pezhore's recent activity
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
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Comment on The fight over a US Congress bill targeting credit card fees pits payment companies against retailers in ~finance
pezhore LinkI'm sure that if this passes and another payments processor who only charges 2% starts being used that us consumers will see a 3% drop in prices at Walmart if they swap to the cheaper processor....I'm sure that if this passes and another payments processor who only charges 2% starts being used that us consumers will see a 3% drop in prices at Walmart if they swap to the cheaper processor. /s
This whole thing seems a bit silly, and disingenuous to say it's all for the consumer. I don't care whose logo is on my debit or credit card as long as I have access to my money or line of credit when I swipe/tap.
And heck, there already are alternatives to the Mastercard/Visa payment processors at some point of sales - Home Depot has PayPal as an option.
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Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk
pezhore LinkI went to my first concert since the pandemic - Jimmy Eat World and Manchester Orchestra. It was outside, and I was masked up the entire time (despite the heat advisory). It was good, but also...I went to my first concert since the pandemic - Jimmy Eat World and Manchester Orchestra. It was outside, and I was masked up the entire time (despite the heat advisory).
It was good, but also really weird to be the only person in a mask.
I feel like the pandemic really underscored and enforced my latent introvert. Baby steps.
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Comment on What are your favorite webcomics? in ~comics
pezhore Link ParentAdding to this, the Private Eye is absolutely phenomenal. I grabbed both the digital and the hardcover.Adding to this, the Private Eye is absolutely phenomenal. I grabbed both the digital and the hardcover.
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Comment on What are you supposed to be doing right now that you're not doing? in ~talk
pezhore Link ParentWe had to say goodbye to my 13 year old dog Murphy I'm the beginning of March this year. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. My deepest sympathies for you and SmolderingSauna.We had to say goodbye to my 13 year old dog Murphy I'm the beginning of March this year. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. My deepest sympathies for you and SmolderingSauna.
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Comment on What are some noteworthy games that aren't available through traditional/common means? in ~games
pezhore LinkI'm shocked nobody has mentioned Black & White /Black & White 2. Peter Molyneux at his absolute most insane. Who needs a UI? Options menus? Hey! Feed this god pet a villager and they'll have gas...I'm shocked nobody has mentioned Black & White /Black & White 2. Peter Molyneux at his absolute most insane. Who needs a UI? Options menus? Hey! Feed this god pet a villager and they'll have gas and fart!!
It's probably never going to see the light of day again due to weird publishing rights. NoClip did an excellent documentary on it: https://youtu.be/GtNvEna6bxc
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Comment on Best grill brush? in ~food
pezhore LinkI've been using a wood scraper for about a year and it's been great for my gas grill. The wood is sturdy enough to clean the grates while not scratching the heck out of them.I've been using a wood scraper for about a year and it's been great for my gas grill. The wood is sturdy enough to clean the grates while not scratching the heck out of them.
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Comment on Not entirely sure how to fill the void Reddit has left in ~talk
pezhore LinkI feel like I may be in the minority for my age (40s)... I have tildes, Mastodon, etc for news/higher quality engagement, but I'm missing the memes from Reddit. Specifically, the more niche Star...I feel like I may be in the minority for my age (40s)... I have tildes, Mastodon, etc for news/higher quality engagement, but I'm missing the memes from Reddit.
Specifically, the more niche Star Wars and LotR ones. That and the high quality giffing.
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Comment on What does your self-hosted server setup look like? in ~comp
pezhore LinkI have 3x Lenovo M920q systems running Proxmox, each with two USB 1GbE, and a single 10Gb SFP+ for Ceph/Synology storage. I am not very impressed with Proxmox, but I am impressed with these little...I have 3x Lenovo M920q systems running Proxmox, each with two USB 1GbE, and a single 10Gb SFP+ for Ceph/Synology storage.
I am not very impressed with Proxmox, but I am impressed with these little micro PCs. Plex runs great as a VM and the 10Gig fibre means pulling media off my Synology is painless.
I also have a kubes cluster that I'm trying to use for a *arr stack, and I would really like to get this working: https://github.com/ressu/kube-plex/pkgs/container/kube-plex. Aside from that, other software includes a three node Hashicorp Vault cluster running on pi zeros/ClusterHat, Netbox VM, dual PowerDNS with recursors and resolvers, and a Minecraft server.
I have plans for a Free IPA deployment for central auth and possibly Keycloak for IDP/2FA.
One thing I've held myself to (for the most part) - everything is either Terraform or Ansible driven. No (or very little) manual steps and everything is documented.
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Comment on Why has Hilma af Klint, an overlooked pioneer been paired with Piet Mondrian, a jazz-mad Dutchman rebelling against his dad's religion? The answer lies in the spirit world in ~arts
pezhore LinkI had never heard of her, but I'm in love with her paintings.I had never heard of her, but I'm in love with her paintings.
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Comment on XKCD 2765: Escape Speed in ~games
pezhore LinkThere's a somewhat spoilery explainxkcd that is interesting.There's a somewhat spoilery explainxkcd that is interesting.
