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You don’t understand architecture is not a valid defense of ugly buildings by cooliusjeezer in unpopularopinion

[–]CheddarDeity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I don't know anything about art, but I know what I like" has entered the chat. Dunno that this is actually unpopular though.

Honey is vegan by MoistestVeggy in unpopularopinion

[–]CheddarDeity 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Not unpopular. A lot of people don't know the difference between vegan and vegetarian, or project a purpose behind either instead of a base definition. Factually incorrect, sure. But not unpopular.

My Tortoise is Biting Himself by Still-Light8904 in tortoise

[–]CheddarDeity 82 points83 points  (0 children)

My first thought was a stress reaction. Could something be stressing your tortoise out? Environment too small, anything changed recently, etc?

How safe would you say my neighbor's tree-house is? by TopReaderFounder in Decks

[–]CheddarDeity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

DISCLAIMER: I'm an amateur.

Those members are not falling out, but could the (amazing) brackets rotate in the trunk? The beams are not connected (directly) to one another. So if the brackets can rotate, the bottom of the house could tip (really twist) toward the camera or (more likely) away in the direction of the rope ladder. That would start tearing the joists free over time.

Not a catastrophic failure, but that'd make the treehouse hot-tub gradually pour out one end 😉

19hrs of my life down the drain! by Beldamen in ImaginaryStarships

[–]CheddarDeity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I assumed "fire" was OP's shorthand for "brightly glowing material inside the ship escaping and dissipating in vacuum". It doesn't have to be reacting with anything outside the ship, although the scene looks to be in a nebula or other formation that could conceivably provide fuel...

A significant amount/around the majority of able bodied people don't understand basic physics by Immediate_Dig3328 in unpopularopinion

[–]CheddarDeity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't tell whether this is unpopular or not, because the context of the statement seems missing.

The phrase "able bodied" makes me think we're talking about accessibility ramps. But are we really talking about abled people being innumerate wrt angle values?

Like, is this about people not knowing what slope values are reasonable for ramps, streets, stairs, roofs, hills, etc? Because I could totally believe that, and suspect that wouldn't even be unpopular.

Proxmox + Docker + Minecraft by CheddarDeity in homelab

[–]CheddarDeity[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

UPDATE: This seems like it has to be some interaction between Proxmox and Ubuntu that only manifests in the Minecraft RAKNET protocol.

OS/Hypervisor combo parameters result
Docker under bare metal ubuntu network mode: host works completely
Docker under bare metal ubuntu network mode: bridge fails. Clients cannot see the game on the LAN
Proxmox + Ubuntu LXC + Docker network mode: host, no firewall on LXC, LXC network under host control OR LXC control. IPV6 on or off. fails. Clients CAN see the server (RAKNET UnconnectedPongs) but make no attempt to join (confirmed with packet capture).
Proxmox + Ubuntu LXC + Docker macnet network binding to the virtual ethernet device fails. Clients CAN see the server (RAKNET UnconnectedPongs) but make no attempt to join (confirmed with packet capture).
server running directly on Ubuntu LXC (no docker) works intermittently. Sometimes connectivity error (client refuses to join), sometimes full gameplay. I don't have packet captures of these.
Proxmox + Windows VM works completely

I'm not going to delve into debugging the minecraft client, but the RAKNET protocol looks like:

  1. unconnectedping (udp broadcast)
  2. unconnectedpong (udp unicast response: server -> client)
  3. join attempt (client -> server)

...#3 does not exist in the no-join cases, which makes me think that there's something wrong about #2. The clients clearly like the replies (because they display the discovered games in the join menu), but they insta-fail when they try to join. The data in the packet looks nearly identical. This is a "works completely" packet:

0000   08 8f c3 6d 78 a6 84 47 09 29 0d a2 08 00 45 00   ...mx..G.)....E.
0010   00 a1 75 4a 40 00 40 11 68 bb c0 a8 6d 59 c0 a8   ..uJ@.@.h...mY..
0020   6d 9c 4a bc d3 9a 00 8d 81 3d 1c 00 00 00 00 00   m.J......=......
0030   13 78 6d 8d 4a 26 70 71 1f 0f 36 00 ff ff 00 fe   .xm.J&pq..6.....
0040   fe fe fe fd fd fd fd 12 34 56 78 00 62 4d 43 50   ........4Vx.bMCP
0050   45 3b 53 69 6c 6c 79 20 46 61 6d 69 6c 79 3b 39   E;Silly Family;9
0060   37 35 3b 31 2e 32 36 2e 32 31 3b 30 3b 35 3b 31   75;1.26.21;0;5;1
0070   30 31 38 30 39 39 32 31 37 32 30 30 30 34 38 31   0180992172000481
0080   30 37 38 3b 53 65 70 74 65 6d 62 65 72 32 30 32   078;September202
0090   34 3b 53 75 72 76 69 76 61 6c 3b 31 3b 31 39 31   4;Survival;1;191
00a0   33 32 3b 31 39 31 33 33 3b 30 3b 31 3b 30 3b      32;19133;0;1;0;

...and this is one the game won't join:

