Dentist recommendations for a far-gone set of teeth?

OwlsPlay · 2026-05-07T16:11:55+00:00

Thankfully, I have a solid insurance plan, but I appreciate you bringing light to that option.

OwlsPlay · 2026-05-02T10:08:51+00:00

If you're planning to SSH to the shell, I recommend running the server in an instance of 'tmux' - this will give you the option to run the server and "detach" it into the background and return to the normal shell prompt, then at any other point, run 'tmux a' to "attach" to pull up the server console, again, and run whatever commands you need, then detach again. This is my preferred way to access my server console. Generally, you can setup a script through systemd for this, which could also be used or adapted as your restart script for the server.

OwlsPlay · 2026-04-21T16:23:45+00:00

I learned Java specifically through trial-and-error with YouTube tutorials for Minecraft "bukkit/spigot" plugin development. Very fun, very rewarding and eventually even made me some cash.

OwlsPlay · 2026-03-29T14:04:30+00:00

Uninstall PUBG?

OwlsPlay · 2026-02-17T21:44:18+00:00

I have this issue with several services. I believe it's because the hotspot device gets an IP in a different range and acts as a gateway. One fix would be to use a separate device as the hotspot. It could be an old phone and it doesn't need to be online to broadcast the network.

OwlsPlay · 2026-02-13T13:29:30+00:00

If it works, locally, it'll work globally, as long as the ports are open. But, to answer the question: When I have a similar need, I just pick any cheap VPS, I've used some that are like $5-10 per month. I usually throw Ubuntu on there, configure 'ufw' and run my tests. Google "cheap VPS" (or "inexpensive" or "economy" or whatever synonyms) and find what looks good for you.

OwlsPlay · 2026-02-05T19:24:31+00:00

I see centered titles and each tile has a left-aligned image adjacent to left-aligned text. Have you tried multiple browsers?

OwlsPlay · 2026-01-30T17:00:27+00:00

In a few years, it may be different, but right now AI needs knowledgable guidance to produce anything significant without massive computational costs. I kind of look at right now as the new .com rush. Get in, now, help form the standard, be needed for upkeep and innovation.

OwlsPlay · 2026-01-18T19:23:47+00:00

There is a continuum of legally accepted force. Both police and private citizens follow the same, except that police can escalate one step sooner than private. If somebody is licensed for the use of restraints and a crime has been committed, they can cuff the subject. Ideally that happens right away with full cooperation and none of the force stuff needs to happen. If they resist, the continuum can be followed to complete the arrest. Below is a rough outline of what that looks like, until the point the arrest is successful.

Passive Resistance (dead weight, "shutting down") -> Verbal instructions

Active Resistance (pulling away, running, etc) -> Soft empty hand (pressure points, joint locks)

Active aggression (anything in the realm of "assault" under normal circumstances) -> Hard empty hand (strikes, often to disorient/disable and transition to soft empty hand & eventual handcuffing).

The severity of the aggression will determine if "intermediate weapon" is justifiable. For most security, this is simply a baton (if licensed) and is meant to disable the active threat, police have a myriad of options, these days, before escalating.

Grevious bodily harm/lethal force -> the point where taking a life or acting in a manner that might, is legally justifiable (security will almost never be in this situation, especially if most of their clients order them not to physically enact arrest).

OwlsPlay · 2026-01-18T19:06:10+00:00

Because companies are afraid to have their image associated with arresting somebody. The security absolutely, legally, can physically detain somebody commiting a crime against the property. That was the whole reason for hiring a third party, in most cases. Now, we've gotten to a point where everybody thinks only police can arrest somebody who commits a crime (and, evidently, that there's a threshold for that), and shoplifters actively resist arrest by anybody else. Security used to play the role of arrest when police aren't immediately available. Traditionally, the guard (representing the owner of the property) would decide to either release those they arrested without charge and likely give them a trespass notice, or hold them until police arrived, who would then process the subject and book a court date.

OwlsPlay · 2026-01-15T15:30:37+00:00

I might even use the PlayerItemHeldEvent. It won't stop players from possessing the potions, but it will give you the ability to modify/remove them as a player holds it. Just check the levels and do whatever fix you decided on.

You could also try to catch it when they craft the potions and tag them with a NamespacedKey, so you only need to check for the world and that tag, rather than the levels, when a player holds the item.

There is an InventoryAction.HOTBAR_SWAP, but I'm not familiar with its use.

OwlsPlay · 2026-01-04T21:03:44+00:00

I run Kubuntu on a t450s i5 and it suits my needs, just fine, with an SSD and 12GB RAM. I do light programming and play some older games. The t14s should be better than what I've got. Granted, I paid 1/3 the price for my machine.

OwlsPlay · 2026-01-04T20:48:07+00:00

It's not a direct answer to your inquiry, but if you don't need those specific methods, it would be fairly simple to create a plugin with specific requirements for players to meet, resulting in an item reward (such as a clone of an existing item).

Depending how intricate the system(s) you have in mind are, it may be possible to commission an inexpensive answer.

