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- Comment on Synology could bring “certified drive” requirements to more NAS devices 5 days ago:
Critical Synology Vulnerability Let Attackers Remote Execute Arbitrary Code
Just build your own. It’s easy. Move on.
- Comment on How do you handle absolutely critical alerts on your Android phone? 1 week ago:
Yeah, that’s all fine - when it works, it works well… But sometimes it just seems to get caught up in an error and can’t seem to reset for a few minutes. But ok, looks like your setup’s working ok, so must be just mine. I disabled a load of Google stuff and run trackercontrol (a local VPN on the phone that blocks stuff), so maybe I’ve broken something…
- Comment on How do you handle absolutely critical alerts on your Android phone? 1 week ago:
Hmm… I’m using gotify with a Ras Pi to send the alerts and I sometimes get long delays…
AFAICT it’s the phone, not the Pi, but all I can see are lots of websocket errors in the gotify client the time… are you not getting those then?
- Comment on GitHub - outerbase/studio: A lightweight Database GUI in your browser. It supports connecting to Postgres, MySQL, and SQLite. 2 weeks ago:
we are very excited about being part of the Claudflair team
Guess they’re so excited (and thrilled) that they forgot how to spell
- Comment on 'Google AI presented my April Fools' story as real news' 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, my reading speed has decreased a lot as I’m continually trying to assess if what I’m reading is true or not
Like, maybe the AI was the true story and the April fools story was the April fools? 🤯
- Comment on Do you dislike your dependency on Android? To the rescue comes Mobile Linux "PostmarketOS" - Funded via Donations, Focus on Reliabilty for 2025 3 weeks ago:
Are you saying I could get Linux running on my Fairphone 3+?
Mind you, yeah, 3G switch off would then make life difficult…
- Comment on Do you dislike your dependency on Android? To the rescue comes Mobile Linux "PostmarketOS" - Funded via Donations, Focus on Reliabilty for 2025 3 weeks ago:
Enterprises just lease desktops / laptops and replace them with the latest version of Windows… my team used to be after reasons to get the latest OS / laptop, now IT have to prise them out of their hands
- Comment on World Backup Day 3 weeks ago:
Yep, hence my comment…
You should see the fear on people’s faces when I suggest they restore a backup - esp. on Production.
My advice (to combat their fear) is to take an offline backup that has some kind of checksum and then immediately restore it.
That gets them past the initial fear and then we progress onto other backup strategies… if needed.
- Comment on World Backup Day 3 weeks ago:
Backups… fine
When’s the World “test you can restore” day?
- Comment on Selfhosting Sunday - What's up? 3 weeks ago:
Ok, didn’t think about “unlimited” actually being slower - thanks for the insight.
I’m running a pfSense f/w at the edge, so split horizon DNS and haproxy are already sorted… I’ll check out wireguard - should be straight forward
Thanks
- Comment on Selfhosting Sunday - What's up? 3 weeks ago:
I’m considering going this route - just to hide my (static) home IP.
What’s the rough sizing I’d need for a VPS? I’m guessing the smallest possible, but with the best / unlimited data usage?
- Comment on Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account 3 weeks ago:
Ok, so setup a DC (in a VM on your linux laptop), install Win11 joined to that domain, create a local user, then leave the domain & destroy the VM…?
Or install Linux 👍🏻
- Comment on Apple barred from Google antitrust trial, putting $20 billion search deal on the line 3 weeks ago:
Dunno how long you’ve been online, but you should’ve seen searching before Google came along… it’s still better now.
But, there was not much tracking back then…
- Comment on Vivaldi, now with added VPN 3 weeks ago:
Was that the one with the vertical task bar that couldn’t be changed??
Or is it better now…?
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- Comment on Qobuz reveals how much it really pays per stream, and I want to see more of this transparency to help us spend money more ethically 4 weeks ago:
Everything I get usually has it’s metadata updated / overwritten by Musicbrainz anyway
But, yeah, it’s slow going if you’re in a niche…
I’ve created / updated a few albums in there and it takes a few minutes to get it all done, but there’s some satisfaction in giving back
- Comment on Qobuz reveals how much it really pays per stream, and I want to see more of this transparency to help us spend money more ethically 4 weeks ago:
They’re my preferred platform for buying music.
I purchase from Bandcamp, should I be looking to move over?
- Comment on Plex is locking remote streaming behind a subscription in April 4 weeks ago:
Yep, it’s something that more people need to consider to keep their free (as in the source code is not a prisoner) software going
It looks like jellyfin costs ~$500/MONTH just for their hosting fees: opencollective.com/jellyfin
If everyone using jellyfin contributed $1/month, I bet that would be covered
(No, I’m not affiliated with them)
- Comment on Plex is increasing Plex Pass prices and paywalling remote playback for personal media at $1.99/month or $19.99/year. 4 weeks ago:
Think I’d rather pay that towards the development of Jellyfin
- Comment on “Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen 5 weeks ago:
I’m just glad I’ve still got my MythTV running.
- Comment on E-waste or Linux? Charities face tough choices as Windows 10 support ends 5 weeks ago:
IMHO each new version of Windows looks & feels different to the last anyway, so most (general users) wouldn’t know the difference - they just need a web browser an email client and an office suite.
That 1 Windows-only program they use is probably not compatible with the next version of Windows too
- Comment on Europe bets on RISC-V for homegrown supercomputing platform 1 month ago:
Digital Autonomy with RISC-V in Europe
They really tried hard to make an acronym fit…
A bit like SHIELD
- Comment on X (Twitter) is down in worldwide outage. 1 month ago:
We had a nice Thai curry here (and no, I don’t live on Thailand)
- Comment on The right-to-repair movement is growing as wins stack up 1 month ago:
Just to chip in, whilst I agree that Fairphone is not a truely interchangable modular phone, it does have the ability for some modules to be replaced.
The Fairphone 3 even had the ability to upgrade with better ones to create the 3+
I don’t think the newer models are doing that though, which is a shame
- Comment on The right-to-repair movement is growing as wins stack up 1 month ago:
I know this is a little OT, but I repaired a dead Karcher pressure washer this weekend… a little effort and I’m much more likely to purchase / recommend them in the future.
If the manufacturer’s grip is too tight, I’m going elsewhere - and I’ll be more loyal to them
- Comment on Cars will need fewer screens and more buttons to earn a 5-star safety rating in Europe | Euro NCAP will introduce new testing rules in 2026 requiring physical controls for the highest safety score 1 month ago:
I’ve only been in a Tesla with an Uber driver, so not paid attention to it… but no indicator or wiper control?
Jeez.
I’ve had a couple of cars with automatic wipers and they’re not that great… Having no controls would do my head in
- Comment on Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic 1 month ago:
No User Tracking
We don’t collect personal information from users. We don’t track users. We don’t sell user data. We have no affiliation with any advertising companies.
- Comment on Microsoft announces quantum computing breakthrough with new Majorana 1 chip 2 months ago:
Not sure what to make of this, they’ve got the potential to put a million qubits on a chip, but there’s only 8…
And others have had quantum computers for a while now… so… 🤷🏼♂️
- Comment on Fingerprinting: Critics say Google rules put profits over privacy. 2 months ago:
Yep, totally agree - it’s just getting awareness up.
When I start explaining this to friends & family they give me the same blank look that I gave them when they talk about nutrition & exercise…
- Comment on What's up, selfhosters? - Sunday thread 2 months ago:
Presuming you can put OpenWRT on it, it’ll be fine as a single box
IMHO, I just prefer having it all as separates and then fix / change / upgrade parts as I go - but I soon run out of places to hide them