Blayd

@blayd@social.linux.pizza
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Show threadmcc5d ago
@ChateauErin They should design an AI that uses AI and then the AI can use the AI so the humans don't have to, and then the humans will be free to use computers and look at websites and such because we won't be busy dodging AI anymore. Meanwhile Microsoft will get paid twice as much, because the companies are paying them to run the AI and also the AI that uses the AI. Everyone wins.
BlaydJun 9
nixCraft 🐧Jun 8
btw version of Arch Linux 😂
BlaydMay 14
KaitoMay 13
cloud storage #memes
BlaydMay 9

Was a lil pricey but don't regret my @frameworkcomputer Laptop 13 purchase one bit. @dbrand Alpine skin was not the easiest to get on right but is very nice as well. Can't imagine myself buying something else. Fedora Workstation is the perfect pairing, just waiting for more widespread support for the NPU. Questions welcome!

#framework #linux #fedora #dbrand

BlaydApr 30
nixCraft 🐧Apr 30
I use Zip Bombs to Protect my #Linux and #Unix Server from AI and other stupid bots https://idiallo.com/blog/zipbomb-protection
I use Zip Bombs to Protect my Server

The majority of the traffic on the web is from bots. For the most part, these bots are used to discover new content. These are RSS Feed readers, search engines crawling your content, or nowadays AI bo

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BlaydApr 8
PerfectDarkApr 7
Typical #Pokemon I guess
BlaydApr 7
nixCraft 🐧Apr 6
😂
BlaydApr 6
PerfectDarkApr 6
BlaydMar 31
nixCraft 🐧Mar 30
#Linux vs. #Windows background disk I/O: Is this true?
BlaydMar 26
Mr. Funk E. DudeMar 26

Gonna start writing Fediverse Chick and Jon Mastodon romance novels.

"The Instance between them. "

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nixCraft 🐧Apr 6
😂
Show threadFratmApr 6
@nixCraft and when you don't agree with someone you can pistol whip 'em!
Show threadBlake LeonardApr 7
@Fratm @nixCraft

*gets shot*
*respawns*
That was rude. Anyway.
Show thread⁂ Jnk ∞Apr 6
@nixCraft jokes aside, my friends and I noticed a few weeks ago that we were launching minecraft with a local VC mod just to talk (just sitting and moving around) because discord sucks ass. Eventually, we moved to mumble. We thought we all had crappy wifi, but it was the fucking latency with discord servers, we all have 0-3ms even on low wifi signal. Fucking wild.
Show thread4bzApr 7
@jnk @nixCraft I wish I could convince my group to switch back to mumble.
Show thread⁂ Jnk ∞Apr 7

@4bz @nixCraft well I just kinda appealed to their gamer mentality of "Good big/small number on screen" and the fact that we all now can understand *that* one friend still on an old laptop with windows 7.

If your friend group lives on the same country it's good already, but we all live in the same city, discord had no chance to win the ping competition.

If only mumble had a webUI and/or didn't look exactly like it did 20 years ago it would 100% be the default VOIP app. Period.

Show threadIrenes (many)Apr 8

@jnk @4bz @nixCraft there's an interesting thing here though about how, like...

we've all kind of been tricked into chasing new things and not caring as much about reliable things

like, yes, if somebody wants to do a UI refresh on Mumble, go for it (as long as those of us who don't like things changing without warning can stick with the old one!)

but feeding that desire for newness does feel self-defeating... at least, feeding it as much as it has been

Show threadmarkApr 8
@ireneista @jnk @4bz @nixCraft we honor building, but not maintaining. If anything needs to be corrected, we tend to think a ground up rebuild is better than support and nuance
Show threadIrenes (many)Apr 8

@ATLeagle @jnk @4bz @nixCraft yes! the diligent, boring work is so much more vital than the dramatic stuff!

... most of the time, anyway. we're not saying progress is bad.

Show threadmarkApr 8
@ireneista @jnk @4bz @nixCraft progress isn't bad, and sometimes starting fresh is needed. Just not always, and not as a decision that only takes 2 seconds
Show threadIrenes (many)Apr 8
@ATLeagle @jnk @4bz @nixCraft yeah exactly
Show threadRApr 8

@ireneista @jnk @4bz @nixCraft the thing is, there _have_ been a lot of interesting new developments going on! the problem is that... the "desire for newness" is obfuscating and making it hard to talk about what these developments actually *are*

(oh we really need to get back to the experiment we were doing to try out native UI tooling)

Show thread⁂ Jnk ∞Apr 8

@ireneista
@4bz @nixCraft
Agreed! I would love to have another modern-looking client and/or webUI, not changing the current one. Actually, that "old software" reliability was one of the selling points to me over jitsi (which was also too overcomplicated for our use case), unfortunately the larger public seems to choose new shiny visuals over function every time.

A simple adwaita or, even better, a "gamer" style mumble client would make it a lot more attractive and accesible to new users (mostly younger ones).

Show threadAlex RockApr 9
@jnk @4bz @nixCraft I hosted Teamspeak servers long ago, it had great UI, features and low latency too. Good ol' days.
Show threadmasukomiApr 9
@jnk @4bz @nixCraft would it not be easier to convince people to switch to jitsi? https://jitsi.org I haven’t used it, but it seems to look nice and I don’t see why you couldn’t use it for audio only
Free Video Conferencing Software for Web & Mobile | Jitsi

Learn more about Jitsi, a free open-source video conferencing software for web & mobile. Make a call, launch on your own servers, integrate into your app, and more.

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Show thread4bzApr 9

@masukomi @jnk @nixCraft I've been contemplating starting a jiti container for a bit now.

