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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Go Private?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it possible to automate? I looked at the Lamington docs briefly and it looked like it uses a file to store config. Thought if the config file was a symlink it would make it easy to change config to be private / be public.

  Like this every 30 minutes or whatever.

  #!/bin/bash
  
  THRESHOLD=1.5
  
  CMD_HIGH="echo ln -sfn /blah/blah/config.json /blah/blah/config.json.private"
  CMD_LOW="echo ln -sfn /blah/blah/config.json /blah/blah/config.json.public"
  
  CPU_CORES=$(nproc)
  
  LOAD_15MIN=$(uptime | awk -F'[a-z]:' '{print $2}' | awk -F', ' '{print $3}' | tr -d ' ')
  
  if (( $(echo "$LOAD_15MIN > $THRESHOLD" | bc -l) )); then
      echo "[$(date)] High Load Detected - Current: $LOAD_15MIN, Threshold: $THRESHOLD"
      echo "[$(date)] Taking Lamington private........ "
      eval "$CMD_HIGH"
  else
      echo "[$(date)] Normal Load Detected - Current: $LOAD_15MIN, Threshold: $THRESHOLD"
      echo "[$(date)] Returning Lamington to public... "
      eval "$CMD_LOW"
  fi
  

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Go Private?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Random thought - can you toggle private instance reasonably simply? I know nothing about running a Lamington stall, but if its a JSON file is it possible to have two versions and update a symlink to the version you want to use at the time?

  The reason I ask is it would be pretty sneaky tricks to monitor server load and toggle to private when it exceeds a threshold for a fixed period of time, then toggle back (i.e. greater than 50% server load = private for the next 2 hours or whatever).

  Alternatively, I’ll just put my vote in for going private.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Go Private?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Do people find the server organically through Google results or something else that may be impacted by the change? If there’s value in that there might be an argument against going private.

  If enabling it reduces the need for server upgrades as time goes on I guess it’s a positive though. Don’t want to be paying extra server costs just to help out some AI company.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Got an EV too - 85kw’ish of battery ready to roll.

  Would love to soak it up over peak period, then recharge it overnight at off peak rates. Doing that alone would be a big saving.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I am very keen for batteries. We have 20’ish kw of solar and so much is wasted because of export limits. If I could pump all that waste in to a battery to use over the peak period of an afternoon/evening we’d greatly reduce our bills.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"I Was So Surprised and Shocked": Shohreh Aghdashloo on How Devoted 'Expanse' Fans Manifested Her Casting in 'The Wheel of Time' Season 3⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I dunno, I feel like that’s a bit of a cop out. There’s more flaws than just the story being a bit off.

  The fan produced episode was legitimately better in terms of bringing the world to life in my opinion… And it had a budget of about $8. Amazon should have just given these dudes the money.

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=myFCGun_c-8

  Actuallly you know what? Let the Amazon one be another turning of the wheel and give these dudes money to do another one. I’d watch it again. I’ve read the series a dozen times over.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"I Was So Surprised and Shocked": Shohreh Aghdashloo on How Devoted 'Expanse' Fans Manifested Her Casting in 'The Wheel of Time' Season 3⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As a book reader, it sucks. They did Mat dirty, and they completely ballsed up… well pretty much everything.

  As a stand alone series, it’s probably not too bad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Will Australia’s media do better at cracking down on lies this election? The signs aren’t good⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Just calling out lies in general would be nice.

  Also this fake balance shit is getting old.

  Its like heres the scientific fact, backed by studies / proof / logic with results that can be replicated… BUT IN THE INTERESTS OF BALANCE, here’s some utter nutjub who believes god is a sock.

  Alternatively, here’s Dutton who used insider trading and ??? methods ??? to achieve a portfolio in the triple digits of millions on a cops salary… BUT MEANWHILE ALBO BOUGHT A MANSION for $4m! FOUR WHOLE MILLION! The leader of the country! FOUR million! Its like he’s just rubbing our noses in it! Unlike Dutton who’s hard work and sacrifice is clearly the reason behind his huge gains in self wealth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨conflicted about my coworkers' overpunctuality⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish I worked a job where my biggest concern was the difference between starting at 12:30 or 12:35.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Legendary ABC chief election analyst Antony Green to step down⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll always admire his passion during elections. Dude is like an soccer commentator, getting all over excited over tiny movements and throwing up replays and overlays with arrows pointing at stuff and everything.

