GreatAlbatross @ GreatAlbatross @feddit.uk

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At least on some smaller subs, there seems to be a suspicious amount of brand new accounts asking one question to get human answers.
It would not surprise me if reddit, or some other service, are seeding to get more LLM-able content. Of course, this might backfire if people start giving stupid answers to eff up the data.

Turns out, a lot of the problems in nixland were solved 3 decades ago with a single flag of built-in utilities.

I guess it simplifies the game plan. If there is only one outcome to prepare for, it's easier to organise what you're going to do.
Plus, it gives him a face save.
"NO, we did not lose that FRAUDULENT ELECTION. I told the GOOD people not to vote, and they did not. I will be holding my OWN, FREE ELECTION in florida on friday."

The workload that's starting now, is spotting bad code written by colleagues using AI, and persuading them to re-write it.

"But it works!"

'It pulls in 15 libraries, 2 of which you need to manually install beforehand, to achieve something you can do in 5 lines using this default library'

There are a few ways to go about it. You can try to use the microsoft RDP like system with XRDP. Or you can go over to VNC.
But I agree, it is a little bit of a fiddle. Keep at it!

I think this is it. Extra margin they can slap on at the last second.
Prosumers aren't going to care, because if the hardware is still OK, they can just re-install.
But consumers end up buying gear that is hobbled with shiteware.

If it helps, there are ISPs that don't do it.
Zen is one of them. (And is a generally better company to do business with)

I know, right? :)

Channel 4 had ice sculptures standing in for the Conservative and UKIP Brexit Reform parties at a climate debate after both leaders declined an invitation to take part.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50596192

Don't be too confident of that: She could become a widow.

The matching is usually done with a maximum percentage of your salary.
Some employers might offer 3%, for example.

So if at that company you earn £24,000, pay 10% into your pension each month (£200), the company contributes £60, and you don't pay income tax on the money that went to the pension (probably £40 savings).

Which means that if you decide to just take the money instead, you'd only see £160 instead of £260 in your pension.

This is a nice run-down, thanks for sharing.

I've considered buying a roaster, but always wondered if it would actually be worth it. By the time I'd sourced good green beans, and put the time/energy into roasting, you're correct, and I think I probably would be better using my local (lovely) roastery!

I'm down to two 2.4GHz devices over the whole network now.

The day I can disable it entirely will be a happy one!

Or, UK amazon workers within .5% shift of unionising in the future.

Non DMG link: https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/sustainability-and-environment/brewdog-to-let-carbon-negative-claim-lapse-after-exiting-carbon-credits-market/693441.article

It's pulled from my main router using it's metric for it. It only updates once a minute or so, but it's a nice metric.
Once I switch over to more powerful gear, I'll probably have to start using SNMP, which I don't look forward to!

Australian politics is American conservatism with thongs and tongs.

I'm currently using the PoE doorbell from Reolink, and regularly use it for intercom, because I don't like wasting delivery drivers time while I run to the door. I can definitely recommend it. It's worth the effort running the cable to have something that just works.

The default Reolink integration can raise events on:

• Button press
• Person detection (adjustable sensitivity)
• Motion detection (same)

Recording can be on-device with a micro SD, on network (recording the incoming stream), or by FTP.
Recording can be set like a dashcam too (only save when needed, and overwrite after a certain time)

By default it lights up around the button when it detects movement, I do not like this, so I turned it off.

If the area outside your house isn't busy, you can do cool things like getting the person detection to alert you as someone approaches, rather than waiting for them to press the bell. Can make the postman jump the first few times.

There are also some features like doing TTS replies if you don't acknowledge the doorbell inside a certain time.
I haven't gone through the effort of setting up return audio from Homeassistant, and just use the RL app.

One of my key buying points for hardware is "will this run without any internet, and could I set it all up again without internet?".

This is why I'm so happy to finally have Hue on my zigbee controller. And it's why I'm always on the lookout for a second hand Valetudo compatible robovac.

You could also set up a local NTP server, and block them entirely.
Currently, I have mine set with an invalid gateway, and blocked from the internet to be sure.