octobob

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[–] octobob@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Wood ones get picked clean consistently or set off with no kill. Victor ones require no skill. It's like clockwork, set them and they're dead immediately.

[–] octobob@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The wood and copper spring ones are total crap. The mice will steal food off them all day, I'm sure they've evolved to see them as traps by this point.

What you want is the red and grey plastic ones like these:

https://a.co/d/5vgVTJe

I've seen one of these things kill like 4 mice in a row. And it was all the same trap, on the same night!

[–] octobob@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago

Connor fucking lamb is the "resurgence" lmao what. I live in the city limits of Pittsburgh. He got elected in the suburbs right outside of the city, in the most liberal white collar suburbs. He is also the most plain white toast nothing burger of a politician. Complete and total centrist in every meaning of the word in American politics. If he's the resurgence then the Dems are cooked

[–] octobob@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Sooo interact with people?

[–] octobob@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah, just like PS2 and the DVD player built in. Being able to play movies up in my bedroom as an 11 year old was amazing. It was also the most cost effective way to buy something that could play DVDs and the cutting edge games at the time. There's a reason why the PS2 remains the best selling console of all time

[–] octobob@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

I came back to Lies of P after playing it for maybe 8 hours about a year ago. I remember getting frustrated with the mechanics but I was also playing a lot of elden ring at the time. I just don't think I realized at the time that rolling constantly is not what you should be doing. I honed in on guarding (and perfect guards which will stagger) and occasionally rolling, and went all in on a Technique build this time. I love it. I'm probably gonna crush the game in about a week, and then move right onto the DLC that just came out

[–] octobob@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't have this issue with proton either but I can't imagine that's the best solution. I can't exactly tell my insurance or customer service at a company to whitelist my email.

[–] octobob@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Yeah agreed. What's going on in my state of Pennsylvania is they're reopening the Three Mile Island nuclear plant out near Harrisburg for the sole reason of powering Microsoft's AI data centers. This will be Unit 1 which was closed in 2019. Unit 2 was the one that was permanently closed after the meltdown in 1979.

I'm all for nuclear power. I think it's our best option for an alternative energy source. But the only reason they're opening the plant again is because our grid can't keep up with AI. I believe the data centers is the only thing the nuke plant will power.

I've also seen the scale of things in my work in terms of power demands. I'm an industrial electrical technician, and part of our business is the control panels for cooling the server racks for Amazon data centers. They just keep buying more more and more of them, projected til at least 2035 right now. All these big tech companies are totally revamping everything for AI. Like before a typical rack section might have drawn let's say 1000 watts, now it's more like 10,000 watts. Again, just for AI.

[–] octobob@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

It requires a bit more effort but Soulseek has been around for years. I build my own music library from P2P or buying on Bandcamp. It all goes on my NAS and I stream it via Plexamp. I have my own library, my fiance's, a few friend's on there. I'm pushing 10k albums at this point.

I know I used to have an adblocked version of Spotify on my phone for convenience sake but I think they finally caught on and killed that. The AUR version still works for me however. I haven't had a Spotify subscription since probably like 2018.

[–] octobob@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

Working a trade fucking rules and you get to build something and see it in front of you and hone your skills and knowledge personally outside of capital W Work. I wouldn't trade it for any other job.

[–] octobob@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

When I went to Australia, it was cheaper to get there by staying a few days in Tahiti. I got a cheap room, kind of like an air bnb, it hosted like 4 guest rooms with a very nice garden and the guy made a very good breakfast each day. I got a rental car and drove all around the island, went for a couple hikes, went to the public beaches, ate fresh seafood and very good french coffee and food. My roaming wasn't working so I kinda just went at the whole thing blind. I couldn't read anything because I don't speak French, and directions were easy since there's just one main road that goes around in a circle on the island. Driving a manual Suzuki Swift was fun as hell, way uhh "looser" of a car than I'm used to in the states.

Overall though, I had a great time in Tahiti. It's beautiful and everyone there is very laid back and friendly. I saw a couple resorts there with private beaches and cruise ships and I could not imagine a worse way to experience French polynesia. I cannot understand the mindset of people on their honeymoons that are terrified to leave their perfectly curated hotel experience or whatever. When I travel I want to travel and see as much as I can of how things really are and how people live, eat, etc

[–] octobob@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

My first thought was a false flag attack

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