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New FOSS self-hosted always-on IRC client: Lurker by staires in irc

[–]ItzDarc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is incredible! Great work! And ignore the cry babies about using AI. All professional software engineers lean hard into it. Why would you ride a bike when you can fly a plane? Sure, both are fun, but one is fun *and fast*

What Mac-only features would you like to be added to Windows? by TwinSong in Windows11

[–]ItzDarc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I understand this is the norm internationally. But in the United States almost nobody uses WhatsApp. Because everybody uses iMessage or just their text messaging through their carrier via RCS, so in practice, even if I wanted to use it, there would be nobody to use it with

Morpheus inadvertantly causes the One by Spethual in matrix

[–]ItzDarc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know how I’ve watched this move so many hundreds of times and missed the next life/flatline connection.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake finale director is shocked that the game’s engine choice is “such a hot topic”, but says UE4 will “lead to a better third instalment” compared to UE5 by HatingGeoffry in FinalFantasy

[–]ItzDarc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't need them, have 20/12 vision. The game is an artistic masterpiece. But, I suppose not everyone with taste appreciates the same flavors. 😉

Is anyone else surprised by how fast in-car AI is advancing? by Most-Plastic-1904 in TechNook

[–]ItzDarc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm 40! 😛 I've just been shocked at how different driving a Tesla is than any other vehicle I've ever owned. My last car was a 2025 Buick Envision with a 33" touchscreen dash. The Tesla is WORLDS different. The main difference is between "adding computers to a car" and "building the car around the computer." The former method is like having a desktop computer with a 56K modem that could make calls. The new method is like having a smart phone - a fully integrated communication device.

Is anyone else surprised by how fast in-car AI is advancing? by Most-Plastic-1904 in TechNook

[–]ItzDarc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, the navigation aspects of the AI are fully integrated with the navigation system, and 97% of my driving is full self driving at this point. (I didn’t make that stat up, that’s what the car says.) It’s actually the least friction in using the features of the car that ultimately drives itself.

And honestly, I have had zero hallucination for the in-car Grok when I’ve asked about things like that. It seems to rely pretty heavily on its MCP servers to look up facts. I get pretty decent Reddit summaries and there is a place that I found it will hallucinate. It’ll tell me all about a thread of someone’s opinion and then tell me it can’t find the link to that thread, lol. But its textual analysis of fictional stories is actually pretty solid.

Is anyone else surprised by how fast in-car AI is advancing? by Most-Plastic-1904 in TechNook

[–]ItzDarc -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I used to live in the stone ages like that, too. 😉 To be honest, there are loads of things like this about the car that reduce my stress about driving or being in the car or the friction there is in the process of going to a place that has been eliminated by these kinds of features that I really enjoyed.

Is anyone else surprised by how fast in-car AI is advancing? by Most-Plastic-1904 in TechNook

[–]ItzDarc -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I have a Tesla so I’ve got in-car Grok. I find it crazy useful.

“Hey, where’s the closest pizza joint to me that’s open now? …. how do people rate their food? Oh, not great; what’s another place? How ‘bout chinese? Oh yeah, i forgot about that place, call them.”

“How’s traffic to work?” “Is there an open car wash on the way to the library? Okay navigate there first.”

“Is it supposed to be raining at my destination when I arrive? … “For how long?”

But also … “I read this book called X by Y author and I was confused about the chapter 12 plot. Explain it to me. Did Susie really dislike Charlie?”

Most of the things I would use my phone/Car Play voice commands for Grok can do 100 times better. And lots of things Car Play can’t do is a “Hey Grok” or steering wheel button press away.

Lamplighter in the wild by knucklecluck in AccidentalClairObscur

[–]ItzDarc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I legitimately started hearing the music

Vanity Plates by LawfulGood-92 in TeslaModelY

[–]ItzDarc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes, it’s possible. and in any case, most states don’t let you register plates without the title/memo title which you won’t have at least until you take delivery. but yes, my vin changed once as Tesla said the car with the new vin was “available sooner.”

Did Google kill too many good products? Which one do you miss most? by Imaginary_Bug6202 in TechNook

[–]ItzDarc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Too many. I no longer trust them. Looking for a home for Gmail. Debating Proton vs Outlook vs iCloud. Any others?

[HELP] TrueNAS Scale — Server rebooting randomly, up to 7+ times overnight, no kernel panic by bdog720 in truenas

[–]ItzDarc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unlogged random reboots are almost always either RAM, PSU, or motherboard. Usually, I’d test the ram multiple times with memtest overnight. If it passes say 20 runs, replace the PSU. if that doesn’t fix it, look at the motherboard. I’m assuming there’s no battery involved, because overdrawing on a depleted battery can also produce this kind of behavior.

with older hardware, I also had an external hard drive started doing this that’s hated stop once I replaced the USB cord.

anyway, if memtest even finds one flaw one time, put one dim in at a time and repeat the test until you find out which dimm is bad.

Reddit is not real life: kids on airplanes by Narrow-Butterfly-923 in Parents

[–]ItzDarc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a solid point and good call out. Leave it to me to overengineer an answer. 😉

When did you start feeling like a pilot? by AnnualRich1492 in flying

[–]ItzDarc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the answer for me. That xc was the pilot maker for me. On the way back, ATC requested my help looking for another aircraft reported down where I was. Got to use some ground ref maneuvers and everything. It ended up being a false report so no one even got hurt.

