Just solved an issue with transcoding where I had to delete the codec. It redownloads on server launch so was an easy fix.

How do you get better at playing the guitar without actually playing the guitar?

(edit): Point taken, but “playing the guitar” still wins by a mile

While I agree with others pointing out the oddity of a portable server in general: this sounds like a great use-case for a laptop.

Built-in battery, wifi you can broadcast out as a hotspot, and it even has a display/keyboard/mouse for troubleshooting!

An older laptop with the optical drive stripped out could have a 2.5” 5TB HDD in addition to the boot drive for some decent mobile storage.

The 2011 MacBooks were still Intel. Mine’s an i7.

I just recently did this test on an old MacBook Pro 2011 and installed Windows 10, Pop, and macOS in succession. Windows ran like ass and Pop and macOS ran about the same (fine). Settled on Pop for better Steam compatibility. Trust me, Windows is uniquely bad.

macOS is a UNIX OS and is far better than Windows on resource management.

Elon: “Amateurs”

Yep. I overwrote all my content and deleted my account, and the criminal enterprise known as Reddit violated COPPA by restoring it all, and now that the account is deleted, I can’t get back in to try again.

Also not great when you’re trying to explain something to a client.

Agreed, but here in CA where it’s legal, you can purchase it with lower levels of THC.

I’ve driven through almost every state, and Vermont was easily in the top-3. But I did go in August.

Neat. I wish more people would migrate to Mastodon. I’ve never been a big Twatter guy, but there’s a handful of people I’d like to see updates from who are trapped by their following there.

Look, I agree they suck, but video games being slightly worse isn’t the worst thing about the 21st century.

I think that scene was necessary. “Disposable people” was a powerful summary of the issue.

Curious what you think the issues with AP are. Other than the nature of the fediverse being confusing to new users (not sure which instance to sign up for, etc), I haven’t had any issues with it. I would like to see community syncing between instances for more seamless discovery, though.

The awesome computer game from the 90s?

Any recommendations for stretching your back? I got a pain that won’t quit and posture is only part of the issue.

True, but only if you have enough sets to build enough houses to liquidate the supply.

Why would you trust random people on lemmy over a basic resource like Wikipedia?