Grungie

On 12/9/2020 at 3:42 PM, Uncrowned Guard said:

Sadly it is true that Cyber Bullying is awful.  I have not had to personally deal with it as my social media experience is minimal compared to most and I haven't found bullying to be a huge problem on sites like forums and such.  Overall I find social media like Facebook and Twitter to be full of negative people and choose to avoid the group as a whole instead of trying to pick the good ones.  Sure, you can say that I'm missing out, but from what I see on those platforms, I am much happier off of them completely and only maintaining enough presence to run my business pages.

I apologize for the double post, and the fact this is a few years old, but Facebook being a positive or negative experience is based almost entirely on your own actions. If you're friends with mostly drama queens and assholes, then yeah, Facebook will be a bad time. If you're friends with people who post benign stuff, you'll have a positive experience. It'll be smooth sailing if you also ignore Facebook groups and ignore comments on news pages of companies and stuff you follow.

I don't add people I don't care about, so I don't really see or deal with a lot of negativity on there.

Twitter on the other hand, curating it takes a lot of work, so you're not really missing much there. Facebook is significantly easier to curate.

I have a thick skin, especially online. I started going online during the “Wild West” days of the internet, so people called you out if you said stupid stuff.

I also went on 4chan during its heyday, and that site was entirely shit talking and shit posting, so nobody really took anything seriously there.

I also grew up in an environment where people trash talked all the time irl, so going online and seeing people act like that didn’t surprise me.

Despite saying all that, I think there’s a time and place for trash talk. People casually talking about a video game, and you coming in and being a Negative Nancy about it, or insulting people for liking it, you’re just an asshole.

This also can come across as harsh for some people, but I’ve seen quite a few people not have the self awareness that they’re causing trouble for everyone, and the cyberbullying is from them being either annoying, or can’t handle people disagreeing with them.

I don’t know anything about OP, or accusing them of anything, but I’ve seen quite a few people from places like FP where they get mistreated on multiple communities because of their own actions, as opposed to them being having bad luck and only meeting assholes online.

I think part of the reason why they did something is because SSSniperwolf is predominately associated with YouTube and due to most of her income coming from YouTube, and is prominently shown on their front page, is basically a YouTube employee. Her name is essentially one of their brands.

So while she broke the law on another platform in her private time, but since YouTube pays for her living, their name will keep coming up.

We call it a coke down here.

Iirc, it’s because Coke is from Georgia, so it made its way across the South first. So by the time the other stuff got around here, Coke was already synonymous.

It’s like calling tissues Kleenex for us.

It depends on which one is faster for me depending on traffic.

Depending on what time of day it is, one will be faster than the other, or less of a headache.

2 hours ago, Kyng said:

On the one hand, the popularity of a given view has no bearing on whether it's right or wrong: to argue that it does is a logical fallacy. 

On the other hand, there's often a reason why extremely unpopular views are so unpopular. Sometimes, it'll be due to a lack of supporting evidence, or a large amount of contrary evidence... naturally, such views are more likely to be wrong than popular views whose popularity comes from a large body of supporting evidence.

Pretty much this. Outside of things that are just personal preference, a lot of the “popular” opinions are based on more concrete evidence, and a lot of the “unpopular” opinions are based off less than savory evidence.

For example, in regards to medical advice, I’d take the word from a doctor than say a blog written by some random person. The doctor has credentials for their profession, but for the blogger, who the hell is that person?

“Artistic nudity”

5 hours ago, Jason said:

Cancel culture spearheaded changing The Redskins to The Commanders and The Indians to The Guardians as well as all the Confederate statute removals.

However, though, what point was being made and what good came of it?  Why shouldn't DC have an Indian team honoring the original USA inhabitants? Well, at the least, it could have been renamed Washington Warriors.

I’m pretty sure the problem is because they find the term Indian offensive, as they prefer to be called Native Americans. The same can be said about the Redskins. It’s like having a team called the Black Faces or the Wetbacks. So I wouldn’t call it honoring the natives if they’re using a racial slur.

The FSU Seminoles are using the name of a real tribe, so at least from the name of the team, it isn’t offensive.

While I find cancel culture annoying, there’s definitely times where they’re actually right.

On 12/9/2023 at 2:47 PM, Jason said:

I view politics as very bad for business.   In fact, as you say, unless it's some political business, then why would people want to bring this stuff up?  

Some people tie their political beliefs into everything. Some companies also try to cater to a specific crowd, and some see success in it, and others fail miserably.

While I was good at math, I hated it.

My least favorite part, was how there's always that one question on the homework assignment that nobody knows how to do. Idk why we learn how to do an equation a specific way, but they then make us do a question that's the exception.

