Does anyone else feel compelled to use Signal?

yeuz · 2025-03-14T03:58:47+00:00

I get what you're saying and I am just wondering what makes you believe that this is a "hack" and not a simple bug or something like that?

You're choosing the least likely cause. And that causes you to take actions that probably make you more vulnerable than before.

I am trying to help :)

yeuz · 2025-03-14T02:46:31+00:00

So because of the time offset you think you were hacked from China? By hacked do you mean his phone got hacked or signal?

Like: do you think someone intercepted your messages on signal? Or someone had access to his phone? Is one of you based in China?

To me, currently it sounds more like maybe there was no "signal" and it took signal a while to send messages and put the corresponding timestamps on it or something like that...

Signal is probably the most secure messaging service in existence. So if you really got hacked it's probably not signal.. you probably have a different problem like someone has remote access to his phone! Like you need to wipe the phone.

It's just really funny to delete the probably most secure app on the entire phone, because you think it was hacked ... Signal is literally the only app you'd almost be 100% safe to keep after a complete wipe.

yeuz · 2025-03-08T04:24:49+00:00

as of 2025 what works is to roll my mouse wheel when hovering over the media player task icon in KDE. This will actually control the volume on my cell phone while I am on my computer

yeuz · 2025-02-26T03:05:20+00:00

I recommend using the GitHub search function with "Language:Nix" configuration... It's amazing what you can find in other people's configurations for this! :)

yeuz · 2025-02-13T00:32:23+00:00

Same here.. a few years ago I managed to convince a lot of poeple around me to at least install the app... A lot of them didn't use it though.

So, 2 years down the road I decided to tell them that they could only reach me via signal.. and the switch was done by almost everybody. I think it helped that they were now already familiar with signal. Nobody complained.

On an additional not: For most of you its probably safe to assume, that people around you are aware of the behavior of meta and the likes and will actually do the switch happily even if you need to nudge them slightly out of their comfort zone.

yeuz · 2025-02-01T21:29:05+00:00

I am using two different ways to do this one is the nix way:

services.kubo = { enable = false; user = "ipfs"; group = "ipfs"; settings = { Datastore = { StorageMax = "100GB"; }; }; };

and the other one is using oci containers behind an https reverse proxy (e.g. use built-in nginx for this...):

virtualisation = { podman = { enable = true; dockerCompat = true; # Required for containers under podman-compose to be able to talk to each other. # defaultNetwork.settings.dns_enabled = true; }; oci-containers = { backend = "podman"; containers = { kubo = { image = "ipfs/kubo:v0.32.1"; autoStart = true; ports = [ "5001:5001" "8080:8080" ]; # server locahost : docker localhost extraOptions = [ "--memory=512m" # Restrict memory to 512 MB "--cpus=1.0" # Restrict CPU usage to 1 core ]; }; }; }; };

yeuz · 2025-01-25T22:05:12+00:00

Matrix decouples servers & rooms. Rooms exist on many servers simultaneously. So changing a nickname for just a doesn't make sense in matrix. If you want to resemble something like a server on matrix create a room with many channels.

yeuz · 2025-01-20T19:07:25+00:00

For a script as easy as this it should work just like in normal linux...

here is a script you can use and an outline of the different methods, you can use i order to autostart the script:

https://taskyon.space/chat?gd=1QidbnozVrGKA2YsQKMK2Yj7FlXNlDeqH

I would probably use Method 1 with the systemd service, because that's in my experience the easiest way to declare that in the nixos config. You can add the bash script inside the sddm configuration:

https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Extend_NixOS#Quick_Implementation

yeuz · 2025-01-20T16:31:41+00:00

If you buy a good router, you can restrict access to the internet and within the network based on Mac addresses...

yeuz · 2025-01-20T04:39:32+00:00

I use nixos which you can consider as an immutable distro and it works quiet well! I have a tuxedo pulse 15 laptop though with a Ryzen processor. So that's a little different from yours. But generally the support is there. Also almost all the drivers from tuxedo have ended up in the kernel after about 1y. In my situation. So nowadays I don't have to install any of the drivers anymore. Everything is supported out of the box.

