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Tekchip

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Career IT 👨‍💻 #Linux #CyberSecurity #IT #InfoSec
Video Games 🎮 #Xbox #PC #VideoGames #RetroGames #IndieGames
Space 🛰️ #Space #Science #Rockets
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Tekchip, to scifi
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Just now getting to Rebel Moon Part 2. Movie has some weird ass cinematic choices. I'm only 30 minutes in and so far I've watched about 10 minutes of people collecting grain and drinking water. Scythefi?

Also did second unit forget how to focus a lens or...half this movie looks like it has vaseline all over it.

#rebelmoon #scargiver #scythefi #scifi #movies

Tekchip, (edited ) to sbc
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Does anyone have a line on a mid-tier ARM processor?

Seems like the landscape is missing that middle ground. You either get the low end state of the art RK3588 which is decent but not in the same league as say a Core i5/i7. Or you get the big bois like the Ampere or the soon to be release Qualcomm X Elite which is trying to play at the top.

Where's my 10-12 core 4Ghz proc on an mATX board with a few extra PCIe lanes to play with in the $300-$500 range?

Tekchip,
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Rock 5 ITX is so darn close. I just wish the processor was a little stronker. https://shop.allnetchina.cn/products/rock-5-itx

Tekchip, (edited ) to random
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@soller I've admittedly not been following every development related to Pop OS with new Cosmic DE. Perhaps I missed this someplace, I apologize if I did.

Is Pop being re-based on something other than Ubuntu for the new Cosmic release?

Seems to me at some point it'll become more work to undo whatever modifications Ubuntu is doing to Debian than to just use Debian itself and build up to whatever you need.

Tekchip, to Amazon
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Hmmm it would appear my second edition is now out of date. :KEKW:

#networking #tcpip #amazon #books

Tekchip, to random
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People keep referring to enshitification as the result of late stage capitalism. Are we sure this is late stage? I'm afraid this might be middle stage or worse early stage still.

Tekchip,
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@hobbsc that's what I was thinking. I've seen scifi and I don't yet have neon hologram signs lighting the inside of my bedroom in the middle of the night. I'm afraid we have a looong way to go yet.

PCMag, to random
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What we call a password doesn't have to be a word at all. A whole phrase or sentence—a passphrase—offers more security. We explain how and why you should them. https://www.pcmag.com/articles/forget-passwords-use-passphrases-for-extra-security

Tekchip,
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@PCMag requisite xkcd https://xkcd.com/936/

Tekchip, to StarTrek
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Star Trek Deep Space 9 Season 1 Episode 10 has a weird intro where Bashir doesn't have a dress uniform for some reason. Can they not replicate clothing? Or does Garak not have a predecessor? Where is everyone else getting their clothing?

Tekchip, to gameboy
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Mark you're calendars! https://store.analogue.co/

It's an incredible system. Well built and it will ensure these games live on into the future. One of my favorite gaming devices ever.

Tekchip,
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@fmn I suppose that's a fair take. It's not clear to me if the limitations are intentional or not. If you have more info indicating it is I'm all ears.

That said it's pretty expensive and if there's another alternative I'd love to know about it. I'm sure others would appreciate it too. Links to this FUNNYPLAYING thing?

Tekchip,
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@fmn thanks so much for that!

geekmomprojects, to random
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I was disappointed that I couldn't get my combat robot, Footloose, ready in time for the Robobrawl tournament last month. However, I found a plastic antweight tournament in Southern California that takes place today and will finally get a chance to put Footloose to the test. Had to modify the weapon, as there is no metal allowed here. It's a single elimination tournament, so it could be over quickly, but there are lots of bots here and it should be a fun event regardless.

Tekchip,
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@geekmomprojects https://www.twitch.tv/socalattackrobotics

Tekchip, to python
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Anyone tried pyinfra before? Any good?

https://pyinfra.com/

I just discovered it so I'll have to give it a go at some point.