4 hours ago, Uncrowned Guard said:

This is actually what I was mostly talking about.  Windows Server still lacks a lot when compared directly to Linux in terms of applications and compatibility.  Windows server certainly has the capability and power to do it, but sometimes it just does not have the answer to do it.  Even with our home server, we run our home file cloud off our NAS as the offerings for Windows were basically none with only a few network-focused solutions that were pretty poor on mobile devices and such.  The other alternative was to run a VM with Linux for the files, but I can't exactly give Windows that win if it needs to run on a VM using a different OS.  

Perhaps that is unfair to call that a "crack" in the OS as it is more a crack in the available software to run on the OS, but I can't really call it a perfect OS when it needs to run VMs to achieve the task when other offerings do not.  Ya, many people would rather split things up into VMs anyway, but I still can't avoid the lack of options at times.

Windows Server isn’t lacking in applications and compatibility, it really depends on what you’re doing. There’s several instances where it’s the standard. If you go back to my post, 20 out of 24 of my servers run Windows Server, and the 4 that don’t are running some niche applications. So I personally wouldn’t call it lacking if the vast majority run Windows, unless you consider not 100% as lacking. Especially when those Windows servers are running some common things you’d see in an enterprise environment. I feel like you need to name some specific examples instead of just using a blanket statement like “it lacks a lot in comparison to Linux in terms of applications and compatibility”. That statement is meaningless on its own, as the same can be said with Linux, as there’s applications and compatibility issues with Linux as well.

Also with your NAS problem, what exactly are you trying to do that Windows Server was lacking in? I’ve managed file servers that support around 10K people, and a NAS is really just a specific type of file server. The only thing I can think of, because you mentioned phones, is maybe accessing the files away from your home network. I don’t have any experience with this, because our stuff is set up to only be accessed locally, but if you’re talking about connecting your phone locally, then Windows has that capability.

While it’s technically true that the majority of the world’s servers are running Linux, they don’t tell you that a lot of those servers are running some niche or customized software, and the average server a lot of admins will actually run into in a real world experience would mostly be Windows based. Actually, I feel small businesses would most likely run Linux, but that’s largely due to the price of licenses. That’s why places like r/homelabs would suggest Linux, as its free options work perfectly fine, especially in home use. If it’s a large enterprise environment, they’re either skimping on money, or that’s just what their main server guy wants to use.

1 hour ago, Uncrowned Guard said:

Ya, I can see some of the cracks in using Windows for multi million dollar data center, but for more home users and even most small scale business use, I don't have any issues with it at all.  

Idk what you're talking about with "cracks", it works perfectly fine in a multi-million dollar data center. My work's server suite is worth $84M and 20 out of 24 servers are running some variant of Windows Server.

The hypervisor for your VM's should be running some version of Linux like ESXI, but that's more for having a lightweight bare metal hypervisor than "real" functionality. That way the rest of your system resources can be fully utilized for your VM's. Though the individual VM's are perfectly fine to run some version of Windows Server.

Our file server, print server, domain controller, sql database, etc, are running some variant of Windows Server and they work perfectly fine. The ones that don't are running RHEL because the application it's providing can only be done on RHEL or CentOS.

That's why I said anyone seething that you're using Windows for a home server doesn't know what they're talking about. I've been a server admin for almost a decade, and any server failures had nothing to do with it being Windows based. The vast majority of people who seeth at someone using Windows as a server is usually an enthusiast that doesn't have much real world experience. Sure there's specific applications where you would be using Linux, but that's mostly because the application requires running on a Linux environment. Though for any standard server, including home servers, Windows is incredibly capable at it.

On 7/1/2022 at 6:41 PM, Uncrowned Guard said:

Home Server: Windows 10 (This could be Linux, but it angers a lot of people that I use Windows for a serve and therefore it shall remain.)

Honestly, anyone that is angry that you use Windows as a server OS doesn’t actually know what they’re talking about. Servers running some version of Windows Server is incredibly common.

They're more than likely home enthusiasts and have no real world experience.

22 hours ago, Darth Cognus said:

Where it's feasible. Having an abnormal number of home devices lets me have my cake and eat it. As Grungie points out the transition is not an easy switch, the Linux way is fundamentally different and while people with generally little knowledge of the difference or people who are just that in depth may not find it challenging, there is a vast in between of hurdles that cause people to skip a beat and swap back.

If anyone is thinking of this, the best advice I know of is to measure your expectations, to avoid jumping right into the deep end, and to not overthink it. Pick something and run, I tend to think Linux Mint is the best for this but if your spice is Debian or Ubuntu or heck, you're that odd fellow who got right into Arch Linux and loves it, then stick to it. Hopping is an easy way to kill your momentum, most of what you're looking at is just the desktop (not the same as the wider OS). Maybe instead decide if you like Gnome or KDE or want something in between (Cinnamon is a nice uncontroversial choice, XFCE is great for very low end hardware), and pick the best distro that appeals to that. For all the difference there is a great deal that is the same. Bothering with all the this or that is what knocks you out when most setups are just fine as long as they suit your hardware.

