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2025-04-27 06:57:50 UTC

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@nprofile…jvey haha, I love his sense of humor :D

2025-04-27 06:45:54 UTC

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@nprofile…jvey Thanks! Good luck with your, um, gay pirating 😅

2025-04-27 05:39:22 UTC

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The delay is because I am taking the hard route and moving to my own instance.

2025-04-27 05:38:51 UTC

🚨 🚨 🚨
I will be moving away from Fosstodon in a few days.
🚨 🚨 🚨

2025-04-27 05:37:30 UTC

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@nprofile…6ux4 I also enjoy Roots and All, but I don't believe you are the gardening type :)

2025-04-27 05:37:04 UTC

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@nprofile…6ux4 I really enjoy AvTalk, it was the first podcast I started listening to, and I've listening to them regularly since 2017. They verge on the fields of tech and politics sometimes, but there's also of other topics there, and the hosts have great energy and are fun to listen to.

2025-04-26 12:59:24 UTC

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@nprofile…elq0 Did not know you can make such things, I would for sure read your post about it!

2025-04-26 11:37:46 UTC

New blog post!
Continuing on the topic of Nextcloud, this time I talk about generating TLS certificates with the use of Tailscale. This allows me to have a proper HTTPS connection when accessing Nextcloud with Tailscale. No more browsers complaining that the connection is insecure. And this mechanism can be used to secure any local services reachable over VPN!
https://stfn.pl/blog/68-tailscale-tls-with-nextcloud/
#Nextcloud #tailscale #SelfHosting #blog #Linux

2025-04-26 05:45:00 UTC

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@nprofile…7649 thanks, I already have a GTS instance to which I might jump :)

2025-04-26 05:43:43 UTC

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@nprofile…cjp2
Here's the recap
https://greennuclear.online/@collectifission/114402494328652793

2025-04-26 05:16:10 UTC

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@nprofile…jvey @nprofile…fkj4 @nprofile…rddr thanks!

2025-04-26 05:14:37 UTC

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@nprofile…fkj4 @nprofile…rddr great, thank you!

2025-04-26 05:08:15 UTC

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@nprofile…fkj4 @nprofile…rddr Thanks! How did you do it? Just copied the /gotosocial directory?

2025-04-26 05:03:33 UTC

Did anyone ever try to move a GoToSocial instance between servers? I want to switch VPS providers, and move my GTS from one server to another, preferably not losing any data in the process. Can it cause problems with federation? My GTS instance uses a SQLite DB and an nginx reverse proxy.
#GoToSocial #FediAdmin @nprofile…rddr

2025-04-26 04:45:58 UTC

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Or maybe I'll migrate to my own instance, I still haven't decided

2025-04-26 04:28:05 UTC

Where to jump from #Fosstodon ? I'm considering floss.social or hachyderm.io so far

2025-04-26 04:19:51 UTC

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@nprofile…6ux4 sigh, looks like I will also need to switch instances

2025-04-25 18:29:52 UTC

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and I got into that particular rabbit hole because @nprofile…jwf8 mentioned a Nextcloud app to sync podcasts, and it would not work for me because of missing TLS certs. Now it works! :D

2025-04-25 18:23:08 UTC

Wow, now I like Tailscale even more.
Tailscale allows to generate TLS certificated for services available only in their tailnet. I generated a TLS cert for my private Nextcloud and now I longer those "insecure connection" warnings in the browser.
I need to write it down in a blog post
#tailscale

2025-04-25 16:26:54 UTC

I got my propaganda, I got revisionism
I got my violence in hi-def ultra-realism
All a part of this great nation
I got my fist, I got my plan, I got survivalism
Hypnotic sound of sirens echoing through the street
The cocking of the rifles, the marching of the feet
You see your world on fire, don't try to act surprised
We did just what you told us, lost our faith along the way and found ourselves believing your lies.
Damn, those lyrics hit differently in 2025
#NIN

2025-04-25 15:18:38 UTC

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@nprofile…yelj Finally a reasonable idea!

