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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Password manager woes. How have you solved syncing on Android?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re using a keepass database, Keepass2Android can natively sync with many cloud options including self hosted and generic ones, even without specific “companion” apps. That’s what I use. In my case, it’s backed by my NextCloud, but it used to be Google drive before.

  Just also sync the file on your PC, merging changes from different clients is part of the keepass database format and “just works”.

  Also VaultWarden works great if your can self host it, but I prefer keepass for a variety of features and integrations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Considering self hosting my own git repositories. What are some options?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Forgejo was soft forked from Gitea after the went commercial and changed the license (I think). If they aren’t yet, expect pay walled features eventually.

  Forgejo turned into a hard fork after communication issues, I haven’t looked too deeply into it (as I don’t really care about the fact that it’s a hard fork now). This means while it used to be a drop-in replacement showing you to go back and forth between the two, it’s now an active conversion i think.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you stick to the same linux distro across your devices?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  All normal PCs run CachyOS, includes gaming PCs, laptops and media PCs. All servers run some form of Debian (includes Proxmox) or a dedicated distro for their use (TRUE WAS, technically also Debian based).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone have any experience with Sync-in for online files?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe look onto OwnCloud. That’s the project NextCloud was forked from many years ago. It’s very much still around and had a very different philosophy, a much more minimalistic approach with focus on stability. That’s actually the reason the people behind NextCloud had to fork it, cause all their additional features (bloat) wasn’t accepted upstream.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We Overhauled Our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy - Another VC funded bait and switch⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Appreciate the heads up. I’m reasonably sure I’ve already uninstalled it anyway, but I’ll check tomorrow to make sure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone have any experience with Sync-in for online files?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you just want file sync, the obvious option is SyncThing. It’s established and highly regarded.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI tool OpenClaw wipes the inbox of Meta's AI Alignment director despite repeated commands to stop — executive had to manually terminate the AI to stop the bot from continuing to erase data⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wasn’t this many days ago already, is did it happen again? I remember reading this like 3 or 4 days ago as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do smoke detectors have little speakers inside them? If yes, would it be possible to hack them to play a little jingle?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The only ones I’ve ever used myself area is the DC variety. Apply power: beeeeep; stop applying power: <sound stops>

  I don’t know why idea are more commonly used in consumer electronics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is self-hosted voice chat so hard?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The one point that has basically been solved is NAT traversal. Thanks to Wire guard, Tailscale and the like. The relevant parts are open source and can be used basically as a library.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Just Killed the "Cover for Me" Excuse: Microsoft 365 Now Tracks You in Real-Time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That really depends on how the VPN is setup and configured on the company side. In our case absolutely nothing breaks and it just works.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 10's extended support ends in eight months, but users are still rejecting Windows 11, at least in Germany⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I know that isn’t the point of your comment, but what issues do you have with Logitech hardware on Linux? I have just mice from them, but honestly an embarrassing amount. I just use Solaar and I can configure all I need? I also have always only used the onboard memory (so I can move them between computers), and don’t really use macros though…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Micron Says AI-Driven Memory Crunch is ‘Unprecedented’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  the form factor is easy to get around

  Why did you just ignore everything I wrote, but you still replied to me? No, it isn’t easy to get around. You can use a server to game, but the server mainboards and CPUs expect and work with differently configured memory (registered DIMMs). All the AI infratructure uses that type. You can’t use that memory in a normal PC. Wikipedia reference if you’d like to read about it, but a relevant quote:

  […] the motherboard must match the memory type; as a result, registered memory will not work in a motherboard not designed for it, and vice versa.

  You would have to un-solder all the chips and remanufacture new memory modules, and nobody is doing that, especially not at scale. It might be an actual buisness model to do that once the bubble pops, but it isn’t a problem that’s “easy to get around”.>

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops: Reports | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Or no longer works as a shortcut, but the actual bypass still works. In practice the command line you have to enter just got a bit longer is all.

  At least last time I needed it, to that still worked fine. It’s been a few months.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Micron Says AI-Driven Memory Crunch is ‘Unprecedented’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You can’t put the kind of memory used in servers (registered ECC dimm) into normal/personal computers. It’s not just that the ECC won’t work, they don’t work at all.

  That’s different with unregistered ECC dimms, those will work (at normal spec speeds), but the ECC part will just be unused. These are in the minority though for servers, in practice they are more used in workstations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Self-Hosted Document & Budgeting Automation: Paperless-ngx, Firefly III, and n8n – Good Idea?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  First my context: I’m also running multiple Proxmox hosts (personal and professional), and havea paperless-ngx instance (personal/family). I tried Firefly, but the effort required to get it to a point where it would be if use to me was too high, so I dropped it. Haven’t used n8n.

