tenebrisnox

@tenebrisnox@feddit.uk

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The great Ministry of Defence-to-Palantir pipeline: Palantir hired four Ministry of Defence officials last year. Then it won its biggest ever contract with the department⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Palantir = truly evil Skynet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China has network of 75 covert influence outposts across Britain⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Are these “talent liason” outposts what used to be called spies? And doesn’t the UK have “talent liason” people in China? Excuse me if I’m not really shocked about this. Surely, rather than moan about it, the UK security services need to use some James Bond-types to investigate (using some futuristic gadgets like chewing gum that blows up etc) and sort it out. Usually these “talent liason” outposts are inside volcanoes or deep sea bases. Should be easy to spot in UK.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ban phones throughout the school day, Phillipson tells teachers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Welcome to the UK… country that once had aspirations to be a center of digital tech… now just wants a Victorian factory education for its kids. Soon pen and paper will be too radical and chalkboard slates will be reintroduced. You can hear the “teach from the front”-types salivating already. “The Empire was built on rote and chalk, Mr Gradgrind!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Number of US-style pickup trucks on UK roads up 92% in a decade, data shows⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  In the last 5-10 years our residential road has gone from having normal family cars parked outside houses to pretty much these types of monstrosities and - worse - transit vans. Our Yaris looks like a toy car in comparison to these behemoths! What’s worse is the ones who have drives can’t fit them so they park in the street.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ex-Tory Home Secretary Braverman defects to Reform UK⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  In other news: rabid dog bites gurning man.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Journiv - Self Hosted Journal v0.1.0-beta.11 : Day One Import, Location and Weather, Tag Management and much more are here.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks. I took another look at your documentation and decided to re-install everything. You’re right, I’d used the simple “test” compose script from your site. After a little trial and error, I got everything working properly with this:

  services:
    redis:
      image: redis:7-alpine
      container_name: journiv-redis
      restart: unless-stopped
      volumes:
        - /mnt/dietpi_userdata/docker-data/journiv/redis-data:/data
      command: redis-server --appendonly yes
  
    journiv:
      image: swalabtech/journiv-app:latest
      container_name: journiv
      ports:
        - "8111:8000"
      environment:
        - SECRET_KEY=XXX
        - DOMAIN_NAME=XXX
        - CELERY_BROKER_URL=redis://redis:6379/0
        - CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND=redis://redis:6379/0
        - REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379/0
      volumes:
        - /mnt/dietpi_userdata/docker-data/journiv/data:/data
      restart: unless-stopped
      depends_on:
        - redis
  
    celery-worker:
      image: swalabtech/journiv-app:latest
      container_name: journiv-celery-worker
      entrypoint: []
      command: ["celery", "-A", "app.core.celery_app", "worker", "--loglevel=info"]
      environment:
        - SECRET_KEY=XXX
        - DOMAIN_NAME=XXX
        - CELERY_BROKER_URL=redis://redis:6379/0
        - CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND=redis://redis:6379/0
        - REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379/0
      volumes:
        - /mnt/dietpi_userdata/docker-data/journiv/data:/data
      restart: unless-stopped
      depends_on:
        - redis
        - journiv
  

  Exports are working!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Journiv - Self Hosted Journal v0.1.0-beta.11 : Day One Import, Location and Weather, Tag Management and much more are here.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is Journiv still having issues with export? I couldn’t get it to work (tried following all the stuff I could find about the export issues and folder permissions) - so I gave up. A shame because I like the app.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨we need more users⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m starting to see this. Over on Mastodon I’m starting to get devisive pro-Reform stuff in my feed. Often it’s someone boosting (though not sure why) a video from a pro-Farage account and making a silly comment about it. The local instance I’m in is nice and friendly - and I don’t want the arrival of people who just want to stir up things. We do politics there and seems left-leaning but it’s courteous. Occasionally a tone deaf elephant will thunder through and then move instances when they realise we don’t like the being nasty stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨·𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯: Come and learn the Shavian alphabet⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Disappointed as I thought this was something to do with Richard Shaver. Never enough stuff about the Shaver Mysteries these days.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK economy showing signs of 'zombie apocalypse,' says think tank⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, a “Left-leaning” and “independent” think tank that used to be led by the Tory MP David Willets and now run by Ruth Curtice who was Director of fiscal policy to the Treasury for the Tories for 15 years. Of course I’ll believe what they opine. Just like I would have listened to the charities in the 18th and 19th century who warned about how ending child labour as chimney sweeps would destroy the British economy and everyday life while arguing that the children should have the opportunity to learn the Scripture.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I get followers on mastodon (or any other non-thread social media)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I actually enjoy Mastodon because the “followers” you get or the ones you follow are few and it’s all manageable. I don’t understand the appeal of following so many that you can’t possibly keep up with what they write about or who they are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Waterstones would sell books written by AI, says chain's boss⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’ll be ok as the way things are going, the readers will be AIs who will summarise and review books for Youtube channels watched by AIs who go on to write books for… dead culture. It’s ok because the masses will be watching Strictly Come Hunger Games Dancing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rich People Are Becoming Less Willing to Help With the World’s Problems⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’ve won the propaganda war convincing the majority that low tax = freedom and prosperity. However, the period of post-World War 2 social improvement was characterised by VERY high taxes for the rich.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I finally understand Cloudflare Zero Trust tunnels⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m interested to know if anyone is using a Cloudflare tunnel to stream audio? It breaks their terms but I’ve read that they tend to ignore it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the spirit of the King's Birthday⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why do we need anything “far worse”? Why not just remove them constitutionally and let them do their own thing? Smaller state and all that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meet Journiv! A Self-Hosted, Privacy-First Journaling App (Day One/Apple Journal Alternative)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That sounds fantastic. Journiv has kick-started me into journalling before bed again. Thank you for uour work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meet Journiv! A Self-Hosted, Privacy-First Journaling App (Day One/Apple Journal Alternative)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been running Journiv since Monday and really liking it. I’d really like to see a straightfoward means of exporting/restoring journals, though. The export says coming soon.

