Nobody is both that bored and that motivated. Unless paid.

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Totally agree.

Ok, folks, one of us needs to do a PR on this app to implement this fella’s feature request!

Maybe in my old age, I have mellowed out and realized, like everyone else, I can be a dummy at times. And so I am a hell of a lot more patient with users who don’t know everything (or much of anything). I also have become more interested in human factors (mostly as a spectator…or victim).

Looking at this I am actually kind of curious what their specific workflows are. While “cut” might do the trick if I had to cut and paste files to a bunch of different directories I would want to bash my head in. (Of course I would be using Linux, btw, and would do it at the shell prompt lol) But seriously, there is a better way to reorganize many files to many directories in a UI than cut/paste.

When I was 25, and an insufferably arrogant IT nerd, I would’ve downvoted you and mocked this hapless individual; I hang my head in shame thinking about who I used to be. :( I’ve come a long way. I’m not as arrogant… I’m just insufferable! \o/

Jesus that sucks so much. It looks like you have a solution for now but I bet there are some folks here and elsewhere who would be all in on reverse engineering the shit out of any part of that system.

That’s a paddlin anti-trust forced breakup!

Anything to make a buck.

I have a couple Lenovo tiny form factors: an M700 8GB w/ J3710 running Pihole on Ubuntu server—which is total overkill in both CPU and mem; and an M73, 4GB w/4th gen i3 running jellyfin server on Mint 21.3. Certain kinds of transcoding brings it to its knees but for most 1080p streaming it’s fine. Memory is a bit tight; 8G would be better. It has a usb3 2T drive for video files that runs more than quick enough. Serial adapters are available if you want to use the console.

The latter has been running for I think a couple years. The former I just set up.

But I’ve been shopping for newer gear for the Jellyfin server. I think you could get a Dell, HP, or Lenovo 6th gen TFF with 8G and 256-512G internal SSD within your price range.

I see some EliteDesk G800 G3 (6th gen Intel) tinys with no disk for $50-70 shipped on eBay in the US. I think those look the coolest by far :)

You could find one with no disk, no ram and config as you please and probably still come in under budget.

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My eventual plan for the Jellyfin server is a SFF, probably an HP with enough space to fit a couple of big HDDs, plus 16G ram and a newer CPU that can transcode on the fly without lag.

Yes, Xitter, I xit you not!

Our district bans them in middle school and leaves policy to each teacher in HS.

Maybe they should ban phones at work too lol

I have been checking the thrift stores for DVDs and blu rays lately with a plan to drop one or more streaming services. I’m afraid to tally up how much we pay a month for all that crap.

Being inside a metal tube doesn’t help reception either.

I finally did but…gawd turning a key is so much work!

Exactly. Because the only ones benefitting from lower cost labor are those who own or run corporations. Workers will just lose jobs and there is no guarantee enough new jobs will open up once things settle.

Except for the guy that did this.

“they’re the same picture”

That thread is some wild shit. Certainly makes me stop and think about some things. Which is good.

So like, what’s wrong with showing a black Pope? Why should we assume hypothetical Popes can’t be black? Pope Francis appointed the first black cardinal, Wilton Daniel Gregory. It’s bound to happen one day. And I don’t think it hurts for people to be presented with that possibility. I think that’s good. Of course the Catholic church is problematic but this isn’t about that. Like, asking for a pic of someone in a position of power should absolutely show diverse people.

But like… In terms of historical accuracy it seems just as insane to show ethnically diverse Vikings as it would be to show ethnically diverse Mongols, Cheyenne, Zulus, Bolsheviks, etc. Right? Now if I ask for pics of fantasy-world Vikings (etc) then go for it.

Asking for a scientist in his lab…yeah I’m ok with AI going, “fuck you, women can be scientists too, sexist asshole.” 😆 Is it truly necessary to reflect someone’s bias back at them? And so what if it shows all women? If it does, now the men asking know how it feels to feel unrepresented. (It might be problematic if men are never, ever, ever shown no matter hoe many times you ask).

Speaking of, I can imagine it would be fucking annoying for my identity to be ignored by AI. More of the same shit after years of being underrepresented everywhere else, right? So hey great, don’t fall into the trap of training the AI on biased data and having it spit out biased results.

Of course …elves and pixies and gnomes apparently are all white… Smh.

Imagine growing up in a world where comics and media and everything else never shows anyone like you. Fuck that. That’s fucking dumb. And boring. Show me different people. I like different people.

But this Gemini thing? I mean ok, It’s good they tried to be more inclusive. But I think they did it kind of ham-handedly. They need to go back and think about this quite a bit harder. It feels like a forced afterthought. It’s giving “oh, shit, everyone is white, quick, slap some diversity on it so we don’t get in trouble” vibes.

NiMH batteries weren’t that awesome either.

Sounds like we need AI-generated resumes

This person gets it. ☝🏻