Bwerf's recent activity
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Comment on What are some stories of progressivism gone wrong in implementation? in ~society
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Comment on Awesome Games Done Quick 2026, a week-long charity fundraiser featuring speedruns, is live (runs January 4 - January 10) in ~games
Bwerf Link ParentCavern of Dreams was a great run. I hadn't heard about the game before, but it was really fun to watch. Great commentary as well.Cavern of Dreams was a great run. I hadn't heard about the game before, but it was really fun to watch. Great commentary as well.
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Comment on What are some stories of progressivism gone wrong in implementation? in ~society
Bwerf Link ParentWhere did you find that number? I tried to look it up yesterday as I know about Nollywood, but haven't heard anything the last couple of years. English Wikipedia has nowhere near that number, but...Where did you find that number? I tried to look it up yesterday as I know about Nollywood, but haven't heard anything the last couple of years. English Wikipedia has nowhere near that number, but it varies a lot from year to year, so their data is probably not great.
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Comment on Request for help: Backing up NASA public databases in ~space
Bwerf Link ParentThank you. (maybe mark this comment as noise =) )Thank you. (maybe mark this comment as noise =) )
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Comment on Request for help: Backing up NASA public databases in ~space
Bwerf LinkHello again, I just wanted to know how this venture went, both with the backup of your own needs and backing up Nasas public data at large? And if it didn't pan out, are there any other large...Hello again, I just wanted to know how this venture went, both with the backup of your own needs and backing up Nasas public data at large? And if it didn't pan out, are there any other large scale efforts of accomplishing the same?
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Comment on PostNord to stop letter deliveries in Denmark in ~society
Bwerf LinkSounds like a great example of "privatize the winnings, socialize the costs".According to Danish law, the option to send a letter must exist. This means that if Dao were to stop delivering letters, the government would be obliged to appoint somebody else to do it.
Sounds like a great example of "privatize the winnings, socialize the costs".
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
Bwerf LinkI've tried sewing a dice bag for my significant other. It's gone ok-ish but I realize there are some things that could have been much better as I'm not that experienced when it comes to sowing....I've tried sewing a dice bag for my significant other. It's gone ok-ish but I realize there are some things that could have been much better as I'm not that experienced when it comes to sowing. There's really no time to do another bag when I'm alone before christmas, so I'll have to patch up the current one the best I can. But I think it's good enough that they'll be happy =).
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Comment on A faster-than-light spaceship would actually look a lot like Star Trek's Enterprise in ~space
Bwerf LinkThat "actually" is doing some heavy lifting there. =)That "actually" is doing some heavy lifting there. =)
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Comment on How Europe is gearing up to follow Australia's teen social media ban in ~tech
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Comment on UK and Denmark are demanding overhaul of European immigration laws – Keir Starmer and Mette Frederiksen argue populists will continue to gain ground if something isn't done soon in ~society
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Comment on How Europe is gearing up to follow Australia's teen social media ban in ~tech
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Comment on Cloud hosting in EU in ~comp
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Comment on Cloud hosting in EU in ~comp
Bwerf Link ParentTo be fair I don't think anyone else has as many offerings as AWS, so that's a given. I'll take a closer look at Hetzner, right now it's between them and Scaleway. Based on the replies here I get...To be fair I don't think anyone else has as many offerings as AWS, so that's a given. I'll take a closer look at Hetzner, right now it's between them and Scaleway. Based on the replies here I get the impression that Hetzner is more reliable and cheaper, while Scaleway has a broader set of services.
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Comment on Cloud hosting in EU in ~comp
Bwerf Link ParentHmm.. that doesn't sound great. Were you using the paris, amsterdam or warzawa datacenter?Hmm.. that doesn't sound great. Were you using the paris, amsterdam or warzawa datacenter?
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Comment on Cloud hosting in EU in ~comp
Bwerf Link ParentThanks for the tip, that looks like it might be something for me.Thanks for the tip, that looks like it might be something for me.
