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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
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Comment on Help with Email & Changing Name Servers/Webhost? in ~comp
xk3 Link ParentI wrote records not record types. You still very much need SPF information but yes, most DNS information is stored as TXT record types. I hadn't heard of the SPF record type before but SPF records...records
I wrote records not record types. You still very much need
SPFinformation but yes, most DNS information is stored asTXTrecord types. I hadn't heard of theSPFrecord type before but SPF records are still very important to email systems -
Comment on Help with Email & Changing Name Servers/Webhost? in ~comp
xk3 (edited )LinkAside from MX, you'll need to copy the SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records. As long as both nameservers are serving the same content then there will be no downtime when switching to the new nameservers....Aside from
MX, you'll need to copy theSPF,DKIM, andDMARCrecords. As long as both nameservers are serving the same content then there will be no downtime when switching to the new nameservers.One thing to note: eg. if you are sending mail from a server like self-hosted wordpress, and you are migrating that to a new server you'll want to switch that over in the
SPFrecord. This might show up as anip4:169.254.0.0or something like that, if169.254.0.0is the old server IP address then replace that with the new IP address. -
Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
xk3 LinkI've been playing Lego Horizon Adventures with the wife and it's been okay so far. It definitely feels like a baby's toy. You mostly walk around and point at stuff with your hands. I think this...I've been playing Lego Horizon Adventures with the wife and it's been okay so far. It definitely feels like a baby's toy. You mostly walk around and point at stuff with your hands.
I think this video review is pretty thorough and I share many of the same thoughts: https://youtu.be/x7-Dc8p9u1s
The game is trying to do too many things at once. It seems like there's less brick-building compared to the Lego Star Wars games I guess because they're trying to preserve a lot of the game mechanics from Horizon Zero Dawn but they don't want to overwhelm the player with too many interaction points. Overall, it's an interesting experience but the lack of open-world really takes away a lot of the mystique...
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Comment on Air France flight 736, December 31st 2020 in ~transport
xk3 Link ParentOh for sure, I also think Captain Joe and Admiral Cloudberg are a bit better from the technical perspective and I prefer that. Mentour's are likely more approachable for the average person. I...Oh for sure, I also think Captain Joe and Admiral Cloudberg are a bit better from the technical perspective and I prefer that. Mentour's are likely more approachable for the average person. I haven't read/seen coverage on this flight from those or other sources and I liked that he focused on the group psychology aspect in this video.
I'm a big fan of aviation safety culture and wish more industries were as rigorous, preemptive, and holistic in making processes more efficient and safe. It's amazing to me that we have such in-depth and transparent retrospectives on largely "uneventful" accidents (no injuries).
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Air France flight 736, December 31st 2020
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Comment on Daily driving linux (Fedora KDE) - My experiences after a week in ~tech
xk3 Linkahh yeah... I switch between different monitor setups (and freerdp / NoMachine) throughout the day and I frequently need to restart plasma: function restartplasma bash -c 'kquitapp6 plasmashell ||...ahh yeah... I switch between different monitor setups (and freerdp / NoMachine) throughout the day and I frequently need to restart plasma:
function restartplasma bash -c 'kquitapp6 plasmashell || killall plasmashell; systemd-run --user kstart plasmashell' systemd-run --user kwin_x11 --replace endA bit annoying but other than that Linux pretty much stays out of the way and lets me be productive~!
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Comment on If our worst fears about Donald Trump play out, how will we know when it's time to leave? in ~society
xk3 Link Parentwell... since slavery was abolished, and even to this day, almost all state and federal adult prisons in the United States have some form of work program, "employing" around 800,000 people. But a...a very dark opportunity to create labor camps
well... since slavery was abolished, and even to this day, almost all state and federal adult prisons in the United States have some form of work program, "employing" around 800,000 people. But a lot of those jobs, even though the pay is criminal, is usually related to prison maintenance (cleaning, food services, etc).
But you are right that most of those jobs aren't industry jobs (goods and services for the world outside the prison) and Trump's private interests make it seem like this would be the kind of thing he might do under the guise of making the market more free...
Scary thought! But it takes a while to construct more prisons... and I would say the current 1.8 million people incarcerated is already both a problem and stretching the limits of what is feasible for society.
There are likely many federal and state laws which would make this difficult for Trump to actually do, for instance:
private-sector companies are legally obligated to pay prisoners “prevailing wages” in order to avoid undercutting non-prison labor
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Comment on If our worst fears about Donald Trump play out, how will we know when it's time to leave? in ~society
xk3 (edited )LinkBy the time you know that it is time to leave it will be, logistically speaking, far past the optimal time to emigrate. If you have a high degree of confidence that the worst will happen, I would...By the time you know that it is time to leave it will be, logistically speaking, far past the optimal time to emigrate. If you have a high degree of confidence that the worst will happen, I would leave before the new year.
