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Comment on Next ‘Rush Hour’ sequel from Brett Ratner is being distributed by Paramount in ~movies
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
secretfire Link ParentGyoza are excellent! I made about 70 of them a few days ago; I mostly make them using feeling these days, loosely taking ideas from Kenji's recipe and this JOC recipe. They freeze really well...Gyoza are excellent! I made about 70 of them a few days ago; I mostly make them using feeling these days, loosely taking ideas from Kenji's recipe and this JOC recipe. They freeze really well (lasting maybe 2 months in the freezer) so they're excellent for lunches and to give out to friends. I normally have them with a dipping sauce and some pickled red ginger, maybe miso soup if I can be bothered.
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Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime
secretfire Link ParentI've not watched the new season but I have read that section of the manga, and honestly it gets really boring really fast IMO. It's a single arc that starts around chapter 96 and it goes on for...I've not watched the new season but I have read that section of the manga, and honestly it gets really boring really fast IMO. It's a single arc that starts around chapter 96 and it goes on for nearly 80 chapters by itself. It takes up nearly half of the entire manga. Even One Piece arcs don't go on for that long. There's a lot of extremely good stuff in it, but I think it suffers immensely from the fact that it takes zero breaks; at some point it all just started to blend together and I just wanted Saitama to stop stalling and punch the bad guy already so the manga could move on. I'm fortunate to have only started reading the manga once it was all over and done since I could not imagine being drip-fed that over the course of 4 years.
I have no idea how an anime could possibly adapt it all in a single season (or if that's even their plan), it's 2 season's worth of non-stop action and very little comedy compared to the rest of the show. That's a difficult thing to adapt at the best of times, and with how much of OPM's popularity is centered on its comedic elements, I'm not sure what the best approach to take would have been.
Of course this is all made rather moot by the fact that they've proceeded to doom the adaptation from the very start by giving them a budget of like $30 and cutting so many corners that there's basically nothing left. They could have just gotten the VAs together to do a reading of the manga and it would have ended up 10 times better.
Spoiler-y aside for manga readers and/or people who don't care
I'm counting the end of the Garou fight as the end of the arc, but technically they leave the Monster Association like 20 chapters before then or something. I'm still counting it all as the one thing since the MA part leads seamlessly into the Cosmic Garou part with zero breaks in between, and I think it all happens literally in one in-universe day (time travel shenanigans notwithstanding).
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
secretfire LinkWent to a concert the other day, solo pianist playing a ton of Maurice Ravel's piano works. Ravel's probably my favourite composer so I was already super familiar with all of the works, but it was...Went to a concert the other day, solo pianist playing a ton of Maurice Ravel's piano works. Ravel's probably my favourite composer so I was already super familiar with all of the works, but it was really nice to hear them all live back-to-back. Their performance of Une barque sur l'ocean was particularly good; it's not a Ravel piece I've cared for that much, but I've gained a new appreciation for it now. They even did the solo piano version of La valse, which is always a treat to hear; I've heard it in a half dozen performances and I'd happily hear it again in a heartbeat.
Going to link some random Ravel music I like for anyone who's interested:
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Lever de jour, the first section from the 3rd suite of Daphnis et Chloé, is probably the best piece of music ever written IMO. I can never get tired of listening to it. Was fortunate to attend a full performance of the ballet a few months ago during the BBC Proms, and words cannot describe.
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Listen to this one if you're sad. Music has never cured my sadness outright, but it helps me cope sometimes, and this piece is particularly nice for that.
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Introduction et allegro is just a really solid piece of chamber music. It's Ravel at his most Ravel, I think, even if the composer would disagree (he famously wrote the piece in no time at all, didn't think anything of it, and didn't even bother including it in his own catalogue of works).
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Similarly, his first Piano Concerto is just a joy to listen to. This part of the second movement is particularly beautiful.
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Your grandma probably really enjoyed Boléro for some reason so I'm linking it here out of obligation. Never got the hype myself, but in my experiences old people just can't get enough of it, idk. Have always wondered how the experience would be augmented if one listened to it while on a heroic dose of magic mushrooms; if there are any brave psychonauts out there with no plans tonight, feel free to give it a go and report back. For science.
