ITGuyLevi

@ITGuyLevi@programming.dev

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The whole "toilet seat up, toilet seat down" gender debate could be solved by everybody putting the seat and lid down.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My wife woke up to a scare when she found a chipmunk in her toilet in the middle of the night. We have no clue how it got in there unless it came in through the cat door and fell in (we are in Georgia in the US for reference).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The whole "toilet seat up, toilet seat down" gender debate could be solved by everybody putting the seat and lid down.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree at least a little bit… I have no issue peeing with it down. The down votes have it!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wikipeter was the founder of the site in 1993 when he wanted to know more about model trains without having to visit the library ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Growing up, pretty much all our hick schools had were encyclopedias; when wikipedia showed up it felt like they were just against the ease of it’s use. Smarter kids would still use the sources cited in Wikipedia, but teachers hated when you referenced a research paper because they couldn’t find it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3184: Funny Numbers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Just to toss this in there, it totally wasn’t a bug, you were sending a deauth packet to force them to reconnect then recapturing their auth sequence until you had enough packets to crack the WEP key. A pretty fun demo back then was to setup a wireless bridge between an open public network and a rogue AP (usually we’d just use a pcmcia WiFi card bridge to the internal WiFi adapter); then (due to pretty much no https anywhere), you could follow peoples browsing habits, log into their MySpace/LiveJournal/DeadJournal/GeoCities/etc (passwords were pretty commonly passed in plaintext), etc.

  It was never done nefariously, but allowed us to learn a lot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨700+ self-hosted Git instances battered in 0-day attacks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I could, but then I would have issues getting to it from work; from the bit I’ve read about mTLS, it’s not really indended for my use case, I think I’ll just stick with TLS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨700+ self-hosted Git instances battered in 0-day attacks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I keep mine accessible from the internet, its just more useful to me like that. I do have registration disabled though and SSO is handled by Authentik so it could be worse (my personal goal has just been to not be the easiest target, perfect security is a myth in my mind).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨4 reasons Plex is turning into the thing it replaced⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed! I stayed with Plex for a long time because Jellyfin had a rough time with live TV (antenna) and I already had a PlexPass because of a sale a long time ago. Now Plex is only still running because I love Plexamp.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Journiv self hosted journal: Now with markdown and inline media support⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It looks really good, I’m definitely going to be spinning this up once I get a chance. Having OIDC right out the gate is a huge plus in my book!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Community Rule: "No low-effort posts. This is subjective and will largely be determined by the community member reports."⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I couldn’t agree more, I join selfhosting communities all over and not just because I need more stuff to host, because of the community. I love getting to read through the questions and answers, even when they are questions that could be answered by just reading the man page… Maybe it just reminds me of the good old days as I’m getting older and remember asking a lot of similar questions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's Agentic AI wipes user's entire HDD without permission in catastrophic failure⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s why permissions are important, so many people want full control of everything then seem to forget when they launch a program, it runs with their permissions. If I want to wipe out everything on a drive I have to elevate my permissions to a level with rights for that, running a program with the rights to wipe their data was definitely a choice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finding a private self hosted Google Photos alternative that doesn’t profit from my photos⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yeah, I’ve killed mine a couple times. Usually it’s because I didn’t keep it updated and jumped too far ahead too quickly. Rolling it back and walking it forward fixed it for me once, another time there was something I was supposed to run first and I didn’t read the release notes (that one was a really long time ago though).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Perfect size for brats⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Here in the southern US, pigs in a blanket is typically made from little cocktail smokies wrapped in about 1/3’rd of an uncooked pilsbury cresssant, then tossed in an oven until done. I really thought a sausage roll from Tesco would be similar but it was not… That’s when I realized y’all have pretty bad food there (no offense), why did you guys start putting hotdogs in pizza crust? As an aside, I love how orderly everyone queues up for stuff there, almost like a country with functioning adults that teach their kids how to wait their turn.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rybbit - Open source Google Analytics replacement⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  OAuth is one thing I hate to see locked behind a paywall; it’s one thing for the pretty, management-geared stuff (dashboards and charts) to be a paid feature, but not security.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hyundai car requires $2000, app & internet access to fix your brakes - what the actual f⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d argue that I bought the car, if they are maintaining a cellular connection to the vehicle to collect telemetry data, I should be allowed to access it as well (I own the car), alternatively they could let me pay for the data connection and not collect stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Had to look this up⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you kindly for the links, I was just about to search for the Manchester Bombing, if I’m being honest I thought “The Troubles” was the name of a book or movie. I didn’t realize they gave such a non-chillant name to such a bloody conflict. Suddenly the meme makes sense though!

