IanTwenty
@IanTwenty@piefed.social
- Comment on 💞 FairScan > Syncthing > Paperlees-ngx 19 hours ago:
Thank you for introducing me to FairScan! Great app. I have a scanner but being able to snap stuff on the go is so much quicker.
- Comment on Facial recognition error: Customer misidentified by Sainsbury's 1 day ago:
Thing is Sainsbury have learnt nothing from this and reasserted theair faith in facial recognition, blaming human error in store for grabbing wrong person. I feel we’ll see more of this in future.
- Comment on Self-Host Weekly #155: One Hundred Million 2 weeks ago:
MarkStack looks ideal for publishing docs for family
https://github.com/KineticEnforcer/MarkStack
Fast, minimal static site generator that transforms markdown into searchable documentation sites. Built to run anywhere, even on a Raspberry Pi.
- Comment on UK government targets VPNs in new online safety consultation as Lords vote for ban 2 weeks ago:
I know, I’m also highlighting what he says about how we should not rush to deny that protection to children.
- Comment on UK government targets VPNs in new online safety consultation as Lords vote for ban 2 weeks ago:
Parliament itself recommends VPN use for its members:
Labour’s Lord Knight acknowledged that VPNs could “undermine the child safety gains of the Online Safety Act” but warned that age-gating the apps could be “extremely problematic”. He said:
“My phone uses a VPN, following a personal device cyber consultation offered by this Parliament. VPNs can make us more secure, and we should not rush to deprive children of that safety.”
- Comment on Where to start with backups? 2 weeks ago:
Check the app’s own docs first, there is something here about automating backups:
https://docs.frappe.io/erpnext/user/manual/en/download-backup
- Comment on A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet 2 weeks ago:
The EFF have a page on this, setting out the threats:
https://www.eff.org/wp/unintended-consequences-16-years-under-dmca
…which is mostly a link to:
https://www.eff.org/files/2014/09/16/unintendedconsequences2014.pdf
…whose summary reads as follows.
The “anti-‐circumvention” provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), codified in section 1201 of the Copyright Act, have not been used as Congress envisioned. The law was ostensibly intended to stop copyright infringers from defeating anti-‐piracy protections added to copyrighted works.[1] In practice, the anti-‐circumvention provisions have been used to stifle a wide array of legitimate activities. As a result, the DMCA has become a serious threat to several important public policy priorities:
The DMCA Chills Free Expression and Scientific Research.
Experience with section 1201 demonstrates that it is being used to stifle free speech and scientific research. The lawsuit against 2600 magazine, threats against Princeton Professor Edward Felten’s team of researchers, and prosecution of Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov have chilled the legitimate activities of journalists, publishers, scientists, students, programmers, and members of the public.
The DMCA Jeopardizes Fair Use.
By banning all acts of circumvention, and all technologies and tools that can be used for circumvention, the DMCA grants to copyright owners the power to unilaterally eliminate the public’s fair use rights. Already, the movie industry’s use of encryption on DVDs has curtailed consumers’ ability to make legitimate, personal-‐use copies of movies they have purchased.
The DMCA Impedes Competition and Innovation.
Rather than focusing on pirates, some have wielded the DMCA to hinder legitimate competitors. For example, the DMCA has been used to block aftermarket competition in laser printer toner cartridges, garage door openers, videogame console accessories, and computer maintenance1 services. Similarly, Apple has used the DMCA to tie its iPhone devices to Apple’s own software and services.
- Comment on Self-Host Weekly #154: Hello, My Name Is 3 weeks ago:
This thread adds some context but not easy to draw any conclusions yet:
- Comment on Self-Host Weekly #154: Hello, My Name Is 3 weeks ago:
They link to Chandler (monica vNext) which is an now an archived repo however I think dev work has moved to main branch in Monica repo? So possibly misunderstanding…
- Comment on UK urged to unplug from US tech giants as digital sovereignty fears grow 4 weeks ago:
One example the ORG used
After former US president Donald Trump imposed sanctions on the court over its arrest warrant for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reports emerged that the email account of chief prosecutor Karim Khan was blocked. Microsoft denied cutting off access, but the ICC later confirmed that in October 2025 it had stopped using Microsoft services altogether, switching instead to openDesk, an open source European platform.
