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- Comment on How can I create a Lemmy instance without coding or the use of Ethernet/router wiring? 1 week ago:
Uh, don’t?
You want a Lemmy instance - that I presume you would want to be somewhat reliable - without doing anything? WiFi prioritises convenience over speed and reliability. So, things will randomly fail.I guess pay for a Lemmy instance provider. Probably the easiest. But this is self hosting, and it sounds like you want a place to start and have chosen “hosting a Lemmy instance” as your learning ground.
Something like cloudflare tunnel will let you punch through a firewall without having to mess with network stuff.
A docker compose stack makes things as easy as they can be in such scenarios.
These are terms you can google “Lemmy docker compose cloudflare tunnel”Here is 1 result: lemmy.world/post/299429
Here is a GitHub for Lemmy in docker compose github.com/Drakeyves/lemmy-docker-setup
This looks like it covers cloud flare in a compose stack: joelparkinson.me/self-hosting-with-cloudflare-tun…
Read through, learn docker compose, understand cloudflare & cloudflare tunnels
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Sounds like you have had a very productive life! Your son is very lucky.
Encourage the education. But there are loads of good careers that don’t need university degrees.
And all the while, he can try and achieve his dream.From personal experience, university wasn’t useful for me - other than giving me time to figure out what I don’t want to do, and meeting friends that are still friends to this day.
But I could’ve easily done an apprenticeship, or gone straight into some industry/company. Some days, I wish I had. Other days, I wouldn’t want to be doing anything other than what I am atm.Dream case, he makes it.
Best case, he figures out what he wants to do by 21.
Worst case, he’s still figuring it out when he’s 25.I wasn’t making decent money until I was late 20s. Even now, I can’t guarantee I have enough work next year. It’s extremely likely, but I’m self employed so…
Knowing my folks will still support me means I can continue pursuing interesting, useful and innovative things, even in my 30s - even tho that’s not longer required.Maybe talk to some of your contacts in the football industry.
See if they have similar “football or nothing”, or if they had backup plans.
Talk to some managers, coaches, sports scientists, medics etc.
Ask them how they would get into pro football. Ask them what happens to pro-football aspiring players that don’t make the cut.
Use your experience and connections to help and support your son. And be there if it doesn’t work out.
You might know better, but he still has to learn. The best lessons are mistakes. - Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Did you go straight into being a pro footballer? Or did you have back up plans? Like “if this doesn’t work out, I’ll be an electrician” or something?
I’ve never had super lofty goals, but my parents always supported me in what I wanted to do. They never tried to steer me, but they did ask pertinent questions about what I was planning at various points. Probably to hint at bad idea.
I feel like I could have asked them for money/support at any point for any of my projects/ideas/whatevers, and - after making sure I was serious - would have helped out however they could.
I have a very unique career at this point, and I am only in this position because of the eclectic experience I have.Ultimately, he is growing up. He’s going to have to make mistakes.
I’d say you have to be prepared to support him as much as you can in his dream of being a pro footballer.
Maybe he won’t be a pro footballer, but he might get a satisfying career out of being football-adjacent. Medic, science, coaching.
Or maybe he will try it for 5 years and eventually realise it’s not gonna happen, and be an electrician.
Or maybe he will struggle for 2 years, realise he needs to double down, and make the cut a year later.I had a friend when I was growing up that dreamed of being an RAF pilot. Everything he did was around that.
Due to some unfortunate life circumstances, that dream was ripped away in the space of a week. Completely out of anyone’s control, but he could no longer qualify as an RAF pilot.
He was heartbroken. He’s now an engineer/mechanic in the RAF and seems happy.He shouldn’t find another dream.
But he should be aware that dreams don’t always come about. And if this dream doesn’t, would he be happy in an adjacent career? Or something else entirely?
Help him research the backup plan. - Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 2 weeks ago:
I moved to endeavouros. First time using a rolling release, and I was struggling with some webdev stuff cause node was on a recent non-lts build and a few other things.
Not a problem for building, cause I already have that containerised. But things like installing packages was refusing, and obviously couldn’t run dev workflows.Until I realised I should just work inside a container.
I know vscode is still Microsoft (and I’m sure I could get it to work with vscodium), but the dev container workflow is fantastic.
