blahlabs

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by blahlabs 12d ago
> this is a dns provider for domain names which I'm decently sure makes it more complicated than public dns Can you expand on this? Isn't all DNS for domain names?
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by blahlabs 19d ago
Pause frames are wild. I have a cheap Legion Go dock and if I leave it with power/Ethernet connected and no legion in the dock, it brings down my whole network after about 30min or so.
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by blahlabs 20d ago
Not in my experience. I have only flown international ten times or so in the past 20yrs but I have never seen that when returning to Aus.
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by blahlabs 3mo ago
Which few bad clicks would put a fedora install in that state?
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by blahlabs 4mo ago
Commonly referred to as "jug plugs" in Australia.
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by blahlabs 6mo ago
You can also embed the excalidraw drawing in the exported image. So you can drag/drop the exorted image back into excalidraw and edit it later.
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by blahlabs 8mo ago
What is the infamous chip bag Italian meta data incident? I have had a quick search but nothing obvious jumped out. I'm very curious!
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by blahlabs 8mo ago
Using Vanadium on grapheneos and I get "The page you were on is trying to send you to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46613684 . If you do not want to visit that page, you can return to the previous page."
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by blahlabs 9mo ago
I run my workstation PC with a dedicated GPU in a rack in the shed. I use Sunshine on the workstation and Moonlight on the client to access it. I can game like that, use blender for modelling, anything that needs more juice than my old lapt
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by blahlabs 9mo ago
I don't use Plex anymore, but not long before I cancelled my account they starting charging to access someone's library that had been shared with you if the sharing party did not have Plex pass, or something to that effect.
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by blahlabs 9mo ago
On Android 15+ you can set a colour correction quick tile that can be set to activate greyscale. A very quick search seems to say you can do the same on Samsung/OneUI
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by blahlabs 10mo ago
archive.ph is giving me a cert error. It says the cert is for www.atalussoftware.com
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by blahlabs 1y ago
Sand batteries are a similar concept, with the advantage of being able to store at over 100°C. I believe they can store heat for months. https://polarnightenergy.com/news/worlds-largest-sand-batter...
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by blahlabs 1y ago
My partners owns numerous brother knitting machines of that era. They are fascinating machines, I love them. Complicated mechanisms to move the needles in and out depending on the pattern set. My partner is the expert in them, not me, so my
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by blahlabs 1y ago
Or Bazzite on a Legion Go if you would like to keep that portability.
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by blahlabs 1y ago
https://archive.is/p2hG5
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by blahlabs 1y ago
"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway." - Andrew S. Tanenbaum Computer Networks, 3rd ed., p. 83. (paraphrasing Dr. Warren Jackson, Director, University of Toronto Computing S
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by blahlabs 1y ago
They are not being banned from watching YouTube.
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by blahlabs 1y ago
Yes, also in hindsight of my comment, there is nothing inherently conflicting about those two sides of brave. I think my impression was that because they valued privacy, it follows they should be more 'on the level', or something.
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by blahlabs 1y ago
Brave confuses me. On one hand it seems to have quite good privacy tech, but then on the other hand there are instances of what seem to be quite shady actions. Both impressions come from comments and anecdotes, I have not looked into it mys
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by blahlabs 1y ago
Maybe a bit off topic, but years ago I had a home linux server, used for usenet/torrenting. I was just poking about on it one day and ran some variation of netstat and could see a connection with a 6.x.x.x range IP address, which stood
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by blahlabs 1y ago
Fedora media writer is fantastic. You're right, it can either automatically download a fedora iso, or you can just feed it any image. Its so simple and handy for me, to the point a recent foray back to Debian was cut short because ther
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by blahlabs 1y ago
I would suggest checking out Bazzite, if you haven't already. Fantastic gaming-focused linux distro, based on Fedora Kinoite.
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by blahlabs 2y ago
I have a set of sleepphones. They are okay. If I sleep on my side with the earphone directly over my ear, it does start to hurt, but just off with the volume a little higher works, depending on the content being played. I've also found
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by blahlabs 2y ago
That link seems to have been taken down by reddit mods now.
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by blahlabs 2y ago
A fascinating story is Middle Percy Island [0] off the coast of Far North Queensland. A family friend knew the man that acquired the island in 2001 for $10, under murky circumstances to say the least [1]. I believe the family of the origina
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by blahlabs 2y ago
It would be this one, I'm sure. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
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by blahlabs 2y ago
Is there a reason to use this over Bitfocus Companion?
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by blahlabs 2y ago
Could you share how you achieved activating greyscale automatically? Was it Android or iOS? I would love to be able to do this but couldn't find a way on GrapheneOS.
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by blahlabs 2y ago
This is related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42191394 I don't disagree about the reputability of TFA source though.

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