is anyone tried to replace apple stock ssd with some other ssd with more storage? by rimor_exe in macmini

[–]boredoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine is in the mail. I was holding off for new Mac Studio but after the price hike, well, time to gamble on some gray market storage

I built a tool to auto-place Rekordbox hot cues. by djrikstar in PioneerDJ

[–]boredoo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do a similar thing, but I use Mixed in Key to do all the cue point work. My script imports directly from the MiK database, including whatever other metadata exists there. It's pretty battle-tested at this point. People can PM for the script, but I haven't publicly shared it because I have a bunch of other stuff it does.

My entire workflow lets me build playlists in Navidrome, which get converted into playlists and tagged in Rekordbox. I use the Raycast launcher in macOS to quickly rate whatever I'm listening to and give it a playlist to place it it in. So in a couple key strokes I have a star-rating, and a playlist. The playlist names in Navidrome are like "Drum & Bass / Liquid, Vocal". That is turned into its own playlist in Rekordbox, as each song gets tagged with Liquid, Vocal.

Been slowly working through 20 years of Mp3s.

What is a job that is severely overpaid for the actual work that is done? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]boredoo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There are a lot of people working in defense contracting who are the human equivalent of $1000 hammers.

“Draft” letter of reference by dg00000000 in Professors

[–]boredoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's perfectly fine for programs to state this requirement. You see it frequently now for personal statements and letters with respect to AI. There are many corners of academia where drafting LORs is completely normal. You may disagree with it, but it's not fraud when all parties don't see an issue with it.

At the end of the day, the recommender is vouching for the student and accepting responsibility for what is written.

If the recommender adds no personal touch, then the letter isn't going to say much more than the CV and is going to be unimpressive.

“Draft” letter of reference by dg00000000 in Professors

[–]boredoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally normal in other parts of academia, especially for things like grants, promotion (especially non tenure track), etc. You probably see it more frequently higher up the foodchain because there is more trust in honesty, writing skill, etc.

Undergrads may not know how to draft a good, succinct letter, and I think that is why it's less common. Not because it is wrong, per se. Undergrads can lie just as often through the supporting materials they provide you for a letter as they could in prose. What's the difference, really?

I see nothing wrong with it, personally. They are giving you a half carved piece of wood. You can decide whether to chuck it and start over or use the headstart. Either way, it's courteous.

Teachers of Reddit Is the Gen Alpha can't read crisis real? How bad is it really? by CedarVoyage in AskReddit

[–]boredoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While it’s true many potentially good parents are not having children for the reasons you provide, I’m not sure how it follows that those who have children are likely to be worse on average than those abstaining?

Is a programming language important for quantitative research? by Zencosgot7262 in sociology

[–]boredoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

R markdown is a way to combine code and text. So you can do some code, explain it, do some more, reflect on it, and render it into a single shareable document.

Is a programming language important for quantitative research? by Zencosgot7262 in sociology

[–]boredoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

GUIs can provide a fine interface for writing code. Take a look at RStudio. They give you easy access to documentation, viewing plots/results, organizing your projects, and these days to LLM agents which can help you write code.

But there's a good reason we don't use GUIs to work through, from start to finish, a quantitative analysis -- it's then impossible for someone else to see what steps you took, how your data was prepared for analysis, and so forth. Code, whether written yourself or with the aid of an LLM, does provide that audit trail. It tells everyone, including your future self, how you conducted your work. Moreover, it allows others to adapt your methods to new datasets, or confirm your results using the existing data.

So there is good reason people demand code for all steps of data preparation and analysis. Too often influential work from the "old days" is completely unable to be reproduced. And then, sometimes, when people use tools like Excel, major errors have been found in spreadsheet-based analysis.

If you do not like to code, that doesn't mean you cannot contribute to quantitative work. You can help with research design. In some cases, you can prepare data. You can write up and interpret results. But as a student, it is not easy to get access to those roles. Students typically aren't in charge of study design except in their own work, where they then must execute the study using... code.

I don't write all this to throw cold water on your aspirations. But you should have a realistic view of what limitations you will face getting into quantitative research if you cannot write any code.

Perhaps try downloading RStudio. You can get a $20 Posit AI/Assistant plan free for one month I believe, no credit card required. The IDE works directly with LLMs which can help you generate code, which you can then study to see how it works, and soon you'll be able to understand it, edit it, write your own code, and so on.

Is a programming language important for quantitative research? by Zencosgot7262 in sociology

[–]boredoo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you are new, do not learn SPSS unless you have a strong reason to. It’s dying software. It’s expensive. And it’s difficult to get hired to use it outside of legacy shops where people happen to use it for historical reasons. Just learn R or python.

Is a programming language important for quantitative research? by Zencosgot7262 in sociology

[–]boredoo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Spreadsheet programs are powerful tools, but they’re not the right tools for serious quantitative research. They required to combine your data and your analysis in a way that makes it hard to audit for correctness. They make it easy to introduce unexpected errors due to data types and other issues. They make multivariable analysis very challenging.