Absolute game changer.
And I know I can easily work on a different platform, os whatever. And still have the same dev environment. - Comment on It's the law! 2 weeks ago:
Or use what PTP does.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_Time_ProtocolWhich is a more accurate protocol than NTP.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol - Comment on U.S. Has Spent $40 Million to Jail About 400 Migrants at Guantánamo 3 weeks ago:
Just give the migrants $100k each?
Where DOGE on all this? I presume rescheduling NASAs priorities to mars, Department of Transports priorities to Teslas, and making sure the FCC is pushing starlink… no doubt - Comment on World travelers 4 weeks ago:
What’s not funny is how old I feel now
- Comment on Wales’s 20mph speed limit has cut road deaths. Why is there still even a debate? 4 weeks ago:
I think improved road safety is a great idea. 20mph lowers emissions and wear on both roads and cars.
I just wish they made it 20mph in other areas, rather than where I drive.
I think it’s a great idea, and support it. Just… Not in my back yard. - Comment on Tesla Stock Is Plunging Again. It Could Drop for a Ninth Straight Week. 5 weeks ago:
Pretty sure that and the White House advert halted the dip the last few days.
Except fElon hasn’t changed, so down it goes! - Comment on modern psychiatry be like 1 month ago:
Alcoholics, probably
- Comment on Anon experiences freedom 1 month ago:
You have my sympathy, but not my compassion.
My compassion ran out when America continued to embrace - even celebrate - right wing rule
- Comment on Anon pumps up the crowd 2 months ago:
I’m pretty sure there are plenty of psycs that study 4chan.
But the prime directive means they can’t interfere and offer help - Comment on ‘We Have No Coherent Message’: Democrats Struggle to Oppose Trump 2 months ago:
Yes, both sides are the same.
You have convinced me. Huzzah - Comment on Romance scammers are now in the fediverse 2 months ago:
Ayyy, I got one too!
A spam message that is. - Comment on It’s not like we put letters in some sort of “alphabetical” order. 2 months ago:
Nah, the numbers are a grouping, the letters are a separate grouping, and there is a clear button.
The order is the same on both, in columns from top left to bottom right.
And the clear button is bottom right. - Comment on Hulu quizzing about the ads played 2 months ago:
No, mainstream media is part of capitalism.
Specifically shitty mainstream media (I’m sure there are some mainstream media providers that aren’t shitty).This is a shitty product.
This is a shitty product that is part of capitalism.
This is a shitty product that is part of capitalism which happens to show mainstream media.But this isn’t mainstream media.
Mainstream media would want in on the ad revenue. Mainstream media would facilitate & encourage this.
This is just a shitty product from a shitty company capitalising on shitty practices.
- Comment on Hulu quizzing about the ads played 2 months ago:
This isn’t mainstream media.
This is capitalism.This is a company making a product, selling it for a given price, then making additional money from embedded ads.
Whether that ad revenue is additional profit, or to offset the actual cost of the item - because the sold it at a loss to beat their competitors - doesn’t really matter.
This is the consumer paying for something, and not getting a full and complete product - Comment on Can't throw me off the scent 3 months ago:
If it’s a break in the middle of the fibre, then they will use an epoxy housing for the splice.
I don’t know the specifics, but something like this:
Cut/clean up the break, put through an epoxy housing and tighten the cable grips. Strip back the protective layers, clean cut the fibres and splice them all appropriately. Carefully stuff it inside the epoxy housing, fill with epoxy and let it set. Then burry/rig it again.
Those are what the large plastic cylinder things you see on cables are.
Similar housings are used for splicing copper (both data and high voltage) cables that have to withstand elements/burying, just the size (and possibly internals, epoxy type etc) change.
Black plastic cylinder that’s larger than the cable, with a couple cables coming out? Probably a splice point - Comment on Can't throw me off the scent 3 months ago:
They just cut it roughly, strip back the protective layers, then do a very precise and clean cut on the actual fibre and polish the end.
Most of the time it will get spliced into a patch panel (instead of being installed into the patch panel). At which point the cleanly cut fibre is precisely aligned with the fibre from the patch panel, then melted together.
