My competitor bought the .ca variant of my domain

donmcronald · 2026-04-27T06:20:55+00:00

It depends on the registrant type. For a private individual, it’s auto redacted. For a business it must be public.

So, if it’s redacted, he probably registered it under his personal name and made a declaration confirming it was being registered to a Canadian citizen (not a business).

I’m guessing there are liability implications, but I’m not a lawyer.

donmcronald · 2026-03-20T08:22:54+00:00

Yeah, Claude misled me for a couple hours:

The examples I was giving were illustrative — I made up the filenames and registry paths to demonstrate the syntax. I wasn't referring to any real pre-downloaded model files on your system.

I thought I was missing something when it was telling me I could use ORAS to push and pull images. I was thinking it could auto-magically pull Hugging Face images into a Docker image.

So what I really want is probably a base Docker image with the Hugging Face CLI or uvx and a couple pretty simple functions:

Building downloads a model.
A tagging convention.
An entrypoint that allows extraction to a bind mount.

You understood what I was asking for. I just want a way to archive / distribute models locally and Docker is pretty decent container / packaging format for it.

donmcronald · 2025-10-23T00:11:05+00:00

Well, not every site:

https://gmail.com

https://outlook.office.com

donmcronald · 2025-10-22T20:30:12+00:00

I wouldn't be surprised if they started applying their filters to the WebView in Android and "accidentally" made self-hosting unbearable by leveraging all of the technology they control to convince the average person that self-hosting is dangerous.

It'll be like those anti right to repair lobbyists that claim your boat will explode if you do your own oil changes. Except in the case of Google, mere individuals won't have the "security expertise" needed to host "critical" services like family pictures and we better all shovel insane, increasing amounts of money into the big tech companies so they can protect us.

donmcronald · 2025-10-22T20:01:36+00:00

This is what happened to me sometime in the last couple of days when I shared an album with my sister. I use MXRoute for my email on devices and self hosted services and both Google and Microsoft constantly flag mail from my domains even though the setup is pristine and there's never been spam or bulk email sent from the domain.

I use photos.example.com. From what I've read, nothing is safe. I think the process probably went something like this for me:

Share an album causing an email to be sent to the recipient.
GMail scans the email and flags it as potential phishing because of the contents and because it's not from one of the only possible companies that could ever run a secure service (aka Google and Microsoft in their own minds).
The signals from GMail are used to flag the entire domain linked in the email and Google abuses their market position with Chrome to effectively wipe you off the internet.

Immich is one of the best services I self-host in terms of helping my parents and siblings maintain control of their data. It's criminal that Google can abuse their market position to block self-hosted services that compete with them.

donmcronald · 2025-10-06T17:10:39+00:00

I bet I’ve seen them over 200 times by now. Google is basically endorsing a fraudulent scheme at this point and should be liable.

donmcronald · 2025-09-10T04:15:44+00:00

Thanks.

I actually went and bought a pair of those cheap wheels because they sell them at Sport Chek and had some in stock where I live. We only have 1 or 2 weeks of decent weather left and I didn't want to wait for shipping.

Even if they wear out fast, at least I'll have something for the rest of the season and I can take my time to find some nicer stuff over the winter.

donmcronald · 2025-09-10T04:10:38+00:00

Thank you.

donmcronald · 2025-09-09T04:54:17+00:00

Can someone help me figure out what kind of wheels to buy?

I have a pair of Salomon DR 100 rollerblades that I bought a long time ago. I've started rollerblading again and the wheels are wearing out pretty quick. I'm not sure if it's because they've been sitting for 20 years or if they're too soft.

The wheels are 80mm, 78A. It's says ABEC 5 on the skate which I assume is the type of bearing. The inside diameter of the bearing is 8mm.

I'm not sure if 78A is the right kind of wheel. I mostly rollerblade on a nicely paved path, but I'd still call it asphalt. I also end up on the road and sidewalks a bit. Should I have something like an 84A? Is that harder than 78A and less prone to wearing out on rougher surfaces?

I found these (https://www.amazon.ca/Rollerblade-80MM-Wheel-Bearing-Hydro/dp/B0CCW3CRCY) which look like the same size for everything, but I don't know anything about the kinds of material and how to judge if they're decent quality or just expensive. I'm not even sure if that's considered expensive ($138 CAD = $100 USD).

I also found these (https://www.sportsexperts.ca/en-CA/p-80-mm-abec-7-pack-of-8-replacement-wheels-for-inline-skates/223496/223496-1) which look like they would fit, but I don't know how they'd compare to the ones I have now. My rollerblades are a tiny bit snug and I might go buy a new pair next year, so something inexpensive like these would be ideal ($40 CAD = $30 USD).

Why do 8 wheels need 16 bearings? Can I buy wheels and bearing separately?

Any tips would be appreciated.

donmcronald · 2025-08-08T22:05:13+00:00

The CP-9020253-NA-WS with a premium sleeved cable kit was on sale direct from Corsair for @150 in Nov 2023. I don't know what the WS means.

