Swarfega
@Swarfega@lemm.ee
- Comment on Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second 1 month ago:
I use nextdns on my network and there’s a filter there for smart tvs. Samsung seems to want to call home the most.
- Comment on Sony announces the PS5 Pro with a larger GPU, advanced ray tracing, and AI upscaling 2 months ago:
Not worth it. The PS5 games catalogue is piss poor compared to when the PS4 Pro released.
- Comment on How can I keep my forwarded port secure? 2 months ago:
Ha. That’s my bad. I didn’t even read the firewall rules listing 22/SSH. I agree on not opening 22 to the world. It just invites bots throwing passwords at it.
I just read Minecraft in the original post which from reading runs from 25565 which I wouldn’t worry about. If OP needs 22 for admission I’d either whitelist it or use a VPN/Tailscale.
- Comment on How can I keep my forwarded port secure? 2 months ago:
More effort than I would consider. I’d just allow all traffic incoming on that port. I’d only consider whitelist if someone was giving me grief. Even then that would be after blacklisting an IP wasn’t solving my problem.
- Comment on Journey into self-hosting 2 months ago:
I have a couple of services, including nginx (a website) that run though a Cloudflare Tunnel. No need to open up ports and certificates are automatically managed.
developers.cloudflare.com/…/connect-networks/
I also use ddclient to update my own personal domain with my internets dynamic IP (no need for a dynamic DNS provider). I have to do this as I host Jellyfin and Cloudflare don’t support streaming through their tunnels. So yes this is exposed to the internet. It does sit behind a caddy reverse proxy though.
I also run a wireguard VPN so that I can dial in when out the home. Im in Spain next week so can use that to get BBC iPlayer etc
- Comment on Why is Facebook filled with so much random junk now? 2 months ago:
Now?
- Comment on Linus Tech Tips uploaded a video showing how to block ads on Youtube. Which was removed by Youtube for community guidelines violations. 2 months ago:
I use PipePipe too. Also has SponcerBlock inbuilt. Make sure you enable it though.
Alternatively, Firefox and uBlock Origin works.
- Comment on Linus Tech Tips uploaded a video showing how to block ads on Youtube. Which was removed by Youtube for community guidelines violations. 2 months ago:
Doesn’t work for YouTube
- Comment on Balatro Mobile - Official Release Date Trailer (Sept 26!) 2 months ago:
The music to this game is ingrained into my head
- Comment on iPhones in the EU get ability to set more default apps, delete more built-in ones 2 months ago:
$$$$$$$$
- Comment on What's the oldest game anyone here has played in 2024? 2 months ago:
Moon Patrol on the Atari 2600 (Emulated on my Steam Deck)
- Comment on Google threatened tech influencers unless they ‘preferred’ the Pixel 2 months ago:
hilarious? 🤔
- Comment on Streamyfin, a simple and user-friendly Jellyfin client for iOS and Android 3 months ago:
Wonder if it’s a region thing. Not there for me either (UK).
- Comment on YouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsolete 3 months ago:
I’m not so sure. Once they are embedded in the video they become hard to block. Twitch is like this now.
- Comment on Why is Google takeout so bitchy? 3 months ago:
Not really helping you here. But when I started using Google Photos, I still manually downloaded files from my phone to local storage. I did this mainly to ensure I have the original copies of my photos and not some compressed image. Turns out that was a wise move as exporting photos from Google is a pretty damned awful experience.
- Comment on Official Famicom Controllers for Nintendo Switch | Retro Gaming News 24/7 3 months ago:
There’s a comment above saying they have one and they can’t get them to connect to a PC
- Comment on Halo on Paramount+ has been canceled after only two seasons 3 months ago:
Fallout wasn’t too bad imo. A bit shit in places but they kept close to the game which certainly peases the gamers.
- Comment on What do you prefer to selfhost? 4 months ago:
I’ve configured my kids devices to use NextDNS, that way they are getting filtering no matter what network they use.
AdGuard does what I need internally, it’s just external is the issue. VPN’s are not a solution, my kids are old enough to know they can just disable it to work around it. They don’t know about the Private DNS option that I have configured on their devices… Yet
- Comment on What do you prefer to selfhost? 4 months ago:
Jellyfin Plex (I wanted to get rid of it but I found my son’s TV has no Jellyfin client available so I have to keep Plex up for him) Nginx Caddy Ddclient to Cloudflare for my home dynamic IP Syncthing (such an underrated app) Wireguard HomeAssistant Some other stuff that isn’t all that interesting
- Comment on PSA: GoDaddy gated their own API. DDNS users warned 4 months ago:
This is what I do. Registered with Porkbun but have two domains pointing to Cloudflare NS’s for DNS. I then have a container locally that looks for IP changes on my home connection and if detected updates DNS to the new IP.
- Comment on Pros and cons of Proxmox in a home lab? 4 months ago:
I did it a week ago and it was just a case of passing through the video card. I came across a lot of guides and they were all in the CLI. I assume things have improved or maybe it differs per card. I was just using onboard graphics from an N100 CPU.
- Comment on Shower thoughts are wasting water. 4 months ago:
Dad?
- Comment on OpenAI plans to announce Google search competitor on Monday, sources say 6 months ago:
Sticking with duck duck go. Not seeing advertising, news or video recommendations based on a one time search in Google is bliss.
- Comment on Helldivers 2 now delisted in 177 countries 6 months ago:
Same old shit with everything. A company makes a move that users don’t like. The company just ignores all the flak they are getting online. The uproar calms down and then things continue.
We’re seeing this more and more. Windows with ads, Amazon adding ads to their prime account holders. Spotify moving lyrics to their premium subscription. The past couple of years are shit and companies continue to do whatever the fuck they want.
- Comment on Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining 6 months ago:
I started dual booting to Arch Linux and more often than not I boot more now into Linux than Windows 11. I’ve used Windows since 3.11. Microsoft really have fucked Windows recently.
- Comment on No more 12345: devices with weak passwords to be banned in UK 6 months ago:
Does that include cheap Bluetooth devices that need a password and use 0000?
- Comment on Why I ditched Gmail for Proton Mail 6 months ago:
Yes. I did it recently but the way I did it means moving all 300+ websites that I have logins for is now done in seconds.
I signed up for SimpleLogin and a custom domain. I then went around creating aliases for all these sites. Changing the sites is indeed the worst part. Still, this is the last time I ever do it. All my aliases were pointing to my Gmail account. Once I’d finished I settled on Proton. I just moved all my aliases to my Proton email address.
No one knows my Proton email address other than SimpleLogin.
I haven’t but can now ditch Gmail. I still keep the account for a number of reasons but none are for emails.
I’ve also been testing Tutamail. I can get aliases to go to multiple mailboxes. I have the ability to respond to the emails from either Tuta or Proton and the recipient is none the wiser of where my mailbox resides.
- Comment on Why I ditched Gmail for Proton Mail 6 months ago:
The sending mail server will keep trying for a period of time. Eventually though it will give up and return the email to the sender with an error message.
- Comment on Why I ditched Gmail for Proton Mail 6 months ago:
Proton allows you to export as eml or mbox. Seems fine to me?
- Comment on Fake stamps circulating in the UK are originating from China, lawmaker says 7 months ago:
Fake stamps were bound to happen. They’re so expensive now