It’s very precise. Splicing tools often use extremely high magnification, and very precise actuators to align the 2 fibre ends before they are fused - Comment on Pete Hegseth’s Mother Accused Her Son of Mistreating Women for Years 4 months ago:
The article mentions the dudes 2nd wife. Christians & conservatives should drop his ass.
Divorce is a left wing policy and shouldn’t be endorsed by anyone with Christian values. Most conservatives would likely object… Unless it’s THEIR divorce, of course. Cause only THEIR divorce valid.As for the actual article & accusations, there is a rape claim which was defended as consentual and settled privately.
Both the rape claim and the fact it was defended/settled are unfortunate.And a mixed copies of emails from the mother of ‘he is a great son, and a hero’ and ‘lies, cheats and disrespects women’ (single quotes, cause it’s not an actual quote but a gist).
Seems like a swamp of non-conservative-values non-christian-values “alpha male” type scumbag.
My feeling is the mother is right. Moms know.Get used to it. 4 years if this.
- Comment on The return of Trump means Britain must rethink its defence strategy – and role in the world 5 months ago:
I’d vote for the EU in a heartbeat.
I’d be fine with the euro, actually going full metric. - Comment on When people say the AI bubble will burst, what exactly does that mean? 5 months ago:
Back when Blockchain was first a huge hype bubble, there were companies that added “Blockchain” to their name, or announced a pivot into Blockchain tech, and watched their stock value soar by a few hundred percent (with market value being many times their revenue).
I had googled a list of news articles, until I found this:
www.sciencedirect.com/…/S0165176519301703A noteworthy example: cnbc.com/…/long-island-iced-tea-micro-cap-adds-bl…
Anyway.
That’s the bubble.
Over-valuation. People taking advantage of the hype. People jumping on any opportunity to “not be left out” or to “get in early”.AI has uses.
Everyone is throwing things at the wall to seeing what sticks. Not much of it will.
Marketing are capitalising on the hype. - Comment on Subnautica 2 - Official Teaser Trailer 6 months ago:
There was something nice about navigating the Cyclops through some narrow area.
I never felt the need to excel at driving the sea truck. - Comment on dream job 6 months ago:
That’s fascinating! You should update the Wiki on trebuchets.
Clearly someone has pulled a Scots Language Wiki and has been writing bullshit on that article for years
- Comment on Keir Starmer pins economic growth hopes on British Hollywood with new tax relief 6 months ago:
Brollywood is an excellent pun.
British Hollywood - a portmanteau.
Brolly Wood - brolly is an umbrella in British slang.Sorry for dissecting this frog. I just want to make sure everyone can appreciate how delicious the pun is.
- Comment on Why do phone apps update all the time but nothing seems to change? 6 months ago:
As a hobby developer, I feel like I’m just gluing libraries together to get what I want.
- Comment on When somebody backs up their argument with a 90-minute video 6 months ago:
Just point to the dictionary. “Draw your own conclusions, bro”
- Comment on From a cyber security aspect how hazardous are random mini PCs from Ali Express/Amazon if you are starting with a fresh OS install? 6 months ago:
Server hardware does.
I think dell Rx30 are only just getting to EOL, and it was released in 2015.Although, buying an Rx30 before 5 years ago would be in the 10s of thousands.
Refurbished Rx40 and Rx50 are somewhat affordable. - Comment on Nintendo filed a lawsuit against Pocketpair, Inc. 7 months ago:
That’s like any FPS game ripping off any other FPS game.
Fight, capture, tame, train, breed animals.
Base building, research tree, enemy raids.
Exploration, resource gathering, survival.I don’t think Nintendo has a monopoly on enslaving animals.
I know what you mean, tho. It’s always described as “Pokémon with guns and 3xE gameplay”.
But does Nintendo actually have a case that will hold up in courts?
Pocketpair seems confident they can defend against it. So either they have done their research and are up for a fight. Or they (think they) are calling Nintendo’s bluff.
But Nintendo has a whole pack of lawyers.Unfortunately there are no details on what the patents being infringemed upon are, just that they relate to “Pocket Monster”.
- Comment on What interesting things can I do with my home WiFi network? 7 months ago:
You can set a static IP on the router, disable it’s DHCP, and have pihole manage DHCP with the routers static IP as the gateway