But sadly I think we're just stuck with Discord ever since they integrated Roll20 into it

Show threadmasukomiApr 9
@4bz @jnk @nixCraft come to Foundry VTT. We have alllllllll the cool plugins and nifty widgets ;)
Show thread4bzApr 9

@masukomi
Go onnnnnnnn

@jnk @nixCraft

Show threadmasukomiApr 9

@4bz @jnk @nixCraft

I am ridiculously impressed with it. BUT
With zero plug-ins it is pretty bare bones and doesn’t compete spectacularly against anything.

However, there is almost always a plug in to add whatever tracker or widget you want for your particular game, as well as support for an absolute boatload of TTRPG’s.

1/?

Show threadmasukomiApr 9

@4bz @jnk @nixCraft I, like many others, watched a bunch of YouTube videos of people showing off awesome things they’ve done and what plug-ins they used to do it.

So you spend time upfront researching, but you end up with a tool that can accommodate the way your players brains work. Find plug-ins that will make it trivial for them to do the things they have trouble with.

Also, there is a really cheap hosting service so you don’t have to host from your personal computer

Show thread⁂ Jnk ∞Apr 9

@masukomi well maybe I'm too dumb, but the server setup looked overcomplicated af. It included 3 docker containers minimum (including a mandatory full xmpp server for some reason), which didn't work out of the box. After a couple afternoons without progress, I discovered and installed mumble in less than 15min, so I rolled with that.

I'll probably give it another try in the future for the extra features, but for now I'm happy with mumble's simplicity.

Show threadmasukomiApr 9
@jnk I have not tried to set up an instance myself yet. I am surprised to hear that it isn’t just one docker container because bundling everything up into one container you can easily deploy is kind of the whole point of docker so why wouldn’t they do that? but whatever… not my project 😉
Show threadtyilApr 7
@jnk #Mumble has been great since long before #Discord came to be, and I'm guessing it'll still be a better VC solution when Discord popularity wanes due to enshittification.
Show threadhonzeApr 7
@nixCraft As web3 was pushed at golf courses and they did not understand that they had invented Minecraft without mining and crafting.
Show threadRev. Nogard_DApr 7

@nixCraft

See, you say this as a joke/meme, but this is totally something I could see my team doing, lol

Show threadSirWumpus 👾🍁Apr 7
@nixCraft Love o see the CEO or project manager join those fire side chats.
Show threadMark T. TomczakApr 7
@nixCraft Meta execs looking at this post, foaming-at-the-mouth furious ;)
Show threadFirstFishApr 7
@mark @nixCraft
Make it so!
Show threadAndrewApr 7
@nixCraft A friend works at VRchat. His job interview, and all their internal meetings are in VRchat.
Show threadBlake LeonardApr 7
@puck @nixCraft I'd be disappointed if they DIDN'T. Especially the interview. Make sure they know/understand what they'll be working on, for one, but also, come ON
Show threadAndrewApr 8
@blake @nixCraft yup, agreed!
Show threadDavid J. AtkinsonApr 7
@nixCraft Sounds great. I have participated in meetings in Second Life. I much prefer it (or any other MMPOG) to typical videocons
Show threadJonathanApr 7
@nixCraft contribute to the camp expenses please
Show threadNicholas DomanicoApr 7
@nixCraft Aso try Minecraft. Then you can build whatever conference room you want
Show threadChuckApr 7
@nixCraft There ya go! Brand new rdo content! (Sort of).
Show threadThis Account Kills FascistsApr 7
@nixCraft suggesting this for NASA lol
Show threadEmoryApr 7
@nixCraft @HumanServitor i have a meta quest hat and i swear to g-d if any rube showed up in a meeting in those sixshooter-lacking avatars i'd laugh them all the way back to NEW YORK CITY
Show threadFirstFishApr 7
@nixCraft
Our online university had a special hall built for us in LOTRO for lectures in game, we use it every week for free public content. But also use it in other circles for exec. meetings and crafting gatherings, and book clubs, and such. MMORPGs are perfect for distributed workforces.
Show threadResistanzkiApr 7
@nixCraft
as a CEO, I have several comfy meeting rooms in Los Santos. Feel free to have a conversation meeting there. Dedicated instance ofc 😎
Show threadBarbara SliwinskaApr 7
@nixCraft just remind 'second life' has even special places dedicated for meeting like that; not mention there are plenty other pretty places where is quiet friendly atmosphere for talking 🙃
Show threadBlake LeonardApr 7
@Barbara_Sliwinska @nixCraft Also VRChat, and an honorable mention to Minecraft
Show threadAndrea, Woman of LettersApr 7

@nixCraft

i remember having business meetings in Second Life. It was fun the first couple of times.

Show threadShell Apr 7
@nixCraft Genuinely brilliant
Show threaditthinxApr 7
@nixCraft OMG we could totally do that 😲
Show threadpatterApr 7
@nixCraft meeting adjourned by "passing rando shooting up the camp"
Show threadMillyApr 7
@nixCraft "Today our meeting will be in Soulframe, as the the project leader is in need of an extra dose of calming bird sounds since the last customer call was... the usual train wreck."
Show threadChris L-W👻🚫Apr 7
@nixCraft even if this is a joke, can't say it is a bad idea
Show threadc401mh3Apr 7
@nixCraft I'd love to do this in GTA Online, but Rockstar basically chose to fuck over Linux users.
Show threadjakob.pxiApr 7
@nixCraft unironically full circle to meeting with mom in a M.U.D. on the early web when abroad.
Show threadJax UKApr 7

@nixCraft

Studying virtual reality as part of my IT degree with the open university back in 2009, we attended lectures at an open uni building in second life 😂

As a remote worker I would love it if some of our meetings were held in an mmo setting 🥳

Show threadRyek DarkenerApr 7

@nixCraft

Could be worse.