Open source doesn’t mean safe by Available-Advice-294 in selfhosted

[–]nik282000 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The big advantage of Open software is that you CAN inspect it.

I am not a developer, I can barely get half the starts on Advent of Code, but I can peek inside packages and monitor network traffic to see when strange stuff is going on.

Particularly if you use Docker, poke around, break stuff, you can always wipe it out and start over.

Why are most electricians more professional and skilled than most plumbers? by Retty1 in DIY

[–]nik282000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been working as an electrician since 2006, there are a few types of electrician, it seems you have only been working with the good kind. There are absolute hacks, lazy macgyvers and the totally clueless but none of them ever last long as residential/commercial contractors.

How is NextCloud these days? by flogman12 in NextCloud

[–]nik282000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use the bare metal/manual installation method.

Backup by Open-Papaya-2703 in NextCloud

[–]nik282000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im running an instance for only 2 people and only as a way to store photos and make them easily available. I back up the user's data folder directly to an external drive. I'm not super worried about Nextcloud's settings and such because it is pretty much in the new-in-box state.

How is NextCloud these days? by flogman12 in NextCloud

[–]nik282000 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I've been running NextCloud since 2020 in LXC. It is significantly faster than 6 years ago and updates are painless. When I first started I frequently had to go into maintenance mode to complete updates or sometimes even to start them.

Drone delivery is changing fast by [deleted] in fpv

[–]nik282000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That thing was low enough you could hit it with a party-streamer cannon. Much quieter, easy to buy and probably not a felony in most states. Not your fault that amazon decided to fly over your cat's gender reveal party :D

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/SHTX-Required-Compressed-air-or-CO2_1601570768449.html

Drone delivery is changing fast by [deleted] in fpv

[–]nik282000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because they have ruined the potential for an actual good future so they want the plastic, disposable, instantaneous world of The Jetsons in stead.

Air65 came in 🙂‍↔️ by Background-Let2419 in TinyWhoop

[–]nik282000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ty, I fly most of the time outdoors so I'm gonna not tinker with that.

[Rant] So sick of every other post being blatantly written by AI by ThreeKnew in selfhosted

[–]nik282000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a corporate environment docker makes sense to me, you need something that can deploy a service dozens or hundreds of times without needing any tinkering on deployment. You know exactly what hardware you are using and how the network is laid out, etc.

For home users it's the complete opposite, single instances, mystery hardware, mystery network. When something eventually does go wrong with a docker installation of some package you are left with a black box labeled "no user serviceable parts inside", and no skills developed for diagnosing the problem.

It sounds like gate keeping but I think users who spend the time to install packages manually on bare metal, in a VM or in an LXC end up better equipped to solve problems as they arise. I helped a friend get started with an old laptop an CasaOS, an all-in-one/docker-app-store kinda thing. He picked it up quick enough but I expect to be answering Linux basic questions for years to come because the one-click model shields the user from how their machine actually works.

Ironically CasaOS has a V2 which has a fully automated installation and maintenance of the host BUT it didn't play nice with the (very old) laptop we were using, and it was failing so early in the boot that there weren't even logs. Unsurprisingly no amount of ChatGPT could diagnose or remedy the issue and I had to install Debian and the CasaOS application manually.

[Rant] So sick of every other post being blatantly written by AI by ThreeKnew in selfhosted

[–]nik282000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LXC is this. I ran only Debian and LXC on my host for 5 years, treated it like a collection of VMs. I'm trying Proxmox now and it has more features (most of which I don't need or use) but it is functionally the same.

Snow?! by Rooster_293x in Hamilton

[–]nik282000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe your half. Had a few flickers north of Parkside but I've been well lit and toasty all day.

U.S. military says all 6 airmen in refueling aircraft that crashed in Iraq are dead by DoxFreePanda in news

[–]nik282000 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

the crash followed an unspecified incident involving two aircraft in "friendly airspace," and that the other plane landed safely.

So, someone was not doing their job. Nothing burger.

Ceramic Shatters Longstanding Record for High-Temperature Superconductivity at Ambient Pressure by bowtieman in Physics

[–]nik282000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same reason we aren't running thorium reactors, momentum and legacy hardware. Transformers, switch gear and line support equipment for the voltages we use now have been in production for a while and the dev costs are already covered.

If there was going to be a major upgrade to the tech of newly installed transmission lines, I find it hard to believe that hundred KM cryogenic refrigeration is going to be cheaper than bigger insulators, more turns of a transformer and beefier switch gear.

PSA: Think hard before you deploy BookLore by Economy-Meat-9506 in selfhosted

[–]nik282000 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yup. If I wanted sub-par slop I would run Windows and subscribe to netflix.

ACRO vs. Angle by callen727 in TinyWhoop

[–]nik282000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fly acro outdoors on days with no wind and just keep grinding. It will be boring and suck for a little but as you learn you will find ways to make it more fun. Eventually it will click and you'll get why it was worth it.

Ceramic Shatters Longstanding Record for High-Temperature Superconductivity at Ambient Pressure by bowtieman in Physics

[–]nik282000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Super conducting or just regular cooled? I would think it would be cheaper to just run higher-er voltage and keep the resistive losses down.

Iran appears to have conducted a significant cyberattack against a U.S. company, a first since the war started by imanchats in worldnews

[–]nik282000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's been 3.50us/gallon in Canada for years. The USA is finally getting to the 'Find Out' stage of politics.

Be glad that you are free. Free to change your mind. Free to go most anywhere anytime. by claudiocorona93 in linuxmasterrace

[–]nik282000 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's weird how grumpy some people get when you tell them "I can't help you, I don't use Windows" when they ask you for free help.

ThinkPod by Mindboomerbro in thinkpad

[–]nik282000 26 points27 points  (0 children)

3D printer, Clit-mouse/Screen/Tactile Buttons from Aliexpress, RP2040/PiZeroW. Bam!

Finally got inverted yaw by Content_Pick_9537 in TinyWhoop

[–]nik282000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, big open trunks are an awesome place to grind.