elucubra

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Big, beige ’80s PC case started out as a joke, but it’s becoming real in Japan in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

I'm going to guess that an old mid or full size tower could fit a modern GPU. With a bit of dremelling on the back you cold probably make it work. My son has been mulling such a mod.

Trump names former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as his pick for education secretary in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 53 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They are on track to bankrupt The Onion

Solar modules now selling for less than €0.06/W in Europe in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 12 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I'm not a rabid anti-nuclear, but there are somethings that are often left out of the pricing. One is the exorbitant price of storage of spent fuel although I seem to remember that there is some nuclear tech that can use nuclear waste as at least part of it's fuel (Molten salt? Pebble? maybe an expert can chime in). There is also the human greed factor. Fukushima happened because they built the walls to the highest recorded tsunami in the area, to save on concrete. A lot of civil engineering projects have a 150% overprovision over the worst case calculations. Fukushima? just for the worst case recorded, moronic corporate greed. The human factor tends to be the biggest danger here.

Rustdesk alternative? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

As I mentioned, I use remotes occasionally, so I'm trying a low fuss solution. If my bread and butter were remote support, I'd probably invest time in a more customized set-up

Rustdesk alternative? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thanks. I'm trying out HopToDesk. As I understand it's a clone. Works pretty well. I hope they don't pull any shenanigans

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Rustdesk alternative? (sopuli.xyz)
 

I've been using rustdesk for while, and it works very well for me. The news of it being somewhat opaque, and developed from China, makes me a bit nervous.

Is there a FOSS equivalent that won't make me jump through hoops, and be easily installed by someone else remotely?

I would like to be able to have it run at startup in Linux and windows, have a fairly complete feature set, like file transfer, copy paste, etc.

Also it'd be great if it could be easily installed by someone else remotely. I do SMB support, usually onsite, which is why it's not cost effective to pay for a Teamviewer or Anydesk license.

I'm taking a look through flathub, but recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Petition on the implementation of an EU-Linux operating system in public administrations across all EU countries in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

This is dumb. Hand over development to bureaucrats? create a set of guidelines and requirements, and allow distros to be certified, and fund development of distros that are being used.

Is it time to question the yearly release cycle for phones? in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I usually buy high end devices, that tend to last 4-6 years. I usually choose by camera, battery, and charging speed. I’m currently on a 4 year old Xiaomi that has an great camera, the battery still last over a day, charges 5000 mAh in slightly over an hour. I have never broken a screen or lost a phone in over 30 years. I buy the latest and greatest to make sure my investment lasts.

M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

Wouldn't a flatter form factor be better for rear mounting?

M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I can get an I9 32gb 1Tb mini pc for under 500€. Where is the bargain?

Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Pieces in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 21 points 4 weeks ago

Was it a Satellite Max?

Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Pieces in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Nowadays when I fly the fiirst criteria when I search for flights I check the airline's fleet, then price.

Amazon announces first Kindle ever with color screen, retailing for $279 in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I’ve often wondered why e-ink displays are so expensive

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Goldilocks distro? (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by elucubra@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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What do you consider to be the "Goldilocks" distro? the one that balances ease of install and use, up-to-date, stability, speed, etc... You get the idea.

I'm not a newb, these last few years I've lived in the Debian and derivatives side of things, but I've used RH, Slackware, Puppy :), and older stuff, like mandrake/mandriva and others. Never tried Suse or Arch, and while Nix looks appealing, I need something to put in production rapidly. I have tried Kinoite in a VM, but I couldn't install something (which I can't remember), and that turned me off.

Oh I'm on Mint right now, because lazy, but it's acting up with a couple of VMs, which I need, I really don't have the time or desire to maybe spend two days troubleshooting, and I'm a bit fed up with out of date pkgs.

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Is Stremio a honeypot? (sopuli.xyz)
 

Does anybody have the impression that Stremio may be a honeypot of some sort?

Thay are allegedly a legal service where some nefarious actors provide torrenting plugins etc. I tried to find out how they were financed, and found northing but a site purportedly selling "Web3" advertising, and filled with technobabble nonsense. No address, no way to purchase their services no GDPR notice or anything...

All I can find regarding their safety are "It's legit, nothing has happened to me so far" comments in reddit and other boards.

They have your email, they host the service, they can track all you do...

Seems kind of fishy.

Ive tried it, ironically, to watch stuff that I pay for, I have Netflix, prime video, Disney... But Stremio gives me much higher resolutions.

Even though I live in a country where sailing the high seas is not persecuted, as long as you are the end-user and you derive no profit, I'm going to delete my account (made with an email address I have for bullshit stuff ), make a new one with a truly disposable email and get a VPN.

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Why is folder sharing between host and guest in KVM so hard? (sopuli.xyz)
 

I'm having the hardest tine setting up a shared folder between a Linux host and Win11guest. I want to get rid of dual boot, but there are a few programs that I use which are Win only. I have set up a VB VM, but I want a fine tuned KVM VM. On VB sharing is trivial, but I can't get it to work in KVM. I have the host sharing the folder with Samba, and can see it from another Linux VM, but not from windows. Any clues?

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