2025-04-25 07:50:00 UTC

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@nprofile…c5n8 mmm, solar panels covered with brake dust and pieces of ballast

2025-04-25 07:39:44 UTC

Hey crew, I have a few lightly used spark plugs from a car. Any ideas how I might use them in a fun project?
#diy

2025-04-24 15:25:40 UTC

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@nprofile…jqw2 me too, me too

2025-04-24 03:59:27 UTC

Omg I received my third donation on ko-fi 🥹🥹🥹

2025-04-23 04:51:58 UTC

Interesting, it's the first time in seeing such a notification
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2025-04-23 04:50:16 UTC

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@nprofile…j0n7 it's still here, still being developed:)

2025-04-23 04:48:18 UTC

Mooooorning

2025-04-23 04:37:44 UTC

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@nprofile…7l49 I kid you not, my country ordered a national day of mourning on Saturday

2025-04-22 19:47:43 UTC

Hmm, looks like Amarok does not like playing music over NFS? Buffering with a 1G wired connection?

2025-04-22 07:23:35 UTC

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@nprofile…g7am well, that's why your write a lot of unit tests and use a type checker like mypy when developing the code. If you need to code defensively and check for types during program execution, then it is suggesting something is wrong with your architecture

2025-04-22 07:10:00 UTC

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@nprofile…g7am doing isinstance() is an antipattern in Python, the more correct way is to try to iterate over the variable and check if it errors out.
if len( the_list ) < 1:
you can just do "if the_list:" instead of that

2025-04-21 19:02:34 UTC

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@nprofile…7el0 don't care much about drugs, but I've seen videos and read books about Portland

2025-04-21 18:51:37 UTC

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@nprofile…vshf for me it is extremely stupid and missing the point to accuse public services of "losing money". Public services should not be concerned with profitability, their responsibility is serving the populace with what they need.

2025-04-21 18:48:49 UTC

If I ever have the chance to visit USA in better times, I want to go to Portland

2025-04-21 17:03:00 UTC

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@nprofile…02l8 I wonder whether the train would restart or take a screenshot

2025-04-21 17:02:21 UTC

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@nprofile…yjk4 I would love to have such a switch to turn on my PC :D

2025-04-21 08:07:44 UTC

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@nprofile…zq4c made in 1990, modernized in 2020
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/374/925/560/086/955/original/7c6e573a2e65b7f2.jpg

2025-04-21 08:02:56 UTC

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@nprofile…p9cg ok, here we go

2025-04-21 08:00:44 UTC

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@nprofile…p9cg what? I did not see it reported anywhere

2025-04-21 07:59:35 UTC

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@nprofile…wslx
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/374/893/478/101/729/original/f7c547b19689ce8a.jpg

2025-04-21 07:37:07 UTC

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@nprofile…zq4c i guess that if it works then it works :) the carriage was built in the early 80s, but it was thoroughly modernized just a few years ago, so maybe they left parts of the original design? Not sure

2025-04-21 07:30:27 UTC

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@nprofile…zq4c haha, it's from ~2023

2025-04-21 07:07:07 UTC

Which button would you press and why?
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/374/687/074/472/477/original/0d39d25a5a2422f2.jpg

2025-04-21 05:57:25 UTC

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@nprofile…pv7m good point, thanks

2025-04-21 05:01:12 UTC

Random useful linux CLI thing I just learnt.
If you don't want to see all that lengthy text after sshing to a machine, just do
touch ~/.hushlogin
on the machine you are sshing to. Now there won't be any messages to clutter your terminal.
#linux #bash #ssh

2025-04-20 17:38:31 UTC

This is a windmill made by my grandfather from some scrap wood. He says the vibrations scare the moles out of the allotment. Looks like it's working, there were no mole hills in sight.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/371/505/648/984/846/original/661ecdc11b80979a.jpg

2025-04-20 12:05:39 UTC

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@nprofile…02l8 As someone else suggested in the replies, I would use one for SD cards :D

2025-04-20 08:21:31 UTC

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@nprofile…vu2e thanks! I hope to make a lot of blog posts about my adventures with it :)

