boydster
@boydster@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on kingdom come 5 days ago:
“Fruiting bodies,” even
- Comment on Community for memes about plural systems, egg irl but for plurals 2 weeks ago:
Eggs
- Comment on What are the privacy risks of exposing IP adresses? 2 weeks ago:
Shit I have to change mine
- Comment on Japan breaks world internet speed records with 1.02 million GB per second data transfer over 1,118 miles 2 weeks ago:
I double checked the math and came up with a larger number. Like, easily twice as big. But, that tends to happen a lot when I measure things.
- Comment on Hardware Suggestions For A Beginner? 2 weeks ago:
Proxmox on a Lenovo micro form factor is probably a good cost effective option. Get a business class ThinkCentre, like an M720 or something similar that’s 3-5 years old that a corpo has just upgraded away from, i5 or Ryzen 5 with however much storage and RAM you want. Spin up a container specifically and only for PiHole+Unbound (and consider adding a pi or some other dedicated hardware for DNS later on for redundancy in case your main goes down), and then the rest is however you want to build your environment.
For me, I’ve got a Pi dedicated to 3 key tasks: PiHole, Unbound, and PiVPN. It’s basically my filtering interface between the home network the rest of the internet immediately after my router handles the frontline defenses, and then I’ve got a Proxmox cluster to run most of the rest of my internal services.
- Comment on Plan for my first homeserver 4 weeks ago:
Ultimately up to you, but I’d go with no GUI and just use ssh (and sftp if you need to do file transfers).
When I was using Docker, it was headless because the GUI just ate up space and resources I didn’t need. All your interaction will be in the shell anyway, launching your compose.yml files.
But, if dealing with a headless machine sounds like more trouble than you want to try, install the DE if your choice and breathe easy because it’ll still work perfectly fine.
- Comment on Plan for my first homeserver 4 weeks ago:
I think you’ve put more thought into how to get started than many others would! You have a pretty good plan from what it seems. My thoughts from each section below.
Hardware: I’m partial to Crucial and Kingston for storage that is affordable and dependable
OS: I’d probably spin up a Debian install if I were in your shoes and run my services using docker-compose files. It’s a quick and easy to get up and running, and despite the ease, there is still the option to do a lot of customization when you want to, and that will make it easy to learn more at your own pace and leisure.
Services: For the CalDav portion, I’m really liking Radicale.
Security: PiVPN is what I’m running on my actual RPi along with PiHole, and it was a super simple setup. I connect via Wireguard from any of my other devices.
- Comment on I heard that lemmy will downvote anything. This is literally just a can of fucking anti-beans 4 weeks ago:
Disgusting
- Comment on How to make friends 4 weeks ago:
There’s nothing I love more than a well-explained joke
- Comment on After Obliterating Gaza's Healthcare System, Israeli Leaders Call Iran Hospital Attack a 'War Crime' 5 weeks ago:
I was told there were terrorist bunkers under that hospital. Why would IDF hide like this?
- Comment on US | Trump Reportedly Greenlights Plan for US Attack on Iran Without Congressional Approval 5 weeks ago:
I’m not defending TACOman here, but bombing the middle east is like a normal afternoon for basically any US president since at least Bush the First
- Comment on What's the best way to respond to a family member who says the COVID vaccines are being used to depopulate? 5 weeks ago:
“It couldn’t hurt to get a second opinion, at least, right?”
- Comment on VPN server on router or within home network? 5 weeks ago:
I just don’t want my NAS doing anything other than being a NAS, so I intentionally don’t run extra services there, but its a matter of finding what works for you. As long as you get to the destination you’re looking for, its mission accomplished
- Comment on VPN server on router or within home network? 5 weeks ago:
Got an old raspberry pi laying around? PiHole+PiVPN is something I run on an old 3B+ I think, so I have something dedicated running both. But otherwise, I’d probably just spin up a container on a server or cluster and I’d probably go with debian and just run the exact same PiVPN setup script I did for the pi because it was super easy.
- Comment on Do people suffering from trichotillomania ever go after the nose or ear hair? 1 month ago:
Yes. And beard hair, too.
- Comment on Brain-computer interfaces: Brain implants are letting people move, speak, and interact with machines using only their thoughts. The first FDA approvals may arrive within five years. 1 month ago:
This is precisely what makes me worry it will be locked behind some fucked up subscription mldel.
- Comment on Bachelor Chow slabs, anyone? 1 month ago:
Just make sure you use them by last January the 9th otherwise your mystery slabs could make you sick!
- Comment on When you change your address, the USPS website actively tries to trick you into signing up for junk mail and offers 1 month ago:
Does that mean one can also opt out? I might have to look into this now. Or move and remember to watch for the signs next time.
- Comment on On trees... 1 month ago:
Impossible. If there were no such thing as fish, how could bees be fish?
- Comment on Judge finds police acted reasonably in shooting New Mexico man while at wrong address 2 months ago:
Good thing everyone had a gun, for safety
- Comment on Has the use of a comma instead of the word "and" in English news headlines always been a thing? 2 months ago:
Upvoted purely for the use of the Oxford comma.
- Comment on Fake reviews on Play Store by Plex staff 2 months ago:
Yeah, I’m not about to defend Samsung or their app distribution by any means, I just know they had the Plex app when I needed it.
Thanks for the heads up on Roku though, I appreciate it!
- Comment on Fake reviews on Play Store by Plex staff 2 months ago:
Is that on an Onn TV? I might have to go check it out again. Thanks!
- Comment on Fake reviews on Play Store by Plex staff 2 months ago:
Samsung TVs have a Plex app, but not a Jellyfin one. Lots of people have Samsung TVs. I mean lots. Other modern TVs are likely the same, like Onn (at least the Roku TVs) last time I checked, and again they are all over. The ease-of-use factor really is a huge win for Plex.
- Comment on Recs: Calendar and Contacts? 2 months ago:
I like radicale: radicale.org
- Comment on Poisonous Frogs with Ants in their Pants 2 months ago:
TIL… Thank you, kind stranger, for making me curious enough to look further
Researchers have determined that a fugu’s tetrodotoxin comes from eating other animals infested with tetrodotoxin-laden bacteria, to which the fish develops insensitivity over time.[10] Whether tetrodotoxin is sequestered from or produced by symbiotic bacteria is still debated.[11] As such, efforts have been made in research and aquaculture to allow farmers to produce safe fugu. Farmers now produce poison-free fugu by keeping the fish away from the bacteria – see § Aquaculture below.[10]
- Comment on What should I do if someone applied to a job at a company I work at without being able to legally work in my country? 2 months ago:
Ok, sorry, I read it differently when I first commented. Asking for proof of eligibility to work in the US with a reasonable timeline to furnish documents definitely seems like it makes sense like others said, but I’ll admit this isn’t my area of expertise by a long shot in terms of hiring protocols and my initial comment was from entirely the wrong perspective to address your dilemma.
- Comment on What should I do if someone applied to a job at a company I work at without being able to legally work in my country? 2 months ago:
“May not”?? What is that even supposed to mean? Were they Applying While Brown or something? Talking with an accent?
It sounds an awful lot like this isn’t something to stick your nose in and you should do your job, to me.
- Comment on Pelicans will literally try to eat anything 2 months ago:
“Bite me, lmao, ok that tickles”
- Comment on Are there extensions that turn every comment on your posts into hate comments? 2 months ago:
I love listening to music when I cruise around. Do you listen to anything?