confusedpuppy
@confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- Comment on Docker Backup Stratagy 2 days ago:
I created my own script/tool using rsync to handle backups and transferring data.
My needs are quite smaller with just a computer and two Raspberry Pi’s but I found rsync to be really useful overall.
My backup strategy is to make a complete backup on the local device (Computer / RPi4 / RPi5) then copy all those backups to a Storage partition on my computer, then make a whole backup from the partition to an externally attached SSD.
The RPi’s both use docker/podman containers so I make sure any persistent data is in mounted directories. I usually stop all containers before performing a backup, especially things with databases.
Everything in the docker containers is either hit or miss when it comes to restoring. The simple docker images restore as it they were untouched and will launch like nothing happened. I have a PieFed instance that must be rebuilt after restoring a backup. Since PieFed’s persistent data is in mount points, everything works perfectly after a fresh build.
I can send a link to my rsync tool if that’s any interest to anyone. I’ve found it super useful for backups and minimizes so much headache for myself when it comes to transferring files between different network connected devices.
- Comment on No JS, No CSS, No HTML: online "clubs" celebrate plainer websites 5 days ago:
Maybe it’s something sightly outside no js/ccs/html but I am curious if there are any super minimal social media sites.
I want to do something locally within my town and it would be nice to host something simple and tiny with my raspberry pi as the server.
I’m assuming bulletin boards are quite minimal in comparison to other types of social media but I’ve never been a fan of how they handle previous replies with those boxed quotes.
I’ve also been nostalgic for irc lately. Everything on the internet these days has become overwhelming. Over the past 1.5 years I’ve been turning to simplicity and it’s a craving I that’s hard to ignore.
- Comment on tattoo printer 2 weeks ago:
I think I’ve worked in automation long enough to feel super uncomfortable with the idea of a tattoo print machine being anywhere near my body.
Even if I had a kill switch in hand, it still makes me uncomfortable. In general machines don’t care about fleshy bits at all. If something happens, for example a sensor ages and becomes defective, the printer has the potential to cause serious harm.
I probably also hold a bit of bias, I prefer the imperfections of human, hand made art over digitized perfection from machines.
- Comment on Do people confuse your nationality? 3 weeks ago:
I was born in Canada and was essentially raised Canadian. Both my bio parents were born in Guyana. Go back in history and their relatives were from India. My stepdad is from a Scottish background.
In Canada I lived in a city with a noticeable Indian and Pakistani population. People there assume I am Indian.
When I travelled Europe, everyone assumed I was African, French or French Canadian. I can’t speak French. In Germany, people assumed I was German or Muslim. I know being Muslim isn’t a nationality but the Turkish people in Berlin would greet me all the time. While I was in Australia, I was just treated like I was exotic… Yeah… And in Cuba, people thought I was Cuban. Luckily I had a pasty white, Spanish speaking Californian guy with me for a short time to speak to the locals.
It’s such a trip what people assume about me. Even more trippy with the amount of people who thought I was a local when I was abroad in Europe, especially in Germany where I only had a year with a work/travel visa.
Even though I have no pride in being Canadian, that’s what I am. That’s the culture I was born in and raised up as. The people who ask “Where are you from? No, where are you really from?” Tend to be closed minded people who I actively avoid.
- Comment on Where Have All My Deep Male Friendships Gone? 4 weeks ago:
I met someone at a Halloween party last year. She’s queer. In the short time we’ve known each other, we’ve become very close.
We seem to have similar minds and are very generous with the space we give each other when it comes to being ourselves. Not physical space but in an understanding way. For example, I know she’s terrible at time management so I never pressure her for being late but I’m also able to do things that can encourage her to be less late. She ends up spending more time doing the things she enjoys without the pressures or guilt of being late.
That sort of space has created this feeling of comfort and safety between us. She feels safe and comfortable with me and shows it all the time. She tells me she loves me all the time. She gives me the tightest hugs all the time. She rests her head on my shoulders or leans into me while we are sitting next to each other. None of this is sexual but it is very much full of love. Other people seem to notice too. Some people have called us cute. Others just seem to smile more and are happier when we are around. It feels really nice.
As a person who is very difficult to touch and does not touch other people very often, this has been such a different experience for me. I like it though, it feels so cozy. I wish had more of this throughout my life. I wish others had more of this throughout their lives.
To me it feels as though modern, north American expectations around love are too much and too high. There’s so many ways to feel and express love. Love doesn’t need to end with sex and marriage. There doesn’t need to be an end goal. It can just be love. I’m very greatful to have met someone who can express their love so freely. It gives me a chance to learn more.
- Comment on Where Have All My Deep Male Friendships Gone? 5 weeks ago:
I’ve struggled my entire life with male friends. They all seemed to really appreciate how I would listen to them and their problems. Yet when it came time for me to open up, they would just turn the conversation back to about themselves or just skip past what I was trying to talk about.
I’ve never been competitive and rarely had the energy to make myself heard. It all felt so shallow and there was no depth to these relationships. It didn’t feel worth the effort to put up a with the fight.
I’m very fortunate that a number of women, who have come and gone in my life, were able to listen or guide me in so many important ways. Even with my newest friend, she has been showing me new ways to open up and feel safe.
It makes me a bit sad that I’ve never really had men in my life who could show me how to open up the same way women have. It would be so much easier to relate since we would have similar experiences growing up as men. With my female friends, I can only relate with them so far. They are women, I am not.
The hurtful things that men have said to me and the hurtful things they have done to me makes it incredibly hard for me to make male friends now. I wish that weren’t the situation. I absolutely crave variety, diversity and connection.
- Comment on Setting up SSL for Lemmy over Cloudflare Tunnel using Nginx Proxy Manager 5 months ago:
My ISP blocks incoming data on ports 80 and 443. I also require a Dynanic DNS to handle my changing IP address. The only way I found to obtain a Let’s Encrypt certificate is through a DNS challenge in this situation.
I can definitely run without Cloudflare but I won’t have SSL which will affect federation.
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