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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Zabbix in selfhosted env⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I am using it and tbh didn’t have too many issues with it. It runs as a LXC on my Proxmox server.

  With that it’s a fairly comfortable setup - it does have API access on the proxmox node and therefore automatically discovers all LXCs,even the ones you add after the installation.

  For other machines I use a fairly easy bash script to download the agent 2 and then overwrite the config file with the right parameters,but that’s just me being lazy - it’s not that much work doing it by hand as well.

  And for everything else there is always SNMP which is fairly well supported and there are tons of templates nowadays.

  Tbh, I had Prometheus/Grafana before and found it to be much more complicated, especially when you need active and passive nodes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elegoo Centauri Carbon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The thing is: 3D printing problems are often more manufacturer agnostic than you think - especially for new users.Especially for troubleshooting the broader approach is worth it - it’s better a new user gets some help and support from someone with a similar setup but different manufacturer but no or no timely support by a small or almost empty community. Sadly Lemmy atm isn’t that big.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elegoo Centauri Carbon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I got mine before it got as bad…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elegoo Centauri Carbon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The issue with that is the fact that we already barely have enough users for the existing 3d printing communities.

  Splitting it up more will not help but only generate empty communities with barely any content and traffic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elegoo Centauri Carbon⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Tbh, the Bambu Lab service is as awful.

  My personal favourite was them demanding a photo to prove I was not delivered my order fully. Six weeks after it arrived.

  The part missing was a 23g replacement part…

  Sure…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pharmacies shouldn’t give pill bottles⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Moisture was already noted,but also UV light (brown paper bags are far less UV resistant than you think) and oxygenation is an issue. Even bottles aren’t that good, actually. Blisters are actually better, but even a bit more wasteful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton freezes Swiss investment over surveillance fears⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Tbh, it’s not the worst thing when a service does that. There are cases where it is indicated - cartels, CSAM, etc. do not deserve a safe haven. The bad part about the France issue is the fact that the Swiss court system willfully allowed a case that was not per se illegal in Switzerland and had rather controversial legal grounds in France to proceed. This is very similar to the cases where Switzerland simply ignored their own laws under pressure from the US government in terms of bank accounts 15 years earlier.

  This is rather concerning and many Swiss legal experts did not share the opinion of Proton that there was nothing Proton could have done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Future is NOT Self-Hosted⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah,big US tech is cancer - but I am fortunate enough to not live in the US and there are enough mid size companies that fall under reasonable laws and governmental oversight (in the good way,not the bad way) that I can choose from. People always seem to think it’s “selfhost or big tech” but there is a shitton of solutions between them.

  Mailbox.org, Infomaniak(but I would be cautious on them due to the changing legal framework), posteo,Mullvad,Photoprism,Passbolt,Hetzner Storage Space,Ionos, Deepl, etc. are all a sane middle ground for most people and

  I much rather have people do that than fall into the arms of their neighbourhood asshole (and let’s face it,there are a lot of difficult characters in IT). Because first of all it’s people’s lives who are at stake - You can wait for the first creep who will use access to his neighbours photos (Immich,Photoprism,etc.) for some uncanny purposes. Who will use the WiFi&Device passwords saved to get access to someones CCTV system to spy on his neighbours. Etc. Etc. And, and this is as much of an issue,it will only take a few of these people to drive people away from all open source products, right back into BigTech.

  Lastly: It’s okay,that you see it that way. But people need to be informed that these are the risks. If you would take those risks (and don’t think from an IT role but from your neighbours perspective here), go for it. I wouldn’t, we can absolutely agree to disagree. And I don’t think many would once someone tells them the truth: “Yeah, BigTech can absolutely access your files and possibly your passwords with enough efforts. If you let Joe over here host your files and passwords he can,but BigTech can’t.” I am not sure how people would decide.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I highlighted the VPN part so that everyone knows to not use them⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, happily enough that wouldn’t fly here and is actually considered a felony and surely cost someone tenure.

  Not that they won’t try to find ways around it (and surely some do), but if it’s too obvious it lands them in hot water fast.

  There was a law professor who lost both his tenure and law licence for it at the other university in the town I studied while I was there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I highlighted the VPN part so that everyone knows to not use them⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I know someone who did that with his own book. Why? The publisher fucked him over in terms of pay. He even corrected a mistake in the original one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Future is NOT Self-Hosted⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah. And I am sure you won’t do anything bad.

  But we all know how many that will not be the case. There were countless cases of school IT staff being malicious, of healthcare IT staff being malicious. Do you think that won’t be happening regularly on a small community scale? And that goes both ways: What happens when your neighbour suddenly accuses you of stealing passwords from you?

