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Comment on Indecision: Get a camera despite having a phone in ~tech
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Comment on NFS at 40 – Remembering the Sun Microsystems Network File System in ~comp
shrike LinkNFS on MacOS is atrocious, it just hangs weirdly and stops working intermittently. There are some mount option tricks to make it a bit less shit, but it's still shit. I've found that copyparty...NFS on MacOS is atrocious, it just hangs weirdly and stops working intermittently. There are some mount option tricks to make it a bit less shit, but it's still shit.
I've found that copyparty running a WebDAB with Finder linked to that is more performant in many cases...
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Comment on NFS at 40 – Remembering the Sun Microsystems Network File System in ~comp
shrike Link ParentI'm waiting for Tailscale Taildrive to hit GA so I can have any directory shared anywhere easily and safely.I'm waiting for Tailscale Taildrive to hit GA so I can have any directory shared anywhere easily and safely.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
shrike Link ParentFrom someone who has done this a few times: Document EVERY STEP, write it down. You won't get it all the first time, or even the third but on the 10th iteration you'll remember to add the bit that...From someone who has done this a few times:
Document EVERY STEP, write it down.
You won't get it all the first time, or even the third but on the 10th iteration you'll remember to add the bit that you need to add a shell to /etc/shells to make it work properly and how locale-gen works on Debian :)
Also make sure everything comes back up after a boot. A reboot should be a non-issue instead of an ulcer-inducing stress event. You only want to spend 3 hours in the middle of the night fixing shit once, not more.
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Comment on Slow social media in ~tech
shrike Link ParentAt some point people (not me) became comfortable sharing their private things in public. The most public I've gotten is IRC channels and Discord, but I'm so hardwired to not reveal anything too...At some point people (not me) became comfortable sharing their private things in public.
The most public I've gotten is IRC channels and Discord, but I'm so hardwired to not reveal anything too personal it comes naturally to me.
Friend chats are still small channels on whatsapp/telegram/signal or discord servers with very limited membership.
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Comment on Is OpenWRT worthwhile at home? in ~comp
shrike Link ParentBittorrent specifically has a habit of filling up the buffers on consumer routers. It makes a ton of connections to different places in a short period of time. And consumer stuff is usually not...Bittorrent specifically has a habit of filling up the buffers on consumer routers. It makes a ton of connections to different places in a short period of time. And consumer stuff is usually not very good at cleaning up routing tables etc. and they're running on minimal resources.
If you're a hobbyist and like to tinker with networking stuff Unifi is a very good choice, it has a pretty UI and very good integration with mobile applications etc.
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Comment on Is OpenWRT worthwhile at home? in ~comp
shrike LinkI have Adult Money, so I just went with Ubiquiti stuff. UDM Pro and a PoE rack switch I found used along with two PoE wifi access points. Completely overpowered, but also rock solid every for...I have Adult Money, so I just went with Ubiquiti stuff.
UDM Pro and a PoE rack switch I found used along with two PoE wifi access points. Completely overpowered, but also rock solid every for years now.
With consumer grade stuff the way I do stuff had a habit of filling up a buffer somewhere resulting in weird issues that went away with a power cycle.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
shrike Link ParentI don't have the cash either, that's why I'm building a tool to get the deals :D 30€+ for a 4k disc is way too much, but for 10-14€ it's definitely doable for movies I know I'll be rewatching 10...I don't have the cash either, that's why I'm building a tool to get the deals :D
30€+ for a 4k disc is way too much, but for 10-14€ it's definitely doable for movies I know I'll be rewatching 10 years from now.
For "normal" Blu-rays I can easily get them for under 10€ regularly by having a list of the ones I need/want and buying a few on sale.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
shrike LinkI've been moving back to physical media for the stuff I know I want to rewatch in 10 years. Movies and TV-shows just keep jumping from provider to provider on streaming and some just completely...I've been moving back to physical media for the stuff I know I want to rewatch in 10 years. Movies and TV-shows just keep jumping from provider to provider on streaming and some just completely disappear because of corporate bullshit.
There is a local site that sells Blurays and 4k Blurays and has pretty good sales at times, BUT their site is a horseshit mismash of slow-ass javascript and infuriating to browse as they don't give proper filtering options.
So a few days ago I started Claude Code and created a system that uses Python+Playwright to browse through both categories, grab the links to the movie product pages and store the prices to a local sqlite database.
Next up is adding a watchlist + price tracking for each so I can hop on the sales when they happen.
This is my first personal project I might actually release to public use if I can get it polished enough and can be arsed to add some kind of user accounts. ...or just store the watchlist in the URL so that no accounts are needed... 🤔
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Comment on Does anyone have a digg invite code I can get ? in ~tech
shrike Link ParentLiterally a good 80% of /r/SideProject projects are peoople making tools for finding out the best subreddits to advertise your side project on =)Literally a good 80% of /r/SideProject projects are peoople making tools for finding out the best subreddits to advertise your side project on =)
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Comment on Do you share your location with your friends? in ~tech
shrike LinkI don't mind. I know the location of my spouse, my kids, mom and one sister (other siblings + dad are on Android so...) I practically never use it though, mostly when I want to call them for...I don't mind.
I know the location of my spouse, my kids, mom and one sister (other siblings + dad are on Android so...)
I practically never use it though, mostly when I want to call them for chitchat, I can check if they're home so I know not to bother them if they're somewhere else. That's about it.
Sometimes when they're coming to visit, I see how far they are so I can get the coffee ready in time :)
I'd be fine with a boolean "is X at home" location info, but that's not an option with Apple's ecosystem, so we're doing this now.
