It’s certainly a crowded primary. Probably a good thing. I’d feel better with ranked choice voting, but I think having wider choice is better. I’m voting for Hong, as she aligns with me the most, but at the end of the day “not Tom Tiffany” will do.

Apologies for reddit. But he has received nearly 250k from AIPAC. That, paired with the fact he lost to Ron Johnson of all people makes me want to look elsewhere.

I’ll just drop this here for no reason in particular:

https://francescahong.com/

(Google Mandela Barnes AIPAC)

The Dwarf Fortress effect.

May be unpopular, but I haven’t found anything that works better than jerboa. It’s maintained by the Lemmy devs. It’s simple, open source, customizable.

That’s the conclusion I’m coming to. Saw a lot of posts from self hosters happy they aren’t affected by this. Figured there was some reason NOT to use Cloudflare (security, etc.). But it kind of just seems like a personal preference. Cloudflare has certainly had better uptime than all my services thus far 🙂

I use cloudflare for my DNS 🫤

I only have slskd, so I’m not sure if it’s different, but folder structure should have artist > album, but outside of that it doesn’t matter much. My folder names all contain musicbrainz ids for use in jellyfin, but I’ve had plenty of uploads.

Interesting. So when you query subscriptions, it actually queries everything and then filters it.

I decided to look at the github for Lemmy and found this issue that seems to reflect what youre saying.

I’m having flashbacks of avoiding table scans during my internship. 🙂

I can’t explain how much I hate simulation theory. As a thought experiment? Fine. It’s interesting to think of the universe in the context of code and logic. But as a driving philosophy of reality? Pointless.

Most proponents of simulation theory will say it’s impossible to prove the universe is a simulation, because we exist inside it. Then who cares? There obviously must exist a non-simulated universe for the mega computer we’re all running on to inhabit, so it’s a pointless step along finding the true nature if reality. It’s stoner solipsism for guys that buy nfts. It’s the “it was all a dream” ending of philosophy.

On the readarr front, check out chaptarr. It’s currently in a closed beta, but it’s looking like a great replacement.

This includes feeding their AI by pushing to github btw.

You’d think. But nope.

They may have an irc. I’m honestly not sure, and there doesn’t seem to be any information about it outside of the website, unfortunately.

This actually happened earlier this year.

I was driving with my partner in a somewhat rural area. We were driving on the interstate. It was a sunny, bright winter morning. There was not all that much snow on the ground.

I notice on the side of the road, what appears to be a bear sitting in the shoulder next to the freeway, its back is turned to us, so we see its ears. It is completely black. Not black like a black bear, but black like those character locked memes.

I literally think it’s a wooden cutout. People sometimes make those for wild animals around where we were. Although as we pass this thing, it’s clear to me it is in fact a three-dimensional bear. I get a quick glimpse of its face. It is a fully, jet-black bear. The only details I can make out are small glints from its eye and the wetness of its nose. Apart from that, it looked like a void in space.

My partner and I sit in silence, and I eventually say “did you see that?” And they say “yep”. We’ve talked about this since, and my partner stands by the fact that they think it was a 2d cutout. They didn’t see the front side, which is making me think I somehow imagined it.

There are a few logical explanations, but it’s certainly the weirdest thing ive ever come across while driving.

Did some digging, but it doesn’t appear the band compatibility with US carriers is improved at all. Am I wrong here?

I try not to be terribly pessimistic. But a part of me knows you’re right.

I’ve long wondered why the populist democrats haven’t been pushing harder for ranked choice voting options, or proportional representation, or any other voting system than what we have. I’m no election expert, so I’m sure there’s a reason, but it’s disheartening to be trapped between two parties.