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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
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Comment on Avengers: Doomsday | X-Men teaser in ~movies
lynxy Link ParentI'm not sure about "not well"- he looks old, which he is. And it does appear that the character is supposed to be somewhat bedraggled. While Ian has had a couple of health scares recently, like...I'm not sure about "not well"- he looks old, which he is. And it does appear that the character is supposed to be somewhat bedraggled. While Ian has had a couple of health scares recently, like falling off a stage, he seems to be otherwise well, and if anybody has likely earned enough to retire and relax, Ian has. Which means that he is likely doing this because he wants to, because he loves acting. And he can definitely still do that.
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft - Season 3 Launch Day in ~games
lynxy Link ParentI'm experiencing issues with any form of connection for OVPN VPN endpoints in a number of American states- and those that do connect correctly still cannot reach the server. Is this a more...I'm experiencing issues with any form of connection for OVPN VPN endpoints in a number of American states- and those that do connect correctly still cannot reach the server. Is this a more generalised issue?
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft - Season 3 Launch Day in ~games
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft - Season 3 Launch Day in ~games
lynxy Link ParentI am pretty sure I am a previous player and I still could not access the server :sob:. All good though, I'm sure 17 minutes won't kill me :]I am pretty sure I am a previous player and I still could not access the server :sob:. All good though, I'm sure 17 minutes won't kill me :]
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft - Season 3 Launch Day in ~games
lynxy Link ParentYes- I imagine it's not sending the Tildes username because this is purely a system which checks if the user is on the server so that the verification step can continue. As the whitelist is a hard...Yes- I imagine it's not sending the Tildes username because this is purely a system which checks if the user is on the server so that the verification step can continue. As the whitelist is a hard whitelist, not a soft whitelist, it's impossible to verify the user?
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft - Season 3 Launch Day in ~games
lynxy LinkLike others, I am unable to join due to the whitelist- I have tried using the new URL, but the interface is not populating the string which I must put in my profile, and even if it did, I assume I...Like others, I am unable to join due to the whitelist- I have tried using the new URL, but the interface is not populating the string which I must put in my profile, and even if it did, I assume I would not be able to complete the verification step as "you must be on the server to verify your account".
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft - Season 3 Launch Day in ~games
lynxy Link ParentOh- I appreciate that you can use third-party launchers. Do you know of any that work fine with the standard .minecraft directory structure- rather than performing some proprietary instance...Oh- I appreciate that you can use third-party launchers. Do you know of any that work fine with the standard .minecraft directory structure- rather than performing some proprietary instance handling?
In an ideal situation I would add Microsoft auth handling to my simple Minecraft launch scripts, but I really don't have the energy right now to reverse engineer the ~5 step authentication and validation process.
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft - Season 3 Launch Day in ~games
lynxy LinkI know that this is a long-shot, and it's definitely too late for this specific run, but is there any chance you might host a server with an alternative backend authentication service (e.g.,...I know that this is a long-shot, and it's definitely too late for this specific run, but is there any chance you might host a server with an alternative backend authentication service (e.g., Drasl)?
I absolutely abhor Microsoft & their authentication process is a broken mess. As I sit here I'm waiting on a hung OAuth step which will likely never complete in a launcher full of advertisements for "minecoins", or some absurd micropayment nonsense.
Using Drasl, you can enforce that only users with valid Minecraft accounts can connect- you can even fallback to the Microsoft backend for users with no Drasl-specific account.
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Comment on Anyone else using the Zed editor? in ~comp
lynxy LinkAfter my thread a month or so ago I switched to Zed from VSCodium, which was starting to irritate me with how Microsoft was fudging with extension access. I love it- it still has a rough edge or...After my thread a month or so ago I switched to Zed from VSCodium, which was starting to irritate me with how Microsoft was fudging with extension access.