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Comment on Cloud hosting in EU in ~comp
Bwerf (edited )Link ParentIt's more philosophical than practical. The CLOUD act is one part, then it's that I don't trust Trump to not do something idiotic like cutting off american cloud in some ways to put political...It's more philosophical than practical. The CLOUD act is one part, then it's that I don't trust Trump to not do something idiotic like cutting off american cloud in some ways to put political pressure on some group/country or applying tariffs. And just supporting something a tad closer to home is nice as well. Thanks for the recommendation though =)
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Comment on r/art subreddit under new management after an artist was banned for mentioning their art prints in ~arts
Bwerf Link ParentNot to mention people claiming to be self promoting, but that aren't actually. Reselling art on etsy that they bought from alibaba (or something like that, I'm pretty sure the general idea holds...Not to mention people claiming to be self promoting, but that aren't actually. Reselling art on etsy that they bought from alibaba (or something like that, I'm pretty sure the general idea holds even if the specifics doesn't).
The blanket rule of no self promotion cuts down significantly on the time needed to investigate from the mods. -
Cloud hosting in EU
Hi! I've decided to move some of my selfhosted things from on-prem (at home ;)) to the cloud, and at the same time I'd like to try and run this in EU, or at least europe. I'd like to get started...
Hi!
I've decided to move some of my selfhosted things from on-prem (at home ;)) to the cloud, and at the same time I'd like to try and run this in EU, or at least europe. I'd like to get started fairly quickly as this was prompted by one of my home servers halfway dying on me.
The features I'm most interested in are approximately:
- Virtual machines.
- Storage. Cheap long term for backups (similar to S3 Glacier).
- Managed DB, most likely postgresql.
- Serverless jobs (similar to AWS lambda).
- IaaS (I've got a bit of experience with terraform, but it doesn't have to be that).
- Builtin monitoring.
- Git hosting, it's likely that I'll just go with github/gitlab here, but if there's a nice alternative I'm up for it.
- Automated sending of email. I'm using AWS SES atm, and I'm very happy with it.
Some other things:
- I intend to run a combination of services written by others, e.g. nextcloud and software I've written myself.
- I'll most likely be running linux only, but I prefer to select my own flavour where it makes sense.
- I much prefer managing permissions and users in gcp than in aws as I find aws way too complicated for my needs while gcp mostly just makes sense.
- I'd prefer a platform that's being developed and improving over time with big potential for the future.
- This is a hobby project, and some of these requirements may seem a bit contradictory or non-optimal, but that's ok.
- I have some experience running kubernetes (self-hosted), and I'm not a huge fan of the complexity and yaml files, at the same time OpenStack is getting kinda old, and I don't know if I think it's a platform for the future. But from what I see most of the options seems to be built on top of one of those.
- Cheaper is of course better, I don't have a company-sized budget, this is all coming out of my "hobby pocket".
- I live in Sweden, so datacenters geographically close is a plus.
Right now I'm looking at European alternatives to Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Scaleway is looking the most promising, but I'm really skimming the top when it comes to info atm.
Hope that makes sense =) I'm interested in all kinds of feedback.
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Comment on Can we maybe have an informal agreement to avoid posting articles that require you to sell your firstborn child to the devil just to read them? in ~tildes
Bwerf Link ParentProbably pretty easy to create a local script with greasemonkey (or whatever people use today) that adds an icon based on a tag as well.Probably pretty easy to create a local script with greasemonkey (or whatever people use today) that adds an icon based on a tag as well.
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Comment on There may not be a safe off-ramp for some taking GLP-1 drugs, study suggests in ~health
Bwerf Link ParentI don't think they did expect the drug to do all the work. [Emphasis mine]I don't think they did expect the drug to do all the work. [Emphasis mine]
Then the participants were split into either continuing with the drug for another 52 weeks (88 weeks total) or getting a placebo for that period of time. Both groups were told to continue a reduced-calorie diet and an exercise plan.
Thank you! Looks like it's still thriving. I was indeed looking at wikipedias lists of individual movies which was very lacking. I don't know how complete it is, but imdb/nigeria/2024/movies has numbers and individual films, around 800 per year, at least at a glance.