TonyOstrich

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[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Well, they're long dead. I'm more despondent at Biden giving the J6 instigators a free pass.

That's literally what I am talking about. It's a pattern that goes back to before either of us were here, but that we feel and see as a result.

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

What tools do you use for visualizing design patterns in programs!

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Even with FDR, he essentially gave the group that attempted a coupé/assassination a slap on the wrist rather than what they should have gotten. What does that have to do with this conversation? Any time some group or party does something heinous in this country they are given a pass to "maintain unity" or whatever going back to the civil war which just enables more of their bull shit.

I can understand if a person is against the death penalty for any reason. I'm mostly against it myself. However, at the barest minimum those who were part of the Confederacy should have been barred from holding public office of any kind or participating in anything that would influence public policy beyond maybe their right to vote

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Well, I'm mildly autistic with absolutely zero charisma, and follow through with my moral and ethical beliefs almost to a fault. I'm probably "smarter" than average, but nowhere near smart enough for it to offset any of the previously mentioned issues.

So I'd be dumb and charismatic at a minimum. Sounds like I'd be set for life and quite happy.

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

We could just tax the rich...

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

I can still find Unreal Tournament 99 game servers to play on. Now remind me Randy. What game engine are you licensing and using for your games? Unreal Engine?

Shut the fuck up Randy.

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Graduated with an engineering degree just before the teens and have always had multiple round interviews :/

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Quick question, you said air intake at the front bottom. Is that what the black oval at the bottom of your render is? Or is the black bar USB ports?

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Oh snap, I found the user manual and it has a much better image

Aspire B300 Desktop

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I know it's super low resolution, but the Acer B300 desktop I found on their website in the Wayback Machine looks really close to your render.

Acer B300 Desktop

https://web.archive.org/web/20030625223227/http://www.global.acer.com/products/desktop/index.htm

I can't seem to find any other images of it though.

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Not an answer but another idea for jogging your memory. I don't know what PC magazines were popular in Germany, uhh well ever, but it's not too hard to find archived copies of popular magazines here in the US from that time.

Here is a random copy of PC Magazine from some month in 2006.I didn't see any PCs that matched your rendering, but there was an Acer Aspire that I had completely forgotten about.

https://vintageapple.org/pcworld/pdf/PC_World_0606_June_2006.pdf

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Your second point is specifically the reason I don't pay for Premium. I would actually really like to but unless there is some kind of guarantee they won't be double dipping, I'm not going to.

 

As you can see in the screenshot there are a couple of parts of the F-Droid application page in F-Droid that are in a different language. This isn't actually the first time I have seen this and is not limited to the F-Droid application. Currently it's just this one, but in the past I have had more apps than not displaying some or all of their content in a different language despite my phone being configured for English.

F-Droid application page with some text in a different language

 

Alternately is there a more specific/better targeted community to ask this question in?

I am wanting to research and explore employment and compensation data for a some job categories in the EU and am wondering if there is an equivalent website or agency to BLS.gov in the United States? Unfortunately I only speak English (if that matters), but I can obviously translate webpages if needed.

 

I am a US citizen living in the US (glass it from orbit please) and as the title implies I am wondering if it is possible to move my checking and savings account(s) to a bank that would allow that money to be converted and held as euros. From my research so far it does appear there are some banks that may be able to facilitate this (HSBC, Citi, Wells Fargo), but I was wondering if anyone had any experience with doing so?

In addition to recommendations or general thoughts about the bank(s) I should consider looking at I was also curious if:

  • Direct deposits in USD were possible and how they were handled in terms of converting them (does it happen automatically, or is it a manual action)?
  • Is it possible to use ACH debiting?

For whatever it's worth in case someone asks or wants to interject, most of my money is currently in my retirement accounts and not in my savings, I have an emergency fund and I won't be doing anything that might harm it.

Regardless of whether what I am asking is dumb or ill advised I am currently looking for information on how one might implement this if it is possible at all. Feel free to offer your opinion/take on it if you are also able to point me to resources on doing this or additional reading on the matter. If this is just straight up not possible in any capacity (my initial looking seems to indicate it is possible, but I could be wrong) then feel free to let me know that as well. If the only feedback that can be provided is to tell me how dumb it is, or ask why I would want to do this my reasons are my own, and I would kindly ask it be kept to one's self, but I obviously can't stop anyone if they don't.

Regardless, I very much appreciate your reading this far, and thank anyone for their replies in advanced.

 

I know the title is hyper specific but it gets even worse, lol.

Plainly speaking my "requirements" are as follows:

  • Android operating system
  • No joysticks
  • As small as possible

The importance of the requirements are roughly in order (top being the most important). The second and third requirement roughly go hand in hand. The reason being that I want something I can stick in the pocket of a sports jacket or even somewhat tighter fitting pants and not have to worry about something catching or getting damaged.

