IcedRaktajino

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[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I legit enjoyed the first two seasons of AHS and then whatever season "Cult" was, but otherwise it's become something of a guilty pleasure.

Genuinely cannot believe Lange is coming back. From what I remember reading, she was done with it and it took a lot of cajoling to get her to even cameo in season 8.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

To me it is the ultimate gamble with one's own thought autonomy, and an abandonment of truth in favor of false comfort.

So, like church? lol

No wonder there's so much worrying overlap between religion and AI.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)
  • Moving the entire current site to a new host.
  • Relaunching as a new instance under a new domain, potentially on dedicated hardware.

Any reason not to combine those options? i.e. Keep the domain and instance and just move the database and services to dedicated hardware? That would provide the most seamless transition for all (local and federated users).

Good. Now let's not over-prescribe it to pushy patients suffering from the common cold.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

I'm about that same age but am so glad we've largely abandoned the "www" for websites.

On my personal project website, I have a custom listener setup to redirect people to "aarp.org" if they enter it with "www" instead of just the base domain. 😆

server {
    listen              443 ssl;
    http2		        on;
    server_name         www.mydomain.xyz;

    ssl_certificate     /etc/letsencrypt/live/mydomain.xyz/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/mydomain.xyz/privkey.pem;
    ssl_dhparam         /etc/nginx/conf.d/tls/shared/dhparam.pem;
    ssl_protocols       TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
    ssl_session_cache   shared:SSL:10m;
    ssl_session_timeout 15m;
  
    ...
    
    location ~* {
      return 301 https://aarp.org/;
    }
}
[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The only one I didn't hate was the jingle:

🎵 "F-R-E-E that spells "free"
credit report dot com, baby". 🎵

😆

Yeah, but they should take that pissing contest out of the UX.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (10 children)

I was an adult during that time, and I don't recall it being anywhere near as annoying. Well, except the TV and radio adverts spelling at you like "...or visit our website at double-you double-you double-you dot Company dot com. Again, that's double-you double-you double-you dot C-O-M-P-A-N-Y dot com."

YMMV, but it didn't get annoying until apps entered the picture and the only way to deal with certain companies was through their app. That, of if they did offer comparable capabilities on their website but kept a persistent banner pushing you toward their app.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 60 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

The baguette cushioned his fall and the striped shirt scared away any predators. The beret was just a beret, though. Even if you've fallen down a 130ft ravine that's no excuse to look dowdy.

(None of this is true...probably)

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

My X1 Carbon does now. But it used to drain to empty after a day or two even if it was turned all the way off. Drove me crazy.

The problem ended up being the always-on USB setting in the BIOS. For some reason, even with nothing connected, that would drain the battery until it was completely flat. Once I turned that off, it'll sleep for weeks like you said.

OP, maybe check the BIOS settings for "Always on USB" or similar and disable that?

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Mine are metal brackets with tempered glass shelves. So I guess it could be worse lol.

Still, the only reason I have a Samsung fridge at all is because it came with the house.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 13 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I would hope so.

Though since it's a Samsung fridge, an expensive, difficult to access control board will break down on its own eventually. Source: Own a Samsung (non-smart) fridge and have replaced an expensive, difficult to access control board despite knowing I should probably just get a different brand.

 

+1 for never updating my extensions if they work.

Was setting up a new dev environment today, and Thunder Client ~~is~~ WAS my go-to for doing API testing. Now the free version is no longer compatible with VSCodium OR code-server. And on top of that, they've shoved in AI where it was neither needed nor wanted.

So, can anyone recommend an alternative to Thunder Client? Basically just need a way to do GET/POST tests through code-server / VSCodium. Preference is for something that works in code-server since I use that for just about everything since I'm constantly moving between devices.

For now, I've just copied the 2+ year old version from my old dev environment to my new setup, but that's just a temporary measure.

 

The latest must-have accessory is a "stop-scrolling bag" -- a tote packed with analog activities like watercolors and crossword puzzles. We spend hours glued to our screens. "Analog bags," as they're also called, are one way millennials and Gen Zers are reclaiming that time. "I basically just put everything I could grab for instead of my phone into a bag," including knitting, a scrapbook and a Polaroid camera, says Sierra Campbell, the content creator behind the trend.

The 31-year-old keeps one bag at home in Northern California, carrying it from room to room, and another in her car. The trend has quickly spread on social media, part of a bigger shift to unplug. Roughly 1,600 TikTok posts were tagged #AnalogLife during the first nine months of 2025 -- up over 330% from the same period last year, according to TikTok data shared with Axios.

"It speaks to an incredible desperation and desire for experiences that return our attention to us, that fight brain-rotting, that are tactile ... that involve creating over scrolling," says Beth McGroarty, vice president of research at the Global Wellness Institute.

 

One in six laboratory-confirmed bacteria tested in 2023 proved resistant to antibiotic treatment, according to the World Health Organization. All were related to various common diseases.

The proliferation of difficult-to-treat bacterial diseases represents a growing threat, according to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Global Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance Report. The report reveals that, between 2018 and 2023, antibiotic resistance increased by more than 40 percent in monitored pathogen-drug combinations, with an average annual increase of 5-15 percent.

 

An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC

New research coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC has found that AI assistants -- already a daily information gateway for millions of people -- routinely misrepresent news content no matter which language, territory, or AI platform is tested. The intensive international study of unprecedented scope and scale was launched at the EBU News Assembly, in Naples. Involving 22 public service media (PSM) organizations in 18 countries working in 14 languages, it identified multiple systemic issues across four leading AI tools. Professional journalists from participating PSM evaluated more than 3,000 responses from ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and Perplexity against key criteria, including accuracy, sourcing, distinguishing opinion from fact, and providing context.

Key findings:

  • 45% of all AI answers had at least one significant issue.
  • 31% of responses showed serious sourcing problems - missing, misleading, or incorrect attributions.
  • 20% contained major accuracy issues, including hallucinated details and outdated information.
  • Gemini performed worst with significant issues in 76% of responses, more than double the other assistants, largely due to its poor sourcing performance.
  • Comparison between the BBC's results earlier this year and this study show some improvements but still high levels of errors.
 

Was watching an old episode of Mama's Family the other day and this was mentioned. I had no idea what it was, so I landed here. Probably gonna give this a try sometime this week because it looks amazing. I also don't see casseroles very often anymore.

 

Solved. Thank you @sandbo00@feddit.org . It's an MHF4 connector. Will leave the post up for future people with the same question.

I've been playing around with an Orange Pi Zero 2W the last week. When I finally got the point of putting a case together, I was going to replace the little whip with a U.FL->SMA cable for an external antenna. However, the U.FL connector is too large for this.

This connector is the same form factor as U.FL but about half the size.

Is micro U.FL a thing? My Google-fu is failing me, the acronym stew is thick here, and I'd really like to wrap up this project with a nice external antenna. OrangePi hasn't been helpful - they just call it "Wifi + BT Antenna connector" like that explains it all lol

 

 

You give it a weigh, give it a weigh, give it a weigh now.

 

The DVD screensaver was perfect: unobtrusive and did what it was supposed to do: prevent your CRT screen from burning-in an image. On top of that, it gave you something to look forward to when it would perfectly hit a corner (which some people thought was a myth; sadly the GIF version does not).

Now, any screen in your home is fair game for intrusive ads. Why make something simple, elegant, functional, and unobtrusive when that otherwise idle (or even in-use!) screen can be crammed with ads.

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