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- Comment on Engineers wanted: Mexico looks to join the global semiconductor race 18 hours ago:
The US needs to legalize drugs, if they don’t, there will continue to be a market and cartels will serve that market. That’s not something Mexico can control, so the next best option is to drive them out of Mexico.
- Comment on Mommy, Why is There a Server in the House? 1 day ago:
Yeah, Windows isn’t that bad, but it’s not that good either. On servers, everything requires a million clicks or some random terminal command that’s impossible to find documentation for (was just passed down from senior to junior over the ages). I had to configure one for testing (embedded product that needed to work in Windows environments as well as Linux), and it took hours to do the most basic task. Granted, none of us were sysadmins, just devs, but we weren’t familiar with Linux or Windows servers, just desktops, and Linux was by far easier to configure.
Don’t pick Windows for your server without a good reason, you’ll get much more value from learning Linux than Windows.
- Comment on Mommy, Why is There a Server in the House? 1 day ago:
What’s wrong with “server”? They serve you food, much like a computer server serves files.
- Comment on Mommy, Why is There a Server in the House? 1 day ago:
Yup, that’s the form I’m familiar with. Most idioms avoid gender entirely.
- Comment on LandChad, a site dedicated to turning internet peasants into Internet Landlords 1 day ago:
Many ISPs don’t provide a publicly accessible IP, so for those, it’s not included and would cost extra (for me it’s $10/month IIRC. Fortunately, that’s not the norm, and that’s what I was getting at.
- Comment on LandChad, a site dedicated to turning internet peasants into Internet Landlords 2 days ago:
Are you claiming that paying for internet service is “paying for an IP”? If so, that’s a really pedantic point.
- Comment on how to start with self-hosting? 2 days ago:
For snapshots, you can use filesystem features, like BTRFS or ZFS snapshots. If you make sure to encapsulate everything in the container, disaster recovery is as simple as putting configs onto the new system and starting services (use specific versions to keep things reasonable.
I think that’s also really lazy, it’s just a different type of lazy from virtualization.
My main issue with virtualization is maintenance. Most likely, you’re using system dependencies, and if you upgrade the system, there’s a very real chance of breakage. If you use containers, you can typically upgrade the host without breaking the containers, and you can upgrade containers without touching the host. So upgrades become a lot less scary since I have pretty fine-grained control and can limit breakage to only the part I’m touching, and I get all of that with minimal resource overhead (with VMs, each VM needs the whole host base system, containers don’t).
Obviously use what works for you, I just think it’s a bit overwhelming for a new user to jump to Proxmox vs a general purpose Linux distro.
- Comment on how to start with self-hosting? 2 days ago:
If you just want LXCs, use Docker or Podman on whatever Linux distro you’re familiar with. If you get extra hardware, it’s not hard to have one be the trunk and reverse proxy to the other nodes (it’s like 5 lines of config in Caddy or HAProxy).
If you end up wanting what Proxmox offers, it’s pretty easy to switch, but I really don’t think most people need it unless they’re going to run server grade hardware (i.e. will run multiple VMs). If you’re just running a few services, it’s overkill.
- Comment on LandChad, a site dedicated to turning internet peasants into Internet Landlords 2 days ago:
You pay for internet service, and some do that by providing leases on publicly accessible IPs, and some do that by providing internal IPs and routing things themselves. Some block specific incoming ports (often anything other than 80 and 443), whereas others block nothing. Most services offer an extra “static IP” service that gives you a fixed publicly accessible IP.
Source: I had the former for years and now I’m stuck with the latter.
- Comment on You no longer need JavaScript: an overview of what makes modern CSS so awesome 2 days ago:
So many people? I’m pretty sure it’s one person.
- Comment on You no longer need JavaScript: an overview of what makes modern CSS so awesome 2 days ago:
Ew, I used node.js for years and I am very glad I stopped. There are much better options…
- Comment on You no longer need JavaScript: an overview of what makes modern CSS so awesome 2 days ago:
Exactly!
The one I build for work definitely does since we do things like manipulate 3D models. The majority of sites just present information and costs would go down significantly if they used a static site generator.
- Comment on ‘Scan your face’ laws for the web are having unexpected consequences 2 days ago:
But tech and privacy experts have warned that the laws bring with them some unavoidable downsides, including potentially driving people to seedier corners of the web.
Hmm, if only there was something in history (cough Prohibition cough drug bans cough piracy cough) that could’ve predicted this. It’s almost like people will do the easier thing when the legal thing is harder to do.
- Comment on LandChad, a site dedicated to turning internet peasants into Internet Landlords 2 days ago:
Many ISPs give you a publicly accessible IP address, and paying extra just reserves one IP instead of having it change periodically. If your ISP doesn’t do that (i.e. you’re stuck behind CGNAT like me), you’ll need to pay for one in some fashion.
- Comment on how to start with self-hosting? 2 days ago:
That sounds overly complicated, why get VMs involved? Just install Debian or something and get things working.
Proxmox is good if you know you want multiple VMs running for specialized needs. But multiple VMs isn’t happening on 4GB RAM.