Tekchip, to random
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Old dudes, or maybe just dudes in general, they sell these things called nose hair trimmers. Use them!

I see rich billionaire dudes on TV looking like they need some hair product up in there. Seriously WTF!?

Tweezers will at least get those long ones that pass the event horizon and threaten other people. :KEKW:

kali, to linux
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do hostnames actually do anything meaningful on systems? could i set my hostname as my instance so when i run hyfetch i show up as kali@cyberpunk.lol or would that cause issues?

Tekchip,
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@kali host names are pretty important. If you use avahi then you can resolve hosts by hostname.local instead of IP. It also let's you know what machine you're on if you connect remotely.

https://thelinuxcode.com/linux-hostname-command/

Tekchip,
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@kali if you install the avahi-daemon package on Debian variants it enables that hostname.local capability which is super nice. I'm still not entirely sure which avahi package provides that on Redhat variants. I install avahi packages until it works. :KEKW:

Tekchip, to fedora
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Nobody asked but Fallout 4 runs at between 25 and 45 FPS with an average well above 30 at native resolution (2256x1504) ultra settings on the Framework 13 AMD with bios game mode on.

I'm sure with a bit of tweaking that could be brought up above 30 on the low end if not 60 average. Not to mention enabling frame gen tech etc.

Tekchip, to fedora
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How is Fedora 40 going the day after?

The few issues I had with 40 KDE respin's task bar and settings pop-ups haven't resurfaced from a few days ago. Temporary bug or fixed via post launch day updates? Doesn't really matter.

Loving it so far!

Tekchip, to showerthoughts
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Is the whole "use your phone less, the socials is controlling/breaking our children" just the new sex, drugs, and rock'n roll?

If you're old like me remember when television was rotting our brains?

Or when video games were the devil or whatever?

I'm going to start slicking my hair back, wearing leather jackets, and using social media every moment I can. Feel cute may get in a knife fight with a gang of influencers and delete the photos later.

jglypt, to fedora
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Fedora 40 is out! 🚀

Are you using it?

I am actually thinking of switching. I think I used Fedora once or twice previously, but was Distro hopping so never daily drove it for a few days properly.

Tekchip,
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@jglypt I used 39 kde spin for quite some time on my Framework 13 AMD and it was rock solid. I've been running 40 beta kde spin for a few day prior to today. So far it's almost as solid. I had one instance where rebooting lost my task manager icon pins, that doesn't seem to have happened again. The other issue was once, on waking from sleep, the menu popup for icons in the tray wouldn't show up when I clicked. I've since slept the computer several times and that problem hasn't returned either.

Tekchip,
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@jglypt yup seems to just be beta bugs.

Gnome is the default Fedora environment so that's definitely going to be the best experience.

As long as you have a good backup then it can't hurt to at least try!

A buddy of mine is running 40 Workstation (gnome) and says he is enjoying it very much. Hasn't mentioned any issues to me. In fact his Intel GPU is having fewer issues than on other distros.

Tekchip, to linux
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Fedora 40 KDE Spin is losing my task bar configuration on reboot.

Also had an issue with the wifi/battery menu not visible after waking from sleep.

Everything else is so so good. Can't wait for these rough edges to get smoothed. Hopefully in the next few days.

Tekchip, to llm
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I've noticed lots of sites disabling copy/paste I presume in an attempt to prevent scraping to feed LLM training.

The fediverse doesn't seem to be doing this.

Does that mean the fediverse could have an outsized impact on LLM results as the places for LLM scrapers dwindles?

Is there a sort of fedi-consensus on if we want to help or hurt LLMs? How might we go about doing one or the other if we have more influence?

#LLM #AI #GPT

Tekchip,
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@dmwyatt while that may be true I've seen a host of sites enacting it recently. 🤷

Tekchip,
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@jaifroid the change is very recent and I can't think of another reason anyone would be doing it. I assume a multi-pronged approach to prevent scraping. Effective or not.

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