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darkufo

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Andy, former owner of SpoilerTV, former #Google Product Expert.

Worked at #IBM #PriceWaterhouse #Unilever #Unipower #WesternGeophysical #Marconi

Hobbies/Sports: #Cricket #Darts #Pool #Dogs #Guinness

#Arsenal Supporter

Former Professional #Poker Player

Owner of DarkUFO (Then largest LOST TV show fan site)

BSc Computer #Science #Brighton Polytechnic

Now living in #Cornwall

Dabbling in #PHP #MySQL #Javascript #HTML #APIs #android

Love #Labradors

#LOST #TheThing #StarWars #KateBush #OMD

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jan, to random
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StackOverflow jumping on AI wagon after losing 50% of web traffic.

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darkufo,
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@jan Wow, that's brutal

darkufo, to brainfood
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A documentary on the TV Show LOST.

I'm actually going to be on it. As the owner the Fan site that posted spoilers on the show for 5 years!

https://linktr.ee/gettinglostdoc

darkufo,
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@Astrealix @Matt_Sams_314

Full Match here if you want it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdvlxHfev-I

Edent, to android
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Any thoughts on what to do with an old tablet?

It is the original (?) Nexus 7. I've resurrected it with 15 - but it runs slow as molasses uphill. Scrolling on the web is pretty stuttery.

Anything cool you've seen done with obsolete tech like this?

darkufo,
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@Edent

  • Ebook Reader
  • Digital Photo Frame
  • Alarm Clock
  • Home Security Camera
  • 2nd Monitor
stux, to random
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Imagine buying a website for 44 billion with a captial B..

...a few months later 50% of that is just gone up in smoke

..there's no one with brains left at the company

and the person doing all this thinks it will be all fixed by replacing the decade old bird logo with something my cat could have made in MS paint

I think this "X" stands for "nuke here"

darkufo,
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@stux

eXcrement

mookie, to random

Asus ROG ally storage upgrade choices:

1TB SanDisk Extreme Plus UHS-1 microSD card is $169. Easy upgrade, just pop into microSD slot and format. Brings totally storage to 1.5TB. Con: currently Ally microSD slots are dying and Asus has no idea why.

Micron 2TB NVMe is $159. Total storage is 512GB more than microSD route. Much faster contiguous storage. Cons: More work, requires opening device (not difficult at all) and recovering from cloud (or copy image of old drive over).

darkufo,
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@mookie nvme all the way. Clonezillw to clone the drive to the nvme

darkufo,
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@mookie no, just recommend nvme all the time 😁

darkufo,
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@aph @ironeaglebird and that is EXACTLY why you have pre-season.

darkufo, to Amazon
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neil, to linux

What was the first distribution you installed / attempted to install?

For me - a Debian user - it was gentoo, around 2003, which was a mistake.

darkufo,
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@neil Slackware around 95/96 I believe.

neil, to random

If my wife wants to do something "computer-y" - pretty much anything - she'll reach for her phone.

If I want to do something "computer-y", I reach for my computer, for pretty much anything other than reading a short message or quick, casual browsing.

Yes, everyone is different, but I much prefer a larger screen and a physical keyboard for anything but the most trivial of tasks.

Are you a computer-first person, or a phone-first person?

darkufo,
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@neil Computer first all the time

darkufo,
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@I_am_the_grass @Astrealix To be fair, she's had a bit of a stinker, and we don't see the management teams fitness monitors. She may have been totally gassed.

darkufo,
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@I_am_the_grass Oh I agree, but without access to the medical stats it's impossible to know.

neil, (edited ) to linux

Recommendations based on personal experience, please.

I have used a self-hosted Zend.to server for end to end encrypted async large file transfers with an easy to use web ui (sending files to others, and inviting others to send large files to me) for years now.

Aside from nextcloud, are there good options for doing this?

Requirements:

  • FOSS
  • not open-to-world
  • easy install/maintenance (no docker, pypi, yarn, etc.)
  • friendly to non-tech users in corporate environments

darkufo,
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@neil

Couple I've used in the past due to different work environments. Don't use them now but they might be what you're looking

https://www.linshare.org/
https://filerun.com/ (Might be OTT)

Not used this one myself but a friend says it's his goto.
https://www.projectsend.org/

darkufo, to photography
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This is an ant face

Macro photo by Abdul Latif

skye, to linux German

is there an EASY way to install multiple live systems on the same USB stick in a way that you can choose which one to boot?

darkufo,
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@skye Yep, as others have said Ventoy.

I've got an external enclosure for my 2TB NVMe SSD. I have about 20 Distros on it along with various tools and Boot Tools, liken Hiren, Clonezilla etc.

Just drop the ISO on the SSD and when you boot you have access to the all the ISO's.

It's an invaluable tool

darkufo,
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@skye Ha nice.

I find the extra speed of the fast NVMe makes things much smoother for me, but yet I still have an old stick like that withmy tools on it :)

darkufo,
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@skye Ha sorry,

I got lucky and got them pretty cheap in a sale. The 2 TB NVMe set be back £50 and the enclosure about £30

darkufo,
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@MutualityWSDEs @merc @little_niggle not sure I understand

darkufo,
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@Beedge @merc @little_niggle Thanks. Sounds like a good candidate for blocking.

neil, to random

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    darkufo,
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    @mcdanlj @neil

    Another vote here for Richard Osman. Me and wife have read all the book, my wife many times over.

    Both really enjoyed Osman book. Old school murder/mystery.

    darkufo, to music
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    Song of the Day - No 210

    Kate Bush - The Man with the Child in His Eyes

    WIKI
    "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" is a song by Kate Bush. It is the fifth track on her debut album The Kick Inside and was released as her second single

    Bush wrote the song when she was 13 and recorded it at the age of 16.

    The song received the Ivor Novello Award for "Outstanding British Lyric" in 1979.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAj8suae3WY

    David Ornstein: EXCL: Arsenal doctor Gary O’Driscoll moving to Manchester United. (lemmy.world)

    🚨 EXCL: Arsenal doctor Gary O’Driscoll moving to Manchester United. Expected to remain in current role for transition period before completing switch later this summer. Highly-regarded medic a significant coup for #MUFC after 14+yrs at #AFC @TheAthleticFC...

    darkufo,
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    @sabreW4K3 @I_am_the_grass THis is actually bad news, he was very good and very well respected.

    darkufo, (edited ) to mastodon
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    Doing a test here to see how much reach this account with 550 followers has compared to the same test on with a 430 Follower count.

    I suspect I already know the answer.

    If you see this please Boost and Like, and if you want to leave a comment feel free to that.

    FINAL UPDATE - 4 Days Later

    Mastodon
    Likes: 3,200+
    Boosts: 2,600+
    Replies: 150+
    Followers gained: 225

    Threads
    Likes: 17
    Retweet/Boosts: Unknown. No stats
    Replies: 4
    Followers Gained: 330

    darkufo,
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    @Adorable_Sergal Oh I'm sure there is a lot that. It's not the most scientific of studies :)

    darkufo,
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    @jynersolives Yep, although I suspect a lot of the new Threads followers is coming from people signing up who are then prompted to follow the people they followed on Instragram.

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