If we lose the meaning of the word NAS then we can’t effectively talk about it. And enough new people are coming in and being taught that a NAS is the thing that runs Plex that it’s sometimes impossible to have a conductive conversation.

For me it’s not about what else I can run on it. I want my services separated from my storage devices. If I throw everything into one physical machine it takes everything down if something goes wrong. It’s also harder to do upgrades without needing to replace entire machines

And as usual everyone is saying NAS, but talking about servers with a built in NAS.

I’m not saying you can’t run your services on the same machine as your NAS, I’m just confused why every time there’s a conversation about NASs it’s always about what software it can run.

Just fly on a weekend. It’s typically worse on Monday to Friday planes.

Isn’t this just a new middleman? This is just what Didi is to Uber. It’s a competitor platform whose marketing equates to “the employees sole traders will get a slightly bigger share then the other platform. Look how sanctimonious we are!”. After getting market share they will be free to alter the deal. Co-owner by a successful industry professional? This is a business venture, not a charity.

I don’t think this is at all to do with that. This is sociopathy mixed with greed. He hid his mother’s body so he could run the pension scam in addition to his property portfolio.

What’s the problem with it being French? Or is this just a smooth-brained nationalist comment?

I’d be surprised if this actually eventuates, but if it does I’d be surprised if it was any good.

I’m a huge fan, but the IP has been dead in the water since 2009 despite attempts to revive it.

Would you say the same if she had a bottle of whiskey? Or pornography? What about a gun?

Just because it was something that can be used responsibly by adults doesn’t absolve the negligence of leaving it to be used by children.

It’s more a call to action. Don’t be so defensive.

Batteries are still less energy dense and portable than fossil fuels. I think this is easily navigated for private use - provide a wide charging infrastructure - but heavy industry is the harder problem to solve, but to match how fossil fuels are used and to change the opinions and expectations of those in charge.

A lot of remote sites rely on diesel or petrol generators, and I don’t think there’s an equivalent device to provide clean energy in both capacity and portability. I believe the only way to change industrial clean energy adoption is to make clean energy cheaper. Politicians won’t tax fossil fuels (because it’s political suicide in most economies), so we need more emerging technologies before we can get close to actual industry adoption.

Lucas would always say that the EU was canon. Not because he had supervised them, not because they were written well, but because being canon means the fans will feel they “need” to consume it.

No studio is going to outright say anything is non-canon because it’s a bad marketing technique.

The whole point of jellyfin/Plex is to provide a feature rich UI for your video files on your hard drive. This is walking back from that to the point that you may as well just use vlc and map network drives on windows. Heck, just carrying around a SSD full of videos is easier than this.

Resin has a great finish without post processing, and filament can look great by doing a little post processing such as acetone baths, primer, sanding.

Is there a caveat? These reports have a habit of being too good to be true.

What was that one about the city that successfully ran 100% renewables? It was only for 24 hours, and couldn’t practically be sustained.

I’m keen for the replacement of fossil fuels, but as much as people suggest it’s lobbying that prevents it, I think there are just some technology gaps that need solving.

Chaplin started using the moustache before Hitler ruined it. Then at some point Chaplin actually lampooned Hitler, which reportedly made Hitler cry.

Don’t wheeze the ju-uice!

It reminds me if when ISIS (middle eastern terrorist group) ruined the name Isis (Egyptian god, but also person’s given name).

The cartoon Archer took the story in a whole new direction in order to disband the show’s fictional organisation that was called ISIS (by coincidence). I thought it was such a shame to let real world bad guys ruin things. Surely by caving to that we are giving them more power than if we held the attitude that other people were using that word first and they can’t ruin it.

Having said that, the same argument doesn’t seem to work all the time. i think the “Hitler” moustache is permanently ruined.

I avoided the final crater because I didn’t want the experience to end. I think about a year later I just decided to do it and it felt anti climactic. Still, great game.

When we dream we often believe it to be reality, despite that in retrospect we can identify clear contradictions with logic in those dreams.

A Matrix-like simulation doesn’t have to be perfect. We are a bunch of dumb-dumbs who will suspend disbelief quite easily and dismiss those who claim to see a different truth as crazy.