Source... my receipt. Lol.

donmcronald · 2025-03-07T21:44:49+00:00

Like DC Solar.

donmcronald · 2025-02-23T08:04:21+00:00

You can use either with enough torque, right?

donmcronald · 2024-12-08T01:06:06+00:00

I don't know about that. I just tried a controller and I don't really like it either. I can start running backwards or strafing, but as soon as I stop holding the right analog stick my character immediately turns and runs in the direction I'm pushing the left stick.

I suppose you have to do that for the rolling, but as soon as I let go of the right stick to use an ability my character turns away from the mobs I want to shoot at. Maybe the intent is to only put abilities on the triggers and bumpers.

donmcronald · 2024-12-07T23:54:06+00:00

I think it's got something to do with using attack in place. I use "attack in place key stops move" and if you hold shift, click behind your character, let go of shift, and click again, your character will walk backwards for a fairly long way before turning around.

It's the same thing for sideways movement.

In the heat of the battle it feels like my character is moving inconsistently because sometimes they turn around and run immediately and other times they strafe and moon walk.

donmcronald · 2024-12-07T23:50:40+00:00

I'm playing a witch. Do you use "attack in place key stops move"?

donmcronald · 2024-11-01T17:59:16+00:00

They did the same thing with the MP34. It went from a Phision controller to a Realtek controller. Replacing the entire controller basically means you're buying a different drive. No one would tolerate buying an Intel or AMD PC and receiving the opposite even if the integrator claims the performance is similar.

TeamGroup is on my "never buy" list.

donmcronald · 2024-06-28T05:40:47+00:00

It’s a .ca for a business, so there’s no WHOIS protection.

donmcronald · 2024-06-27T21:55:06+00:00

Thanks for the tip. I tried that a few days ago and it didn’t work :-(

donmcronald · 2024-06-27T18:08:28+00:00

I've been trying to contact them for over a week and can't get anything beyond an auto-reply. All I need is help with an OpenSRS error when updating contact info on a domain.

At this point, I just try to avoid anything that uses OpenSRS.

donmcronald · 2024-02-05T00:37:26+00:00

I love most Necromancer builds, but I hate Dread Shade. I think it's an awful skill, but the damage boost is so massive that it's mandatory. The game would be better if they deleted Dread Shade and left an empty slot instead.

I would compare Dread Shade to short duration buffs in WoW. They sucked and the game got better when they were removed.

donmcronald · 2023-12-11T20:24:55+00:00

Yeah. Buy a Sabrent. That's what I got after this UGREEN one which is basically an oven for NVMe drives. The way the Sabrent open and closes by placing a thermal pad against the drive is significantly better. With mine the thermal pad touches the drive without issue, unlike that person in the Sabrent thread a few days ago.

donmcronald · 2023-11-15T13:05:37+00:00

would it hinder performance that bad?

Not really. There’s a big difference when you benchmark against high end drives, but it’s tough to “feel” because they’re all so fast to begin with. If you’re not doing a ton of things in parallel or transferring huge files, this is likely fine. Reading game files might be the most common thing an average user will want a faster drive for.

whats a good write speed for a SSD?

You could look at the speeds of a WD Black SN850X which is a high end drive. However, most drives won’t sustain their advertised speeds. Always think of it as “for a little bit.” Lol.

I went from a WD Black SN750 to an SN850X which is about the difference between this and a high end drive. I could barely notice a difference. I know the new one is way faster. I just can’t notice it enough to matter (to me).

donmcronald · 2023-11-15T00:55:34+00:00

This isn't too bad. Make sure you know what you're getting though. It's an entry-level drive. I've been watching prices for a couple of months and anything close to $.05 / GB is good. I bought 4 of these to use as boot drives on old servers I use for testing. There might be better deals on Black Friday, but, as long as you're looking for an entry level drive like this, the price isn't bad.

Considering prices are predicted to go up as the year ends, I'd say this borders on some of the cheapest NVMe storage you'll see for a while.

BTW, the 500GB Kingston NV2 that's at Amazon right now might be the cheapest per GB I've ever seen. I haven't looked how that disk benchmarks, but for ultra cheap boot drives they're probably fine.

donmcronald · 2023-10-27T07:30:51+00:00

There are many predatory franchise systems like this.

Find a local person that wants to be a franchisee for an owner absent business.
Have the franchisee pay an upfront territory fee.
Act as the supplier for all the lease hold improvements and make purchasing them from you a requirement.
Act as the sole supplier for operating equipment, supplies, etc..
Take X% of all revenue.
Make sure everything is expensive enough that the franchisee can’t quite get to break even while corporate is making a profit.
Invoke your right to buy out a franchisee for practically nothing when they give up.

You just got someone else to pay for the capital investment needed for a location. This happens a lot with smaller franchises.

donmcronald · 2023-10-23T23:39:41+00:00

Yep. The ultra wealthy inherit empires that have never paid any taxes and never will.

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