solrize

joined 1 year ago
[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

I used proxmox and have played a little with nix and guix, but simplest is just use debian, put /home on a separate logical partition from the system partition so you can reinstall the system without clobbering user files, and as people keep saying, backup early and often.

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

If you look at the petapixel article, they complain about the speed (10mb/sec not 100) and have serious doubts about the reliability. Using this for backup or for security cameras sounds like a bad idea. It could still be good for some things like carrying your movie library on your phone, while still having a stable copy at home.

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

I've worked in security for decades and nobody has ever asked me about certifications. I know a guy with CISSP and he said it has been useful sometimes, but basically I wouldn't worry too much. Getting more involved with the security stuff where you work will give real experience which is likely more valuable.

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

This seems to be different and is geared towards directly looking after other humans. Hactivism as I'm used to the term, can often be technocratic.

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

scrutinize the protocol beforehand.

Sorry but that buys into the data miners' self serving myths. It implies the protocol is ok unless some failure makes it leak more information than was intended. In fact it's invasive even if it works exactly as hoped. "Tracking" is a misnomer too. It's hostile surveillance even if it's at population level. (Any nonconsensual surveillance that produces info to be used by people you don't like is hostile by definition. And it's near guaranteed that some of the buyers-advertisers, political campaigns and funders, govt agencies, whatever-will be people you don't like). So shut it down.

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

Simplest is use /etc/hosts to set up names, if there are just a few.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by solrize@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
 

There is a thread in another community regarding some controversies happening in women's chess. I posted to that thread, recommending a book written by WGM Jennifer Shahade who is a multi-time US women's chess champion. I also linked to a review of the book, the url of which contained the book title.

The Open Library page about the book is here: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5849601W

it seems that the title, as chosen by the female author with considerable self-awareness, contains a word that is sometimes used as a sexist slur. You can see the title by clicking the link above. Unfortunately some kind of bot censored the title from both the post, and the review link (to chessbase.com) that I had posted. I was able to fool the bot by changing a few characters, but the bot's very existence is imho in poor taste.

We are adults here, we shouldn't have robots filtering our language. If we act sexist or abusive then humans should intervene, but not bots. Otherwise we are in an annoying semi-dystopia. The particular post I made, as far as I can tell, is completely legitimate.

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks. IIRC the Zebralight H50 is a cm or so shorter than any of those. I'll try to post a pic sometime. How do you like the Manker E02? I got one recently and find I wish it were smaller and that the UI was either greatly simplified, or replaced by Anduril.

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I only see a runtime graph, with no flashlight pictures. Did I miss something?

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only way I see to block a community is to visit the community first, which is an annoying interruption because of the additional screen navigation, plus you end up ironically visiting the very community you want to block. So I'm asking a way to block the community after seeing the main page link. That is, add a "block community" button similar to the existing "block user" button. The community name and instance (lemmynsfw.com) together are usually informative enough to tell me whether I want to block.

 

The two top entries on lemmy.world sorted by hot as of a few minutes ago were a porn link on a porn community (nothing against porn per se, but I don't want to see it on the front page) and a bot post to some kind of bot link community. I see the "block user" button but I don't particularly care to see anything from those communities, so blocking the individual poster doesn't help much. I could actually visit the community in order to block it, but that sort of defeats the purpose of blocking. And I know of "Hide NSFW" but I'm not particularly anti-NSFW, I just don't want to see it unintentionally.

So it would be useful to have "block community" as an option along with "block user" in the little buttons underneath the post.

As a broader policy matter, I'd be cool with blocking NSFW from the front page altogether (it would still be available within communities of course). But I understand such a decision would want discussion for and against.