Buelldozer
@Buelldozer@lemmy.today
- Comment on According to the 2024 Q1 report, physical media sales continue to decline in US, but it's the third consecutive quarter of growth for the 4K UHD Blu-ray format. 1 week ago:
It doesn’t seem unusual. DVD is in the process of being replaced by something better.
VHS > DVD > Blu-ray > 4K Blu-ray
- Comment on PSA: Do not approach the wildlife. 2 weeks ago:
As another resident of Wyoming I will confirm this. Some years back I bumped into the portmanteau of “Touron” (Tourist + Moron). It’s a shockingly apt description.
- Comment on Calculus made easy 2 weeks ago:
but teaching math through “how you would implement it in code” seems really interesting.
This is near exactly how I handled learning advanced mathematics. This method takes the abstract and makes it practical, which is what many people really need in order to effectively learn.
- Comment on Has ethernet become illegitimate? A librarian flipped out after spotting me using ethernet 2 weeks ago:
I really missed my opportunity on that one!
- Comment on Has ethernet become illegitimate? A librarian flipped out after spotting me using ethernet 2 weeks ago:
I began my struggle with F/OSS and its drivers with Slackware V3 shortly after it’s release. I long ago memorized absolutely every argument you could possible come up with and have myself repeated many of them over the years. That doesn’t change the fact that Networks and Systems are not configured for your convenience and YOU are responsible for how your own damn hardware works.
Now get the hell off my lawn.
- Comment on Has ethernet become illegitimate? A librarian flipped out after spotting me using ethernet 2 weeks ago:
I apply QoS at the edge so wired or wireless doesn’t matter to us for performance but either one is still going to our Captive Portal and forcing you to agree to our ToS.
Fun Fact: I started applying QoS at the edge because of the people dragging their laptops in so they could Torrent. They’d blow out our bandwidth for everyone else and we were racking up DMCA warnings from our ISP.
- Comment on Has ethernet become illegitimate? A librarian flipped out after spotting me using ethernet 2 weeks ago:
Someone should let the IT staff know that wi-fi does not work for everyone, including:
HI there. I’m someone in IT for a Public Library so let me review these points.
People running a free software platform that lacks support for a wifi NIC that needs a proprietary driver and firmware
That’s a you and your hardware problem, not a public library IT problem. You need to purchase hardware that is adequately supported by your chosen Operating System.
People running free software who ethically object to running the proprietary non-free driver and firmware their wifi NIC requires
This is a you and your hardware problem. Buy hardware that is adequately supported by your chosen Operating System.
People without a mobile phone to perform the captive portal-mandated SMS verfication
This one is a semi-serious complaint however I’ve never seen a portal system where the Librarian’s didn’t have the ability to issue a day pass for use. Aside from that you sound like someone who should be technically able to stand up an ephemeral phone number for the purpose of receiving SMS.
People with a mobile phone but who want to exercise their GDPR right to data minimization
Same as above.
Pro-environment people who prefer not to spend 30 times more energy needed for wi-fi radios
What an absolutely petty complaint.
People who want the security of other wi-fi users not eavesdropping on their traffic by simply pointing a yagi antenna from a block away.
I’d bet that as soon as you enter a code your VPN stops being blocked. They’re not trying to block VPN they are preventing you from sidestepping their ToS.
I’ve dealt with Patrons like you before and the instant someone starts yammering at me about ClearNet / Tor I know exactly what kind of person I’m dealing with.
You selected your path for whatever reasons you chose and the inconveniences that come with that path are yours to deal with. Suck it up buttercup, you weren’t promised that a privacy respecting internet lifestyle would be easy or convenient.
- Comment on Microsoft open sources MS-DOS 4.0 3 weeks ago:
A MS DOS thin client?
Sure, people have been doing it for years. Here’s a YT walk through for doing it on an HP Thin Client but there’s a whole world of this out there.
I assumed the guy wanted to run DOS natively…
So did I.
But hey, if you have links to new small form factor 386s for under 100 bucks please do share…
Why does it have to be a 386? Why does it have to be new? All that’s really necessary is “DOS Native” and if you head over to ebay and search for “used industrial computer”, you can often find those for around $100.
In fact the YT channel “Cathode Ray Dude” has a series going right now called “Little Guys” where’s he testing a variety of SFF systems, at least some of which are DOS Native.
Honestly my good person, what you’re looking for is out there if you’re willing to be the tiniest bit flexible.
- Comment on Microsoft open sources MS-DOS 4.0 3 weeks ago:
You can buy a used thin client on eBay for $40 that will do the job so no, I DONT understand what you’re talking about.
- Comment on Microsoft open sources MS-DOS 4.0 3 weeks ago:
I added an edit that brought the cost down to $80. If can deal with 16W of power draw then there’s a variety of old Thin Client for sale on Ebay that can be had for $40!
At that point the materials to build the cabinet would cost more than the computer running it. Get busy!
- Comment on Microsoft open sources MS-DOS 4.0 3 weeks ago:
I don’t understand the “relatively rare and quite expensive” part, can you explain that?