  Don’t get me wrong - I am also providing services to my friends and family. But I absolutely do refuse to do so for any vital or financially debilitating services (which I consider vaultwarden for example). And I am seeing large issues with promoting this model as a solution - which need to be addressed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Future is NOT Self-Hosted⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol. So we trust local governments and communities now?

  Has anyone ever worked with them IT wise?

  I do so in four different EU countries and know people who do in the US and Canada. And…well…there is a reason local governments often went towards the cloud services. Do people think Joe Admin in Bumfucknowhere can operate what basically becomes a MiniDC? And who controls that?

  Sorry. Either go “host at home” and only fuck up things for oneself. Or do it properly with a proper DC. Colocate if you want. But that? Lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Switzerland never had solid privacy laws - and is known for intelligence service overreach for decades. They had a Stasi like system of “who to imprison” when “the time comes”. They listen to all IP traffic in and out the country - which is concerning in times of traffic pattern analysis. And they are known for their close cooperation with US intelligence services.

  Protons (and Threemas) claim of “soo good swiss privacy laws” is nothing more than swiss-washing. And they know it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Musk’s Starlink hit with hours-long outage after rollout of T-Mobile satellite service⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Iris2 and Eutselsat OneWeb are currently massively expanding their network - for European coverage first,though, but with the explicit goal to be a Musk alternative.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Public vs. Private synched photo management⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I am currently open for any software solution, that’s why I came here. I will look at digikam,thx

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Public vs. Private synched photo management⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, that would be ideal,but the issue is that I need a photo management software that exports the metadata and imports it - this is the main issue. Otherwise things would be far easier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Public vs. Private synched photo management⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And then?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Public vs. Private synched photo management⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I would love to do that, but the issue is the software to accept it - basically I need a solution that exports the metadata as well and then adds it into a larger library - and that is the problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Server access from China⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It depends. Very much. And this is the main problem: There isn’t “one” solution, you will need a few.

  The thing with the PRC is: Their great firewall isn’t “one big uniform block”. It’s fairly “variable”.

  For example: In Beijing,even 10 years ago, I could access google maps and Facebook without any issues(back then highly blocked) as long as my mobile phone was roaming. The second I was on wifi of course it was blocked. But even the cheapo VPN my colleague had did work out fine. Until the day the police started to prepare for the party convention - then suddenly my colleague couldn’t get out, neither could I with our company wifi and even my carefully crafted wire guard over HTTPs didn’t work - unless I was in the wifi of the hotel or our host company. There it did. Party congress over? Back to normal operations.

  If you travel through the country you will find that in one place solution A works, in another solution B. Generally the more rural (or closer to Tibet/Xinjiang/Myanmar) you get, the more restrictive it seems to be.

  Personally I would simply get there different commercial VPNs to make sure you have a choice to get out at all - there are various ones with a good PRC reputation. Most providers have trials as well. And then double tunnel through that if you can’t directly reach your usual VPN at home

• Public vs. Private synched photo management
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I come from the same scenario. Consolidated multiple nodes incl. a NAS into one. Initially had the HDD (which run through a controller anyway) passed through to a TrueNAS VM. That was…a mistake. TrueNAS can become a real bitch if it’s own VM storage is slower/has a hiccup while the rest of the pool is not. And a lot of other things are a PIA as well, e.g.permission wise, especially with a FreeIPA Domain. And all that for a quite hefty price in ressources.

  The day I pulled the plug on that was a good day. Later had the issue repeat itself with a client system that the client brought with him.

  Nowadays I really love the proxmox only solution,even though it’s somewhat icky to run something directoy on the host - but it’s acceptable imho,when it’s literally built onto host data-as it is the case for ZFS NFS anyway.

  (I have Samba in a proper LXC, though - but rarely use it these days as we run everything via NFSv4 by now)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The question is why. TrueNAS adds a lot of overhead, tends to become unstable if the workload is high in a VM, can lead to problems especially with ZFS and it often leads to people using privileged containers to use NFS directly (for ease of use) or use a mount bind solution via the host.

  With ZFS NFS the whole thing can easily be provided directly and then use mount bind - which is way more consistent. With Cockpit and Napp-it you have graphical tools available.

  Don’t get me wrong, for an existing solution it’s fine,but if one is doing a new build I would absolutely not go for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are there so many german communities on Lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Verdammte Autokorrektur!

  Verdammte Grammatischeafdler!

  Verdammt!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are there so many german communities on Lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I know. But an Austrian one.

  One could say they are more German than the Germans, but… well…that didn’t work out well before…so we don’t say that anymore I think.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Signal itself is solid. For now. The issue is that signal is a centralized infrastructure service that is based in the US.

  While it’s rather unlikely that something shady is going on and the current administration manages to pressure someone into installing back doors without anyone noticing, there is a growing chance that at some point the Orange Hitler or his cronies aim at Signal - and simply shut the whole thing down in a single sweep.

