tristanperry

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by tristanperry 5mo ago
> is basically hacking around a load of text files telling their trillion dollar wonder machine it absolutely must stop talking to customers about goblins, gremlins and ogres? I wonder how the developer(s) felt, who had to push that PR.
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by tristanperry 11mo ago
My theory is a state-sponsored actor targeting some of these services, but maybe that's just too 'tinfoil hat' of me, who knows.
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by tristanperry 11mo ago
I assume you're joking, but as an FYI, Rebecca Heineman died: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/legendary-game-desig...
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by tristanperry 11mo ago
ChatGPT and Claude are down as a result, too. Y'know, along with most other SAAS services.
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by tristanperry 1y ago
Yes exactly - and they still have aging hardware, only 1Gb Ethernet and have recently nerfed H.265 support.
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by tristanperry 1y ago
Too little, too late. I finished my 48TB Unraid build a couple of weeks ago :) If Synology want me back as a customer, they also need to get modern CPUs, 2.5Gb or 10Gb Ethernet and reverse course on H.265 too.
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UK man imprisoned for 4 months after walking up to cops with 6" Master Sword(pcgamer.com)
17 points by tristanperry 2y ago|30 comments
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by tristanperry 2y ago
Hi Matthew, Cloudflare just charged my card $235 with no prior warning (for a service I intended to cancel when I received the renewal reminder). I did not receive any renewal reminders, no advance notice of payment, no invoice. Nothing. Is
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by tristanperry 3y ago
A great essay, and it explains exactly why I left software development (as a career working for someone else). Too much of what I call emergency-led management.
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by tristanperry 3y ago
Their own summary is here: https://youtu.be/yGXaAWbzl5A Paul Hibbert (a UK tech YouTuber) was also hacked in a similar way, and he dived into info on that here: https://youtu.be/0NdZrrzp7UE
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by tristanperry 4y ago
Interesting for sure. The first time I done it, I had a beauty score of 5. I then put glasses on and got better lighting, and got up to a 7. It kept saying my age was 18-20, but I'm 32. Finally it kept predicting my BMI as 30+, even th
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by tristanperry 4y ago
I'd be stunned if the Nasdaq above 11,800 (i.e. it's current level). There seems to be too many economic headwinds. I think today was a short term relief rally, not the turning point of one month's sell-offs.
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by tristanperry 4y ago
It is 'yet another' standard yes, but it's worth pointing out that Matter was jointly launched by the ZigBee Alliance (who now call themselves the Connectivity Standards Alliance). So it's not exactly a rival to ZigBee a
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by tristanperry 4y ago
Agreed, Caseta are worth their price premium IMO. The only downside is that they aren't available in the UK, but that's not uncommon for non-mainstream smart home products.
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by tristanperry 4y ago
(Disclosure: I have a smart home blog and YouTube channel) A nice write-up. Insteon have (had?) some great products, so this is a shame. I do think that Matter will improve things a little, but we'll see - owning hardware from a bankru
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Netflix Share Price on Track for Biggest Fall in Nearly a Decade(wsj.com)
2 points by tristanperry 4y ago|0 comments
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by tristanperry 5y ago
Great article, thanks for posting. I've been on a smart home journey myself, but I'm still currently relying on Alexa for most integration and a Hue Bridge. It works well for the 30-40 devices I currently have. I totally agree tha
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Reddit Is Down(redditstatus.com)
7 points by tristanperry 5y ago|2 comments
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by tristanperry 5y ago
That's what multiple newspapers including The Times are reporting, yes. Since Boris' job is on the line, he's apparently panicking and due to roll out a series of popularist policies next week.
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by tristanperry 5y ago
That's an annoying blog. I was half way through reading when a full page "enter your email address" pop-up appeared. I closed it, and was sent to the top of the page again. (Samsung S20, Chrome).
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by tristanperry 5y ago
I do agree generally, but it's funny that the suggested solution (spacers) are basically back to the old 1px transparent gif trick from the 90s/early 00s. Nothing wrong with the suggestion, but it's just ironic that we seem t
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by tristanperry 5y ago
I watch Netflix at 1.25x and YouTube at 1.5x-2x - but this is mainly because I find some shows/channels a bit too slow at 1x speed. Some YouTube channels are unbearable at 1x speed due to the slow speaking speed. 3x speed probably is h
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by tristanperry 5y ago
Yep true, although it's not just laptops. I often see 'high end editing PCs' with 16GB of RAM, which is possibly sufficient for 1080p editing, but nowhere near enough for 4K editing for multiple programs open. I guess it&#x2
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by tristanperry 5y ago
Good. The more exposure this tactic gets, the better. I remember trying to cancel my The Times (of London) subscription a few years ago. It was a terrible experience - having to ensure a pushy sales call for 20 minutes, where the call handl
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Aussie++ – the programming language from down under(old.reddit.com)
3 points by tristanperry 5y ago|0 comments
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by tristanperry 5y ago
Agreed. I have a series of content websites, and at first I used Jekyll and it was fast to load, but everything took 10x longer to do than just using WordPress. I now use WordPress on a VPS and served with Litespeed Enterprise and the perfo
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by tristanperry 5y ago
My Wordpress sites have minimal plugins (hence minimal JS and CSS) and run via a VPS and using Litespeed Enterprise, and they're almost as fast as static sites - but with 100x the ease of use and power. Heck, my Wordpress blogs are fas
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by tristanperry 5y ago
Nice job :) I don't completely agree about Jekyll (it can be very light weight, requiring zero Ruby unless you need to extend things), but rolling your own solution for a personal home page is always nice.
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by tristanperry 5y ago
Annnd.. the tweet shows the exact product used. It's now showing as sold out on shopee.com (maybe it was before though, who knows?) I run a smart home blog (smarthomepoint.com) and it's surprising how many people email me saying t
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by tristanperry 5y ago
It's a great bit of advice. It does also apply to companies who demand that their workers have bums on seats in an office 8-9 hours a day... Companies often don't seem to understand that loading employees with meetings and bureauc

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