[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 9 points 1 month ago

That's easy. Just fly somewhere and bring it in your carry-on, airport security will let you know.

[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 10 points 2 months ago

Me: "This binary file is merely an approximate mathematical and statistical transform of the complainant's "Deadpool 3", your honour. If you care to glance through a few A4 pages of the binary representation of both items, you can clearly see that there is no direct copying involved, thus, no copyright claim can be upheld."

Result: $250k fine, two years community service in anti piracy groups.

NVIDIA: "Each copyrighted work was ingested and a statistical model was generated that leverages that information for our own profit. We have no intention of compensating copyright owners for their information."

Result: Oh you! Get out of here, you scamp! Ruffles hair

[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 9 points 2 months ago

Fucking hell, imagine the requirement of a couple of megawatt substation for fast charging, urban power planners must be shitting themselves.

[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 10 points 2 months ago

I shall counter with a hypothesis:

It could be that extended lower temperatures at night slow battery chemistry to the point where the voltage sags below the trigger threshold. It would take quite a few hours to cool the battery down from day time ceiling temps, so this would naturally occur in the early hours of the morning just before temperatures rise again.

[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Assumption:

Someone crams a 300 watt solar panel onto the roof of their EV and manages to integrate it into the charging system so that it's pretty efficient to use that power.

Numbers:

One hour of good sunshine on the 300 watt panel = 300 watt-hours (Wh).

Average EV energy usage : 200Wh per kilometre these days. Maybe a little more, maybe a little less, depends on how and where you're driving.

Result:

One hour of perfect sunshine hitting the roof of your car equals 1.5 kilometres of extra range, or you can drive your car in a steady-state fashion at a 3-5 kilometres per hour because an EV is more efficient than the average usage at lower speeds.

Conclusion:

Probably better off increasing the storage capacity of the battery as a full day's sunshine will get you about 10 kilometres of range.

[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 9 points 7 months ago

It sounds like your sync process can create files, but not rename them afterwards.

That long filename you've got now is likely the temporary name you get while the file is being transferred, once it's fully there it usually gets renamed to what you want it to be.

Go up one level and check the permissions for the directory the files are in. The permissions should be read-write, otherwise it'd not be able to create files in there at all, but check if the "sticky bit" is set. That stops processes from renaming files once they are made.

Unfortunately I'm travelling at the moment, but hopefully your file manager will have a way of showing if the "sticky bit" is set for that directory.

[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 9 points 7 months ago

Heavy debian testing / unstable user for over a decade here. I have never had to worry about doing 1/2/3 and I let my package manager do whatever it wants whenever it wants.

[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I buy a washing machine after a 20 minute search and going to a click and collect website to place an order with a local big brand store.

For the next 6 months:

"HEY CHECK OUT THESE WASHING MACHINES LOOK AT THESE REVIEWS WASHING MACHINES ON SPECIAL CLIIIICK MEEEEEE"

[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 9 points 9 months ago

Cat 3 is a thing and is basically unshielded twisted pair. You can abuse it quite a bit from its voice grade days to cram a few hundred megabits of VDSL over it if it's only from your house to the curb.

[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I have a very nice set of Bose corded noise cancelling headphones and use them when I fly for work and at home sometimes when I want to chill out.

The advantage they have over Bluetooth is that the base functionality still works when the single AAA battery that powers them goes flat. Unlike Bluetooth headsets they also don't switch to low power/BLE mode when they're supposed to be "off", so they don't go flat when they're in my travel bag for a week or two. They also plug straight into in-flight entertainment systems so I don't need to use the $3 headphones the airline provides.

The AAA powers the noise cancelling for about 15-20 hours straight and the case has a spot for a spare so the whole setup is pretty good.

[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's right there in the name:

Basic Input Output Operating System

It's the first stage of whatever os you run.

If you don't think the BIOS is part of your operating system, just remove it and see how far you get on the next boot.

Edit: I was always told the I in BIOS was "I/O". WAS I DECEIVED FOR ALL THIS TIME!?

[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago

If I fell like that now, would I still bounce back up unhurt?

Generally no, simply because you are now heavier and taller and longer-limbed and as a result all the injury-causing forces are much larger.

I've seen kids try and do a backflip and land on their neck and get up laughing. If I tried that? I'd be fuckin' DEAD.

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