tychosmoose
@tychosmoose@lemm.ee
- Comment on welp, Patreon just destroyed my stable income after a decade on the platform - what now 1 week ago:
True. I should have said that there was enough information there to satisfy my interest in the matter. Which was small.
- Comment on welp, Patreon just destroyed my stable income after a decade on the platform - what now 1 week ago:
I wondered too. It was explained here: lemmy.world/post/28040267
- Comment on Why do AI company logos look like buttholes? 1 week ago:
today we are all buttholes
- Comment on What does a week of groceries look like to you? 1 month ago:
If you have trouble with the soaking, black beans do very well with a “quick soak”.
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Cover them with water about twice the depth of the beans. Add about 1 teaspoon (~5 ml or 5-7 g) salt.
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Bring to a boil and keep it boiling for 2 minutes. Then cover and turn off the burner/hob. Let soak for 1-2 hours.
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Add any extra seasonings now (but nothing acidic). Then bring back to a boil and then simmer until soft. Adjust seasoning and you’re done.
They should take much less time than cooking from dry. How long will depend on the beans. Older beans can take much longer, but most should be soft in 1 hour or so.
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- Comment on What does a week of groceries look like to you? 1 month ago:
It’s bread, too. Try a bacon sandwich sometime. Delicious!
- Comment on What are some of the things someone permanently relocating away from the US should be aware of? 1 month ago:
Not when you change residency, but if you relinquish your citizenship: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expatriation_tax#United_Sta… or your residency has been revoked.
So if you remain a US citizen you owe normal annual tax (minus a credit for foreign taxes paid).
- Comment on What really separates a PC from a server? Mainly the hardware, but I guess software too. 1 month ago:
Does this media server need to be accessible when you are away from home? Will you store personal data on it?
Out of band management: this is a server feature that lets you access and manage the server even if the OS is down. That’s important if you may be away from home and need to fix a boot problem.
You can simulate some of this with PiKVM (remote console access) and PDU solutions (remote power control).
Redundant power: servers often have redundant power supplies, so that if one fails it can still function.
You can simulate this, with short downtime, by having a replacement ready. Mini PCs make this easy by using relatively inexpensive laptop style external power bricks. But also think about the power circuit - is the server on the same breaker/fuse with something that could potentially take the circuit down while you are away?
ECC RAM: this is about data integrity. If there is a failure in non-ECC then a bit flip could cause data corruption.
You can’t really get this without ECC. Using a file system that has anti-corruption features can help reduce some of the risk. You probably trust your data to consumer PC hardware, so this would be no different really. It’s about risk mitigation.
And that’s the main thing here, deciding on the use cases and prioritizing/budgeting how you mitigate risks to each.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
We are on Fidelity. But self-directed on all the big ones are no fee and free trades these days - Vanguard, Fidelity, Merrill and probably others. Just need to watch the fund/ETF fees to have a total cost.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
That’s better for sure. Still too much for me. Our all-in investment cost is 0.05% now. That’s a lot of free compounded yield compared against guided investments which are themselves no better than the average market (on average).
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
That’s all fine, but just be sure you know how much you’re paying them for that service. Before we switched to self-managed a number of years ago our guys were taking 1.4% off the top of the whole account just to pick a bunch of index ETFs. Market goes up 5% and I only see 3.6% of it. Not good. Plus the ETFs they picked had higher expenses than just going with a whole market choice.
They offered to get us on a plan at 1%. Ha, no thanks.
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