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boydster

@ boydster @sh.itjust.works

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  • What are the websites, articles, books or games most intellectually stimulating to you?

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  • There's a near-endless supply of great mythology and legend to read and explore from all sorts of cultures dating back as far as the dawn of writing. I've had a lot of fun reading and comparing tales from various times and places, taking time to also note where in history the stories were being written down and what else was happening. Strong recommendation for anyone wanting a unique view on the history of societies and the stories they held (or still hold) dear.

  • Plan for my first homeserver

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  • Ultimately up to you, but I'd go with no GUI and just use ssh (and sftp if you need to do file transfers).

    When I was using Docker, it was headless because the GUI just ate up space and resources I didn't need. All your interaction will be in the shell anyway, launching your compose.yml files.

    But, if dealing with a headless machine sounds like more trouble than you want to try, install the DE if your choice and breathe easy because it'll still work perfectly fine.

  • Plan for my first homeserver

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  • I think you've put more thought into how to get started than many others would! You have a pretty good plan from what it seems. My thoughts from each section below.

    Hardware: I'm partial to Crucial and Kingston for storage that is affordable and dependable

    OS: I'd probably spin up a Debian install if I were in your shoes and run my services using docker-compose files. It's a quick and easy to get up and running, and despite the ease, there is still the option to do a lot of customization when you want to, and that will make it easy to learn more at your own pace and leisure.

    Services: For the CalDav portion, I'm really liking Radicale.

    Security: PiVPN is what I'm running on my actual RPi along with PiHole, and it was a super simple setup. I connect via Wireguard from any of my other devices.

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    Looking for a Safe, Super Open Source (and also cheap if not free) Journaling app. Any Recomendations?

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  • I don't have an answer for you, but a dev for that DigitalDiary app posted earlier today looking for feature input and saying they are going to open source it in the next 2 months or something like that. I don't have a link to the post, sorry, but I just thought it might be helpful to know about

  • What's the best way to respond to a family member who says the COVID vaccines are being used to depopulate?

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  • "It couldn't hurt to get a second opinion, at least, right?"

  • What else to run on a RPi?

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  • Another idea: dokuwiki, to document your process setting up various service for future reference

  • What else to run on a RPi?

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  • PiHole, PiVPN, maybe a reverse proxy like nginx proxy manager to make connecting to your various web management portals you have an easy way to map it to a human readable url

  • VPN server on router or within home network?

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  • I just don't want my NAS doing anything other than being a NAS, so I intentionally don't run extra services there, but its a matter of finding what works for you. As long as you get to the destination you're looking for, its mission accomplished

  • VPN server on router or within home network?

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  • Got an old raspberry pi laying around? PiHole+PiVPN is something I run on an old 3B+ I think, so I have something dedicated running both. But otherwise, I'd probably just spin up a container on a server or cluster and I'd probably go with debian and just run the exact same PiVPN setup script I did for the pi because it was super easy.

  • Welcome to Peak Palantir [Naked Capitalism]

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  • Palantir has also found new customers along the way, including an array of government departments, from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to NHS England, as well as banks, other tech firms, insurance providers, Wendy’s and a resurgent NATO.

    What's going on at Wendy's?

  • What browser are you using?

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  • Ironfox on my phone and Librewolf on my laptop, and I shut off JavaScript in the uBlock origin options on both

  • [SOLVED] Do people suffering from trichotillomania ever go after the nose or ear hair?

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  • Yes. And beard hair, too.

  • A little confused, but he's got the spirit

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  • Let it grow, let it grow

  • Discovering a new species

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  • Graboids! Watch out!

  • What goes well with celery?

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  • Use your celery as an ingredient to make other things amazing. Mirepoix would be my first suggestion.

    Tangentially related: It's also great to add to a stock, and if you ever get a grocery store rotisserie chicken, you should consider making stock with it after you've cleaned off all the meat you want. Skin, bones (broken bones are even better), celery, onions, carrots... Even onion skins and those celery leaves I mentioned, it can all go in, you just strain everything out after you're done cooking.

    Pretty much any time you cook meat, consider incorporating celery into the ingredient list. It's a friendly companion.

  • The Millennial Work Anthem

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  • Roses are red

    Violets are blue

    I've given up

    How about you?

  • What's wrong with these birch trees?

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  • Ah thank you, I bet you're right. We've got a ton of both.

  • What's wrong with these birch trees?

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  • That's kind of what I was wondering, the bronze birch borer has been expanding its range and it's definitely in some areas around my state already

  • Tragically, I only got to celebrate my birthday for half a minute

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  • Chin up! In 10 years, it'll be 33% longer!

  • Has the use of a comma instead of the word "and" in English news headlines always been a thing?

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  • Upvoted purely for the use of the Oxford comma.