Specs are slightly in flux right now, but basically it’s an HP ML310e Gen 8, with a random HDD cage on top for 4 additional drives, and a bunch of fans zip tied to the front to cool the 6 internal drives. Oh, and a little 7" display stuck to the side which I’ll get a stats readout on soon....
So much this. I suspect there’s an issue around opt out making the platforms less appealing to advertisers. The people with disposable income to spend opting out of ads, might be exactly the ones advertisers want to reach.
I know it’s entirely coincidental, but we dealt with a heat-exhaustion-approaching-heat-stroke emergency this week, and it definitely made me pause. Summer heat is taking on a new meaning.
a.k.a. the 90–9–1 principle. Does the Fediverse follow this rule, or are there more creators here as early adopters? Are you a creator, a participator or a lurker?
I would be really curious if this was the case prior to the advent of smartphones. Was the ratio the same on early USENET or BBS? It’s so much easier to lurk than participate from a smartphone keyboard.
I read the article and was disappointed not to see metrics on just how rare our configuration is. It looks like they basically said “there are 4 layouts, ours is least common”
Maximum ghetto home server (lemmy.world)
Specs are slightly in flux right now, but basically it’s an HP ML310e Gen 8, with a random HDD cage on top for 4 additional drives, and a bunch of fans zip tied to the front to cool the 6 internal drives. Oh, and a little 7" display stuck to the side which I’ll get a stats readout on soon....
I stopped buying new laptops (2020) HN discussion (news.ycombinator.com)
Robots say they have no plans to steal jobs or rebel against humans (www.theguardian.com)
Reddit Gives Final Warning to Subreddits Using NSFW Protest Tactic (www.pcmag.com)
For the fourth day in a row, Earth has broken or equalled its hottest average temperature record (www.abc.net.au)
The planet’s average temperature hit 17.23 degrees Celsius on Thursday, surpassing the 17.18C record set on Tuesday and equalled on Wednesday.
Nonbinary genders beyond 'male' and 'female' would have been no surprise to ancient rabbis, who acknowledged tumtums, androgynos and aylonot (theconversation.com)
1% rule: 1% of users actively create new content, while the other 99% only lurk. (en.wikipedia.org)
a.k.a. the 90–9–1 principle. Does the Fediverse follow this rule, or are there more creators here as early adopters? Are you a creator, a participator or a lurker?
We Live in the Rarest Type of Planetary System (www.scientificamerican.com)