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johndhowell commented on Introverts didn't 'win' lockdown bbc.com/worklife/article/... · Posted by u/Tomte

thrower123 · 5 years ago

The past year has proven how introverted I am.

The best days of my life are the ones where I don't see or speak to another human being. Blessed days.

johndhowell · 5 years ago

Same here. I feel bad when I mention that my life has gotten infinitely better since Covid. I get to work from home and just be by myself, it's amazing.

johndhowell commented on 25 Gigabit Linux internet router PC build michael.stapelberg.ch/pos... · Posted by u/secure

j1elo · 5 years ago

I'm always amazed by people who don't bat an eye on the perspective of having a home server, sucking up electricity 24/7. In this case replacing a typical router (which consumes like a lightbulb), with a full-fledged PC (probably consuming like x100 the power).

I guess some people around the world have quite cheap utility bills! For me, it's either a Raspberry Pi type of power consumption, or else a server that only powers on when needed. But I haven't learned yet how to do the latter, if possible at all.

In fact this is a nice place to ask: how would you build a "something" that monitors the network for packets sent to powered-off machines, then somehow caches the request, powers the destination machine On, and finally lets the request continue to its target? Has this been tackled anywhere? There must be tons of people wanting a homeserver but living in places where electricity has a considerable cost...

johndhowell · 5 years ago

I personally run two servers with a NAS 24/7 acting as media, ftp, and web server. My electric bill maybe increased a couple of dollars, but otherwise I haven't really noticed any significant increase. I'm based in the southern US

johndhowell commented on I Still Use RSS atthis.link/blog/2021/rss... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

blakesterz · 5 years ago

This quote is exactly right:

"Having only the content I want to see only be shown when I want to see it with the freedom to jump between readers as I please, all with no ads? For me, no other service comes close to the flexibility, robustness, and overall ease-of-use that RSS offers."

I always wonder why they aren't as popular now. It takes more work to add site to a reader, and more effort to even use one I suppose. And maybe it's also missing the social aspect that people seem to love?

I assume they'll be popular again some day like vinyl and static web sites.

johndhowell · 5 years ago

"I always wonder why they aren't as popular now. It takes more work to add site to a reader, and more effort to even use one I suppose"

I know for me, I didn't know what RSS truly was until like.. last year? I remember seeing the icon and all that on various sites growing up but I never clicked them as I didn't know it was a straight feed of content.

Whereas last year I read some article or blog about it dying and I decided to look it up. Now it's the only way I read or watch any content becuase it's exactly what I want: straight content with no bs.