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Countertop banana stand owners - what do you do when you only have one banana? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 16 hours ago

Sometimes a rubber band, sometimes a twist tie

Does a tiny motion tracking mouse thing exist at all? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 21 hours ago

You may have seen the other reply, but the screws are probably under the little pads under the mouse. You peel them off and then glue them back after.

Example #3194 for blind people enjoying Mastodon/the fediverse BECAUSE many people post with picture/video description in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I've seen people make positive posts about Alt text like this one, and I've seen people comment with #alttext4you or whatever, but the main toxic thing I've seen on Mastodon is the jerks that lash out against the person giving them free alt text :(

Alt text is one of the nicest parts of fediverse culture to me. I really liked learning about why it's there and how easy it is to do, even if you're not that bothered you can be open to other people adding it for you.

It makes me sad to see people lash out about it or joke about Alt Text culture on Bluesky.

But I guess it must be based on a kernel of truth that some people were toxic about it or else why would there be a backlash? IDK.

OpenID Connect Single Sign-On Identity & Access Management in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Could you use this to log into tailscale?

Anthropic has developed an AI 'brain scanner' to understand how LLMs work and it turns out the reason why chatbots are terrible at simple math and hallucinate is weirder than you thought in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Is that why it's a meme to say something like

  • I am a real rapper and I'm here to say

Because the freestyle battle rapper already though of things that rhymed with "say" and it might be "gay" perhaps

Am I a jerk for telling my son he should find another dream (career)? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 22 hours ago

Hehe that is pretty funny thanks for that :p

How does one snap their fingers? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Also answering the second question, I have a vague memory of being in 4th grade and all of us trying to learn how to snap fingers during recess by watching each other and trying to do it.

How does one snap their fingers? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 22 hours ago

Not op but I learned that the snap is loud because your closed pinky and ring fingers form your hand into a resonator.

Do you do the virtual one sided interviews? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 22 hours ago

I probably would because I'd procrastinate on the take home and do a crappy job.

Which actor did not have a single bad film? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 22 hours ago

🎶 Richard Pryor... didn't have to catch on fire 🎵

https://youtu.be/ZGv94Rixst4

Microsoft has created an AI-generated version of Quake in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Can I steal this quote and pretend I came up with it?

What is a book that you will gladly read again? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Have you ever read the Caves of Steel? I had never read it before until recently but it's really cool.

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Does Google scan yt videos to know what products appear in them? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

Ok, so. Earlier today I was watching the Technology Connections video about how Power is energy over time. In the video he shows a picture of an Anker Solix powerbank to illustrate the concept of energy storage. I've never seen or heard of this product before.

An hour later I'm reading an article on Lemmy, and there is an ad for that same powerbank.

What explains this? Some explanations I can think of:

  1. Random chance.
  2. Google scans YouTube videos for information about what products appear in them, and knows that I watched the video, and that I'm the same person now reading the article. It then gives this information to everyone in the ad-selling marketplace, so the Anker ad company can bid high to show me an ad.
  3. Google is observing what appears on my screen in order to sell this info to advertisers.

I think 2 is most likely given Occam's Razor, but I didn't think Google scanned yt videos like this.

Is there something I'm missing?

I was watching on an Android phone, on Tubular. My browser is IronFox. I'm surprised that Google can follow my activity from one app to the other... this is probably based on IP address, but I wonder what other device fingerprinting tubular and IronFox expose...

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Does the beginning of "Money for Nothing" remind you of "Shine on you crazy diamond?" (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

I just heard Money for Nothing for the first time in awhile and it sounded really similar; I wonder if it does to you all also

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Do zinc tablets and toothpaste counteract each other in the mouth? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

I brushed my teeth and then dissolved a zinc tablet in my mouth.

Afterwards I wondered, would the F- ion in the toothpaste combine with the Zn2+ ion in the tablet, which is not very soluble in water, and would neutralize both the teeth hardening and cold-fighting properties?

It says on the zinc bottle not to drink citrus juices but I cannot find any reliable information online that explains why.

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Is there any negative consequence to wearing socks inside out? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
2 comments fedilink
 

Ok hear me out.

I've never worn normal socks inside out because it's so easy to get them into the correct orientation. But I have a whole bunch of toe socks now, and the easiest way to take them off is by peeling them off, which leaves them inside out at the end.

I've been righting them and washing them, but it adds quite an annoyance as for every n socks it adds n time.

So I am wondering can I just get away with wearing them inside out half the time?

Potential downsides I've already though of:

  • It might look dumb
  • It might wear out the fuzzy side faster than normal.

Let's say those are both a price I'll willing to pay. Is there anything else I haven't thought of? Does anybody have personal experience or cultural knowledge in this regard?

Edit: this is all very good information. Thank you, I'll try it out for a few days.

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Looking for feedback on simplifying self hosting (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

Hi all,

I started self hosting nextcloud only. Now I have a domain name and I would like to selfhost more services and websites on subdomains without having to open up more ports on my router.

  1. Is it reasonable to use a reverse proxy server to avoid opening up more ports?
  2. Can I use a reverse proxy manager that simplifies SSL certs, etc?
  3. Can I put the HTTP/HTTPS services behind a reverse proxy, behind a free cloudflare DNS proxy to mask my IP address?
  4. And put other non-http services on the real IP address.
  5. Will all of this be more prone to failure and slow compared to forwarding 443 and 80 directly to my nextcloud server?

The other services I would like to eventually host and have accessible externally are

  • Jitsi
  • Mastodon instance (hoping to make some bots that mirror other social media to bring them into Mastodon)
  • blog website
  • Veilid maybe
  • OpenVPN over TCP on 443 (to get through restrictive firewalls on e.g. school wifi networks that don't whitelist domains)
  • Synology to Synology backup.

I'm hoping to use Yunohost on a RPI to simplify hosting a lot of these things.

Here's my plan where I'm looking for feedback. Am I missing any steps? Are my assumptions correct?

  1. Install reverse proxy on yunohost; configure cloudflare DNS and freedns.afraid.org to point towards the reverse DNS server.
  2. Configure the reverse DNS to redirect various subdomains to
  • the raspberry pi running nextcloud
  • the other raspberry pi running openvpn
  • the Synology running the backup service
  • services running on the yunohost raspberry pi

I have not been able to find good documentation about how to configure the yunohost reverse proxy, or how to deal with HTTP headers, or have correct certificates on all the subdomains as well as the reverse proxy. Looking for advice on how to move forward and or simply this setup.

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