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Comment on Shrinking number of free news outlets in ~talk
secretfire (edited )Link ParentAll news is biased news, of course, but in today's media landscape it's more often than not a tossup between "reports the news" and "spouts propaganda on behalf of their benefactors" with an...All news is biased news, of course, but in today's media landscape it's more often than not a tossup between "reports the news" and "spouts propaganda on behalf of their benefactors" with an unfortunately small amount of grey area in between. And if you want your propaganda to reach as wide an audience as possible, of course you'll publish it for free. That doesn't mean that all free news sources are untrustworthy, or that all paid sources are trustworthy, but it's a factor to consider, I think. There's no such thing as a free lunch. I don't consume the news too much these days on account of the enormous mental strain I experience from being constantly reminded of how I'm living through the collapse of civilisation and the climate apocalypse, but I've found that, if nothing else, paid, reputable sources at least try harder to report "proper" news. But of course it's best to get news from multiple sources to account for inevitable biases in all of them.
Additionally, I generally like giving my dollar to things I support on principle, when I can afford it at least. I use Wikipedia a ton and support its mission, so when I can I'll buy them a cup of coffee or two. I try to buy at local businesses as much as I can, I don't buy from Amazon, I pay for Google product alternatives, stuff like that. I extend that same thinking to paying for news; if it's something I utilise regularly, then I think there's no reason why I couldn't throw $2-3 their way every month if I can. I'm not well-off by any means, but by the privilege of living in a rich Western country, I am fortunate enough to be able to align my spending with my principles somewhat.
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Comment on Shrinking number of free news outlets in ~talk
secretfire LinkI feel that at some point it becomes worth it to simply pay for news if you care about getting high quality, unbiased reporting. Journalism is a relatively new profession all things considered,...I feel that at some point it becomes worth it to simply pay for news if you care about getting high quality, unbiased reporting. Journalism is a relatively new profession all things considered, and free journalism is an incredibly new thing, and I don't think it's sustainable unfortunately, though I wish it were the case. High quality reporting is a costly thing, and when the product is being given out for free then one has to question where the money is coming from, because if it's not coming from the readers then it's likely coming at least in part from sources that have a vested interest in what the news reports. I'm all for frugality, especially in the world we live in today, but a subscription to a decent news site just isn't that expensive for most westerners.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
secretfire Link ParentMy home server plan in the long run is to have a machine capable of running Jellyfin and a few other things, and I definitely wouldn't trust a Pi to do that. But as a short term quick-and-dirty...My home server plan in the long run is to have a machine capable of running Jellyfin and a few other things, and I definitely wouldn't trust a Pi to do that. But as a short term quick-and-dirty solution for a backup device I think it'd work for a little while at least, until I can build an actual server. But you know what they say about temporary solutions being the longest-lasting ones.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
secretfire LinkI'm working on getting a (relatively) robust backup system going for my important files. My current backup system is, well, shit. I have my main drives, a NAS drive in my PC that I manually...I'm working on getting a (relatively) robust backup system going for my important files. My current backup system is, well, shit. I have my main drives, a NAS drive in my PC that I manually copy/paste things into whenever I feel like it, and a 15GB Google Drive for photos and important documents.
On my computer I'm running Linux and a shameful Windows installation, both of which I want to reinstall (Windows to get a better supported version, Linux because in classic Linux user fashion I am dissatisfied with the way I made my partitions last time). Before going through with it I'd like to have everything even slightly important backed up - A broad survey of my entire PC shows that ignoring things like applications, games, and legally acquired TV/films (I can always legally acquire them again in the future), I only really have ~300GB of stuff. Which is, well, kinda trivial to back up honestly. I've bought some cloud storage that I'm going to configure regular automatic backups onto, and now I'm looking at getting a home server of some kind for further redundancy.
A few weekly threads ago I was discussing building a fancy home server, unfortunately that's fallen back into the "things I pretend I'm going to do but will never do" category of ideas, mostly because of choice paralysis and the fact that RAM just got stupid expensive all of the sudden. Maybe when Black Friday rolls around it'll give me the push I need. Until then, I might just buy a Raspberry Pi, stick a NAS drive on it, and use it as a very basic easy option.