(Nokia had this like 30 years ago btw, but it was a shit implementation and even shittier marketing and died)
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Comment on Which other sites do you visit? in ~tech
shrike Link ParentHarmon Quest had the perfect mix of actual play, comedy and the animated bits was the perfect spice on top.Harmon Quest had the perfect mix of actual play, comedy and the animated bits was the perfect spice on top.
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Comment on Which other sites do you visit? in ~tech
shrike Link ParentI paid for just Game Changer when they had their "buy now before the price goes up" -sale. Since then I've discovered: Make Some Noise, Gastronauts, Smartypants and Um Actually - and still haven't...I paid for just Game Changer when they had their "buy now before the price goes up" -sale.
Since then I've discovered: Make Some Noise, Gastronauts, Smartypants and Um Actually - and still haven't caught up on those.
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Comment on Curate your own newspaper with RSS in ~tech
shrike Link ParentOoh! That's perfect. Especially all LLM-themed subs are complete cesspools if you follow them "live", getting some delay on them might be a good solution. I had to pare down my front page really...Ooh! That's perfect. Especially all LLM-themed subs are complete cesspools if you follow them "live", getting some delay on them might be a good solution.
I had to pare down my front page really heavily just because I had some low-quality ones in there that were really easy just to pass over when reading on my browser, but when they were front and center they got annoying.
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Comment on Curate your own newspaper with RSS in ~tech
shrike Link ParentI don't think many systems support it. Newsblur does though, I still pay for it because it's the one I moved to when Google Reader died and I want to support it :) ...and now that I logged in, it...I don't think many systems support it.
Newsblur does though, I still pay for it because it's the one I moved to when Google Reader died and I want to support it :)
...and now that I logged in, it seems there are some rarely updating feeds I haven't transferred to FreshRSS yet =)
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Comment on How to educate a parent on the internet? in ~tech
shrike Link ParentSemi-related to this. I just found Rustdesk a while ago A proper free remote desktop system, I use Tailscale+Rustdesk to remote home when I need to. The same system would be perfect to remotely...Semi-related to this. I just found Rustdesk a while ago
A proper free remote desktop system, I use Tailscale+Rustdesk to remote home when I need to. The same system would be perfect to remotely debug (grand)parents computers.
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Comment on Curate your own newspaper with RSS in ~tech
shrike Link ParentRSS has some pretty decent options for caching too eTags etc Rachel even has a project measuring readers that are (mis)behaving: https://rachelbythebay.com/frb/ and the site blocks the bad ones...RSS has some pretty decent options for caching too eTags etc
Rachel even has a project measuring readers that are (mis)behaving: https://rachelbythebay.com/frb/ and the site blocks the bad ones pretty quickly.
There's no need to fetch the RSS feed every 60 seconds when it changes like once a week. You use last-modified and an etag and manage the response properly.
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Comment on Curate your own newspaper with RSS in ~tech
shrike Link ParentMy usage ended when they killed even opengraph previews of tweets at the same time they killed the API "to prevent bots" Which, in fact, didn't prevent any bots, just a bunch of cool and silly...My usage ended when they killed even opengraph previews of tweets at the same time they killed the API "to prevent bots"
Which, in fact, didn't prevent any bots, just a bunch of cool and silly bots that posted automated content like the price of beer at a bar or random quotes. And my bot that translated Twitter URLs on IRC to an actual preview.
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Comment on Curate your own newspaper with RSS in ~tech
shrike (edited )Link ParentIt never came up on my searches, but I'll check it out. It being a Go application is a massive plus for me :) And it seems it has special handling for some sites too. EDIT: Ooh and Postgresql for...It never came up on my searches, but I'll check it out. It being a Go application is a massive plus for me :)
And it seems it has special handling for some sites too.
EDIT: Ooh and Postgresql for a backend. I might be in love =)
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Comment on Curate your own newspaper with RSS in ~tech
shrike Link ParentIt seems like all of the major self-hosted RSS readers are based on some 20 year old php codebase - which brings its own issues :D ...I don't need to write my own. I don't need to write my own. I...It seems like all of the major self-hosted RSS readers are based on some 20 year old php codebase - which brings its own issues :D
...I don't need to write my own. I don't need to write my own. I don't need to write my own...
Damnit.
Having been there many times, you don't always get to "preselect" your camera unless you always carry one with you.
Some of my best photos aren't intentional, but I rather found the light hitting something just right and took a photo with whatever I had. Sometimes it was a proper camera, sometimes my phone.
When I was younger, I carried around a full DSLR (Nikon D200) pretty much everywhere. It did get amazing photos, but my back hurt eventually :D And at the same time phone cameras got better and better, eventually reaching the point where I decided the quality was Good Enough for me.
Later on I got into micro 4/3 cameras, got a few of those. Easier to carry with me - but again phone cameras got better at photos (Live Photo) and videos and could easily take photos in low light, which is important in the Nordics. I eventually sold my 4/3 setup because I stopped taking it with me.
Much much later (3 years ago?) I got back into 4/3 and do take it with me when I'm Taking Photographs, but 99% if my day to day stuff is captured with my phone. Unless I pixel peep, it's next to impossible to see the difference in practice to my 4/3. Neither of them have the pretty bokeh full frame cameras have.
Maybe I'll get into full frame cameras again, possibly even film. Or get a pretty Leica for artsy stuff. But that one photo of my dog with a silly face will still be taken with my phone, that's on me or near me most of the time.