We are certainly in for interesting times. My wife's visa was finally approved after 16 months and we just came back to the US last Monday (Nov. 4th). I seem to have poor timing... though I arrived in time to vote.
I feel like some of these fears are irrational. I hope I'm not wrong. I would never vote for Trump and I am sad that he won but I also feel like it's not the end of the world. I would put it at a 6.5 on the BAD-o-meter. Materially speaking, what are the changes that you fear most?
edit: For me, one Trump with dementia and PTSD isn't a worry. What worries me is if there are enough incompetent loyalists in his cabinet to misjudge a situation and cause a tragedy.
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Comment on Best solution to extract PDF data? in ~comp
xk3 Linkpypdf_table_extraction (formerly camelot) sounds exactly like what you need. I put an example Git-scraping repo here:...pypdf_table_extraction (formerly camelot) sounds exactly like what you need.
I put an example Git-scraping repo here:
https://github.com/chapmanjacobd/us_visa_statistics/blob/main/.github/workflows/immigrant.yaml
Which uses the python code here:
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
xk3 Link ParentIt looks like there are two separate mechanisms that work on all plans (including free). I'm curious if you could have 5 people via 2 tailnets able to access a shared machine on the free plan by...The tools for adding multiple people to the same tailnet are for organizations, not for you
It looks like there are two separate mechanisms that work on all plans (including free). I'm curious if you could have 5 people via 2 tailnets able to access a shared machine on the free plan by combining both strategies:
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
xk3 (edited )LinkI've futzed with WireGuard for a few hours a couple years ago but wasn't able to get it to do what I wanted. I think the main problem was that I didn't have IP forwarding enabled and firewalld was...I've futzed with WireGuard for a few hours a couple years ago but wasn't able to get it to do what I wanted. I think the main problem was that I didn't have IP forwarding enabled and firewalld was also blocking me but I didn't know that back then.
Recently, I tried tailscale and it's been pretty great! Not bad for a free service... their revenue play seems to be similar to CloudFlare so I'm not too worried about relying on it--in the worst case, I could swap out the server with Headscale which is a bit more setup but seems like a good alternative.
Now that my computers are setup as exit nodes it's very easy to "VPN" via computers that I own (faster and more reliable than OpenVPN, etc). I've started using Fedora IoT which is the atomic version of Fedora Server. It comes with greenboot which will automatically rollback any updates that bring down services (like the tailscale client daemon). Overall, it's been fun to use. I'm pretty impressed with it and I'm more confident in auto-updates now.
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Comment on Seeking an Android podcast app without subscription. Impossible? in ~tech
xk3 Link ParentI got used to using yt-dlp for everything when building on a wrapper for it. And then one day I discovered it could be used for podcasts and other sources too. Because I was already familiar with...I got used to using
yt-dlpfor everything when building on a wrapper for it. And then one day I discovered it could be used for podcasts and other sources too.Because I was already familiar with yt-dlp and it was already working for me so I've never really investigated podcast apps specifically. The audio files are available locally on the phone and they auto-resume fine. The only issue I've had is when Google Podcasts closed and I had to swap out a few links with other sources.
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Comment on Seeking an Android podcast app without subscription. Impossible? in ~tech
xk3 LinkI know you specifically mentioned a desire for an app but I'll just quickly mention what I do. yt-dlp works with RSS feeds or things that appear like them. The Generic extractor is rather good....I know you specifically mentioned a desire for an app but I'll just quickly mention what I do.
yt-dlpworks with RSS feeds or things that appear like them. The Generic extractor is rather good. You can install it in Termux and run a list of URLs on a cron script in your phone viacronie. I guess if you don't use Termux often you'll also need Termux:Boot for cronie to work and download new episodes on a schedule -
Comment on Recruiting help for election day posters in ~creative
xk3 LinkI don't think any of those phrases will really help to change people's minds except for maybe the first one. I'm not sure what your sign should say but maybe focus on dispelling the myth of...I don't think any of those phrases will really help to change people's minds except for maybe the first one.
I'm not sure what your sign should say but maybe focus on dispelling the myth of bothsidesism rather than something incendiary
- https://www.experimental-history.com/p/ideological-turing-test
- https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/secrets-of-the-median-voter-theorem
- notice the comments on this article: https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2024/10/23/perils-of-political-bothsideism-harris-trump/
maybe the sign could say "Obamacare is Medicare" or something like that. I think that's a good entry-point and a common misconception that people have
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Comment on What the hell is a Typescript or: Creation ideas above my skill level in ~tech
xk3 LinkAll mature programs have incidental complexity which is built up over time as edge cases are discovered and patched around. There is no perfect programming language but some languages make this...All mature programs have incidental complexity which is built up over time as edge cases are discovered and patched around.
There is no perfect programming language but some languages make this incidental complexity more hidden via language implementation, packages, classes or modules; and some languages are very verbose.