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Comment on Tips for becoming a tea person in ~food
secretfire Link ParentIt's not something I've looked into in much depth in fairness, but I've always been a bit skeptical of the claims around l-theanine relaxing you that much; I've seen a lot of people claiming it's...It's not something I've looked into in much depth in fairness, but I've always been a bit skeptical of the claims around l-theanine relaxing you that much; I've seen a lot of people claiming it's a miracle substance and others claiming it's entirely placebo (and the skeptics like to bring out graphs so, yknow, who can argue against that?). I am naturally of a high-anxiety disposition though so possible its jitter-reducing powers are simply dwarfed by my brain's desire to feel like it's about to explode at any second. I might grab some theanine supplements in the future and see if maybe I just need a heroic dose for its effects to kick in.
Insanely jealous of you and your good everything city, I'm in the sort of place where the tea menu in a tea shop consists of english breakfast, earl grey, shitty matcha, and mystery fruit/chamomile blend for $8. A lot of the more bourgie tea shops will do tasting sessions where you spend an hour tasting a dozen types of tea, which is a fun way to find what kinds of tea you like. Other than that, you can just buy a bunch and try them!
Gyokuro is one of those ones where you can get fairly cheap stuff and it'll taste okay, but the quality ceiling is high. You can get some for $20 or $200 and it's a huge difference. That's part of why it's normally served in such small quantities, it's made with a huge amount of leaves per ml of water (normally ~6-10g per 50ml), at a really low temperature, ~40-50C. It's almost like the tea equivalent of espresso; I've found that anything more than 3 cups gives me a full on head high. It's definitely one of the more unique tea experiences out there in both sensation and taste, really cool that you found a place that did a full gyokuro session! If you liked it you should definitely give sencha a go.
All the best!
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Comment on Tips for becoming a tea person in ~food
secretfire LinkFirstly, I'd recommend reading this Serious Eats article, it's a great article that has what you're looking for and then some. The best bit of advice from the article though is to forgo tea bags,...Firstly, I'd recommend reading this Serious Eats article, it's a great article that has what you're looking for and then some. The best bit of advice from the article though is to forgo tea bags, because they kinda suck for any "proper" cups of tea. Rule of thumb is that the lighter in colour the cup of tea is, the more the quality of the leaves matters, which is why the brits can get away with pretending that their shitty English black tea tastes good when they steep it for 10 minutes in boiling water to remove any hint of delicacy in flavour - It was never going to taste good regardless of how abused those poor tea leaves get.
I'm personally a Japanese green tea kinda person. I'll give a quick primer but there are tons of resources out there - Tezumi is a good site for getting into tea brewing (they also sell tea in the US, have never bought from them myself but I've heard generally good things).
The two main types of Japanese green tea that you're likely to find in the West are Sencha and Matcha. Matcha is its own thing and it's become really trendy as a flavouring these days - Personally I'm ambivalent on it, I enjoy it when it's made "properly", i.e. as a hot cup of tea in the traditional manner, but it's not a daily thing for me. It comes in a powdered form and you can probably find it in somewhere in your area.
Sencha, on the other hand, is the more standard form of tea, its name literally meaning "daily tea". It takes the form of green tea leaves, you steep them in water at ~70C for maybe a minute, and you can get multiple cups out of the same pot of leaves. It's my personal go-to. Unfortunately it's not the easiest thing to find locally; or rather, it's hard to find stuff that's local and good, most Asian stores will probably sell Chinese-grown sencha which is universally rubbish. You can order from a ton of places online, I've had good experiences with O-cha.
Will give an honourable mention to Genmaicha also, a type of sencha that contains toasted rice grains. The toasted rice flavour is really quite strong, so it was traditionally made out of lower-quality tea leaves, sort of like adding a mixer to a shitty whiskey. Which isn't to say that genmaicha tastes bad though, I really enjoy it and it's probably the easiest type to find in the West, so pick some up if you can. You brew it essentially the same as a normal sencha, maybe a little bit hotter, 75C or so for a first infusion.
Japanese green tea isn't for everyone, some people describe it as having an almost "fishy" taste, which I've personally never noticed, but there is definitely a sort of "vegetable-like" taste in certain types, particularly deep-steamed teas, namely fukamushi - There are different types of sencha based on how they're steamed, or if they've been placed in shade while growing (notably Gyokuro, arguably the fanciest green tea out there), but I'll save that for the 201 class. I quite like the taste, it has a strong umami flavour.
