JoeRess

JoeRess, 2 days ago to random

AI (or machine learning etc) can be useful for certain tasks. But it's time we started asking ourselves a simple question when it comes to AI:

At what cost?

JoeRess, 2 days ago to random

Is 80 years really long enough for Europeans to forget how voting for nazis ends? The current political situation is a demonstration of a profound failure of education over decades.

JoeRess, 5 days ago to random

What's the cheapest way to ship a laptop from the USA to the UK? My friend in California has a T470s (ThinkPad) that he's willing to give me but from what I've been able to find online, it will end up costing more than the laptop is worth to send it over here. Especially as and when customs charge me an arm and a leg to import it.

For reference they are around £80/$100 on ebay in the UK.

JoeRess, 5 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to random

I am currently in the completely normal and not at all ridiculous situation of using an old ThinkPad as a WiFi dongle for my desktop machine.

trivorak, 8 days ago to random

With as much as I list to @JoeRess you would think my cheap ass would throw you a $10r

LateNightLinux, 8 days ago to linux

A brief news segment with mostly good stuff from Mozilla and KDE. Plus some great discoveries including downloading YouTube and other videos, processing data and CSV files on the command line, controlling cycling workout gear and graphing your progress, and a top tip for following Mastodon accounts in a normal RSS feed reader.

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-284/

#linux #podcast #opensource

JoeRess, 10 days ago to random

Android is like that one friend who you know is just useless and pisses you off more often than you should put up with, but ultimately answers the phone when your toilet is leaking uncontrollably and talks you through the worst possible dirty hack of a solution that will do for tonight and stop everyone shouting at you long enough to get a few hours of sleep.

iOS is that friend who hooks you up with a "sweet job" working for a tyrant that pays incredibly, but will drive you into an early grave.

JoeRess, 11 days ago to random

Anyone still active on twitter needs to take a long hard look at themselves.

omgubuntu, 12 days ago to random

Big appreciation to all of you who follow and who like, share, and reply (even if it's to point out a typo) ✌️.

Amidst the shifting sands of AI slop, curated algorithms favouring specific types of content, and a broader shift to YouTube and Reddit for news, it often feels like blogs like mine are going the way of the elves in Lord of the Rings 🧝🏻‍♂️.

Your support, especially on a platform like this one, means a lot, so thank you!

JoeRess, 14 days ago to random

Often late at night I'll send myself notes to remind future me of ideas for episodes and topics etc. I've just sent myself this and it's going to take some time to process it. Can I really bring myself to do something so monstrous? Tune in soon to find out!

JoeRess, 14 days ago to random

The movie Civil War should be required viewing for all US voters in this election year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War_(film)

JoeRess, 17 days ago to random

I now find myself in agreement with @felimwhiteley. We are going to look back on this period in a few years and generative AI will be considered in the same light as blockchain and crypto are now.

jimsalter, 18 days ago to random

There are both pros and cons to Mastodon, when comparing/contrasting with Twitter.

Here's one MASSIVE con on Twitter's side of the balance sheet:

JoeRess, 20 days ago to random

UK people:

Yes, this is an exciting chance to get rid of the tories. Let's not get complacent, though. It's not enough to just vote tactically. We need to talk to our friends and family members and anyone who will listen about how important it is to make Starmer the Prime Minister.

He might not be your first choice for the job, but it's who we have. The alternative is too horrendous to imagine.

So let's do this. Let's make sure we get this job done.

JoeRess, 24 days ago to random

Idea for a sport:

Instead of moving really quickly, kicking or hitting or throwing a ball or something really accurately, or outwitting people, how about this?

You have to inflict enough brain trauma on your opponent to render them unable to stay on their feet.

JoeRess, 24 days ago to random

When Ray Charles somehow predicted my geopolitical anxiety over 60 years ago 😬

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggGzE5KfCio

popey, 26 days ago to ubuntu

Ubuntu Desktop’s 24.10 Dev Cycle - The Roadmap

"Our plan is to grow the Ubuntu Desktop team by at least another 50% over the next year and we are opening a range of positions across all levels of seniority in the coming weeks. At Canonical we think the future is bright for the Linux desktop and if you have the passion and skills to be at the cutting edge of performance, security, immutability and accessibility then we want to hear from you."

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-desktop-s-24-10-dev-cycle-the-roadmap/45120?u=popey

#ubuntu #linux #career

JoeRess, 27 days ago to random

Your regular reminder that all cryptocurrencies are a pyramid scheme scam, and that anyone encouraging others to get involved is doing so because they need new people to come in at the bottom to keep the whole pyramid propped up.

joel, 28 days ago to random

Listening to episode 281 of @LateNightLinux , is a composable distro the same as an immutable one or what is this

JoeRess, 28 days ago to random

@zersiax do you have much experience with accessibility tools on desktop Linux?

25admins, 1 month ago to Podcast

2.5 Admins 194: Thundering Mastodon

Mastodon’s link previews are causing downtime for web servers without properly configured caching, locking down DNS inside Windows networks, why using write-once backup media is a bad idea, and increasing the performance of a Microsoft SQL Server with SSDs and ZFS.

https://2.5admins.com/2-5-admins-194/

#podcast #sysadmin