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  1. Comment on Full blown SSH servers within Docker containers? in ~comp

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    In terms of RAM or disk space? Disk space depends on the distro and so on; LXD uses ZFS or BTRFS so if you have multiple containers running from the same image, you only need to store the...

    In terms of RAM or disk space?

    Disk space depends on the distro and so on; LXD uses ZFS or BTRFS so if you have multiple containers running from the same image, you only need to store the differences (ie. the OS space is only used once).

    RAM depends on what's running in the container... so you can go as low as you want to go by reducing the number of services running in the container.

  2. Comment on Daily Tildes discussion - allowing users to post anonymously? in ~tildes.official

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    ...but then the reasons to do so would more likely be malicious, so a new account with no other activity could be a red flag in by itself. (I've had the experience on Reddit where I needed to...

    I still believe that users will end up creating a throwaway simply because there is still internal tracking as you've mentioned.

    ...but then the reasons to do so would more likely be malicious, so a new account with no other activity could be a red flag in by itself.

    (I've had the experience on Reddit where I needed to create a throwaway to post something sensitive, but since the throwaway was new and had no activity my post was caught by the mod bot. If there was a legit way to post anonymously then it would be perfectly fine to moderate new accounts by default, while if there isn't then it makes the whole point of throwaways moot.)

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  3. Comment on Full blown SSH servers within Docker containers? in ~comp

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    I believe if you can run Docker, you can run LXC. It's the same tech (cgroups). Since they act more like actual VMs, it's a different idea than Docker, ie. you're not just running a single app in...

    I believe if you can run Docker, you can run LXC. It's the same tech (cgroups).

    Since they act more like actual VMs, it's a different idea than Docker, ie. you're not just running a single app in a container but you can run all system services (SSH being the one you're interested in).

    I've mostly used it on my local system (eg I have Ubuntu 16.04, but I also have a container with 14.04 to run some old code that I don't have time to update), but I plan to set this up on a Linode VPS in the next month to migrate some ancient stuff that's running on Debian Lenny.

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  5. Comment on Full blown SSH servers within Docker containers? in ~comp

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    If you're looking for something more similar to virtual machines, I would recommend LXD instead: https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/introduction/

    If you're looking for something more similar to virtual machines, I would recommend LXD instead: https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/introduction/

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  6. Comment on Would you support an increase in price of games ($80-$100 standard) in exchange for no microtransactions and free DLC? in ~games

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    No, I'd rather buy games that didn't cost an insane amount of money to be made. I also seriously doubt that the reason for microtransactions and all that is that they are unable to make a profit...

    No, I'd rather buy games that didn't cost an insane amount of money to be made.

    I also seriously doubt that the reason for microtransactions and all that is that they are unable to make a profit with just selling the game.

  7. Comment on Suggestion: Special anonymous group in ~tildes

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    I like this idea very much. My personal use case for it, is that I've been working on being more authentic and sharing even personal things more freely. I was just thinking about sharing my...

    I like this idea very much.

    My personal use case for it, is that I've been working on being more authentic and sharing even personal things more freely. I was just thinking about sharing my personal story here on ~s but unfortunately there are bits that need to not be so easily connected to my username. (It's about protecting other people, not so much about protecting myself.)

    So it would be great to have very personal discussions but there needs to be a way to make sure the wrong person doesn't stumble upon them. If the text is not linked to any account (from a visitor's point of view, it's fine if admins can see the link), then fudging the details of the story a bit would be enough to protect the innocent so to speak.

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  8. Comment on Suggestion: DAG Groups in ~tildes

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    My opinion is that this kind of thing will attract more people like us, but deter the general population. If it's not something they have seen before, there will be a negative emotional reaction...

    My opinion is that this kind of thing will attract more people like us, but deter the general population. If it's not something they have seen before, there will be a negative emotional reaction to it. Just how humans work.

    So it comes down to, would you rather be popular or be attuned to a specific niche of people? The latter usually promotes quality, the former tends to promote mediocrity (in the sense of "average") simply because of the law of big numbers.

    If you think it would be possible to have multiple UIs, or layers of UIs (where you can enable advanced features that are normally disabled), maybe this could be a win-win. But that has its own challenges (some pretty big ones too IMHO).

    Otherwise, there is merit in deciding that helping society as a whole is preferable to helping a niche. On the other hand, there is merit in taking the stance that more diverse websites each targeting a different niche is better than one big aggregator.

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