Recent content by ddrueding

My mother was out in Portland as a Teletubby. But I share your pessimism. Even if Trump disappeared today those surrounding him like the direction things are going and won't change course.

My current boat project has me looking for tablets with very high brightness and rainproof IP-ratings. Performance is almost inconsequential, so older or industrial-oriented units are fine. Currently using a Samsung Galaxy Tab Active Pro, but would like something brighter.

I didn't grow up with Aussie humor, so I think of the modern stuff and a cultural celebration of offending people. I find it hilarious.

Like removing corruption from eastern Europe or democracy in Russia, you can't get there from here. There are a million other things that have to happen in order to fundamentally change the culture and societal norms, then you can get there. Aiming for peace and failing is like Columbus trying...

Yup. I've completely bailed on the idea of an app for a product I'm working on. It will just be fancy new web stuff and rendered client-side. Not worth dealing with Apple or Google.

Not the cheapest by far, but the only system I have experience with. I can't stand sending any more data than needed to anyone. I've set up many people with the Ubiquiti system. I like their firewall and wifi systems, and once you have their Dream Machine brain as your firewall and wifi...

Thanks for sharing all, I'm looking forward to a time when our life situation is stable enough to be responsible cat parents.

The irreplaceable stuff is in 3 places, offline here, offline at our storage unit (in another similar Synology) and in Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive. The S3 is only in case the other two units fail in some way. The main reason the unit here is off most of the time is that my space is limited...

Mine is also ancient (DS1812+), but I'll only replace it if I can go fully solid state for a very reasonable price. Probably still a couple years out. In the meantime I pull it out, plug it in, and power it on whenever my wife wants to look at old home movies or whatever. A few times a year.

I am still keeping an eye out for a replacement of my archive cold storage 8x8TB Synology unit. The prices are getting close.

I think the OEMs saw the Intel performance numbers before we did and realized this generation was a hard pass. On the desktop Intel could just adjust pricing find value, but on mobile power consumption matters.

If you don't know Robert Miles, he is an expert at the fundamentals of AI design and has made a name for himself explaining and exploring the risks of GAI.

In the spirit of Reinhold Niebuhr's Serenity Prayer, know what you can change, and freaking out about what you cannot change is unhelpful. So, this is, in fact, fine.

This is the part where I feel our knowledge can help get us where we want to be. I've been familiarizing myself with: The tasks that my car needs The parts that are needed to complete those tasks The brand for those parts (not always the OEM, sometimes 3rd party can be better) The places...

More my style, especially lately.