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New comment by infecto in "Should you wash your solar panels?"

infecto — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:09:48 +0000

Nobody can answer this. It simple depends on each setup. Some panels will get incredibly dirty quick like those in the south west where there may be a lack of rain and lots of dust but in other regions you may never need to.

New comment by infecto in "Google Discloses $94.1B in SpaceX Stock, Marking 6% Stake"

infecto — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 20:55:41 +0000

You missed the plot. ; )

New comment by infecto in "Google Discloses $94.1B in SpaceX Stock, Marking 6% Stake"

infecto — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:23:59 +0000

Time will tell but that feels foolish. MSFT is a terrible product company (look at copilot) but what they sell is a safe decision which is one of the most important factors for enterprise software. Nobody is close to replacing that.

New comment by infecto in "Google Discloses $94.1B in SpaceX Stock, Marking 6% Stake"

infecto — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:19:45 +0000

Low cost payloads to space can unlock lots.

New comment by infecto in "Brazilian farmers tokenized dairy cows to get loans, bypassing bank limits"

infecto — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:16:42 +0000

Why use suicidal hyperbole. It’s low class along with the language.

I don’t know if what you stated is enough evidence to prove much of anything either. Just because building housing is cheap and quick in Japan does not mean it needs to be small.

New comment by infecto in "I regret migrating to Codeberg"

infecto — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:52:47 +0000

I would fear it’s too little too late. If the concern was the frequency and utilization of resources from agents coding that would have been the instant and fair fix. As it stand it’s a statement about AI usage which is fine but I think the better alternative would be to start a new nonprofit service that was unbiased.

New comment by infecto in "I regret migrating to Codeberg"

infecto — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:46:29 +0000

How is that fair or odd? I don’t want to pop up anime furry girls while I am using a service? Not sure why you think or suggest I am obsessed with it just a choice. Odd comment to make.

It’s a choice to not use it but also a choice the folks that decide to keep it shown.

It is absolutely that communities choice but I see it as a tell for how the folks think about running their community and as these new rules are being made aligns with the assumptions I already made.

Similar to how I migrated from post hog when then created that fabulously confusing OS UI. Or I wouldn’t use a service that used Pepe memes.

New comment by infecto in "Codeberg Divides"

infecto — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:27:10 +0000

It is a bad rule. Their community and their choice but I hope we get some fresh options in the open source universe.

New comment by infecto in "Latest Airbus single aisle aircraft innovations"

infecto — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:22:21 +0000

In what way? So many international first class seats are similar to this already. Either there is a massive barrier between seats or separated.

New comment by infecto in "I regret migrating to Codeberg"

infecto — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:27:52 +0000

I don’t object to anime or furry art. I just think shared infrastructure serving a broad technical audience is better off staying visually neutral. Once branding starts signaling subcultures, the discussion too often shifts from the software to identity. Given the other decisions some of these communities have made it makes sense. Not for me but that’s ok!

New comment by infecto in "I regret migrating to Codeberg"

infecto — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:07:59 +0000

I get tired of it because it just becomes a tit for tat war and you end up with these extremely polarized communities.

Codeberg is not for me, I could never get over them keeping the anubis anime girls on, but it would be nice if open source communities were a bit more open. There will always be a line to draw but some of the current rules feel arbitrary.

New comment by infecto in "I regret migrating to Codeberg"

infecto — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:58:48 +0000

Sure but wouldn’t the sensible rule be implementing a user rate limit?

New comment by infecto in "Alphabet's cash burn raises alarm for Big Tech as AI spending climbs"

infecto — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:39:08 +0000

Have you checked the numbers? I thought for most of the ad driven companies the numbers are up.

New comment by infecto in "Alphabet's cash burn raises alarm for Big Tech as AI spending climbs"

infecto — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:12:56 +0000

It could absolutely harm their long term value but keep in mind Alphabet and the other hyperscalers are generally flush with cash. Is this a lot of debt? Absolutely but the businesses are generating a lot of cash too.

New comment by infecto in "Never Enough"

infecto — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:55:31 +0000

Nothing new. It was not great 10+ years ago. I always found NYC to be a much more fun city in that regard. The Bay Area folks always had nothing better to talk about except work.

New comment by infecto in "Jellyfin founder Andrew leaves team"

infecto — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:15:02 +0000

Yes but there is something nice about automatic subtitles. Less friction in my life.

New comment by infecto in "Jellyfin founder Andrew leaves team"

infecto — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:31:27 +0000

Been a user since forever too but for the past few years I just don’t recall seeing any ads on a day to day basis. Regardless it runs much better for me than the only alternative.

New comment by infecto in "Jellyfin founder Andrew leaves team"

infecto — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:30:49 +0000

Works amazing for me.

New comment by infecto in "Jellyfin founder Andrew leaves team"

infecto — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:20:26 +0000

I don’t know if it’s a synology related problem or just Jellyfin but I have never gotten it running well. Even when it’s running I always get hiccups like server crashed a week later but appears green and running. Or trouble logging into the server using a third party client. Plex has always been perfect for me.

New comment by infecto in "Jellyfin founder Andrew leaves team"

infecto — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:19:02 +0000

I am not so sure. Have used it for years for free( I have need to stream on the go) and it’s always been no issue. On first setup you are give the option to display streaming options or only your library. I cannot remember the last time I was logged. Super stable and zero time spent setting it up.

On the flip side Jellyfin has never worked that well out of the box for me. Always some fiddling around and even when I get it right the server will crash unexpectedly and when I want to go watch something I have to manually reboot it.