2025-04-20 07:36:47 UTC

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@nprofile…qjmy and put a motorized player to automatically load disks

2025-04-20 07:35:59 UTC

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@nprofile…972j more than 64GB?! Impossible

2025-04-20 07:35:41 UTC

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@nprofile…gz4z that sounds like a cool 3d print project

2025-04-20 07:01:28 UTC

There are now microSD cards able to store more data than this whole "motorized tower".
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/368/993/612/941/502/original/51578331e8310fd4.jpg

2025-04-20 06:32:35 UTC

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I already have a ten Gigabit port PoE+ switch, so in total I will have ~20 RJ45 ports and 1 SFP.
The only other thing I need to buy is a SFP+ switch to put 10G fiber between my home office and the server room.
Beautiful overkil <3

2025-04-20 06:30:15 UTC

I'm getting ready for my future house. By that I mean that I bought a second-hand, totally overkill, rack mountable, 11 port router from Mikrotik, it's the RB3011UiAS-RM, and it's massive
Now the only question is: Will I be able to configure it? 😂
https://mikrotik.com/product/RB3011UiAS-RM
#mikrotik
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2025-04-19 11:15:28 UTC

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@nprofile…z22s @nprofile…70m8 says hello

2025-04-19 11:14:49 UTC

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@nprofile…z22s ah yes, the less known cousin of 21:37

2025-04-19 06:34:50 UTC

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@nprofile…fxax i remember seeing one in a computer store in the late 90s

2025-04-19 06:16:16 UTC

"a more intrinsic, nebulous sense of value: namely the customer’s joy of use/possession of something crafted with thought, purpose, and skill, as well as the knowledge that their patronage is contributing to the well-being of a neighbor, not the soaring, mindless, mercenary ambitions of a soulless corporation"
https://rldane.space/but-my-friends-arent-on-there.html

2025-04-19 06:02:35 UTC

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Of course by conservative I mean a list of different -phobisms

2025-04-19 05:59:31 UTC

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Still, 10% for three left, and the rest for various flavors of conservative, harmful right-wingers

2025-04-19 05:58:13 UTC

Sigh, why do I have to live in such a far-right prevailing, theocratic country?
The soccer lining is that the two left-wing presidential candidates in the upcoming elections have together around 10% of the vote in the polls, which is impressively high in comparison to previous elections.

2025-04-18 08:08:34 UTC

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@nprofile…9dqp Thank you for explaining that, this is where my zero training in maths shows

2025-04-18 07:58:27 UTC

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Five years working professionally as a Python developer and that language still surprises me in the most basic things

2025-04-18 07:57:53 UTC

OK, that surprised me, I did not expect that outcome. I assumed all() for an empty list will return False? And it explains why my code was not doing what I wanted xD
#python
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2025-04-18 07:47:03 UTC

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@nprofile…3cv8 that is a very good point, and yes, if I had cats, I would for sure make a place for them in the rack

2025-04-18 07:46:17 UTC

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@nprofile…x759 I am continuing to be surprised that 4chan still exists. I remember it to be a child of the 00s

2025-04-18 07:35:17 UTC

Gah, I saw another news article stating that "BlueSky" is decentralized

2025-04-18 07:04:57 UTC

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cc @nprofile…cvyl

2025-04-18 07:03:22 UTC

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here you go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnMRePtHMZY

2025-04-18 06:06:11 UTC

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I could feel Alec from Technology Connections sighing all through the video. He made a great video on Peltiers

2025-04-18 05:56:47 UTC

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So it's just a box with insulation, some Peltier coolers and fans. Should not be that hard to recreate it by yourself from an old 4U case.

2025-04-18 05:54:08 UTC

At first I thought it was a late April Fools, but now I very much want one.
A rack-mountable beer fridge from 45drives!
I might have a 40U in the near future and not much to fill it in with, so maaaaybe?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDphB9_THUA
#homelab

2025-04-17 18:32:19 UTC

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...and I still remember the previous iteration of the alphabet, the Precise Pangolin...