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Comment on XKCD 2765: Escape Speed in ~games
pezhore Link ParentI picked it back up while waiting for dinner to finish cooking: You've found: a rock with neat stripes a cool bug a pretty leaf Voyager 1 an orb wren a delicate music box a block of scandium a...I picked it back up while waiting for dinner to finish cooking:
You've found: a rock with neat stripes a cool bug a pretty leaf Voyager 1 an orb wren a delicate music box a block of scandium a pair of platonic solids, not quite touching a really cool data point a friendly bee an ink cartridge a spiral-cut diamond a golden radio tuned to 1.618 MHz a burrito a cool pair of shoes with flames on the side a scroll lock key a primordial black hole a tree-filled grove and a nice spot for quiet contemplation Voyager 2 the Principality of Sealand a spider-silk scarf a beige electron a broken smoke machine The Long Now Foundation's archive of every Animorphs book a Cybiko® wireless handheld computer for teens (2000) a hot dog a bottle of Coke Absolute Zero an eye in the sky a dna base pair a steam calliope a sterile neutrino a stick a secret leaf a large hadron an asterisk a sunken treasure a smooth green snake a first of its kind -
Comment on XKCD 2765: Escape Speed in ~games
pezhore Link ParentOh, where is the black hole? I've blown through a few hours of my day on this too.Oh, where is the black hole? I've blown through a few hours of my day on this too.
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Comment on What is your most essential pessimistic belief? Conversely, what is your most essential optimistic belief? in ~talk
pezhore LinkPessimistic view - we cannot fix this gestures broadly. Climate change, money in politics, ingrained hatred/bigotry, etc. Everything from existential threat levels to basic things like lack of...Pessimistic view - we cannot fix this gestures broadly.
Climate change, money in politics, ingrained hatred/bigotry, etc. Everything from existential threat levels to basic things like lack of empathy and bad drivers. There's just too much and we as individuals can't do shit about it.
Optimistic view? I think I keep going back to Kurzgesagt's Optimistic Nihilism - the idea that nothing matters, and that's okay.
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Comment on Buzzfeed News is shutting down, laying off 15% of its US workforce in ~news
pezhore LinkI don't know if this is unexpected, but it sucks - they had quite a few important stories.I don't know if this is unexpected, but it sucks - they had quite a few important stories.
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Buzzfeed News is shutting down, laying off 15% of its US workforce
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
pezhore Link ParentSame here. It's super interesting seeing youtube videos of people doing 5 BC runs.Same here. It's super interesting seeing youtube videos of people doing 5 BC runs.
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
pezhore LinkI recently sat down and rewatched The Burbs (1989) for the first time in about 20 years. Somehow it came up after talking about film score composers and that led to a deep dive into Jerry...I recently sat down and rewatched The Burbs (1989) for the first time in about 20 years. Somehow it came up after talking about film score composers and that led to a deep dive into Jerry Goldsmith's back catalogue.
It held up surprisingly well.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
pezhore LinkI recently got back into Dead Cells with the Castlevania update. I'd repurchased it for the Steam Deck after spending about 100 hours on the Switch. It's a great game for either platforms' "play...I recently got back into Dead Cells with the Castlevania update. I'd repurchased it for the Steam Deck after spending about 100 hours on the Switch. It's a great game for either platforms' "play for a few, suspend, come back later and pick up where you left off" capability.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
pezhore LinkI'm finally rebuilding my homelab. It's a semi-functional/semi-learning space - Plex, a minecraft server, etc. I'm also standing up kubernetes cluster for the first time to try and get some hands...I'm finally rebuilding my homelab. It's a semi-functional/semi-learning space - Plex, a minecraft server, etc. I'm also standing up kubernetes cluster for the first time to try and get some hands on experience with that.
This go around I'm using three Lenovo m720q systems with a 10 gig fiber storage network running Proxmox and Ceph. It's going fairly well - although I've been avoiding anything k8s aside from setting up the 3 node cluster. Everything is either done in Terraform or Ansible so at least I've got that going for me.
Next up:
- Documentation, and a lot of it. My memory is already pretty crappy and I don't want to have to rely on it when I revisit my code in 6 to 9 months.
- Something that will handle the automation of my lets encrypt wild card cert, pushing it out to all of the various servers and containers in the lab.
Current Blockers (sort of):
- I can't quite figure out how to get my PiHole and the two PowerDNS servers to best talk. I really like power DNS from a terraform perspective, but I am most comfortable with the PiHole's upgrade/update whitelist workflow.
- Time/scheduling. Unfortunately, aside from the kubernetes portion, there's not a whole lot of translates directly to my day-to-day. When I'm done with work I don't have a ton of energy left to work on the lab.
I just got signed up for my first infosec conference (and my first overall conference since the pandemic started).
I'm getting my old Pixel 6 Pro setup with GrapheneOS and a 10 year old Lenovo Ultrabook going with Arch as my YOLO devices.
The technical part? Whole disk encryption with 2FA/yubikey decrypt. It's a bit annoying so far, but luckily I have until mid-October to figure it out.