  Thanks again!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She strongly disagrees⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Totally not trying to sow discourse but I don’t think the person you are replying meant that any meaningful search has occurred beyond our planet. I believe they may have just been saying that over the course of human history so many people have been trying to prove it and none of them have made any real progress.

  Now we have museums showing people living with dinosaurs because enough people wouldn’t believe the bones were buried by the devil to test our faith… I’m all up for any evidence someone has, history is terrifying beautiful, and the bible has some interesting stories, but it doesn’t seem very grounded in this reality (personal opinion I suppose).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I would put that more on the ad networks, if the ads were related to the article, it may generate a few more clicks. The ads are completely random and built off a profile they assume would contain relevant info about me… but it doesn’t really seem to be accurate (this is kind of by my own choosing though).

  Instead articles about rebuilding cars should have ads related to perhaps rebuilding cars and not some fucking nutritional supplement or some other unrelated thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for opinions on Trilium Notes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have used both but just started using jotty (jotty.page, github link on the bottom). The SSO setup with Authentik was seamless and it seems really snappy so far and the Dev seems active and involved.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Twingate good for remote access to a selfhosted Nextcloud server?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I personally like to use a proxy for that like NPM (a handy dockerized nginnx reverse proxy setup). Not as secure as a VPN but I really like being able to access my stuff from anywhere I’m likely to be. I’ve combined it with a few other things to try and add simplicity (in use) and a little extra privacy by using Authentik for SSO. My main goal with the use of NPM though was to limit the number of ports I had punched.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨jotty·page - Checklists & Notes made it easy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for this! I’ve just got mine setup and will set up the SSO tomorrow. Seems like exactly like what I’m looking for, you rock!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google flags Immich sites as dangerous⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I got a ‘dangerous site’ warning and then prompts for crap on my Vaultwarden instance (didn’t see it on Immich but this was a while ago). I think I had to prove I owned the domain with some DNS TXT records then let them “recheck” the domain. It seems to have worked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They need to bring you in to feel their power over you⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m in a similar spot, my closest teammates are about 80 miles away and everything is over teams. My only solice is the fact no one works in my building so it’s really quiet (almost too quiet at times).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How gamers were nickel and dimed in 80s and 90s (besides arcades)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  After reading your comment I had to do more searching and I guess they did actually use it in America… For the bike that I never saw in person, made by Life Fitness.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How gamers were nickel and dimed in 80s and 90s (besides arcades)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The only time I called a number similar was the one on the bottom of my NES or SNES to ask about a connector and what it was for… The guy said it was like a trailer hitch in case they wanted to make something to connect to it. To my country boy self, that made sense. I don’t know if they ever used it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any advice for me a guy turning 18 yo old??⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone who wishes someone had told me… Adults don’t know what we are doing either. It took me way too long to realize I’m not an imposter pretending to be an adult, we are all just kind of winging it.

  As you grow older you’ll have seen more stuff and it will be a little easier, but I can attest I don’t have a clue what’s for dinner, just like I don’t know what new headache the next meeting will bring. Live life for life’s sake, the clock will keep ticking whether you’re ready or not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨International Shitpost Wednesday! ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So many memories getting posted lately.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1919 (correctly)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not a boomer but do love when my wife calls and everyone gets to hear the ever-classic ‘Helo Moto’ ringtone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK about 15 bean soup.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve found lots of rocks in bags of beans over the years, could be a regional or economic thing too (just as a point of reference, I grew up really poor in the South). As a kid I remember pouring them out on a backing sheet to sort them, little did I realize I’d end up doing something similar as a teen with an AOL CD tin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I bought my wife a cheap Lenovo laptop when she needed something that supported the “Lockdown” browser (no Linux support). Didn’t realize when I bought it what “S” meant (and I’ve been an IT guy for over 20 years). Got it home and realized what was up, it couldn’t even run that browser because it had to be the preconfigured browser from her school and not one from the MS store. An evening of fiddling and a $3 grey market key and she was back onto a normal Windows install.

  On the plus side the laptop was only like $299 or $399 and really isn’t too bad on the hardware side.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Round Two: Can I manage to set up Jellyfin correctly this time?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Umm… Not sure if you are serious but knowledge is meant to be shared so… A reverse proxy isn’t really for convenience, it sits between two networks and proxies traffic according to specific rules. It also has the benefit of masking the origin server a bit (like its IP) and in a lot of cases can be used as a way to ensure traffic going to a server or service that doesn’t support transport encryption actually transverses the internet within a secure tunnel.