CosmicTurtle

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Wake up sweetie, the next stage of work has dropped. in c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

There is rarely a situation where you should allow your employer to match the offer you have in hand.

They had the opportunity to do so and then failed to properly retain you. If they realize how much losing you will cost them in productivity, that's on them, not you.

It's not personal. It's literally business.

New Discord TOS binds you to forced arbitration - Opt-Out Now in c/privacyguides@lemmy.one
[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Sending an email is much much better than sending a literal hand written letter.

I had one opt out where you had to hand write the letter and envelope. Absolutely no way it was enforceable but didn't want to risk it at the time.

but your increased productivity paid for (checks notes) approximately 1500 miles of your ceos private jet flights so isn't that worth it in c/memes@slrpnk.net
[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago

It's because all those people think that if they work harder, maybe, just maybe, they will be like him.

Source: I used to be one of those rubes and now I know better.

Whoa there buddy, calm down in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There was an encryption system a few years ago that offered this out of the box.

I can't remember the name of it but there was a huge vulnerability and basically made the software unusable.

Crypt box or something like that.

It's more interesting when self-directed in c/memes@sopuli.xyz
[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 29 points 6 months ago

I think that's part of it. The other part is that primary school teachers have to teach to the curriculum and not what they want. So if they want to teach about how whites got preferential treatment but the county school board says "No CrItIcAl RaCe ThEoRy!1", they can't teach it.

My college history professors were far more engaging. Especially my military history professor.

Christian TV evangelicals fire up Trump support with messianic message in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Here you go

I'll admit it took some doing to find.

Dead Man Switch in c/programming@programming.dev
[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

They don't need to be a techie. Just someone who can click a button.

I am remembering Julian Assuage has/had a payload that was distributed via BitTorrent. The file was encrypted with a private key and his public key was posted either as a file in the package or on the site where the magnet file was downloaded.

Before he was arrested, he encouraged everyone to download the file and sit on it and to keep seeding it. He said in the event of his untimely death, the password would be released for everyone to decrypt.

That would be another option but you sort of need the notoriety to make this work.

Dead Man Switch in c/programming@programming.dev
[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I've actually given this a lot of thought over the years. The biggest issue for me is all my AWS services that no one in my family knows about.

So the idea would be to, at minimum, let my family know what services are being used.

Unfortunately there isn't a turn-key solution. I've seen a number of well-meaning solutions and some that are quite novel but they all suffer from the same problems: how do you deal with false positives and how do you verify your deadness.

I imagine that the problem is similar to the Yellowstone trash can problem, in that any solution to mitigate one will make it harder on the other.

The best solution I've found is to have a two-person solution, similar to launching a nuke. You have automation that tests if you are active that emails a close friend or relative to verify you are indeed dead.

Ideally there would be more than one person on this list a confirmation from two people would kick off all of the automations you code.

I took the control of the internet in c/cat@lemmy.world
[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Who exactly is this 4cat?

Black student at Hawaii Mormon school says he’s fighting order to cut hair in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Mormonism has very strong ties in Hawaii. They sent missionaries there when the state was annexed by the US.

While not as strong as Utah, it very much is there.

“I would be forced to mortgage”: Trump melts down on Truth Social as lawyers admit he can’t get bond in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago (3 children)

People don't admire the fact he's a liar.

They admire him because he's a racist, homophobe, and transphobe.

They admire him because he says things they wish they could say without getting yelled at by liberals.

They are okay if he's a liar, sexist, misogynist asshole so long as he's also racist, homophobic, and transphobic.

Standard pregnancy care is now dangerously disrupted in Louisiana, report reveals in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's their fault for being sluts. If they were strong Christian women, God wouldn't have punished them.

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Looking to build my first PC in almost 30 years; What should I be on the look out for? (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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It looks like !buildapc community isn't super active so I apologize for posting here. Mods, let me know if I should post there instead.

I built my first PC when I was I think 10-11 years old. Built my next PC after that and then sort of moved toward pre-made HP/Dell/etc. My last PC's mobo just gave out and I'm looking to replace the whole thing. I've read over the last few years that prefabs from HP/Dell/etc. have gone to shit and don't really work like they used to. Since I'm looking to expand comfortably, I've been thinking of giving building my own again.