Tbh, Mint, Ubuntu, and Debian aren't that different under the hood. Mint is based off Ubuntu, which in turn is based off Debian. So if you can figure one Debian distro out, you can figure the others out.

Arch is annoying for me, because it feels like the wannabe “difficult” distro, but without the benefit of Gentoo. Gentoo teaches you more of how Linux functions, and Arch feels like faux gate keeping. The community doesn’t help with that image either.

On 11/24/2023 at 1:10 PM, Jason said:

Well, do people expect companies to cater to their personal views or be neutral?

That depends on the person. I think the average person just wants a company to just shut up and sell a product, and some people want a company to wholly follow their political views.

On 10/11/2023 at 12:59 AM, Uncrowned Guard said:

I always say that I might switch over, but never do.  However, rumors of a "cloud-based", subscription-modeled Windows 12 coming might push me finally into Linux.

I can't find many sources on that for Windows 12.

Also I've been hearing people threatening to move to Linux every time Microsoft releases a new OS, and most of them are empty threats. Most of them either try it out for a little bit, and then get too frustrated at how different it is, and go back. That's if they actually put some effort into installing a distro in the first place.

It's not like an easy flip of a switch and go "I'm not using Windows anymore". There's all of your stuff you have to transfer over, then finding out that a good bit of your favorite software is either missing, or requires a lot of tweaks to actually work.

On 3/4/2023 at 9:33 AM, ZandraJoi said:

I don't believe in censorship & that goes with Cancel Culture. A small group of people should not have a say in cancelling anybody. We have Freedom of Speech in America. If one doesn't like it, doesn't agree nor believe in it, don't watch the TV show, don't listen to that person, don't read that book. Do NOT put one's opinions on everybody else.

 

 

While I agree that cancel culture is annoying, you have a misunderstanding of freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is freedom from government intervention. You can't get imprisoned for talking trash about say, the president or whatever politician you dislike. 

Freedom of speech does not mean freedom of consequence. If I go around talking about how I think black people are subhuman, and we need to revoke women's voting rights, I can't wave my arms around going "freedom of speech" and now I have immunity for what I said. My job has every right to fire me, but I can't go to jail for it.

On 8/18/2023 at 11:08 AM, Shortie said:

We don't have hooters in the UK that I know of or at least not in my area or in areas surrounding where I live but I do hear a lot about Hooters from those I know from the US. 

There’s one in Nottingham, tho I think it’s the only one.

I think if Hooters wants to bring in more customers, they should better the quality of their food. It’s like a meh Applebees

I've meet idiots in both, but judging from the Darwin Awards, it's primarily dudes. It's easier for us to do stupid stuff to show off to other guys that end up getting us hurt.

21 hours ago, Uncrowned Guard said:

That is true.  If you hide it all completely away then I doubt most users would ever be able to tell the difference.  At least until they had to power it on.

Let’s be honest, outside of power users, the average person isn’t going to notice anything. Office products and internet browsing is the most they do. There’s a certain spec bump where that stuff reaches a limit.

On 5/29/2023 at 10:44 PM, Uncrowned Guard said:

IAs someone who does the same thing, I'd say the only difference really is a few cosmetics and a bit worse cost vs performance. 

I did say if you couldn't see the computer, would you really notice? If this stuff is under your desk, all you see is the mouse/keyboard and the monitor. The cosmetics part is pointless if the computer is hidden away, and the cost vs performance is easily ignored if it doesn't affect functionality.

For most people’s needs, having a laptop hooked up to a monitor, keyboard, and mouse wouldn’t feel that different compared to a desktop. If you couldn’t see the computer, would you even notice?

If you’re mobile and need to take your laptop places, you get the added benefit of taking your computer places.

I say this as a desktop user, but when I was more mobile, the laptop hooked up to a monitor, keyboard, and mouse didn’t hamper any experience.

It depends on the quality of the camera on the phone in question vs the quality of the dedicated camera.

The camera on the common phones people own are really good, and good enough for the average person for what they want to take pictures of. The dedicated camera has mostly been relegated to people who are into photography.

The good dedicated cameras have features that are better than phone cameras, but these are features the average person has no interest or use for.

On 4/1/2023 at 9:36 AM, ZandraJoi said:

I am curious about this as well. I know of places that offer this but I honestly cannot say which is good or not.

@GrungieWhere do you get these converters?

You can get them on Amazon. Just look up camcorder to digital converters and there's an entire industry dedicated to it.

I feel people are overly harsh on the English dub because they know the language unlike Japanese. It gets suspicious when every Japanese cast is always credited for basically perfect casting and acting, yet when an English dub exists, people can write an essay on everything wrong with it. What also adds to the suspicion is that dubs in other foreign languages are also given high praise from English speakers.

Another double standard is when an English dub actor gets typecasted too much, they’re a no talent hack, but I’d a Japanese actor is typecasted too much, it’s because they’re just that good at their job.