It would be interesting if the ring ever made its way onto DS9 and into Quark’s hands. Everyone would wonder why he’s obsessing about a ring made of worthless gold.

Alternative solution: They collect a sample of lava from Mt. Doom and dump it on Bag End.

I wonder what the envisioned use-case for this would be. Probably not for everyday users, but perhaps industrial technicians at a remote worksite? Something like driving out to a site and then flying to the top of a mountain to inspect radio antennas or wind turbines?

I just wonder if it would ever make sense, considering that most industrial applications would probably still require a licensed pilot to fly the quadcopter part.

I think this is probably more a copy of various East Asian social media services than anything Reddit-like. Pretty sure TikTok and a bunch of Chinese video streaming services already do this. I think the whole Money -> Gifts -> Rubies -> Money chain is intended to dance around money laundering legislation. The same way that Pachinko machines aren’t technically considered gambling in Japan.

Also, what is “Harry” short for?

Harold?

The problem isn’t just that people are making AI slop: It’s also a problem that Zuck has seen the engagement that this trash generates and realized that it’s good for Meta’s metrics. They’re never going to do anything to stop it if the alternative is that investors might realize that Facebook is a rotten log.

If you’re doing activities outdoors: Always bring an extra bottle of water. That is to say, bring a bottle to drink, and then another for when you get thirstier than expected. This season is relatively cool, but you really don’t want to be caught unprepared. Also: Arizona has a law requiring businesses to serve water for free if you ask. Don’t let anyone bullshit you and ask for money.

Keep an eye on the weather reports, and do not hike down washes, ravines, or narrow canyons if there’s a rain storm anywhere nearby. Heavy rainfall several miles away can turn a sunny, dry ravine into a raging torrent that can kill. If you see a road that’s currently flowing with water, don’t try to cross it, even in a big car. You don’t know how deep it really is, and even just a few cms of fast water is enough to sweep a person off their feet and drown them. It doesn’t take much more to get a car stuck.

If you’re going to Northern Arizona, bring warm clothes. People can be caught unprepared when they leave Phoenix for a day trip and it’s 60⁰F, but when they get to Flagstaff 2h later it’s snowing.

If you see a Jumping Cholla:

Don’t get too close. Their spines are longer than they look because they get so thin as to be nearly invisible.

Just from a quick glance, you might want to check your client-side GET request: Ask yourself what happens when the file is larger than your packet buffer? Use the debugger or print statements to confirm if your expectations match reality. It might help to do some testing with a really tiny buffer (eg 5 bytes) so you can step through your 21 byte payload easily. What happens when your buffer is smaller than the DONE packet? If your implementation is correct then we would expect that even a 1 byte buffer should work in all cases.

I see a similar code pattern in your server-side PUT request, so if you can solve it for one half, you should be able to fix both.

I got a secondhand Amscope a few weeks back. Haven’t used it for soldering yet, because I need a proper temperature controlled iron with finer tips than my current one.

It’s been great for pulling splinters out of my fingers though!

Look up the GPU on these charts to find out what codecs it will support: https://developer.nvidia.com/video-encode-and-decode-gpu-support-matrix-new

NVENC support will tell you what codecs your GPU can generate for client devices, and NVDEC support determines the codecs your GPU can read.

Then compare it with the list of codecs that your Intel can handle natively.

If that’s elephant garlic, then it’s the wrong amount. That shit is 3x the size with 1/10 the flavor. Fuck that, I’ll peel a whole head of normal garlic myself.

If you want to move your containers to a different location, look into configuring docker’s data-root: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24309526/how-to-change-the-docker-image-installation-directory

You copy /var/lib/docker to a new location and update /etc/docker/daemon.json

I will say: Moving data-root to an NFS mount isn’t going to work well. I’ve tried it, and docker containers rely on filesystem features to run their overlays. On an NFS, this feature isn’t present, so your services will duplicate the container’s entire filesystem. This will tank your performance and is basically unusable for anything but trivial examples. Docker data-root basically needs to be a “physical” disk.

I’ve had no issues using NFS shares mounted as docker volumes. It’s just the data-root where it’ll fail.

If you’re doing it from scratch, I’d recommend starting with a filesystem that has parity checks and filesystem scrubs built in: eg BTRFS or ZFS.

The benefit of something like BRTFS is that you can always add disks down the line and turn it into a RAID cluster with a couple commands.

Thing is: There’s nothing there

The only businesses I saw in those towns were a lunch counter, the prison, and a shop selling “souvenirs” made by prisoners. Without the prison, there goes 2/3 of your economy (well, probably a lot more than 2/3 unless you pull a serious lunch crowd). So now your town is just a lunch counter in the middle of the desert. If you’re lucky, maybe there’s a tourist attraction further down the highway bringing travelers who will keep your restaurant open.

I’ve been to those towns in AZ. The world would lose nothing if they went away.

I don’t see any similar outcry about places like Jerome that went to shit when their mines disappeared. Of course, in those cases, the only people hurt were the mine workers.

Did you replace your SATA cable when you installed the new SSD? Maybe the failure is there.

It’s similar only in that it’s about a “Great man” remaking a society in collapse.

Really none of the themes are there. Nor is there any journey of discovery to understand who Caesar is, like you get in Atlas Shrugged where other characters learn who John Galt is.

Galt is “Self interest and belief in my vision will make society better”. Caesar is “McGuffin building materials and belief in my vision will make society better”. For all its flaws, one is at least a political statement, while the other is milquetoast hopium.

This movie is so hard to talk about, because the question is: “What is it even about?”

I like movies with abstract themes and strange storytelling, but this was just incomprehensible. Its plot revolves around the machinations of rich men to control the future of their city “New Rome”, but the plot is kinda meaningless. There’s never any real threat to Caesar’s goal. Just plot events that could be obstacles but then are immediately resolved/neutered. Ok, fine! Surely then it’s an art-house piece with a deep message? The plot points must be there for the sake of a larger theme. I was waiting for everything to add up in the finale, but it just ends up with Caesar delivering a speech filled with platitudes so bland that I thought it was a joke. Then the credits rolled and the 2 of the other 5 people in the theater with me started laughing.

Yep, the problem was that docker started before the NFS mount. Adding the dependency to my systemd docker unit did the trick!

The unfinished basement is the only interior photo with warm, inviting colors