[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 90 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Relevant xkcd:

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 121 points 2 months ago

Fuck YouTube, sure, but holy shit fuck any useless dipshit who plays music off YouTube as part of a public performance, especially a goddamn funeral. That's disgusting. Utter incompetence and charlatanism to make that kind of lazy half-assed decision in that kind of situation.

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 54 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

"You shouldn't be sad while others have it worse."

Therefore,

"You shouldn't be happy while others have it better."

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 202 points 5 months ago

Man, wait until these people hear about the filesystem and kernel.

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submitted 5 months ago by rmuk@feddit.uk to c/hydrohomies@lemmy.ml

These water fountains flow constantly with fresh drinking water for anyone to use and they are everywhere in Rome. Covering the spout with your finger forces the water out a hole on top, creating a arch of water at perfect 𝓼𝓵𝓾𝓻𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓰 height. The Romans were/are with us.

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 87 points 6 months ago

Lots of people shitting on Microsoft on this thread ignoring that it's not Microsoft who charge for a codec and that Microsoft promote a royalty-free HEVC competitor called AV1.

Guaranteed this video file is from an Apple device, where patent-encumbered HEVC is the default recording format.

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 57 points 6 months ago

Bad UX is bad UX. Regardless of how drunk, high, thick, distracted, restricted, whatever, a person is, any UI that is 1% more awkward, counterintuitive or demanding than is needs to be is that much more awkward, counterintuitive or demanding for everybody that uses it. And when the user is also trying to drive a fucking car that becomes dangerous.

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submitted 7 months ago by rmuk@feddit.uk to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

Does anyone know a way of calculating the amount of heating I need to maintain an average temperature in terms of kWh of heating per 24 hours? Ideally one taking into account weather conditions.

I have a pretty big Home Assistant setup which includes switches for individually controlling all the (electric) heaters in my home. I'm also using an electricity supplier that changes the amount they charge every 30 minutes to reflect supply and demand. Given these rates are published at least 24 hours in advance I can currently choose a number of hours to run the heaters per day and have an automation automatically select the cheapest periods. I'm paying less per kWh for heating than I would if I was using a gas boiler. Plus, it's all from renewables, so working out that number of hours is the next step.

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 81 points 9 months ago

"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." - Feddit.UK

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 118 points 10 months ago

MacOS: "The world came into existence fully formed ten years ago so it would be silly to even try running software older than that."

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 57 points 10 months ago

This is almost certainly the case.

BUT

If I were an admissions officer and got an application like the one hinted at I'd probably put the time into a rejection like this since it's clearly what the sender was really after. I mean, it's clear fake, but I kind of wish it wasn't

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 78 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Theory: they know. They know we're in trouble, that we need to take action, that we can fix the problems. They know that they're wrong and that they're making things worse, but they don't care about being right or making the word better, they only care about winning. To change is to admit defeat and, therefore, lose, so the only way to win is to make sure that your opponents lose too.

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 140 points 1 year ago

Outsourced IT provider here:

90% of businesses have basically zero IT security. Leaked passwords in regular use and no process or verification for password resets. As soon as someone complains that 2FA or password rotation is difficult it gets dropped. Virtually all company data is stored on USB keys, plaintext hard drives and on staff's personal home devices.

The reason they're not constantly having their data stolen is because no-one cares about the companies either.

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 55 points 1 year ago

When you're supporting ten thousand machines on four continents and confirming to twenty different data protection doctrines the last thing you need is some neckbeard rocking up demanding to store data in their unauditable homebrew fork of Haiku or some shit.

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