andrew0

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[–] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Thanks! I was actually looking at this, but I gave up because I couldn't really figure out how to get a multilingual model running through Obtainium. I'll try again :D

[–] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Mine's just one I got from a random kid name generator.

A bit off-topic: not sure why, but I keep seeing posts here on Lemmy lately about Romanian women pulling the short end of the stick in terms of gender equality. I hope I'm not offending in any way with this question, but is Romania sticking to the traditional gender roles?

[–] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Fooyin is also a solid choice.

[–] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago

I also had to upload 2000 photos. The issue was that they had to encrypt each, which took me like 2 days with it running in the background 😅 It could have also been due to my phone being quite old. I don't rely on it that much, other than using it as an off-site back-up for my most important documents.

I do agree that the best choice is a self-hosted solution with proper security, but sadly not everyone has the time or the skills to manage that. The Proton CEO thing also annoyed me, but the Proton Foundation as a whole has good opinions about privacy (e.g., against chat control proposal in the EU). However, next time a slip like this happens from them, I'll probably have had enough time to move my stuff to a local deployment.

[–] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Proton offers a Drive, and they're based in Switzerland. I don't see them being strong-armed like this by the UK government any time soon.

[–] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Might be even cheaper if you wait a bit and build it yourself. Next gen GPUs are coming out, which will lead to some price cuts on the current gen.

However, like others here have mentioned, you're paying extra for them building it for you and warranty.

I don't know if ro.pcpartpicker.com works well for Romania, but you can also give that a try and see what the individual components would net you on the local market.

Building the computer yourself along with your kid could also be a nice opportunity to teach him (and maybe yourself, if you're not that knowledgeable) about the underlying components.

[–] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 months ago

I haven't tried it myself, but you could get a Garmin watch and add your cards there. I believe you don't need the phone connected afterwards to make payments.

[–] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago

I'm really sorry to hear that. I hope you have enough support to deal with it!

Regarding bioinformatics, it doesn't have to be a human-centered job. You can get into the data science aspect of it, and make good money off of helping research diseases, for example. This could also be a remote job, and you'd probably have an easier time getting into it. For data science, you can get quite far with Python, which is easier to pick up when compared with other languages.

You can also explore your options further by just asking ChatGPT, and seeing what the potential job requirements would be. It's decent if you want to brainstorm some stuff, but do look up the information yourself on search engines. Write there your experience, what you'd want, and what to expect if you were to jump in that field. Perhaps this could help you decide better.

I wish you the best of luck!

[–] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 9 months ago (3 children)

If you already have medical knowledge, why not look into bioinformatics? Cyber security would be a pretty big jump if you're not into tweaking computers as a hobby. For example, have you ever set up Linux on your own?

Certifications will give you a starting point, but it will take years for all the information to settle properly in your mind.

[–] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 9 months ago

Piracy. I'd buy albums if I had money, though. I'll slowly phase into getting them once I get some more cash.

I can find most stuff I listen to, and I rarely grow my music library. I mostly listen to 20-30 albums, with some more mainstream music peppered in.

My music library currently sits at 90 gigabytes (mostly flacs), so quite small compared to others I've seen around here. Still, I have plenty of variation to keep me entertained :D

If you have Tidal, aren't there some apps to rip the lossless audio from there? You could get most of the stuff that you need, and then cancel the subscription. If you feel bad, maybe order some merch from the band, haha.

[–] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Click for longer opinionIf I remember correctly, even though Fuchsia is used in production, it is mainly targetting mobile or IoT devices. Nevertheless, the underlying micro-kernel, Zircon, is written in C/C++, which differs from Redox. Now, I'm not saying that Redox solves everything by writing the kernel in Rust. It will require plenty unsafe blocks to achieve what it needs, but it makes you aware beforehand that you should be careful about how you implement that bit of code. Having this clear marking could also make the kernel code review process more likely to catch issues.

Disregarding this, if I am not mistaken, Redox aims to be a drop-in replacement for Linux one day, both for desktop and server, while Fuchsia only wishes to be integrated in/replace Android. Linux is perfectly fine for most use cases, I am not suggesting otherwise! However, given how many issues resulted from overflow/memory corruption issues that could have been potentially easier to identify if Rust (or any other memory safe language) was used, you'd think that there is incentive to rely on it for kernel development. Linus himself made this decision as well when allowing Rust to be used in the Linux kernel development (albeit perhaps a bit too early).

The Linux kernel is not flawed, and Redox is probably years away from being even near it. However, having memory-safety from the get-go as a requirement for developing the kernel could lead to fewer exploits, compared to what we have today with Linux. Just as you've said, most users are not aware of it/they don't care, but the big players will care about keeping information safe on their servers. Just to conclude, Redox OS is not just Linux rewritten in Rust, and could potentially have many other benefits that are particularly juicy for data centers. Too bad it's not production ready yet :D

[–] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago

That's unfortunate :( I think you can still run it in QEMU, if you're interested.

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