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pete_the_cat ,

Officer: “What’s your name, sir?”

DK: “Deez-Nuts”

Officer: “Alright, get out of the car, smart ass”

pete_the_cat ,

I finally saw one of these ugly things (the truck), down in Miami a few days ago.

pete_the_cat ,

This incident will be reported

pete_the_cat ,

Half the world uses Linux and isn’t aware of it (Android).

pete_the_cat ,

I’m gonna have to check this out because I just mentioned this as an idea for Lemmy the other day. The amount of posts I see about the same thing in different communities is too damn high.

pete_the_cat ,

“I’ve driven 112.326 megameters” takes the same amount of time to say as 112,326 kilometers. 🤷‍♂️

pete_the_cat , (edited )

HEY EVERYONE! THIS GUY’S A BIG, FAT PHONY!

pete_the_cat ,

Also back when it was just cable there were like 10 different HBO channels, with slight name variations.

pete_the_cat ,

Yeah, this meme is dumb because Scrub Daddy was the original product.

pete_the_cat ,

Most IT job postings done by recruiters are hilariously bad, I scrolled through some and I’m just like “really? That’s all you’re telling me?”

pete_the_cat ,

A job I’m interviewing for now asked me if I had experience with libvirt, qemu,and KVM.

(For those not in the know, libvirt is a wrapper around qemu, KVM is the name of the technology, so if you have experience with one or both of the first two, you definitely have experience with the last one).

pete_the_cat ,

This is my first interview after 3 months of applying (not every day, mind you, I’ve probably applied to like 300 jobs though). I have another one in the next few days as well, for another company.

LinkedIn Premium does actually seem to help, compared to sites like Dice. Good luck out there, it’s pretty rough right now.

pete_the_cat ,

“…will you accept a whale that thinks it’s a unicorn?”

pete_the_cat ,

The Odroids are little beasts, I had the X2 (?) for like 2 years, and then I decided to hook it up to my parents network as a VPN server… and when I came back a few months later it was dead 😕

They use Samsung Exynos CPUs IIRC instead of the Broadcom chips that the Pis use, so some software support is lacking, but it’s generally really good since most ARM distros work fine on them.

pete_the_cat ,

The Shield is great for playing media, but it’s definitely not under €100 (at least the last time I checked, I’m also American). Also changing our the launcher doesn’t stop all the “phoning home” that everything does, DNS blocking will help with that though. Also, the hardware isn’t as great as it used to be.

pete_the_cat ,

I haven’t used one in like 8 years, IIRC the X2 or X3 had an 8 core Exynos, they’ve obviously changed it since then.

pete_the_cat ,

I never even knew this was a thing until now.

pete_the_cat ,

They can be the same partition, they are for different purposes though. EFI holds the EFI binaries as the name implies, while /boot holds the initrd, kernel, and the bootloader config files.

If they are the same partition, /boot needs to be formatted as FAT32 and have EFI as a subdirectory. Otherwise they can be separate partitions, either way the partition that contains the EFI directory needs to be formatted as FAT32.

pete_the_cat ,

I’m here to collect your cat tax.

Also, for us non-Windows folks, just set up a VNC server and do the same thing.

pete_the_cat ,

Step 1: enable Remote Desktop in Windows

Step 2: download a Remote Desktop app from app store

Step 3: use the app to login to the Windows box

Step 4: profit

pete_the_cat ,

Thank you, you may proceed!

pete_the_cat ,

Depending on the hardware you’re running. I’ll definitely never break even, at least in a reasonable amount of time. Doing a very rough estimation of $23/month of just Netflix, versus the 5 grand I’ve spent on my server over the years, it would take EIGHTEEN YEARS to break even.

I pirate because I like having everything in one place with no restrictions, not because it’s cheaper and easier.

pete_the_cat ,

I run a huge server for myself, my friends and my family. Even I don’t watch half of the shit I have downloaded. I currently have a backlog of about 6-7 episodes from long running shows I regularly watch, I haven’t really picked up any new shows. Like half of my movie collection is unwatched.

It’s not because of a lack of time either, I’m currently unemployed.

pete_the_cat ,

My only problem with big physical books like that is they’re a pain in the ass to bring with you anywhere and they get tiring really quickly when holding them at eye level.

pete_the_cat ,

I’ve been using Plex for over a decade and Jellyfin for a few years, IMO Plex is the better of the two, but that’s only because it’s an actual company not an open source project like Jellyfin is.

