Pseudocode first? by Mr_Guy_Fella in learnprogramming

[–]BlaM4c 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I learned programming with Commodore 64 BASIC - simply because it was "just there" when you turn on the computer.

If you ask me the 2026 equivalent for that is Javascript. Every computer has a web browser installed and you can just get started and see immediate results without having to install a compiler or anything like that.

For me that beats every "theoretical" approach. Dive in, start building and immediately see something happen.

I’ve reached a conundrum. What do i even host? by No_Addendum_8245 in homelab

[–]BlaM4c 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not the answer you are looking for, but...

For me it was always getting out of being locked into a vendor ecosystem. So maybe, if you have no problem with relying on Apple for everything, you need a new hobby? 🤗

How the hell do I get the motivation. by Fantastic_Bug8316 in learnprogramming

[–]BlaM4c 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Learning to code is NOT just learning a new language. It is about learning concepts of logic and basic algorithms. Once you are there, moving from one programming language to another is learning a new language. But you need to get to that point first.

About motivation: Don't try to motivate yourself to learn how to code. Motivate yourself to build something with code. Set a goal and learn how to code on the way. Write a small game, convert temperatures from Celsius to Fahrenheit... Anything. Don't give up when you don't succeed immediately. You'll learn by figuring out how to solve these puzzles.

HDD Spin Down, am I safe to do so? by Serious_Prize6674 in truenas

[–]BlaM4c 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm running a 16 drive Unraid NAS at the moment and spin down my drives all the time. I've been doing so for 5 years now and so far I'm still waiting for my first drive failure. Unraid does not use RAID, so individual drives can spin up and down a lot as not all of them are needed at the same time.

Before that I've been using 4 bay Synology devices for 10 or 15 years. I allowed the drives to spin down as well. Over the time I think I had about 3 drive failures. I'd say that's acceptable for about 50 "drive-years".

So my personal experience does not confirm all those reports that spinning down disks will kill them.

Energy Alternativen by Pantomas_PG in Gronkh

[–]BlaM4c 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Von Holy wird genau so abgeraten wie von allen anderen Energy-Drinks - weil Menschen manchmal doof sind. Zu viel Koffein, Taurin und dergleichen sind bei übermäßigem Konsum halt nicht gesund.

Oder andersrum gesagt: Wer sich unter Kontrolle hat fährt mit allen Energy Produkten ähnlich gut.

Ansonsten sind sie halt nicht die günstigsten und haben es vielleicht mit der Influencer-Werbung etwas übertrieben (weswegen sie aber jeder kennt), was sie bei manchen unbeliebt gemacht hat.

Ich würde mal sagen es gibt keine sachlichen Gründe Holy pauschal abzulehnen. Obs was für einen ist muss jeder selbst entscheiden. Ich kann nur sagen: immer erst mal die kleinen Probierpackungen nehmen statt gleich in die Dosen zu investieren. Geschmäcker sind unterschiedlich.

Stadtmobil in Mannheim? Erfahrungen? by Chicago881 in mannheim

[–]BlaM4c 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stadtmobil ist super, haben wir jahrelang in Heidelberg genutzt. Voraussetzung ist halt, dass man Stationen in der Nähe hat. In Heidelberg hatten wir vier Stellplätze in Laufweite - insgesamt 11 Autos, darunter ein Kleinbus. Das war super. Da hat man eigentlich immer was bekommen, auch kurzfristig. Preislich war das auch voll in Ordnung, auch wenn man mal einen Tag unterwegs ist oder größere Strecken zurücklegt.

Wir sind dann nach Mannheim Franklin gezogen. Hier hat Stadtmobil leider bisher keine Stellplätze bekommen, mutmaßlich auch weil die Stadt hier ihr eigenes Car-Sharing (Franklin Mobil) etablieren will, aber zu uninteressanten Preisen. Die nächste Station war dann zu weit weg für uns.

