skankhunt42
@skankhunt42@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Oreo 1 month ago:
Yes, you may use my armpit.
- Comment on How to tell my actual internet speed usage? 1 month ago:
Web browsing needs maybe 5mbps, you can change the speed in the Firefox F11? F12? Menu and see.
The real test is downloads. How long do you want to wait for a 1GB file?
- Comment on too slow speed through wireguard 3 months ago:
Good luck!
If you want to stay with whatever provider you have you can try openVPN over TCP or a SOCKS proxy over SSH (both TCP traffic). Anything TCP might be faster than WG
- Comment on too slow speed through wireguard 3 months ago:
Yeah, that sounds about right to me. I’d look for a different provider if you’re looking for speed. Like I said above, OVH was unusable to me so I went to hetzner.
There “lowendbox” if you want something cheap. I used some Christmas or new year deal at racknerd that was alright.
- Comment on too slow speed through wireguard 3 months ago:
You could also try a VPS from hetzner and see if its any better. Here’s my speed test just now using WG on my cell, exit through Hetzner.
- Comment on too slow speed through wireguard 3 months ago:
Is your test TCP or UDP? My guess is that’s TCP traffic.
Your VPS provider can rate limit as specific as a single UDP port. Try a different WG UDP port or wrap your WG traffic in TCP with other software and try again.
- Comment on too slow speed through wireguard 3 months ago:
My WG traffic looked like a DOS attack to OVH and I got blackholed for 5min, then 15, then 30.
My guess is your provider is rate limiting your UDP traffic.
- Comment on Control D and Tailscale partner up! 3 months ago:
Why not use your current DNS solution? I’ve got all my hosts using my self hosted DNS at home.
- Comment on Webflow says 2TB of bandwidth is worth $1,250 per month 3 months ago:
I had a VPS with racknerd for a year. I just used it as a wireguard endpoint to exit in the US. I had no complaints but I also didn’t use it very often.
- Comment on I bought frozen BBQ eel and the best before date says LJ349. What does this mean? 6 months ago:
I mean, is there something to the right? I think not because the français is below so I guess good luck. I’d personally eat it unless you bought it months ago.
- Comment on Roku suffered another data breach, this time affecting 576,000 accounts 6 months ago:
My account is with mailinator (free throwaway email) and I’m hopeful someone does this for me. That sounds quite nice.
- Comment on Beginner needs help with setting NextCloud without a domain 8 months ago:
There’s free domains too. I can’t recommend any but I know .tk should be free.
- Comment on [deleted] 8 months ago:
Link too me to the comments.
- Comment on Multinational firm’s Hong Kong office loses HK$200 million after scammers stage deepfake video meeting 9 months ago:
- Comment on Camera Companies Fight AI-Generated Images With 'Verify' Watermark Tech 10 months ago:
Consoles (Xbox, Nintendo, PlayStation) are all hacked eventually. All that will happen is someone will hack a camera to sign any image sent to it.
I think this tech (signed pictures) is just going to make the problem worse. Once a camera is hacked, it’s “signed” but fake… Same spot we are now but now we have fake verified pictures
- Comment on Thousands of private camera footages from bedrooms hacked, sold online - VnExpress International 10 months ago:
I’d almost say your exposure is bigger in the cloud. WAY more software involved, it’s shared environment, and someone elses computer… In addition, it’s complex to properly setup. People often leave it alone once they get it working, no security test or checks.
Even IF it was because it was hosted at home, I blame the companies who build this shit. Market to end users, “super easy to use!!” But no security by default? Nuts.
Enable auto updates, randomly generated admin password (no defaults like 123456), and support for more then 3 years will go a LONG way for the average consumer.
- Comment on makes sense 11 months ago:
I have no idea but I had the same question. I also love the fact that We’d believe that he’d do something like this.
Please tell me it’s real.
- Comment on Google Fiber is offering early access to $250 per month 20-gig service - The Verge 11 months ago:
I can get 8gbps for a reasonable price. For ~30 less I’m getting 500mbps because my firewall only supports about 700mbps of actual throughput.
The home 2.5GE routers might have 2.5gig nic but I highly doubt they can support it for a sustained time.
- Comment on [deleted] 11 months ago:
Yeah, it’s the entire thing /s
- Comment on Black Friday not the cheapest time to shop, says consumer group 11 months ago:
There was an article a couple years back saying that manufacturers will use cheaper components for the same products, making it LOOK like the same TV but it’s actually built cheaper. The really bad ones will keep the same product number/SKU but others will usually append a letter or two.