I remember when I was a young lad, that there were two big pain points when putting the rig together: motherboard alignment with the case (I shorted two mobos by having it touch the bare metal of the grounded case; not sure how that happened but it did) and CPU pin alignment so you don't bend any pins when inserting into the socket.

Since it's been several decades since my last build, what are some things I should be aware of? Things I should avoid?

For example, I only recently learned what M.2 SSD are. My desktop has (had) SATA 3.5" drives, only one of which is an SSD.

I'll admit I am a bit overwhelmed by some of my choices. I've spent some time on pcpartpicker and feel very overwhelmed by some of the options. Most of my time is spent in code development (primarily containers and node). I am planning on installing Linux (Ubuntu, most likely) and I am hoping to tinker with some AI models, something I haven't been able to do with my now broken desktop due to it's age. For ML/AI, I know I'll need some sort of GPU, knowing only that NVIDIA cards require closed-source drivers. While I fully support FOSS, I'm not a OSS purist and fully accept that using a closed source drivers for linux may not be avoidable. Happy to take recommendations on GPUs!

Since I also host a myriad of self hosted apps on my desktop, I know I'll need to beef up my RAM (I usually go the max or at least plan for the max).

My main requirements:

  • Intel i7 processor (I've tried i5s and they can't keep up with what I code; I know i9s are the latest hotness but don't think the price is worth it; I've also tried AMD processors before and had terrible luck. I'm willing to try them again but I'd need a GOOD recommendation)
  • At least 3 SATA ports so that I can carry my drives over
  • At least one M.2 port (I cannibalized a laptop I recycled recently and grabbed the 1TB M.2 card)
  • On-board Ethernet/NIC (on-board wifi/bluetooth not required, but won't complain if they have them)
  • Support at least 32 GB of RAM
  • GPU that can support some sort of ML/AI with DisplayPort (preferred)

Nice to haves:

  • MoBo with front USB 3 ports but will accept USB 2 (C vs A doesn't matter)
  • On-board sound (I typically use headphones or bluetooth headset so I don't need anything fancy. I mostly listen to music when I code and occasionally do video calls.)

I threw together this list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/n6wVRK

It didn't matter to me if it was in stock; just wanted a place to start. Advice is very much appreciated!

EDIT: WOW!! I am shocked and humbled by the great advice I've gotten here. And you've given me a boost in confidence in doing this myself. Thank you all and I'll keep replying as I can.

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App that tracks prices on websites? (lemmy.world)
 

Hello fellow self-hosters! I am looking for an app/tool/macro/etc that can screen-scrape or API ping various merchants to track prices on specific products. Think camelcamelcamel but for any merchant. I have to believe such a tool exists and I'm not the first person to think of it.

In an ideal world, I'd like it to be able to dump the data into a spreadsheet so that I can track/graph it. But that's not a requirement.

Does such a tool exist?

Thanks!

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Internet providers say the FCC should not investigate broadband prices (arstechnica.com)
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Shrinkflation hits IKEA Family by removing 5% discount (i.imgur.com)
 

IKEA Family is a membership program, like grocery store memberships. The only real feature of the program was their 5% discount. But now, they are getting rid of it to focus on "New Lower Price offers". I'm not holding my breath that their prices are going to come down anytime soon.

IKEA Family is worthless now. They do offer "select delivery options" with no explanation on what this means.

Source

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I'm new to Boost. Quality of Life questions (lemmy.world)
 

I've been using Sync for a while and decided to try Boost but I can't seem to find certain settings. I don't know if I'm just missing them and they are super obvious or they haven't been implemented yet so my apologies if these are newb questions.

  • I'd love for my default sort to be "Everything" instead of "Subscribed" communities. So far, lemmy has been amazing and have only subscribed to specific communities. Is there a way to set this? I already set it to my preferred sort (Top 6 hours) but don't see a way to set it to all of Lemmy.
  • Is there a way to set a "default" account? Eg upon closing the app, when I reopen it, I'd like it to default to a specific account. I've been collecting a few different lemmy instance accounts but consider this one my main.
  • is there a way to set different sort options and different viewing options per account? I have a porn account and a normal account and would prefer my normal account to filter out NSFW (so that I can have it on at work).

Thanks!

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