arrza's recent activity
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Comment on US President Donald Trump and EU impose new sanctions on Russia: ‘Now is the time to stop the killing’ in ~society
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Comment on US President Donald Trump and EU impose new sanctions on Russia: ‘Now is the time to stop the killing’ in ~society
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Comment on Travel essentials: eight items to pack for your next trip – and what to leave at home in ~travel
arrza Link ParentThat's fair, I suppose in the end it's just a service, you can host it anywhere and just forward any ports you need. But i didn't spring for this nice router with a quad core 1ghz cpu to have it...That's fair, I suppose in the end it's just a service, you can host it anywhere and just forward any ports you need.
But i didn't spring for this nice router with a quad core 1ghz cpu to have it sit largely idle!
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Comment on Forgot Chrome's unusable, any recommendations? in ~tech
arrza Link ParentEven if you don't want to run a physical pi or a separate docker server, you can run it inside docker desktop on whatever machine you're using!Even if you don't want to run a physical pi or a separate docker server, you can run it inside docker desktop on whatever machine you're using!
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Comment on Forgot Chrome's unusable, any recommendations? in ~tech
arrza LinkAnyone with even mild technical inclination should set up some kind of dns level network filtering. It works really well, and works outside of browsers. So far, pi hole has exceeded my expectations.Anyone with even mild technical inclination should set up some kind of dns level network filtering. It works really well, and works outside of browsers. So far, pi hole has exceeded my expectations.
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Comment on D'Angelo, Grammy-winning R&B and soul star, dies at 51 after pancreatic cancer diagnosis in ~music
arrza LinkIm very sad over this one. He was one of the best living funk/r&b performers. Here's a live show he did in 2015. RIP to a legend. https://youtu.be/nOndQVYx7n0?si=9W17HhuawxFaniT5Im very sad over this one. He was one of the best living funk/r&b performers.
Here's a live show he did in 2015. RIP to a legend.
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Comment on Denmark plans social media ban for under-15s – PM Mette Frederiksen links social media use to anxiety, depression and lack of concentration in ~tech
arrza (edited )Link ParentHoly slippery slope, batman! Not to be too dismissive, but good lord. These are all things that have to be considered when implementing a policy. The benefit outweighs the small chance of those...Holy slippery slope, batman!
Not to be too dismissive, but good lord. These are all things that have to be considered when implementing a policy. The benefit outweighs the small chance of those scenarios actually happening.
Damaged or stolen property thats been confiscated has a lot of precedent for courses of action.
If a child is unreachable on their phone during school, well the parent or whoever can.... Call the school.
If there is enough risk to the well-being of a kid that they shouldn't walk home, they can stay at school until a parent can pick them up.
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Comment on Travel essentials: eight items to pack for your next trip – and what to leave at home in ~travel
arrza Link ParentI just need to get off my butt and set up wireguard at home, then i can get pihole and jellyfin. First, i need to switch my house over to linux though. Just so much to do. I swear, when people say...I just need to get off my butt and set up wireguard at home, then i can get pihole and jellyfin. First, i need to switch my house over to linux though.
Just so much to do. I swear, when people say "get a life", its not an insult, it's a curse.
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Comment on Travel essentials: eight items to pack for your next trip – and what to leave at home in ~travel
arrza LinkMy latest addition to my travel kit is a travel router, pi-hole, and a chromecast. I brought it on my last time away and it was great keeping the same ad blocking i had at home. It was also great...My latest addition to my travel kit is a travel router, pi-hole, and a chromecast. I brought it on my last time away and it was great keeping the same ad blocking i had at home. It was also great setting up one device for the network and having everything else working.
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Comment on Charlie Kirk, Ezra Klein, and the cost of civility-theater liberalism in ~society
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Comment on US President Donald Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 labels common beliefs as terrorism “indicators” in ~society
arrza Link ParentYou can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.
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Comment on Social media probably can’t be fixed in ~tech
arrza Link ParentIf you look hard enough at anything, you'll find exceptions. I stand by what I said.If you look hard enough at anything, you'll find exceptions. I stand by what I said.
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Comment on Social media probably can’t be fixed in ~tech
arrza Link ParentYea, you're right thats probably an incorrect usage of socialism and me shoehorning the term in there. Let me try another angle. In your hypothetical, does your consumption of those ethically...Yea, you're right thats probably an incorrect usage of socialism and me shoehorning the term in there.
Let me try another angle. In your hypothetical, does your consumption of those ethically produced goods negate the existence of the other 99% of unethically produced goods? If one person consumes ethically, what does that show?
