ReallyActuallyFrankenstein

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein , 5 months ago to Selfhosted in After 1.5 years of learning selfhosting, this is where I'm at

I've saved this. I set up unraid and docker, have the home media server going, but I'm absolutely overwhelmed trying to understand reverse proxy, Caddy, NGINX and the security framework. I guess that's my next goal.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein , 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to Technology in What's behind the tech industry's mass layoffs in 2024? : NPR

Some smaller tech startups are running out of cash and facing fundraising struggles with the era of easy money now over, which has prompted workforce reductions. But experts say for most large and publicly-traded tech firms, the layoff trend this month is aimed at satisfying investors.

Shulman adds: "They're getting away with it because everybody is doing it. And they're getting away with it because now it's the new normal," he said. "Workers are more comfortable with it, stock investors are appreciating it, and so I think we'll see it continue for some time."

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And as Wall Street rallies on news of laid-off tech employees, more and more tech companies axe workers.

"You're seeing that these tech companies are almost being rewarded by Wall Street for their cost discipline, and that might be encouraging those companies, and other companies in tech, to cut costs and layoff staff," said Roger Lee, who runs the industry tracker layoffs.fyi.

So it's exactly how it feels - it's pure greed, done by the powerful and unaccountably rich CEOs to woo powerful and unaccountably rich Wall Street investors. All of these tech companies at this point treat their workers as numbers on a balance sheet, just elements of an optimization game where only those oligarchs have a seat.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein , 5 months ago to Selfhosted in Hosting private UHD video

Yup, this is the answer - if they need to be able to open the video with just the link, there's functionally no difference if it's self-host or YouTube unlisted. Just a lot less effort.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein , 5 months ago to Comic Strips in [Alzwards Corner] The Reasonable Response

Seems like the doctor has his own incurable case of pillow-eye.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein , 5 months ago to Technology in eBay will lay off 1,000 employees — 9 percent of the company

Despite reporting profit of $1.3 billion last quarter, which it described as “another quarter of solid results,” eBay today suggests that there is a “Need for Change.”

It sounds like they aren't even hurting, they just are ritualistically cutting off a pound of flesh for Wall Street.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein , 5 months ago to Technology in RTX 4070 Super launch day sales are rumored to be a ‘disaster’ – what’s going on with Nvidia’s new GPU?

Yep, it's the RAM, but also just a mismatched value proposition.

I think it's clear at this point Nvidia is trying to have it both ways and gamers are sick of it. They used pandemic shortage prices as an excuse to inflate their entire line's prices, thinking they could just milk the "new normal" without having to change their plans.

But when you move the x070 series out of the mid-tier price bracket ($250-450, let's say), you better meet a more premium standard. Instead, they're throwing mid-tier RAM into a premium-priced project that most customers still feel should be mid-tier priced. It also doesn't help that it's at a time where people generally just have less disposable income.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein , 5 months ago to Mildly Infuriating in My country/city has a new COVID wave. I got infected for the third time.

Every time you get it, you roll the dice on permanent long-COVID symptoms. That risk doesn't go away.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein , 5 months ago to Mildly Infuriating in My country/city has a new COVID wave. I got infected for the third time.

That suuucks. Do you wear a mask? It seems like you are especially likely to catch it whether because of your job, immune system or other factor.

I'm still one of the "crazy" people who wears a mask to work and I've only got it once in 2022, but I know it's anecdotal.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein , 5 months ago to Technology in HP CEO: You're 'bad investment' if you don't buy HP supplies

I know we assume they're following the "razor blade" model but I actually find it hard to believe the printers are sold at a loss given how cheap it is to produce at this point.

Unless by "loss" we're saying "less than HP thought it could extract."

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein , 5 months ago to Technology in YouTube and Spotify Won’t Launch Apple Vision Pro Apps, Joining Netflix

To be clear, my value question and note about the Venn diagram is that there may be a specific configuration of features only on the Vision Pro, but "comparable tech" includes to me all of the standard VR/AR products out there that as I understand it (correct me if I'm wrong) can do 95% of what Vision Pro can do. So, the Quest line, the Vive line. Even the ultra high-end products I think are only $1500, aren't they?

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein , 5 months ago to Technology in YouTube and Spotify Won’t Launch Apple Vision Pro Apps, Joining Netflix

I'm just genuinely confused by the value proposition. $3500 seems to be about a 1000% Apple Tax over comparable tech. I'm sure the interface will be slightly nicer, but the Venn diagram of those who need the unique benefits of Apple's product overlapping those who have this much money to spend has to be very small. For business or personal use.

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein , 5 months ago to Technology in Google says it's killing 17 Assistant features to improve the user experience

Google's getting worse, but I don't think this list has anything on it I use on my own Google Home devices and doesn't seem like a huge deal.

Here is the list:

spoiler

• Playing and controlling audiobooks on Google Play Books with your voice. You can still cast audiobooks from your mobile device.
• Setting or using media alarms, music alarms, or radio alarms on Google Assistant enabled devices. You can create a custom Routine that has similar - behavior or use a standard alarm.
• Accessing or managing your cookbook, transfering recipes from device to device, playing an instructional recipe video, or showing step-by-step recipes. - You can use Google Assistant to search for recipes across the web and YouTube.
• Managing a stopwatch on Smart Displays and Speakers. You can still set timers and alarms.
• Using your voice to call a device or broadcast a message to your Google Family Group. You can still broadcast to devices in your home.
• Using your voice to send an email, video or audio message. You can still make calls and send text messages.
• Rescheduling an event in Google Calendar with your voice. You can still schedule a new event.
• Using App Launcher in Google Assistant driving mode on Google Maps to read and send messages, make calls, and control media. You can still use voice control on Google Maps the same way.
• Asking to schedule or hear previously scheduled Family Bell announcements. You can create a custom Routine that has similar behavior.
• Asking to meditate with Calm. You can still ask for meditation options with media providers such as YouTube.
• Voice control for activities will no longer be available on Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 devices. You’ll need to use the buttons on your device to start, stop, pause, and resume activities. You can still voice control activities on Pixel Watches.
• Viewing your sleep summaries will only be available on Google Smart Displays. You can still ask for sleep details by voice on third-party smart clocks.
• Calls made from speakers and Smart Displays will not show up with a caller ID unless you’re using Duo.
• Viewing the ambient “Commute to Work” time estimates on Smart Displays. You can still ask for commute times and get directions by voice.
• Checking personal travel itineraries by voice. You can still ask for flight status.
• Asking for information about your contacts. You can still make calls to your contacts.
• Asking to take certain actions by voice, such as send a payment, make a reservation, or post to social media. You can still ask Assistant to open your installed apps.

So... I'm not sure why they can't leave existing functionality in, but I'm guessing it's for tech debt reasons. Maybe pretty minor use cases that probably take too much upkeep to maintain interoperability with other changing codebases (guessing the Google Calendar, recipe search), underused features (personal travel itineraries via voice), who knows, maybe even for privacy reasons (asking for information about contacts, sleep summaries, asking for previous Family Bell announcements).