randomcruft

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[–] randomcruft 1 points 1 week ago

This was funny and disturbing at the same time… thanks for the link 🙂

[–] randomcruft 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Just a suggestion but take a look at this list… all of them should be either open source or at least free (trials, lite versions, etc.).

Find out what you use at work and see if there’s a trial version or if they use open source.

If not most of these tools are known and you may be able to find help online (forums, Lemmy, Reddit, etc.).

https://www.dnsstuff.com/free-siem-tools

[–] randomcruft 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah but… will they actually remember where they buried their acorns?

[–] randomcruft 3 points 3 weeks ago

I thought the same thing!!

[–] randomcruft 4 points 3 weeks ago

Someone just found LOIC on Sourceforge https://sourceforge.net/projects/loic/

[–] randomcruft 3 points 3 weeks ago

Sometimes the best teacher is experience :)

[–] randomcruft 42 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I have two… these are from the old days of computing :)

One: guy said his monitor was showing wavy lines on the screen (old CRT monitor days). Went to his office, looked at his monitor. Sure enough wavy lines. Looked the top of his monitor. Removed the clock sitting on top of said monitor, no more wavy lines. Don’t put electric clocks on CRT monitors folks.

Two: working in a school system. Just before classes started. Get a call “none of the computers turn on”. Go to the classroom. Check a few machines. Machines “turned on” but didn’t boot the OS. Listen to one of the machines… hmmm, no drive noise. Tap it with the back of a screwdriver. Drive spins up, computer boots. Later found out that it was a semi-known problem with Seagate drives. If they sat to long without use, the heads would get stuck.

[–] randomcruft 8 points 1 month ago

I second this comment!

[–] randomcruft 4 points 2 months ago

Glad to read Frieren won, it’s a really good series!!

[–] randomcruft 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

For 0 you may want to check out Revolt. Similar to Discord… not as polished / stable though.

If you run Discord groups the switch may be easy. If others run the groups… the “I told you so…” comment would still apply 🙂

https://revolt.chat/

Not affiliated with, just trying to promote alternatives when possible.

[–] randomcruft 14 points 2 months ago

May not be the best or easiest way to find content but PeerTube maybe an alternative to YouTube.

https://joinpeertube.org

As others have said… YouTube (like Discord, GitHub, etc.) has “the numbers”. Everything else is fighting an uphill battle… even if it’s a better alternative.

[–] randomcruft 1 points 2 months ago

Make profit machine go brrrrr!

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by randomcruft to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
 

Hi folks, hope all are well today!

Is there a Lemmy community (or dare I say Reddit sub) that talks about finding locations from photos without meta/EXIF data?

I know there are groups that do this sort of thing for “fun”, so I thought I would ask here first… before doing random internet searches.

I have photo of a person in a location but my “tracking skills” are terrible. Best I can do is determine the country the photo was taken in.

My intent is to keep myself safe, I am not doing anything nefarious!! Just throwing that out there folks 🙂

Appreciate any and all feedback/responses. Have a great day all!

UPDATE 12/20/2024: I was able to very the info I needed without using any photos. However, I do appreciate all the responses. Maybe this post will help others.

 

Hi folks, hope all are well today. I’m having strange issue related to iOS Lemmy clients.

Issue: when replying to posts or other comments, the volume when typing goes way up. Meaning it’s really loud. However, the volume indicator shows the volume as being low. Using the volume buttons has no effect.

Yet, typing a new post (such as this one) the volume is normal.

This has happened with Voyager and Mlem, haven’t tried any others yet.

Has anyone experienced this? I thought it was a Voyager issue until I installed Mlem and it happened.

Thoughts, comments, aimless ramblings are all welcome!

iPhone 14 Plus non-pro

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by randomcruft to c/games@lemmy.world
 

hi folks, hope all are well today. new'ish gamer and i have a question about etiquette in MMORPGs.

are there proper ways to engage people in game? it seems strange to me to randomly ask someone to be friends. i also don't see many ways to strike up conversations (if that's the proper way to refer to it).

for additional context, in a game like Throne & Liberty or FFXIV, there are tons of people running around doing their thing. do you just whisper to someone and say hi? do you comment on their character or if you saw them do something interesting / cool?

or, for something like The First Descendant you may run a mission with a bunch of random people and then everyone goes their separate ways. but, if that group was cool (and good) do you quickly try to friend everyone?

personal context (if it helps / matters), console gamer (PlayStation don't judge please, haha), really introverted / anxious around strangers IRL, older play (mid 50s) and ultimately... afraid of looking like a weirdo 😀

apologies in advance if this topic was already discussed (happy to check another post if some can point me to it). also, apologies if i don't directly respond to every message, although i will read them all.

edit - 2024/11/16 - i just wanted to say thank you to everyone for your advice and taking the time to reply / provide your insights. this has really been helpful!! happy gaming to you all 🎮 🕹️ 😄

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by randomcruft to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
 

Hi and hope all are well today. First, thanks in advance for any / all responses. Second, apologies if this isn’t the best place to ask this question.

I’m curious if anyone, has moved completely from using an AppleTV to something else. Current use case for the ATV is a few streaming apps (Crunchyroll / HiDive, Tubi, etc.) and Apple Arcade (a few casual games).

If you did completely switch, what did you decide on using? Did you go back to buying movies / using a DVD/Blu-Ray player, setup a mini PC and stream from websites / rip music and movies, use a gaming console instead, etc.?

Exploring options and entertaining thoughts for right now. Again, thanks and have a good day / evening.

Edit - 2024/01/01 - Just wanted to thank everyone for the lively discussion and resources (links, recommendations, etc.) related to my question.

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