quokka1
@quokka1@mastodon.au
Back once again with the ill behaviour
IT dude in #Perth #WesternAustralia reporting in.
I like:
#technology
#ITSecurity
#outside
#camping
#beer
#happiness
#bipolar
#Australia
Filters include:
Birdsite and its owner
US politics
Crossposters
Muted instances:
aus.social
masto.ai
botsin.space
And no matter how much I may like your image of whatever I won't Favourite or Boost it if it doesn't have good Alt-Txt. You know it makes sense.
- Comment on I am attempting to get into self hosting after a shockingly frightening experience. I am very lost though. 1 week ago:
@non_burglar @Damage Are they just TOTP authentication codes you need? If so, you there's alternatives
- Comment on Logitech will brick its $100 Pop smart home buttons on October 15 - Ars Technica 1 week ago:
@WhatAmLemmy @saltesc I think the handed over Squeezebox when deciding they'd done enough squeezing?
- Comment on Logitech will brick its $100 Pop smart home buttons on October 15 - Ars Technica 1 week ago:
@Wispy2891 just wanting to say, best avatar i've seen for a while. love it.
- Comment on I am attempting to get into self hosting after a shockingly frightening experience. I am very lost though. 1 week ago:
@MTZ @SidewaysHighways You may wish to disable all browser password managers, on all devices and use an alternate method of password management that suits your needs.
This is a cautionary tale on browser password managers (amongst other facepalms) that saw about millions of people's personal details stolen. - Comment on SMS Forwarding 1 month ago:
@Dust0741 transfer it to a VoIP number and have a VoIP app on your data-only SIM. Unless your data-only SIM provider does some blocking
- Comment on Your fav guide/method for securing Jellyfin? 1 month ago:
@Profligate_parasite @thejml #PiHole sits in your network replacing your existing DNS server you may have configured. By using a specified blocklist(s) it's mostly used to block adverts and malware sites. Can be very effectives. Can take a little tinkering, for example one side-effect for me was it blocking a local TV streaming app.
To start with I put one on a free cloud provider, with a VPN from my router to it and played with it until I was happy. - Comment on Age verification fun 2 months ago:
@shirro I can see me having fun in a while. I deliberately gave big G an incorrect birth year for my son so as to get him access to something. Can't remember what. And now that's all in Family Link.
I'm expecting the internet police to come knocking. - Comment on Australia, why are you still obsessed with freeways – when they’re driving us away from net zero? 2 months ago:
@Gorgritch_umie_killa @Zagorath you rode a bike along Orrong? And you're alive? :bill:
- Comment on Quiz: can you pick a Victorian from a Queenslander? How our accents change from state to state 2 months ago:
@maniacalmanicmania they're all dirty easterners
- Comment on Turn linux server into a router? 2 months ago:
@Nollij @Toralv ahhh #Smoothwall... takes me back to dual Slot 2 Pentium 2 full tower in my cellar next to the old coal chute
- Comment on Signal boss warns app will exit Australia if forced to hand over users’ encrypted messages 2 months ago:
@melbaboutown @quokka very sad
- Comment on The secret deal behind the teenage social media ban 2 months ago:
@MisterFrog @Longmactoppedup “[The original bill] would have put Australia in a leading position to regulate big tech in a way that wasn’t just overly punitive. But then it got gutted six ways to Sunday,”
Wow. Letting Australian politicians near technology has ended in a pointless expensive mess? :blobcatfacepalm:
- Comment on ATT SMTP port 25 unblocking 2 months ago:
@SheeEttin @AdrianTheFrog +1 Email for me is basically irrelevant. MFA resets, adverts from companies I forgot to unsubscribe from and a couple of bills. No personal correspondence or anything I would think is worth self-hosting it for these days. Other than many headaches.
- Comment on Tape drive backups 3 months ago:
@BigTrout75 @Squiddork and ffs print out some instructions on how to access it all. And tell someone where you've put that.
Consider using a decent password manager and you'll only need to let your loved ones know how to get into that. - Comment on Victoria to ban state school logos on shorts, pants, skirts and socks from next year 6 months ago:
@Aussieiuszko My son't school tops are white. White. Who thought white was a good idea for Year 7 boys? Has to go in a bucket of whatever that pink bottle is at end of each day.
And whilst high quality, they are only available from one supplier at stupid prices.
Thankfully they're just starting a 3 year swap over to dark blue. - Comment on I reckon this is the usage distribution of Lemmy servers that we'll end up with. 6 months ago:
- Comment on Internet forums are disappearing because now everything is Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying. 6 months ago:
@ivanafterall @ramble81 IRC with emoticons
- Comment on which softwares can I self host without public IP? 7 months ago:
@Confused_Emus @rtxn Figuring out DNS is always fun.
And never ever ever make any, even small, DNS change on a Friday. Unless you don't like weekends.
Is it time to break out the DNS haiku and pray to the name gods? - Comment on Mail-in-a-Box - simple email server 7 months ago:
@miss_demeanour @Semi_Hemi_Demigod Now you'll have an open bottle of port in your cabinet for 10 years until you fancy another glass or a recipe calls for it
- Comment on AI chatbots unable to accurately summarise news, BBC finds 8 months ago:
@echodot @Redex68 off top of my head, script generation. making content more readable. dictating a brain dump while walking and having it spit out a cohesive summary.
it's all about the prompt you put in. shit in/shit out. And making sure you check/understand what it spits out. and that sometimes it's garbage.
- Comment on Tumblr to join fediverse 8 months ago:
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- Comment on All you can eat 8 months ago:
@DragonsInARoom @cantstopthesignal it's their time
- Comment on Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt 8 months ago:
@angrystego @RangerJosey pretty sure we agreed on WankerPanzer
- Comment on How JavaScript Overuse Ruined the Web 8 months ago:
- Comment on Everyone knows your location 8 months ago:
@ParetoOptimalDev @asunaspersonalasst That's the thing that put me off. I brain couldn't reconcile the idea of de-Googling by buying something from Google.
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- Comment on Fucking Optus doesn't provide ipv6 over cell. And starlink has cgnat. 8 months ago:
- Comment on Hundreds complain about failing mobile phone service since 3G switched off 8 months ago:
@Zozano @FireWire400 They screwed over foreign roamers too. And turned thousands of perfectly good and compatible handsets into e-waste overnight.
Oh, and conveniently made it so that the average consumer can only really buy handsets from the networks themselves if they want to be sure of compatibility. - Comment on Bathroom Reno Question 9 months ago:
@Zane Sweet. Can you send them my details too? I'll deffo be giving them my address etc
- Comment on Woolworths says it has more than 40 competitors in Australia – we went looking for them 9 months ago:
@Baku My daughter (5) tried to sell some of her art on the pavement to passers-by.
Clearly a competitor to a multi-billion dollar price-fixing, colluding, un-competitive duopoly.