howlingecko

@howlingecko@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some self hosted services that you think are essential?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  and Wireguard pointed at AdGuard for DNS

  Set the mobile app to enable WireGuard connection when not on home network and then you have AdGuard everywhere

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CrowdStrike unhappy with “shady commentary” from competitors after outage⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They whine about this now, after they removed their “shady commentary” towards Microsoft from their website

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sharing music collection easily?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the correct answer

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same here. I have been happy with Apple Maps.

  I was an early adopter for Waze and helped them build and fix their maps. I loved Waze. Several months after Google bought Waze, I repeatedly noticed battery draining faster and location was more frequently being used by Waze. I wrote to them about it. After some time passed and no response or change, I ditched them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People in San Francisco Are Mad That a New App Lets You Spy on Bars to See How Busy They Are⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Doesn’t Google Maps show trends instead of live numbers?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even Apple finally admits that 8GB RAM isn't enough⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also for the record, I have experienced an 8GB Mac Mini run Firefox with at least 20 tabs, Jetbrains Rider with code open and editable, Jetbrains DataGrip with queries, somehow Microsoft Teams, MS Outlook and didn’t seem to have a problem. Was also able to share the screen on a Teams call and switch between the applications without lag.

  Windows OS couldn’t handle your application load? Eat a penis, Microsoft. Fucking clown memory management.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Minnesota burglars are using Wi-Fi jammers to disable home security systems⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The article stated that they are watching the homes and going in when no one is home in order to avoid any confrontation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Their kids died after buying drugs on Snapchat. Now the parents are suing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Perhaps SnapChat files a counter suit on the parents for buying their kid a smartphone, paying for service, and not putting parental controls on the device to keep them from using apps that they don’t want their kid accessing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I go with a prebuilt or custom built NAS to get into self hosting?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Built a NAS over 5 years ago. It runs UnRaid and configured with dual parity. If a drive were to go bad: shutdown the NAS, slide the drive out, slide the new drive in, power back up and the rest could be done remotely (via your WireGuard tunnel).

  Unraid is capable of hosting your VMs and/or docker containers as well. I have Syncthing running in a container with a remote machine (also running Syncthing) and they sync backups.

  One of the main perks of UnRaid is that you can mix and match drive sizes. You just have to make sure that your largest capacity drive(s) are your parity drive(s).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The only ‘new’ feature that would excite me enough to buy an iPhone 15 is USB-C⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Same here. I’m on my 12 mini right now!