Canadian software engineer living in Europe.

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  • I have much the same:

    • Files on the network with NFS
    • Kodi on an old laptop under the TV so we can watch said files.
    • Syncthing on our phones and laptops to pull films from there onto that file server.

    The only difference is that I’m using a Synology 'cause I have 15TB and don’t know how to do RAID myself, let alone how to do it with an old laptop. I can’t really recommend a Synology though. It’s got too many useless add-ons and simple tools like rsync never work properly with it.









  • Granted, sudo isn’t in coreutils, but it’s sufficiently standard that I’d argue that the licence is very relevant to the wider Linux community.

    Anyway, I answered this at length the last time this subject came up here, but the TL;DR is that private companies (like Canonical, who owns Ubuntu) love the MIT license because it allows them to take the code and make proprietary versions of it without having to release the source code. Consider the implications of a sudo binary that’s Built For Ubuntu™ with closed-source proprietary hooks into Canonical’s cloud auth provider. It’s death by a thousand MIT-licensed cuts to our once Free operating system.





  • The Ampre Altra runs from 32 to 128 cores (dear gods that’s beautiful), but with that architecture, and the company’s stated purpose, it makes more sense in a computer meant to be used as a server rather than a desktop gaming rig. You’d use a chip like that in a Kubernetes cluster for example.

    Combined with an Nvidia card, a brand notorious for being a Pain In The Ass in Linuxland, I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest that the intended purpose of a box like this is a server for AI/ML-based services.



  • Daniel Quinn@lemmy.catoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldLiquid Trees
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    2 months ago

    I had the same reaction until I read this.

    TL;DR: it’s 10-50x more efficient at cleaning the air and actually generates both electricity and fertiliser.

    Yes, it would be better to just get rid of all the cars generating the pollution in the first place and putting in some more trees, but there are clear advantages to this.



  • This is honestly one of the more concerning things Meta has come out with in years.

    Social media giants have long since moved on from being the go-to companies for information about the public, and are now (with the help of “AI”) moving solidly into the realm of injecting ideas into the public. Consider the implications of even 10% of the general public having regular conversations with their MetaFriend. They talk about their hobbies, their needs and wants, and all that data is obviously being collected, but these people have also handed Meta the ability to propose new ideas and change their viewpoint. Their “friend” is now in a position to drag them unknowingly into any political position Meta wants, and they can do this at scale.

    That’s enough to change public sentiment on nearly every issue. It’s enough to sway elections.



  • I live firmly in the #FuckCars camp, but I honestly think this is fantastic. Standards and conformity breed massive changes within an industry if they’re permitted to take root, and this is already bucking the “monster truck” trend that’s killing people and ruining cities.

    Imagine the potential of a city buying a few thousand of these to serve as work vehicles: interchangeable parts would drastically reduce costs as you could canibalise one vehicle to service many, and you could easily re-task vehicles with minor, off-the-shelf (or even custom) modifications.

    The real test though will be whether (a) the establishment car companies will allow it to survive, and (b) whether its US origins will make it radioactive to the rest of the world given their current fall toward fascism.