purplemonkeymad

@purplemonkeymad@programming.dev

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's the Lord's problem now.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m just hoping the front doesn’t fall off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People in the UK Watching the The world using the internet⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not convinced this is the reason for the Imgur block. They were asked by the UK about how they processed the data for minors at the start of the year. They refused to provide it, and were then fined. When the age check was implemented I think they used that as an excuse to block the UK, so they “weren’t operating in it” and didn’t need to answer the questions.

  The UK gov disagrees with that and is planning more legal action iirc.

  If they had done the block without that law, people would be asking why they were not revealing how they process data of minors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fuck Microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I used ublockorigin to block the container for shorts and news. Much better, also set up a redirector that changes shorts URLs into the normal yt format, so that you don’t pulled into that feed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic CEO wants Valve and Steam to stop requiring devs to disclose generative AI usage⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think this tells me that EGS is going to be pushing lots of ai developed games without any disclosure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows used to secretly use green screens to render videos, which is how you could trick MS Paint into becoming a video player⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I always assumed this was due to the bandwidth of interfaces at the time. It would be to much for the hardware decoder to copy the output back for compositing. Thus the card rendered directly onto a mask.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thunderbird Adds Native Microsoft Exchange Email Support - The Thunderbird Blog⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Great! We can get (almost) a whole year of using it with Exchange Online before EWS is turned off!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unremovable Spyware on Samsung Devices Comes Pre-installed on Galaxy Series Devices⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I once saw someone get an ad for the new phone as a notification on their current one. They had never had a notification from Samsung like that before. At that point I knew they would build in advertising for all their other products in to the products.

  I have never bought a Samsung device since. Some people I know live them, but it put me off so much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Hardware Announcement⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨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?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨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.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨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.