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  1. Comment on The billionaire ‘buccaneer’ braving the Strait of Hormuz in ~transport

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    Not only is buccaneer another word for pirate, but it is geographically specific. A buccaneer is a pirate operating in the Caribbean Sea.

    Not only is buccaneer another word for pirate, but it is geographically specific. A buccaneer is a pirate operating in the Caribbean Sea.

    15 votes

  2. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    A lot of the work you did made it into the final version. The height of the road I just used what you had done, since I felt no need to change that. Then, for the terraforming south of the road, I...

    A lot of the work you did made it into the final version. The height of the road I just used what you had done, since I felt no need to change that. Then, for the terraforming south of the road, I just made it feel more organic with less straight lines, then added undergrowth and trees. The north side of the road is where more of my work went into, as I had to completely redesign the land to blend in with the cliff I added

    3 votes

  3. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    Been working on three projects this past week. Been cleaning up my file storage. I used to run a NAS with 250GB capacity in RAID1, plus a 2 TB /sdb drive. I upgraded my NAS to 4TB capacity in...

    Been working on three projects this past week.

    1. Been cleaning up my file storage. I used to run a NAS with 250GB capacity in RAID1, plus a 2 TB /sdb drive. I upgraded my NAS to 4TB capacity in RAID1, so reorganizing my files on /sdb since they became a mess, and then will store them on my NAS.

    2. Been experimenting with Jellyfin on my homelab server. Been pretty stable with a single user, so will probably continue running it. Especially since I have no plans to have it run with more users at the moment. I may try and get my hands on a low power GPU that runs off of only PCIE power, but unsure if my plan for that will end up panning out. Another area to improve is it seems like CPU load on my proxmox server is pretty low, but RAM usage is pretty high. I considered upgrading the RAM, but felt that the DDR3 prices I was seeing was too high, so will pass on that. If I end up getting that GPU, then I reduce CPU demand, and RAM will really start to become the bottleneck on my server so might reconsider then.

    3. Been starting work again on my recipe website I was working on to learn React/improve my portfolio. I read a comment on here a while back about how someone found having good test coverage useful for personal projects, especially when having large breaks between working on it. So I have started working on getting test coverage on the API to begin with. I was using Bruno to do manual verification of my API, and yesterday I saw that there is some testing functionality within Bruno. I figured out the basics of doing Bruno tests, but am not the biggest fan of it so I need to research better tools for testing an API

    6 votes

  4. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    I have gotten the east side of storage (the side that faces town) close enough to finished that it is finally resembling my final vision for decor. Here is a screenshot showing it. I still have...

    I have gotten the east side of storage (the side that faces town) close enough to finished that it is finally resembling my final vision for decor. Here is a screenshot showing it. I still have plenty of tasks to tidy it all up, but excited to finally see my vision coming together.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I hadn't considered that. I have been testing jellyfin on ubuntu server since I learned Proxmox divides up my 2cores 4thread CPU into 4 assignable CPUs. So far, with just a single concurrent user...

    I hadn't considered that. I have been testing jellyfin on ubuntu server since I learned Proxmox divides up my 2cores 4thread CPU into 4 assignable CPUs. So far, with just a single concurrent user (which is all I probably will have), it seems to be working decent for a 1080p video with 2 threads and 8GB RAM. I will continue testing, since I can always delete the VM. I may have a connection to get one of those cards for free that you mentioned, so I might look into that further

  6. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    There is no pressure on you or anyone else pinged to redecorate the road. I just thought I would throw out the offer, and if no one else does it, I will eventually get around to it, but it would...

    There is no pressure on you or anyone else pinged to redecorate the road. I just thought I would throw out the offer, and if no one else does it, I will eventually get around to it, but it would be quite a low priority

    3 votes

  7. Comment on Meet the UK's Eurovision entrant: 'The BBC is taking a risk on me' in ~music

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    Been following Look Mum No Computer for a few years now (got started with the Joan's organ series). I am not too familiar with Eurovision, but I felt like Eins, Zwei, Drei is a fun, outlandish...

