charles

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[–] charles@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I work in emergency management but I've always been interested in tech as a hobby. That led me to start self-hosting Plex on my desktop about 6-7 years ago. Now I've got a dedicated machine running unraid with about 20 to 30 different docker services.

I really enjoy being able to figure out how to setup a service and then being able to be fully in control of how it works. Beyond just enjoying tinkering with the system to learn, I enjoy being able to troubleshoot and fix problems without relying on large companies.

[–] charles@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've lived in a handful of different provinces and have family in basically every region of Canada and I have never heard of goof being used that way. Where did you hear that?

Calling someone a goof is just another way to say they're being silly/ ridiculous, which I'm pretty sure is the same way it's used everywhere else.

[–] charles@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

As others have pointed out, CloudFlare doesn't sell .ca domain names due to the ownership restrictions applied by CIRA. I've personally used Web Hosting Canada (WHC.ca) for many years, including their hosting for a while. I also have a couple of domains with Register.ca.

I then use DuckDNS for dynamic updates and the free tier of CloudFlare for security certificates and some simple access rules.

[–] charles@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago

Cannot wait for this, I wishlisted it immediately when I first saw a post about it over the weekend.

[–] charles@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

IIRC Steam has used that first clause to limit Steam keys being provided on another store at a cheaper price. I believe devs have been allowed (maybe unofficially) to sell at whatever price they want if there's no steam key being provided.

[–] charles@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Seconding Zotero. I truly don't know how I would be able to keep track of all the research I read through and reference. I especially love that I can highlight passages and attach notes to each entry right inside the desktop app.

The browser connector is also super handy for quickly adding papers to read-through at a later date.

[–] charles@lemmy.ca 13 points 5 months ago

Tom Francis (the dev behind TBW and many other great games) posted videos throughout the dev cycle of the game on his YouTube channel. They're definitely worth a watch for anyone interested in game design/development.

[–] charles@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

I used to only use it for random change I'd get on the rare occasion I'd pay for something with cash. Nowadays it's always filled with dog treats since my dog is nearly always with me.

[–] charles@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've been thinking of getting 1 or 2 of those Ikea air filters, how loud are they when they run? Anything you wish you'd known before getting it?

[–] charles@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago

Some of us don't really have that luxury. For example, I don't choose who I need to communicate with for work purposes.

[–] charles@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I completely agree, I really enjoyed D:OS II but I just haven't been able to get into BG3 so far. I can't say anything was bad or poorly accomplished but it's just not clicking for me yet.

[–] charles@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm seriously tired of "living in interesting times".

Growing up I didn't really get how that was supposed to be an insult, I definitely understand it now though.

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