BarbecueCowboy
@BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- Comment on Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week 2 days ago:
You should at least figure out port forwarding, but Plex operates a service that makes that optional. You don’t have to do that or setup a reverse proxy, it mostly just works near seamlessly.
- Comment on "It's extremely frustrating and also f*cked up" - one of the world's best indie studios is facing shock closure following confounding Steam ban [Eurogamer] 3 days ago:
Yeah, I’m on the side of if it’s legal it should be allowed, but having read about the scene and watched the trailer I think it’s kind of disingenuous for the developer to pretend this was a surprise. Getting that on to steam would be a coin flip even without the recent controversies.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
I’ve often thought that scheduling it would be kind of amazing, but for most I’ve been with, feel like that wouldn’t be an attractive prospect.
I’d feel really bad if my partner wasn’t enjoying themselves on this one though and even without that concern it wouldn’t feel like your idea here would be sustainable. It would be very hard to convince me that this was something that could be maintained over a long term relationship.
- Comment on Fuckin' PSYOP 1 week ago:
When you let enough people speak and they all agree with no pushback, people start to think maybe they’re onto something, no matter how crazy.
- Comment on Erosion is a voxel open world shooter in which deaths cost decades, and you can win the Wild West with armies of cats 1 week ago:
Writer just woke up and was like fuck I can’t do another game article but damn I forgot how good Pink Floyd was.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
We have generic tests for the intelligence of birds.
Most famously used on Crows/Parrots, Seagulls are smarter than average and can solve some advanced puzzles, but they’re mostly below Corvids or Parrots. We’ve also tested their memory, they only care about food and can remember places they’ve gotten food and even the faces of people who they’ve got food from year to year, but we don’t think over too much longer periods.
- Comment on How has there not yet been a leak of the Epstein files? Surely there is someone with access to them that could have been subject to worldwide pressure to let something out. 1 week ago:
They already faked a suicide for a dude in prison to keep that info from getting out, that’s a hell of a warning.
- Comment on I'm cooked, chat. 2 weeks ago:
One thing I wish someone would have talked at me about more often in relation to getting older… You already have problems you’re probably not paying enough attention to that you should look at now.
Does your neck always hurt in a weird way when you get up? Mole that you were looking at one day and it doesn’t look quite right? Maybe you just started feeling a weird feeling in some part of your body and it never got worse so you just got used to ignoring it?
You’re getting to the point where those tend to start escalating. Take inventory and get them checked out.
- Comment on What's a realistic, low-power home server setup in 2025 for Plex/Jellyfin, Nextcloud, and reliable backups? 2 weeks ago:
has anyone pushed Raspberry Pi 5 to the point of reliable transcoding for a household of 2-3 people?
People definitely have and you can physically do that now… but from experience, you’ll likely be happier doing almost anything else. I wouldn’t consider it if you want those 2-3 streams to occasionally occur simultaneously. Although, reminder that the best plan is to consider ways where you don’t need to transcode.
- Comment on forbidden dots 2 weeks ago:
People have tasted it, they all seem to claim accidentally, the key report is that it tastes ‘metallic’.
- Comment on Valve announces three new products: the Steam Frame, Steam Machine and Steam Controller 2 weeks ago:
Some are estimating around $800, but Steam has commented that affordability is a primary focus.
I feel like they’ve got to beat console prices. I’m hoping we see prices similar to steam deck at launch complete with varying tiers.
- Comment on The Perfect Picture of Helth 2 weeks ago:
It contains at least one whole wheat.
- Comment on They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real 2 weeks ago:
Now I feel like our kids are going to discover our posts some day and have to say “It was a different time”.
- Comment on Do air purifiers really reduce dust much? 2 weeks ago:
There are, but the mapping functionality drastically increases how well the vacuum works.
- Comment on haveibeenpwned alternatives / data? 3 weeks ago:
It’s because of Enterprise contracts, for the things you can check off with HIBP… 4 grand is not a lot for them. But, then also if you offer a separate plan and just say ‘no enterprise, we trust you’, many businesses will just ignore the enterprise plan.
- Comment on Linux gamers on Steam finally cross over the 3% mark 3 weeks ago:
And, I totally get that! It’s like yeah, I know how to setup a symlink to probably make that work, but you know what’s a lot easier than that… Just not doing that and just having it work.
