MNByChoice

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HOA fines man over handing out water in heat in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 2 points 1 hour ago

I appreciate your comment.

I dislike administrative issues on votes being called out by the board after the vote takes place. When administrative issues are noted after the vote, it looks like the board is trying to subvert the membership.

I self hosted a World of Warcraft server. in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 1 points 1 hour ago

Great to know. I don't know if 106% of CPU is good or bad, but it is not what I had anticipated. Thank you!

Starting Projects in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

I enjoy that "reading the book" and "taking a practice exam" were not listed as activities done. :)

Starting Projects in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 1 day ago

I am convinced the entire actual point of college is to test "ability to finish a project". A Bachelor's degree is a four year project. A Master's degree is an additional two year project. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is an additional five to eight year project. (Do remember that a Master's is not needed for a PhD.)

This is not a judgement on the many reasons for stopping.

"Source code file" in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 5 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Might be chaff for AI training.
Just upvote the crazies and move on. Something something Sarah Connor.

I self hosted a World of Warcraft server. in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 10 points 1 day ago (7 children)

While I have heard of people doing this a decade, I have never looked into it.

How was the install and setup process? How is the resource consumption of the server? At one point it seemed one had to supply their own quests. Are there open source quests available? Anything cool I didn’t ask about?

I self hosted a World of Warcraft server. in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
HOA fines man over handing out water in heat in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 58 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Oh, that will go well. Piss off people and make their vote not count. The people that know where you live and can see your front door...

Today, the Mexican Government introduced its new chocolate bar, priced at less than $1USD. Made of 50% cocoa, powdered milk, vanilla. No refined sugar, no artificial flavourings. in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 20 points 1 day ago

they have aggressively tackled obesity in recent years

Actually doing something? Good on them!

Today, the Mexican Government introduced its new chocolate bar, priced at less than $1USD. Made of 50% cocoa, powdered milk, vanilla. No refined sugar, no artificial flavourings. in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 1 day ago (4 children)

With a chocolate bar? I see it has less refined sugar, but it could still have the same amount of sugar.

Ready for Friday night in c/humor@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 4 points 1 day ago

Not the "getting laid" vibe.

Kash Patel Is Polygraphing FBI Staff to Find Out if They’re Being Mean About Him in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 15 points 1 day ago

Good thing the system already selects for people that can pass polygraphs without much issue.
It is also junk technology.

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Federal immigration agents blockade Camarillo farm, clash with demonstrators (www.vcstar.com)
 

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First three paragraphs, article is longer:

Federal immigration agents descended on a farm outside of Camarillo on July 10, blocking off a road outside the facility and clashing with protesters.

Reports flooded social media in the morning of federal agents arriving at a Glass House Farms facility at 645 Laguna Road. Video posted by 805 Immigrant Coalition, a group that tracks Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity, showed men in tactical gear blocking off a roadway.

The raid marked one of Ventura County's largest since the Trump administration has ratcheted up its deportation efforts across the state and country. Days earlier, a large caravan of military vehicles drove through Los Angeles' MacArthur Park, sparking outrage from politicians.

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One Solution for Jellyfin Library Scan Hangs - No Errors Logged, CPU Idle (midwest.social)
 

Hoping this helps someone in the future... (Likely myself when I forget all of this and reinstall.)

Setup: "OS install" of Jellyfin on Debian with package 10.10.7+deb11. Videos hosted on a FreeBSD and mounted with NFSv3.

When scanning libraries to find new videos, either the scan pauses midway through indefinitely, or completes quickly. CPUs are idle, several Jellyfin processes in state "D". No information logged in Jellyfin logs. One error in dmesg note about nfs lock files (one every few hours).

Can partly diagnose with these commands from https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/freebsd-v14-1-release-p3-nfsv3-no-lock-available.94531/ and user "tanis":

touch /data/test/myfile
# obtain nfs lock from FreeBSD client
lockf /data/test/myfile true && echo ok || echo nok
# obtain nfs lock from Linux client
flock /data/test/myfile true && echo ok || echo nok

If the flock hangs, then the fix is to disable NFS locking. Add "nolock" to the NFS mount options.

After remounting and starting the scan, the Jellyfin processes should produce a lot of CPU load and network traffic.

Discussion: Why did the scan work completely for one and only one folder? I suspect ffprobe was not invoked for the successful run, but my other folders have home movies and are not easily detected.

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Are there Designs for Kiddie Pool Water Filters? (midwest.social)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by MNByChoice@midwest.social to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
9 comments fedilink
 

Is there a tested way to keep water from a very small pool safe week to week? Think of the ~20 cm deep hard plastic ones meant for children.

I can water the plants, but I would like to reuse the water all summer. I imagine a closed cycle container with a filter, pump, and chlorine in a 50 gal drum. While I could devise my own, it seems best not to.

Thanks!

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Democratic state politician and husband shot dead in targeted attack, Minnesota officials say (www.bbc.com)
 

Posting as site has timeline of updates, which makes it easier to track updates.

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What is this Taco Don thing? (midwest.social)
 

What is this Taco Don I keep hearing about? Is this a play on Taco John's(restaurant)?

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Trump’s tariffs weigh heavy on truckers as overseas shipments sink (minnesotareformer.com)
 

Archive Today

There are more than 56,000 semi-truck drivers and another 18,000 light truck drivers in Minnesota, according to the state Department of Employment and Economic Development, meaning widespread layoffs and reductions in income could ripple throughout the greater economy.

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St. Paul, Minnesota Wild scale back plans for Xcel Energy Center revamp to $488M (bringmethenews.com)
 

What's more, the city and team are drastically reducing their request for state funding, down from the $394.6 million suggested in March to just $50 million in Thursday's proposal.

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MN Republicans introduce vaccine criminalization bill drafted by Florida hypnotist (minnesotareformer.com)
 

The Minnesota Republicans sponsoring the bill include Shane Mekeland (Clear Lake), Krista Knudsen (Lake Shore), Assistant GOP Floor Leader Walter Hudson (Albertville), Jeff Dotseth (Silver Township), Tom Murphy (Underwood), Pam Altendorf (Red Wing), Keith Allen (Kenyon), and Deputy Speaker Pro Tempore Isaac Schultz (Elmdale). Several have also sponsored a marginally less extreme bill (HF 3152) that would make administering mRNA vaccines a misdemeanor subject to a $500 penalty.

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Detailed guides on siding? (midwest.social)
 

My house was resided, and my city doesn't do inspections. I have concerns about workmanship.

I don't know the terms for the parts to look up everything individually.

Are there any good guides to installing metal siding.

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Federal cuts threaten to close Pennsylvania lab that certifies N95s and other respirators in June (penncapital-star.com)
 

The Pa. laboratory that certifies all of the country’s NIOSH-approved respirators is on the chopping block. HHS is stonewalling employees who raise questions.

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Amid economic uncertainty and boycotts, Target foot traffic has dropped two months in a row (Bring Me The News) (bringmethenews.com)
 

Boycott of Target is making an impact on Target's numbers.

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What products should be produced locally? (midwest.social)
 

I am looking for ideas on what products should be produced locally. Not things that your area can do sn awesome job at and export. Rather things that should be locally produced near everyone.

Feel free to define "locally" as you wish. I am thinking with 5 miles, but with 200 is also good.

Please include your reasoning. Everything from shipping costs, to ownership "punch-ability" are great.

I will kick things off in the comments.

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