sunstoned 13 hours ago • 100%
If you want a device to do NFC payments you'll need to look somewhere other than GrapheneOS. (Believe me, I've tried everything)
sunstoned 20 hours ago • 100%
Coarse Salt. Add just enough water to move it around + a little dish soap and shake. Works like a charm.
sunstoned 20 hours ago • 100%
Amazing work! I'm very excited to see mobile Linux reach a usable state for every day processing. Thank your for your time and energy. It is valuable and going to good use.
Why the Pixel 3a? Is there anything special about it (or not special, which might mean my old 3XL is good for more than gathering dust?)
How can I get involved? I know my way around C and would love to pitch in.
sunstoned 6 days ago • 100%
"Chuff" in the context of rock climbing = bad, made an effort but didn't get very far / fell a lot
sunstoned 7 days ago • 100%
Even in the US, state-level representation hardly counts as local. Neighborhoods, towns, counties, etc. all have people representing them.
It's cool to care about and build up your community.
sunstoned 7 days ago • 90%
Even faster -- tailscale. For a cheeky way to play with your friends make a burner account with a shared login to get on the same tailnet for free. On the endpoints, turn off tailscale-ssh and any of their other "features" you don't need.
sunstoned 1 week ago • 100%
I immediately thought this was salt. Maybe I'm the monster.
sunstoned 3 weeks ago • 100%
GrapheneOS! I've been using it for a few years. Never going back.
sunstoned 3 weeks ago • 100%
Is this some Network Allowed
problem that I'm too Network Not Allowed
to understand?
AlternativeTo is a site I use quite a bit. Personally I use it when I get fed up with an Android app having too many ads / creepy network behavior or want to find a self-hostable version of a freemium service. It has filters for free, open source, platform type, etc. From my understanding it's all crowd sourced, so if you disagree with a rating put in a vote! Sharing this in hopes that others find it as useful as I do. If you know of similar or better resources I would love to hear about them. Edit: many people are noting that the comments and reviews are out of date. I agree! Despite that I still find it to he useful. It would be great if this little bit of visibility gets more folks engaged over there to improve it.
sunstoned 3 weeks ago • 87%
I'm a big fan of buying power tools twice. I happen to go Ryobi for the first round but Harbor Freight / Northern Tool are probably similar.
If you can stand the fuss, buy corded tools and skip the brand loyalty that comes with batteries.
The biggest killer of cheaper power tools is generally heat. There are plastic components in the drive train. They hold up great to short jobs, but heat is their kryptonite. If you let a Ryobi tool cool down whenever you notice it getting warm to the touch it'll last a long time. If you need to run a tool for hours at a time then skip the fuss and go straight to a more brand with a good reputation like DeWalt, Makita, Bosch, or Milwaukee.
sunstoned 3 weeks ago • 100%
Red boxes fit all brands :)
sunstoned 3 weeks ago • 100%
assuming you mean *can't
if cordless: batteries
else: brand cuckery
sunstoned 4 weeks ago • 100%
Second this ^
I have one and it's fine, but not directly supported by OpenWRT. Looks like Beryl and Slate are though
sunstoned 1 month ago • 100%
Well that's odd!