Types can help but really there is a lot of overlap with unit tests. Whether you write your code twice as types or as tests it doesn't really matter that much. But I would say types are more useful in compiled languages because typing is more strict and you are more likely to be forced to write types that fit all of your input specifications.
But the most important thing when learning something new is to have a comfortable environment with short feedback loops. You can use
viteston backend code--I'm not sure what the bestjs/tsdev tools are for node but I have foundvitestmuch better thanjest -
Comment on Billions in election bets are raising the stakes in the US presidential race in ~society
xk3 (edited )Link ParentA lot of Americans don't have strong opinions (30% of the population fails to vote!) and choose people who they think will win so they can feel like they are on the winning team. Makes them feel goodif their candidate
A lot of Americans don't have strong opinions (30% of the population fails to vote!) and choose people who they think will win so they can feel like they are on the winning team. Makes them feel good
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Comment on The Playstation 2 "Emotion Engine" was worthy of the hype in ~games
xk3 (edited )LinkI'm halfway through this series on Architecture of Consoles: https://www.copetti.org/writings/consoles/ It has been really enjoyable! To be honest, I don't play many video games but it is...I'm halfway through this series on Architecture of Consoles:
https://www.copetti.org/writings/consoles/
It has been really enjoyable! To be honest, I don't play many video games but it is fascinating to see how hardware engineers and system programmers were able to stretch their creativity to the limits of 1980s / 1990s electronic manufacturing capabilities.
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Comment on Billions in election bets are raising the stakes in the US presidential race in ~society
xk3 (edited )Link Parentviewed by whom? I have no doubts that the prediction markets of 2010 compared to 2020 are wholly different. The majority of these people are not integrative-thinking super-forecasters but more and...viewed as an alternative or complement to traditional polling
viewed by whom? I have no doubts that the prediction markets of 2010 compared to 2020 are wholly different. The majority of these people are not integrative-thinking super-forecasters but more and more tending toward sports-enthusiast horse-betting crypto-bros who always have a Polymarket browser tab open. Not that these two groups of people are mutually exclusive...
edit: Also, this is another point to consider: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/large-bets-election-prediction-market-are-overseas-source-says-2024-10-18/ I know at least 3 Hong Kong people who have no real ties with the US but have spent a significant amount of money (>$2K USD) on these markets. Their news sources are mostly wallstreetbets and lihkg
Polymarket does not allow Americans to make U.S. election bets on the exchange
Ah wait... so they are all foreign people or at least the "large traders"? If people see these "polls" and it influences their vote, how is it not foreign election interference?
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
xk3 LinkTaking some inspiration from Spanish writer and watchmaking enthusiast Javier Gutiérrez Chamorro, the past couple days I added a small wrapper script around a couple of my existing FFmpeg and...Taking some inspiration from Spanish writer and watchmaking enthusiast Javier Gutiérrez Chamorro, the past couple days I added a small wrapper script around a couple of my existing FFmpeg and ImageMagick wrapper scripts. This will skip files that are unlikely to be reduced much more and it starts with files with the most bloat first:
$ pip install xklb $ library fsadd --video video.db ~/Videos/ $ library shrink --invalid --no-valid video.db --delete-unplayable media_key current_size future_size savings processing_time ----------- -------------- ------------- --------- ----------------------- Video: ts 65.2 GiB 37.3 GiB 28.0 GiB 2 days and 14 hours Video: vob 59.3 GiB 33.9 GiB 25.4 GiB 2 days and 8 hours Video: m2ts 13.2 GiB 7.6 GiB 5.7 GiB 12 hours and 32 minutes Video: mp4 4.9 GiB 2.8 GiB 2.1 GiB 4 hours and 37 minutes Video: mkv 29.3 MiB 16.7 MiB 12.6 MiB 4 minutes and 6 seconds Video: dat 1.5 MiB 879.9 KiB 659.9 KiB 6 seconds Estimated processing time: 5 days and 15 hours Estimated savings: 61.2 GiB Proceed? [y/n] (n):And I plan to add support for a few more things like turning table data into Zstd compressed Parquet, image heavy PDFs into AVIF, and text PDFs into ePUB (or maybe markdown+extracted image AVIF)
I've been reading a lot about LTO archival. So far I've learned that:
I only have a couple hundred TBs and I'm pretty content now--I'm not looking to extend into the >600 TB range right now so my conclusion is that a tape drive probably doesn't make sense for me right now. But if someone wants to pay me to sign up to USENET and just download stuff then I would invest in a tape library first.
Other than that I've been researching parallel/cluster compute platforms like HTCondor, Nomad, Triton DataCenter, and other tools listed here: https://github.com/dstdev/awesome-hpc. This week I've started writing something lightweight for spinning up systemd services across PCs (a bit like telefork, Outrun, or Exodus) taking into account (simple polling) resource allocations like %iowait, cpu_idle, available memory and excess network capacity.