  I hope his replacement has the same passion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I stop laughing at stupid shit all the time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Dunno man, but if you find out let me know cause every time I see this bad boy I’m giggling like a schoolgirl no matter the situation

  Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘TikTok Refugees’ Flocking to China’s RedNote App Experience Intersection of Free Speech and Censorship While The Chinese App Seeks To Meet Censorship Requirements Set By Beijing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s what my feed currently looks like:

  i.imgur.com/jHnb7xy.mp4

  i.imgur.com/ZA9Rudk.mp4

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘TikTok Refugees’ Flocking to China’s RedNote App Experience Intersection of Free Speech and Censorship While The Chinese App Seeks To Meet Censorship Requirements Set By Beijing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know about propoganda from a political point of view, but the amount of casual animal cruelty on the platform is enough for me to leave it with a worse opinion of the country than I originally had.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Facebook Says It’s Not Forcing You to Follow Trump⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you know how to tell if someone isn’t on Facebook?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Catch: Wesfarmers winds down online marketplace, putting 190 jobs on the line⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to buy some of their lame crap back when it was 1 unique item a day. It was kind of fun, even if most of the stuff I ended up with was total junk.

  But just being eBay, or Amazon, or Kogan, but worse? What’s the point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok goes dark in the US as Trump says he's likely to give ban 'reprieve'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I actually joined Rednote just to see what it’s like.

  It’s cool, being on a platform that’s mostly people from another country/culture/language. You see that people are pretty much the same world over.

  … Same inane bollocks from “influencers”, same stupid jump cuts constantly to make something boring look partially exciting, always with the end goal of pushing some product or service. But now it’s in Mandarin, and the brand names are written in moonrunes so I don’t know what they are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Satellite images reveal devastating scale of LA fires⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know fires bad, people dying sad, etc, but I feel if there’s going to be fires (and there’s gonna be!) then an affluent area of LA is probably the “best” place for it right? People living there are in the best position to support themselves after losing their house more so than if it was in a poor area where they have no financial backing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Annual General Thread⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I dunno man, I’m happy for the site to just grow and change organically. I deal with enough paperwork and faff at work, I don’t want more of it on my shitposting provider too.

  If Lodion needs cash I send cash. In fact I think I already changed it to a monthly donation to make things more consistent. Otherwise whatever happens, happens.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did Apple kill iTunes for windows?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If she only uses the browser and texting, whats to learn that’s different?

  I actually push my family members to buy Apple products because then I dont have to provide tech support but tbh if their usage is just tapping on like 3 different icons, there’s really no difference between the two from a UI point of view. And a mid-range Android phone that allows you to tape those 3 icons is probably 1/5th the cost of an iPhone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[2024-12-24] After hosting a (failed) neo-Nazi recruitment event, head office gets their door bashed in by Santa and office sprayed with liquid⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know what’s worse: nazis, or Instagrams video player.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did Apple kill iTunes for windows?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  … to Android

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Labor looks likely to win 2025 Election⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For the first time ever I reckon I’ll just donkey vote.

  I will never understand this attitude.

  We have preferential voting, every (legitimate) vote has an impact.

  Donkey voting is a lazy way of pretending that none of what happens is “your” fault, cause you didn’t vote for “them”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I couldn't eat another thing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It has become our Christmas tradition to watch this video after Christmas lunch is over and we’re all laying around on the couches struggling to breathe through the over indulgence of ham and fruit mince pies.

  It always hits just right when you’re in that state.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vale @Ilandar⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I dont know who that is. I’m sure they were a big deal though.

  Glad to hear they aren’t dead I guess, which was my initial expectation based on the headline.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former Nine boss Hugh Marks appointed ABC's new managing director⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh good, another bit of “for profit” leadership. This bodes well for the future of the ABC.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘This is just a photo op’: anger greets Albanese as he tours Melbourne synagogue destroyed by arson⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What a weird thing to get fired up about.

  Who cares if the dude played a game of tennis ffs?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Users from Other Instances⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I, for one, support more activity and more viewpoints being presented.

  Getting pretty sick of every social media platform turning in to an echo chamber as people (or algorithms) filter out everything they don’t agree with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Greyhound racing to be banned in New Zealand⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Good, now do Australia

  And horses next

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NSW Police face fresh calls to be banned from Mardi Gras⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because some of those organising it where the ones that had the crap beaten out of them by police not so long ago.

  Right, and in all likelihood so were the current police who are now wanting to join the march.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NSW Police face fresh calls to be banned from Mardi Gras⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not part of either community so grim the view of an outsider…

  Why wouldn’t “you” (the people organising and participating in the march) not want police as part of it?

  The Venn diagram of homophobic police and homosexual police are surely two distinct circles - why wouldn’t you want the circle that’s part of your team to be included? Are they not deserving of the same support the march is encouraging?