  For the setup I’d just use the Proxmox community scripts, if you haven’t heard of them. Makes updates trivial and lowers the bar to just trying something to basically zero.

  Paperless-ngx I actually use, cause it means I can find something when i need it. It’s all automatically ocr’d and all you have to do is categorize them. With time, it’ll learn and do this for you. You can (manually) setup your scanner to just directly upload files to the “consume” folder and it just works. PC/server power is near irrelevant, it just means OCR takes slightly longer, otherwise it’s a web server. You can run this just fine on a raspberry pi.

  I don’t have any real automation setup, so I can’t really comment on that. My advice is to just install it, see what it does and how it feels. Try to anticipate if and how much automation you need. Many aspects of all this are of the “setup once” variety, where once it’s working, you don’t have to touch it again. Try to gauge if the one time effort is worth it for you, then go from there. As I said, it was fine for paperless for me, but not for Firefly (but I might need to revisit this).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What free to play games can run smoothly on my old laptop?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Many people look at the game graphics and think it’s a joke, but the gameplay is actually great, even by today standards. If you’re even a little into transportation games, just give it a go. It’ll also run on a toaster.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  First you state I’m “absolutely incorrect” then you repeat and confirm what I said:

  I can run them on higher settings usually

  This seems awfully close to the “at least on high” in my comment, so what is the problem with my statement?

  I also purposely kept it relative and vague, because personal preferences differ wildly on what is meant by “I can run xxx”, which you’ve basically doubled down on. I specifically do NOT expect 100fps in a triple-A on maxed out settings with ray tracing, and I thought that much was clear. But I can get to 100fps, with somewhat reduced settings, if that’s a game where I’d need that. To be specific this time: my general target is usually around 60fps for more visual titles, but it can dip a bit below in busy/dense/hectic areas. It also shouldn’t leave the 50s for significant amounts of time though.

  That all being said, I also only rarely actually play AAA games. But I do play some indie games that are more on the demanding side, but then there’s most games I play that should run in a toaster… Which is another reason I never upgraded. It’s all still good enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The general trend, yes.

  But then again, my computer is now many years old (some components more than others) and I’m pretty sure I could play every release from this year on the highest graphic setting (or at least on “high”) without performance issues.

  What I’m trying to say is not “my PC is so great” but you you don’t actually need a current-Gen, high end PC to play even recent triple-A titles. Eventually it’ll get too old, but that is a very long time: probably close to a decade or something, if you individually upgrade some things occasionally.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla's new CEO says AI is coming to Firefox, but will remain a choice⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just use librewolf, no need to faff about with scripts and be worried about the next release or whatever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's latest reason to give them $14/month: "Watch in faster playback speeds with Premium"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah I actually do care about the technical details, and that’s the reason I watch the video. I can look up the price in like 3s myself and didn’t need a video for that part.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's latest reason to give them $14/month: "Watch in faster playback speeds with Premium"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Try watching videos by “explaining computers”. Actually pretty good content (mostly on single board computers like raspberry pi), but he talks glacially. Normally I watch at 1.5x, this channel is one of just a few where I need to up it to 2x.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What DDNS providers you guys recommend?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  DuckDNS had been unreliable when I used it, but it’s been a while. I swapped over to desec.io but their signups aren’t always open. Can highly recommend them though, and they offer many paths to update the IP, including DynDNS(2) protocol or just d client.

  Also works with certbot for Let’s encrypt certificates using dns challenge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Getting the right setup for Vaultwarden compose.yaml⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Never run something like Vaultwarden with unencrypted traffic. Throwing in a self signed cert is basically free insurance. You never know when even in your “trusted network” something starts listening in. Just why risk it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Random three-body problem (@threebodybot@mathstodon.xyz)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok seriously, mathstodon has to be one of the greatest domain names of all time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t buy anything by crucial, as you’ll have trouble getting a 2nd stick in the future. They are shutting down their end user business.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Options for remote Wake-on-lan. Or I guess wake on WAN.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ssh over Internet is fine as long as it’s properly setup (no password auth, root not allowed, etc.).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I dunno⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But the USA seems to use PEDMAS? I’m confused now…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Framework stops selling separate DDR5 RAM modules to fight scalpers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the same with other vendors though. I man those that allow you to swap internals without losing warranty. Bought my laptop with just a 16g stick (base price/included), then bought 2x24g for the price one additional 16g module would’ve cost. And now I got a 16g module left over, too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They Made a Zip Drive.. for your TV?!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same with normal floppy disks. Their reliability was abysmal, as was their longevity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DFRobot router board with a CM4⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Or if you have separated your devices into subnets/VLANs. Which becomes more important as your get more hardware that you don’t really trust.