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I have a disk for local backups (that is the only purpose of that disk). I was wondering what would make it last longer: (social.graves.cl)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have a disk for local backups (that is the only purpose of that disk). I was wondering what would make it last longer:

- Keep it mounted to my server permanently (current solution)
- Keep it unmounted most of the time, mount it when I'm going to do a backup (either daily or every 3 days, I don't mind changing that) and unmounting after the backup is done.

What would be the best strategy?

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Do you use your right shift key? Have you re-mapped it into another key/function? which one? by alvaro in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

@[email protected] Interesting, I just realized I use my left pinky for the left shift while pressing the Z with my middle left finger :-P

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Do you use your right shift key? Have you re-mapped it into another key/function? which one? (social.graves.cl)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Do you use your right shift key? Have you re-mapped it into another key/function? which one?

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

@[email protected] maybe you are an invisible ghost

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[-] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

@[email protected] that would be great because it would avoid paradoxes like you killing your grandpa

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Is there a better ways to import Flac albums from bandcamp to a navidrome or jellyfin instance? I'm downloading and rsync'ing like a caveman and I suspect someone already solved this issue (social.graves.cl)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Is there a better ways to import Flac albums from bandcamp to a navidrome or jellyfin instance? I'm downloading and rsync'ing like a caveman and I suspect someone already solved this issue

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[question] Alt-text service, self hosted (social.graves.cl)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[question] Alt-text service, self hosted

Is there a service that I could plug into my misskey/firefish/whatev that provides an alt-text for an image I'm posting. I don't post images that often, so the few times, it would be nice to have an automatic OCR or LLM/Stable Diffusion description of a picture attached to it.

Of course, without depending on Google or similars.

Any ideas? cc @[email protected] @[email protected]

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Is there a service that I could plug into my misskey/firefish/whatev that provides an alt-text for an image I'm posting. I don't post images that often, so the few times, it would be nice to have an (social.graves.cl)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Is there a service that I could plug into my misskey/firefish/whatev that provides an alt-text for an image I'm posting. I don't post images that often, so the few times, it would be nice to have an automatic OCR or LLM/Stable Diffusion description of a picture attached to it.

Of course, without depending on Google or similars.

Any ideas? cc @[email protected] @[email protected]

What's the best way to read a book in a dark room? by alvaro in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

@[email protected] TBH an e-ink device with dark mode works well for me

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I want to try using #obsidian along with #silverbullet and see how the experiment goes. Has anybody done the same? Cc @lemmy.ml [email protected] @[email protected] (social.graves.cl)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want to try using #obsidian along with #silverbullet and see how the experiment goes. Has anybody done the same? Cc @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]

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I was wondering if someone has done something similar: (social.graves.cl)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was wondering if someone has done something similar:

I want to detect if one of the kitchen burners have been running for a long time. Gas sensors won't work because the fires are running.

I was thinking that a solution could be to have a wifi-enabled thermostat that sends the temperature to home assistant and if it is above > X for Y minutes, send an alarm/email/notification. The sensor could be hidden below the burners and connected via a cable to measure the temperature.

Does this make sense? Does anybody have some idea how to implement this (maybe using a ESP8266)?

Is there other alternative?

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Has anybody experienced with running calibre-web + kavita (or another combination of ebook oriented services) combined? I'm asking because none seem to be the definite winner (calibre is fugly, but (social.graves.cl)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Has anybody experienced with running calibre-web + kavita (or another combination of ebook oriented services) combined? I'm asking because none seem to be the definite winner (calibre is fugly, but you can upload books, kavita is nice but opinionated, etc). Any experience on that regard?

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I know nothing of mechanical keyboards, but I have always found cool the Corne ish Zen[1]. However, I don't work alone so I would like something as silent as possible. I have an old Macally keyboard[2 (social.graves.cl)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I know nothing of mechanical keyboards, but I have always found cool the Corne ish Zen[1]. However, I don't work alone so I would like something as silent as possible. I have an old Macally keyboard[2] that I know is silent enough. Is it possible to find a keyboard like the Corne but silent as a regular BT keyboard? Would you recommend one, or it is not actually possible?

