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[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 3 points 18 hours ago

I know I got paid when I’m not getting those warnings on every purchase

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

That’s an interesting idea, I may play around with that. I do plan on getting a swivel mount though for the tv so I can angle it towards my desk or the TV depending on where I am

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 1 points 22 hours ago

I modelled the room and all the furniture in all the possible layouts I could think of using SweetHome3D and this was just the layout I found comfiest 😄. I especially wanted the sort of floating desk thing because I mess with things a lot so it just makes it much easier than when it’s up against a wall. It also gives me more space to work with things since I can walk around the other side of the desk. The TV is in a weird state right now admittedly. I plan to put it on a swivel mount but I really use it so little that I haven’t bothered buying a mount yet

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Idk what part to explain but I can break down my setup:

Computers


Desktop:

CPU: Ryzen 3700x

GPU: RTX 3070Ti

RAM: 24GB DDR5? I cant quite remember

OS: Linux Mint/Windows 11/Hackintosh (broken) tri-boot. Mint because I’m too lazy these days for Arch

CASE: Hollowed out modded Mac G5 Chassis

Main day-to-day Computer

MODEL: 14” MacBook Pro M3 Pro 18GB RAM

Work Laptop (mounted under desk for storage, swapped out with personal laptop during the week)

MODEL: 16” MacBook Pro M1 Pro

That screen in the corner of the second photo

MODEL: Mac Mini 2014

PURPOSE: Proxmox Backup Server for my servers in the basement

There's also an HDMI over CAT5e/6 receiver and an HDMI switch connected to one of my servers in the basement but it's not really used right now. Trying to figure out how to setup a KVM switch that can switch between my basement servers but haven't put too much time into it yet

Displays:


Main MODEL: Asus 4K 160hz

Secondary MODEL: Cheap Amazon 4K 60hz

I switch between the laptops and the desktop with a DisplayPort KVM switch. The laptops get plugged into a powered USB C/Thunderbolt dock that one display is connected to (for some reason my M3 pro doesn’t like my second monitor though so it’s always just black)

Random Stuff:


  • Greg Sestero signed Big Shark by Tommy Wiseau poster
  • 2012 Macbook Pro Retina (got me through school along with a Thinkpad I sold o7)
  • Bong collection from back when I smoked
  • Model trains
  • Cool beer cans
  • Stupid amount of old laptops and computers piled up in various locations
  • IBM 5151 Display (the corresponding computer is in my closet)

I also have a cheap 3D printer

Let me know if you have any questions!

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Fuck the rich, fuck the racists/sexists/homophobes/etc., and fuck any MAGAts who somehow aren’t covered by the previous

100% agreed

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Thank you! I wish I had a more visible place to keep it haha. The actual door is to the right of the display case

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

I rarely actually use it to be honest. I mostly watch things in my living room, but still, I plan on getting a mount that swivels out to face the couch

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I get that, I wouldn’t do that either. It’s a closet haha

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah... I've noticed that actually 😅. Luckily the sun only shines directly through my window in the early morning but still, I've definitely had my blinds closed a lot more since re-arranging things to this setup

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Nearly all my furniture I got for free off the street on garbage day or from family. The computer parts however

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago (3 children)

These are the stats I found:

  • According to the most recent Gallup poll, Trump's job approval rating was 43% in May.
  • The Economist shows that 41% of people are favorable of Trump and 53% are unfavorable of him, according to the latest update from June 20.
  • Rasmussen Reports poll from June 20 showed 52% approval and 47% disapproval of Trump.
  • The Morning Consult tracker poll taken mid-June has dropped to 46% approval rating and 52% who disapprove.
  • Reuters/Ipsos poll reported that, as of June 16, 42% of those surveyed gave him a favorable approval rating of his performance in office.
  • An InsiderAdvantage poll taken between June 15-16 showed Trump with 54.4% approval over a 44.1% disapproval of his job performance.

