Pika

@Pika@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favorite low-footprint self-hosted services?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not PC but, one benefit of using a central server for syncthing is an always on backup that doesn’t require another client device to be on, it also allows for easier creation of new shares.

  For example, with syncthing you can set the “servers” client device to auto approve/accept and shares that are to trusted devices, then when you get a new device, instead of needing to add that device to every device you share on the syncthing network, you only need to add that device to the server and then you can have your other clients connect to the servers share instead of device to device. It’s easier. You can also configure the shares on the server to use encryption by default too, since you don’t really ever need to actually see the files on the server since it’s basically a install and forget style client.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favorite low-footprint self-hosted services?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  yea I have the machine backed up in case this happens. I have noticed that its a mess UI wise. But ipfire doesn’t seem to be stable. every few months it’ll randomly kill itself which will take everything on the network down until i manually restart the machine and then force tell it a new DNS server. It’s something I’ve never managed to resolve on the machine, and I don’t seem to have that issue with my test network with OPNsense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favorite low-footprint self-hosted services?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m in the process of switching from ipfire to opnsense myself.

  I hate how bloaty opnsense is at first glance but it has so much more control so once I copy my current config I’ll be leaving ipfire in the dust.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favorite low-footprint self-hosted services?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I have never thought of doing this. That’s now going on my server.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did we win?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I had never heard of it, I generally stray away from video based mediums, but I am a little surprised I didn’t come across articles for it, I can only assume that none of the creators I followed covered it.

  Although it was kind of funny to see the beginning of that second video, him still trying to do damage control, it looked for a second like he was going to agree that he had screwed up that install because he said it was 100% his fault and then he Backtracked and said that it wasn’t his fault and I’m like so close lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did we win?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I have never seen that page before, but that’s hilarious. I somewhat hope that he did that as a demonstration of, hey, someone may do this because it’s hard for me to wrap my head around someone who uses a computer for a living, doing something like that.

  Being said, I think that prompt went above and beyond what was needed. At some point you just need to let the user touch the hot stove top… It stated what it was going to do, stated that it was going to be potentially dangerous and unlikely what the user wanted, and then reiterated that it was core essential packages needed for it to run… I don’t know what else they could do there. I would definitely be against adding further restrictions though. If he was willing to type that in, I don’t know what would stop him from doing that, to be honest, Maybe a…" I acknowledge this would break my system…" instead of it being yes-do as I say. But I don’t know.

  Being said hard agree there is zero reason that a package like steam should be able to uninstall your desktop., That was definitely a bug or a misconfiguration with the steam package. That was unexcusable. I just think they gave more than enough information of what that would do and he did it anyway.

  I firmly agree at some point the ends don’t justify the means and Android has definitely got to that point with unsigned packages prior to making this change., And I don’t think the ends justify the means to implement such a system. And I definitely think there is ulterior motives for implementing it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well, That’s One Way to Sell Americans on Electric Cars. The U.S. has been wary of EVs. As the cost of gas soars, we’re now paying the price.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I had thought about it when i was thinking of getting an EV prior. The answer is “yes”, technically, but I don’t find it cost effective to do so. I don’t own the building, or pay power utility, its bundled in my rent, and whatever power solution I installed would need to run roughly 150-200 ft feet across a lawn and part of an active driveway to get to my designated parking area(I had considered over or under but that also adds cost). Said parking area has already been designated as non-negotiable as the closer parking is strictly for the landlord’s wife who has mobility issues. On top of that I have been instructed to not put a constant load on the outdoor outlet, it according to them has high wear on it and they are worried about the risk of putting something constant on it because it used to run as an input for a generator that ran higher than what the line was actually rated for(old building, was before the requirement of a bypass switch) and almost burned it out, so any solution would be either rewiring the outdoor outlet line from the fusebox on, or installing a dedicated charger line for it and then running it across prior distance. (which I had at one point thought about)

  technically possible, but I don’t think it’s cost effective to do something like that, especially considering even if given permission, it’s for a property I don’t own and don’t know how long I would be living here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did we win?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yea the argument stated works better for rooted environments than rootless environments or sideloading.

