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[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Simple case of bad biology luck or bad diet, resulting in smelly farts, combined with not standing up. Switching to a mesh chair would do wonders.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

On WAN show last week, Luke mentioned he's daily'ing Linux on his work laptop. In the past, he has used Mint because "it just works" but always had problems so he would give up.

He expected to try Mint again, but decided to go nuclear and try Arch. For him, Arch just worked.

Just goes to show that different distros can mean different things to different people.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How? BitWarden has great 2FA, but is also a password manager with good integrations, group sharing, etc. Plus when you log in with it, it auto-copies the 2fa to clipboard.

Assuming you've used both, so what does Aegis bring to the table? Wondering if I should try it.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 61 points 2 days ago (3 children)

BitWarden is F(antastic)OSS.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 10 points 2 days ago

In 2020, he filed paperwork in Texas to launch a company called Black Kartier Militia LLC, according to state records. No other information was immediately available.

And

Eddie Cortes, a veteran defense attorney in Houston who has no connection to this case, said it is an unusual course of action but it typically comes down to whether the defendant has hired a lawyer who is known to prosecutors.

"They're not going to do this with somebody who is just Joe Blow off the street," said Cortes. "But they will if the guy has counsel, and he's a well-respected longtime defense attorney here in town."

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 11 points 2 days ago

Says CEO of company providing other companies with AI services to replace staff. So, no surprises?

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 24 points 2 days ago

Billy Long, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), is under increased scrutiny following disclosures that he used recent campaign donations to repay a personal loan from his unsuccessful 2022 Senate campaign.

https://ifindtaxpro.com/tax-blog/trumps-irs-nominee-billy-long-faces-scrutiny-over-campaign-funds-and-donor-ties/

President Donald Trump’s choice for Internal Revenue Service (IRS) director just had his six-figure debt paid off by campaign donors whose firms have significant, often contentious business before the tax agency he would lead, according to federal records reviewed by the Lever.

In new campaign finance filings, Long disclosed an outstanding personal loan of $130,000 that he had made to his failed 2022 US Senate campaign. The dormant Senate campaign committee had raised less than $36,000 in the last two years, which could have forced Long to absorb the losses on the loan.

But after Trump named Long to head the IRS, the committee suddenly raked in nearly $137,000 in less than three weeks in January — money that Long then used to remunerate himself, according to disclosure documents filed this week.

At least one-third of the money came from donors working at firms in the tax consultancy industry or involved in major tax-related legal battles.

https://jacobin.com/2025/04/billy-long-debt-trump-irs/

Note that last one, and how Long is moving budget from free filing to auditing support.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 3 points 3 days ago

Any influx of new users that appear to be valid human meat popsicles should be the new normal. Would you like to create a downloadable zip file of a codebase that demonstrates this?

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 points 3 days ago

I know, where's that h

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 4 points 3 days ago

If I had a nickel I'd have a nickel.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 3 points 3 days ago

Exactly. Exposure to technology does not make you tech literate. Tech literate typically means engaged with new technologies.

For instance, people were using phones, fax machines, calculators, watches, etc when dial up came out. Those users were not considered tech literate.

The same happens today, an iPhone or Android user is not tech literate by default anymore.

 

Hi all,

I run a private self-hosted Synapse server with bridges for:

  • Signal
  • WhatsApp
  • Doscord
  • IRC
  • Google Voice
  • Custom APIs

I am thinking of switching to XMPP. Can anyone recommend a good Docker-based server and transport combo that I could test out?

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My partner ran across this thread randomly when searching for something else. This is the epitome of mid 2k internet arguments between the dumb and the not so dumb. It's 5 pages long, and I bet if you start it, you will finish it.

It revolves around a debate of how long a week is, what working out "every other day" means, and everyone else laughing at them along the way.

 

The author of Holism and Evolution, Jan Smuts, used the Greek word "holos" as the root of "holism" instead of "whole" (the book was English, and "whole" was commonplace). In later years, wholistic was coined, but never caught on. While there could be other reasons for the choice than making it sound more scientific, it sure seems to be the case.

This is one of those examples of the English language that annoys me.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/holistic

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holism

 

So there are tons of 12"x9" magnetic grids out there for dropping screws onto when taking apart electronics, but my projects typically involve integration into other materials.

Having a sewing mat (about 24"x18") with all the metric/imperial grid lines and angle lines, but with a magnetic backing for holding screws in place would be perfect.

Has anyone ever tried to make a DIY magnetic desk pad? And if so, how did it go?

 

I don't think this is how it is supposed to work.

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Really wish the DLC for this was still available. Slay away Camp is good, but this was so much better and I missed out on the DLC..

 

Testing outbound federation.

 

It's 6:30 hands down.

 

Hi everyone,

I've been a single-server built from whatever desktop I upgraded for years kind of guy, with a hostname of the street it is on (better than server, which is what it used to be).

However, at some point in the future my home lab will be located in a place I will not have immediate access to, and since it's getting on in age and due for an upgrade anyway, I'm going to build in some redundancy. So, current names:

  • OPNsense micro-router: ingress01
  • OPNsense backup: ingress02
  • Cluster micro-server with essential services: cluster01
  • Cluster micro-server with non-essential services and replicated essential services: cluster02
  • NAS: nas
  • Powered on remotely when needed:
    • Mac mini dev/release box: macmini
    • Primary remote development server (basically my old desktop): desktop

Bring on the Mini-MacMinifaces, and any other ideas you have.

 

The GitHub repos at https://github.com/organicmaps are all public archives now, but there's no information on them about why.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nowsci.com/post/13005097

Hi all,

I've been running a bunch of services in docker containers using Docker Compose for a while now, with data storage on ZRAID mirrored NVME and/or ZRAID2 HDDs.

I've been thinking about moving from my single server setup to three micro-servers (Intel N150s), both for redundancy, learning, and fun.

Choosing Kubernetes was easy, but I'd like to get some outside opinions on storage. Some examples of how I'm using storage:

  1. Media and large data storage: Currently on the ZRAID2 HDDs, will stay here but be migrated to a dedicated NAS
  2. High IO workloads like Postgresql and email: Currently running on the NVMEs
  3. General low-volume storage: Also currently on NVMEs, but different use case. These are lower IO, like data storage for Nextcloud, Immich, etc

I'm a huge fan of being able to snapshot with ZFS, as I mirror all my data off-site with hourly pushes for some container data, and daily for the rest. I'd like to be able to continue this kind of block-level backups if possible.

Assume I'm a noob at Kubernetes storage (have been reading, but still fresh to me). I'd love to know how others would set up their storage interfaces for this.

I'm trying to understand if there's a way to have the storage "RAIDed" across the drives in the three micro-servers, or if things work differently than I expect. Thanks!

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