elucubra

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Elon Musk's new 'department' seeks 'super high-IQ' staff for unpaid jobs in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 15 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

I'm a guy with a high "test IQ", and my sister, who is in the normal range is way more succesful that me in most aspects of life. You don't want high "test IQ", you want "smart people" not the same, and far more difficult to measure. High IQ basically means you are good at solving certain types of puzzles

What are the "AK-47" of items? (cheap, durable, just works) in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
What are the "AK-47" of items? (cheap, durable, just works) in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

If you store them with moth repellent.

What are the "AK-47" of items? (cheap, durable, just works) in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 days ago

Any seiko really

Rustdesk alternative? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

As I mentioned, I use remotes occasionally, so I'm trying a low fuss solution. If my bread and butter were remote support, I'd probably invest time in a more customized set-up

Rustdesk alternative? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Thanks. I'm trying out HopToDesk. As I understand it's a clone. Works pretty well. I hope they don't pull any shenanigans

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Rustdesk alternative? (sopuli.xyz)
 

I've been using rustdesk for while, and it works very well for me. The news of it being somewhat opaque, and developed from China, makes me a bit nervous.

Is there a FOSS equivalent that won't make me jump through hoops, and be easily installed by someone else remotely?

I would like to be able to have it run at startup in Linux and windows, have a fairly complete feature set, like file transfer, copy paste, etc.

Also it'd be great if it could be easily installed by someone else remotely. I do SMB support, usually onsite, which is why it's not cost effective to pay for a Teamviewer or Anydesk license.

I'm taking a look through flathub, but recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

D-Link refuses to patch a security flaw on over 60,000 NAS devices — the company instead recommends replacing legacy NAS with newer models in c/technology@lemmy.zip
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

I do SMB support. I recently replaced one at a customer , essentially because it didn’t support larger disks. Also because it was slow as fuck. replacing a 10 year plus device doesn’t seem that unreasonable.

That said, I don’t like Dlink.

Air fryers are simpler than you think, but still pretty neat [19:38] in c/videos@lemmy.world
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz -1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It’s not microplastics that worry me. It’s heated plastics, which is why I don’t use plastics in the microwave or use non stick cookware. BTW, the fancy air fryer seems to be all metal, like the toaster ovens.

Also, why the downvotes to a reasonable question?

The EIU's 2023/24 democracy index in c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Spain is by definition an imperfect democracy. You don-t vote for people, but for party lists, so all the people in a list are bound to party rule.

Who stores eggs in the fridge (UK)? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

I think it is obvious that the intended use is Easter eggs, and kinders in a pinch. Also, that sock drawer to keep socks cool in the summer is genius

Petition on the implementation of an EU-Linux operating system in public administrations across all EU countries in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This is dumb. Hand over development to bureaucrats? create a set of guidelines and requirements, and allow distros to be certified, and fund development of distros that are being used.

Is it time to question the yearly release cycle for phones? in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I usually buy high end devices, that tend to last 4-6 years. I usually choose by camera, battery, and charging speed. I’m currently on a 4 year old Xiaomi that has an great camera, the battery still last over a day, charges 5000 mAh in slightly over an hour. I have never broken a screen or lost a phone in over 30 years. I buy the latest and greatest to make sure my investment lasts.

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Goldilocks distro? (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by elucubra@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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What do you consider to be the "Goldilocks" distro? the one that balances ease of install and use, up-to-date, stability, speed, etc... You get the idea.

I'm not a newb, these last few years I've lived in the Debian and derivatives side of things, but I've used RH, Slackware, Puppy :), and older stuff, like mandrake/mandriva and others. Never tried Suse or Arch, and while Nix looks appealing, I need something to put in production rapidly. I have tried Kinoite in a VM, but I couldn't install something (which I can't remember), and that turned me off.

Oh I'm on Mint right now, because lazy, but it's acting up with a couple of VMs, which I need, I really don't have the time or desire to maybe spend two days troubleshooting, and I'm a bit fed up with out of date pkgs.

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Is Stremio a honeypot? (sopuli.xyz)
 

Does anybody have the impression that Stremio may be a honeypot of some sort?

Thay are allegedly a legal service where some nefarious actors provide torrenting plugins etc. I tried to find out how they were financed, and found northing but a site purportedly selling "Web3" advertising, and filled with technobabble nonsense. No address, no way to purchase their services no GDPR notice or anything...

All I can find regarding their safety are "It's legit, nothing has happened to me so far" comments in reddit and other boards.

They have your email, they host the service, they can track all you do...

Seems kind of fishy.

Ive tried it, ironically, to watch stuff that I pay for, I have Netflix, prime video, Disney... But Stremio gives me much higher resolutions.

Even though I live in a country where sailing the high seas is not persecuted, as long as you are the end-user and you derive no profit, I'm going to delete my account (made with an email address I have for bullshit stuff ), make a new one with a truly disposable email and get a VPN.

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Why is folder sharing between host and guest in KVM so hard? (sopuli.xyz)
 

I'm having the hardest tine setting up a shared folder between a Linux host and Win11guest. I want to get rid of dual boot, but there are a few programs that I use which are Win only. I have set up a VB VM, but I want a fine tuned KVM VM. On VB sharing is trivial, but I can't get it to work in KVM. I have the host sharing the folder with Samba, and can see it from another Linux VM, but not from windows. Any clues?

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whare are saved posts? (sopuli.xyz)
 

I have looked everywhere (so it's probably in front of my face). Where are saved posts? Are they in my instance, in lemmy? How can I find them?

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