Here you go:
I've been playing around with my home office setup. I have multiple laptops to manage (thanks work) and a handful of personal devices. I would love to stop playing the "does this charging brick put out enough juice for this device" game. I have: - 1x 100W Laptop - 1x 60W Laptop - 1x 30W Router - 1x 30W Phone - 2x raspberry pis I've been looking at multi-device bricks like [this UGREEN Nexode 300W](https://www.ugreen.com/collections/charger/products/ugreen-300w-desktop-usb-c-gan-charger) but hoped someone might know of a similar product for less than $170. Saving a list of products that are in the ballpark below, in case they help others. Unfortunately they just miss the mark for my use case. - [Shargeek S140](https://sharge.com/products/shargeek-s140-140w-pd3-1-gan-charger): $80, >100W peak delivery for one device, but drops below that as soon as a second device is plugged in. - [200W Omega](https://chargeasap.com/products/200w-omega-charger): at $140 it's a little steep. Plus it doesn't have enough ports for me. For these reasons, I'm out. - [Anker Prime 200W](https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Charger-Charging-Station-Compatible/dp/B0CT2NQ7WG?hvadid=80058381345066&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=m&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4583657851981835&psc=1): at $80 this seems like a winner, but ~~they don't show what happens to the 100W outputs when you plug in a third (or sixth) device. Question pending with their support dept.~~ it can't hit 100W on any port with 6 devices plugged in. - [Anker Prime 250W](https://www.anker.com/products/a2345-anker-prime-charger-250w-6-ports-ganprime?variant=43931956478102): thanks [FutileRecipe](https://lemmy.world/u/FutileRecipe) for the recommendation! This hits all of the marks and comes in around $140 after a discount. Might be worth the coin. If you've read this far, thanks for caring! You're why this corner of the internet is so fun. I hope you have a wonderful day.
sunstoned 1 month ago • 100%
Please don't assume anything, it's not healthy.
Explicitly stating assumptions is necessary for good communication. That's why we do it in research. :)
it depends on the license of that binary
It doesn't, actually. A binary alone, by definition, is not open source as the binary is the product of the source, much like a model is the product of training and refinement processes.
You can't just automatically consider something open source
On this we agree :) which is why saying a model is open source or slapping a license on it doesn't make it open source.
the main point is that you can put closed source license on a model trained from open source data
- Actually the ability to legally produce closed source material depends heavily on how the data is licensed in that case
- This is not the main point, at all. This discussion is regarding models that are released under an open source license. My argument is that they cannot be truly open source on their own.
sunstoned 1 month ago • 100%
Quite aggressive there friend. No need for that.
You have a point that intensive and costly training process plays a factor in the usefulness of a truly open source gigantic model. I'll assume here that you're referring to the likes of Llama3.1
's heavy variant or a similarly large LLM. Note that I wasn't referring to gigantic LLMs specifically when referring to "models". It is a very broad category.
However, that doesn't change the definition of open source.
If I have an SDK to interact with a binary and "use it as [I] please" does that mean the binary is then open source because I can interact with it and integrate it into other systems and publish those if I wish? :)
sunstoned 1 month ago • 50%
Do you plan to sue the provider of your "open source" model? If so, would the goal be to force the provider to be in full compliance with the license (access to their source code and training set)? Would the goal be to force them to change the license to something they comply with?
sunstoned 1 month ago • 75%
You would be obligated, if your goal were to be complying with the spirit and description of open source (and sleeping well at night, in my opinion).
Do you have the source code and full data set used to train the "open source" model you're referring to?
sunstoned 1 month ago • 81%
My point precisely :)
A pre-trained model alone can't really be open source. Without the source code and full data set used to generate it, a model alone is analogous to a binary.
sunstoned 1 month ago • 80%
If I license a binary as open source does that make it open source?
sunstoned 1 month ago • 100%
Those bar mittens are killer too.
sunstoned 1 month ago • 71%
What makes it open source?
sunstoned 1 month ago • 100%
Excellent notes. If I could add anything it would be on number 4 -- just. add. imagery. For the love of your chosen deity, learn the shortcut for a screenshot on your OS. Use it like it's astro glide and you're trying to get a Cadillac into a dog house.
The little red circles or arrows you add in your chosen editing software will do more to convey a point than writing a paragraph on how to get to the right menu.
sunstoned 2 months ago • 100%
Believe what you will. I'm not an authority on the topic, but as a researcher in an adjacent field I have a pretty good idea. I also self host Ollama and SearXNG (a metasearch engine, to be clear, not a first party search engine) so I have some anecdotal inclinations.
Training even a teeny tiny LLM or ML model can run a typical gaming desktop at 100% for days. Sending a query to a pretrained model hardly even shows up on HTop unless it's gigantic. Even the gigantic models only spike the CPU for a few seconds (until the query is complete). SearXNG, again anecdotally, spikes my PC about the same as Mistral in Ollama.
