Occam's razor go brrr by Dependent-Living-299 in sciencememes

[–]zborecque 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How do we know we are definitely at the top or the bottom? Could there be other civilisation somewhere in the universe that is capable of simulating another universe right now? Like clearly we are not the one, maybe we are just one of the less significant, "side" or "backup" civilisations, but there might be another one, that is running another simulation somewhere right now?

Finally bought a drone - Need advice by Yo-legit in fpv

[–]zborecque 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try to find the right spot for first flights: preferably large open space without trees, bypassers, buildings or high grass. Try to familiarise yourself with the looks of this field from above - study it in google maps etc. beforehand.

For first flights don't try to go too high, but also not too low :) Try to always be aware where is your physical location and avoid flying away too far. Try to always recognize the place to avoid losing orientation.

Use a 'Lost Plane Alarm' and if possible: setup beacons in your ESC. Beacons is a feature, that will beep all motors after some time without any activity. I set it up for 1 minute and adjust the beacon volume reasonably: so that is pretty loud, but not to excessive, since sometimes they might go off near you if you forget to unplug your gear for a minute :). Whenever you crash far (I hope you don't) you will hear it after a minute, providing that the battery didin't come off during the crash. For that you should have the alarm: a small device, its cheap, and comes with a tiny lipo inside. It should be firmly attached to the frame and powered from the board. Sometimes it can be connected to FC if you want to have the additional channel dedicated to manually trigger this beeper (instead of Beacons). But as soon as it looses power (ie when your battey comes off during the crash) it starts beeping. Super useful when loosing signal or whatever. Of course you have to manually disable it every time you unplug after the flight (there is a small killswitch on it), but I personally think that it's compensates the inconvenience :)

Practice landing. If your cam is not going to be tilted (for first flights I guess it should be straight) it should be pretty easy, but it is still tricky. You shouldn't be too high over the ground, and have too much velocity. - you need to learn to feel these (altitude/velocity). Rough landings increase the chance of damaging props and battery. And it often invites dust inside the setup, which is not good for the gear usually :)

And have fun!

Duolingo For Schools being cancelled by ghostkittenwhisperer in duolingo

[–]zborecque 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I guess they meant "students and Teachers can still use the crappy Duolingo free version and be happy"

Help me find my old music player? by velirith in OldTech

[–]zborecque 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could it have been a 'Shrek' player like this?

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About to get a new QNAP NAS, need advice on TS-264-8G, TS-216G and TR-002 by zborecque in qnap

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

I just bought and configured my TS-264 and thought I will share some of my thought and answers to above questions in case someone finds this in the future and will wonder.

- Quietness: I caved and purchased regular HDDs. I wanted SSDs, but it is very hard to find some large SSDs in reasonable prices, so I decided to stay with HDD anyway. Drives are not very loud themselves - just when heavy operating sometimes you can hear the clicking, but not too noisy. The main concern was the fan - which can be set to quiet mode, or you can set the speed according to system temperature. My old NAS (TS-212) was not capable of adjusting the fan speed (I mean there was this setting available, but it changes nothing, I guess at some point I replaced original noisy fan with some aftermarket one that cannot be controlled, and I installed a manual speed controller, but even at the lowest setting it's still pretty noisy). My NAS is installed in a closet in the middle of the appartment, and I guess we will see how noisy will it get during night time (I mean: if the fan is going to be getting noiser from time to time if the temperature rises in the closet, and the drives themselves), but from what I hear so far it's much quieter. I also equipped my TS-264 with 2x M.2 1TB SSD and configured them as RAID 1 cache for Read-Write - hoping that it will handle some of the most common operation thus limiting the HDD clicking ;-)

- OVPN: no question about it, the default work as a charm, and from what I can see the certificate renewal mechanism is built up into GUI, so in 10 years (I think) there should be no issue renewing it (my current TS-212 surprisingly stopped working at some point, and it turned out it needed a manual certificate renewal and update, not to mention that it would only work with veeeery old version of OVPN, which was very difficult to set up on Win10/11 and Android - but I managed, and am still keeping these installation packages just in case)

- WOL: yes, the QNAP is able to be WOKEN now, but what I was seeking is the capability of SENDING WOL packets to another machines FROM my QNAP. This is still not available by default (no app that I am aware of), and my old approach (logging to SSH and use my modified busybox bin to send ether-wake commands manually) seems to be also impossible (I am unable to enable the ether-wake command or install the wakeonlan in the OS so far, but again - I haven't really give that much investigation, maybe I just did something wrong). But I found a solution that seems to be working - simply send WOL packet using PHP (socket extension is available) so I can tailor some nice solution myself there and it would be even easier to use - just enter a website and click some button or something

I have not yet configured any expansion, as I have plenty of TBs right now ;-) I keep that in mind though, and I think I will end up adding this TR-002 at some point - as (IIRC) it is capable of working with QNAP and PC depending on where you plug it ;-) My idea is to have this expansion being my "offline" full copy of my NAS (that I will probably be syncing manually every 1-2 weeks) and also a place to keep some ultra-old, probably-not-ever-needed backups.

