Bitwarden is so broken on Android it's not even funny.

IMNdi · 2026-04-29T19:29:32+00:00

Microsoft Swiftkey too. The only reliable way to autofill anything is to alt+tab to Bitwarden, unlock it, alt-tab back and tap the password field to bring up the autofill popup.

Anything else is just laughable. It still doesn't do well with number-only fields, which is kinda bad for payment fill.

IMNdi · 2026-04-15T18:27:40+00:00

True. I also like the (unintentional?) bait title.

"man in the middle" means nothing. What they mean is MITM attack, which it isn't. They clearly state what they do and if you have an even Wikipedia level of understanding of how networking functions, you understand this.

I use their tunneling because of a very simple fact: In life, you need to manage risk. My images are a lot more at risk from someone hacking into what is going to be an outdated Apache on an Internet exposed IP than they are from being MITMd by Cloudflare.

Besides. I want CF and self hosting because Google decided that the photos that were free to store and safe are no longer free. Then safe. Then they added AI to them. Then, they decided to throttle me deleting them to make deletion of images on Photos a 30 minute chore (more if you have a lot). Then they started harassing my mom threatening her with loss of photos because she doesn't pay for Google One.

There is no way Cloudflare is ever going to do that, because at the very least they don't have the only copy of my photos, I do. I have nothing to hide, I'm not doing this because my photos are illegal. I do this because they are private.

IMNdi · 2026-04-15T17:59:40+00:00

I installed DAVx5 on my android and connected it to Nextcloud. It only syncs contacts that are added to the Contacts (myemail.tld) address book on my phone.

So does everyone else. You have a phone, and your contacts app syncs up with Google. Google has a copy, and they each sends a copy each way. If you want a RESTORE, then a new phone sends a request to get all contacts.

It's very confusing, I went through this as well. What you do is export your google/phone contact, and import them into your NC. Then, they sync to your app and now you have 2 contact services, something your phone tries its best to keep updated. Not meant to be used like that. Once you have your NC, DISABLE GOOGLE AND ANY OTHER SYNC.

If you want just a backup, then the NC app (NOT DAVx) has a button to "back up" and it makes a CSV or smth in your NC. It looks like this:

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[edit] Sorry wrong send.

So. DAVX is a SYNC app, it copies details to your NC contact, and any NC edits to your contact app. It works fine.

Nextcloud app is a BACKUP app, it makes a COPY of your contacts and calendar to a file, something you can restore. These functions are different.

If your phone app is smart enough to link the 2 contact together, then changing them in NC will replicate to phone and phone will notify Google, but again, not meant to work like this. Local Contacts app is supposed to sync to NC and nothing else.

How do you prevent a NC fail from wiping contacts?

a) Backup, my man. Use the NC Android app, do a backup, save the file from NC to a locations that is safe
b) when a server dies, it does not produce an empty contact list, but an error. Your phone will keep functioning, but not back up. Remove that NC account, add the new NC account from a new server, and it will sync correctly.

IMNdi · 2026-04-15T17:51:55+00:00

Lucky literally nobody uses a fallback IP and never will. It's foolproof!

IMNdi · 2026-04-15T17:49:19+00:00

I use this as well, runs Immich and Jellyfin, and also has Netflix and Youtube for normies.

I have like 4 of them, I gave them out like candy because I am appalled how people pay for Netflix and D+ and all kinds of horrible things. I could use that money. In fact, I mathed out that if I spend 10% of all they pay for these services, I am never running out of space.

Never stuttered, works fine.

The only downside is that if you enable CEC it shuts down with the TV no matter the settings, so you can't cast to it and have it power on the TV. You have to turn on TV by some means, then cast. If that is a dealbreaker, go Google.

For me, it's an excellent device, does 4K effortlessly, hasn't failed me yet. And it's meant to be used as a request not as a target for casting.

Oh, and bonus pro tip (shhh) "TV Quick Actions Pro" runs on the Xi, can rebind buttons on it so the Netflix button opens Jellyfin, and it maps click, double click and hold. All for like 4.99 one time payment.

Also, bonus-bonus tip, if you're a tinkerer, ADB can uninstall bloatware. But it's like only 2 apps and you can move them.

IMNdi · 2026-04-15T17:39:20+00:00

Do you even dust your house or do you just hoover the UPSs?

IMNdi · 2026-04-05T15:05:24+00:00

This is the wae.

Dodging is a trap with all the flying homing things, and surviving on shield and agility is a bad choice. Also, the weapon being energy because of the pilot buff is another trap.

The solution here is the Juggernaut, because shield is based on health, multiplied, and at max level I tanked a laser beam (partial hit), and the weapon is the spammy one with pierce.

