purplemonkeymad

@purplemonkeymad@programming.dev

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Hardware Announcement⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that white deck going to be an official colour or is it them just showing of custom cases? They also sneaked in a translucent case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do so many services require email configuration?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Even if you have a proper clean IP, running a mail server is a hassle imo. By far having a single relay to send is fine if you get things set right, but also dealing with incoming spam is just way more work than paying to have it hosted.

  I much prefer paying for email hosting and just dealing with outgoing emails if needed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨God ****** dammit, here we go again⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably unrelated, domain spoofing is common, but miss-configured mail servers will accept those emails and process auto replies. They can also abuse input forms to try and send out emails, but that typically does not have much control over content.

  If you are getting more emails than you can deal with, than can be used to try and mask other emails by burying them in a large email volume. In that case you should be looking for emails from important accounts you do own (eg banking.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We will not follow legal requirements, faith school tells Ofsted⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you can’t read it: it’s sex education that a Jewish orthodox school is refusing to teach.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who was your first childhood videogame crush?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like this picture has 4 to 8 times the number of pixels I remember from the fmvs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox ditching hardware and exclusive games "makes sense," former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss says, as "only a moron would continue" making consoles as games go third party⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I kind hated whenever i was looking at solutions to running pc game pass games on my steam deck, everyone was like: “install edge it works on Linux, that will let you stream the game.”

  Like, that was not what I was looking for. It also required you to go to a higher tier of sub.

  Both happy and sad that I already canceled it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think they ever said they plan to require it for Windows Pro or above skus. It’s only home (you know the one business shouldn’t be using anyway) that they said they wanted to enforce it on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommendations for the current sale⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I liked mad max, and if you enjoy the volition open world format you’ll like them game. For that pice though it’s probably worth it if you only play the first few hours.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommendations for the current sale⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think having played shapes.io to completion, it didn’t feel like the progress was any different in 2. Just more of the same, made it harder to get into for me I think. Also the new mechanics (other than layers) feel far away during the first save.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Autumn Sale 2025 Has Begun⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Part of the sale issue for me, is that I sometimes already own these deep discount games. It makes it feel like there are less good deals.

  Also some new games have what I consider to be really high base prices, so a 60% discount is still not near the impulse buy range.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OK what is your Roman name?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Nanaimo barius

  Good job Canadians, they are nice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Those who are hosting on bare metal: What is stopping you from using Containers or VM's? What are you self hosting?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  An easy option is to add the data folders for the container you are using as a volume mapped to a local folder. Then the container will just put the files there and you can backup the folder. Restore is just put the files back there, then make sure you set the same volume mapping so the container already sees them.

  You can also use the same method to access the db directory for the migration. Typically for databases you want to make sure the container is stopped before doing anything with those files.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok’s Algorithm to Be Secured by Oracle in Trump-Backed Deal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So you’ll need to be licensed for each core on you phone that could run tiktok?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Get ready to see ads on your… Samsung refrigerator⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So this reinforcers my policy of not buying Samsung. They really do just retroactively add ads to every product with a screen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Borderlands 4 is a premium game made for premium gamers' is Randy Pitchford's tone deaf retort to the performance backlash: 'If you're trying to drive a monster truck with a leaf blower's motor, you're going to be disappointed'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably not worth pirating, will still run like crap.

  Forgetting about it is probably the best insult you can give it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex got hacked.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Jellyfin doesn’t even have write access to my files. If they can get access into the container’s process then I guess they could add stuff to the web interface which could contain bad stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Time to bash Americans again⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve always assumed it depends on what your context is. If your perspective is the country that the immigrant is from, then they would be an expat. If you are in context of the other country they are an immigrant.

  Ie

  “My friend is an expat who went off to The Netherlands.” “My friend is an immigrant that came here from The USA.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well, shit.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If they don’t, that’s something you can’t blame on a new start.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Adding additional FreeDNS domain to duckdns (nginx/certbot)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty much, add the new domain to certbot, then create a new server directive with the new name and certificate paths. I would probably just copy and paste the existing one for your current domain, then just change the domain. SNI will then select the right certificate for you.

  You can set certbot to create a single certificate with both domains, but tbh the above is just simpler to setup and maintain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why I Ditched Spotify, and How I Set Up My Own Music Stack⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure about navidrome, but if it supports upnp, you could setup a bubbleupnp server to bridge the two.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Memories. And we thought it could never get any better than this⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Server '03 was also pretty solid, didn’t have some of the weird aspects of xp.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotifies come and Spotifies go, but that folder of badly-sorted MP3s will still be there in the 2050s.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have that too! I also have that one folder of random shit that I’ve avoided sorting for the last 20 years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨number box o number box⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But a grid can just be a number with a list of numbers. A tensor is just two numbers with a list of numbers. A n-tensor is just two lists of numbers. Two lists can be combined with a number to indicate when they split. If we put that number at the start of the list, then we just have a list.

  Everything is just a list of numbers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Frances Ryan: Young people want to ‘go private’ – I’m a lifelong supporter of the NHS, but I can see why⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Doesn’t help that the Tories were “stressing” the NHS for years, which makes it harder for things to get back on track.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This website is for humans⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Images might be even less, it looks like a fair amount of the site is inline SVG.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You would kinda notice the disk usage. Last I saw it was quite image heavy and could use a fair amount if you had a lot of activity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Water Snek⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah sorry, I was slightly off, they used their own embedded browser in the app. So your external browser does not save the history as it was not used.

  krausefx.com/…/ios-privacy-instagram-and-facebook…

  Yea didn’t realise it was just an image, I was responding to the “doesn’t show in history” comment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Water Snek⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In case you are interested, facebook now opens links in a site of thier’s, but it contains an embedded window of the site you were linked to. This means that facebook can follow any other links you follow while on that site. It has the site effect of you not visiting that site but instead facebook’s “hidden window” shows in the history.

  It has no practical reason to exist other than allowing them to gather more data.

  Some mobile browsers might have an add-in to auto-break you out of the window.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG’s Freedom To Buy Campaign Gives Away Controversial Games For Free To Protest Censorship⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They no longer require authy for time based codes, so I would update to use an authenticator app when you next get in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google, Microsoft say Chinese hackers are exploiting SharePoint zero-day⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Iirc there was a previous attempt to patch this, it would appear a slight variation was not fixed in the patch. Might be why people are saying zero day.