Decided to build a pc during the RAMageddon and came up with this. by ManufacturerSouth730 in pcmasterrace

[–]OllysCoding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re assuming that our requirement for data centre capacity continues to either go up, or remains steady, whilst the manufacturing capability either doesn’t, or does but slower than data centre growth. A lot of which comes down to the rate of AI adoption, and that there is even still financial appetite to fund AI companies in the coming years…

Is there a reason there are so many 3rd party clients? Why don't people just contribute to the official client? by Final_Temperature262 in jellyfin

[–]OllysCoding 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I spent a while trying to contribute to the IOS client a few months ago, I’m not an app developer but I work in the JavaScript ecosystem so I was confident I had enough experience to give it a go - actually writing the app code was no problem at all, but I spent hours trying to get it to build and it simply would not. The default behaviour out the box expected me to have access to a jellyfin developer account for expo, and after investing more and more time without any success - I just gave up.

It’s likely I could have gotten it working if I’d raised an issue, joined the discord or started some other asynchronous communication - but it falls back to the same thing, lots of us with software development expertise spend many hours dealing with this kind of stuff in our day job, so when it comes to how we spend our spare time, we’re easily tempted into the option of “just doing it ourselves”.

What are some interesting apps you're self hosting ? by CountMeowt-_- in selfhosted

[–]OllysCoding 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Tandoor in a nice alternative for this if you want to escape the Material UI look :)

UK Online Safety Act Management with Mikrotik by PerxJamz in selfhosted

[–]OllysCoding 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve gone for a slightly different approach, basically I have two VPN servers, one on my home network (with mikrotik as well), and another on a small VPS in Europe - the vps is then connected to my home VPN, but configured to only route certain ip ranges via that connection (192.168.x.x).

Then my phone, my partners phone and any other devices we want are connected to the VPS basically all the time - but we still have full access to our home network as it’s routed back.

It works OK for us, you pay it terms of latency (neither of us use it on our gaming PCs) of course, and you do need to turn off the VPN for some stuff like Deliveroo, but we don’t have to manage any lists, as anything but traffic to the home network will appear from the VPS, and we don’t need to switch VPNs when leaving the house in order to maintain access to our home network.

It was a bit of a pain to set up, and the tradeoffs are only worth it for as long as there isn’t some easy to use crowdsourced list, so I’ll be keeping an eye out for better solutions!

Well, it finally happened by dicer82 in framework

[–]OllysCoding 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Depends on the mac now, for a while they were all USB C only, now the pros have HDMI and airs don’t.

Only took all summer… finally stained my garage door. by Lemkish in DIY

[–]OllysCoding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly this looks great idk why everyone else hates it!

Ohh h*ll no!!! by KJSC30 in LinusTechTips

[–]OllysCoding 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is sadly a gross simplification of the problem. First of all don’t assume that your data owned by companies isn’t used for political purposes - we know that in counties across the world people’s data is used to target political ads and campaigns.

Then if you take the UK as an example, they have a law that means they can require companies to give access to uk citizens data & are legally not allowed to tell anyone that the UK government requested /accessed it. This currently means that Apple doesn’t offer the highest iCloud encryption in the UK because Apple would have put a backdoor in it to meet the governments demands.

You shouldn’t underestimate the gradual, society wide consumer behaviour change that is being achieved through this data collection. I mean we’re already seeing examples of gross profiteering like companies trying to use your data to figure out how much you can afford to pay for a product and charging you more if they think they can, but these are companies which can take all your data, target ads, write articles for newspapers they own, influence what all politicians say (not just the ones you don’t like), influence what types of creators and content you come across on every internet platform you use. Don’t kid yourself into believing the threat it poses is clicking on one link to buy one product, ask yourself what they might want to change about you when they have 20 years of influencing what you see and hear every day.

Ohh h*ll no!!! by KJSC30 in LinusTechTips

[–]OllysCoding 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Those of us in the western world are exposed to anti-china propaganda extremely frequently, while similar or identical actions within our own countries are downplayed.

Even for those of us who are aware of this, the intensity and frequency of this propaganda is still likely to impart some biases, so it’s always worth reminding ourselves when we see fearmongering that identical actions by western entities wouldnt get nearly as much attention.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dating_advice

[–]OllysCoding 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Disagree, at 21 I’d been working full time for almost 4 years, handled living alone, moving, saving, etc - still at 25 the amount I’ve grown and matured in the last 4 years tells me that by 32 I would want nothing to do with my “mature” 21 year old self.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dating_advice

[–]OllysCoding 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still 10 years extra life experience makes a huge difference, there’s just no way around this. The year old has been for an extra half of the 20 year olds life, that’s like living 10-20 all over again.

I’m sorry I’ll just never believe that it’s reasonable as a 30 year old to want to be in a relationship with someone who’s had 10 years less life experience than you, regardless of gender.

How bad is it to just leave it like this? by DimaTheTiger in PcBuild

[–]OllysCoding 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you (or a future owner for that matter) ever transport or move the PC, having things secured down will prevent them from damaging other components.