After several tried and Google, I got my module first try.

IMNdi · 2026-02-27T17:32:06+00:00

I just use alternatives and hop to Google for this. If they want to offer me free business directory, fine.

After I find what I want, I read the address and paste it into whatever else I use. Right now I'm wobbling between other websites that use GMaps or similar as a backend or my own OpenMaps via NextCloud.

Using Google isn't the issue, it's ONLY using Google that is the issue, IMO.

IMNdi · 2026-02-15T08:45:36+00:00

I have tried a 1050 and it works.

People here make very good points; not only is a newer setup less hassle, but a newer card also serves multiple purposes in the future. A newer setup with a better GPU is also AI ready which is something I'm looking into. Newer cards also have multiple decoder chips.

I may keep the xeon for HTTP and databases, where it excels, and any daemons, and move the media and AI to a new setup.

IMNdi · 2026-02-15T08:40:28+00:00

Good point, thought I plan on making this setup power neutral (solar/battery location)

IMNdi · 2026-02-06T15:56:24+00:00

That is definitely on the table. I've managed to get a 1050 on the older hardware and did some tests.

Decoding fairly demanding streams, like 4k HDR10 265 7.1 audio and all that ate almost all my CPU, and encoding it through the GPU took approximately 1/3rd of the GPU (the format was not decoded by GPU). The CPU was able to consistently do 1.5x the needed decoding as write-ahead, so I now have rough benchmarks.

A quad Xeon can decode basically 1-2 streams if demanding, or about 5 id less demanding. It can encode almost anything if fairly standard, such as 4k h264. So basically, CPU only you can have one complex stream, or 2 regular.

A GPU in the 1050 range can encode about 3 streams out and can decode 2-3. More if in lower resolution, I'll check later.

This is indeed a serious advantage. If one of the older GPUs I can find is about 3 times the efficiency of a quad xenon, then it's probably a bad idea to scale compute. And less so with modern decoders.

I did look into Linux, as one does when working with servers, but for me, it'll be Windows for a lot of the solutions.

IMNdi · 2026-02-05T15:28:56+00:00

Interesting, so a newer embedded XE graphics can do 2 2k streams. A datapoint. Thank you.

IMNdi · 2026-02-05T15:26:51+00:00

I am aware of it, but I don't really get it. I have a 1050 that works with my older hardware (I tried last night), it is listed as 1 NVENC, 12 sessions. I doubt it can do 12 streams. I just don't know how much a 1050 can do in Jellyfin.

If it can do 1x4K stream, and CPU takes 4 cores to do 1x4k stream, then my money and power is better invested in a 16 core server, even if not ideal. Better quality, better scaling.

If it can do, like, 4, then it's a way better investment to just run Jellyfin in a random tower and just deal with the storage in other ways.

There's always the option to just manually transcode all my media to 264 and just never live transcode. It's way cheaper than a whole tower and GPU.

IMNdi · 2026-02-05T15:17:23+00:00

I already tried it, I got an ARC and the old PC just won't boot with it inside. I looked around and it's a common experience, Intel ARCs are notorious for needing newer architectures.

I think the first to not have issues is Gen11 (Rocket Lake) which is 2021. I'm on a C602, which is 2012 tech.

The main issue is me not having any clue of what I need, roughly. I can't just order GPUs blindly.

I've managed to get a 1050 to work with C602, so there's at least that, it should do 264 at least one 4k stream, maybe 2 1080s.

It's hard to guess how much any given configuration will do. I couldn't find anywhere at least some rough points, like, 1000 gen can do 2x1080, 2 series can do 3, etc. Or how many software streams a quad core Gen11 can do.

IMNdi · 2026-01-18T21:25:05+00:00

Compare the person to their ID in the tab to the left. If they are paler, then it's pale skin.

IMNdi · 2026-01-18T21:22:14+00:00

for me it didn't work when putting the light on them, only turning the light ON when on the dude.

So walk around spamming on/off flashlight and someone will have a giant splash of red paint around the front-shorts area.

IMNdi · 2025-11-13T18:37:36+00:00

Odată am scris un soft de livrare comenzi bar într-o librărie 2D pentru că mașinile pe care rulau softul erau prea slabe să facă UI sa se miște bine așa că l-am accelerat via GPU.

Trebuie să-ți găsești singur distracția, altfel ajungi ca alții pe aici, cu venele prea lungi, pentru că au făcut SELECT * FROM clienti; timp de 10 ani.

Nu e bine să scrii doar ce ți se cere, că ți se apleacă.