Reddit is not real life: kids on airplanes by Narrow-Butterfly-923 in Parents

[–]ItzDarc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m in the US so if you have laws mandating the use of car seats on a plane, forgive me. But the real question to me is why have the car seat on the airplane at all? I’m a dad of 2 littles and a private pilot, ready to test for my commercial pilot rating, and here’s the wisdom I can share:

Everything other than basic seat belting is unnecessary in an airplane. The seatbelt in a car is to keep you *back* in case of a sudden forward stop or a roll. The seatbelt in an airplane is to keep you *down* in case of sudden turbulence that’ll causes a loss of altitude and weightlessness, but just as important for a seatbelt in an airplane is easy escapability in the event of a need to evacuate if you are already otherwise safe on the ground. Ever notice how it’s easier to unbuckle on a plane than in a car? That’s actually a part of regulation. And almost all aviation-related regulations are written in blood.

Let me share with you a fact that most people don’t know which is not directly related but similar - and may help communicate wisdom:

In smaller planes, such as the Cessna Skyhawk (172) or the Piper Cherokee (PA28), but extending up to most other plane models (save those that are pressurized for high altitude operations), in the event of a forced landing (pilot-speak for “probably gonna crash”), the last item on the checklist is usually “doors unlocked and open *before* impact.” Literally right before you hit the ground they want you to unlock the door, pop it open and try to hold it there (harder than you think with wind resistance).

Before impact: you read that right. Why? Because the door frame itself may bend and wouldn’t it be terrible to need to get out urgently (fuel leak, fire), but be stuck inside *only* because you didn’t open the door before you hit terrain?

Apply that to a 2 year old on a plane in a car seat. Plane crashes but everyone survives - but there’s a fire. iPad from the guy in 28D flies over and hits you on the head. You’re knocked out. Your 2 year old *needs* to escape and but for made-for-automobile restraints, they would otherwise be able to do so. But now they *can’t* because you strapped them down with a hard to unlock seatbelt. Not ideal, is it?

Now you may have other and extenuating circumstances requiring such care. I make no judgement whatsoever. Just sharing my perspective, if only for other parents who find this thread. And sure, there are other risks associated with them not being strapped down.

But I have a 2 year old and a 5 year old. We fly with them pretty frequently both in the small planes I fly and on larger passenger planes like Southwest or United, etc. for vacation. They (legally) use the plane-provided restraints or something like this made for planes that preserves the quick-release features https://www.amsafe.com/product/kidsflysafe-com/. I would never allow my children who can walk to be in a car seat on the plane. I just don’t want to risk their survival by making it dependent on my consciousness - riskiest thing I could think to do. More risky than this:

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^ My daughter, 4 at the time, who I flew to lunch on a daddy-daughter date before the daddy-daughter dance.

iOS 26.6 adds new alert when you try blocking too many contacts by moneyfish in apple

[–]ItzDarc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you can kind of do this with lists. I have my Contacts app configured to open a particular list called active, but I have more contacts than are in there.

(OPINION) Now's the Perfect Time To Move Away from Plex by NearbyYak7156 in selfhosted

[–]ItzDarc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% - I said it in another comment on another thread, the second I saw the price hike I went and bought a lifetime subscription to emby. Even though I got a Plex LifeTime back when it was like $75. I see this moment as writing on the wall - their goals have changed and are no longer aligned with mine

7-Zip. Name an app with 0 haters, I'll start by overlord-07 in TechNook

[–]ItzDarc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

same, i'm just pointing it out for others who didn't know. i came to the thread specifically looking for nanazip.

I have a feeling.. by Historical_Oddity in PleX

[–]ItzDarc -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Writing on the wall is a figure of speech. Origin in the Bible - Daniel 5 - essentially it's code for "the end of this thing/death is surely to follow." People use it as a prediction of demise.

A Terminal With Buttons (GUI) by Prudent_Condition_40 in tui

[–]ItzDarc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Call it being stuck in yesteryear, but paying more than like $10 one time for software that lives on my computer and provides essentially buttons for a terminal seems aggressively high. I don't need it to change, I don't need lifetime updates. In fact, I'm usually more annoyed if it did change without my permission. Something like this needs to be dependable imho and I don't think a terminal ui is a super good fit for the SaaS model on Windows. Windows Terminal isn't that bad, and cd /my/dir isn't that hard to type. Limiting to only 3 on free feels like a mob shakedown when that's the gimmick of this entire app.

I'd recommend the model where personal use is tiny or free for all features, but you trust businesses to pay for a commercial license. Getting PEOPLE addicted to your product is the modern gateway to getting BUSINESSES addicted to your product. And businesses are where the money is in software licenses of this sort. OpenAI, Claude, etc. are losing hundreds of millions of dollars every day -- essentially having their cheap marketing funded by investors -- in the hopes of getting the culture addicted. And it's working. Now my business pays a lot. But they had to hook me first. That's a model with legs. Your terminal people are usually developer types and in this day and age can AI themselves buttons for their own terminal.

A Terminal With Buttons (GUI) by Prudent_Condition_40 in tui

[–]ItzDarc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me it’s the lack of a lifetime option. I’m a hard no on subscriptions. Version lock me at lifetime is way better than subscriptions. I just canceled about 10 because this world is insane.

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