DecentM

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop Killing Games: The POG Act has passed at the CA State Assembly!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Someone somewhere had the idea for the name of that bill, and they knew exactly what they were doing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we possibly experiment with the DNS on our own, at a micro level ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes but for a complete beginner, the first project won’t last too worryingly long anyway, so better to learn and have fun. Even a stock Ubuntu install could act as a server and it would have at least something familiar to help manage someone’s first server.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we possibly experiment with the DNS on our own, at a micro level ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, you already have a laptop, so here’s a rough outline. Do research around each topic, instead of just doing them, as you’ll learn things that you can use as a basis for the next step.

  1. Install some form of Linux, either desktop or server distro. Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, etc.
  2. Learn how to SSH into it, and install packages from the default repos.
  3. Install a web server, such as nginx and get the page to show up on your PC when you enter the IP address of the server (the laptop is now called the server at this point - servers are any computer that you use to run unattended services from other computers, so laptops can be called servers too)
  4. Install a recursive DNS server and configure your router to advertise it during DHCP.
  5. Get that same html file to show up on your PC by entering a custom name in your browser (something like mylaptopserver.local
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we possibly experiment with the DNS on our own, at a micro level ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, DNS is a very lightweight function so any laptop, even one ones should be able to run it for a home of a few people. Getting into it will let you block ads and malware for anyone using your network. But you gotta make sure it’s stable, because if the service goes down, internet service will essentially stop while you’re repairing it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we possibly experiment with the DNS on our own, at a micro level ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re asking a totally valid, but simple question that can be answered with a yes or no, why would you want to crosspost this across communities? Especially when getting a text answer to your question from an llm probably has a similar if not lower cost than generating that image.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon struggles with OLED⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably meant inverted colour, so dark areas are bright and bright areas are dark

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨pwned: do you pronounce it as "pohned" "pawned" or "owned"⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  P-you-nd - cus it’s fun to say

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November 9th⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I somehow skipped Hollow Knight since it came out, and got it during a sale last week after all the Silksong hype. Got 26 hours in it now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If animals could speak English in what foreign accent do you think that a certain species would certainly have ?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dogs - German (Huskies - Latino) Cats - Finnish Snakes - Parseltounge (yeah not a country but it’s an accent anyway) Rodents - British Birds - Arabic Bugs - Hungarian Lions - French Dolphins - American (new york specifically) Squirrels - Russian Fish - Indian (I’m under the water please send help)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do i get my nails to stop stinking faster⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Circling back to your original issue, do you use a top coat? They’re usually next to the nail polish in the store, and you’ll need a UV lamp to cure them (generally also nearby the nail polish shelf). That’ll keep the smell in if you manage to get full coverage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do i get my nails to stop stinking faster⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Even natural colours are not overdoing it, don’t avoid something that makes you happier just because it seems awkward! Personally I only use glue-ons for holidays and special weekends which sometimes aren’t even coloured, cause I need short nails for typing at work. Empower yourself by not judging yourself about what you wear!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft doing shady Microsoft stuff again⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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