brewery

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨18% of people running Nextcloud don't know what database they are using⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  They really push you to install the aio container so it’s not surprising to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Massive disparity in availability of allotments across UK, analysis reveals⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure about allotments, they don’t seem to work that well to me but it’s just anecdotal knowledge. My dad started sharing one two years ago so I went around a few times. More than half the plots were completely unused. A few plots were very used but felt like a private place to escape. I looked up the waiting list and it was over 60. They said if you don’t use them you lose them but it didn’t seem to be enforced at all. Anybody not involved in an existing one was not allowed or welcome in.

  Surely it would be better to have lots of community gardens run by the same people who have the allotments but where anybody can take part and local people are encouraged to help. Get school groups involved. I appreciate it’s a lot of effort but otherwise, does it really matter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What external services do you use for your selfhosting setup?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  For personal stuff, i use an external email, and borgbase for backups (highly recommend them if using Borg or restic).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking to get a new phone with FOSS on it. What should I look into?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I got a fairphone 5 earlier this year and am very happy with it. There is a version with /e/os installed but it was out of stock so I bought the android and it was really easy to install /e/os myself with no technical knowledge needed. I use f-droid for as many apps as possible. It has a version of play store (app lounge) for other apps, most of which have worked. For the odd one that didn’t, I’ve just added a shortcut to the mobile website for quick access. Theres no google pay but I can use the curve app fine with NFC so can even buy stuff, something I didn’t expect to be able to do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Exposing docker socket to a container⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To be honest, you would get frequent notifications for updates that are probably more often than just to remind you. If you’re like me, you’ll just end up ignoring them anyway! There are a lot of small updates to a lot of software, most often not from a security point of view but just as people develop their projects. I update every week if I can but can be a couple of weeks, in which I start to feel “guilty” so when it builds up I know I have to do it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Exposing docker socket to a container⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry this doesn’t answer your question really but I’ve had issues when I used to auto update containers so stopped doing that. Some things have breaking changes, others just had issues in that release that caused me issues accessing stuff when not at home. I update every so often when I have ten minutes to do updates, check release notes and deal with any issues if they arise or roll back to that version. I spin up what’s up docker to see what’s changed then when finished, stop the container so it doesn’t keep on polling docker hub using my free allowance.

  In short, it could be an option to spin it up, let it run, then stop the container so theres less risk it could be used for an attack.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reform UK selects candidate who was previously exposed for anti-Muslim social media posts⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting, need to look more at him, thanks for sharing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reform UK selects candidate who was previously exposed for anti-Muslim social media posts⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What is or will be the difference between them and the green party?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two UK pro-Palestine organisations have bank accounts frozen⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t worry, it’ll be like when Nigel Farage had his account closed, there will be a lot of outrage and they’ll get them back. They are not a PEP, have no links to Russian money, or anything questionable about “consulting” gigs so it’s an easy fix right …

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the ramifications of letting an old domain that was used for email go back into the market?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I bought a new domain for my business and there was no trace of any old business name when researching connected to that domain. After about 6 months I received some data from an old client of theirs. It had a company name so I was able to let someone from that company know, as well the sender and I deleted the data before reading it. I guess you have to think what did you use it for, who might send data that identifies you etc. You never know who might buy it.

  I remember reading an article but can’t find it now. A researcher bought tons old domains from government and local departments that had shut down or changed names, and managed to get some interesting information!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has anyone ever read the book series “Biff, Chip & Kipper” as a kid?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I bought a set over a year ago for my son, then the school library also seems to have them (they pick a book a week)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨British overseas territories miss final deadline to crack down on ‘dirty money’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If they truly cared about dirty money, tax evasion and all the tricks the rich do to keep their wealth, the tax regimes in these places would mirror the tax regime for working people in the UK (and tax capital gains in the same way as employment income BTW!).

