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- Comment on Anyone have a favorite NAS (for normies)? 5 days ago:
Oh, Synology. What’s up with them? I heard they’re experimenting with vendor lock-in for their hard drives.
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- Comment on YSK a US passport card costs $30 and is definitive proof of citizenship. It fits in your wallet like a credit card. 1 week ago:
“You blind motherfuckers, you aren’t even good at being racist; do I look Mexican to you?”
Right… because it was only a problem because you’re Asian… the stop would have been fine if you were actually Mexican… gee thanks.
- Comment on Whoever invented the 12-hour clock never doubted that people will always know if it's day or night 1 week ago:
I think most people in the US don’t travel to other countries, so they almost never see a 24h clock. Whenever, we do see 24h time, most people call it “military time”, probably cuz of movies or something.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
I wish Hetzner didn’t require uploading my legal documents (they asked for my passport or ID) to verify my account. Otherwise, seems cool. I’m in the US.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Jeff Bezos said the quiet part out loud — hopes that you’ll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud
We’re so doomed. A lot of people will probably buy into this because they can’t possibly be inconvenienced by owning a computer.
I was talking about AI with someone the other day and they said, “Wow, in the future we probably won’t be able to work without a subscription to ChatGPT. Oh, well.” Like. wat. teh. faq. People see the convenience trap, but can’t be bothered to do anything about it. I hate this timeline.
- Comment on What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET 1 week ago:
I don’t actually own a Meshtastic device… but I did blow off work to do a little browsing and found this:
Meshtastic does not require any license and is open for anyone to use.
Meshtastic does not require a HAM radio license to operate
don’t need an amateur radio license for the low-power bands used by Meshtastic
- Comment on What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET 1 week ago:
setup with no need of complex licenses, it would be interesting
It doesn’t seem like you need any licensing, it’s like a walkie talkie.
it could prove as a useful city project for cheap, reliant, local communications
I’m not sure if that’s the right usecase. Meshtastic seems to be for short-range, line-of-sight-ish communication. Apparently, you can set up repeaters to expand the coverage area, but it seems like buildings, trees, etc will dramatically affect the signal strength.
- Comment on What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET 1 week ago:
walkie talkie
Yeah, I think so. I saw a video where someone called it “a walkie talkie, but for sending text messages”. People use these for going on remote hikes, hunting trips, or protests. Basically, any area where you can’t use a cellphone. They’re not a replacement for cellphones, they fill a different usecase.
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- Comment on Self-hosting in 2025 isn't about privacy anymore - it's about building resistance infrastructure 2 weeks ago:
What about connectivity? I’m currently using Tailscale cuz it’s so easy. Maybe I should look into WireGuard? Also, how does Headscale fit into this?
- Comment on Self-hosting in 2025 isn't about privacy anymore - it's about building resistance infrastructure 2 weeks ago:
Does anyone have a good guide for installing Seafile? I tried installing it a few months ago, but it’s so damn complicated with load balancers behind load balancers and a bunch of services tied together.
I gotta try again.
- Comment on YSK that Stanford scientists examined what happens when people stop using social media. They found deactivating Facebook and Instagram significantly improved users' emotional well-being and happiness 5 weeks ago:
Leechblock and unhook are required browser extensions for me.
YouTuber is extra tricky because I can easily convince myself that I’m not wasting time, I’m “learning”. Even though I doubt I’ll ever need to know how to build a mud hut with a secret swimming pool underneath…
In general, I found if I remove the addictive elements from YouTube or whatever, as opposed to blocking the website entirely, I’m more likely to stick to being sober. I treat my phone the same way, I use YAM Launcher to help remove distractions.
- Comment on Honestly wtf? 1 month ago:
A well a everybody’s heard about the bird B-b-b bird, bird, bird, b-bird’s the word
- Comment on Building the PERFECT Linux PC with Linus Torvalds 1 month ago:
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9960X
- GIGABYTE TRX50 AERO D Motherboard
- Samsung SSD 9100 PRO 2TB SSD
- Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 Cooler
- Intel Arc B580 GPU
- Fractal Design Torrent E-ATX Case
- Seasonic PRIME TX-1600 1600W 80+ Titanium PSU
- Fedora
- Comment on Self hosted Onedrive alternative 2 months ago:
How the heck did you install Seafile!? I spent a whole day trying to get it to work, but there are so many moving parts and proxies behind proxies behind proxies. I managed to get the UI to load, but other parts of the app didn’t work. I want to like it, but it seems pretty complicated to install… 😢
- Comment on Why do languages sometimes have letters which don't have consistent pronunciations? 2 months ago:
For cases where it sounds like another letter, why not just use that one?