- Comment on Engineers wanted: Mexico looks to join the global semiconductor race 2 days ago:
Yeah, Mexico needs a lot more than tech investment, they need:
- functioning law enforcement - bribing officers is very much a thing pretty much everywhere
- safe highways - high robbery is very much a thing, and it’s highly recommended to hire local drivers who know which roads are safer
- crush the cartels
High tech investment needs law and order, and that’s not consistent in Mexico. Fix that and maybe people will stop fleeing the country. Education is important too, but the country first needs to be a place foreigners feel comfortable relocating to, because that will be necessary to set up shop.
- Comment on Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws 2 days ago:
My point is that any solution here will be used for tracking, because that’s in the interests of both regulators and regulated entities. It’s not going to solve the original problem because kids are great at finding workarounds, and it will cause harm to those who follow the rules.
I also could devise a technical solution here that respects users’ privacy and is effective, but once it’s implemented, it will be changed to violate privacy. That’s how these things work.
- Comment on Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws 2 days ago:
Easy:
- companies have a vested interest in identifying you (ads, data brokers, etc)
- governments have a vested interest in tracking you (local police, terrorism tracking, etc)
I don’t trust the government and private interests to come to an agreement that somehow benefits citizens more than their combined interests.
- Comment on Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters 3 days ago:
This makes me sad…
My favorite Mexican place is a local place where the staff doesn’t speak English well. Their salsa bar is amazing and all the food is super fresh and flavorful.
- Comment on The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software 3 days ago:
Yeah, it looks cool, but I’m not really in a position to be a guinea pig. If they were around 2 years ago, I probably would’ve given it a shot.
I am looking for another phone at some point in the next year (kids getting about that age), so if I hear good things, I might just pull the trigger. It is a bit chonkier than my current phone, which isn’t great (30mm longer, 10mm wider, and 110g heavier), but according to reviews, it seems to fix all the issues I have w/ the PinePhone.
Who knows, maybe your review will push me over the edge in deciding to get it.
- Comment on The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software 4 days ago:
Eh, you’d want something like this to run something custom, because there’s going to be a lot of iteration and it’ll be harder to push things through a distribution they don’t control.
It seems to be Debian based and has some customizations to make work w/ Android apps nicer (Halium support).
I would personally prefer PostmarketOS, but I’d be fine w/ that being a community effort as long as Furilabs doesn’t block installing alternatives.
- Comment on Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers told 4 days ago:
I disagree. The only time the police should invade your privacy is with a valid warrant, and only to the extent of the warrant.
The police shouldn’t be able to monitor transactions at large for illegal activity, nor should they be to attain a broad warrant to check for illegal transactions if you’re merely suspected of an unrelated crime.
If that means more criminals go free, I’m okay with that. But it should also mean we train our police better to account for the higher difficulty of police work given the protection of our rights.
- Comment on Over 450 Diablo developers at Blizzard have unionized 4 days ago:
I’m still surprised when I see 50+ on some indie games.
- Comment on The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software 4 days ago:
Sounds like you’re not familiar with Oracle…
- Comment on The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software 4 days ago:
Eh, I got a used Pixel 8 for $350 or so, and it works great with GrapheneOS.
My gold standard is a proper Linux phone, but those aren’t reliable enough yet, so using Google’s phone is the next best option.
- Comment on The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software 4 days ago:
Then the community shifts to a different model, or puts more resources behind mobile Linux projects, and all that would need to happen is something like what Valve did for Linux for the Steam Deck.
I’m ready to switch to a Linux phone as soon as I can find one where the basic phone features work properly (MMS, wake from sleep, camera, etc). The more people like me can switch, the closer we’ll be to mainstream adoption. That’s the same process as Linux has been going through: I switched before Steam on Linux was a thing, then Steam came and more switched, then Proton made windows games work and more switched, etc, and now we’re seeing the start of “normal” people switching.
I hope that happens before my Pixel 8 goes out of support or breaks.
- Comment on Framework unveils a second-generation Framework Laptop 16 with a swappable Nvidia RTX 5070 GPU, an industry first, shipping in November 2025 4 days ago:
Yup, and they’re my jam. My workflow is very keyboard centric, so being able to scroll while keeping my hands on the home row is nice.
A 120hz screen is nice, but isn’t nearly as impactful as a good keyboard and trackpoint. I’d take 60hz if I could get a Thinkpad keyboard.
- Comment on Framework unveils a second-generation Framework Laptop 16 with a swappable Nvidia RTX 5070 GPU, an industry first, shipping in November 2025 4 days ago:
I’m not worried about theft at all, but I hate typing on crappy keyboards with no travel and I don’t like using the trackpad unless I absolutely have to (and I have a Macbook Pro at work, which supposedly has the best trackpad, and I still don’t like using it).
- Comment on Framework unveils a second-generation Framework Laptop 16 with a swappable Nvidia RTX 5070 GPU, an industry first, shipping in November 2025 4 days ago:
Right, and since they’re not dominant, they’re less nasty. If they become dominant, consider switching to whoever is the underdog at that point.
- Comment on Framework unveils a second-generation Framework Laptop 16 with a swappable Nvidia RTX 5070 GPU, an industry first, shipping in November 2025 4 days ago:
I’d pay it if they had a few things I’m looking for:
- Trackpoint (Thinkpad nipple)
- physical mouse buttons, including middle mouse button
Basically, I want the ThinkPad keyboard on a Framework laptop.