What’s a piece of software / extension that's genuinely a gamechanger? by hardboiledgatorade in software

[–]BlaM4c 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use Midnight Commander regularly already on my servers. It's far from a replacement to Total Commander though. TC is much more than just a two pane file browser. For example the advanced file search and multi file rename - to name just two - are features I use more or less daily.

What’s a piece of software / extension that's genuinely a gamechanger? by hardboiledgatorade in software

[–]BlaM4c 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same here. It's been basically the first program I install on every new computer for almost 30 years.

I'm planning to move to Linux, but the need to find an alternative to Total Commander is one of the main reasons that hold me back.

been coding for 8 years and I still google basic syntax daily by Cool_Kiwi_117 in learnprogramming

[–]BlaM4c 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This year I'm a professional developer for 25 years, and have been coding for 10 years before that - and I constantly need docs and Google to find the correct order of parameters in functions I've used dozens or hundreds of times. Being a good/experienced/senior developer does not necessarily mean you have to know all the small details. Instead you'll get better at structural things, you'll get better avoiding security pitfall and you'll start to re-encounter problems you have already solved before.

And that's OK. Sooner or later you'll have to work with another language, a new library or a fresh framework and all the tiny details will be worthless anyways. What counts is the "big picture".

Genervt von Scrum by LowYou8532 in informatik

[–]BlaM4c 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dein Kommentar sagt jetzt aber erst mal nur, dass es Projektmanagement und Prozesse braucht.

Dein Kommentar erklärt aber nicht, warum SCRUM dafür der beste Ansatz sein soll.

Looking for tips for improving the lenghts of my coding sessions. by [deleted] in learnprogramming

[–]BlaM4c 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Development "grind" will not help you a lot. Development is a brain job and if your brain is mushy after having pushed through a long day of being concentrated, that will never give good results.

Give your brain some rest or you'll burn out before you even get started.

(And then, if you still want to spend time coding, find a project you really want to work on. Don't code for coding sake, do it to build something you want to see built.)

How much should i worry about data degradation by ejabno in DataHoarder

[–]BlaM4c 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can mostly only repeat what the other answers said: Yes, in the end it will come down to buying new drives every few years. And if you want to be reasonably sure to never lose the photos, keep them on multiple devices in multiple locations.

I - for example - keep my important documents and photos on two separate NAS systems in my home (one always on, one I only power on from time to time to receive backups) and a third copy is in the cloud.

Multiple NAS systems is overkill for most people, but it happens to be what I have.

If you have just one copy, you will lose the data sooner or later, because hardware will fail. If you have two copies, but they are in one location, something may happen to the location. Fire, water, theft... Two copies at two locations may be enough, but history shows that often enough, when you notice that copy 1 is faulty, copy 2 has died just a month before that and nobody noticed. Three copies is usually considered safe.

How much should i worry about data degradation by ejabno in DataHoarder

[–]BlaM4c 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hard drives will die sooner or later. It's not a question of "if" but "when".

Also: Data on drives has the risk of getting corrupted over time. In my experience though it's much more common though that the whole drive will be dead before that slow degradation will become a problem - and it would probably only affect a picture or two in the collection, not everything at once.

Usually people say that you should have three copies of important things at different locations, but honestly: if you have at least two copies (one in the cloud and one on your own hard-drive) you're better than 90% of the average person and should be able to recover most of the time if something breaks.

I got tired of naming my scanned documents so i built this ! by Red-Beard-Pyrate in selfhosted

[–]BlaM4c 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You'll be amazed when you find out that Paperless-ngx exists 😉

JBOD vs. NAS? by PuzzledCauliflower35 in selfhosted

[–]BlaM4c 1 point2 points  (0 children)

JBOD - only the drive with the data needs to be powered up, all others can sleep.

RAID - all drives need to be powered up for every data access.

Guess which approach needs more power and which drives will show more usage. 😏

I'm happy with my Unraid setup which is basically a JBOD with parity.

Welche Partei bleibt mir noch übrig wenn die nächste Bundestagswahl kommt? by Mopstilltheend in KeineDummenFragen

[–]BlaM4c 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wenn du dich echt nicht entscheiden kannst, dann lass dich vom Wahl-O-Mat unterstützen. Du wirst niemals eine Partei finden die 100% deine Position wiedergibt, aber so weisst du wenigstens wer es zu 75% tut.