  It’s pathetic complaining about these places not doing such a minor thing after decades of using them to hide their wealth, please their wealthy overlords and/or evade taxes…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One-stop family hubs to be opened in all English council areas⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Finally, some good news for once and progress!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK media are covering up British spy flights for Israel⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you reckon Israel/Mossad has some proper dirt over the UK, is it the City’s financial interests or something else? It’s just shocking that we continue to support a genocide despite it clearly being opposite to what the majority of us want.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BBC News - BBC senior staff told to 'step back' from duties following row⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I could only watch 25 minutes (so far) of the doctors in Gaza documentary the BBC refused to show, because I cried at least three times. The multiple children being carried to try to get help with serious looking injuries. The solar panels being destroyed which meant premature children died. The blood soaked floor around the ambulance. The absolute pain of the doctor talking about when a nurse brought in his daughter who was killed. The people watching the bombing of Gaza through those fucking telescope things you get at the beach or from tall buildings like it’s a tourist attraction. The guys being stripped naked, blindfolded and led about in a stadium.

  An artist said a few words at a concert that is crazily expensive to go to, which doesn’t even meet the threshold of hate speech (in my view).

  Where should we focus our attention and outrage I wonder?!?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨12 of England’s regional mayors back plan for ‘national active travel network’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes please. At this point, we need local councils to lead this as it’s just impossible at a parent or school level. We need the infrastructure changes too as I can’t see us getting there without it. It takes just one car driver to enforce their right of way on a road if it’s just open

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The UK failed grooming gang victims by not seeing ‘children as children’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Who said it was a problem? It’s funny because you could be saying that is too low or too high, who knows!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The UK failed grooming gang victims by not seeing ‘children as children’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It was more of a class and misogyny problem, which due to cultural reasons these groups of men were able to take advantage. There’s a story of police being called to a disturbance and found a group of older guys (mostly south Asian but there was a white guy too) with two teenage (I think about 15) drunk, working class girls. Instead of stepping back and thinking there’s something very strange going on here and seeing those girls as victims, who were vulnerable, potentially being groomed and obviously being taken advantage of, they arrested the girls for drunk and disorderly, were apologetic to the men and didn’t even record the names of those men.

  Statistically in the UK, most grooming and sexual violence is some by family members or family friends, against both boys and girls, and are perpetrated by white people simply because the UK is still 83% white! If any of these people truly cared about vulnerable children, they would focus on more than just these grooming gangs but that doesn’t rile up their base, get more likes and give them more support. Yeah, these horrible men need to be arrested and put away but let’s set up systems that try to prevent these children being harmed in the first place.

  This article is talking about the wider problems of children not being seen as victims, and agencies not communicating with each other. Whether it’s a black boy arrested for carrying drugs or a white girl ignored as being “promiscuous”, there are systemic issues in our system that need to be addressed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Research reveals “non-existent” enforcement of industry-led standards on loot boxes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Really? And did they self regulate their fees? Oh wait no, it took EU enforcement to cut down their fees and stop businesses passing them onto customers. The EU also enforced more security regulation, and more use of those by the banks themselves using these credit card processors who washed their hands of levels of security

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opinion: Just ignore all the myths about low-traffic neighbourhoods. They’re popular, effective and here to stay⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, it’s so much better. The main roads are clogged up but can see no difference to before with those, they were always bad. I haven’t seen any difference in driving times. Our road is so much quieter so seen kids playing on the street (not often at all but the roads are still setup for cars of residents), and the drop constant noise that I didn’t notice until it had gone.

  I think the next step should be to flip from it being a road with a small pavement to a shared communal area with priority for people, space for kids to play properly and actual green space. There could still be enough road to get to houses and car spaces. When the road was closed for that jubilee party it was so nice! Saw way more of my neighbours and all the kids were out playing together. Can’t see it happening though…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Police launch urgent search after girl, 11, falls into River Thames⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s really sad, feel especially bad for the kids who were with her who are going to feel this for the rest of their lives