- Comment on Culture Workers in the Fediverse 4 weeks ago:
Fedi directory has some entries under culture:
https://fedi.directory/culture-entertainment/
See also
…and look at curators and culture there too.
- Comment on Sync-in, a new alternative to Nextcloud 1 month ago:
WebDAV only on mobile and via third-party apps
https://sync-in.com/docs/user-guide/mobile_apps
At the moment, Sync-in does not yet offer a dedicated mobile application.
We know this is an important point for many users️ and we plan to address it thanks to community contributions and sponsorship. - Comment on What DDNS providers you guys recommend? 1 month ago:
This might be obvious but it could be caching? Use a tool like dig to check if it’s really updated. Not had a problem with duckdns, works good.
- Comment on It's kind of funny how many late 90s games had at least one drum and bass track 1 month ago:
This is good read
The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development
https://pikuma.com/blog/jungle-music-video-game-drum-bass
Jungle and many other genres of EDM were a perfect match for the fast-pace games that were developed in the 90s. Most of the titles using a jungle soundtrack were from the second half of the decade, although the trend continued all the way up through the mid 2000s.
Consoles from this generation were also able to store and play CD-quality audio, which meant developers could really take advantage of the entire spectrum of frequencies and sounds that both jungle & drum’n’bass demanded.
There’s a list of games at the end including Wipeout, Rage Racer, Gran Turismo, Bomberman, Sega Marine Fishing
- Comment on Selfhosting with a seven year old 1 month ago:
Hedy is an open source programming language that is broken into levels for easy learning. As you progress the language gains more capabilities, so they are never overwhelmed with too much
In contrast to block based languages like scratch its goal is to leave students ready to switch to Python by the end.
Each level has small tasks to complete so you can tackle it piece by piece and get a sense of progression.
- Comment on Selfhosting with a seven year old 1 month ago:
That would be Snap!
- Comment on Self-Host Weekly #149: A Few of My Favorite Things 1 month ago:
It’s become somewhat of a trend over the last several months for new projects to describe themselves as ‘modern’. Not only is this not a helpful descriptor (*What is ‘modern’? Is the design modern? The codebase?*), but a good portion of the time it’s simply not true.
I keep seeing ‘blazing/blazingly fast’ everywhere too, with a rocket or such emoji
- Comment on Guarding My Git Forge Against AI Scrapers 1 month ago:
Self-hosting anything that is deemed “content” openly on the web in 2025 is a battle of attrition between you and forces who are able to buy tens of thousands of proxies to ruin your service for data they can resell.
This is depressing. Profoundly depressing.
Sigh
- Comment on Keeping .yaml files up to date... 2 months ago:
This is new:
https://github.com/dkorecko/PatchPanda
Self-hostable Docker Compose stack update manager.
And
when you choose to update, PatchPanda edits compose/.env files and runs
docker compose pullanddocker compose up -dfor the target stack. You can also view live log.Discovered in the latest Self Host Weekly:
https://selfh.st/weekly/2025-11-28/
I have not tried it myself tho.
- Comment on Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2 - A USB adapter that plugs into your Home Assistant system and opens up a world of smart device options 2 months ago:
The link seems to say Threads support is only available as an add-on and therefore not simple to use with containerised HASS. This would be true for any Threads antenna though.
- Comment on 'It's Time for a Debate About Who Owns Our Media' Says Leader of the UK's Trade Union Movement 2 months ago:
And while he highlighted some signs of unions reaching more people on platforms like TikTok, the union chief noted a stark fact: “Collectively, the trade union movement has fewer followers on X and Instagram than Nigel Farage on his own.”
“We directly represent five and a half million people, so we’ve got to get much better at using those social media platforms and talking directly to members and potential members,” the TUC head added.
Get on the Fedi!
- Comment on Bicyclists are celebrating a new segregated bike lane linking three cities in southern England 2 months ago:
Cyclists have hailed a new multi-million pound cycle route as a “gamechanger” as construction nears completion.
The Gloucestershire Cycle Spine, a segregated cycle lane linking Gloucester, Cheltenham and Bishop’s Cleeve, has caused months of disruption but is now due to be finished in March 2026.
A cycling campaign group has hailed the ambitious scheme, which in future could end stretching 26 miles (42km) and all the way to Stroud.
Gloucestershire County Council said the scheme was already causing a boost to the number of people cycling.
The £48m scheme has been criticised after roadworks caused disruption in both Gloucester and Cheltenham.