Geologist

joined 2 years ago
[–] Geologist@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

I have a lack on wheels with rack servers at the bottom and a enclosed prusa 3D printer on top, is great, haha.

[–] Geologist@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 weeks ago

I use the ecowitt wh51, and they work pretty well. I have the 433mhz ones, but I’m using the ecowitt gateway, and not a rtl usb adapter.

They’re not that small though, but they run off a single AA battery, and the battery life is pretty good. Integrates well with home assistant.

[–] Geologist@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I’ve worked with a ton of rack storage servers that handle like 45 disks. Even using older tech like 12-16TB drives you can get half a petabyte of usable space on one server even with raid array redundancies, etc.

Before the stupid AI hardware craze, these old enterprise servers were super cheap too, the main cost of running them was the power lol.

[–] Geologist@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 month ago

Steam deck has basically always been out of stock in Japan online. The Komodo reseller has done a terrible job here, and I hope that when Valve releases the next gen of hardware (machine, frame, controller) they’ll have the foresight to work with someone better, or sell it themselves.

I’ve bought/ imported a ton of electronics hardware for both personal and work use, and Komodo is not good.

[–] Geologist@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 month ago (3 children)

No joke, this is exactly why I cancelled Spotify and went back to piracy!

They “”accidentally“” started playing ads one night, didn’t apologize or offer any refunds, and it was the easiest decision ever to dust off my pirate hat and not look back.

No regrets!

[–] Geologist@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 months ago

Phenomenal game, highly recommended.

I played on switch but would be great on a steam deck too.

[–] Geologist@lemmy.zip 49 points 2 months ago (3 children)

This is such a gross move from MS, that will inevitably create more e-waste, just like their dumbass TPM 2.0 requirement.

Having said that, if anyone is looking for a solution (that isn’t just switch to Linux lol), I was able to turn my ancient Canon laser (with very tricky driver setup), into a driverless airprint model by using a raspberry pi as an intermediary.

You can connect your usb/wifi printer on the pi, and through cups/ avahi, host an airprint server on your network for any devices (desktop, laptop, phone, or whatever).

I think I used this guide before: https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-airprint/

[–] Geologist@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah me too. Was worried it would be like those ryzen ai max or whatever with soldered on stuff.

[–] Geologist@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Anything over 600 is dead on arrival IMO.

In that case it would be valve having learned nothing from the failure of the previous steam machines largely owing to obscene pricing.

[–] Geologist@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago

Still using my release edition 3DS here (modded to hell lol).

I think a big part of the popularity is the portability. The whole folding family of devices from Nintendo naturally needs no case (the screen is protected), and it fits easily in pockets where the switch 1/2 doesn’t. Also it has a huge library of games that you can get for “”free””).

As for the more recent popularity, I think with how much Nintendo is jacking up the price of the switch2 and games, of course some people will look to older hardware, especially if they never experienced it when it was new. I’ve been a diehard Nintendo guy since the GBC and N64, but I’m skipping the switch 2.

[–] Geologist@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Heated steering wheels

[–] Geologist@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I believe it’s Australia, Canada, and Khazakstan.

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