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- Comment on Affinity’s Adobe-rivaling creative suite is now free for six months 4 months ago:
Absolutely - me,too.
But, to play the optimist for once - Canva could bring some good to Affinity/Serif. Canva is available as a native linux app and Serif in the past has stated multiple times it’s mainly the lack of Linux resources and experience that stops them from providing Linux support. So maybe that could be a good influence.
Canva also has a workflow that is based on a webapp that is more “beginner friendly” than Affinity and a good integration between these services could be a good thing as it may remove barriers.
And Canva for a long time had a desire to provide a full production workflow, so maybe affinity gets the long missing library features.
BUT: Now enough with that optimism, sadly I am rather sure enshitification is around the corner. Which will be a sad day for me.
- Comment on Affinity’s Adobe-rivaling creative suite is now free for six months 4 months ago:
Had a lengthy mail exchange on that topix with them - before them being bought, though.
While they don’t plan a native Linux version they absolutely were open to optimise towards better Wine usability - which I totally could live with for now.
But I have no idea how the buying by Canva influenced things - Canva does have a linux app so maybe there are more resources and a different focus now.
- Comment on HTTPS on homelab (just locally) 4 months ago:
Yeah. Exactly how I do it. .casa domain to distinguish it from my other domains, DNS challenge and I am good.
Proxmox and OPN Sense work with it themselves, for everything else I use NPM on Proxmox. Couldn’t be more happy with that solution.
- Comment on Good self-hosted groceries app? 4 months ago:
Yeah. If you are more into the recipe side of things Mealie is imho the way to go.
If you want a ERP at home Grocy is more feature complete,but also more bothersome.
- Comment on What happens if Biden dies before the next inauguration (see inside)? 4 months ago:
Bonus round with the upcoming (small) bird flu epidemic:
What if both die days before the election due to a sudden illness?
- Comment on Ubiquiti U7 Pro Max WiFi 7 Access Point Teardown: To fan or not to fan 4 months ago:
No. TP-Link Omada is usually better and cheaper these days and offers nearly identical features.
- Comment on Pros and cons of Proxmox in a home lab? 4 months ago:
A lot of guides are still for Proxmox 7 or even 6 on that matter.
Proxmox 8 has changed a lot in that regard.
- Comment on Steam Summer Sale - Top Deals 4 months ago:
Absolutely. Below zero is more story oriented but still great.
- Comment on Mozilla is trying to push me out because I have cancer – CPO 4 months ago:
Actually Swiss disability provisions are worse than US provisions (worse than most industrial nations, btw)
- Comment on Elsevier 5 months ago:
Well, we could assign the reviewers more “significance” here. We could give them points and if they “upvote” a paper it gives the paper a bit more visibility/reputation. If the reviewer has actually reviewed the paper it gives the paper more points.
How much a reviewer is able to “spend” could be based on the reputation of the institution, their own papers in the same field and the points they get for their reviews by other users.
Just a raw idea,but it seems possible, indeed.
- Comment on Building My Home Server | Kev Quirk 5 months ago:
Old article by someone who seems to be an absolute newbie in that field.
- Comment on After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat 6 months ago:
The system does exactly that - But that is done automatically without intervention.
The system recognises by checking on our devices and the presence detectors if we are at home. If we aren’t it reduces the temperature.* Then it looks into our calendars when we can be expected to be back and increases the temperature accordingly (additionally once we enter a certain Geofence).
*:The overall heating effort is also based on the current and expected weather and sun-influx,as I have some rooms that basically heat themselves when the sun is out. The system is using that effort to adjust shades (e.g. it would allow a lower living room temperature in the morning after we left when it knows that there will likely be a sunny afternoon heating the room without the need to add external heat)
This is what I mean with smart: A smart system is only smart if the user doesn’t have to fiddle around with it. Everything else is a remote.
(My next goal is to add personalised heating. I want the system to recognise who is/comes home and adjust the temperature accordingly as my wife wants other temperatures as I do. O can do it room based, e.g. the kid’s room is adjusted according to the kid being there, but overall I am not quite there yet)
- Comment on After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat 6 months ago:
The good thing is: You can easily replace OpenTherm with KNX. Afaik there are Gateways that mimic Opentherm towards the heater so you can use KNC for the actual control.
- Comment on After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat 6 months ago:
No,it isn’t. But no open and local solution will be - but you pay for that in terms of long term usability, resilience and data.
And KNX.org works for me(even tried it with a VPN to be sure) - and do you really think that a standard that is supported by the largest companies in the field(Siemens, ABB, Bosch, Schneider, etc.) and has multi-billion of installations in professional buildings alone per year is not for the long term?
- Comment on After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat 6 months ago:
The thing is: The standard itself is rather well designed and didn’t need too much updates (they just extended the possible packet contents in terms of possible parameters - which technically isn’t that necessary as you can fall back to ASCI).
The last major updates were more towards extending functions (KNX over RF), connecting locations via IP tunnel, and securing the packets themselves (which is not really necessary for single household installations but VERY much for multi tennant installations).
The major strength of KNX is the bus packet system itself - as the packets are standardized there are only a few attack avenues. An attacker could flood the bus with packets, try to update with fraudulent code (if none did put a password on it) or try to put fraudulent content in a module that accepts ASCI packets. The problem is the access - the attacker would need physical access or the IP gateway (if existing)would need to be unsecured towards the internet… In the end it is a fairly resilient piece of software.
- Comment on If everyone had access to healthcare the net benefit of treating the mental illness and other disabilities holding them back would easily cover the cost of the healthcare itself. 6 months ago:
As someone in the final stages of a masters degree in healthcare management and economics:
Almost. It doesn’t entirely cover the costs (at least from the data we have available worldwide, which is somewhat insufficient) but a focus on mental health(which always includes workers rights, women’s rights and a few more social issues that create long term health problems on a massive scale) and prophylaxis in general is FAR cheaper than what most industrial nations currently do.
