It’s not a safety issue. At least not a physical one. Depending on the game it could cause emotional problems. Rage, depression, addiction are all possible. You should consult a qualified mental health professional if you are, or become, concerned.

Oh. You meant safe for the computer…

The types of games you like to play shouldn’t be an issue even with truly ancient hardware (over 20 years old) so long as it was written for your OS/hardware combination. Compatibility layers (VMs, emulators and the like) can enable you to run software that is not compatible with your hardware or primary OS. As far as the hardware goes, depending on the game it may just not run, but worst case, the game may have bad frame rates rendering it effectively unplayable. Possibly leading to the above mental health issues.

In short, you’re unlikely to damage the computer.

Inside lemmy, yes. Pops up as a message.

Phone notifications would depend on your client. Voyager provides notifications for replies, but I’m not sure about others.

Depending on your instance, you may be able to get email notifications as well.

Throwing money at a problem works, when you are actually throwing money at the problem and not at a symptom.

For me currently, my car is a good example.

Problem: I need reliable transportation.

My car is almost old enough to vote here in the US and while it has been a reliable ride now things are starting to fail left and right. I could spend money replacing the parts that break as they break. Or I could simply replace the car.

My solution: Just replace the car. More expensive short term, but it’ll be cheaper and far less headache long term.

That sounds… ill advised.

They have their place and I generally like the concept, however, not crazy about most implementations.

I don’t like the fact that the batteries are not replaceable in most of them and the ones that do have replaceable batteries (Ryobi and Ego come to mind) are generally prohibitively expensive per kwh and usually can’t be used as a UPS like some of the integrated models.

I don’t insist that the batteries be hot swappable like the Ryobi model I have, but there is no reason to toss all that extra plastic and circuitry when the battery itself eventually fails.

That’s not alot of money anymore.

Around me, the biggest issues are homelessness and drug use. Millions won’t solve either but could put a bigger dent, long term, in the housing issue.

I think I’d build a bunch of low cost houses, in the sub $100k range if possible. They wouldn’t be mansions by any stretch but it might put a dent in the housing market.

Indirectly important. I help make the tools others use to do important things. Or rather I’m learning to. I’d say that what I do is as much art as precise science. The pay is a bit knaff but it’s interesting work.

I tried it a couple years ago. Came to the conclusion that it wasn’t profitable for me at that time, in that location.

I think it depends on your industry.

I actually just got a new job. Went through the usual, job boards, linkedin, friends and family. Nothing worked for 3 months. Longest Ive ever been out of work.

what actually got me a job was a cold email I sent to a local company, explaining that I was new in the area and looking for work.

I picked that company to “cold call” simply because I had bought something of theirs in the past and remembered the name when I was learning the local maps.

Like others have said, more RAM would help. 4GB is the absolute bare minimum for a usable desktop.

A scan for any malware might not be a bad idea, especially if you’re running Windows. I would also examine whether you actually need any browser extensions you have installed. I’d also check and disable anything running in the background that you don’t actually need.

Wiping the drive and reinstalling Windows may also help, so would dumping Windows for a lighter weight Linux distro. Linux tends to be more RAM friendly.

You might also want to check how much free space you have on your drive. SSDs tend to get slower the more full they get. Ideally you want to keep under 70% full.

If your laptop has a HDD, replace it with an SSD. That upgrade would give you the single greatest performance increase, however SSDs have been standard for some time.

I don’t know of any sftp programs specifically, but any file sync program should work.

It would be massive overkill for this one task, but I personally use my Nextcloud server to move files on and off my iPhone to my services as needed. I have the Jellyfin media directory, Calibre upload, and Paperless upload directories mounted in Nextcloud as external directories (as SFTP mounts, I think) and then access them from my phone from the Nextcloud app.

I won’t speak for anyone else, but Google has a 20 year track record of quietly breaking a fair chunk of promises they’ve made. Especially anything that gets in the way of them making a profit.

I remember back when their core tenet was “Don’t be evil”.

After a certain point, continuing to trust them, continuing to do business with them is consenting to be in an abusive relationship.

Not my jam, sorry.

If I remember correctly, the instance owner vanished but left the instance running.

Secondary admins kept the place running until something happened to the instance itself. Something with the database that the admin didn’t have access to recover from.

