 votes

  18. Comment on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom discussion in ~games

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    Glad so many are finding joy with the game. It's not for me, nor is really any of the modern Zelda games. Just don't scratch that itch (eg get off my lawn, etc etc). Most of the time I mention...

    Glad so many are finding joy with the game. It's not for me, nor is really any of the modern Zelda games. Just don't scratch that itch (eg get off my lawn, etc etc). Most of the time I mention this I am treated as some sort of terrorist, so please, don't get mad at me :S

    4 votes

  19. Comment on What does your self-hosted server setup look like? in ~comp

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    Most of them are SATA drives aside from the M.2 - They are installed in a 16-bay case with hotswap trays that have a SATA backplane. I connect (6? 8? cant recall) of the drive bays to the on-board...

    Most of them are SATA drives aside from the M.2 - They are installed in a 16-bay case with hotswap trays that have a SATA backplane. I connect (6? 8? cant recall) of the drive bays to the on-board SATA controllers, Then I use a cheap used LSI SAS controller (forgot to list this one) card off ebay, along with some SAS SATA breakout cables to connect up most of the bays.

    I plan on downsizing all of this. With solid state becoming so much more economical.. When I build a new gaming PC, my current gaming PC will become my new server (5950x cpu and an asus motherboard) - i will do away with all the spinning drives, maybe buying one new spinner as a "slow backup" drive to backup everything locally on the network before seeding it to my cloud backup.

  20. Comment on What does your self-hosted server setup look like? in ~comp

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    I'm running a self-built system that's getting a bit long in the tooth. Gigabyte AX370X Gaming motherboard running a Ryzen 1800X cpu with 64 GB of ECC memory. Has about 10 spinning disks (formerly...

    I'm running a self-built system that's getting a bit long in the tooth. Gigabyte AX370X Gaming motherboard running a Ryzen 1800X cpu with 64 GB of ECC memory. Has about 10 spinning disks (formerly 15) - 4 WD Gold 5 TB drives running raid 6 equivalent in software, 5 WD Red drives that are quite old at this point running as a spare backup, and 1 WD purple drive that I used to use for DVR when I still had a cablecard tuner. Has one m.2 samsung 960 pro for boot.

    It runs bare metal Hyper-V with storage pools for the hard drives, and i run two linux VM's on it, one for a tinker console and web server, along with an AirSonic server. This also serves as a reverse proxy to multiple various webui's I have for admin stuff. Then I run another Debian VM with Pterodactyl game server administration panel and backend game servers for me and friends - things like minecraft, 7days2die, valheim, etc.

    2 votes