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Comment on An opinion on current technological trends in ~tech
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Comment on I rent a million-dollar home: Why can’t I buy one? in ~finance
tibpoe Link ParentIncreasing demand will not fix a lack of supply. It might help certain people for a short while, but mortgages are already subsidized, and subsidizing further will simply make this mess even more...Increasing demand will not fix a lack of supply. It might help certain people for a short while, but mortgages are already subsidized, and subsidizing further will simply make this mess even more painful to unwind.
The rate is equivalent to the current Fed interest rate, plus say 1%.
Already the case. Looking at a mortgage comparison site, they claim the best rates are 6.09%, and the national average rate is 7%. OBFR is 5.31, so we're already well-around that 1% markup.
No down payments
FHA loans can be gotten with a 3.5% downpayment as long as you've made a habit of paying most your other loans on time.
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Comment on ‘No cash accepted’ signs are bad news for millions of unbanked Americans in ~finance
tibpoe Link ParentYou're joking, but Walmart has been trying to be a bank for decades. And they have been having recent success.See obviously in the US it has to be Walmart instead.
You're joking, but Walmart has been trying to be a bank for decades. And they have been having recent success.
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Comment on ‘No cash accepted’ signs are bad news for millions of unbanked Americans in ~finance
tibpoe Link ParentThe idea is that when a place goes fully cashless, they save significant amounts of money and risk by not having to take the cash to the bank. For example, cost of handling money (made up...The idea is that when a place goes fully cashless, they save significant amounts of money and risk by not having to take the cash to the bank. For example, cost of handling money (made up numbers):
- fully cashless: 3% * revenue (interchange)
- cash + card: 3% * card revenue (interchange) + $500/mo (pay someone to drive to bank) + 0.5% * cash revenue (theft)
So for a card + cash business, it is in their favor to incentivize cash since the cost of handling that is fixed.
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Comment on Piracy is surging again because streaming execs ignored the lessons of the past in ~tech
tibpoe Link ParentI wonder how much of that is from the case. I have a Fractal Node 304 with 3x WD Red 12TB, and I never hear anything over background noise, even though the rear of the case is facing me and only...I wonder how much of that is from the case. I have a Fractal Node 304 with 3x WD Red 12TB, and I never hear anything over background noise, even though the rear of the case is facing me and only about 3ft away.
Meanwhile, my SO has a single consumer HDD in a cheap case, and I can easily hear the clicks whenever that is active.
Main difference I see is that my case has HDD caddies with rubber grommets, and it makes me think that case design has a big impact on noise level.
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Comment on Qalculate! - the ultimate desktop calculator in ~comp
tibpoe LinkHere's a web version of Qalculate for use on your phone, or on other peoples' computers: https://flaviutamas.com/qalculate-wasm/Here's a web version of Qalculate for use on your phone, or on other peoples' computers: https://flaviutamas.com/qalculate-wasm/
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Comment on Threads is blocking servers on the Fediverse. Here's how we unblocked ourselves. in ~tech
tibpoe Link ParentThreads is operating in limited federation mode with only about 5 accounts exposed. They cannot see our posts, but we can see theirs.
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Comment on Building a home media server on a budget in ~tech
tibpoe Link Parentsound advice, but I've personally recently bought some refurbished enterprise HDDs (server pulls) and am looking forward to see how that goes. New is safest, but there are reasonable ways of...except storage, buy that new
sound advice, but I've personally recently bought some refurbished enterprise HDDs (server pulls) and am looking forward to see how that goes. New is safest, but there are reasonable ways of buying used.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
tibpoe Link Parentyes... that you weren't using binary search instead 😱 but really, I'm curious about how you incorporated natsort. I didn't know about that library, but it seems very useful. When I use it, I get...which would keep querying a SQLITE table and cut off small sections of the end the file path until it had multiple matches... as you can probably imagine there were many problems with this
yes... that you weren't using binary search instead 😱
but really, I'm curious about how you incorporated
natsort. I didn't know about that library, but it seems very useful. When I use it, I get>>> keygen = natsort.natsort_keygen() >>> keygen('asd1 asd') ('asd', 1, ' asd')which is a great way of doing this key (and not what I expected), but at the same time I don't see how this can be indexed given SQLite's limitations.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
tibpoe Link ParentWatching my partner work on building a LC-3 CPU from scratch visually through this course has similarly been enlightening for me, even after spending a long time working at both the higher & lower...Watching my partner work on building a LC-3 CPU from scratch visually through this course has similarly been enlightening for me, even after spending a long time working at both the higher & lower levels of abstraction
I don't think I'd be willing to personally work through this course myself, but all the materials are there, and I found the simulator used there much easier to understand than that one time I tried doing HDL.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
tibpoe Link ParentI'm not familiar at all with PS2 games but have just a tiny bit of familiarity with Ghidra. Is the problem here that the PS2 ISA is not supported in Ghidra? My understanding, from working a little...I'm not familiar at all with PS2 games but have just a tiny bit of familiarity with Ghidra. Is the problem here that the PS2 ISA is not supported in Ghidra?
My understanding, from working a little bit with the Xtensa ISA in Ghidra, is that Ghidra is designed so that you can make a plugin for a new ISA and it should Just Work with the rest of the system & decompiler.
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Comment on You should connect to Tor via a VPN, actually in ~tech
tibpoe Link ParentComputer-generated summary: Using a VPN before connecting to Tor provides advantages over just using Tor alone, such as making your traffic blend in better and providing plausible deniability from...Computer-generated summary:
- Using a VPN before connecting to Tor provides advantages over just using Tor alone, such as making your traffic blend in better and providing plausible deniability from your ISP.