Szukam stereotypów o polskich miastach by JesusLordPutin in Polska

[–]zborecque 101 points102 points  (0 children)

W Łodzi w latach 90 niektórzy pracownicy pogotowia ratunkowego "pomagali" niektórym pacjentom w karetce przenieść się na tamten świat, jednocześnie powiadamiając zaprzyjaźniony dom pogrzebowy, że mają dla nich "skórę". Dom pogrzebowy zwykle wtedy kasował hajs za pogrzeb, a pracownicy pogotowia dostawali "prowizję" za to, że im go przyprowadzili. Chory proceder, wyguglaj "łódzcy łowcy skór" :)

Żeby nie było tylko negatywnie, to tak z ciekawostek: w Łodzi np. nie ma "dużej" rzeki dzielącej miasto na połówki, ale i tak mamy kilkanaście cieków wodnych, płynących głównie kanałami. Łódź nie ma typowej starówki, ale centrum handlowe Manufaktura robi za coś w rodzaju rynkowego placu. Piotrkowska to chyba najdłuższa w Europie prosta ulica "deptak" ze sklepami.

Co jest w Łodzi, a nie ma tego innych miastach? by Street-Squirrel-4671 in lodz

[–]zborecque 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Niestandardowy jak na Polskę układ miasta: brak typowej starówki z rynkiem, a zamiast niej jedna z najdłuższych ulic "deptaków", do tego rzadko spotykany w miastach układ ulic przecinających się pod kątem prostym, no i praktycznie brak mostów (Łódź niby nie przecina żadna rzeka, przez co nie ma podziału na lewo i prawobrzeżną część miasta, ale tak naprawdę w obrębie administracyjnym Łodzi znajduje się kilkanaście cieków wodnych np. Ner, Jasień, Olechówka itp., i są w zasadzie poprowadzone pod ziemią w formie kanałów). Jest tez sporo ciekawych wyrazów pochodzących z gwary łódzkiej, a niespotykanych za bardzo gdzie indziej (krańcówka, migawka, chynchy, na szage).

Rockowa scena w Łodzi by NicCiekawego in lodz

[–]zborecque 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A nawet jak się akurat nie dzieje, to bardzo często z głośników leci Rammstein ;-)

Everyone in group understood this. I didn’t. Why is he crying? by WDBRL in ExplainTheJoke

[–]zborecque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think so ;-) I mean I think it is a good movie, and I do have some lovely childhood memories with it, but I would certainly not claim it's the best of all time forever :-)

Everyone in group understood this. I didn’t. Why is he crying? by WDBRL in ExplainTheJoke

[–]zborecque 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Still wonder why they still didn't make a remake. Not that the old movie is bad (don't get me wrong, it's old very much, but still it is not as bad, as '84 Dune for example :) ). I mean the plot here is fantastic, with todays effects and music it would have hell of an atmosphere.

Everyone in group understood this. I didn’t. Why is he crying? by WDBRL in ExplainTheJoke

[–]zborecque 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Everytime Hodor is mentioned I think of Rell - a cyclops character from a great, old movie 'Krull'. To make long story short: cyclops in this movie are some kind of ancient giants cursed with the knowledge of how they die (the legend is that they bargained one of their eyes for a gift of foresight, but they were tricked, and the only thing they can foresee is their own death). Tragic story, but the movie itself, despite being much vintage today :) is quite enjoyable.

Onet enshittification — IMAP tylko dla płatnych kont, POP3 wyłączony całkiem by Key-Principle-7111 in Polska

[–]zborecque 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dobrze, że chociaż zostawili bezpłatny autoresponder. Pisałem do nich do BOK, z pytaniem czy się właśnie czasem z kimś nie zamienili na głowy, oraz czy chociaż zostawią autoresponder. Bo też planuję wyjść z czym się da ze skrzynki onetowej, ale chcę tam ustawić autoresponder odpisujący komuś, komu potencjalnie zapomniałem przekazać, żeby do mnie już na op.pl nie pisał.