  Which would mean the whole thing is lost - in theory they of course could rebuild a foundation outside the US, but that would also mean they need people not residing in the US (not like Proton which claims to operate from Switzerland and in reality are US based) and find funding there - enough funding to cover the costs and that is not impeded by US pressure.

  This is the scenario that makes Signal a problematic candidate - and sadly the foundation is doing nothing against it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are there so many german communities on Lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah. Personally I try to visit non-American subs for that quite often here. Australia, Canada,etc. provide different views and influences as well and are English speaking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are there so many german communities on Lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes and no. The zealousness of Germans to stick to rules but also to create rules is the issue.

  Just a few mid 50 friends kicking a ball once a week in a public park to stay fit and have an excuse for a beer afterwards? Nope, that’s regular use, join a club, get into a 50+ team and kick there, but don’t forget that you need a player pass, pay club fees and often have to do 24 work hours per year.

  Or even worse: Allotment gardening. Heavily regulated in most clubs by a few boomers (think HOA2.0) that will cite you for fallen leaves. And if you have the wrong type of hedge in your garden. Or if it’s to high. They will then mandate that you cut it. Which you aren’t allowed from March to October due to environmental protection laws. And of course if you sleep more than one (or two) nights in your garden it’s also forbidden. And beware if they find another salad in that part of your patch,that one is only for flowers. (It’s so bad that it is a meme in Germany)

  There is a German word for all that, of course: “Blockwartsyndrom”. A Blockwart(officially Blockleiter)was the lowest position with (very little) power during the Nazi times - they were literally responsible for a building block (around 40-60 flat). They were the ones who spied on their neighbours, organised the Volkssturm later on(aka sending poor kids and old folks to their death) and generally pestered their neighbours. Blockwartsyndrom simply means: Give a little man a little power and he will everyone’s life hell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are there so many german communities on Lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Germans have a tendency to associate in a formal association (called Verein). From sports clubs (often even the smallest rural villages have multiple), allotment plot gardening, hiking, environmental protection, neighbourhood based one, as parental associations, cars owners, professional ones to old folks and widows, etc. etc. These are all registered with the local court (e.V.), have a formal operations charter,etc.

  As people tend to be multiple clubs/associations there are far more club members than people in Germany. Germany holds the world record in that regard since 1945. (Personally I am a member of…12 I think. Maybe more. Car, School of the kiddos, sports, sports of the kiddos, a few very niche professional ones, environmental ones, a local food one,etc.)

  This tendency to formalize things also sometimes is visible online in terms of subcommunity formation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have you ever been invited to a search party?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just my regular heavy duty working clothes. Tbf, was working as a SAR paramedic back then,so…it was just another Monday.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are there so many german communities on Lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To give a more serious answer:

  • Germans are a bit more privacy focused than most other nations (if you want to know how much read up on the google street view controversy). Germans tend to be much more aware how Meta/Google,etc. abuse their data (and while the average German won’t care there are enough of them that you actually note it)

  • There is a very strong “antiITestablishment” subculture that is very active since the 80ies. The Chaos Computer Club and its congresses,etc. but also the recent trend toward digital sovereignty has increased the amount of people who see Reddit and (to a much much larger extent) Twitter in a critical light - and due to the close links of Mastodon to Lemmy that helps both.

  • German speaking people, especially in the,on Lemmy, overrepresented Tech field tend to understand English fairly well (but underestimate their ability to speak it themselves often). That enables them to consume English speaking content as well, not forcing them into other media formats that do cater more for smaller languages.

  • And let’s face it: There are a freaking lot of German speaking people. Around 100 Million people speak German in Europe - and while that of course is nothing compared to other India or China it’s the largest non-english language block in Europe. That gives one a large enough “crowd” to actually find an audience for a sub - while it’s rather hard to get enough people for an Italian speaking niche sub it’s far easier to do so if it’s German speaking.

  • There are also some cultural issues at play - to quote an old German saying that says: “Three Germans meet - they found an association (Verein)”. Germans tend to self-organise extremely proactively. Which is often tiresome, believe me. Additionally some Germans tend to find the Americocentrism on Reddit, but also to a lesser degree, on Lemmy, boring and at times nerve wrecking.

  • Lastly the German main instance, Fediverse.org is operated by a pretty robust foundation who knows what it is doing. Which of course keeps the community more stable and hosts a lot of European (non German) subs as well.

  Source: Am German, lived abroad for quite some time.

  Yes, I am fully aware this question wasn’t totally serious.

  No, contrary to common believe we don’t have to go to the basement to laugh. Germans go to the basement for sauerkraut and to watch German dungeon porn, Swiss to clean their bunkers and Austrians,well, I’d rather not talk about that.

  Und nun is dein Schnitzel sonst gibt es keinen Nachtisch!