AMillionMonkeys

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Just a heads-up that Computer Science is a branch of mathematics, and some schools lean into that more than others. There's a lot of theory in addition to the practicalities of writing programs. I'd assess how comfortable you are with math and abstraction, then try to figure out where the schools you're looking at place their emphasis. Since you want work as a programmer, make sure the school offers some software engineering classes in addition to the theory.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So who's actually developing it? If it was Valve they would have said...
I already own HL2, but presumably I would have to buy this anew.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Well shit. I left telemetry on because I liked Firefox and didn't mind helping the developers with their free software. I very much mind helping marketers. I'm really curious what exactly is being shared.
But I've already moved on to Waterfox and Librewolf on everything but my phone.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I'll second the Diablo recommendation if you can drive down to the hardware store and pick one up off the shelf. Home Depot has them in my area.
If you're ordering online you have all the choices and I can't help you there.
I prefer a coarser 24-tooth blade for speed, and especially if you're going to be ripping stock thicker than 3/4". The finish it leaves it leaves is perfectly fine, and if you need it any smoother you can give it one pass with a plane. High-tooth-count blades are slow and it takes more effort to push the stock through.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's some... uh... that's some programmer art there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I put the Leftovers down early as well as well, but now I'll consider soldiering through. I assume you can't just skip S01 altogether? That's what I did with Parks and Recreation, but it's not a drama.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm guessing the Jointmaker Pro
https://bridgecitytools.com/products/jmpv2-jointmaker-pro
which is faintly ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Everything I hear about Nextcloud scares me away from messing with it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

He was known to spell his name several different ways.

 
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I'm just running into this now. It also won't let me log into the web interface. I'm glad I experimented with a second install before upgrading my primary pihole.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Right, because it's hard to make a robot grow a goatee.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I tried Kopia but it was unstable and janky, so now it's whenever I remember to manually run a bunch of rsync. I backup my desktop to cold storage on the first of the month, so I should get in the habit of backing up my server to the NAS then also.

 
 

I use Lemmy logged-in on my computer to post and interact, but I read it logged-out on my phone to get a feel for what people are talking about outside of my interests.
Unfortunately, the communities I've entered in the block list still show up in the feed.
What gives?

 

Basically every local service is accessed via a web interface, and every interface wants a username and password. Assuming none of these services are exposed to the internet, how much effort do you put into security here?
Personally, I didn't really think about it when I started. I make a half-assed effort at security where I don't use "admin" or anything obvious as the username, and I use a decent-but-not-industrial password - but I started reusing the u/p as the number of services I'm running grew. I have my browsers remember the u/ps.
Should one go farther than this? And if so, what's the threat model? Is there an easier way?

 

It's extremely time-, storage-, and compute-expensive to generate images for an entire library before-hand. In my case it's doing all this work for tons of content that I might not even watch again.
I guess the idea is that there's no delay in the images being available as soon as the programme is started?
I'm not sure the trade-off is worth it.

 

I made this from a long piece cherry offcut that I've had sitting around for ages. Here's a better picture of the interesting bit:
https://i.imgur.com/LV0ep0a.jpeg
I'm honestly not thrilled with the finish. I thought I'd sanded out all the little 'scales' the planer leaves, but many came back when I put the oil on.

 

I was cleaning out an old bookshelf and came across this 2003 Grizzly catalog. Coincidentally, I'd just received a 2023 mailer. I was shocked by the increases in price.

Some highlights:
Standard 14" band saw: $375 vs. $800
Standard 6" jointer: $400 vs. $900
4-piece Bessey K-body clamp set: $150 vs. $350

https://imgur.com/a/U9ZMiLT

I know nothing about how inflation works, so I'm not sure whether this tracks with the price of bread or whatever, but it was eye-opening.

 

Initially I used my commercial bevel gauge, but the blade was long enough to interfere with the swing of the brace, plus it needed to be taped down for stability.
This gizmo I made from scrap should solve both of those problems.

 

This was inspired by a Rex Kruger video where he makes a stool from a single 2x4, and by Chris Schwarz's staked high stool.
Here's the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzZdFCSet48
And Lost Art Press seems to be down at the moment, but here's the link anyway:
https://blog.lostartpress.com/2017/04/11/download-plans-for-the-staked-high-stool/

 

I like to keep a calendar widget open on my Windows desktop since I have lots of room for it, but I usually enter events on my phone since it's always with me. Is there an app combo that will sync? I can probably self-host if need be.
(I suspect this would be easier if I were running Linux on my desktop...)

Edit:
I should have mentioned that I don't like the interface of the Google Calendar app on Android, and I'd prefer something third-party.

 

If anyone has any other suggestions please speak up. An image of a plane would work but it's kind of cliched. Not that it matters particularly. Or maybe something based on a table saw blade, since it's round like the icon...

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