Skip Navigation
Jump
Use case(s) for owning a homelab?
  • Having multiple sufficiently-powered virtual machines makes OS development really low friction. Though I'd personally go for a blade subrack instead.

    1
  • Jump
    ADHD Women Weekly Check-in for Jan 21-27 : How Are You Doing?
  • Getting some unplanned exercise clearing out the house of my late mother in law. Though my airways disagree (achoo), having clear goals and hauling around heavy stuff is doing wonders for my mood.

    5
  • Jump
    Is There Any Benefit to Multivitamins?
  • Interestingly, there is some evidence that suggests that antioxidants like vitamin C, especially when taken in the excessively large doses that are fashionable these days, can interfere with the immune system (which relies on oxidation reactions in order to clear pathogens and precancerous cells) and preclude gains from exercise (oxidation is used as a signal by the body to eg. induce muscle mass growth).

    10
  • Jump
    The ADHD urge to lie about why you didn't do something because "my brain refused to start on it" doesn't make sense to a lot of neurotypicals.
  • Depending on how old your kid is, it might or it might not improve. The frontal lobe of their brain still has a lot of development left in children; right up until they’re about 25. This may improve things.

    Also, please don’t be one of those parents who discounts meds. They can really help a lot. And no, they’re not addictive (in fact, people with ADHD are more likely to forget them than to use them recreationally).

    5
  • Jump
    The ADHD urge to lie about why you didn't do something because "my brain refused to start on it" doesn't make sense to a lot of neurotypicals.
  • What's helped me is a combination of physical exercise (which helps against feelings of unrest that may be bothering me) and sort of sliding into the subject, tackling the easier parts first and from there riding the dopamine wave.

    But yeah, it doesn't get any easier.

    5
  • Jump
    Why Are More Boys Than Girls Retarded in School? (1928)
  • Exactly, and you cannot have a serious conversation about the attitudes of yore if you censor the words they themselves used.

    Back then, it simply meant “developmentally delayed”.

    2
  • Jump
    Passwor(ule)d.
  • “Password cannot contain username”

    “Password must contain digits”

    “Password cannot contain reversed misspellings of predynastic Egyptian pharaohs”

    And now…

    “Password cannot contain JavaScript”

    1
  • Jump
    Get ready to hear more about "pre-internet" times
  • One thing about the pre-Internet times I don't hear much about is how much more centralised our media were and how, as a result, people or ideas on the fringe of society didn't get much attention. That includes for instance how the strange ideas about vaccines or ethnic groups now spread much easier than they did before the Internet, but also how trans* people and other marginalised groups find it much easier to find and support each other and be a united front against oppression.

    In summary, I don't thing that what has been termed "the great awokening", nor the organised opposition against it, could have taken place before the Internet. At least not at this scale.

    3
  • Jump
    Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994
  • Sadly Microsoft didn't specify where on the keyboard the key has to be.

    In order to find out, hit the keyboard with your head; wherever your forehead touches the keyboard first is where the key is supposed to be.

    13
  • Jump
    Work placement rewards om 2044
  • I like how the reader is supposed to be familiar enough with the scream box that it doesn't require any extra explanation.

    78
  • Jump
    January 2024 monthly "What are you working on?" thread
  • I'm working on a PDP-11 emulator. I've got the basic instruction set implemented and have an implementation of ODT (the PDP-11's microcode monitor) with disassembler. I've found a test set and an implementation of BASIC for the PDP-11, and everything executes successfully. Next step is getting the MMU up and running.

    5
  • Jump
    What's your solder of choice?
  • I have a similar-sized roll of 0.5mm Felder Sn100Ni+ with their ultra clear flux. Love the shinyness.

    Indeed, don’t skimp on solder, especially when soldering lead-free.

    3
  • www.vn.nl Uitsluiting van anderen levert niet meer bestaanszekerheid voor jezelf op

    De PVV van Geert Wilders zegevierde met 37 zetels. Radicaal-rechtse partijen (PVV, FVD, JA21), waarop bij de vorige verkiezingen al een op de vijf kiezers stemde, waren goed voor bijna de helft van de stemmen, met een rechts blok als ruggensteun. Deze overwinning berust op twee misvattingen: dat de ...

    De rechtsstaat is zo ingekleed dat die juist bescherming biedt aan minderheidsgroepen.

    5
    nos.nl Rapport: met hogere dijken kan Nederland 3 meter zeespiegelstijging aan

    Nederland kan technisch drie meter zeespiegelstijging aan met veel zwaardere dijken, zegt het Kennisprogramma Zeespiegelstijging. Maar dichttimmeren van de kust is niet volgens iedereen de beste strategie.

    Het Kennisprogramma Zeespiegelstijging bouwt voort op de vorige maand gepresenteerde nieuwe klimaatscenario's van het KNMI. Die laten zien dat de snelheid van de zeespiegelstijging deze eeuw heel onzeker is. Het maakt veel verschil hoeveel broeikasgassen wereldwijd nog worden uitgestoten, en of ijsverlies op Antarctica in een stroomversnelling kan belanden. De Noordzee kan dan deze eeuw 1 of 2 meter hoger komen te staan, en rond 2150 al zo'n 3 tot 5 meter. Als de wereldwijde uitstoot scherp daalt, zal dit veel langzamer gaan.

    6
    nos.nl Dijkgraaf schrijft aan havisten en vwo'ers: kies eens een mbo-opleiding

    De onderwijsminister roept leerlingen op om iets te kiezen wat ze leuk vinden en zich niet blind te staren op de zogenaamde 'hoogte' van een opleiding.