My one and only gripe with Japanese green tea is that it's particularly high in caffiene compared to other teas. Not nearly as high per ml as a cup of coffee, of course, but high enough that my dumb caffiene-hypersensitive body starts getting jittery and anxious after 3 or 4 cups, and the dream of an afternoon tea break is unreachable for me unless I feel like going to sleep at 4am. Probably not an issue if you're accustomed to coffee of course, but worth keeping in mind.
As for teaware, you can go fancy, or you can just, well, not. Personally I own a kyusu, a small Japanese teapot that I use exclusively for my green teas, but before that I used a simple mesh ball infuser and it worked alright (you want the tea leaves to have a large area to spread out in as they brew, helps with flavour). A generic porcelain teapot will work fine too, provided you have some kind of filter to keep the tea leaves from spilling out. If you feel like investing in an all-purpose bit of teaware, I'd go with a gaiwan, it's the most basic form of brewing vessel and you can probably find them relatively cheaply online.
Any top tips for getting into tea? I was just mocked for weighing tea... I guess that isn't as important in this scene.
Not at all! I always weigh loose leaf tea for the first few pots of a new packet. Different teas tend to have slightly different densities, normally when I open a new packet of tea leaves for the first time I weigh until I have a sense of how much is in a teaspoon's worth of leaves, after which I just go by feel. It's not a huge deal, you can mess around with tea/water ratios for any amount of leaves, but I like the same cup every time, more or less, so I sometimes weigh it.
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
secretfire LinkMade a simple lentil curry last week and it was excellent, so I'm definitely going to try and make one again. Trying to think of ways to incorporate lentils and beans into a more Japanese-style...Made a simple lentil curry last week and it was excellent, so I'm definitely going to try and make one again. Trying to think of ways to incorporate lentils and beans into a more Japanese-style flavour profile, since that's largely what I eat these days - I love Indian cuisine but I'm having to ration my kitchen space these days so I'm fairly limited with what spices and grains I can make room for. There aren't all that many vegetarian protein options in Japanese cuisine besides tofu, which I love but don't want to be eating 24/7, so finding ways to get other protein sources into that sort of diet would be great. Might do some experimenting and see what I can come up with.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
secretfire LinkHave been playing Kenshi for the past couple of days, got it on sale. I'm a big Rimworld fan and I heard that this is a similar sort of vibe where you're dropped in a hostile world and can sorta...Have been playing Kenshi for the past couple of days, got it on sale. I'm a big Rimworld fan and I heard that this is a similar sort of vibe where you're dropped in a hostile world and can sorta just do whatever.
Things I like:
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The core gameplay is really solid. It's just a really fun sandbox with a lot of cool stuff in it. There's a lot of depth here, at least compared to other sandboxes, which as a genre tend to suffer from chronic inch-deepness. I lost interest in No Man's Sky because there just wasn't enough to keep me engaged once I realised it was a 15-minute gameplay loop with a bunch of shiny things tacked on.
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It gives you a ton of freedom as a player without feeling overwhelming. I don't think I've explored even a quarter of the game's systems yet, but I still feel like I'm accomplishing a lot and am in a comfortable place in the gameplay loop. Compare it to something like Dwarf Fortress which, while giving the player an absurd amount of freedom in every way, shape, and form, also requires that the player picks up on half of these systems fast if they want to survive for any length of time. You can go blind into Kenshi. You'll probably have an aneurysm trying to pick up DF with no wiki.
Things I don't like:
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It's a buggy unfinished mess. Moreover it's the type of buggy unfinished mess that the community has decided you're not allowed to complain about because they're fine with it being a buggy unfinished mess. There are typos and grammatical errors in half of the dialogue, it suffers from horrific popin and graphical glitches atop of what is already a bad-looking game, pathfinding, NPCs, most systems are broken in some regard.
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It controls like an experimental 3D MMO from 2003, and not in a good way. I don't know what the correct way to handle Kenshi's kind of movement system is, but it ain't whatever it's doing. It's not the worst thing in the world by any means, certainly it's usable, but I just keep thinking that this game was made in 2018.
I'm having a lot of fun with it all the same though. My favourite games are Skyrim and Dwarf Fortress so, idk, I have a type I guess. Hopefully Kenshi 2 will be all the good parts of the first game without the bad parts that pull it down.
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Comment on What code editor / IDE do you use (2025)? in ~comp
secretfire Link ParentThere are dozens of us! Dozens!There are dozens of us! Dozens!