I believe it was that secondary admin that spun up the new instance.

Sorry that’s vague but about to get ready for work.

Considering how bipolar we are as a nation, it could range anywhere from “eh, no one got hurt” to wiping everyone off the face of the planet.

“Hi, my name is…”

Admittedly, most of my friends are made at work, however it’s not impossible to meet people in other places. It really just boils down to going places other people are, smiling, and saying “Hello” or “Cool <whatever you find interesting about them>” to a lot of people. If you’re at a store and see someone struggling to load their car or truck, ask if you can give them a hand.

Probably will go no further than that most of the time, however, it might just make their day. Which they will remember. Might have been the first compliment they’ve gotten in a while. Might have been the first time anyone has offered to help them without asking anything in return.

Ever now and then, though, you’ll find yourself with a new friend with a common interest. Probably just for the moment, but if you see them again, say “hi” again. If you’ve got something you think is cool that they might also find interesting, perhaps show it off.

And remember their name. It can help to work it into the conversation. Seriously, Bonje. People like hearing their own name in friendly contexts.

Relationships are really just a longer term version of this with people you already have met.

If this sounds a bit like sales, you ain’t half wrong. What you are selling is you. The payment you are asking for their time, their attention.

Don’t be pushy. Accept no as an answer. But say “hello” to everyone.

So wildly off topic question.

How are you seeing a reputation score?

Are you using some Apple or MS author account?

Google and Github SSO were the only options when I originally setup tailscale. There are a few more options now including what looks like every self-hosted OIDC provider I’ve ever heard of, and a few I hadn’t.

How did you config tail scale though?

There are a couple options depending on how you are using it. Most of the time I just use the tailscale command to configure each node.

Most systems were just sudo tailscale up --ssh to get it up and running, although I have one system setup as a subnet router to give me outside-the-house access to systems that I can’t put tailscale on. That was a little more involved but it was still pretty straightforward and well documented. Their documentation is actually very well written and is worth the read.

The way Tailscale works, you don’t need to worry to much about your local IP address. You can just use the Tailscale IP address and it will connect as if you were local using the fastest route. That’s the beauty of a mesh VPN. Each device knows the fastest route to each other.

Without more information I can’t really tell what issue you are actually having, but if your system has internet, you have a local IP and if the system is showing as up on your tailscale dashboard than it will have a tailscale IP. Not being able to connect using one or the other would be a configuration issue. Whatever service you are having trouble with is probably only listening to one of the interfaces but not the other.

I’m assuming you are running a linux or unix box, but try running the command ip addr. Assuming you have the package installed, it will tell you all of your IP addresses for the system you run the command on. The list may be quite long if you have a lot of docker containers running. The command tailscale ip will do the same but limited to your tailscale IP addresses.

Enforcement against Linux distributions, however, is likely to be problematic. Distros like Arch, Ubuntu, Debian, and Gentoo have no centralized account infrastructure, with users downloading ISOs from mirrors worldwide, and can modify source code freely. These small distros lack legal teams or resources to implement the required API, so a more realistic outcome for non-compliant distros is a disclaimer that the software is not intended for use in California.

V2X Inc was formed in July 2022 following a $2.1bn merger between Vectrus and the Vertex Company. The company holds a LOGCAP V contract supporting US military operations in Kuwait, providing logistics and base operations services, including roles such as mechanics, warehouse staff, dining facility workers and IT personnel.

“It almost seemed like [the Pentagon] evacuated the soldiers so if anything would happen safely, for instance, that base was hit it would be less casualties on the military standpoint,” said the second American worker. “What about us? Are we just considered casualties of war? How did they leave before us?”

“Everybody talks about the military but nobody talks about us,” said the first American worker. “We are stuck here and treated like we are expendable.”

The two American workers said the only communication they received from a supervisor during the attacks concerned a new payroll code to enter into their timesheets, which would reduce their pay. The Guardian has reviewed the message.

You are mercs. You are expendable. In what world did you think that working for the military (any military, but especially the US military outside the US) was a safe occupation, regardless of what you do. If you work for the military you are likely to get shot at or bombed. During a war, which this is, you’d be safer running a gas station in the bad part of any major city.

Shit takes like this are why I hate the term contractor when it comes to working with the military. That said, V2X are a bunch of shitbags for cutting their pay during this.