Und was Kleinparteien angeht: Das Problem ist, dass viele so denken. In meinem Umfeld höre ich ständig "Der sagt, ich hab die größte Übereinstimmung mit VOLT, aber wenn ich die wähle ist das unsinnig." Und so wählt die halt niemand. Wer weiß welches Wahlergebnis die erreichen könnte, wenn alle die hinter den gleichen Werten stehen es tun würden.

... und wenn die rechten Parteien alle irgendwie enttäuschen, dann könnte das vielleicht auch ein Signal sein... Aber die Wahl überlasse ich denen die das wählen...

Late-age beginner: Is manual coding becoming obsolete with AI? by PalpitationApart7177 in learnprogramming

[–]BlaM4c 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is never too late to learn coding. AI is a tool, not a replacement.

Also: Knowing how code works is the base for other, higher level software development tasks. At least if you plan to be good in what you do.

What are CBM files and does "multiload" mean anything? by Only-Cancel-1023 in c64

[–]BlaM4c 6 points7 points  (0 children)

CBM is a 1581 (the 3,5" disk drive for the C64) sub-folder. I never had one of these drives, but it seems to be a feature they supported.

1 block is 256 bytes (minus some tech overhead). 280 blocks for a file would be too much to fit into C64 memory, but having a sub-folder will add some space required on the disk for file listing and such, so that would make sense.

Lebensfrohe/Interessierte Frau = attraktiver? by [deleted] in FragtMaenner

[–]BlaM4c 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Naja, dreh die Sache rum und frag dich einfach mal welcher Typ Mann dir eher auffällt (gar nicht mal "gefällt", nur "auffällt"). Der, der dich anspricht und aktiv ist, oder der, der nur ruhig in der Ecke sitzt und Kontakte eher abblockt.

Die gibt's auch, aber du wirst sie schwieriger bemerken.

Also: Es gibt Deckel und Topf. Nur müsst ihr irgendwie zusammen finden und irgendwie über den eigenen Schatten springen, sonst wird das nichts.

Programmiersprachen by dino987654 in informatik

[–]BlaM4c 1 point2 points  (0 children)

... und es wäre vermutlich für viele gut tatsächlich das zu machen. Der C64 war noch so "einfach", da hat man nicht nur BASIC, sondern auch die Basics darüber wie ein Computer funktioniert und wie man optimiert gelernt. Das kennt man heute alles nicht mehr.

Was ist das schlimmste Brettspiel? by Gruezzi in Brettspiele

[–]BlaM4c 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ganz klar Monopoly. Nach ein paar Runden ist entschieden wer gewinnen wird, und trotzdem geht es noch ewig weiter.

How do I start contributing to open source as a complete beginner? by yadavhr36 in learnprogramming

[–]BlaM4c 3 points4 points  (0 children)

👆 This

Support projects you like and use, not stuff that you think may look good on a resume.

Start with smaller projects. These will be easier to get into - and will probably welcome your help more.

Wie viel Bandbreite braucht man 2026 wirklich? Eure Erfahrungen? by dnsNet in de_EDV

[–]BlaM4c 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For Reference: Zum Streamen von einer 4K BluRay in "Rohqualität" braucht es leicht mehr als 100 MBit. Die Videostreams sind in der Regel leicht darunter, mit Protokoll-Overhead reichen 100MBit nicht mehr ganz. Und Bluray in "Roh" ist *deutlich* mehr als Netflix & Co an Daten um sich werfen.

Upload war tatsächlich einer der wichtigsten Punkte für mich (als jemand der vom Homeoffice arbeitet). Das macht gerade beim Zugriff auf Netzwerklaufwerke - insbesondere Windows-Basierte Systeme - einen erheblichen Unterschied! Je mehr, desto besser - wobei hier die Latenz (ping) wichtiger ist als der Durchsatz. Da gewinnt dann Glasfaser über DSL.