  One of the reasons I stopped using Memos - which I thought was good - was because the devs were telling users on Discord that there was no need for backups because you should have the skill to manually locate and open up the database and export entries yourself. I think that sort of stuff makes or breaks apps like this in which people put aspects of their lives into.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sex offender who sparked UK asylum hotel protests released by mistake⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And yet how often do we see people who make blunders like this promoted? I work with people who’ve made catestrophic errors and been rewarded by more pay and seniority. It’s the British Way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why supermarket prices really became sky high in the UK⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah! the old spectre of the 70s with the wailing piles of uncollected bins and rattling power cuts! Those of us who grew up then seem to have fonder memories of a happier Britain. Price controls have been used successfully in the past (particularly in the post-WW2 period up until 1954). Other countries - significantly Singapore - use price controls to manage their economies efficiently.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why supermarket prices really became sky high in the UK⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok ok I’ll accept all this “explanation” but what I’d also like to know is when fruit like apples - grown in the UK - have shrunk in size, increased by something like 100%+ and begin to rot as soon as you get them home. You could (just about) put up with massive hikes in prices because of “explanation” but prices plus increasingly worse quality of food is beyond unacceptable. We’re being ripped off here in the UK.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Three-quarter of Brits support a wealth tax, YouGov poll finds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You mean there’s a chance I won’t be a multi-billionaire?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Labour Party members just defected to Your Party en masse⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I read them from time to time. Can you give an example of where they “straight up lie or spread conspiracy theories”? They report on rumours or gossip - but that’s little different than a mainstream journalist citing “sources”. I take into account their political slant when I read them, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reform councillor would like to see wage cuts to fund his pay rise⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In our ward they don’t even bother turning out. I think the LibDem who usually wins - and doesn’t even live here! - gets about 900 votes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reform councillor would like to see wage cuts to fund his pay rise⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Councilors often go on about being busy but what do they actually DO? I live in an area where councillors can earn £17k a year. I have yet to see a councillor in real life or see anything happen in our local area as a direct response of the councillor’s actions. Our councillor doesn’t even live here (in the countryside outside of our town.

  From what I understand, they sit through a lot of meetings where council officials tell them what they are doing. The more meetings they sit through, the more cash they earn.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lauren Southern accuses Tommy Robinson of lying to protect alleged 'rapist' Andrew Tate⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why does Tommy and other right-wing goons all have Turkey Teeth? Do you need Turkey Teeth to join their club - bearing in mind lots of Tommy’s followers seem to have missing teeth?

  Teeth and proto-fascists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Red, White and Bruised: The Criminal Hypocrisy Behind Anti-Migrant Activists⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Shame that the mainstream broadcasters and press continue to mislead by refusing to call these far-right protests (and refuse to define what far-right is just to mislead a little more). Maybe white supremicist neo-nazi is a better term.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk tells Tommy Robinson protest ‘violence is coming’ in call for change in UK government⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems to me there’s a clear call to right in the UK to escalate to violence and greater intimidation. Those of us who are not on the right really need to consider starting some form of defence groups in preparation for when things get pretty tough… which I think is inevitable now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Agree with Navidrome. Works great in browser and the Substreamer ios app.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uptick in inflammatory posts⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely. Most of the time communities are friendly and supportive - but I’ve noticed too that there are users who seem deliberately scratchy and saying things that are looking to provoke and who become fizzy if they’re challenged in any way about something they’ve said. I wondered if it’s much younger users who are coming from other places having picked up the “fight me” attititude there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two-hour screen time limit and curfews for children being considered by government⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The sentence in their manifesto was: “We will also introduce a supervised tooth-brushing scheme for 3-to-5 year olds, targeting the areas of highest need.”

  Scheme. Of supervised brushing for pre-school children in some areas. Far from compulsory. Looking at the reported comments by politicians like Streeting at the time it was clear this wasn’t compulsory in the way you asserted. (I have to be clear that I’m no Labour supporter. Far from it.)