- Comment on Linux gamers on Steam finally cross over the 3% mark 3 weeks ago:
It’s sad in a way but I kinda feel like proton is going to near wipe out the very few Linux native ports we get. It’s so much easier and more stable than trying to build and package for Linux.
- Comment on We'll pay you $10,000 to DE-shitify this Samsung refrigerator 4 weeks ago:
If you’re renting, usually the landlord picks the appliances.
I guarantee someone is working real hard on making ad supported appliances targeted specifically for rental properties a reality.
- Comment on Go Green 4 weeks ago:
They are in the same family as hops, interesting beer?
- Comment on ‘It’s about redemption’: Peter Molyneux says Masters of Albion will make up for decades of ‘overpromising on things’ 4 weeks ago:
It’s been awhile since I played Godus, but I don’t remember micro transactions. May have forgotten, but remember it just being a super simplified version of populous. I only played in early access though, not sure on changes or if it ever had a full release.
- Comment on Minecraft is removing code obfuscation in Java Edition 4 weeks ago:
They already do that for bedrock.
- Comment on What are some good things to purchase to add a new distraction to my life? 5 weeks ago:
In my experience, majority of therapists are garbage. I’ve experienced the same, but once you get one who actually shows up and is actually good at what they do, it’s worth it.
- Comment on MicroProse reveal Dungeon Holdem a mixture of poker and dungeon crawling that looks ace 5 weeks ago:
Microprose, now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time.
It seems like they’ve had a lot of companies licensing out the name for various minor things over the past few decades, but now some guy in Australia bought the name fully and is trying to buy up as much Microprose IP as he can to revitalize the company.
- Comment on Anon checks up on a childhood friend 5 weeks ago:
I don’t know you or how you’re feeling, but do you feel like you deserve the same consideration you give your cat when it comes to yourself?
I’ve been depressed so I know there’s a solid chance that answer is no and you probably feel pretty settled about why, but ask yourself if you were judging someone you love (maybe your cat) by the same metric would your answer for them be the same?
Depression is a real rough process, we’re rooting for you.
- Comment on Anon checks up on a childhood friend 5 weeks ago:
Your cat would want you to be happy. As long as you don’t forget to fill up the food bowl.
- Comment on I do it at least 35 times just in case 5 weeks ago:
Yeah, or even the other way around. It’s kind of generic, but we feel pretty good about one of the better ways of reducing your risk of cancer being to exercise and eat healthy and that will also get your libido going.
- Comment on I do it at least 35 times just in case 1 month ago:
With the quantity of ejaculations being self controlled, this feels like we could just be looking at a marker of general health.
- Comment on Bye Bye Existence 1 month ago:
Even just maybe… gaseous oxygen could be interesting.
How big would the drop in atmospheric pressure actually be at ground level? I don’t know how to calculate that beyond… feels like lower than 20%, but could whatever number still be enough to induce barotrauma? How do we apply that potential change in atmospheric pressure to the ocean and tides, and how bad is that sudden shift, massive tsunamis or just slightly higher tides? I feel like a lot of measuring equipment would be fucked for a bit, how bad could it be if every altimeter/barometer/etc was unreliable for 5 seconds? Effect on contained systems feels more predictable, I know nitrogen inflation is a thing you can get in some places, but most are just air, feels like a 20% drop in tire pressure worldwide for 5 seconds is going to have to cause a spike in road accidents.
Would the increased radiation be enough to create a global sterilizing affect for important bacteria/etc and what’s the worst that could happen there?
What happens if every combustion engine in use stops working for 5 seconds? How much does that affect power plants/our energy infrastructure?
There’s lot of industrial applications, I know that welding and steel production can require pure oxygen. Medical and research applications too. How bad is it if the oxygen supply on all of those worldwide fails suddenly?
- Comment on I will be taking no followup questions. Thank you for your time 1 month ago:
You were right, the style change is very noticeable, but id still say it’s a worthwhile read.
- Comment on I will be taking no followup questions. Thank you for your time 1 month ago:
Ancient meme, but that’s why you have to keep a small version of this in your wallet:
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The guy who put this together ended up writing a full book based on the concept.