- Tor Project doesn't actively recommend VPNs because they want to keep their advice simple, but they acknowledge VPNs can help users stand out less on their network.
- Your ISP or network administrator poses the same threat as law enforcement in deanonymizing your Tor traffic based on metadata.
- Connecting directly to Tor makes your usage obvious on your local network, while a VPN connection is less suspicious and common.
- Bridges only circumvent censorship temporarily, as they are eventually blocked, leaving your past Tor usage identifiable through historical network analysis.
- Many situations exist where hiding Tor usage would be beneficial beyond just criminals or censorship evasion, such as whistleblowing.
- The worst case of using a VPN with Tor leaves you no worse off, as your adversary would already have visibility into your regular Internet traffic.
- Properly using a VPN before Tor does not increase fingerprintability or harm anonymity according to Tor's design.
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Comment on Chef knife recommendations? in ~food
tibpoe Link ParentVictorinox is good (I've had one for years), but they've increased their prices dramatically since I got one. I paid $33 for my 8in chef's knife (with included travel case!) in 2015, and I would...Victorinox is good (I've had one for years), but they've increased their prices dramatically since I got one.
I paid $33 for my 8in chef's knife (with included travel case!) in 2015, and I would not pay the $65 dollars they're often charging now.
I instead bought a $22 Mercer 8in chef's knife. Pretty much identical from what I can tell, except I prefer the soft handle.
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Comment on What are my options for two-factor authentication that doesn't require a backing service (cloud/SMS)? in ~tech
tibpoe Linkpretty much all the answers to your questions are in the github documentation for this:...pretty much all the answers to your questions are in the github documentation for this: https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/securing-your-account-with-two-factor-authentication-2fa/about-two-factor-authentication
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Comment on Coinbase: "What if we call them rewards instead of interest payments?" in ~finance
tibpoe Link ParentThis part is what makes Yotta legal, and Coinbase not.Yotta is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by Evolve Bank & Trust and Thread Bank; Members FDIC
This part is what makes Yotta legal, and Coinbase not.
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Comment on 'We are really struggling with space': Amsterdam pushes more cars off its streets but is it enough? in ~transport
tibpoe Link ParentI think it's very obvious you've never been to Amsterdam or known a Dutch person. Dutch people do very highly value their time and autonomy. Good transit systems, like the one in Amsterdam, also...I think it's very obvious you've never been to Amsterdam or known a Dutch person. Dutch people do very highly value their time and autonomy.
Good transit systems, like the one in Amsterdam, also don't require the planning you describe. They simply run frequently enough that a you'll be able to catch a ride soon after you reach the station.
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Comment on Are the memes about setting up and troubleshooting printers overblown nowadays? in ~tech
tibpoe LinkBrother is pretty good. I haven't use many other brands, but it seems these days the driver situation is better. The printer has a built-in computer that has all the drivers etc, and your computer...Brother is pretty good.
I haven't use many other brands, but it seems these days the driver situation is better. The printer has a built-in computer that has all the drivers etc, and your computer just sends it a PDF (or another well-supported format) to print over standard HTTP:
IPP Everywhere was published in 2013 and provides a common baseline for printers to support so-called "driverless" printing from client devices
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IPP accommodates various formats for documents to be printed. The PWG defined an image format called PWG Raster specifically for this purpose. Other formats include PDF or JPEG, depending on the capabilities of the destination printer. -
Comment on Tesla reinvents carmaking with quiet breakthrough in ~transport
tibpoe Link ParentTake a look at this render: https://i.imgur.com/fWGLZfG.jpg they're not rendering bolts in it, but you can see how many parts are involved in the frame, and you can also see that there are very...Take a look at this render: https://i.imgur.com/fWGLZfG.jpg
they're not rendering bolts in it, but you can see how many parts are involved in the frame, and you can also see that there are very few bolt holes or places where bolts might fit. There's a lot of welding involved, and it's not easy to swap out parts.
Frame damage in normal cars is already generally considered a total loss.
There are definitely folks who will use donor cars and repair this sort of damage under a salvage title, but it's impossible to get it as good as original.
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Comment on Direct solar power: Off-grid without batteries in ~tech
tibpoe Link ParentSounds like this this is this is at technology readiness level 1 and also requires mechanical moving parts. I don't expect much further research here either, since they didn't measure bother...The active area of the device is about 0.8 cm 0.8 cm. The measurement was set up under illumination of a 442 nm wavelength laser and an optical chopper was positioned to regulate the light switching on and off at a fixed frequency
Sounds like this this is this is at technology readiness level 1 and also requires mechanical moving parts.
I don't expect much further research here either, since they didn't measure bother measuring efficiency (probably because it was about 0), and because inverters can be up to 98% efficient. The chopper frequency was also only 1kHz, while it is easy to generate AC power at 10s of kHz using solid-state switching components.
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Comment on Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - August 31 in ~news
tibpoe Link ParentProject Owl, particularly their control map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=180u1IkUjtjpdJWnIC0AxTKSiqK4G6Pez&ll=48.4928698813796%2C31.18946775000002&z=6 The discord channels are...Project Owl, particularly their control map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=180u1IkUjtjpdJWnIC0AxTKSiqK4G6Pez&ll=48.4928698813796%2C31.18946775000002&z=6
The discord channels are also very strictly moderated and have a good mix of news from a variety of sources, as well as informed speculation
I'm also passionate about computers, and I think it's a bit sad others, like your students, aren't, but my reaction to your anecdote is completely different from yours:
This is just bad design by the monitoring software company. When my car's tire pressure is low, the car can't just inflate the tires itself. However, it would be trivial for the monitoring software to restart itself automatically. It shouldn't be bothering the user, except maybe to show a notification that it is retying in the background.