Infrastructure nerd, gamer, and Lemmy.ca maintainer
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Infrastructure nerd, gamer, and Lemmy.ca maintainer
This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.
Is it "an RTS" or "a RTS" ?
R is a consonant (indicating "a") but also if you say the word R it starts with a vowel (indicating "an")...
Reddit has blocked all my VPS IPs (from all over the world)
It tells me I have to register to view posts! It has blocked all my VPS IPs. From random places:...
Help me remember a Picard quote from TNG. Something about time being like an old friend.
He said something about how some people consider time and enemy, or a thief of life. But he himself (Picard) sees time as an old friend....
Sins of a Solar Empire 2 Review [5/10] (www.ign.com)
Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads (www.techradar.com)
Netflix has managed to annoy a good number of its users with an announcement about an upcoming update to its Windows 11 (and Windows 10) app: support for adverts and live events will be added, but the ability to download content is being taken away....
4ish years ago when I bought a house I was convinced not to get a house inspection, would it be crazy to get one now just to make sure it's all good?
Was 25 and super nervous, so when the realtor was like “oh yeah they just check for basic stuff, but I looked around and it looks great” I was like “Oh okay, this is so astronomically expensive every penny saved is good…”...
Michelle Yeoh will star in Prime Video's ‘Blade Runner 2099’ sequel series (www.yahoo.com)
Very interesting and hopefully positive! What do others think?
PPSSPP is approved for the App Store (www.ppsspp.org)
Are there any household gadgets you found unexpectedly useful after you'd gotten them?
I was thinking about how I missed having an indoor thermometer that measures humidity. It’s such a small specific thing, one I’d never think of getting unless pushed to it (which I was by one particularly dry winter). But I like having one now....
Zombie Sequel '28 Years Later' Sets June 2025 Release (www.rollingstone.com)
When did the show "Suits" suddenly get popular?
I watched the first 3-4 seasons before it wore thin. Now, like 5 years after its final season, I see it referenced places and the guys doing commercials. Can someone explain?
Community moderation and discussion
Greetings Blue Bird aficionados. We seem to be without our good friend and moderator, @imasnyper, this season. I’m thinking I might ask the lemmy.ca admins if they’ll add me as moderator to this community, as I’d like to update it and have it look more active. It might take me a while to figure out how Snyper set up the...
OctoPrint USB disconnects on Linux Mint at midnight? (pawb.social)
A new and bizarre issue has emerged on my Linux Mint server that seems specific to my Ender 3 and OctoPrint. Every night at midnight, regardless of whether a print is running or not, the USB connection to the Ender fails and restarts. (See screenshot from my Telegram OctoPrint plugin.) I’ve tried setting usb.autosuspend to -1...
Macklemore Attacks Joe Biden On Pro-Palestine Song "Hind's Hall" (www.hotnewhiphop.com)
He hasn’t released on streaming yet or YouTube only insta and Twitter. Once it’s up on streaming he said all proceeds will go to The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)....
Time to finally move off Nova launcher (lemmy.ca)
They’ve been owned by an analytics place for a while, but the demise is finally beginning
Is there a name for this sort of object? I need something like this, but don't know what to type into the webs (lemmy.world)
I’m going to convert my computer chair from pneumatic to static. I’m currently using plastic clasps that are held on with jubilee clips, but they’re not great and need replaced (I’m a heavy lad). A sturdy metal version would be better....
Can a damaged hard drive slow down a computer?
My mother’s laptop has been running as fast as a turtle on a snail going uphill for a long time now. Everything has been done to it, including formatting it and installing another, less cumbersome OS, but nothing improves. I have an HHD available, I have done some tests and it does work....
Why don't computers have "computer-numbers" equivalent to phone numbers
Why doesn’t every computer have 256 char domain name, along with a private key to prove it is the sole owner of the address?...
Me when I've been struggling with a challenge and win it first time after the patch (lemmy.ca)
Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died (www.seattletimes.com)
Balatro - 1.0.1f - Patch notes (store.steampowered.com)
Wil Wheaton Blames One Scene For Everyone Hating Wesley Crusher (www.giantfreakinrobot.com)
Wesley Crusher is right up there with Scrappy Doo and Poochie as far as hated fictional characters, and Wil Wheaton knows exactly why.
FROM (MGM+ 2024 Series) Season 3 - Official Tease (www.youtube.com)
FROM unravels the mystery of a nightmarish town that traps all those who enter. As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they must also survive the threats of the surrounding forest – including the terrifying creatures that come out when the sun goes down.