I love it- it still has a rough edge or two, and there are a number of tiny things I'd love to be able to change (text truncation in the project structure view, for example), but it's so performant and almost everything else has a toggle or option! The extension ecosystem is reasonably comprehensive, despite the software not having reached 1.0, and I hope this only improves with time.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
lynxy LinkI'm going to be installing Proxmox on my server PC (it has been transferring data back and forth for weeks while fixing a ZFS issue), and I figure who better to ask about architectural decisions...I'm going to be installing Proxmox on my server PC (it has been transferring data back and forth for weeks while fixing a ZFS issue), and I figure who better to ask about architectural decisions than other techies on Tildes.
Everything (Wireguard, Nginx, Forgejo, Jellyfin, Samba, various game servers, etc) is currently run inside a single Linux instance that is running on baremetal. I enjoy the simplicity of this solution, but I should learn to do things in a more industry-standard way someday.
I know that the final configuration will look like one Proxmox instance running a number of programs across a number of Linux VMs (or containers?), with an additional Windows VM that will allow me to experiment with SR-IOV and Sunshine/Moonlight based game streaming (yes, I understand that the performance will not be stellar). However, I'm lost as to best practices when it comes to separation of concerns.
Do I want a singular VM, which all networking is passed through to, which runs Nginx and acts as a reverse proxy for other VMs (this will also allow me to insert "system under maintenance" messages when certain services are down)?
Do I want to pass the primary ZFS array through to a VM which handles dissemination of access to the array contents using NFS or similar? How does this consideration change if I only care about Linux VMs accessing said files? Should this VM be a different one to that which performs network proxying, so as to sandbox the network stack?
How much should I run on the Proxmox instance itself, vs inside the VMs? I'm completely stuck in the choice paralysis stage, and I desperately wish to avoid over-complicating the final solution.
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Comment on Your grocery store is a bewildering sea of overly processed food. Here’s why and what to do. in ~health
lynxy LinkMy partner and I have a small freezer, most of which is taken up by curly fries, nuggets of some description, and knoedel. But we don't live off of that- that would be insane. You could summarise...My partner and I have a small freezer, most of which is taken up by curly fries, nuggets of some description, and knoedel. But we don't live off of that- that would be insane. You could summarise the solution to grocery stores selling overly processed foods in a single sentence.
Buy more raw foods and cook. Just cook! Buy veggies (carrots, broccoli, onions, garlic, bell peppers), buy bulk rice from an Asian goods store, buy pastas and beans and cuts of meat (chicken is well priced, and relatively healthy), and just cook it. It's not rocket science, and it doesn't have to be a full-time job.
About a week back I tried a proper long-roast (~5 hours) pulled pork for the first time, and while it wasn't perfect, it made some absolutely delicious tacos / fajitas (soft-shell, not sure what to classify them as?). A freezer meal is convenient when you're having an off day, but it doesn't beat something home-cooked.
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Comment on Proposed amendments to Denmark's laws on copyright and broadcasting would see VPNs limited for common uses under changes to combat access to illegal streaming services in ~tech
lynxy LinkIf you've seen other comments of mine on this site, you likely can guess my stance on this sort of approach- but I will merely highlight two sentences from this report:If you've seen other comments of mine on this site, you likely can guess my stance on this sort of approach- but I will merely highlight two sentences from this report:
The document outlining the proposals did not mention how the government plans to implement this.
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Comment on Brown University shooting leaves two dead, nine injured as police search for killer in ~news
lynxy Link ParentNo "specific, ongoing threat", just the usual unspecific ongoing threat of violence in institutes of education as a result of a mental health crisis, a failure of the social system surrounding...No "specific, ongoing threat", just the usual unspecific ongoing threat of violence in institutes of education as a result of a mental health crisis, a failure of the social system surrounding access to medical aid, and a shocking ease of access to weapons of war.
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Comment on How to turn off AI tools like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, or Copilot in ~tech
lynxy LinkHow to avoid AI tools in popular platforms: stop using them. Stop encouraging these platforms- they will do what they like until they experience financial consequences. Why are we collectively...How to avoid AI tools in popular platforms: stop using them. Stop encouraging these platforms- they will do what they like until they experience financial consequences. Why are we collectively supporting corporations that intend to enshitify to the full extent that they can get away with. Because they're convenient?
