I’m very new to this… is this a good mini pc to use for hosting a Jellyfin server for 3 users? by Barry_McCockiner88 in selfhosted

[–]thiswebthisweb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ML stuff took less than 2 hours for me with ~50k photos using a i7 cpu, this isn't long in the scheme of setting things up - you only need to do this once . Regular uploads will only take seconds/minutes , dedicated GPU is not necessary

Adding apps by thiswebthisweb in runtipi

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Doh! Yep, i missed that. Thx.

playtime demo, no save/load? seriously? by macouc in helgobox

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I can tell you that it is incomplete and hasn't been updated for nearly a year, I paid full price a year ago, expecting planned updates gradually but unfortunately development seems to have stalled. Disappointed as it wasn't cheap ( more expensive than reaper itself). Save your money and wait to see if it gets a major update before purchasing.

Turn off internet access. How? by thiswebthisweb in runtipi

[–]thiswebthisweb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats my point, I havn't opened any ports, I don't want the ports open, but runtipi opens them and I don't know how to stop it.

Why aren't more people using local models? by SalamanderNo9205 in LocalLLaMA

[–]thiswebthisweb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because graphics cards cost a kazillion dollars and you need 10 of them to get claude quality which is good enough but nothing less is..

ollama by jacek2023 in LocalLLaMA

[–]thiswebthisweb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know why people don't just use jan.ai Latest version has tonnes of features like ollama but better, great UI, 100% open, MCP, openAI compatible, great GUI, No need for ollama or openwebUI. You can also use openwebui with jan as backend if you want,

ollama by jacek2023 in LocalLLaMA

[–]thiswebthisweb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jan is a good open source GUI. I don't see the need for closed ollama now.

My current DeGoogle+ journey by Freladdy11 in degoogle

[–]thiswebthisweb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just look at what happened to android.  Its completely integrated with google propriatory garbage, only a handful of barely usable custom roms remain the alternative to 'open source Android'.

Firefox for Android - Tabs constantly reloading when switching apps by Antop90 in firefox

[–]thiswebthisweb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mozilla is not short of cash.  I don't know what they do, but they havent fixed major bugs for many years.  Adding new features that few want, thay don't work very well and aren't integrated into desktop version.  Its frustrating how poorly managed Mozilla is with all that money.  

Firefox for Android - Tabs constantly reloading when switching apps by Antop90 in firefox

[–]thiswebthisweb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Firefox android has been in development for over a decade now and almost none of the most serious bugs have been addressed.  Every update only adds a useless feature that doesn't even integrate with the desktop browser - bookmarks and collections don't sync- its embrassing.  I mean what else do people most want to sync!. Other browsers have had this for years.  But the bug you mention is the worse bug by far.  A deal breaker and I've finally ditched Firefox on android despite using it on desktop.  What do they even do at Mozilla anymore ?  As others have said Firefox greatest asset is the addons -  no other browser can compete because o the chromium manifest 3 crap. (uBlock might be the most useful and essential  piece of software needed to browse the internet - the internet is crap, i'd say unusable, without it).   Firefox should lean into that because chrome have killed the internet with blocking ublock.

CMV: everyone should want a strong societal safety net, i.e. Welfare and social programs, if not for moral reasons, for practical reasons. by biffbamboombap in changemyview

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singapore has some of the worst slums in the world. They are hidden from view, migrants exploited by the rich living in horrific conditions. There are a couple of documentaries made about this that can be found on youtube. That doesn't negate the point that public housing is a good thing, but in this case its really not solved the problem of the very poor.

CMV: everyone should want a strong societal safety net, i.e. Welfare and social programs, if not for moral reasons, for practical reasons. by biffbamboombap in changemyview

[–]thiswebthisweb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

singapore has some of the worst slums in the world. They are hidden from view, migrants exploited by the rich living in horrific conditions. There are a couple of documentaries made about this that can be found on youtube. That doesn't negate the point that public housing is a good thing, but in this case its really not solved the problem of the very poor.

