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Starlink with self hosted?
  • There is usually free tier packages available on the big cloud providers. You'll get pretty limited resources, but you will get a static IP, and the ability to run a tunnel. There will be a couple extra steps, but nothing major. You'll likely have the ability to run a couple services from there as well- maybe something to kick-start your home server if it falls over for whatever reason, or even your URL shortener.

  • Three Men Die After Google Maps Reportedly Told Them to Drive Over an Unfinished Bridge
  • Let's assume the bridge just got washed out, and we are the first car to discover this. It can't be the fault of the construction company, it can't be the fault of the municipal authority. You could potentially make a case that whoever originally designed the bridge is at fault, but ultimately, it's up to the driver to be aware of hazards and be safe.

    For a ridiculous example- Google is telling you to drive straight ahead. There's a small child in the way. But Google told you to go straight ahead, so you do. Can you say Google is at fault for that?

  • ugh i wish
  • Of course there's a difference. That's like saying there's no difference between a rare steak and a well done steak. Yes, they're both steak, and to some extent they taste the same, but they are very different.

  • Tomago Aluminium abandons green target

    I mean, I could see it coming, but not this blatantly. It's also a bit worrying that the CEO is saying something needs to be done to keep the plant running.

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    NSW government to cut off public access to Newcastle harbour ahead of peaceful climate protest
  • Jesus, that's authoritarian as fuck. This has been a yearly event for ages, no incidents that I'm aware of- claiming it's a safety issue is a poor excuse.

    I hope people come out in droves, we shouldn't have to deal with this shit.

    What about the rowing club? The kayak fishers? They'll be affected by this too.

  • Recommend me good e-reader
  • What's the battery life like? Without actually doing much research, I always lent towards dedicated eReaders. I just assumed that a tailor made, super simple OS would save a lot of needless processing, therefore power.

    I charge my Kindle about once a month, I guess.

  • The country is done for
  • I apologise for my attempt at a light-hearted joke, I didn't mean to cause offence. Although I was, and remain, legitimately confused as to which camp you are in.

    I'll willingly admit I have minimal knowledge about football sports, but I always thought that broadly speaking American football was inspired by rugby, which essentially evolved from people cheating at soccer at a place called Rugby- I remember reading the little blue plaque there.

    As for a ball, sure, if you're about slang and the elasticity of the English language, a ball can be any shape really. But, pushes up glasses acksually, the word ball means a sphere.

  • The country is done for
  • I'm not sure if I understand which version you'd prefer- Do you want football to refer to the game where players use their hands to move an egg shaped object, or do you think football should refer to the game where players use their feet to move a ball shaped object?

  • [Article] World's first wooden satellite, built in Japan, heads to International Space Station
  • It's easier and cheaper to make wood than aluminium or steel. If it holds up, it would be a win.

    I imagine there's all sorts of issues to iron out... The wood would have to be super dry, for example. Freeze thaw cycles in space are constant and extreme.

    I don't think it's the first time wood has been used in spacecraft- I vaguely remember oak heatshields being a thing.

  • Terrified.
  • Thanks for an honest and informative reply.

    I guess I'm lucky in that I'm not particularly tied down anywhere. If I found myself in that situation, I'd just leave. A visa to a more developed, civilised country like Thailand or Chile isn't that hard to get, right?

    Or is leaving equivalent to 'letting them win'?

  • People in their 40s and 50s with no children, how does it feel?
  • This is one of the arguments I have around the decision to not have children of my own. The world is pretty fucked, do I really want to create someone who will not only have to endure the shit to come, but also will undoubtedly add to that shit?

    The counter argument, of course, is to raise the child in such a way that they make the world a better place. Ultimately, though, the problem is too many humans- why add to that?

  • People in their 40s and 50s with no children, how does it feel?
  • I'm a similar age, and similar point in life. I like kids, but I really don't want to have any of my own. I really enjoy being an uncle to many children, though- not related, just made it clear to my friends that I would love to keep my connection with them, and build a connection with their child.

    People don't want to impose their child on others, but if you have a genuine conversation with them about being ok with kids, you'll get to see your friends more often, and if you're into it, they'll fucking live and appreciate the free babysitting.

  • What kind of hosting service will allow this?

    Vague title I know, but I'm enough of a beginner at this to not really know what I need to ask!

    I would like to rent a server, that allows me to spin up different services, including things like Windows to use as a remote desktop. Ideally, I would then be able to just migrate this whole setup to my home server.

    I thought it would be as easy as renting a scalable VPS, but apparently if you run something like Proxmox on those, you'll get terrible performance?

    My understanding is that I'd need to rent a bare metal server, but then my 'scalability' will suffer- I can't just wind up and down the specs as needed, correct?

    My user case: For the next several months, I'm on the road, without a proper computer. I may have some work doing some CAD drafting, hence Windows. I'd also like to have some containers to run some dev tools, databases, web hosting. I'd also like to use the same service to start building my future home server environment- nextcloud, *arr, etc. Once I'm back home, I'd like to easily migrate this setup to a local machine, then continue to use the server as my own cloud and public entry point. And further down the line, hosting a gaming server for friends. In terms of location, Sydney would be great.

    Will a VPS do this? Or do I need bare metal? Is there a single service that will allow me to do both, with one billing? Or am I doing a Dunning-Kruger?

    Thanks in advance for your hints.

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    Remote access to lan, isolated from the internet?

    I'm looking at a permanent install of a Windows machine that runs a few digital signs. I want to achieve remote access and file upload to the Windows box, as well as accessing the internal web server of the displays on the same LAN. This LAN will be attached to a corporate network, but I would prefer if it did not have access to the internet. I'll have to work with the IT department to get this happening, of course, but I'm hoping to go in prepped with potential solutions. Could anyone tell me if these ideas will work, or what I'm missing?

    • VPN tunnel. This would be whichever VPN that their IT supports. Would I be able to simply install the client on the windows box and my machine, and then on my machine connect to the VPN, use TeamViewer in LAN mode for control of the Windows box, and web browser for control of displays? I'm assuming their IT would set up the upstream switch to only pass that VPN connection, so that the Windows box does not see the internet, and I cannot see their internal network.
    • Some kind of IPMI/PiKVM solution- This would be a second computer, attached to the corporate network, but not to the signage LAN. It would just be a KVM for the Windows box. I would then dial into that via its webserver, and control the Windows machine. The control for the displays would be accessed via browser on the Windows machine. I like this solution, as it keeps the networks separate, but I think that uploading files will be a challenge.
    • Or is there a better way?
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    Machine Learning @lemmy.ml gazter @aussie.zone

    Hoping for an intro to machine learning for object detection

    Hi! Hopefully this is a good place to ask. I've been googling around a fair bit, but haven't had much luck- I'm either finding ELI5 type articles, or in depth tutorials on setting up a model to tell the difference between a frog and a dog. I'm not sure if those are relevant to my concept.

    I would like to implement a ML algorithm to detect a particular type of defect on a production line. Our current camera system isn't quite up to the task, but gives good, consistent imagery, and I have a good historical dataset. The product moves past the camera, it snaps a single black and white image, then the product moves on. This means that most of my images are more or less the same. These defects are obvious to the human eye.

    Could someone please give me, a noob, a bird's eye view of how I would go about using ML to create a model for this? There's so many choices of tools and tutorials that I don't know which would be best suited to this use case.

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