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Comment on What code editor / IDE do you use (2025)? in ~comp
secretfire LinkI'm very much a hobbyist programmer (and not a very good one to be frank), but I do my programming in Emacs these days, mostly because I happen to already do everything else in Emacs. My config is...I'm very much a hobbyist programmer (and not a very good one to be frank), but I do my programming in Emacs these days, mostly because I happen to already do everything else in Emacs. My config is essentially vanilla Emacs with a few non-programming add-ons, themes, basic stuff. Never bothered setting up LSP or anything fancy like that. Emacs can provide all the features you mention in your post (except for "well-established keyboard shortcuts", in Emacs you cut+paste with Ctrl+W Ctrl+Y but they're called kill+yank because uhhhh history - Those aren't even the weirdest ones), but if you find Vim overwhelming I can't see Emacs being much better!
When nobody's looking I might shamefully open VSCodium to quickly edit a file, mostly when I'm using Windows since Emacs is a pain to run on Windows either natively or through WSL.
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
secretfire (edited )LinkTrying to eat more fermented foods for good gut health, so I've been incorporating kimchi a lot more into my diet. Wouldn't say I've made any "Korean dishes" per say, so much as I've just been...Trying to eat more fermented foods for good gut health, so I've been incorporating kimchi a lot more into my diet. Wouldn't say I've made any "Korean dishes" per say, so much as I've just been throwing Korean things into stir fries and eating it alongside kimchi. It's pretty good! I make a ton of Japanese food already and there's a huge amount of ingredient overlap between the two cuisines, so it's mostly been a lot of rice and kimchi and veg with gochujang and whatever protein I'm bothered with that day (mostly chicken and tofu). Considering making my own kimchi if I can find a way to do so without distressing the rest of my home's occupants.
Also, trying to cut out processed sugars (again), which means no snacking. My diet has always been one where I eat a really healthy breakfast, a really healthy dinner, but I skip lunch half the time and just eat a ton of garbage that ruins everything. So trying to find healthy lunch and snacking options is my goal at the moment. One of my goto lunches is a really simple combination of fried egg, reheated rice, furikake (a Japanese rice seasoning), and whatever sauces and oils I feel like (kecap manis and sambal is excellent). Put it all in a bowl, mix, that's lunch. Sorta healthy if you use brown rice, can stick an avocado in there too.
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Comment on Recommendations for a Linux based job/ticket management system in ~tech
secretfire LinkI'm the Emacs guy, so I'm going to suggest Emacs, specifically the org-mode and org-roam packages. Here's the org-mode website detailing how it works, and here's a pretty good video of one guy's...I'm the Emacs guy, so I'm going to suggest Emacs, specifically the org-mode and org-roam packages. Here's the org-mode website detailing how it works, and here's a pretty good video of one guy's system. It's all text-based so it can be used in a GUI or CLI setting (though I almost exclusively use it in GUI mode just for convenience), it's all local, it's highly extensible, and there are dozens of user-created extensions and premade setups out there.
Emacs on the whole has a steep learning curve, but it's not at all impossible to learn. Personally I got the basics down in less than a week when I started, and there are dozens of packages that make it more modern. If you've a Vim user already then the evil-mode package adds Vim keybindings into Emacs, for instance.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
secretfire LinkHave been playing Enter the Gungeon a lot recently. It's a really fun roguelite (a genre I'm not particularly well-versed in honestly), even though I suck at it. Haven't made it past floor 3 yet....Have been playing Enter the Gungeon a lot recently. It's a really fun roguelite (a genre I'm not particularly well-versed in honestly), even though I suck at it. Haven't made it past floor 3 yet. It's a nice game to pick up for a run or two while
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
secretfire Link ParentNot particularly serious; most of what I'll be storing on there will be downloaded TV shows, books, etc., things that I could fairly easily download again if needed. There'll be important stuff...Not particularly serious; most of what I'll be storing on there will be downloaded TV shows, books, etc., things that I could fairly easily download again if needed. There'll be important stuff backed on it too though, photos, work documents, creative projects, but most of that I'll have on my main computer as well. Considering getting some quality cloud storage to complete the 3-2-1 backup system, but non-Google cloud storage isn't cheap unfortunately.
