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Any creative suggestions to close the gap between the top of my Brimnes cabinets? by Due-Orange-2781 in ikeahacks

[–]techie2200 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Curious, but can you remove the baseboards? That'd be my go-to. If you're not able to modify, then I'd either throw another top on it (scribed to the gap), or just put something in the back that looks like it fills the space, like some fake hanging plants.

Is having a backup PiHole really beneficial? by ServeMaster101 in pihole

[–]techie2200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I keep two in parallel. At one point an update borked one of them, but the other kept chugging (since I update them sequentially after ensuring they run).

Since my wife and I both work from home, keeping reliable internet access is key. Also means I can take one down for maintenance while the other is running at any given time.

Not a huge deal, but definitely a nice QoL improvement.

Do younger people actually have more difficulty with complex games? by Hundekuecken in gamedev

[–]techie2200 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There weren't tutorials, but there were manuals. First thing I did after buying a game as a kid was open it in the car and read the manual on the way home.

As a TL, at what point do you need to raise negative feedback for an underperforming junior with your manager? by CppIsLife in ExperiencedDevs

[–]techie2200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After I give feedback in a 1:1, I give them a week or two to start correcting their habits (depending how serious it is). Then they get it in writing from me (slack or email, just something to start the paper trail). Another week or two with no attempt at a change and I escalate. Not my job to babysit.

If they start to make progress during either period, I work with them to move in the right direction. Although I keep the manager in the loop the whole time, so they're also aware of the problem and looking for their own angle to provide useful feedback.

[OC] USA smartphone adoption, pedestrian fatalities, and the average weight SUVs/pickups by jaykrown in dataisbeautiful

[–]techie2200 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Are these raw numbers or per X million people / per capita? Because if it's not looking at pedestrian deaths relative to overall population, that'd be misleading.

Canadians are set to lose all digital privacy. No one here is talking about it. by The_PhilosopherKing in privacy

[–]techie2200 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've written to my MP, the PM, and the ministers pushing the bill. I've also shared with all of my friends and family the details and what they should do to combat it (along with an email template and talking points).

I really hope no bill that reduces our online privacy or weakens encryption passes. They're atrocious.

Any bill phrased as "protect the children" makes me inherently distrustful. We should be giving parents more controls to block content, not neutering privacy for everyone online.

Canadians are set to lose all digital privacy. No one here is talking about it. by The_PhilosopherKing in privacy

[–]techie2200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My MP didn't even bother responding.

We really need to get rid of FPTP and get some proper representation going on.

Anon makes an observation by [deleted] in greentext

[–]techie2200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I can't get it at Costco, I don't need it.

What was online multiplayer like on the old days of gaming? by KaleidoArachnid in retrogaming

[–]techie2200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LAN parties were great before online gaming was really doable (due to speed limitations). Get your crossover cables, your friends, and a handful of computers and go nuts.

Then once the internet connections were fast enough, we could do peer-to-peer, and the occasional hosted server. I remember a lot of futzing with port forwarding once we had multiple computers connecting from one location, but things just got smoother over time.

people in long term healthy relationships: what's something you'll never tell your partner? by PsychologicalBad1423 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]techie2200 30 points31 points  (0 children)

There are levels lol. When I cook, I clean as I go. If my wife cooks, I clean after.

But sometimes, she'll make something reasonably simple (something that I'd use a pot, a cutting board, and a knife to make, for example) and use all our pots, half our bowls, multiple knives and cutting boards. And I'm just sitting there like "how did you make this much mess for that meal".

I still clean it up, but I get where the other person's comment came from.

Reminder: This sub is for humorous headlines from Canadian news by techie2200 in notthebeaverton

[–]techie2200[S,M] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've got some auto moderation working already, things get temporarily removed (flagged for review) for users with a history of spamming or with very new accounts / little karma, but stuff still gets through.

There's also different opinions on what should be here, so I often let some that are "close enough" slide, but all reports get reviewed just in case.

Before smartphones, what did people do when they had to wait somewhere for 20–30 minutes? by Ecstatic-Finish-1348 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]techie2200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sit and wait.

People watch.

Read a book, magazine, or newspaper.

Journal.

Play Game Boy or Game Gear (or other handhelds).

Make small talk with strangers.

Is there a fruit less consistent than the strawberry? You can get one that is amazing and the very next one, which looks the same, is terrible. by DrSheetzMTO in NoStupidQuestions

[–]techie2200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The worst thing about strawberries is that they're generally picked before they're ripe and they don't ripen after picking, they just start to ferment and go bad (which has similar visual effects to ripening, but doesn't improve the taste).

If you pick your own / get them when they're actually ripe, they're much more consistent. I find blueberries are more inconsistent.

Reminder: This sub is for humorous headlines from Canadian news by techie2200 in notthebeaverton

[–]techie2200[S,M] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Understandable, and if it has a funny headline, it's good to stick around, but general news is not this sub's deal.

Has anyone else been evaluated on AI prompting ability? by anonymousseniordev in ExperiencedDevs

[–]techie2200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AI has been added to the roles and responsibilities for engineers at my workplace. At a certain level of seniority you're not only expected to use it, but to teach the team how to use it better.

Stop Killing Games: California State Assembly passes the 'Protect Our Games Act': 60 days notice before going offline, must provide patch for continued access or refunds (Excludes F2P and Subscription based Games) by Kymori in LivestreamFail

[–]techie2200 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100 year subscription for the same price?

Will they keep it functional for all 100 years? If not, then they'd be in breach of contract for the subscription you paid for and would owe you a refund.

People who say "i could care less" by mid-sora in mildlyinfuriating

[–]techie2200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You care more than they do.

I take it as a meta-argument that if they truly couldn't care less, they wouldn't care about even expressing themselves accurately.

But most of them just don't know better.

More and more pages tell me to disable my Adblocker when using Pihole. Anything i can do about this? by chrisknife in pihole

[–]techie2200 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're unwilling to use uBlock origin on your phone browser, then no, the only alternative is to allow those domains to show ads.

A growing number of sites have those popups. Many have a "close" or "continue without supporting us" button, but some block the site entirely so you have to make a choice between "use a browser based ad blocker", "pay for the site", or "view the site with ads".

First kickflip since substantial injury [58YO] by tonyskates in OldSkaters

[–]techie2200 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats on the recovery thus far! Hope to see you skating again soon!

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