So the over all cost might be less but you’re actually getting a poor quality version.
- Comment on Gen Z Is Leaving Dating Apps Behind 11 months ago:
I’m late 20s mid 30s. Since ~2011 the only social media I used was Reddit. No Facebook, Twitter, etc, etc.
What you’re saying is exactly how I met my now wife. I looked after myself, did shit I enjoyed, lived life, met lots of people, made new friends. Eventually I asked one of the friends on a date and now my best friend is my wife and I can’t be happier.
I will say, not having Facebook was a problem in some areas though. I missed out on group activities, group hobby chats, that sort of thing but I didn’t care. Friends would invite me to some of them anyway. Also, It might have changed these days but a handfull of people refused to trade numbers, they wanted me to add them on Facebook which was impossible. I didn’t let that get in the way either but it was kind of ‘hard’ to miss out on a potential friendship. It all worked out in the end for me.
- Comment on All Those 23andMe Spit Tests Were Part of a Bigger Plan 11 months ago:
I can’t unread this. Good job sir.
- Comment on It seems Gen Z is just fine with parents knowing where they are all the time 1 year ago:
This is kind of my point. I don’t feel there’s a happy middle right now and unless you go tinfoil hat information is going to get out.
My threat model is basically “do my best to be as private as possible”. But there is limits. I can spend $100 cash on gas or I can spend $100 on my credit card and get 2% back. Obviously I’m going to use my credit card. I still email people who use Gmail, People who have the facebook, instagram, X, etc on their phone has me as a contact, likely with my full name, email address, physical mailing address.
So why do I bother keeping my contacts in a selfhosted NextCloud? Why do I avoid the Google Maps app, or anything google when the wife uses all this stuff and I’m with her 90% of the time? I’m starting to think they have my information already anyway so why not welcome google into my life? I have to keep talking myself into the fact that self hosting is worth the extra work I’m causing myself.
- Comment on It seems Gen Z is just fine with parents knowing where they are all the time 1 year ago:
I never really understood the “I have nothing to hide” mindset. I’ve always been for privacy. I self host everything I use, and when I don’t (e-mail) I PAY someone to do it for me. No Google services in my life, no apple, etc, etc.
However, more and more I’m wondering if what I’m doing is worth it. Really, the people who “have nothing to hide” seem fine, not bad has happened, and it seems far more likely my information was leaked from a hack (credit carma I’m looking at you). Credit cards know where I am, what I buy… Its endless. Plus now I have stress about my self hosted services going down.
So these guys who share their location and just live in blissful ignorance, are they on to something? I think life would be ‘easier’ for me on their side…
- Comment on So long, small phones 1 year ago:
I’m on a pixel 3 also. The size is important but the front facing speakers are amazing. I can’t find anything else like it.
- Comment on Think anyone would notice? 1 year ago:
Canadian here. I signed a contract with 4weeks of vacation that was changed to ‘unlimited’ this year. So far I’ve taken 5 weeks and have a 6th week approved in November.
I haven’t used any sick days but they’re unlimited. If you take more than 3 in a row, you need a doctors note.
15 weeks parental leave that can be split between partners (father can use none/some/all to look after child while mother goes back to work)
- Comment on At what percentage battery health should I consider replacing it? 1 year ago:
Like everyone else said, replace it when it becomes a problem for you. Don’t worry about the %life left, or how full you charge it. (IE some people try to keep it around 80% to extend the life of the battery)
Your phone is a tool, use it as such and replace parts when they become a problem. I’m still using a Pixel 3 which I’ll upgrade later for security/updates.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Yeah, I have an account on 4 or 5 other servers but I mainly use this one… So there’s ~4 more “inactive” users.
- Comment on Certbot is great. Let's Encrypt is great. 1 year ago:
This… Is what I’ve wanted but never looked up if it was possible. Thank you. I’ve been manually renewing my cert for ages…
- Comment on How terrible is double NAT? really? 1 year ago:
I double NAT. My ISP box gives off WiFi for consoles, guests, some IOT. UPNP is enabled and I generally don’t care what goes on there.
My FW is an OPNSense box and everything I do is behind that. I’ve opened ports, run Tailscale, etc and have had no problems at all. All it is is an extra device to open a NAT rule in if I want to open something up.