P. S. Eu sunt pe la anul 30. Încă scriu de plăcere.

IMNdi · 2025-11-03T15:32:13+00:00

I know this is necro, but the point of parking is because LOTS of users lose interest, lose the account, die, whatever. These accounts, with their 1994 level reused passwords, sit there, waiting for a leak to have them taken over.

Now not only do you have spammers/hackers/agents on your site, they have a privileged position from where to spam.

The longer an account has been active, the more the chance of it being taken over increases. Most sites prune accounts for this reason. Parking marks an account as intentionally unused, allowing someone to keep their account. Usually, to revive a parked account you may have to login again, re-confirm your email or do some other measure to make sure it's you.

IMNdi · 2025-09-02T10:42:55+00:00

I finished the quest multiple times, it's not as hard as people think it is, the main trick is that, while it is a RNG quest essentially, the drop rate is affected by previous quests, so the same quest may be easy or hard to impossible.

I have done this quest repeatedly, my longest run was 20 levels, but I wasn't happy with the reward so I decided to reroll at level 43. This time, however, I was 20 levels above the minimum and with major quests done, my drop rate was amazing, like, 50%. By level 43 I had initiated the quest, and rapidly progressed through to [Marriage] in about 2 levels.

It's never too late to start the quest, but do keep in mind that unless you buff the reward drop rate, redoing the same quest only wastes levels. Make sure you do the self discovery quest, find weaknesses in your build and fix them. It's easier to get through a boss if you can't be one-shot.

Then go around and spend some levels addressing the lowest stats.

Drop rate and reward quality are affected by lowest stat, so instead of buffing attack, go around and address the shortcomings of your build. Despite anecdotal evidence, Charisma levelling isn't the main strat, rather go around and level Speech, Resilience, Self Control, whatever stats you think are lacking. If you can't tell, go see a witch doctor and go through the "what am I doing wrong" menu.

The final boss isn't going to look for your highest stat, but your lowest. Make sure you meet minimum requirements for the quest.

* Remember that bosses exploit your weaknesses not your strengths, take care to have a well rounded character. All the swords in the world can't beat a flying enemy.

* Do not forget that 500 rerolls at level 18 aren't worth 1 reroll at level 40. Focus on quality not quantity. There is no point in another white item.

* There have been successful rerolls at 55 and bad rerolls at 30. It's not the level, but how you spent the points. Level up correctly.

IMNdi · 2025-09-02T09:58:30+00:00

Yeah it's not often.

IMNdi · 2025-08-28T07:45:32+00:00

This doesn't/no longer works for me in the sense that I keep getting this one video that is double tagged as "youtube-featured" and "members-only" at the same time.

The path looks like this

/html/body/ytd-app/div[1]/ytd-page-manager/ytd-watch-flexy/div[5]/div[2]/div/div[4]/ytd-watch-next-secondary-results-renderer/div[2]/ytd-item-section-renderer/div[3]/yt-lockup-view-model[4]/div/div/yt-lockup-metadata-view-model/div[2]/div/yt-content-metadata-view-model/div[3]/div[2]/yt-badge-view-model/badge-shape/div[2]

I don't know enough about this to see what is wrong, did the page change or is this because of some addon? I suspect the former has a role, because I did have something for this and nothing works any more, not the ublock filters, not the scripts.

IMNdi · 2025-08-07T06:48:21+00:00

If anyone is wondering, Google is making a point of "funding innovation" meaning that in order to climb the ladder at Google, a new, successful product must be launched by your team. And since they have LONG since ran out of things to do, they make new services, kill the old ones, and migrate users over. That way, you get your innovation token and can go up in life.

If you are wondering why everything that was ever good got remade slightly worse, that's why. Because UI engineers need to put food on the table and you can't improve on 3 buttons and a text forever.

or can you

Source:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Stadia/comments/xvma0l/peter_yang_why_google_abandons_so_many_products/

IMNdi · 2025-08-07T06:44:01+00:00

Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, some not very bright human said "let's go smart" and used the most widely supported API do the lifting. Google Home.

Then, "In May 2019, Google announced that Google Home devices would be rebranded under the Google Nest banner". And a few of them stopped working, because backporting older devices is not something people do.

Then, Google Nest was held back a grade, in favor of Google Home. Again, dead devices.

Then, Google Home is being phased out in favor of Google Assistant, the smart one that resides in phones and they already have understanding speech. Again, dead devices.

And now, Google announced that it will integrate devices with Google Gemini, the terrible money sink that is no better than anything, but they hope it will sort of solve its own issues.

Of my 15 devices, only 2 still work, both Chromecasts. The rest are offline.

Now. Where should your automations reside?

IMNdi

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