    Dat schrijft hij in een brief die vandaag bij 200.000 eindexamenleerlingen op de mat valt.

    2
    nos.nl Huizenbeleggers dagvaarden de staat om nieuwe huurregels

    De daling van hun verhuuropbrengsten zou in strijd zijn met het eigendomsrecht.

    Ze willen een schadevergoeding, omdat ze vinden dat de waarde van hun bezit niet voldoende terugkomt in de huurprijzen die ze mogen vragen.

    8
    nos.nl Afschaffen monarchie in verkiezingsprogramma PvdA/GroenLinks

    Leden van de samenwerkende partijen willen een 'parlementaire republiek'.

    Op een congres in Rotterdam stemde een meerderheid van ruim 52 procent voor aanvulling van het programma met die strekking.

    6

    I've recently acquired an uncalibrated Philips PM2534 (edit: the battery-backed factory calibration data was lost due to the battery running out). I'm looking into somehow getting it calibrated. However, the calibration procedure is rather involved, and requires such things as an exact 300V DC (the service manual recommends using a Fuke 5700).

    Anybody know of a way to have this multimeter calibrated? I'm a hobbyist and don't really need such things as traceability and certificates.

    Edit: I live in the Netherlands.

    8
    0

    I've recently acquired an Apple Macintosh Color Display. Sadly, it's very yellowed (or rather, oranged). I was thinking about forgoing retrobrighting and just going for painting it. Anybody here who's done that before? Any idea how I can most closely match Apple's "platinum" colour?

    6

    Summary: Dusk and Enjoiner Rue learn Demerzel's origin and true purpose. Tellem's plan for Gaal take a dark turn. On Terminus, Day confronts Dr. Seldon.

    Air Date: September 8, 2023

    12

    Not my video. From the description:

    > Case: Raw Aluminum > Keycaps: Unicomp Red Cyrillic on Brilliant White + Gray Modifiers > Layout: HHKB-style split right shift and regular 2-unit wide backspace > Configuration: Floss Modded, lubed spacebar wire, lubed keycap stems > > My first (or second) experience with non-MX style switches in a keyboard. The IBM Model F is coveted as one of the greats when it comes to "mechanical" switches. This reproduction unit by Ellipse of Model F Labs serves to bring back the magic of the Model F keyboard with a lot of modern enhancements. Suffice it to say, I am very happy with the experience of typing on this board minus one small caveat. My biggest gripe with this board, and consequently any other buckling spring keyboard is the fact that there is simply no way to flip the spacebar. The asymmetrical design of the keycap stem paired with the fact that the spacebar wire attaches directly to only one side of the spacebar keycap makes it so that you are required to use this in its standard spacebar configuration. I find this to be really uncomfortable because my thumb is essentially pressing right against the hard edge of the keycap rather than the smooth edge afforded by a flipped spacebar. This was such an issue that I attempted to model my own keycap and have it resin 3D printed by JLCPCB, but to no avail. The tolerances on buckling-spring stems are really specific which makes the mechanism really difficult to replicate. I dont have the time or money to fine tune this problem. Despite that glaring issue, I still have a great time typing on this board and I find the typing experience to be very pleasant otherwise. The deep clicks are much preferable to the high pitch clicks youd often hear in MX-Style switches. The mechanism is also reasonably smooth if you take the time to lube the keycap stems with Krytox 205g0. You might also notice that there is no coating on this keyboard. When I had originally bought this board from a seller off Mechmarket, the original coating on it was a powder-coated black. I wasn't thrilled with the look and feel of it so I took it upon myself to strip the coating by submerging the pieces in a vat of Klear-Strip for roughly 2 days. Overall, I think the result turned out great and gives a raw look to the design. So far the aluminum hasn't shown any clear sings of tarnishing but I do anticipate it to eventually show some wear. There's still a marginal amount of residue left over from the stripping so the finish isn't perfect, but I think it gives the board a lot of character. Despite there being no "integrated" weight in this board like you see in a lot of premium customs, this still out-weighs my Sharkeneko 1600g to 1470g. The steel inner assembly paired with the thick aluminum chassis makes this a weapon of a keyboard.

    1

    S3-compatible object storage providers

    I'm looking into migrating (part of) my ever-growing pictrs data to something cheaper than the VPS disk it's currently on. Ideally I'd like to use minio's Object Tiering to migrate object to/from cheaper storage.

    Anybody using Backblaze's cloud storage product? What other options are out there and what potential pitfalls should I be aware of?

    3

    ik🐑ihe

    Terwijl de prik-angstige schapen doodsbang achter enkele boe-roepers aanlopen haalt de rest van de wereld inmiddels redelijk de schouders op over de pandemie. Toch wel een vonst, dat mRNA 💉💪🏻👍🏻

    0
    turingpi.com Turing RK1: It's Here!

    The Turing RK1 is now available for pre-order. Up to 32GB RAM, 8 Cores, 6 TOPS.

    Anyone here who has a Turing Pi?

    0

    As the title says, I'm looking for a Linux/macOS-compatible EPROM programmer. I'd like to be able to program parallel (E)EPROMs in the 27xxx range. The newer XGecu programmers seem to not be compatible with Linux/macOS, and the selection of TL866(II) clones is too overwhelming for me to be able to choose one.

    Any suggestions?

    5

    pict-rs volume growing fast

    I’ve recently switched from a self-built Lemmy without pict-rs to the standard docker image that has pict-rs included. However, I’m noticing that the amount of pictures pict-rs stores on my instance is quite high. Any ideas? Is Lemmy preemptively mirroring all images in all posts?

    5