With ECC it's mostly for peace of mind. Yeah the chances of me losing important data from RAM corruption on a non-ECC NAS are extremely low, but if I'm investing the time and money into building a NAS then it seems like it'd be more sensible to go for ECC support just to have it and then not have to worry about it at all. The problem, of course, is that you're vastly more limited with parts in an ECC supported system, and those parts will be more expensive. Realistically it's not an important thing to have, but for every 10 people on the internet saying "it's a tiny thing that makes zero difference for a home server, don't bother", there's someone else saying "I lost a ton of data from RAM corruption, I'm never building a non-ECC system again". It's all a game of risk in the end I suppose, how much money I'm willing to throw at a thing versus the amount I'm willing to risk losing a bunch of files, even from an incredibly unlikely issue.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
secretfire LinkI'm currently researching parts to build a small home server, basically just for Jellyfin (media server) and backing up important stuff. I've built PCs before but servers require a whole different...I'm currently researching parts to build a small home server, basically just for Jellyfin (media server) and backing up important stuff. I've built PCs before but servers require a whole different way of thinking when choosing parts and whatnot; I don't particularly care if my gaming PC isn't the most efficient machine in the world when idling, but for a server running (more or less) 24/7 the difference between 40W idle and 50W idle can be a few bucks a month, and that adds up. So I'm having to find parts that are powerful enough to do what I want with it, but not too powerful (for upfront cost as well as power draw), that are also energy efficient.
Fortunately it takes basically nothing to run a half decent media server; you can make a perfectly functional one with decade-old hardware. But I'm the kind of person who always wants to do things right the first time round, which inevitably leads me to always jumping down enormous rabbitholes of research for meagre levels of optimisation.
Currently my thinking is to make an Intel-based mITX build: Intel for better video transcoding (compared to AMD processors, which kinda suck at it), mITX for convenience and aesthetics and fun. Haven't quite landed on what exact processor to get but I don't think the fine details matter too much honestly, basically any processor made in the last 5 years could do the job here. Will probably get an 11th-12th gen i5, but I'm also thinking about going with ECC-supported parts which would require me to get either a 9th gen or a 14th-15th gen (not to mention trying to find obscure compatible motherboards from the deep recesses of aliexpress). Or I could go with an AMD processor (they're way better with ECC support) and a cheap GPU of some kind, but that's probably way overkill and would make having an energy-efficient build basically impossible. The ECC vs no ECC debate is one of those tech things where a lot of people have extremely strong opinions on either side and idk man im just a guy who doesn't want his data to get destroyed, I have no idea whether or not to bother with it. Forgoing ECC makes picking parts a hell of a lot easier at least, not to mention way cheaper.
Once I've settled on a CPU/motherboard combo everything else just sorta falls into place. I get some half decent memory, a few NAS HDDs, an M.2. SSD, high-quality PSU, etc, etc, and then I move onto software, which is where the fun really begins.
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Comment on Introducing Kagi News in ~tech
secretfire LinkI'm no expert so maybe this is a non-issue, but is this a 'valid' use of RSS from the perspective of the websites offering it? RSS is already poorly supported as is, and I'd worry that companies...Every day, our system reads thousands of community curated RSS feeds from publications across different viewpoints and perspectives. We then use AI to distill this massive information into one comprehensive daily briefing, while clearly citing sources.
I'm no expert so maybe this is a non-issue, but is this a 'valid' use of RSS from the perspective of the websites offering it? RSS is already poorly supported as is, and I'd worry that companies using it as a way to effectively bypass AI scraping detection would result in less sites offering it altogether.
I'm not a big AI guy, but this is a relatively innocuous use of the tech I think, and a fairly useful one. The site News Minimalist already does this exact thing via ChatGPT, though it largely focuses on US news which makes it relatively unhelpful for escaping the omnishambles of the political hellscape (but I suppose that's just what news is nowadays). Plus, OpenAI, ew.
I made a thread a while back asking where Tildes users got their news from; while the post itself went on, what was in hindsight, a rather ill-thought-out spiel about Reddit echo chamber manipulation (though my overall point was valid I think), the responses were really helpful and are worth reading for anyone who feels stuck trying to find news that doesn't try to ruin your brain.
It's not really a "Jackie Chan movie" per say, but The Foreigner is actually a really solid film, and Jackie plays his part really well. It's more a traditional modern action film rather than a martial arts-focused one but it's worth a watch I think. Even still, that film's eight years old now, and he was already fairly slow at that point. He's 71 now, I can't see him doing another Rush Hour.