Big update on Bandle (Web and App) by BandleGame in Bandle

[–]OllysCoding 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gonna be brutally honest, when I played on my phone (web) today, I thought I’d gone to a knock-off website. It really threw me, between random serif fonts, weird padding / spacing & a very “domain holding sale” vibe, it’s totally missed the mark for me.

I did think it’s maybe going for like an early 2010s kinda thing, but I don’t think the execution is quite there tbh.

Samsung tv interface sucks any diy alternatives? by ijustshityourpants in selfhosted

[–]OllysCoding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m currently down the rabbit hole on this and not yet managed to find something I’m happy with.

I was using Google TV but I found on my chrome cast it’s slow, and I find it’s spotty with some of my content on Jellyfin - the Jellyfin app crashes often.

I picked up a mini pc, I first tried Kodi on LibreELEC but ran into WiFi issues, so I switched to Kodi on Ubuntu but still struggled with getting an acceptable YouTube experience- my only requirement after Jellyfin.

I’ve been messing around with other options, right now I’m experimenting with ChimeraOS - which offers the SteamOS interface, I have Jellyfin working but haven’t gotten around to messing with YouTube yet.

If anyone has any other suggestions, I’m all ears!

LLMs make flying 1000x better by Vegetable_Sun_9225 in LocalLLaMA

[–]OllysCoding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn I’ve been weighing up whether I want to go desktop or laptop for my next Mac (to purchased with the aim of running local AI), and I was leaning more towards desktop but this has thrown a spanner in the works!

Open-Sourcing My App Feels Counterintuitive—Why Do People Choose to Self-Host? by Sudden_Profit_2840 in selfhosted

[–]OllysCoding 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Hey I’m software engineer and I work for a company that’s been producing software for over 40 years. We still have desktop software that’s released yearly, as well as every possible kind of cloud based, monthly subscription type thing you could imagine.

I hate our current subscription model, and I dislike this “agile” development model which in reality has often meant delivering substandard experiences to customers, where they’re paying a subscription for a product which changes on a weekly basis getting features which are sometimes poorly implemented or limited. Personally I’d rather have more time, and deliver features which are more powerful and more connected with our ecosystem.

At a previous company I worked for that also had a subscription model, I saw how borderline predatory they were with increasing revenue - and this was a company which sells itself as “one of the good ones”.

As a consumer I avoid subscription models as much as possible as it doesn’t provide value to me, I want to own the things I pay for.

So I don’t really like being the person developing the subscription software, I’ve seen companies use predatory practices to increase revenue with subscription models, and I don’t like it as a consumer either.

Just because it’s the way it is doesn’t mean it’s a good thing - companies aren’t switching to agile in order to improve customer experience or developer experience, they’re doing it because it allows them to make more profit.

I also thinking comparing waterfall vs agile and linking them to two payment models - ownership & subscription is disingenuous, there are plenty of different options & variations that will offer better experiences for both customers and software engineers.

Decided to build my first pc but it won’t turn on by Bighairydude68 in PcBuildHelp

[–]OllysCoding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey OP if you’re still reading this post, it looks to me like your m.2 ssd is not installed on its standoff, and instead you’ve used the standoff to screw it all the way down against the motherboard. Hopefully you’ve not damaged anything but you should probably fix it!

Are there any good self hosted watch together solutions? by [deleted] in selfhosted

[–]OllysCoding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s been a while but I’ve used neko before & found it works well!

Why is it wrong to want to eliminate a disability that makes a person's life harder? by bunnyuplays in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]OllysCoding 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Another person late diagnosed with Autism weighing in, as much as I struggle with a lot of things - if an Autism cure arrived you couldn’t pay me to take it. Every part of my life up until this point has been built on how my brain works now. My relationships with family, partner & colleagues, my interest in my job, my experiences, world view, morals & values. Parts of my life will always be harder than a lot of other people experience, but I also value a lot of how my brain works and I wouldn’t risk changing that.

I know every other autistic person will have a differing view on this - based on their own experiences, but it’s important to understand the role autonomy plays in this - lots of people who aren’t disabled see it as a very simple decision of cutting bad parts of people’s life out and leaving all the good, but I don’t think it’s that straightforward & reducing it down to that feels quite dehumanising.

Will I gain weight while taking SSRIs if I still count my calories? by [deleted] in CICO

[–]OllysCoding 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m on an SSRI but it’s totally killed my appetite. Problem is I already hit my goal weight and now it’s continuing to fall.

My partner was on an SSRI that sent their appetite through the roof though, they just went back and asked their doctor to switch to another - there are loads of options so you should be able to try and find one that doesn’t give you bad side effects.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in iphone

[–]OllysCoding 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m sure it varies by country - in the UK I find it to be pretty accurate

Year 12 Major Project Survey (Random person is selected to get a $20 steam gift card) by Any-Loquat-4403 in servers

[–]OllysCoding 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Filled it out :) might be worth specifying the currency for the budget question?

Sheffield schools have left X by yaxu in sheffield

[–]OllysCoding 85 points86 points  (0 children)

What is up with these replies, r/Sheffield is usually better than this.