The first requirement comes down to a custom "ROM" that started my desire and search for such a device.

Pokémon: Infinite Fusion

For those unaware this custom game isn't actually a ROM meant for a legacy game system but has actually been developed to run on a PC. However, it is possible to play the game on mobile via an app on Android called JoiPlay.

I have played it some on my phone and enjoyed it, but it's missing that tactile feel hence this rabbit hole.

The device that originally peaked my interest and started me on this search is the Ayaneo Pocket MICRO, but unfortunately it has joysticks. The Trimui Brick looks fantastic, especially with its battery, but as far as I can tell the OS is not Android based.

Based on what I have found in my searching so far if I had to buy something today I would likely buy the Ayaneo Pocket MICRO or Pocket DMG, and then open them up to desolder the joysticks, but if I can find an out of the box solution that would be great.

Thanks in advance, and for reading this far even if you don't have anything else for me.

 

I sometimes find it hard to tell at a glance if a post I'm looking at is one I have clicked on since they are just a slightly lighter grey than posts I haven't clicked on. Being able to set it to whatever color I would like would be very helpful.

 

I know the above question isn't fully complete and lacks some important information, I will (hopefully) provide that below, but first I want to explain where I am coming from with this question a little.

I would consider myself a power user in Windows (maybe even more than that). At one point I was even studying for my Microsoft Certified System Administrator (MCSA 70-270), worked in IT dealing with complex virus removal (anyone remember Combofix and Bleeping Computer?) and generally am comfortable bending anything up to about Windows 10 to my will.

I also have some experience programming in .Net, Java, Python, and Arduino's version of C++ (FWTW).

I have been trying to force myself to use Linux as my primary for a little while now. I ran Mint as my primary OS for a little over a year, and have recently switched to Manjaro to try Wayland and "increase the difficulty level" as it were.

The problem that motivated this post is that I recently installed an application via the AUR by cloning and making the package. Annoyingly though, the application is configured to run at startup and I don't see an obvious setting in the application to turn that behavior off.

I know I can "Google" how to figure out this particular problem, but it seems like a good opportunity for me to metaphorically learn how to fish rather than being given a fish by learning the Linux equivalent of what I would do in Windows for this kind of thing.

If I had this issue in Windows I would approach the issue in the following manner:

  1. Depending on flavor of Windows do one of the following and check the autostart tab
    • Run MSConfig
    • Run Task Manager
  2. Check the Startup folder for my User and All Users
  3. Pull out the "I'm done messing around tools"

I understand, and know the various locations and registry entries the applications from step 3 are looking at, it's just usually faster to use them than go digging into those locations individually.

My question therefore is, what is the Linux equivalent of the methodology I would use when in Windows? Is, or are there, specific tools for looking at startup programs and services? Is it as simple as digging into Systemd? Am I approaching this with the completely wrong mindset?

Essentially, what am I ignorant of, and can I that ignorance be rectified using my existing knowledge as a framing device?

Regardless of anything else, I very much appreciate your taking the time to read all of this and thank you in advance if you do have the time and knowledge to spare answering this question.

Cheers!

 

Basically exactly what the title says. In case there isn't a great place, or this post ends up getting more visibility than wherever I end up asking I will explain my approximate competency level and the question below.

In terms of competency I have an engineering background and degree, which means I had a single class in statistics. Technically I was one class short of a math minor (Graph Theory) when I graduated. Unlike most engineers and Six Sigma "graduates" I don't think this automatically makes me some kind of math/stats wizard. I'm aware I know just enough that I can unintentionally massage data to fit my bias (mini rant over).

My question is, when looking at a human population and trying to find the approximate subset of people with certain attributes how are correlations handled to avoid double counting?

For example let's say I am looking at a specific city and my data sets are thee most recent census, BLS.gov, and Pew Research. With the above sources I can pretty easily estimate something along the lines of

The number men in a US city that are:

  • Between the ages of 22-44
  • Have a STEM degree

However, if I then wanted to add another factor:

  • Are/Vote liberal

I know that is going to interfere with the original criteria because higher levels of education are correlated with people being more liberal, thus if I just punched in the percentages from all three data points the resulting number is likely going to be much smaller than reality.

Is there a term or method I can read up on for how to account for overlaps/correlations between population subsets? Does this make sense or am I asking the wrong kind of question?

FWIW none of this is related to my job, an argument, a shit post, a data graphic, or anything else I will ever really make. It's just for something specific (not the actually the above example but something like it using the sources I mentioned) I am personally curious about. I have also more generally been wondering about how to account for this kind of overlap for a couple of years now.

Regardless, thanks for taking the time to at least read all this.

Cheers!

 
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