Anonymouse

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US Gov to explore requiring 3d printer manufacturers and software developers to contain controls to prevent users from manufacturing firearms components in c/technology@lemmy.ml
[–] Anonymouse@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Given my skill with 3d model creation, i'd be more likely to create something that would hurt me than inflicting harm on someone else. Mostly when I take that razor sharp tool to remove anything from the build plate, but also just my awful measurements and tolerances.

automated camera for daily photos of construction site in c/raspberrypi@lemmy.ml
[–] Anonymouse@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

How long before power is available on the job site? I have been involved in building houses and the power panel is the first wall to be built so that power is available to the crew. Could you strap the device to a tree and power off of a car battery until the on site power is available?

Using a large external power source with a power on/off timer, running only during daylight hours could save lots of watts.

I've looked into solar for a bird house camera and it was not a trivial project when you get to the short winter days and potentially cloudy skies.

My wife has an iPhone. I have a Samsung S23. Why do videos she texts me look like super low res shit?? Can iPhones not text videos? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] Anonymouse@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I had to double check that I didn't write this because those words could have literally come from my fingers.

What percentage of phone calls (to your personal phone) do you answer? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] Anonymouse@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I've run the gamut with these apps and none seem to really work I've even tried a few paid ones. These days, if you're not in my contact list or you don't provide caller ID, I don't answer.

Fun Activites and Sidequesting Adventures to do in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] Anonymouse@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I've been doing street complete for over a year now and didn't know how much I would enjoy it. It's also doing something for the community of people who use open street map data (usually hobbyists or folks looking for an alternative to the privacy violating giants). I feel proud of my work when I see my contributions on OSMAnd+ or when I post a picture of a place and somebody can use that data to contribute to the map.

community hosted backups in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Anonymouse@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Perhaps I've been naieve.

Why are politicians doing nothing for first time home buyers? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] Anonymouse@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

This has been happening for a while. Most starter homes in the US are townhomes, detached townhomes or small single family homes in a denser neighborhood. Through the years, the building code has changed bit by bit to make those homes unaffordable. It's similar to how you can pay half the price for a car in Mexico; there are much less mandated safety features. In houses, there are new energy codes (good for the environment) additional safety features like fire sprinklers and other similar things. Additionally, labor is more expensive, appliances and building materials are more expansive.

On the other side, you have people who have lived in their house for decades. The house (actually land) value has increased steadily and maybe they've kept it up, remodeling or putting in an addition. Now their kids are all moved out, they've retired and they're ready to downsize, but the house they bought so long ago has appreciated and selling it to downsize would trigger a huge tax event on the appreciated value. They're better off (financially) to keep it, pushing new buyers to look elsewhere.

It's a complex problem intermixed with policy and also all the corporations mentioned elsewhere who have learned to profit from the broken system.

community hosted backups in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Anonymouse@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have local incremental backups and rsync to the remote. Doesn't syncthing have incremental also? You have a good point about syncing a destroyed disk to your offsite backup. I know S3 has some sort of protection, but haven't played with it.

community hosted backups in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Anonymouse@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have tailscale mostly set up. What's the issue with USB drives? I've got a raspberry pi on the other end with a RO SD card so it won't go bad.

community hosted backups in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Anonymouse@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

This reminds me that I need alerts monitoring set up. ; -)

community hosted backups in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Anonymouse@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I'll have to check this out.

community hosted backups in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Anonymouse@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I attended some LUGs before covid and could see something like this being facilitated there. It also reminds me of the Reddit meetups that I never partook in.

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community hosted backups (lemmy.world)
 

While reading many of the blogs and posts here about self hosting, I notice that self hosters spend a lot of time searching for and migrating between VPS or backup hosting. Being a cheapskate, I have a raspberry pi with a large disk attached and leave it at a relative's house. I'll rsync my backup drive to it nightly. The problem is when something happens, I have to walk them through a reboot or do troubleshooting over the phone or worse, wait until a holiday when we all meet.

What would a solution look like for a bunch of random tech nerds who happen to live near each other to cross host each other's offsite backups? How would you secure it, support it or make it resilient to bad actors? Do you think it could work? What are the drawbacks?

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The Google antitrust remedy should extinguish surveillance, not democratize it (pluralistic.net)
 

I thought this group may enjoy this read about a suggestion on an option to take in the Google antitrust lawsuit. Of particular interest is that certain groups feel that the "right" approach is that everyone should be able to surveil the population, Google-style and the choice quote:

The judge repeats some of the most cherished and absurd canards of the marketing industry, like the idea that people actually like advertisements, provided that they're relevant, so spying on people is actually doing them a favor by making it easier to target the right ads to them.

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Unpersoned (22 Jul 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow (pluralistic.net)
 

As if you need any more reason to degoogle, consider what would happen if Google removed you from their platform tomorrow. This article some of the problems with putting all your eggs in one basket.

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Help for apps that won't run? (lemmy.world)
 

Does anybody have any workarounds for apps that don't work due to "security"? I have a few apps that I need for work that think my phone is rooted (it is not) and refuse to run. One is Entrust Identity Guard. It just won't open ("app keeps stopping") and the other is Service Now mobile ("a rooted device is not allowed").

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English is weird (lemmy.world)
 

I got hung up on contractions this morning regarding the word "you've". Normally, I'd say "you've got a problem", which expands to "you have got a problem", which isn't wrong, but I normally wouldn't say. Not contracting, I'd say "you have a problem", so then should I just say "you've a problem"? That sounds weird in my head. Is this just a US English problem?

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Disclosure of sensitive credentials and configuration in containerized deployments - ownCloud (owncloud.com)
 

I haven't seen this posted yet here, but anybody self-hosting OwnCloud in a containerized environment may be exposing sensitive environment variables to the public internet. There may be other implications as well.

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parking lot question (lemmy.world)
 

I was out walking around and "popping" quests on StreetComplete. I was wondering what the consensus is on the question "Who is allowed to park here?" In this case, it's an ungated parking lot next to a commercial/industrial warehouse with many companies occupying the same space. A few of the parking spots had a sign indicating "reserved for XYZ customers", but most did not. This is not a city-owned parking lot. What's the right answer?

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New York Bill Would Require a Criminal Background Check to Buy a 3D Printer (gizmodo.com)
 

I understand the intent, but feel that there are so many other loopholes that put much worse weapons on the street than a printer. Besides, my prints can barely sustain normal use, much less a bullet being fired from them. I would think that this is more of a risk to the person holding the gun than who it's pointing at.

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iPod management software for linux? (lemmy.world)
 

Is there any decent iPod management software for linux available? I have a 6th generation iPod that I use only for music and it's really the last thing that I keep my windows partition around for. The more I use linux, the more unintuitive iTunes feels. I had tried GTKPod in the past and one other, but they didn't support the 6th gen iPods. I'd be happy with just a CLI copy type command!

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Any love for Kubernetes here? (lemmy.world)
 

Many of the posts I read here are about Docker. Is anybody using Kubernetes to manage their self hosted stuff? For those who've tried it and went back to Docker, why?

I'm doing my 3rd rebuild of a K8s cluster after learning things that I've done wrong and wanted to start fresh, but when enhancing my Docker setup and deciding between K8s and Docker Swarm, I decided on K8s for the learning opportunities and how it could help me at work.

What's your story?

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