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Comment on Looking for tips/advice for a hardware firewall/VPN for a small to medium size nonprofit in ~tech
arrza LinkHave a look at Mikrotik. Their router software doesn't have any ridiculous perpetual licensing subscriptions and comes fully featured with everything unlocked. I have one and have been very happy...Have a look at Mikrotik. Their router software doesn't have any ridiculous perpetual licensing subscriptions and comes fully featured with everything unlocked. I have one and have been very happy with it.
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Comment on Social media probably can’t be fixed in ~tech
arrza Link ParentIf the farmer was self directed, did this on their own land, with their own machinery, that'd constitute them owning their means of production which would be socialism. Again, this represents a...If the farmer was self directed, did this on their own land, with their own machinery, that'd constitute them owning their means of production which would be socialism.
Again, this represents a tiny amount of our food production compared to the rest of it. It's an edge case, a tiny exception to the maxim.
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Comment on Social media probably can’t be fixed in ~tech
arrza Link ParentSure, explain to me the ethical parts of our food production. They're insignificant. The vast majority of pur food is made by huge conglomerates, exploiting both nature and their workers to the...Sure, explain to me the ethical parts of our food production. They're insignificant.
The vast majority of pur food is made by huge conglomerates, exploiting both nature and their workers to the absolute extreme. And that's just production. Distribution is also exploitative, and grossly uneven. In the US, large amounts of food are just thrown away or left to spoil yet people die of starvation. Not to mention the rest of the world.
The works of the roots of the vines, of the trees, must be destroyed to keep up the price, and this is the saddest, bitterest thing of all. Carloads of oranges dumped on the ground. The people came for miles to take the fruit, but this could not be. How would they buy oranges at twenty cents a dozen if they could drive out and pick them up? And men with hoses squirt kerosene on the oranges, and they are angry at the crime, angry at the people who have come to take the fruit. A million people hungry, needing the fruit- and kerosene sprayed over the golden mountains. And the smell of rot fills the country. Burn coffee for fuel in the ships. Burn corn to keep warm, it makes a hot fire. Dump potatoes in the rivers and place guards along the banks to keep the hungry people from fishing them out. Slaughter the pigs and bury them, and let the putrescence drip down into the earth.
There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success. The fertile earth, the straight tree rows, the sturdy trunks, and the ripe fruit. And children dying of pellagra must die because a profit cannot be taken from an orange. And coroners must fill in the certificate- died of malnutrition- because the food must rot, must be forced to rot. The people come with nets to fish for potatoes in the river, and the guards hold them back; they come in rattling cars to get the dumped oranges, but the kerosene is sprayed. And they stand still and watch the potatoes float by, listen to the screaming pigs being killed in a ditch and covered with quick-lime, watch the mountains of oranges slop down to a putrefying ooze; and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
If you see it another way, please share.
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Comment on My favorite mouse costs less than USD 10 in ~tech
arrza Link ParentIts less about the specific shape, more about the build quality and value. These mice last me 7+ years of almost daily use. And I've never paid more than 20 bucks for one. It was a long time ago...Its less about the specific shape, more about the build quality and value. These mice last me 7+ years of almost daily use. And I've never paid more than 20 bucks for one. It was a long time ago but the lot off ebay was around 60 bucks I think.
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Comment on My favorite mouse costs less than USD 10 in ~tech
arrza Link ParentThis is me. Microsoft wheel mouse optical 1.1a, been using it since it came out. By the time the first one died, they were out of production so i went on eBay and found someone selling a lot of a...This is me. Microsoft wheel mouse optical 1.1a, been using it since it came out. By the time the first one died, they were out of production so i went on eBay and found someone selling a lot of a half dozen of them. Been working my way through them. I should buy more, though the mouse in this post seems appealing.
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Comment on Social media probably can’t be fixed in ~tech
arrza Link Parent...and there it is. The real conclusion of all of this: there is no ethical consumption under capitalism. But of course, in our current reality this conclusion would be rejected by the mainstream.......and there it is. The real conclusion of all of this: there is no ethical consumption under capitalism.
But of course, in our current reality this conclusion would be rejected by the mainstream. Therefore the authors need to be circumspect and narrow in what they say, whether or not they actually recognize the broader truth.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech
arrza Link ParentI remember Axl's! Was that the server that had a map to choose the next map? Back when I ran the FITH highlander team, we would scrim against Axl's quite a bit. Still have Axl on my steam friends...I remember Axl's! Was that the server that had a map to choose the next map?
Back when I ran the FITH highlander team, we would scrim against Axl's quite a bit.
Still have Axl on my steam friends though we never really talk.
If you still need to scratch your itch for TF2 debauchery, we're keeping the flame alive at FITH. Hop on some time- server.fith.co:27015
No argument with anything you've said.
We live in a world that is truly devoid of justice.