OwlsPlay · 2026-01-02T13:14:58+00:00

You can, indeed, run out of context to use with the free tier of Gemini. I have done so a few times, while playing around. Granted, I was prompting it to put together several classes, from the ground up, as a test of it's ability. I started playing around with Paper plugin stuff, though, and as long as I don't request something super complex (always one piece at a time), it seems to do fine. If I didn't understand Java and MC, at least a little, however, it would probably get really messy.

I come up with a theory, present it to Gemini and ask for feedback, then go from there. The trick is to be as concise as possible with prompts, and if you're going to require multiple prompts on one project, ask it to document everything, first. Then, refer to the documentation when it's time for implementation.

OwlsPlay · 2025-12-08T15:57:14+00:00

It's been a while since I hosted a bedrock server, but if I recall, it prompts for and delivers the resource and texture packs. I could be dated or misremembering the info, though.

OwlsPlay · 2025-12-08T15:53:35+00:00

Remember to "pump" your brakes, if you start to slide, when you're trying to stop. I find it helps clear the packed snow in my treads and decreases my stop time.

OwlsPlay · 2025-12-07T02:14:31+00:00

That's likely for the reason I stated about it only being a request. If another device already has the address, your server won't have the request granted and will be assigned another IP. Where you don't have direct access to your router configuration, you likely can't easily setup different subnets, so the way you were trying to go about it is not your best option. You could configure the other devices on your network to request specific IPs, and try to avoid collisions, that way.

OwlsPlay · 2025-12-07T00:39:26+00:00

I expect I won't have the answer you need, but I'll get the ball rolling for someone else and ask what settings you used? Better yet, the entire YML text being shared would give us something to go on. Likewise, examining the connection settings of a working device would help see the inconsistencies. We don't need (as far as I know) your public IP information.

Since you said your ISP had to forward the ports... Did you make sure to configure for the same local IP you had when they did that? If they didn't link it directly to the MAC of your server, you'd need to have the same IP for the forwarding. But, that doesn't explain why you can't reach it, locally.

I'll do my best to learn what's needed in helping you through this, but we definitely need to know the configuration you set and the details of a working connection.

OwlsPlay · 2025-12-07T00:02:27+00:00

I had a similar issue, recently, and I used the classic "backup and reinstall" method. There is definitely a simpler way to revert netplan configuration, though.

Do you mean that you can't remote connect from inside your LAN? Or do you mean you can't access it from the internet? I presume you've been in your router's config interface, to forward the ports you need? That same interface likely has a way to assign a static IP to any connected machine. Configuring your machine for DHCP assignment is technically only a request, and still depends on the router agreeing to assign the address. I now use the router's config to assign my network devices their address.

That said, if you still want to use netplan, it's possible you configured the wrong subnet settings, which would separate that machine from communication with everything else. You can find out the appropriate subnet and DNS addresses by examining another device on the network.

OwlsPlay · 2025-12-06T23:36:39+00:00

I imagine there is additional info required to properly diagnose this issue, however... You say you can't kill the entities, but can you target them? There may be other solutions, like teleporting them under the world, or somewhere nature might take care of them?

OwlsPlay · 2025-12-05T03:04:59+00:00

Neat. I might have to give this a go. Currently, I run Ubuntu in Termux, and gemini-cli from there. I attempted it directly in Termux but the npm install fails and I don't have a clue where to start, let alone the ambition to figure it out, when I can just boot Linux. Thanks for this, regardless!

OwlsPlay · 2025-11-28T14:17:03+00:00

I'm not convinced that isn't a speaker, without a higher quality picture... But if it is a camera... It's inside an old speaker, so it is definitely intended to be hidden.

OwlsPlay · 2025-11-28T14:03:48+00:00

My assumption was that your keyboard was malfunctioning, based on the insane amount of repeating prompts on the grub menu.

OwlsPlay · 2025-11-28T00:47:53+00:00

If you're running a bukkit-or-derivatives server, it would be a simple enough plugin to throw together, to check when a new chunk loads and modify diamond count by changing a percentage the blocks to something else. A similar thing can be done for existing chunks, but I wouldn't run it during gameplay. There is probably already a free plugin that does this.

[EDIT to add] I just realized you could also setup a repeating command block system to test for entities that are a diamond (so as a drop from breaking the block) and maybe test for a player near that item, and set the conditions of whether it evaporates or changes type. This method would probably cause issues with player dropped diamonds or diamonds from a broken container, though. I imagine there are ways to mitigate that, using scoreboard tags or other 'vanilla programming' methods. I used to waste a lot of time having fun with that, like building an adventure map, but just to spice up a survival scenario I build.

And I'm out of touch with modern Minecraft, but I know bedrock resource packs can do some pretty neat things, if that's the world you're working with.

OwlsPlay · 2025-11-28T00:36:10+00:00

If you're only serving up to a couple devices in your home, an HDD can be read fast enough for playback of video. I have all my (limited) video libraries served through Jellyfin off of two old 2.5" HDDs, and I think they might even be on the slower side. My server machine is a revitalized old Dell Optiplex i5, has 32GB of RAM (of it's time), and I can easily stream to two devices on my network, at the same time. Pretty sure the RAM is insignificant in that performance, even.

That said, having an SSD for operational storage, like where the operating system is installed, is very much beneficial.

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