surewhynotlem

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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Yes. Bad toilet paper is shitty, more or less.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

If you leave you can take your media with you or transfer ownership to me.

And yes, if there's one physical copy there's only one stream.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

after using, the trade reverses?

Doesn't need to. You just trade what you currently have with the next guy for the next one.

Physical media would sit in central storage. Not physically moved. Yes, exactly like your gold example.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

But you can sell it, yes? And you can give it away for free or trade. And that person can create a digital copy and put it on a server.

So is it illegal to stream from someone else's server?

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

Julian and Miles were true friends.

Garak and Julian would banter all day and hate fuck every chance they got.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

Electric trains

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

ITT we can see the difference between correct and useful.

It's a transparent image with black text. It's CORRECT that you can't see it on a black background. Technical folk will scream all day about this being the only answer. It's a blindness we have.

That said, it's not the intent of the image creator to have their image text unseen. So it's still wrong from a UX and a usefulness perspective.

But how do you even start to fix that? Any transparent image might have any color text that could end up invisible accidentally. Calculating and adjusting seems wrong. Clicking to change the background color seems wrong because how would you know there was any hidden text to begin with? It's a tough one.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

It would be great. Assuming there's a mod. Is there?

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

Instead of asking women, "Are you expecting," we should ~~ask them, "Are you suspecting?"~~ politely keep our mouths shut because other people's bodies are not our concern.

FTFY

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I would enjoy the hell out of ruining those people's day. I hope you can too.

People must learn to not comment on strangers bodies. And some people only learn from putting their hand right into the fire.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 17 points 21 hours ago

Yes, but typically refers to anal. So anyone can do it.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

The ownership transfer of the media is crucial. If I just give you access to my Plex, and you watch a movie that I own, that's theft. If you have your own Plex, and watch a movie that you own the physical media of, that's legal.

All I'm doing is hosting and storing the physical media you own and the digital copy of that. Only you can access it. Only you can stream it. It's still yours.

And when you want to watch something else, you trade that physical media for someone else's physical media. A one-for-one swap. Now you can stream the new physical media you own.

 

Streaming services are expensive, and I'm tired of not owning anything. I was thinking of starting a video co-op where you buy-in with a DVD/VHS/etc and then you own a share of the co-op and can stream from its library.

Q: Why not just let people access your streaming server?

A: In the US at least, it's illegal to stream movies you don't own or don't have the license to stream. By participating in the co-op, when you stream a movie, ownership of that physical media and the digital copy is temporarily transferred to you.

Q: Why not just steal it? yarrr

A: Most people here would, for sure. But plenty of less tech savvy folks can't do that safely. And there is some value in not helping my community do illegal shit.

Q. The hardware will be expensive to run

A: At first, nah. If it grows to a size where that's a problem, then I'm doing something right and will figure it out.

Q: Libraries offer free streaming services, why not use that?

A: They are expensive for the library and don't have great selection. Though I guess mine might not have great selection either. People might 'bank' garbage.

So it's basically a 'physical media (and corresponding digital copy) storage and trading platform'.

Crazy idea? Already done? Stupid and impractical? Help get this idea out of my head.

 

I think I've hit a wall here. I set up both Collabara (CODE) and OnlyOffice (documentserver), and either I'm doing it wrong, or both require Nextcloud to provide the document editing UI. I really don't want to install Nextcloud. It feels like overkill.

Am I doing it wrong, or do both of those require Nextcloud.

 

Shtrawberry. Drinking shtraw as well.

Any time I try and pronounce it with a hard S and not SH, it ends up sounding like a bad 90s parody of a gay man. I practically flounce.

I can't be the only one..

 

I feel like I'm missing something with this card. I currently use a 2% cash back card, so 3% seems like a simple upgrade. I pay my card off every month without fail, and have for years. This card would use my house as collateral, which poses additional risk if I default.

Has anyone else looked into this or gotten one? Is there some catch I'm missing? I can't figure out how they're making money on this.

 

I have a Precision 3260 Compact (https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/workstations-isv-certified/precision-3260-compact-workstation/spd/precision-3260-workstation/s106dpt3260us_vp) with no standalone GPU. I also have an aging gaming desktop with a GTX 1070 and an i5 inside. I am trying to figure out a way to get the 1070 to work inside the Precision and it's driving me nuts.

The Precision doesn't have a standard micro-ATX motherboard, so I can't simply mount it in my larger case. Even if I could, the pcie slot is much shorter than the standard. On top of that, the GPU is longer than the entire case.

I'm willing to get creative, but I'm out of ideas.

 

Our town's water keeps failing to meet DEP standards, so I'm investing in a filtration system for our drinking water. What I think I'm looking for is:

  • Has a tank, since there are 5 of us
  • Filters out lead, PFAS, PFOA, etc. (Which is why I'm leaning towards RO)
  • Good warranty and customer service, for when something inevitably goes wrong
  • Remineralization (picky about water taste)
  • UV (maybe?)

Does anyone have recommendations for a quality brand, or one that they've had for years that they like? I'm not sure where to even start.

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I bought a house a few months ago and I'm still trying to figure out all the wiring. I found these coming out of a cabinet in the kitchen.

I think (?) the black one is a cut-off coax cable. There's a LOT of coax in this house, so that seems straightforward (but I would still love if someone can confirm!)

I'm not sure about the other ones. They don't look electric, as I'd expect electric to be black + white + copper, like the rest of the house.

There is supposedly a speaker system in the house (I see speakers) but I haven't figured it out yet. Could that be power for the speakers? I'm not familiar with speaker wire setup. If it's speakers, why would there be so many wires?

 

I'm looking for an inexpensive label maker that can print small labels. I need to label various things around my house for my sanity (outlet/breaker mapping, coax endpoint mapping, etc).

I was going to buy a NIIMBOT D110, but then I saw in their FAQ that they put an IC (chip) into their labels and the printer won't print if it can't sense it. I really don't want to support a company that DRMs their consumables, if I can help it.

Can anyone recommend a good, small, inexpensive label maker? Preferably one that doesn't have sketchy DRM embedded.

 

I was reading about how the EU is thinking of reducing the lead used in ammunition because it's polluting the environment. I wonder if regular lead exposure at the firing range is addling people's brains.

 
 

Exercise is hitting. My brain gives up way before my body does. Even when I try and listen to music or watch shows while exercising, I just can't keep at it.

Has anyone found an ADHD friendly way to exercise?

 

A fine specimen indeed

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