We get the corporations we deserve, and we do deserve the disrespect and manipulation that they lay on us. And then we complain and we gripe, but the vast majority of people don't actually change.
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Comment on Twenty years of digital life, gone in an instant, thanks to Apple in ~tech
lynxy Link ParentSolutions increase cost- yes. Functional solutions to problems are never free. But anybody who has 30k worth of Apple products didn't much care for price to begin with. They cared for convenience-...Solutions increase cost- yes. Functional solutions to problems are never free. But anybody who has 30k worth of Apple products didn't much care for price to begin with. They cared for convenience- for the ability to offload responsibility.
It happens that human society is built in a way in which a failure to properly engage with aspects of it will negatively affect you. If I must care for politics because the alternative is having my life dictated to me by right-ring assholes, then everybody else can learn to take responsibility for their own data, if it is important to them.
I have so much sympathy for somebody in the position that this person is in, but that does not mean that I don't believe it to be somewhat a problem of their own making. Big corporations have shown time and time again that they cannot be trusted.
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Comment on Twenty years of digital life, gone in an instant, thanks to Apple in ~tech
lynxy LinkOn the one hand- this sucks. On the other.. This is why you don't trust a single corporation (derogatory) to hold all of your data. You're at their mercy if they decide, using their obscure and...On the one hand- this sucks.
On the other.. This is why you don't trust a single corporation (derogatory) to hold all of your data. You're at their mercy if they decide, using their obscure and convoluted rulesets, that you are now persona non grata. Nobody is big enough to not eventually be on the receiving end of their fickle and immoral behaviour.
As an aside, how on earth do you have 30 THOUSAND dollars worth of hardware and not a combined 6TB across it?? A 22TB hard drive can be bought for a couple of hundred dollars if you get recertified drives.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
lynxy LinkJust as a started sending out more applications for a part-time job, linking to my locally hosted Forgejo instance, the LSI HBA in my server machine decided to start failing, with constant ZFS...Just as a started sending out more applications for a part-time job, linking to my locally hosted Forgejo instance, the LSI HBA in my server machine decided to start failing, with constant ZFS read/write errors despite smart checks completing without issue- I guess it has been running a bit hot as it hasn't had any direct airflow, only what's passed straight through the case from front-to-back (the general opinion on the net was that this would be acceptable for this generation and I never thought to check the actual temperatures!).
So I have managed to copy enough off of the ZFS array so that I can continue to host the git and other services, and I have been waiting for a new (better) HBA to arrive. This I have just collected from a drop-off box, and I'll emplace it this evening.
I really hope I get a response from one of the places I sent off an application to specifically, though my experience differs from the job description and I'm on a student residency at the moment which might count against me if there's competition.. I'm struggling very much with imposter syndrome, and always have.
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Comment on Patient police in New Zealand say they have recovered Fabergé pendant from man accused of swallowing it in ~news
lynxy LinkTalk about a golden goose- literally producing golden eggs. I suppose the cops only had to give the suspect something to go on, until they had something to go on?Talk about a golden goose- literally producing golden eggs.
I suppose the cops only had to give the suspect something to go on, until they had something to go on?
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
lynxy LinkI have grabbed, before the prices jump too high, an Intel Pro B50 to replace the B580 in my server machine (which will likely end up in the VR machine in the lounge), so that I may play with...I have grabbed, before the prices jump too high, an Intel Pro B50 to replace the B580 in my server machine (which will likely end up in the VR machine in the lounge), so that I may play with SR-IOV in the Linux 6.18 kernel! I might finally justify a Proxmox installation, then- something I've been putting off because a lot of what runs on the server machine is GPU accelerated anyway, so near-everything would have ended up in the same virtual device, rendering any benefits moot.
It's a real neato idea, but I must admit- the simplest solution to this problem appears to be to just not bring a phone to a protest for which you might be retaliated against. Even if your device notices that you're being MITM'd, surely it would be too late for most people?