I would encourage you to look at more explanations like the one below. I'm not just blowing smoke, and I'm not dismissing the very real problem of massive training costs (in money, energy, and water) that you're pointing out.
https://www.baeldung.com/cs/chatgpt-large-language-models-power-consumption
sunstoned 2 months ago • 50%
I don't disagree, but it is useful to point out there are two truths in what you wrote.
The energy use of one person running an already trained model on their own hardware is trivial.
Even the energy use of many many people using already trained models (ChatGPT, etc) is still not the problem at hand (probably on the order of the energy usage from a typical search engine).
The energy use in training these models (the appendage measuring contest between tech giants pretending they're on the cusp of AGI) is where the cost really ramps up.
sunstoned 2 months ago • 100%
Amazing! I've used that before but just to look for packages offline. I'll definitely check that out.
sunstoned 2 months ago • 100%
Love the example here!
I'm still learning about available references (ex config.services.navidrome.settings.Port
). What resources did you find to be the best for learning that kind of thing?
I'll accept RTFM if that's applicable :)
sunstoned 2 months ago • 100%
Based
sunstoned 2 months ago • 100%
Excellent distinction! That makes a lot of sense, thank you
sunstoned 2 months ago • 100%
Hm.. if I'm reading the README correctly this is a LAN only drop mechanism between a phone and a laptop. Syncthing does that already, albeit with a cumbersome number of features and config for that use case. If that's not accurate I'm sure you'll let me know :)
I would love to see this develop an airdrop-esque Bluetooth / PAN phone to phone feature though! Especially if a compatible iOS app were available that would be really slick.
sunstoned 2 months ago • 75%
I don't mean to join the broken record crew here, but is this better than Syncthing in some way?
sunstoned 2 months ago • 100%
It's been my most used feature on my Garmin Instinct 2X tbh. Glad I don't have to carry a separate gadget.
sunstoned 2 months ago • 100%
Is there a reason you're not considering running this in a VM?
I could see a case where you go for a native install on a virtual machine, attach a virtual disk to isolate your library from the rest of the filesystem, and then move that around (or just straight up mount that directory in the container) as needed.
That way you can back up your library separately from your JF server implementation and go hog wild.
sunstoned 2 months ago • 100%
Syntax-wise, it's meant to be identical. I got on board when they were the only ones that enabled rootless (without admin privileges) mode. That's no longer the case since rootless docker has been out for a while.
I'm personally a fan of the red hat docs and how-to's on podman over the mixed bag of tech bro medium articles I associate with docker.
At the end of the day this is a bit of a Pokemon starter question. If your top priority is to get a reasonably common and straightforward job done just pick one and see where it takes you! :)
sunstoned 3 months ago • 100%
Syncthing is my answer though I appreciate it doesn't get to the root of your question.
There are local backups that include your system settings, text messages, contacts, call history and (optionally) apps. The one thing I want is the ability to pick a directory for the local backup so I can make it work with syncthing without jumping through hoops.
It's also compatible with Nextcloud and WebDAV if those are options for you.
sunstoned 3 months ago • 100%
I miss my pixel 5 :(
sunstoned 3 months ago • 100%
Chiming in to note that GNSS communications are actually receive only. A typical phone can't physically broadcast a strong enough signal into mid-earth orbit (where most of those satellites typically are) to achieve the "pinging GPS satellites" issue.
Note this only refers to how that signal physically hits your phone. Once your position is deduced and digitized there's an entirely different attack surface.
The other concerns (especially cell tower data tracking) are valid though.
sunstoned 3 months ago • 100%
What would you tout?
Is anybody self hosting Beeper bridges? I'm still wary of privacy concerns, as they basically just have you log into every other service through their app (which as I understand is always going on in the closed source part of Beeper's product). The linked GitHub README also states that the benefit of hosting their bridge setup is basically "hosting Matrix hard" which I don't necessarily believe.