    Been following Look Mum No Computer for a few years now (got started with the Joan's organ series). I am not too familiar with Eurovision, but I felt like Eins, Zwei, Drei is a fun, outlandish song. I hope the best for him. It was also fun watching the music video as I felt like it was very much in style of Look Mum No Computer's previous works, and includes nods to some of his other projects, but just more polished and a higher production budget

    11 votes

  8. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    Been working on the land reclamation work west of storage, and it is getting pretty good. At first glance, the forest looks pretty natural and not man made, but on closer look there are a few...

    Been working on the land reclamation work west of storage, and it is getting pretty good. At first glance, the forest looks pretty natural and not man made, but on closer look there are a few things I recognize where it doesn't fully blend in yet. I am hoping to finish that in the next few days.

    Since the rough work is done, if anybody wants to, feel free to redesign the road west of storage (and potentially add street lights instead of my torch spam). Right now it is just nemo's temporary stone road that they built a while back. Specifically going to tag those who have built or might be planning on building along that road @nemo, @lazerdye, @redx, @noox

    4 votes

  9. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    It is hard to fully figure out how much time, but it is worth noting that it is my only project on the server at the moment. Also, while I have done the majority of the work myself, I have also...

    It is hard to fully figure out how much time, but it is worth noting that it is my only project on the server at the moment. Also, while I have done the majority of the work myself, I have also gotten little bits of help from various people, and have benefited greatly from getting building resources from storage that others have dropped off.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    So this past week I finally tidied up some of the interior of community storage. I added proper access to the catwalk to set filters. I went with copper grates and trapdoors again, as a homage to...

    So this past week I finally tidied up some of the interior of community storage. I added proper access to the catwalk to set filters. I went with copper grates and trapdoors again, as a homage to S2 comm. storage. I also built an office for myself on the upper floor, which was fun and now provides me a safe space to afk at in the area.

    I have also made great progress terraforming the area. I have got the terrain how I want it to be, and now working on adding trees. The first few trees have been slow, but I am getting to the point where I understand the design styles of the moonlight forest trees, so it should start picking up soon.

    6 votes

  11. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I do, but the problem is it is a proprietary HP computer. The biggest limiting factor is the PSU is 300W, and the MoBo has a proprietary connector for power. So, adding a GPU would require a new...

    I do, but the problem is it is a proprietary HP computer. The biggest limiting factor is the PSU is 300W, and the MoBo has a proprietary connector for power. So, adding a GPU would require a new PSU and an adapter out of the weird connector. At this point, the next upgrade step is just doing a clean rebuild and carrying over the drives, but that will not be happening in the short term

    2 votes

  12. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    So I have upgraded the drives on my homelab server, and so now need to do the OS installs. The main use of my server is a NAS, but I also run a few other VMs for the occasional task. I was...

    So I have upgraded the drives on my homelab server, and so now need to do the OS installs. The main use of my server is a NAS, but I also run a few other VMs for the occasional task. I was considering setting up either Jellyfin or Plex, since one of my current uses is on the NAS I have various shows my wife and I are watching, and we just watch it over SMB normally smoothly. I thought plex or jellyfin would be a great addition, but looked up my cpu and turns out I am running an intel i5 650, which is a dual core. I thought I had 4 cores, but apparently not. So odds are I will go back to my previous setup.

    On top of installing the new drives, I also dusted the machine and did a thermal re-paste. It will be nice having more stable storage and also significantly more space. A bit disappointed about not having enough performance to run a plex server though

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    It was a lot quicker getting the rough terrain in then I expected. So all the terrain is roughly where I want it. The next step is to do more detailed work on the terrain before adding back in the...

    It was a lot quicker getting the rough terrain in then I expected. So all the terrain is roughly where I want it. The next step is to do more detailed work on the terrain before adding back in the undergrowth and trees. Overall, I feel like it is pretty natural looking terrain so once the trees are added it should blend in nicely

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    @Noox I have started work on the terraforming south of the road, which is the part of the moonlight forest that I associate as your claimed land. The goal is to just smooth out the hill right off...

    @Noox I have started work on the terraforming south of the road, which is the part of the moonlight forest that I associate as your claimed land. The goal is to just smooth out the hill right off the road, so to have a smoother transition. This will involve cutting down some of the natural trees, but I do plan on rebuilding them and returning the land to looking like natural terrain gen. Also, this flattening work will probably end up providing you some more usable land for when you start your build in this area

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    I have noticed recently that lighting strikes can spread fire with our current server config. I know last season we disabled this as there were issues with damage not being noticed until after the...

