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fine_sandy_bottom OP ,

I'm open to whatever solutions might be available, and these guys look like they make awesome fans, but I think I need something much less awesome and more integrated.

Basically, I just need a 120mm PC fan, supply it with the right voltage, and thermostat.

fine_sandy_bottom OP ,

perfect!

acinfinity is probably overkill for me but honestly very tempting.

I did see that thermostat pwm board on amazon. When you say a "standard 12v power adapter" do you mean as in... like a transformer plug with 12v output and the right amperage?

fine_sandy_bottom ,

You thought blu ray sales would just continue forever?

fine_sandy_bottom ,

This isn't a hill I care enough to die on.

I've never bought a series in any format. It's always been piracy and for at least the last 5 years catch and release.

What I mean is, I don't want to keep series in any case.

That said, now I think about it, if I didn't pirate everything then keeping copies of what I'd paid for world feel important

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Great points.

I think the option of nuclear needs to be on the table, and in some (or many) circumstances it might be the best fit.

Presently in Australia one of our two major parties is campaigning on a "pivot to nuclear" platform, but we're kind the polar opposite to the netherlands (both figuratively and literally?). The vast majority of Australia is sunny desert, girt by sea, with a tiny population in on the coast. My state is something like 2,000km by 1,250km, with about 2 million people. Nuclear just doesn't seem like a good fit right now.

My concern is that with this pivot to nuclear we basically just keep burning coal for the next 20 years while we're building nuclear plants.

It might be a great idea to build several reactors, while we furiously build out wind and solar.

There are some gargantuan solar hydrogen cracking projects not far from here in the planning phase which just sound amazing to me.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

I find it a bit annoying that different usb-c implementations have different capabilities.

As in, not all cables are compatible with all devices, and there's not even a standardised way or reporting capabilities.

What's the point of being able to put every plug in every socket if you don't know if it's going to work?

fine_sandy_bottom OP ,

ok. I hadn't thought about that.

Are there alternatives? Or is an IPv6 block list not practically possible?

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Google has really masterfully re-defined privacy to mean letting them look after all your private stuff.

I was explaining to my daughter about the differences between Gimp and Photoshop and saw that Adobe had a page that claimed to compare the two. It never compares the two. It barely mentions Gimp. (www.adobe.com)

I expected ridiculous propaganda from Adobe, but they give absolutely no reasons why Photoshop is better than Gimp and list a bunch of things that Gimp can do too....

fine_sandy_bottom ,

It's this, but they're not targeting GIMP.

Their SEO goons just see what searches contain photoshop and try to create content that will match. In this case they found "photoshop vs gimp". I doubt that whoever wrote this had ever heard of GIMP.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

The majority of piracy is not free.

I've paid for usenet, seed boxes, private servers, and more recently torrent cache services.

You pay because it's much cheaper than commercial services and a better experience with more content.

Drones trespassing in my property

Idk if anyone had a similar problem before, but I live in EU by the countryside, at first there were only a few but now it happens more and more often to see drones passing over my house, I am sure they are civilian drones because law enforcement has no reason to use them since the area is quiet (and honestly I doubt they would...

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Trespass can mean merely imposing on the rights of another.

So if one is entitled to privacy on their property, then flying a drone over it is trespass.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

I don't think it's really a big deal ?

We're all playing around with things in the same domain. Does it really matter if someone is paid and someone else isn't?

I don't necessarily agree that a paid / qualified person will necessarily be operating at a higher level just generally than a hobbyist. Professionals tend to know lots about very specific things, hobbyists tend to invest a lot more time and effort into building elegant solutions.

Yes some answers from IT professionals may be unhelpful for hobbyists but that's just part of interacting with other people.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Isn't it 48 tons of meteorites per day vs 14 tones of satellites per year?

fine_sandy_bottom ,

These are rad. Weird they're not more popular internationally.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

It was some kind of non-profit previously right? What happens with the money paid for the shares they floated?

fine_sandy_bottom ,

I don't do this and my rotors are fine.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Firefox does this for you in the omnibar so DDG bangs are a bit pointless.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

I've been using kagi for 6 months or so.

It's lit.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

They're not amazing specs. All but the most budget of PCs sold in 2024 would have those specs.

It's notable as a required minimum though. There's an implication (not necessarily true) that at some times this feature may require a significant portion of those resources.

Like if your browser was burning away on 8 cores using 16g of RAM you'd notice.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

This. The answer is always ads.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

There's a lot of negatives such that I certainly would never want it, but the ability to search everything I've ever looked at would be handy.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

To clarify, it's not stored in the cloud in this iteration... although storing it even locally is a risk.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

2 phones is a huge pain in the ass even when they have completely separate contexts like work & personal.

It's a hard no if it's just for maps.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

seem a Hell of a lot closer

"seem" is the critical word there. Interacting with an LLM they do seem to be pretty clever.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Pretty great outcome for firefox really.

I don't think firefox numbers will get a huge & immediate bump, but I think that over time it will support a reputation for firefox as being cool different and just plain better.

I can't imagine raw-dogging the internet without an ad blocker in 2024. I'm aware that most people aren't bothered by ads, but surely... surely some people might be interested in blocking them if they become aware that it's possible and easy.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

I'm not quite sure what you're getting at?

Microsoft has been playing this game since forever.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Sorry mate I think this is a little naive.

I suspect that the bar to "spin and maintain a new browser" is so high as to be impossible.

The resources required to keep firefox afloat are huge. It's not something a few like minded individuals can do on their weekends.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

I'm not saying this facetiously but I just don't understand what could possibly be so important that you need a "1 to 1 easy switch way".

Import your bookmarks. Pin some tabs.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

I fear that battle is already lost

I do. I'd be surprised if we see any kind of increase.

Firefox is going to slide into obscurity. They've been in a downward spiral for the last few years. So much money wasted on so many failed projects. They're a shadow of their former selves. The features of firefox are improving of course but by every metric that matters they're on life support.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Yeah, I guess I mean that I'm surprised anyone is surprised when an MS product unexpectedly doesn't work in a non-microsoft environment.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

They've been doing that forever.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Pretty good evidence that it's just not possible to do, honestly.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

No it didn't.

Ms does this all the time and gets away with it all the time.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

On the contrary.

With the time you've wasted complaining about having to RTFM you could've already imported your my little pony bookmark collection and be clop clopping off into the sunset.

You really don't need a manual.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Why though?

I mean yes they're assholes but what are they seeking to achieve?

A few days denial of service won't do anything.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Given the volume of data involved, I wonder if one of those fancy new distributed data formats could be used.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

I'm loathe to concede that yes, lbry does rely on blockchain tech.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

I'm surprised that they haven't been doing this from the start tbh. Obviously they've been selling your data to whoever, which is really the same I guess.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

I think "all of youtubes bs will disappear" is a stretch. I don't know the whole state of play but I know invidious has had some instability lately.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

God how do you get out of bed every day.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

What a silly thing to say.

Every man woman and child thinks they understand how the world works, yet we are all of us burdened by misconceptions.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Well yeah, NYT is profit driven, there's no nefarious intent.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Of course they do, but that doesn't mean that every bat shit crazy conspiracy theory has any credibility.

In this case, ebikes and scooters are controversial. Controversy generates engagement. Engagement sells ads. End of.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

It's fine to not like CloudFlare but this isn't really "evidence" of any kind. It's a one-sided rant on sub stack.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

What a silly thing to say.

Try telling someone who is destitute that money is imaginary and see how they react.

Even if we could collectively decide that it doesn't matter youre still going to need some between now and then.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Landlord lets tenant use their capital in exchange for rent.

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