tonyn

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What fucking stupid problems are absolute bullshit and yet still significant detractions from your life right now? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 2 points 22 hours ago

I understand, and hope you find something that works better for you. Don't give up.

What fucking stupid problems are absolute bullshit and yet still significant detractions from your life right now? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 0 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Have you ever considered self employment? Starting a business closer to home (or from home) might be just what you need. I don't know your expertise or interests, but if it suits you, it might give you the freedom and flexibility you need. My wife and I have been self employed since 2001, and we have been very fortunate to make it work well for the past 25 years. We spend every day with the kids, have flexibility in our lives and earn profits instead of wages. Give it a thought.

TIL that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton owns 15 properties worth ~$9 million. His official salary is $150,000 in c/til@lemmy.world
Do you use a wrist rest? in c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml
[–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

BRILA is my absolute favorite. I have a Ducky One Tenkeyless keyboard and the Brila fits perfectly and makes typing comfortable.

Correlation implies causation in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

I'd expect to see a spike every year if this was a seasonal or annual occurrence

Correlation implies causation in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That doesn't explain the huge spike over the past 6 months, and cold season has been over for about 5 of those months.

Correlation implies causation in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It's not just diziness

Poll: 46% of Americans Unaware of July 4 Meaning (Poll from Cato Institute) in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
[–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

...or the bits about selling your daughter into slavery.

What online sites allow free speech? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago

I suggest starting one as an experiment. You control it. See how long you can restrain yourself from wanting to delete something.

Volkswagen now blocks grapheneOS in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

I make things that people want, they pay me and I use the money to buy the food from people who are selling it.

In Historic First, Congress Passes Concurrent War Powers Resolution To End Iran War in c/news@hexbear.net
[–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Why would he abide by THIS law?

Volkswagen now blocks grapheneOS in c/technology@lemmy.world
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What do you guys do with your poo? (lemmy.ml)
 

I've taken to storing it for craft projects. Recently I had the kids fill ornaments with the poo. It was great fun!

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AND HIS NAME IS (lemmy.ml)
 

🎺🎺🎺 🎺🎺🎺🎺 🎺🎺🎺

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Recommend me a distro? (lemmy.ml)
 

I am considering moving away from Ubuntu, but I haven't tried other distributions for years. I started on Linux Mint Cinnamon back in 2012, but switched to Ubuntu when I built my current PC in 2020 because I wanted more up-to-date packages. Now I am faced with needing to replace my SSD which gives me reason enough to install a new distro. I have an AMD Ryzen 7 2700X with 32G of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, so I would need something that plays nicely with nvidia. I routinely use libreoffice, digikam, gimp, virtualbox, bambu studio, sublime text, filezilla, thunderbird, minecraft, steam, Open WebUI and Stable Diffusion (Automatic1111). I liked Ubuntu because it was familiar, fairly easy to customize, and everything was kept fairly well up to date. I am not a big fan of snap, and I would prefer a more logical and unified package management system. I was wondering if you all had some recommendations for me. Thanks

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The second dark age (lemmy.ml)
 

And thus began the second dark age. In the 21st century, the election of Donald Trump triggered a chain of events that ceased scientific progress globally. Environmental stewardship gave way to rampant consumption and dirty industry. Women once again became subjugated to property and lost all human rights. Logic and reason was forgotten and replaced with conspiracy theories and superstition. Over the next few centuries tribalism and the decay of modern society played out against the backdrop of now unstoppable climate change, which was largely attributed to superstitious causes by small groups of devolved humans living in filth amongst the ruins of a once great civilization.

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It's nice when they share your interests (lemmy.ml)
 
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Western Digital is having a 2 day sale (www.westerndigital.com)
 

I just picked up some 16TB WD Red Pros for $219, and they're normally $289. Had to share with my fellow hoarders.

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Help me with a rotating firesafe data backup (lemmy.ml)
 

I have between 20-30 TB of data I want to keep a copy of in a firesafe. I do not want to use an online storage solution, I want to maintain my personal data at my home.

My current plan is to get (2) Mediasonic HFR2-SU3S2 PRORAID enclosures and (8) WD Red Pro NAS 16TB drives to fill them. The first would contain a full backup and be placed in the safe. The second would be attached to my machine and receive nightly backups. Periodically, I would rotate the enclosures, taking the one from the safe and swap it with the one connected to my machine.

Are there any problems with my plan that I am not thinking of? Are there better solutions?

Is anyone else keeping a rotating data backup in a safe? How is it working out for you?

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I printed a Homer disappearing into the bushes sponge holder on my Ender 3 Pro. (lemmy.ml)
 

I downloaded a model but the Homer had several model flaws and the sponge base didn't fit my sponges so I designed my own. I basically kept only the spout.

I started with a PNG of Homer disappearing into the bushes. I cleaned it up a lot in gimp, then used adobe's PNG to SVG converter, which I'll say works very well. Brought that into inkscape and cleaned it up even more. Separated him into colors, pulled them into tinkercad at different heights, then printed him with 4 color changes.

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