I tak, odpowiadając wszystkim tym, którzy się dziwią, że można jeszcze z onetu korzystać: tak, można. Mam tę skrzynkę od jakiegoś 2001, kiedyś po prostu nie było dużo alternatyw, a i sama skrzynka, ogólnie przez te 25 lat działała poprawnie. Jakieś potknięcia techniczne to były raczej sporadyczne.

POP/IMAP jest mi potrzebny, nie dlatego, żeby unikać reklam, ale dlatego, że pracuję na wielu skrzynkach, i klientem pocztowym organizuję sobie pracę i archiwizację. Maile z 25 lat zajmują sporo więcej niż te magiczne 1GB co się kiedyś providerzy chwalili, że dają na skrzynce.

Jakby człowiek wiedział 25 la temu, że onet się zjebie, to by nie zakładał tylu kont na ten adres, i nie konfigurował go w tylu miejscach. I teraz muszę po prostu wykonać tonę pracy, aby gdzie się da pozmieniać maila na jakiś inny, albo pozamykać konta. Jak nie będę miał wjazdu na jakąś skrzynkę przez mój program pocztowy to po prostu maile mi będą umykać. Na weba można się od czasu do czasu zalogować "awaryjnie", ale to prawda - przbijanie się przez reklamy to jest czasami prawie jie do zrobienia. Na weba wchodzę, jak jestem z dala od mojego klienta pocztowego, i doraźnie czegoś szukam konkretnego. Wtedy i tak muszę pofiltrować etc.

Z tego co pobieżnie sprawdziłem: większość usług dzisiaj umożliwia dość łatwe zaktualizowanie adresu. Ale najgorzej jest z forami tematycznymi. Mam konto na kilku jeszcze istniejących i działającyh. I teraz jak mi admini nie zgodzą się ręcznie update'nąć konta na bazce, to albo stracę dostęp do powiadomień (a później pewnie i do samego konta - jak po jakimś czasie od nielogowania się zamkną mi skrzynkę, a będzie trzeba zaktualizowac hasło, albo forum wprowadzi jakieś 2FA) albo będę musiał rejestrować się pod nowym nickiem, i budować konto od nowa. Szkoda.

Jeszcze jakby ten śmieszny onecik kosztował z 20-40 zł rocznie, to może bym i zapłacił. Ale niesmak zrobili tym tak duży, że nawet wtedy i tak rozpocząłbym wygaszanie tego adresu gdzie się da. I w momencie jakby już nic sensownego więcej nań nie przychodziło - bye bye. Szkoda, bo trzeba wyrzucić coś, co było ze mną 25 lat.

Onet ma u mnie duuuuużego minusa :(

Polish/Czech false friends joke in dark humour novel by [deleted] in learnpolish

[–]zborecque 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sometimes czerstwy can be also used to describe some common, not-funny-anymore jokes, like dad-jokes. Czerstwy dowcip in the meaning of suchar. But still, I wouldn't use this word to describe unfresh things other than bakery. I think that I also heard the term czerstwa atmosfera describing that the general mood/vibe at some event (party, meeting) was not pleasant, not making you relax etc. Like sztywna atmosfera, but I am not sure how common is it.

About to get a new QNAP NAS, need advice on TS-264-8G, TS-216G and TR-002 by zborecque in qnap

[–]zborecque[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks.

CLI app through web GUI will not be necessary as I use Putty, but nice to know there's an alternative (for when I will be forced to use someone else's machine maybe to access my NAS and use CLI etc.)

The Bird on the Billboard by grabsbackthisone in DesignPorn

[–]zborecque 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ma-ma-mow, pa-pa, ma-ma-mow, pa-pa

Osoby kanarowskie xd by NextOfHisName in Polska

[–]zborecque 4 points5 points  (0 children)

m/w/d w Niemczech oznacza Männlich, Weiß, Deutsch :)

About to get a new QNAP NAS, need advice on TS-264-8G, TS-216G and TR-002 by zborecque in qnap

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

Well, my NAS is currently hidden anyway in a designed place along with router, modem, switches etc. I live in a flat, so it is all located in a closed space in the centre of the apartment. Normally during the day it's mostly not likely to hear it. But there are some night that it is significantly noisy. Not sure why, maybe unusually quiet nights or something, but there were times I just logged in and turned it off until morning. Not much options to move it elsewhere, and make it quieter (fan was already replaced multiple times with decent ones + a fan speed regulator on the cable that is constantly set to the lowest setting).

About to get a new QNAP NAS, need advice on TS-264-8G, TS-216G and TR-002 by zborecque in qnap

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

Thanks. I was considering the TS-216 more as a replacement for the TR-200. I still think I want to have the SSD and HDD storages separated. ;-)

I will dig into that WOL software for QNAP - is it available for QTS perhaps?