The fact that Jellyfin is written in .Net makes it a pain in the ass to install on Linux (if you’re not using some sort of containerized installation) and it always floods the logs with gigantic stack traces anytime something errors out, and it’s usually only helpful to the devs, not the end user.

pete_the_cat ,

Yeah, you need a Jellyfin server with all of your media to make Jellyfin on there useful.

pete_the_cat ,

Yeah, it’s definitely a clusterfuck now of “where do I find this”. Back when Netflix was the only game in town the problem was just “what looks interesting” and the answer was usually “not much” 😂

pete_the_cat ,

Yeah… I have a lot more hardware than that 😂

24 core Threadripper, 128 GB RAM, 189 TB across 22 HDDs and 8 NVMe drives.

pete_the_cat ,

Same, I generally only watch stuff in 4K or 1080p on my 65" flat screen. I think I was hoarding it all because I was bored and the weather largely sucked where I used to live (NE US) but then I moved down to Florida back in October and suddenly I don’t have to be stuck inside for half the year because it’s no longer freezing cold (although it is starting to get pretty hot out already), and I actually want to go outside and do stuff haha

Roku TV bricked until agreeing to new terms of service

See title - very frustrating. There is no way to continue to use the TV without agreeing to the terms. I couldn’t use different inputs, or even go to settings from the home screen and disconnect from the internet to disable their services. If I don’t agree to their terms, then I don’t get access to their new products. That...

pete_the_cat , (edited )

Yeah, that would definitely not go anywhere. Roku isn’t hacking into their device. OP probably bought a Roku Smart TV for like $75 (the cost is subsidized by Roku, hence why it’s so cheap) and is now complaining about it. It’s like buying an Amazon FireTV and then complaining about Amazon having control over the TV.

Edit: am I saying it’s right? No, but sometimes it pays to read the EULA. If you’re getting something for cheap, there’s probably a reason for it.

pete_the_cat ,

I’m not saying it’s right for them to do this, it’s a shitty practice and I’d definitely be pissed off. What I’m saying is there’s probably a clause in the EULA/TOS that pretty much says Roku has control over the function of the TV and either you accept those terms or you don’t use the TV. The price comparison was just pointing out the difference in experience between getting a $50-75 Amazon Fire tablet vs a $700 Samsung Galaxy tablet. The former is going to have ads all over it and Amazon controls it essentially, they tell you this, meanwhile the Galaxy tablet most likely has no advertising or additional strong-arming since you’re paying a lot more for it. The company is always out to get their income one way or another is simply the point I was making.

There is practically zero consumer protection in the US (assuming OP is from the US).

pete_the_cat ,

No problem, this is essentially the Human Cent-iPad South Park episode playing out in real life… Obviously without the shit eating and mouth to ass sewing 😂

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pete_the_cat ,

Cats were working at CNET?

pete_the_cat ,

You should be proud

pete_the_cat ,

Essentially it allows for end-to-end encrypted messages and high quality pictures and videos.

pete_the_cat ,

If you have an Android phone and you’re using the default texting app, you are. RCS is built into both the carrier side and device side.

pete_the_cat OP ,

I can tell you for certain it’s more than two packs of Twix. A lot more.

pete_the_cat OP ,

Only the individual bar wrappings were the standard clear plastic (stronger and more rigid than cling film), the two and four pack wrappers were the folk-like wrappers that you would see on Kit-Kats and the like.

pete_the_cat OP ,

What’s funny is after living in NYC for 5 years and being forced to use reusable bags for years I got used to it. I moved to Miami about 5 months ago and I’m Downtown so I can walk to most places I need to go, and bring a reusable bag with me. A lot of stores down here aren’t used to customers using a reusable bag, so I would tend to get a lot of looks haha I’d walk across the street to get my groceries and they would give me like 5-10 plastic bags when I’m like “I can fit like 75% of it in my backpack and these two bags”.

pete_the_cat OP ,

Yeah, I ordered two end tables with shelves from Amazon a few weeks ago and they were like that. Each table had about 10-15 bags, and like 7 sheets of styrofoam.

pete_the_cat OP ,

They’re my absolute weakness. I usually get two two packs and was like “oh they make a four pack now?” Thinking it would be less packaging… nope, it was more!

pete_the_cat OP ,

Same, it’s pretty damn ridiculous how much trash we generate.

pete_the_cat OP ,

Local business owners don’t stock their goods at the checkout counter at Walgreens. Also, even though I’m in a big city, no one makes something like the Kinder Bueno, it’s not a simple chocolate bar.

pete_the_cat OP ,

I’m 38 and had to think real hard to remember when they had the foil wrapper and paper sleeve.

pete_the_cat OP ,

There you go thinking smartly again!

pete_the_cat OP ,

If you want the product, you have to deal with it.

pete_the_cat OP ,

Yeah, it’s a mess.

pete_the_cat ,

Yeah, they added a lot over the years. My above experience was from like 8 years ago when I’m pretty sure it was just Central Perk.

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