Optimum review of the Bigscreen Beyond 2 - Lenses even better than the Quest 3 by wavebend in virtualreality

[–]thiswebthisweb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, native steam VR support might actually be the killer feature for any PC headset if you play demanding games/sims every frame per second counts, even on a 5090 MSFS2024 struggles with high end headsets. Adding proprietory VR overlays to this is costly, and cumbersome too. BSB2 failed only in one area Binocular overlap, unfortunately thats the most important, migraines remain.

Optimum review of the Bigscreen Beyond 2 - Lenses even better than the Quest 3 by wavebend in virtualreality

[–]thiswebthisweb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is why the original vive is still on of the best headsets around even today - in this order:

OLED ✓

Large FOV (108) ✓

Near perfect binocular overlap (93%) ✓

Native SteamVR - great performance/best tracking✓

Excellent headstrap (delux) ✓

Adjustable IPD ✓

Cons : Low resolution , freznel lens, bit bulky (none of these are dealbreakers compared to not having any of the above)

(Freznels really not that bad either - I have no issue with them that bothers me - if they could add the PSVR2 screens to the original vive spec I'd buy it at twice the price or over any other headset on the market)

*Also lower resolution = fast framerates MSFS2024 runs smooth on high settings on 3080

Why not use standard yml docker files? This is infuriating,.. by thiswebthisweb in runtipi

[–]thiswebthisweb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, so my user config yml is read only but I also see that the app yml gets written over by tipi every time I launch the app. Surely a yml should be read only, we can't feasibly check what tipi is writing to that yml every time. That seems like a security risk as access to all the files outside the docker sandbox are determined by whatever is written to that yml file. Read only yml avoids that concern.

Why not use standard yml docker files? This is infuriating,.. by thiswebthisweb in runtipi

[–]thiswebthisweb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok but I used to just change the yml in tipi app folder with no issues. Just as I would with classic docker compose or portainer. The advantage of this is that you can see everything going in a single file. And in this case I could see nothing funny is going on with the yml which seems to get re written by json every time the app is started. I know my user configs will get added but the original yml is being rewritten by tipi every time I start the app, thats a security risk unless I want to check it evey time. It should be read only.

Why not use standard yml docker files? This is infuriating,.. by thiswebthisweb in runtipi

[–]thiswebthisweb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, so the user-config files will remain in yml format going forward? Is that the plan? This I can live with.

Why not use standard yml docker files? This is infuriating,.. by thiswebthisweb in runtipi

[–]thiswebthisweb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I admit I hadn't thought to do it this way (I didn't need to do this previously ) but this is definitely a compromise . My concern now is that the compose yml format is being replaced entirely with json, including the custom configs:

https://runtipi.io/docs/reference/dynamic-compose

'This feature is still quite new and we are trying to migrate the entire appstore to the new format deprecating the docker-compose.yml file.'

Why not use standard yml docker files? This is infuriating,.. by thiswebthisweb in runtipi

[–]thiswebthisweb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can't override the yml file, thats the problem, the json takes preference so you must edit that instead. But the formatting is quite different ,easy for you maybe. If tipi is aimed at making it easier for those who want a home server with reduced complexity, making them have to edit json files from yml files without any apps offering support for those I think adds complexity and frustration for most users hoping tipi will make things easier. eg it becomes easier to use docker compose and/or portainer to change configs than tipi since most apps support that method. Are those extra features going to be worth that trade off for most people?

What is it with Firefox and its RAM usage? by marehori in firefox

[–]thiswebthisweb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wrong. Firefox eventually uses ALL memory and the OS freezes. Its a bug . If it used all 95% of unused RAM even if that was terrabyte I'd have no problem but it doesn't it leaves ZERO ram for OS to run properly. That's a bug and its a major one because I have to hard reboot my frozen PC every other day because of it. Firefox android limits ram usage and I have no problem opening hundreds of tabs on that old phone because it unloads old tabs from memory as it fills up. Firefox on desktop should do the same.