In Spanish, words that use
kinstead ofctend to come from “other” languages, like Greek, Arabic, Japanese, or Russian.Aparece en palabras procedentes de otras lenguas en las que se ha buscado respetar la ortografía originaria, o en voces transcritas de lenguas que emplean alfabetos o sistemas de escritura distintos del nuestro, como el griego, el árabe, el japonés o el ruso
- Comment on Screw it, I’m installing Linux 2 months ago:
Whoa, surprised this is coming from The Verge. Is it really the year of the Linux desktop now??
- Comment on Cams, anyone? 2 months ago:
Frigate + Reolink (or actually Frigate-approved cams)
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- Comment on Using Fail2ban to protect exposed services 2 months ago:
You know. mTLS might be an option. I have a tiny number of clients. Laptops and Android phones, seems easy to install a client cert. The part I’m not sure about is TVs… Does Nvidia Shield or Firestick allow installing client certs?..
- Comment on Using Fail2ban to protect exposed services 2 months ago:
Harden your server first
Do you have any tutorials or guides on this handy?
Use your router/server to block some counties using geoip
Yeah, definitely all my users are in the same town/region/country as me. So this could be doable.
Configure rate limits in Nginx
Hm, currently using Caddy as my reverse proxy. I guess there’s some module for this.
only open ports in your firewall you really want to open
The only port I need open is 443 for accessing Jellyfin and Immich. I can definitely block 22 from the public internet.
- Comment on Using Fail2ban to protect exposed services 2 months ago:
GAAH! OK! I’M NOT CRAZY!
The exact same thing is happening to my wife’s phone. We’re both on Pixel 8s, have the same VPN settings, but for some magic reason Tailscale breaks only her phone. She has to turn off Tailscale and reboot her phone to regain connectivity.
These shenanigans is why I’m considering just exposing things to the public internet. I’m using Tailscale on several device types and Tailscale adds friction to all of my devices (except Arch where everything always works).
I understand the friction is there for a good reason, but my family doesn’t. They just see that Jellyfin doesn’t work and that all of this is buggy and maybe they just should sign up for Netflix instead of dealing with all of these bugs.
- Comment on Using Fail2ban to protect exposed services 2 months ago:
“roaming” device is always connected to their “home” network by VPN
Ah, right. Well, currently I do have my wife’s and my phone on the Tailscale VPN. The issue I’m trying to solve is that the VPN app on Android isn’t 100% bug-free. For some unknown reason, my wife frequently has issues with Tailscale. It’ll break her entire networking on her phone. The only way to fix it is by rebooting her phone. I have no idea why because we have the same phone and the same settings… I’ve tried turning off Tailscale, logging out, and back in, and the network won’t recover. Sometimes the Tailscale app won’t even trigger the SSO page to sign in. So it just stays permanently logged off.
The Nvidia Shield also has similar issues where I have to fuss around with the VPN.
So at this point, I feel like I’m done debugging VPN apps and maybe it would be easier for users if I expose stuff to the public internet. Obviously, it makes management for me harder, but that’s ok if everything Just Works for everyone without extra steps or without having to reboot your phone every week.
- Comment on Using Fail2ban to protect exposed services 2 months ago:
site-to-site VPN configurations between routers at each location … the router itself handle routing of specific traffic over the VPN connection, instead of needing each device to connect to the VPN individually.
Interesting. This could help with my home network and my parent’s, but I also need to handle cases where I don’t control the network. I have clients that are phones. My family would expect that the services keep working even if they’re in a different city on cellular or at a friend’s house.
- Comment on Using Fail2ban to protect exposed services 2 months ago:
What kinds of things are you planning to expose?
Primarily Jellyfin and Immich.
What I expose I hide behind a reverse proxy with IP whitelists.
Do all your clients have fixed IPs? I have some clients that are phones or laptops, but I would imagine those change as people drive around to different cities or connect to different coffee shop WiFi.
- Comment on Using Fail2ban to protect exposed services 2 months ago:
I am kinda interested in WireGuard, but how does it work with multiple non-PC devices on different home networks? Tailscale runs seamlessly on my Arch laptop, but Android, TVs, and streaming sticks have hiccups from time to time.
I have services that I want to share with my non-techie family. If a service stops working, they suck at debugging and fixing the issue on their own.
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- Comment on Elon Musk says Optimus will 'eliminate poverty' in speech after his $1 trillion pay package was approved 2 months ago:
Every time I hear him speak, I am reminded of just how stupid he is.
I know this is common knowledge on Lemmy, but damn it’s still nice to read. When I talk to folks around town, they all think he’s a genius… it’s really jarring.