2025-04-17 18:31:23 UTC

Welcome Ubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin"!
https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin?utm_campaign=takeover

2025-04-17 18:14:38 UTC

- I am a ferminist - I said
- you mean a feminist? - the reply was.
- No - I said, continuing to build a nuclear reactor
#microfiction #microdadjoke

2025-04-16 15:25:51 UTC

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@nprofile…0qjj @nprofile…85xa @nprofile…qcu2 thank you for that, sadly my German is not good enough yet

2025-04-16 06:05:19 UTC

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@nprofile…dpy5 that's a cool hack!

2025-04-16 06:04:49 UTC

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@nprofile…z22s they did not give any peas a chance

2025-04-16 06:03:36 UTC

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@nprofile…x759 I would add using Pinchflat and Jellyfin to download and watch Youtube videos instead of using that wretched site

2025-04-16 06:02:02 UTC

Morning Phoedicians

2025-04-15 20:07:23 UTC

I removed my #meshtastic solar node because I don't want to get it damaged during construction work, and now I need another use for my collection of 18650s

2025-04-15 20:05:23 UTC

patriarchy 👎
dickstatorship 👍

2025-04-15 18:55:23 UTC

döcker kebab

2025-04-15 09:18:40 UTC

#python
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2025-04-14 20:05:04 UTC

My dog is a construction worker specializing in small wooden storage space.
Yes, he sheds like crazy.

2025-04-14 18:20:13 UTC

A great article on how to keep your Raspberry Pis alive, something that is very useful for me
https://dri.es/keeping-your-raspberry-pi-online-with-watchdogs

2025-04-13 08:30:42 UTC

Hey #networking #mikrotik specialists!
I'm thinking of checking out exposing my local services to the Web using https://github.com/fatedier/frp
Let's say I want to expose a HTTP server running on a Pi. I would put that Pi on a different VLAN for security. Can I setup my local communication in a way that I could SSH into that Pi from my laptop in another VLAN, but that Pi would not be able to connect in any way to other machines in my local network?
What is the industry standard way to handle this?

2025-04-12 18:39:53 UTC

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@nprofile…a7k2 I have not heard about Turnkey Linux before, thanks for sharing!

2025-04-12 16:43:14 UTC

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@nprofile…s8ss I've just spend two days in Dublin and I can confirm that the street fashion is fascinating

2025-04-12 16:17:15 UTC

New blog post!
In which I talk in detail how I deployed Nextcloud locally in my homelab using LXD and NextcloudPi.
I go through the whole process of setting up LXD, importing the NCP image, installing, configuring, and scheduling backups for my own personal cloud.
https://stfn.pl/blog/67-deploying-nextcloud-locally-with-lxd/
#blog #HomeLab #lxd #Nextcloud #virtualization
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2025-04-11 13:12:29 UTC

(I only had maybe two hours of sleep last night)

2025-04-11 13:11:36 UTC

And how do you call a girl that cannot decide which Linux distribution to use?
A damsel in distross

2025-04-11 13:10:10 UTC

And which Linux distro spins the slowest?
Fedora.
Only 1 RPM.

2025-04-11 13:09:06 UTC

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I know, it's an apt name.

2025-04-11 13:08:22 UTC

How do you call a discussion between different Debian packages?
A .debate

2025-04-11 12:53:09 UTC

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@nprofile…yjk4 btw, I have a new weird hobby, I measure the G forces during flight (there's an app for that of course), and during that bad landing there was a spike of over 1.5G :D

2025-04-11 12:27:57 UTC

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@nprofile…yjk4 half of them :D the first one was painful, the second one was very smooth

2025-04-11 11:06:01 UTC

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One of the best places to live in Poznań, built in the communist period, when they knew how to make neighborhoods with access to public transport, schools, and other infrastructure
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/318/998/640/764/584/original/54f8d9ade88dff87.jpg

2025-04-11 11:03:49 UTC

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A small Brocken Spectre as we were approaching Poznań
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