From here

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (5 children)

He has an almost 50% approval rating from Americans so while you’re technically correct, that’s still a ridiculous amount of Americans who like him

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I guess it’s less the response itself but the response objects in the codebase. The main code base I work on is fully typed Python/FastAPI but we depend on an API from another team that was, up until recently, untyped entirely. The responses were just dictionaries that were dynamically generated randomly in 10 layer deep functions. There was absolutely no way to tell what they would actually return, let alone what types they would be. It’s like, if you see a function that’s just called get_big_fat_entity_findings() with no typing, how would you handle that without spending an hour reading through the code line by line? Typing is important for any project that’s bigger than a quick script

 

I swear every thread has the same 100 people in it so my upvote counter is pretty high for most people. Wondering what it’s at for other people on Lemmy. You tell me my vote count and I’ll tell you what I have for you :)

 

It's not for anything important but I host a stupid discord bot trained on my friend group's server chat history. It's pretty much just a lobotomized ChatGPT but it's a lot of fun. I'm looking to move off of OpenAI's infrastructure though to something that doesn't give money to the USA but it seems like everything is American.

Basically, I'm just looking for somewhere that I can finetune and run custom models. Does anyone know of such a place?

 

TORONTO — GameStop Canada says it has been acquired by French-Canadian entrepreneur Stephan Tetrault from the video game retailer’s struggling parent company.

Officially named Electronics Boutique Canada Inc., GameStop Canada says it will relaunch its 185 stores as EB Games Canada — a name associated with retail gaming from bygone decades.

Tetrault is the founder of Montreal-area-based toy manufacturer Imports Dragon and co-owner of American action figure-maker McFarlane Toys, and last month became a partner at Canadian chain Mastermind Toys.

U.S.-based GameStop Corp. said in February it was looking to sell its Canadian and French operations as it evaluates its international assets and doubles down on cost-cutting.

GameStop was one of the companies at the centre of the “meme stock” craze on Wall Street, which saw struggling brands’ share prices soar as retail investors made risky bets.

Its sales last year declined 27 per cent to $3.82 billion, though net income shot up to $131.3 million versus $6.7 million in 2023.

 

A transformational shift in city zoning rules has taken another step forward, but some councillors worry people won't pay attention until it starts upending the look of their neighbourhoods.

The second draft of a massive rewrite of Ottawa's comprehensive zoning bylaw went through council's planning and housing committee on Monday, with only minor changes from the first.

It still axes rules that force developers to build a minimum number of parking spaces in new buildings, and only slightly walks back major increases to building heights and housing density in much of the city.

 

I have a bunch of domains on NameCheap but would like to move them to a non American company, preferably Canadian but just not American is good enough honestly.

What are you guys using?

 
 

A top White House official has threatened to redraw the Canadian border amid Donald Trump’s ambition to turn the country in America’s “51st state”.

Peter Navarro, one of Donald Trump’s closest advisers, is pushing US negotiators to discuss reworking the border with their Canadian counterparts, The Telegraph can reveal.

“Navarro recommended revising the Canada-US border, which is just crazy and dangerous,” a source close to negotiations told The Telegraph.

 

A city councillor is pushing the City of Ottawa to suspend all of its accounts on the social media platform X, which she calls "very negative," rife with misinformation and tied to the threat of punishing tariffs against Canada.

Orléans West-Innes Coun. Laura Dudas has given notice of a motion she will make to council's finance and corporate services committee next week. It asks city staff to draw up a plan to suspend the accounts and migrate to other platforms.

In her motion, she said X and owner Elon Musk no longer uphold the values of "transparency, impartiality, respect and accountability," which Dudas views as core principles for the city.

 

I remember reading an article, I think on a substack site, about how the author expected (I think) the rise of facism in the US but not being lead by such pathetic losers?/nerds?/geeks?. I can't seem to find the article but it was funny and relatable and I really want to find the link again.

It might have also been an article on The Verge, 404media or maybe Vice too

 

Hi, I just created the community for my hometown on Lemmy.ca and noticed that within minutes it already has 35 subscribers. How does that work? The town is tiny, I'd be surprised if there were even 35 people from Renfrew on Lemmy at all, let alone eagerly waiting for the community to be created

 

Hi, I'm pretty sure my corydora has cotton wool disease on its top fin and I'm not really sure what to do. We've had him quarantined for nearly two weeks and are daily treating with PimaFix but it doesn't seem to be helping at all, rather it's growing worse.

The good news is that he seems completely oblivious to it all... he still swims around like normal and scrounges around for food.

Is there anything else I can do?

Edit: I've tested the water and all parameters seem to be fine. No nitrite, nitrate or ammonia and the pH seems average

Late update: after treating the tank with melafix for a couple weeks, his "wool" just fell off and what seems to be his wound seems to have just healed. I don't know if it was just luck or what but he's made a full recovery :)

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