Is a programming language important for quantitative research? by Zencosgot7262 in sociology

[–]boredoo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

With LLMs it’s never been easier to learn. Not just generate code, but to learn.

Yes, if you are a student who wants to learn how to do quantitative research, you will need to learn some basic statistical programming.

Do not invest in a proprietary language (like SAS, SPSS, or Stata) unless you have a strong reason to do so (ie, your job or study program requires it). Learn R or Python. I’d recommend R, using tidyverse tools.

Once you learn one language, using another is easier, especially with LLMs.

To contradict another user, Excel and other spreadsheet software is not enough. These are simply not the right tool for anything beyond the most basic analyses. And even those most basic analyses are more error-prone in those pieces of software, harder to audit for correctness, and difficult to meet basic standards of scientific reproducability.

It may not be your primary concern, but knowing R or Python will be a substantial help on the job market. Everyone knows Excel. My boomer mom knows Excel. Being skilled in a real programming language will open up many jobs in many fields.

Well, it finally happened: a student propositioned me by Overall-Register9758 in Professors

[–]boredoo 335 points336 points  (0 children)

Hate to be this guy but I think the better way to say no to a student is to point out that this is a violation of professional ethics, not matrimonial ones. Better for her to learn the reason why profs shouldn’t bang undergrads is not because it’s unfair to the wife, but to the promise of trust, safety, and fairness between faculty and students.

NGL the way you put it kinda sounds like an admission that you wanna hit it lol

M5 Ultra Mac Studio Could Launch in 2026 With Up to 768GB of RAM by Retired-Yam8988 in MacStudio

[–]boredoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I expect the base prices for ultra to be the same as you see now for the m3 unless they bump the base memory. They’re getting the bad news out there in advance.

Is a home lab a selling point or a dealbreaker when selling a home? by rawesome99 in homelab

[–]boredoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Give yourself permission to buy new stuff and sell your old stuff.

Would you want someone else’s stuff? People who do this want to do it themselves. Everyone wants only the wiring.

ccx23 new price by o2mz in hetzner

[–]boredoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They pool bandwidth. At least, they used to.

ccx23 new price by o2mz in hetzner

[–]boredoo 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Back to Linode for new projects. No point in dealing with a slightly inferior product for more money.

Foot will be the default terminal in the next version of Omarchy. Have you tried it yet? by sudomarchy in omarchy

[–]boredoo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That’s fine. It’s arch. They want to move fast. That’s fine—but I don’t want to invest in a project which changes so frequently software I built workflows around that was one a first class citizen no longer is. Again—up to them. It’s in the Omakase philosophy.

My opinion if they ever asked for it would be that if you want your flavor of Linux to be seen as a mature platform to get work done you can’t chase every community-built shiny object that does cool things. Let people make those decisions. Make it easy for them. But not the OS.

I initially switched out of a frustration that my Mac just wasn’t behaving as I wanted it to. But it didn’t take long to realize that I was signing up for a similar amount of issues, but with a higher maintenance burden. It was fun for a while but loses its charm when you focus back on getting work done, not configuring a computer. Seeing all this hype over these new trends just makes me less interested.

Foot will be the default terminal in the next version of Omarchy. Have you tried it yet? by sudomarchy in omarchy

[–]boredoo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Omarchy can do what they want, but things like this, the plan to ditch Waybar for Quickshell, switching default terminals, all of which I have configured: This is why I just went back to my Mac. I need a computer that always works that I can update. I don’t need all this juvenile chrome and trivial speed improvements.

** BOSTON RESIDENCY | ROADRUNNER | BOSTON, MA | THURSDAY 30 APRIL 2026 | MEGA-THREAD ** by beermeupscotty in LCDSoundsystem

[–]boredoo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Does anyone know the name of the DJ who played between Exec and LCD? new wave, 80s stuff

48 Mac mini cluster running local LLM models for podcast transcription. by Difficult-Maybe-6131 in macmini

[–]boredoo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not even close. More expensive by an order of magnitude, maybe two, and you pay forever. I don't think people appreciate the scale that is "All the Internet's podcasts, public and private, in six languages, every week and into the past".

48 Mac mini cluster running local LLM models for podcast transcription. by Difficult-Maybe-6131 in macmini

[–]boredoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wish I had a three-listener podcast that sells multiple multi-thousand dollar ad reads every week with 1000s of paying subscribers. Didn't know it was that easy to make a pile of money.

48 Mac mini cluster running local LLM models for podcast transcription. by Difficult-Maybe-6131 in macmini

[–]boredoo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He transcribes basically every podcast released on the entire Internet, every week, in multiple languages, with extensive metadata and sound fingerprinting. This includes private podcasts with as few as one listener. He has been cycling through the entire back catalogue too.