rarkgrames

joined 2 years ago
[–] rarkgrames 8 points 1 year ago

Ah, the greatest nation in the world

/s

[–] rarkgrames 14 points 1 year ago

Porn for people who like poop

[–] rarkgrames 1 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately they’re also much more expensive than the other options unfortunately. That feature does sound exact i need.

however, I have a three storey house and so use Alexa’s drop in and announcement features as intercoms as the kids would never hear me from the kitchen on the ground floor when they’re in their top floor bedrooms. Being able to put Alexa’s wherever I want for very little outlay was a big plus.

[–] rarkgrames 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The problem I have is that I have my Apple Music family account hooked up to my Alexa’s and Sonos so the kids can listen to whatever they want and I can play music through the Sonos using Alexa when I’m cooking and can’t use my hands.

Unfortunately this means that my favourites mix and any recommendations are tainted with the godawful noise my kids call music 😂

There really needs to be a way to link an Alexa or other device to a specific Apple Music family member.

[–] rarkgrames 1 points 1 year ago

We don’t get that in the UK so it’s never really been an option for us unfortunately

[–] rarkgrames 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seeing as it was supposed to become free to cross 20 years ago…

[–] rarkgrames 3 points 1 year ago

It’s the clbuttic problem, also known as the Scunthorpe problem.

See also: particitrousers

[–] rarkgrames 2 points 1 year ago

This was actually a great port given the hardware.

[–] rarkgrames 3 points 1 year ago

But they’re white and British, they don’t need to worry about those silly rules, don’t you know the British empire means we can live anywhere?

/s although fairly certain that’s obvious 🙂

[–] rarkgrames 5 points 1 year ago

Have been waiting for this. It seems a bit broken at the moment though, seems to stop working after a few comments?

[–] rarkgrames 5 points 1 year ago

I absolutely hate SO. It’s my last resort when looking for help, and I’ve never signed up.

Between snarky arseholes, the “already answered here” comments even when the question isn’t the same, and people saying “dw i solved it” and never stating how they solved it the whole place can just fuck of.

[–] rarkgrames 7 points 1 year ago

WhipperSnapper, you are fined one credit for a violation of the verbal morality code!

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by rarkgrames to c/[email protected]
 

Over the last year I've been learning Swift and starting to put together some iOS apps. I'd definitely class myself as a Swift beginner.

I'm currently building an app and today I used ChatGPT to help with a function I needed to write. I found myself wondering if somehow I was "cheating". In the past I would have used YouTube videos, online tutorials and Stack Overflow, and adapted what I found to work for my particular usage case.

Is using ChatGPT different? The fact that ChatGPT explains the code it writes and often the code still needs fettling to get it to work makes me think that it is a useful learning tool and that as long as I take the time to read the explanations given and ensure I understand what the code is doing then it's probably a good thing on balance.

I was just wondering what other people's thoughts are?

Also, as a side note, I found that chucking code I had written in to ChatGPT and asking it to comment every line was pretty successful and a. big time saver :D

Edit: Thanks everyone for insightful and considered replies.

I think the general consensus is basically where my head was at - use it as a tool like you would SO or other resources but be aware the code may be incorrect, and the reality is there will be work required to adapt and integrate with your current project (very much like SO) and that's where you programming skills really come in to play.

I think I still have imposter syndrome when it comes to development, which is maybe where the question was coming from in my mind. :D.

 

The updated dev betas have dropped.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by rarkgrames to c/selfhosted
 

Hey, I'm hoping someone can help me out with an issue I keep having with Kemp Loadmaster.

I use Kemp to point various subdomains to different VMs and physical servers and for the most part, everything is working. In the attached image all the VS above the disabled one are working just fine. The issue is with 10.0.0.75:5100.

However, if I try and add any additional VSs they just don't seem to work. Instead, they just point to the website hosted at my domain and the subdomain is ignored (so, if I navigate to the subdomain that points to 10.0.0.75:5100 instead I'm seeing the site hosted on 10.0.0.70).

I've created the VS, created the relevant rules and as far as I can see everything is set up in a similar fashion to the working ones so I'm really at a loss.

Can anyone suggest why this might be happening?

I should add, the same thing was happening with the VS I was pointing at 10.0.0.72 so it's not just the machine on 10.0.0.75 that's the problem as far as I can see.

I don't really want to move to using Cloudflare Tunnels for everything - I had that set up before and one day all my tunnels just stopped working so I'd like to get Kemp working correctly.

Edit: As a temporary workaround I've set up TwinGate so I can access my SnippetBox instance when not on my local network which works fine, but I would very much like to get to the bottom of this Kemp issue

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New Arc User (self.arcbrowser)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by rarkgrames to c/arcbrowser
 

I've just installed Arc browser and will see how I get on. It will be interesting to see whether it helps organise things and improve my workflows.

I'm always keen to try new things so who knows, maybe it will become my browser of choice.

I'd be interested to hear of things that might be useful to know about Arc, hints and tips to improve my experience.

Edit: Ok so I've had a chance to play around with this browser fora little while and so far it's great. Spaces are great, split views I love (hellooooo CHatGPT and whatever I'm working on in the same tab) and I'm looking forward to trying out Profiles.

I've just got to hope when I install it on my work laptop the IT department don't get wind of it LOL

 

As there are at the type of writing zero posts in this community I thought I might as well get the ball rolling.

I was diagnosed with UC around 10 years ago and, after my initial flare it was pretty mild. Around a year and a half ago I flared and suffered for most of that time, with the drugs I was being prescribed not really helping. Since the beginning of this year I’ve been on new meds and they finally seem to be working and I’m finally able to live more normally again.

In my spare time I’ve been working on building an iOS app that will allow IBD / IBS sufferers to keep track of their symptoms. I know there are apps that do that already but I’m hoping my app will simplify things and allow people to provide their doctors with graphs that show trends for symptoms over a period of time.

It’s a way off yet as I don’t have huge amounts of time to devote to it but I’ll get it built eventually.

Anybody else who wants to introduce themselves?

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submitted 2 years ago by rarkgrames to c/cat
 

This is my gorgeous Maine Coon, Hudson. He's 1 year old today and as you can see he's really pleased with his birthday collar.

 

I’ve seen quite a few posts on here about how new user are finding Lemmy, but I was wondering how existing Lemmy users feel about horde of redditors descending on their site?

I’m hoping that so far those of who have migrated over are trying to fit in and find out how to fit in with the existing culture, but do people who have been here for a while have concerns about what is to come?

I for one am hoping Lemmy will be a less toxic environment than Reddit, and I’d hate for this influx to ruin things.

Here’s hoping!

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Hudson says blep (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by rarkgrames to c/cat
 

This is Hudson, one of my Maine Coons. He’s nearly 1 year old and he’s a little bugger but we love him.

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