  In a non-root scenario, you would need to specify a few permissions to give a keylogger that amount of access. I think that a big issue is people not understanding that there is a difference between a rooted device or root installed app, and a sideloaded application.

  Just because you have a non-google device or a rooted device != you have a compromised device. Applications aren’t going to magically install running as root, every rom worth their salt keeps it a clear isolation between the layers, and some roms don’t even allow you to use the root environment after installing it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did we win?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Lets be real though, if they reached that stage, they have already blew through 4 other warnings about installing unsigned APK and enabled the browser or file manager to be able to install applications. It’s almost certain if they are that far deep/commited, they are going to call the scammer back if the scammer left a number.

  Yes this might allow for a time delay where the scammers number could be disabled if reported by enough people but, I don’t think this is as secure as they are saying it will be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well, That’s One Way to Sell Americans on Electric Cars. The U.S. has been wary of EVs. As the cost of gas soars, we’re now paying the price.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  yea those charts can be deceiving at times though , charge finder said I had one within 35 minutes I looked at what it was, the station it said is the old town house, and that’s been disabled/damaged(the charger not the building) due to vandalism since mid covid and was never fixed. The other option shown is the high-school but it’s restricted to students and Staff only and is parking pass enforced. I could likely abuse it via visitor pass, but that’s still 40 minutes to get there, time spent charging and then 40 minutes back. They had a town vote to install a community one a few years back at a town meeting but, there wasn’t enough local support for it to get on the official vote.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well, That’s One Way to Sell Americans on Electric Cars. The U.S. has been wary of EVs. As the cost of gas soars, we’re now paying the price.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean I can tell you the state I live in the closest EV charger is an hour away if that helps your data set on infrastructure knowledge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Robot dogs priced at $300,000 a piece are now guarding some of the country’s biggest data centers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think these can either, they don’t list attack or defensive capabilities on the feature list that I saw, I assume this is just an over glorified video camera that can follow the intruder around.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla is launching a free built-in VPN on Firefox 149 — but with some conditions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  According to the page, it seems they wanna use their own servers for it.

  I’m curious how well their own servers will handle that load, like sure they are used to web traffic but, there is a pretty big difference between downloading files and searches, and an always on VPN. I would expect traffic load to be way higher with the vpn.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Federal pilot program launches flying cars in 8 U.S. regions summer 2026⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t want one, I didn’t become a pilot for a reason, no interest in personal or commercial flight

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Federal pilot program launches flying cars in 8 U.S. regions summer 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, even in a competent administration, this scares me because of the fact that it’s bypassing the certification process altogether. We’ve already seen the danger caused with certified aircrafts, and now you’re telling me you want to bypass the certification process altogether.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Federal pilot program launches flying cars in 8 U.S. regions summer 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  oh God, please no. We can’t even manage driving on one-way roads and you want us to take to the skies as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lutris now being built with Claude AI, developer decides to hide it after backlash⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think in this case it will really matter since as it’s GPL anyway, so the worst case scenario is some private company takes the code and tries to use it without giving back but I can see the issue with other projects or if they wanted to use a more restrictive license

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"US Person": is a red flag for financial institutions in Europe⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I want to add that renouncing your citizenship also isn’t a valid option for many.

  One of the hard requirements for renouncing your citizenship is having citizenship in another country, and that is easier said than done in many countries. Like for example, Canada, you have to be a perm resident in the country for four years and also have lived there for the past six, Mexico requires 5 years. most of the EU has 5-10 years as their resident requirement.

  And that’s also ignoring the cost that they require of a citizen to renounce their Citizenship. It’s 2300+ USD to do if you manage to get it first try, and that can be denied still.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"US Person": is a red flag for financial institutions in Europe⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, is there actually countries out there where you don’t pay taxes?

