[–] 11 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

You only really need one, the first outlet in series should be GFCI and then there is a "load" side and anything connected to that is also protected. If you aren't sure, you can get a tester to trigger a GFCI fault and if it is connected to one, it will trip.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    What's the option? Windows? Keeps getting shittier all the time. Now with AI Slop and bugs. No thanks. Mac? Their walled garden, making it so you can't upgrade your existing computer? No thanks. My last mac was a 2015 that let you upgrade things but it was a pain. They've since removed that so they lost me as a customer.

    With Linux, I have a Framework laptop that let's me upgrade everything. It's easy to take apart, there are hardware switches for the mic and webcam.... it's very user friendly. Linux doesn't have any telemetry. The only AI that gets installed is if I install it myself, it's not intrusive. I've been using Linux for a long, long time but the Desktop experience has been lacking in the past. It's gotten way better recently and the last thing I would boot into windows for was Fusion 360. I spent some time learning FreeCAD and since 1.0 it is way better and now I don't need to boot into Windows anymore. Steam has made leaps and bounds with proton and now I can even game on Linux which is pretty huge. Is Linux perfect? No, but it does everything I need it to.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Last time I tried it, it wanted my media in a specific file structure, so I ended up having multiple instances of the same show. I could reorder everything but I got a plexpass when it was dirt cheap so I'm not that inclined to reorder everything.

    If I was just starting out, I'd probably use Jellyfin but haven't mostly due to inertia.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    I used to use vim pretty exclusively, I've since switched to neovim. There have been a few cases where vim/nvim weren't available but regular vi was and I've used it to edit text files. I imagine there were other editors but I'm so accustom to how vi/vim/neovim does things that I can't imagine using anything else. Sometimes someone will try and convince me to use a new editor and I'll try it but generally end up switching back to nvim. Even vi compatibility mode doesn't really help because I use a bunch of plugins.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    The only thing windows has for it is compatibility with certain software. Fortunately this gets better and better all the time, being able to run windows software under Linux has been great. Steam with it's proton has done wonders for gaming under Linux.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago

    I have a kindle that I've had for ages. It has been jailbroken for a while and I've been loading my own epubs onto it. They make it easy with the 1 click send to kindle stuff but that locks you in to their ecosystem.

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  • [–] 18 points 7 months ago

    Raspberry Pi's were amazing when they were like $30.... cheap enough to be accessible to most people and you could do a lot with them. I still have an older Pi that runs pihole.

    Now that it's $300, there are a lot of other options out there. I find it hard to recommend a Pi anymore.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    Oh, I understand it... it's basically free and I think they feel that advertising on facebook is good business. Facebook has just made it hard to view without an account. I think I'd have less of a problem with it if I could view the information without facebook popping up a "create an account" modal constantly, preventing me from viewing the information.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    This is cool but I think the reason Ford isn't selling many trucks is because they are expensive. And this at $95k... cool but too expensive for me. I realize batteries are expensive but they need to start making cheaper EVs. Not everyone can afford a luxury car/truck and the Lightning, while cool, is definitely a luxury truck.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Email is considered insecure as a 2nd factor. TOTP stands for Time-based One-Time Password. Usually you store a seed and that combined with the time generates a time based password. If someone intercepts it, it's only valid for a certain time frame (I think about a minute or so), after which it's invalid.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago

    Stage 3 colon cancer in my late 40s. Going through Chemo now. My oncologist thinks we can eradicate it so I'm hopeful. He also thinks it's due to the increase of Microplastics.

    If you are in your 40s, go get a colonoscopy. The prep sucks but it's worth it.

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