lka1988

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FBI makes arrest in investigation into pipe bombs placed in DC on eve of Jan. 6 riot, AP sources say in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Remember the "drones" that appeared for a few weeks last year then suddenly stopped existing?

FBI makes arrest in investigation into pipe bombs placed in DC on eve of Jan. 6 riot, AP sources say in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Maybe he has a laptop they can search

‘Atoms for Algorithms:’ The Trump Administration’s Top Nuclear Scientists Think AI Can Replace Humans in Power Plants in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I've worked with a few of your fellow sailors (in a civilian capacity). Navy nukes have lots of fun stories.

‘Atoms for Algorithms:’ The Trump Administration’s Top Nuclear Scientists Think AI Can Replace Humans in Power Plants in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That is an appropriate usage of "AI", as it's basically just pattern recognition. Something computers are really good at.

DOJ orders prison inspectors to stop considering LGBTQ safety standards in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago

Remember kids, the cruelty is the point.

A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

That's a pretty broad brush, and some serious FUD. There are a shitload of other projects at any given time that purport to do the same thing.

The cloud is just someone else's computer, but the internet is just someone else's network in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

It is a huge problem here, unfortunately.

The cloud is just someone else's computer, but the internet is just someone else's network in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Not in the US they aren't.

The cloud is just someone else's computer, but the internet is just someone else's network in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago

It is apparently regulatory hell to get up and running.

By design, of course.

The cloud is just someone else's computer, but the internet is just someone else's network in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I think you might be misunderstanding something here, because this is already how every ISP works - including the one you are using right now. Just on a bigger scale.

The cloud is just someone else's computer, but the internet is just someone else's network in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago (7 children)

No thanks, double-NATing is not my idea of fun when it comes to self-hosting.

Survivors on ‘narco boat’ targeted by Trump order were blown apart after Hegseth verbal command to ‘kill everybody’: Report in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So is running for president as a felon, yet here we are.

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Got myself some energy monitoring Zigbee plugs and made an interesting discovery (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by lka1988@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I'm in the process of getting my Home Assistant environment up and running, and decided to run a test: it turns out that my gaming PC (custom 5800X3D/7900XTX build) uses more power just sitting idle, than both of my storage freezers combined.

Background: In addition to some other things, I bought two "Eightree" brand Zigbee-compatible plugs to see how they fare. One is monitoring the power usage of both freezers on a power strip (don't worry, it's a heavy duty strip meant for this), and the other is measuring the usage of my entire desktop setup (including monitors and the HA server itself, a Lenovo M710q).

After monitoring these for a couple days, I decided that I will shut off my PC unless I'm actively using it. It's not a server, but it does have WOL capability, so if I absolutely need to get into it remotely, it won't be an issue.

Pretty fascinating stuff, and now my wife is completely on board as well; she wants to put a plug on her iMac to see what it draws, as she uses it to hold her cross-stitch files and other things.

7 months later update:

I've expanded HA quite a bit and have a decent grasp on where my electricity is being used. Suspending my desktop has saved a shitload of power: under Linux, when suspended, it draws ~10W of power at any given time vs ~100W when idle. Also, I put smart plugs on the server cluster; the total usage of the entire cluster - 4 mini PCs, 1 SFF, and 5x HDDs (NAS) - over the last 7 months so far is currently at a whopping 465 kWh. That's ~66 kWh a month. Barely 5% of my monthly electrical usage.

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