  I’m guessing they must run off a very heavy business tax because the money has to come from somewhere in order for the government to be able to operate.

  Or is it the gov just says “this will happen” and always has a blank check with no requirement to repay

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you stick to the same linux distro across your devices?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m all some Debian dereritive, whether it’s Q4OS or just Debian,

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I never saw the twilight zone. To pick it up should I was the old vs new? Or is it much of a difference?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  as someone currently watching through them I agree with this. I started with the old and it’s pretty good, but you can see the age of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨By bullying Anthropic, the Pentagon is violating the First Amendment. Here’s why.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  because that’s a big overstep. There is a big difference between telling the DoD we don’t want to do buisness with you, to telling the DoT or FAA you don’t want to do buisness with them. Refusing buisness from the DoD or the Pentagon shouldn’t impact your ability to do buisness with the other branches. It’s abuse of position.

  This isn’t “oh my company doesn’t want to do buisness because you won’t agree to give us the keys” this is a “ok so myself and my parent company along with any affiliates with us are not going to be doing buisness with you for not giving you the keys to the kingdom.”

  That’s my mentality of it anyway, I don’t think it violates the first amendment but, but I still don’t think it’s right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨By bullying Anthropic, the Pentagon is violating the First Amendment. Here’s why.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t agree that the government should be able to do what they’re doing regarding the company, but I don’t understand how it’s a violation of free speech.

  It seems they’re trying to clarify that AI projects are a creative project used for expression of motion. And that seems like a stretch to me? I don’t know, I don’t fully understand it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nearly Half of Europeans Want X Banned if it Continues to Break the Law⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I would like to know the percentage between if they break the law and regardless if they break the law

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable/relockable⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was meaning more of their Android by default phones, like most retailers are going to only sell the android version

  they specify the grapheneos devices so I’m assuming they have a dedicated grapheneos OS product line.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable/relockable⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  is the only ono their graphine devices? or are they leaving their android stock devices unlockable as well

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ohio EPA weighs allowing data centers to dump wastewater into rivers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like it’s mostly temperature. I expect that they want to continue using untreated water to be able to have cooler temperature. That way they’re not having to spend money and time cooling their coolant down.

  That’s my expectation anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Introducing Habitat - A Social Platform for Local Communities⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I lack the use case for this service but, it looks good on paper. Nice!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you think might happen if Luigi Mangione isnt found guilty?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree, there is room for reasonable doubt, I do believe if they manage to throw the bag out of the evidence he will get it. I just don’t see them throwing the bag out.

  I don’t think there is room for a non-guilty verdict though. At minimum he will have stalking charges at maximum he will get murder charges.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you think might happen if Luigi Mangione isnt found guilty?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  All I have is the publicly available evidence, but that pretty strongly indicates guilt.

  he was found a state over, at a mcdonalds. With a fake ID that was the same name that was used to check into manhatten, and for transport. with a bag containing a loaded 3d printed handgun that matched the footage.

  He also had writings which are not public but have been stated to indicate his mindset prior to the murder, and a notebook that contained detailed travel plans and how to avoid capture.

  Like pacifist said though, the police are tripping this case up, the biggest defense for Luigi at the moment is the ineptitude of the police during the arrest sequence and investigation. They have already succeeded in throwing out medical records due to improper acquisition, have been found wiretapping attorney lines (which IMO should be an immediate opposing party wins regardless), and are in the process of trying to throw the bag out that was found at mcdonalds due to improper search and seizure claims (although I don’t personally think this will happen, it’s pretty clear the search and seizure laws in that state clarify that a search will happen on any arrest regardless of case)

  the only way I can see him getting a “innocent” verdict is Jury nullification, so I am not leaning on that, because even if found innocent on the second degree murder charges, based off publicly available evidence the prosecution still has a fairly strong case of stalking charges. Plus he still is facing the same charges at the state level as well, as the judges ruled it isn’t considered double jeopardy for someone to be trialed both federally and state side (which IMO is wrong but I digress)