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fmstrat

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  • What do you think is the best (and cheapest) way to host a new nextcloud instance and website for my local scouts organisation?

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  • Linode has good, cheap VMs, and are a better deal than the AWSs of the world.

    Also, when you set up Nextcloud, also set up something like samba-domain with LDAP for users. That way you have central user management as you add new services.

  • [Solved] Can I upgrade my server directly from Debian 11 to 13 without problems?

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  • This is one of those times I'm glad I use a dotfiles repo

  • If a YouTube video is watched using a frontend such as Newpipe or Indivious, does it count as a view for the video? Why or why not?

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  • Hmm, can you get stats on your own music or podcast in the admin pages?

  • emergency remote access

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  • I made an 8 outlet box with relays connected to each outlet (might post a how to). That's connected to a Pi via GPIO.

    The Pi runs PiKVM, but also has a service that:

    • Checks if the router can be pinged
    • Checks if the internet can be pinged
    • Checks if the router webUI is up

    If any of those fail, it toggles the plugs for modem and router.

    I run OpnSense on a 5V miniPC. I have a second one and will be setting up CARP, too.

    Note: Cellular backup is more involved, but a separate Cellular inbound might not be. I've considered putting one on the Pi above.

  • If a YouTube video is watched using a frontend such as Newpipe or Indivious, does it count as a view for the video? Why or why not?

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  • Seems @[email protected] has tried this at some point, but maybe repeat rhe test in 2025?

    • Upload a private/unlisted video to YT
    • Watch once all the way through on YT
    • Confirm count went up within 24 he's
    • Watch on another platform
    • Rinse, repeat.

    I'm also curious if yt-dlp has an impact.

  • Signal needs a phone number. Why are we dismissing this as privacy versus anonymity when governments are blocking the registration SMS?

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  • Sure, there are workarounds, but most people aren’t going to jump through all those extra hoops just to use an app.

  • Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying

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  • To @[email protected]'s point, could a phone app be made to :

    • Record tower eNBID, signal strength, and GPS coordinates on a regular basis
    • If, near a given GPS coordinate, eNBID is now different, or the same with significantly changed strength, alert the user

    Theoretically this would allow a device to notify on a new "tower"/etc. Oddly enough I'm going to be around a bunch of telecom people in the coming weeks, so I might ask about this.

  • Ubuntu mod team takes anti-queer "Don't say gay" stance.

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  • Debian is basically Ubuntu without Snap.

    You can switch. Just sayin.

  • Golf Cartification of My City

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  • Have you gone to a town hall meeting?

  • Which stage are you at?

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  • Debian. Anything to the right is lies.

  • Have there been any technological advances in bouncy ball technology in the last decade or two?

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  • Kevin Barry, the founder and original developer of Nova Launcher has stopped working on Nova Launcher and the open sourcing efforts.

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  • Yea, running from repo there are updates, but yea, sad it has stagnated for releases. It's why I'm starting to look at Lawnchair again.

  • Kevin Barry, the founder and original developer of Nova Launcher has stopped working on Nova Launcher and the open sourcing efforts.

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  • They were acquired by Branch Analytics, and right after the APK went up in size by 150% with no visible changes.

    It then asks for location and accessibility (to see notifications) permissions.

    They then got rid of most of the staff, leaving a sole developer.

    No one knows what it sends back home (at least not the last time I read about it, which was years ago).

  • Kevin Barry, the founder and original developer of Nova Launcher has stopped working on Nova Launcher and the open sourcing efforts.

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  • I stopped using it years ago when it got bought and immediately injected with spyware. Neo Launcher or Lawnchair are very similar to Nova. Lawnchair gets more active development, but I use Neo because it's nearly the same as Nova.

  • The USA prided itself on a nation of immigrant, heck even the Statue of Liberty says it. When did immigrants (US citizens from the old world) become anti immigrant and why?

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  • Easier communication. Thousands of people each living far apart had no way to amplify each other. Immigrants were mostly centered around cities, thus the rural divide.

  • If we are living in a simulation, do you think it is running a FOSS OS/software or a proprietary one?

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  • Arch runs me, btw.

  • WinBoat is a new Linux app to run Windows apps with "seamless integration"

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  • For the record, WinApps makes menu shortcuts/etc.

  • WinBoat is a new Linux app to run Windows apps with "seamless integration"

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  • Hey, I made that. Fun 😆

  • How to relax and most importantly stop thinking about the things i could be doing?

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  • You are not alone, soooo many people, myself included, are like this. As are many with ADHD.

    For me, I found listing out the things I want to do for each project (the details, not the name of the project), and putting them all low priority works. Then I move a few to high priority and tell myself those are my "tasks" for the week.

    That stops me from going down the rabbit hole pretty well, while still enjoying my time. I find the number of tasks fluctuates, mainly because after a while of shifting between TV, games, and reading in the gaps, I get that feeling of wanting more productivity being fun back. Which sounds like the feeling you want.