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CrimeDad

@CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work

Father; husband; mechanical engineer. Posting from my self-hosted Lemmy instance here in beautiful New Jersey. I also post from my Pixelfed instance.

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CrimeDad ,

If self-hosting is going to become commonplace, then it needs to be easier than setting up a network printer. People should be able to just buy a computer (maybe a laptop for integral screen and UPS) preloaded with something like Yunohost, but with a sleek GUI. It has to have good wizards that walk you through everything including setting up a domain and email.

CrimeDad ,

Hopefully that path is mostly precluded if an open source project like Yunohost is used as a basis.

CrimeDad ,

Lol I know what you mean. Maybe I am speaking more to the ideal of the home network printer than real life. My experience with them over the last twelve years or so hasn't been as terrible as yours, but it hasn't been perfect either.

CrimeDad ,

you also need to remember that this is literally a turn key product, that literally every cloud provider sells

I am unaware of server products that I can just buy, plug in, and get up and running in minutes with my own ActivityPub instances, media storage/streaming, XMPP messaging, and etc. If they really exist, please share links.

There's certainly value in doing this stuff the hard way, but the goal should be for self-hosting to be as easy as signing up with Google, Facebook, Spotify, etc. There aren't enough people with the time and curiosity to figure out the current state of self-hosting and make a dent in the three website problem.

CrimeDad ,

Jellyfin and Yunohost are two projects that have simplified self-hosting and made it accessible for me. I just think more progress can be made in that direction.

and yet, here we are, on lemmy.

As far as I can tell, you are not self-hosting the Divisions by Zero Lemmy instance, so I'm not sure what your point is there. I am actually self-hosting my lemmy.crimedad.work instance with the help of Yunohost.

CrimeDad ,

Is any birth control really trust free?

CrimeDad ,

It's been working for my wife and I for five years, but it's a low risk situation for us since we could handle another kid if I ever had a whoopsie daisy.

CrimeDad ,

There's a fair amount of talk in the comments for and against condoms. Has anyone considered a custom fit silicone penis sleeve as a more pleasurable alternative?

CrimeDad ,

The other party still has to trust that you actually got it and all the rest of the sperm have passed.

CrimeDad ,

I know it puts me at odds with probably every sex ed curriculum, but I don't think abstinence counts as birth control because it's not coitus that risks pregnancy. It's like saying ice skating is birth control.

CrimeDad ,

Would have to add some cryptography to that certificate to make it trustless.

CrimeDad ,

I was just thinking about good old fashioned PGP lol.

CrimeDad ,

I think they have to say that.

CrimeDad ,

I mean, a baseline trust in medical practice should be a given. Maybe not.

CrimeDad ,

I mean, cotton swab manufacturers have to include an instruction not to clean your ears with their product, but let's be real: that's what they're for.

CrimeDad ,

But they're just the right size and it feels so good.

CrimeDad ,

I've been pulling out for years. It's the way to go if you know what you're doing.

CrimeDad ,

🙏

CrimeDad ,

We should be building them in every cold climate city to take advantage of cogeneration heating.

CrimeDad ,

Down votes are fake on here. Never think more than once before commenting.

CrimeDad ,

Yes, people seem a little less likely to get a joke in the Lemmy communities I participate on than elsewhere I frequent online.

CrimeDad ,

Maybe it's just good footage. Photovoltaics are synergetic with fossil fuel power, both in terms of green washing and actually prolonging dependence.

CrimeDad ,

Nuclear power plants are an affront to God. The only nuclear power plant we need is the Sun.

CrimeDad ,

You might be on to something there.

CrimeDad ,

How could you speak such blasphemy on this Holy Saturday‽ After all, what did Jesus on the cross resemble, but a solar panel on a telephone pole?

CrimeDad ,

No one can stop you (if you run fast enough)!

CrimeDad ,

What is more hellish than the core of a nuclear power reactor?

CrimeDad ,

It's good to have fun on Lemmy.

CrimeDad ,

Because photovoltaic and wind power are inherently unreliable, they create a need for fossil fuel power sources to always be ready to go in order to fill in the gaps. Fossil fuel companies like to talk about how they're all for a green transition, but what they don't say is that they want the transition to last forever.

CrimeDad ,

https://lemmy.crimedad.work/comment/607185
https://lemmy.crimedad.work/comment/607645

CrimeDad ,

There are good applications for PV, but it is not reliable thermal power, so it will never sufficiently dispace fossil fuels. We need nuclear, concentrated solar, and/or deep-well geothermal power plants in order to accomplish that.

CrimeDad ,

The benevolent fossil fuel industry will be there to help with every step of this revolutionary transition to renewable energy.

CrimeDad ,

God's holy light will drench our solar panels and our LCDs will be forever illuminated with the Good News that He Is Risen. Happy Easter!

CrimeDad ,

Now you're getting it!

CrimeDad ,

What's with the histrionics? Nuclear power is a mature technology that's practically a drop in replacement for fossil fuel power. No need to redesign the grid to make it smart and add problematic battery storage.

CrimeDad ,

Certainly, but PV isn't the thing to replace those.

CrimeDad ,

It's not the hail, it's the hubris.

CrimeDad ,

It's not my job to educate you.

CrimeDad ,

I like the way you think!

CrimeDad ,

Sure, but I don't think that's effectively possible. For example, Germany has had to restart coal fired plants even though they were deploying PV like crazy. However, nuclear power actually can replace coal. Incidentally, the good Germans have been falling for fossil fuel interests and getting rid of their nuclear plants.

CrimeDad ,

Ezekiel 25:17. "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon you."

CrimeDad ,

I'm trying real hard to be the shepherd.

CrimeDad ,

Thanks. I do not take it personally at all.

CrimeDad ,

That's a huge caveat and the fossil fuel industry is happy to exploit it and prolong our dependence on them. The grids are already set up for thermal power generation, so nuclear is the way to go to really knock out fossil fuels.

CrimeDad ,

What are you saying, that fossil fuel power plants, presumably quick responding natural gas fired ones, will always have to be incorporated into a power supply mix? If it is just for emergencies, that seems like a reasonable compromise. Would it even be considered part of the mix in that case? Still, I'm not convinced that that would really be necessary. Couldn't a properly sized variable load be sited at each nuclear power plant to the same effect? Couldn't it be as simple as sending a little bit of steam to small turbines that are just for grid start up and then venting the rest?

CrimeDad ,

That's a really interesting engineering challenge. If you have any links handy to articles explaining the situation in Ontario please share them.

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