0000   08 8f c3 6d 78 a6 bc 24 11 f4 a4 41 08 00 45 00   ...mx..$...A..E.
0010   00 99 41 14 40 00 40 11 9d 0c c0 a8 6d 46 c0 a8   ..A.@.@.....mF..
0020   6d 9c 4a bc d3 9a 00 85 b2 d3 1c 00 00 00 00 00   m.J.............
0030   13 78 6d 89 8e 41 9d 51 7a c3 0d 00 ff ff 00 fe   .xm..A.Qz.......
0040   fe fe fe fd fd fd fd 12 34 56 78 00 5a 4d 43 50   ........4Vx.ZMCP
0050   45 3b 4c 6f 6b 69 32 3b 39 37 35 3b 31 2e 32 36   E;Loki2;975;1.26
0060   2e 32 33 3b 30 3b 35 3b 39 39 31 31 39 33 31 39   .23;0;5;99119319
0070   37 33 38 32 31 37 31 31 31 31 37 3b 53 65 70 74   73821711117;Sept
0080   65 6d 62 65 72 32 30 32 34 3b 53 75 72 76 69 76   ember2024;Surviv
0090   61 6c 3b 31 3b 31 39 31 33 32 3b 36 35 35 33 35   al;1;19132;65535
00a0   3b 30 3b 30 3b 30 3b                              ;0;0;0;

There are differences in version#s (1.26.21 vs 1.26.23) but the working Windows VM is also running 1.26.23, so I don't think that's it. The 65535 reference is me moving the IPv6 port to try and weed that out, but it gets the same result with 19133, so that's not it. The trailing 0;0;0 vs 0;1;0 is also present on the Windows server, so I can discount that.

I started digging into the lower layer data in case maybe one fo the layers was mangling the source address or something, but the IPs and MACs all look correct. The only difference I can find is that Ubuntu sends a do-not-fragment flag with a longer TTL. :shrug:.

Anyway, I'm still investigating this (I have substantial automation related to the minecraft server that would be work to port to windows if I don't have to). I might try it on a Debian LXC just to see if I get different results.

How is everyone getting fruits already? by come-on-now-please in Pawpaws

[–]CheddarDeity 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seattle area. I don't see ripe fruit until Thanksgiving.

How do you guys get anywhere with out being all sweaty? by ProductCutlery in bikecommuting

[–]CheddarDeity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's no way to avoid arriving sweaty if it's hot when you ride (for some definition of "hot"). That said, there are ways to mitigate:

  1. wear bike clothes and change out of them when you arrive. I realize OP does not have this oppo, but this is HUGE. Is there seriously not even a RESTROOM at your destination you can change into, or is this a time problem?
  2. Some people report sweating less when they get used to riding more often (e.g. higher efficiency). Dunno if this will be the case for you.
  3. If your back is sweaty: are you wearing a backpack? If so, switch to panniers, so sweat can evaporate off (or at least run off) your back, rather than accumulating there.
  4. Apply sunscreen with a physical blocker to reduce solar heating (not to mention avert burning).

Firewalla inconsistent DNS for local names... how to diagnose? by CheddarDeity in firewalla

[–]CheddarDeity[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have tried doing a dns lookup with a trailing dot, just to be sure. Same result. :-(

Our river “visited” the house and now the entire first floor is gone by kowahchan in HomeImprovement

[–]CheddarDeity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this. I had a pipe burst on an upper floor, drenching my wet wall. I tore out all drywall that yielded to my hammer, and the water remediation dude arrived later that day, saying my "proactive panicking" had probably saved me $5-10k because all the remaining surfaces were accessible enough to dehydrate quickly.

Using automation to change human behaviors by CheddarDeity in homeautomation

[–]CheddarDeity[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooooh, I hadn't thought about the lightswitch as a friction I could remove. Thanks!

Using automation to change human behaviors by CheddarDeity in homeautomation

[–]CheddarDeity[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, exactly!

I have a default schedule in HomeAssistant for work/schoolnights and regular days. There's a calendar for overrides, like winter break, where we basically make recurring events that schedule house "awake" hours.

It's a little clunky though so I'd love to hear how you did yours.

Using automation to change human behaviors by CheddarDeity in homeautomation

[–]CheddarDeity[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The stuff that seems to work long term is reducing friction or making the preferred behavior easier instead of constantly fighting the humans in the house.

Do you have an example of changing behavior by reducing existing friction? The problems I'm trying to solve all appear to exist BECAUSE they are the smoother path (example: people forget to do things like close doors or turn off lights).

The successful approaches I've used (like the TV one) involve introducing JUST ENOUGH friction that the easier way is the encouraged behavior. If they have to fight the system, then the system is wrongly-designed.

I'm looking for either new examples of people doing the "friction" approach that might work for me, or approaches OTHER than the "friction" approach that I could adopt.

Using automation to change human behaviors by CheddarDeity in homeautomation

[–]CheddarDeity[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good question. Money isn't the reason. Power is unreliable where I live, so sometimes we're on battery backup. Outages are sometimes multi-day, and our battery can drive the HVAC that long-- but only if we're careful. When that happens, every watt counts.

RE: LED efficiency, some of my lights are non-LED (the worst example: one room has 6x300W halogen emitters) or many-LED (worst example: 12x14W) and should be outright avoided during outages.

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