    I have noticed recently that lighting strikes can spread fire with our current server config. I know last season we disabled this as there were issues with damage not being noticed until after the data was lost to core protect. Is this something that should change?

    5 votes

  16. Comment on Palantir sues Swiss magazine for accurately reporting that the Swiss government didn’t want Palantir in ~tech

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    So it seems like there is strong potential for Palantir to actually win this case. It seems like there may be some legal grounds that Republik did not properly allow for Palantir to comment on the...

    Palantir isn’t even claiming the articles are false. The company isn’t suing for defamation. It isn’t seeking damages. Instead, it’s invoking a Swiss “right of reply” statute, alleging that Republik didn’t give the company a sufficient opportunity to respond. Palantir wants the court to force the magazine to publish lengthy counter-statements to each article.

    So it seems like there is strong potential for Palantir to actually win this case. It seems like there may be some legal grounds that Republik did not properly allow for Palantir to comment on the article as legally required.

    Republik believed the proposed statements did not fairly address or rebut the reporting, she said, adding that the magazine stands by its reporting.

    Since I am unaware of the right of reply law, unsure if relevancy of replies matters. If it does, it seems like Palantir may be needlessly creating more media coverage that will not be in their favour.

    A UK member of parliament has already cited the Republik investigation during a debate on British defense contracts with Palantir, using the story to suggest that the British government “pivot away” from Palantir.

    I feel like the original article getting more attention combined with filing a SLAPP lawsuit is probably going to create more stories like this UK politician. The whole situation is not a good look for Palantir considering many countries are concerned with reliance on US tech. Doing this bully tactic on foreign journalism organizations will solidify that concern, not weaken it with their comment they want published

    11 votes

  17. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    Since January I have noticed a failing drive on my homelab server. I have been monitoring SSD prices, since it is the boot drive. I finally found one in stock for a decent price, so plan on...

    Since January I have noticed a failing drive on my homelab server. I have been monitoring SSD prices, since it is the boot drive. I finally found one in stock for a decent price, so plan on purchasing that today and then reinstalling proxmox. Initially, I was considering figuring out how to migrate the VMs, but am thinking it might be time to also replace my storage drives as well. So, I will probably just do a completely clean install rather than migrate VMs

    Edit: I picked up a Samsung Evo 500GB SSD for bootdrive, and then two iron wolf 4TB drives that I will run in RAID1 on my openmediavault vm for my NAS. It will be nice having space on my server again, since besides failing drives I was also running out of space

    2 votes

  18. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    @creesch I have moved the piston slime tower over due to it being in the way for the water elevators I was working on to get to the upper stories of the build. This also means that the piston...

    @creesch I have moved the piston slime tower over due to it being in the way for the water elevators I was working on to get to the upper stories of the build. This also means that the piston elevator is out of your way for the transit stop. Now, at the y-level I built the elevators to, there should be no redstone in the way except to the north of those water elevators. If you raise the ceiling any further, you may run into the redstone for the input system, so if you need more room height it might be best to dig further down than up

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    @GravySleeve I took your great suggestion and have added a bell that rings when the chunk loaders become active. I also made it slightly more responsive by switching from a redstone torch tower...

    @GravySleeve I took your great suggestion and have added a bell that rings when the chunk loaders become active. I also made it slightly more responsive by switching from a redstone torch tower from the chunk loaders to pistons with slime pushing redstone blocks.

    3 votes

  20. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games

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    So I have made great progress on the appearance of community storage this week. I have done the rough pass of terraforming between storage and town. I still need to do some work on the cliff and...

    So I have made great progress on the appearance of community storage this week. I have done the rough pass of terraforming between storage and town. I still need to do some work on the cliff and also add in vegetation, but overall pleased with how it looks. I also added in the basic roof, although I still need to experiment with dormer windows. I am now focusing on trying to tidy up the interior of storage.

    @creesch I have a potential area for a water elevator or staircase to a basement transit stop. If you want to implement that, I can get that set up for you, but if not no worries

    5 votes