Frigate is great, but it needs a lot of cpu/gpu or a corel TPU. OP has old hardware, so I’m guessing a slow CPU.

Zoneminder is a non-AI cctv system. Also free. Not as fun to play with as Frigate but solid.

I understand having a dislike for a medium that encourages shallow, gimmicky, reactive content

That’s all social media.

And Reddit has a huge amount of reposting/karmafarming bots as well as a lot of political/troll botfarms targetting it, and a lot of human trolls. And if you don’t have an adblocker, a sometimes miserable user experience. But Reddit also has the biggest userbase by a huge factor, a lot of really interesting subs with some really good content and people.

You can find positives and negatives about any platform or, really, anything anywhere. At least with social media platforms we have a choice as to whether we engage or not. That’s how you avoid the trash if you think the pool is full of shit - don’t swim in it.

Honestly, if someone genuinely believes “everything is shit” then maybe the problem is with them.

That’s like saying “I read a book once that I didn’t like, so all books are shit”

Tiktok is like all other streams - there’s a huge variety of content and it includes a lot of good and innovative creators. Yes, there’s a lot of utter shite, just lke reddit, facebook and even Lemmy.

But there’s also people who spend time making something good, sharing interesting things about their day and teaching what they know.

Throw a dead cat on the table.

You know for a fact that the people doing the largest share of the recovery effort have nothing to do with the decision to have no backups.

Exactly. How they got there is no consolation to those dealing with it now.

As a sysadmin that’s pretty much my worst nightmare. I really feel for those trying to pick the pieces back up again after that.

What is Bob good at? Is any of his skill set useful to the team as a whole? If not, to the department? Then to the company? A sideway move might help everyone.

You say you’ve tried to train him, but has anyone else? Sometimes two people just don’t click enough to learn/teach together through no fault of either.

Ultimately, if nothing you think of can help, then you need to talk to HR and work with them about a performance improvement plan.

Re-reading your message, it seems you’re not his manager. In which case this isn’t your job. If he is affecting your ability to do your own job, then you need to talk to your manager.

Ask for specific examples of where you failed to deliver work as per your contract.

Username checks out.

I’d probably cut it off.

That’s a really good article and shows how one person with a strong motivation can actually make a different through identifying a need and then working to solve it.

I found the technical aspects and reasoning interesting too, and your comments. Hard to disagree with any of them. I spent some time playing with the egui demo also - quite an impressive featureset.

Thanks for posting. Made me think.

25 years ago I got into playing Unreal Tournament.

I still talk daily with some of the people from that community across several countries. We’ve never met, never will, but we’ve shared stuff that our real families don’t know.

You’re not wrong.

Claudebot took down one of my sites repeatedly, hammering it for the same pages over and over at horrendous rates.

I ended up spending several days having to convert it to a SSG and hosted it on Cloudflare pages. A lot of work I didn’t need to do.

Honestly, time to talk to HR who I’m sure would have a quiet word with this manager.

This sounds like bullying, triggered by racism/xenophia/paranoia or just plain bigotry. And yelling at people? That’s terrible too.

Uh, the algorithm is what stops random crap. Tailoring just the right balance of stuff that does interest you, might interest you and fits the supplier’s aims is why Tiktok is so popular.

Given the content far outweighs your ability to view it, how would you imagine things would look without any algorithm?

More control to the tech bros.

Indeed, why not? Temugin was the GOAT at this game.

Global domination isn’t a new thing.

I agree. People are people. The racist tone of the original question and the judging of history by modern standards just underlines that.

but remember the Greeks and Swedes didn’t sail around the world killing natives for the craic.

The Vikings had a fair go at it - and they came from what is now Norway, Denmark and… Sweden.

You can’t properly hate somewhere until you’ve lived there…

If you think you’ll be safe, then go. Travel broadens the mind, even if you go with preconceived ideas.