- Comment on Microsoft open sources MS-DOS 4.0 3 weeks ago:
i would love to have a gaming board for a small Commander Keen cabinet with ultra low power reqs
Huh? You can already get a DOS capable gaming board that uses less power than the display would. If nothing else for $200USD you can get a “Hand 386”, yoink it out of it’s case and put it in the cabinet of your choice.
There’s lots of low power options out there for you! You can start your dream project NOW…there’s no need to wait!
- Comment on Biology 4 weeks ago:
I misread “organisms” as “orgasms” and wow does THAT really change the meme a bit!
- Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups? 5 weeks ago:
I do this, and my brother who is an amateur chef thinks it’s witchcraft. Baking is not hard to eyeball or make by feel people.
I can do this with no problem while cooking or baking how my WIFE cannot. If something doesn’t have a recipe defined down to a gnats ass then she looses confidence and nearly always screws it up.
I’m sure it’s trainable but some people just have the ability and others don’t. Different people / different gifts and all that.
- Comment on "No, seriously. All those things Google couldn't find anymore? Top of the search pile. Queries that generated pages of spam in Google results? Fucking pristine on Kagi – the right answers, over and over again." 1 month ago:
Sure but in the article he says that he hadn’t even heard of it until some friends mentioned it “last month”, which would have been March of 2024. Taking a few weeks to feel it out is one thing but to have not even know it existed until last month is wild.
- Comment on "No, seriously. All those things Google couldn't find anymore? Top of the search pile. Queries that generated pages of spam in Google results? Fucking pristine on Kagi – the right answers, over and over again." 1 month ago:
How is it that Cory Doctorow hadn’t hear of Kagi until March of 2024? It’s been widely discussed in tech spaces for quite a while now!
- Comment on Anon goes bouldering 1 month ago:
$10 says that Anon is female.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
It’s a job at a Non-Profit Wolf Sanctuary in the mountains of Colorado, Pikes Peak to be specific.
- Comment on Why is AI Pornifying Asian Women? 3 months ago:
- Comment on Why is AI Pornifying Asian Women? 3 months ago:
Because the Internet is for porn. Always has been, always will be.
- Comment on Neighbour deliberately blocking OP 6 months ago:
there is no use case where a pickup truck is better than something like a kei truck
I like the mini-trucks like the Kei, they are practical and useful for light loads around town. What they don’t do is heavy loads and / or long distances.
So here’s a “use case” where my full sized American pickup truck is required. Several times in the last 6 months I’ve pulled a triple axle trailer weighing 12,000lbs (5,440 kilograms) a distance of 200 miles (320 kilometers) at an elevation of 6,000 feet (1,828 meters) ). Assuming the weight didn’t collapse the rear axle or buckle the frame on a Kei then trying to actually pull the weight would certainly destroy the transmission and / or engine.
If you want to discuss “cargo space” then ALL pickups, including the Kei, suck. Holding cargo internally is what van bodies are for, not pickup bodies. This why city based tradesman the world over drive chassis with van bodies.
So called “Off Road” is a whole different can of worms, nearly no one really does it (even if they think they do) and I’d submit that NO pickup is truly suited for it. Real Off Roading is done with vehicles specialized for the terrain they are working in.
Mini-trucks are great at what they’re meant for but they aren’t meant for everything.
- Comment on Neighbour deliberately blocking OP 6 months ago:
Your friend is a poor mechanic and I’d be wary of any advice they give you.
- Comment on Capcom President Thinks Game Prices Are 'Too Low' - IGN 7 months ago:
Prices of video games and consoles have actually declined over time when accounting for inflation.
techraptor.net/…/cost-of-gaming-since-1970s
Here’s an example:
PlayStation 1
Cost at Launch (1995): $299.99 Cost Today (2020): $509.19 Average Game Cost (1995): $49.99 Average Game Cost (2020): $84.85
PlayStation 2
Cost at Launch (2000): $299.99 Cost Today (2020): $450.64 Average Game Cost (2000): $49.99 Average Game Cost (2020): $75.09
AAA titles going to $90 would actually be putting them back to PS1 and earlier pricing.
- Comment on I have an apartment where the dumpster is a car's drive away, and taking trash down involves 4 staircases. What is the best way to ameliorate this situation? 8 months ago:
Buy a folding wagon to go up and down the stairs. Lower the garbage bags down from your balcony then load them in the wagon to take to the bin. Fold wagon and take it back up the stairs when done.
- Comment on What if employers could gauge the ‘moods’ of workers? A dangerous new tech gains ground in India 8 months ago:
Is mood recognition a tool useful for anything other than maintaining power over others (actually curious)?
If you ever want a real General AI then it will need the ability to recognize the mood of the person it’s interacting with. ESPECIALLY if you want to use it for things like Mental Health Counseling.
- Comment on Almost all remote-work news is negative now but was positive in the beginning of the pandemic. Have you noticed this or am I going crazy? 9 months ago:
Republicans did a shitty job of planning New York City? When did this happen?