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[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 6 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Born to late to explore the world.

But not the ocean!

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website -3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

A professional degree is historically different from an academic degree though. Math, chemistry, physics, biology, computer science---these typically produce (well compensated!) professionals, but they are not professional schools.

I am professional; I get paid to do the kinds of things that I did in grad school. But afaik no one would say I hold a professional degree.

All of this is besides the point of course---our student loan system shouldn't disqualify people based on these sorts of semantics.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website -3 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I was interpreting the quoted text as encompassing all engineering fields, e.g., EE, mechanical, computer, etc.

If that's not the case and this is for specific professional engineering degrees then yep, I certainly agree with you.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 0 points 5 months ago

I was interpreting the quoted text as encompassing all engineering fields, e.g., EE, mechanical, computer, etc.

If that's not the case and this is for specific professional engineering degrees then yep, I certainly agree with you.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 points 5 months ago

If you search around you might find free ones. Oracle has/had a free tier (though it's Oracle, so...).

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Yes, but you can run multiple VPS, from different providers, simultaneously.

What I like is that while it does depend on an external provider, it doesn't depend on a specific external provider. Any VPS with a public IPv4 would work.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 7 points 5 months ago (4 children)

VPS+VPN, this is what I do.

VPS has public IP and runs WireGuard "server"* and a reverse proxy (and fail2ban...). Reverse proxy points to my home computer over the WireGuard link. No open ports on my home router.

For private facing/LAN-only services I just don't have an entry in the VPS reverse proxy. DNS on the router points everything to my local server, so if at home I access everything directly. To access internal services remotely requires VPN (i.e., WireGuard to the VPS).

Works well; I have a tiny free tier VPS but even so, no complaints.

*Yes I know there are no wg clients or servers, only peers, but it plays a server-likr role.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

This review of Olive Garden went viral, and the review/reviewer was mocked online---but then Anthony Bourdain came to her defense.

Kinda a cute story, and a fun read.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 11 points 5 months ago

Having lived without a dishwasher for many years, I'm never complaining about loading/unloading the dishwasher. From starting the kettle to finishing a pour over is more than enough time to unload.

And never again having to schlep clothes to the laundromat because we have laundry in our home? Likewise, I'm not going to complain. The only reason laundry takes real effort is when we opt to use the clothesline instead of the dryer.

Not everyone has a dishwasher, washing machine, and clothes dryer, so I absolutely recognize that I'm very fortunate here. And the crazy thing is, these devices aren't even particularly expensive, especially since they can be had used


I think a big reason folks don't have them is the installation+room required. Which probably says something about landlords and the general cost per area of housing.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 points 5 months ago

I used Photoprism years ago, so my knowledge is probably pretty outdated.

My experience of Photoprism was that mobile was not tightly integrated. At the time I used Syncthing to sync photos


it worked ok for me, but I wasn't going to set it up on my partner's phone, for example.

Immich Just Works on both mobile and desktop. Multi user is great, sharing is great, and the local ML and face detection work remarkably well.

Whatever works for you is the best of course! Immich fits the bill for me, and it was very much worth it for me to "buy" it.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Flagship Nvidia is around $10k. Easy to spend at least another $5k on the rest of the computer+setup (monitors, peripherasls...).

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