I set up Bitwarden for my wife and parents. They then only access this stuff via mobile and login with fingerprint. They then change to a new device and don’t remember any passwords at all and come to me to reset all their account passwords and rebuild a new Bitwarden password database. They don’t even know the password for their main Gmail account with their Android phones. I now keep their main Gmail password in my own Bitwarden and set this as their recovery account for everything. It’s painful being the family tech support guy.

My sleep habits got messed up as a teenager and I’ve struggled a lot to fix it over the years, without success. I want to aim to get 7 hours. I end up with an average of 6:30. This doesn’t sound too bad, but it is. At the end of every 2 weeks the sleep deficit is a full night’s missed sleep. Over the past year I have a 90 hour deficit (as if I’ve completely missed almost 13 nights sleep).

I used to live off 4 to 5 hours after my first kid. It’s no way to live. It’s like being on drugs, you might not realise what a bad hole you’re in till you come out of it. It’s one of the biggest determinants to good health. Once you start sleeping well consistently, your experience of everything on life will be so much better when your brain doesn’t have a constant fatigue haze. This takes weeks of good sleep to recover from (not 2 nights of good sleep after months of terrible sleep).

Most of things I find are very niche interests so it’s not really useful for everyone to know about, but I wish it was easier to find niche communities for my interests to share these with.

https://retrogamecorps.com/ - has been amazing since I started getting into retro gaming last year.

https://mariushosting.com/docker/ - has been the site that got me into self hosting with my Synology NAS and I still use it as a resource regularly even though my docker containers are on a separate Debian server now.

https://ext.to/ - my go to torrent aggregator.

https://alexandrite.app/<your Lemmy instance> - has been the best desktop frontend for Lemmy that I’ve found.

https://drawabox.com/ - I’ve been getting back to trying to improve at sketching and this is one of the best resources I’ve found.

https://gp2040-ce.info/ - made it possible for me to make my own custom hitbox controllers for Street Fighter.

https://github.com/joe-scotto/scottokeebs/ - Joe Scotto’s resources helped me make my own macro pad and I want to make my own full keyboard next.

Such a great movie. Still got it on Jellyfin and I rewatch it from time to time.

Could happen tomorrow, could happen in a year or two. Stay tuned for more updates on the ongoing shit show.

Finishing my little DIY projects.

Project 1: completing repairs on a levels hitbox style fighting game controller. Problems to solve: bow in the bottom plate, color match to the top, seal the gaps, attach non-slip foam backing.

Project 2: DIY emulation console and Steam machine mini console. Problems to solve: augment processor cooling, seal to stop airflow leak and direct all fan air through the cooler, make a power button when the jumper switches on the motherboard are too small to solder to, make an external shell out of wood and wire mesh.

I really don’t want to go to relatives this weekend and want half a day break from the kids to sink my teeth into these. Been chipping away at them in 45 min intervals which really isn’t satisfying.

I’m not obliged to do anything I’m not directly paid for. People put all sorts of massive tasks on me and I now ignore the task. If it is important enough to come back to me from 2 or 3 sources then I might look at it. All core tasks I get paid for come before these “extras”.

Home offence is the best defense.

I wanted to be high IQ on this graph so I started walking everywhere. But I still have noisy exhaust.

Tech bros benefit from saying that AI is the solution to everything… And people are eating this up.

You’re exactly right that it really should be the right tool for the right job, and people don’t know how to differentiate good vs bad uses of AI.

I’ve used it for getting over my Linux migration problems. Ive also used it to help me set up my home server. Ive used the tech Bros tools to remove as many tech bro products as I can from my life. I think this is the perfect use of AI, on a noncritical problem with good impact and absolutely no consequence when it is completely wrong. I ask AI to interpret massive docker log files for me and point me in the right direction. Once I know what the problem might be then I can go read human written solution posts.

I know people have successfully used AI to write letters to help get out of unfair parking tickets, battle shitty landlords and use it to do shitty useless tasks that bosses ask them to do. I fully support using AI to push back against overbearing authority. Use their own tool to stick it to the man! We just need to prioritise reducing the climate, energy, water impact to make it not destroy the planet at the same time. I want ethical AI that doesnt steal everyone’s content.

This is me

No need for me to comment. This guy has me covered.

Except I can drink caffeine in the evening too, IDGAF

“It finished too early”

I’m also interested in this, but with the added requirement of “no politics”. There are meme communities but people are hell bent on posting political absurdities everywhere as if they are flag waving for their team. I just want dumb jokes about dumb shit without hearing propaganda.

This guys channel is amazing. His projects take time and he finishes them off properly before releasing content, but he does make really good things that I wish I had the time to recreate too.

When I was a kid in the 90s, there used to small fringe groups talking about global warming and everyone else rolled their eyes. Now when it’s too late, people have started caring.

Privacy, security and anonymity are at that place now. Anyone talking about how fucked up it is that even your TV and fridge is mining all the data it can, is considered to be a fringe alarmist. People are going to wait till the world is on fire before taking this seriously. There was an uproar when WhatsApp changed its terms of service a couple of years ago and that died down and nothing changed. The uproar from this (and Discord) will also die down and nothing will change. Maybe one day people will see this as relevant to their lives and take it seriously.

Im not sure what to think as ive never been in love or had friends, im only 20 and this it somewhat uncommon i think?

That’s not uncommon. It’s not good if you’re not happy with your situation. Good luck and hope that gets better.

Valentines day is pushed in everyone’s face because it’s ultra-commercialised and there’s money to be made. “Buy her diamonds this Valentines day”… WTF. It’s overhyped. People can celebrate as they like. People can ignore it as they please.

If anyone like getting their hands dirty with tinkering, then you can get inspiration from Zac’s YouTube video about modernising an iPod.

Vocals. Mainly in the shower, but sometimes in the car. I’d say I’m close to being the best vovalist in the world, if not the best.

I shall check out all those suggestions. Thanks. Already got GTA2 though.

The amazing price and performance of emulation consoles blows my mind and I would recommend them to anyone who hasn’t discovered them yet.