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[1] https://lowprokb.ca/products/corne-ish-zen
[2] https://www.amazon.com/Macally-Bluetooth-Computers-Rechargeable-Indicators/dp/B07K24ZLWC

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I know nothing of mechanical keyboards, but I have always found cool the Corne ish Zen. However[1], I don't work alone so I would like something as silent as possible. I have an old Macally keyboard[2 (social.graves.cl)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I know nothing of mechanical keyboards, but I have always found cool the Corne ish Zen. However[1], I don't work alone so I would like something as silent as possible. I have an old Macally keyboard[2] that I know is silent enough. Is it possible to find a keyboard like the Corne but silent as a regular BT keyboard? Would you recommend one, or it is not actually possible?

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[1] https://lowprokb.ca/products/corne-ish-zen
[2] https://www.amazon.com/Macally-Bluetooth-Computers-Rechargeable-Indicators/dp/B07K24ZLWC

Currently I have a Boox e-ink reader, but I learned that they don't last that much and their post-sale support is the worst. I see that this device will fail in the next 6-12 months, what e-ink reader by alvaro in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

@[email protected] I got one and it broke (in a hotel so idk if it was the cleaning lady or what). the cost of repair though was close to buying a new one, so (stubbornly) I did. I've been trying to be super careful, but I'm not buying a 3rd device from the same company.

Look at their subreddit, there are tons of horror stories.

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Currently I have a Boox e-ink reader, but I learned that they don't last that much and their post-sale support is the worst. I see that this device will fail in the next 6-12 months, what e-ink reader (social.graves.cl)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Currently I have a Boox e-ink reader, but I learned that they don't last that much and their post-sale support is the worst. I see that this device will fail in the next 6-12 months, what e-ink readers (that it is NOT A KINDLE) would you recommend? I'm interested on reading both .epub and whatever is the current kindle app format, along with PDFs, being able to add notes is not super critical.

recommendations?

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For thousands of years the smartest people considered gods, spirits, "the little people" and the afterlife to be a reality. What's wrong with us modern people? by alvaro in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

@[email protected] no, you ask for proof, that is what we do.

For thousands of years the smartest people considered gods, spirits, "the little people" and the afterlife to be a reality. What's wrong with us modern people? by alvaro in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

@[email protected] where did I say they were dumb? don't put words in my mouth. Also, ignorance != dumb

I said they tried to explain natural phenomeana the best way they could. I mean that. Most likely every modern person would have done the same.

For thousands of years the smartest people considered gods, spirits, "the little people" and the afterlife to be a reality. What's wrong with us modern people? by alvaro in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

@[email protected] people tried to explain the natural phenomena the best way they could. Now we know better (i.e., the rain or lack of it isn't due to an anger man in the sky).

We grow in understanding, we need fewer made up explanations from our asses.

For thousands of years the smartest people considered gods, spirits, "the little people" and the afterlife to be a reality. What's wrong with us modern people? by alvaro in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

@[email protected] absolutely nothing

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I would like to have a mechanism to set up a server automagically… (social.graves.cl)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I would like to have a mechanism to set up a server automagically…

Similarly I would like to set up my user account settings (Tmux plugins, .zshrc and vim settings, etc) that I can replicate in multiple machines via a script (I have a custom script for this but I want a more solid alternative)

Thoughts on what infra-as-code solution would work best? Any similar experiences or use cases with one Thanks!
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If so-called AI is basically just Large Language Models, how come predictive text on my phone is bollock-useless? by alvaro in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago

@[email protected] autocorrect doesn’t use LLMs, at least not yet generally. I suspect it is some kind of markov model or maybe?

Why there are no (to my knowledge) electric bikes with 700c tires? All the ones I’ve seen use fat tires, what is the reason behind that? Cc [@[email protected]](https://lemmy.world/c/nostu by alvaro in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

@[email protected] you missed the “to my knowledge” part but thank you for such a useful response

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

@[email protected] bitcoin uses the energy of Argentina for transactions, and it ended up being used only for scams, so fuck bitcoin and its promoters. And satoshi is just a dude, you make it sound like he is Jesus+budha