philpo

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[–] philpo@feddit.de 13 points 1 month ago

Blue-Ray Discs are basically the only viable WORM (Write-Once-Read-Many) that is available to normal and small scale professional users. The cheapest alternative, Tandberg RDX is a few hundred bucks per TB. And these are far inferior in terms of protection against outside influences compared to BD media.

And considering that a lot of professional data (e.g. tax reports) are legally required to be saved on WORM in a lot of countries it is indeed an issue, even more so in times of crypto/ransomviruses. None wants to loose their precious baby or wedding photos to a untimely virus. And no, normal Dropbox/OneDrive is no proper backup. And USB drives/external harddrives degrade over time, especially if not used.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 3 points 1 month ago

Tbh, with a BEV I am not that concerned with oil consumption and engine work.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

A few (German language)sources: https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/der-geheimdienst-will-auch-die-internetkabel-anzapfen-895734682308

https://www.republik.ch/2024/01/09/der-bund-ueberwacht-uns-alle

Basically: The Swiss Intelligence Agency do monitor all traffic going in and out of Switzerland(including incountry routing that uses external routes)and have the right to safe as much traffic as they want for 18 months- and can force swiss companies to give them access to their infrastructure even when they do not provide a service for non-swiss customers. Coming from a Intelligence agency that had the highest amount of files of their citizens of all democratic nations once (see Fichenskandal) it is more than troublesome.

Additionally swiss privacy law itself,while improved in 2023 after years of doing nothing, is still inferior to the GDPR. Unlike the GDPR it is not necessary for a person to explicitly consent to data collection unless the data is deemed especially sensitive. Unlike the GDPR there is no time-limit to notify authorities of data breaches and it is only mandatory for high risk breaches. And the right of data deletion is severely limited as the company can refuse to delete the data if it is still deemed "necessary" for the original purpose.

For me this is also why I can't take Proton and Threema seriously. Whoever uses "swiss privacy law" as a marketing catchphrase without lobbying for improved laws (especially before 2023). And Proton openly lies on their "Why Switzerland" page.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 3 points 1 month 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.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Just saying, but swiss privacy laws are a huge marketing hoax and amongst the worst in Europe.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 1 points 1 month 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.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 2 points 1 month ago

If I may add a German one to the list:

Ingloria Victoria by Danger Dan

It's very clever written and targeted at a former highschool of the popular German rapper - which now boasts about him attending it for a few months but back then discriminated him from day one.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bonus round with the upcoming (small) bird flu epidemic:

What if both die days before the election due to a sudden illness?

[–] philpo@feddit.de 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No. TP-Link Omada is usually better and cheaper these days and offers nearly identical features.

And TP Link can be used standalone,the controller is just a gimmick.

For pure networking (not WiFi) Mikrotik is also a reasonable alternative,but requires more knowledge.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Interesting system. Which country does it that way?

[–] philpo@feddit.de 4 points 1 month ago

the problem is that blood can be check only so thoroughly - some illnesses only develop much later and can only be tested for then, especially on a large scale. That's why in most countries the first donation is not actually used for anything besides testing.

Anyway, plasmapheresis/apheresis has the risk of a reaction to the sodium citrate that is used as a anticoagulant - there are systems that use no sodium citrate but they increase the risk for embolisms. Sodium citrate can cause hypocalcaemia, seizures,hypertention and a few more things,but generally it's safe in the donor setting.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No,Plasma is also heavily used for medical purposes.

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