We do have a few issues that are not addressed in these concepts (e.g. end of life care and costs associated with that, new types of personalised medication, accessibility in rural areas,etc.) that still make a healthcare system like that something society has to pay for…But it does improve things massively, especially the quality of life of people that are not the actual patients.
- Comment on After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat 6 months ago:
And to add another unpopular opinion:
A smart temperature control is the one I never ever need to use. Because then the room always has the temperature I want.
- Comment on After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat 6 months ago:
Neff has a (magnetic/removable*) knob as well. (* Which is a great idea in theory. Unless you have kids. First it’s great because they can’t start the cooktop on their own. But then you are constantly looking for the knob. A friend nearly got insane…His daughter “accidentally” took the whole fucking thing on a schooltrip to France…HOW? That’s why I have the Siemens one with touch… It’s okayish touchwise and it works…)
- Comment on After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat 6 months ago:
Haha, no. But I know someone who was part of the OpenTherm development.
To quote him:
OpenTherm exists because Plumbers don’t trust Sparkys and Sparkys don’t trust plumbers.
OpenTherm is easy to install but “stupid” as hell and not adaptable to modern needs mostly, especially if you consider modern heating concepts like passively heated houses, heat pumps,etc.
That’s different from KNX (or Modbus in that regard) - They are much broader in their appeal. Singule use/walled garden systems are always a bad idea,imho.
- Comment on After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat 6 months ago:
Get a few components (e.g. Actors, a sensor), a gateway (USB is enough for the start,they often go cheap if you buy used,got mine for 10 bucks) ,a power supply (Meanwell is a good idea) and the free version of the ETS programming tool. (The ETS is the only downside of the system - it’s expensive especially for larger installs)
- Comment on After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat 6 months ago:
So is windows and Linux if you just look at the year they were introduced.
Just because something is backwards compatible doesn’t mean it does not get updates/improved.
And tbh, a light switch does not need that much improvement technology wise.
- Comment on After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat 6 months ago:
That’s why one uses an industry standard that is brand-independent,operates offline by design and does not require a central component besides a power supply.
Sounds like utopia?
This standard has been available since 1990 in its archaic form, since 2002 in its current form. It is downwards compatible and over 400 companies worldwide are part of the standard. HomeAssistant, ioBroker, openHAB,etc. all support it directly and there are multiple crossover gateways with other standards like DMX, ModBus, Dali,etc. exist. And no, it’s components are not more expensive once you look at the TCO.
**For fucks sake, people, use KNX. **
- Comment on checkmate, big geology!! 6 months ago:
Read somewhere in an book that sometimes soldiers/aides tried to hurt/kill their officers my minimally reducing their barrel width mechanically when cleaning their pistols for them. Hard to detect and can fuck someone up good.
But while I can see how that would work in theory I don’t see how this could be done without someone noticing it and with the tools at their disposal.
- Comment on checkmate, big geology!! 6 months ago:
They actually do that with earth barriers sometimes, e.g. at the Aetna.
But there is only so much these barrier can do…
- Comment on If presidential immunity is absolute.. 6 months ago:
Well,what if Biden shoots Trump during a debate? If he would be immune he cannot be put to trial for it.
- Comment on Is Radicale the way forward? 6 months ago:
I can recommend using Cloudron but I don’t use Radicale.
Cloudron is in no way a necessity for anyone - it’s simply me being too lazy to keep everything up to date, read all the necessary documentation for all the services we run,etc. Cloudron does all that for me - and I couldn’t be happier. Johannes,the owner, provides fast support (had two glitches with Hetzner DNS over the years) and the amount of Apps is getting wider each year, although I would rather see their range be broader (e.g. a proper Monitoring system instead of yet another project management),but that’s just me.
In theory it’s even possible to create your own apps for cloudron, both for public and private use, but that is beyond my capabilities. It can also be used as a SSO provider and reverse proxy,btw.
- Comment on They dared to ask. 6 months ago:
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- Comment on They dared to ask. 6 months ago:
So someone listened to at least 34h of porn-audio online for a paper?
That’sa a clever way to get porn access at work.
Tbf, a proper participant based study would have been much more innovative and provide better evidence.
Even when only using 30 cases.
- Comment on Wireguard in docker, no way of password authentication? 7 months ago:
Simply put:No.
You need to make sure none accesses your phone even when stolen (for a myriad of other reasons as well) so passwort protect it.
This has nothing to do with WG-easy or any wireguard implementation itself-it’s simply part of Wireguard. What you could do to at least discourage an attack is to save parts of the secrets (Preshared key, public key of your network) in a password manager like bitwarden and copy and paste it into the client every time you connect - and remove it from there after you’re done. But be aware that this will only discourage a technically inept attacker - the WG client and the OS,etc. will keep enough of data of these transactions around to easily find out this information and for a good attacker you actually make it easier this way. So I would clearly not recommend it. Password protect your phone.
The WG easy container should always be run behind an authentication layer,even in LAN as it enables an attacker (who might be already in the LAN) establish full outside connections. This can easily be achieved with a reverse proxy like Caddy/nginx proxy manager. The container then needs to be behind the proxy in it’s own network with only the WG port exposed. Requires a bit of work but is easily doable…And Portainer is your friend in that regard.
- Comment on I doubt future generations will have “basement dwellers” because none of us can afford to own basements. 7 months ago:
Nonono, you do it wrong. You pool together to rent a small part of a basement for a short time. During that time you build a hidden entrance to your own basement under the other basement and in 200-300 years you have your own basement. And evolution will make the job easier as it will make you smaller to fit better into the basement.
Duh! Do we have to explain everything to you people?