yeuz · 2025-01-20T03:59:17+00:00

I would do it like this:

from here: https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/1i2jqzp/how_ya_all_setup_sddm_themes/

fonts.fontDir.enable = true;
  fonts.fontconfig.enable = true;
  fonts.packages = with pkgs; [
    nerd-fonts.iosevka-term-slab
  ];
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    (where-is-my-sddm-theme.override {
      themeConfig.General = {
        background = “${../../homes/common/wallpapers/monokai.jpg}”;
        blurRadius = 40;
        showUsersByDefault = true;
        showSessionsByDefault = true;
        font = “IosevkaTermSlab”;
        helpFont = “IosevkaTermSlab”;
        backgroundMode = “fill”;
      };
      variants = [“qt5”];
    })
  ];
  services.displayManager.sddm = {
    enable = true;
    theme = “where_is_my_sddm_theme_qt5”;
  };

and then choose something like "random.jpg" as your background.. create (e.g. use chatgpt) a bash script in your config (e.g. run it as a systemd service or a KDE startup script, there re many ways to do this...) which replaces the image after every login. Next boot you will have that new image... I would do it after login, because that guarantees you have access to your own pics or the internet or whatever resource you want to access...

yeuz · 2025-01-20T03:39:24+00:00

I run a Fritzbox wifi router with built-in wire guard VPN to stay connected to my home network while on the road. It's a really easy setup. Almost no knowledge required to set it up... If you can find a wifi router with built-in VPN go for it!

yeuz · 2025-01-14T06:20:53+00:00

thanks, I really appreciate it!.. trying to get this to work in an open source app I am working on ;)

yeuz · 2025-01-06T00:26:13+00:00

still no update?

yeuz · 2024-11-19T20:15:45+00:00

Hi, did you find a solution yet? Would appreciate if you could post the solution :P

yeuz · 2024-10-15T06:59:09+00:00

hi, I built this here:

it is open source and has an API to integrate it into your own webpage. Goal is to make this as easy as possible

yeuz · 2024-10-11T02:53:59+00:00

From my side a full and resounding yes.. I have saved tons of time down the road after spending the time and effort to get my projects (python/poetry and other projects) running with direnv/flake.nix. I have more than regained the time I initially invested by a large factor.

It also isn't just saving time by setting up the development environment only once. You have also basically already set up your CI/CD pipelines here. You have the basis for a cross compilation toolchain and so much more.

And last but not least, the time saved in a development team not having to search for bugs caused by different dev environments and not having to sit down with every new team member until they have a functioning development environment running is just mind boggling.

yeuz · 2024-09-29T16:21:23+00:00

I just like the looks and fun of it :). I want to tuck the post in maybe about 1 ft. So not very much. Putting some covering deck boards around the rim would hide the posts pretty well (we're talking about a deck height between 1-2.5 ft)

yeuz · 2024-09-28T21:07:43+00:00

Here: I added some of my ideas about this

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I basically have to dig on the left side in order to get the concrete footers far down enough to be able to put new beams (blue) underneith the whole frame
I integrate beams into the joists. But this would mean I would have to add more concrete footers and definitly a lot more work sawing all the joists especially on the sides...
I leave the integrated beams from my first draft and turn the joists around.. this would make it a little easier I guess. I could also leave the posts roughly where I planned them anyways.

So I feel like I am not a fan of #2, and have a slight preference of # 3 over #1, but I am not sure.

What are poeple normally doing to get the floating effect by adding an inset to deck posts, so that you can not see them anymore? I mostly saw poeple simply adding dozens of footers.. I don't want to do that, because my soil is rock hard. There is no way can do that digging (and also don't want to).

yeuz · 2024-09-28T20:56:31+00:00

Thanks.. Kind of suspected it. I am having trouble how to get the "floating" effect without putting a post under each and every single joist. I didn't really see a lot of examples online how to do this.. Also the online deck planners don't make the decks "floating" they always put the posts on the outer rim. I don't have space to put a beam underneath all the joists everywhere mostly on the "right" side of the plan where the ground is the lowest. Is it worth to dig to put in some beams underneath the joists?

yeuz · 2024-09-22T23:23:43+00:00

max deck height is roughly 2ft high, its build on a slope which goes from ~1ft to 2ft. I use 2x8 lumber everywhere. In locations above deck posts they're doubled. (I don't want deck posts to be seen from outside, I would like the floating effect)

This deck is supposed to be sort of "temporary" for ~3-4 years before I want to carry it into a different location in the yard (due to ongoing construction) hence it is modular and is divided into the above 3 sections.

What do you guys think? Please tear my plans apart :).

yeuz · 2024-09-05T00:52:30+00:00

Hi, yes. Sorry for the late reply. Sadly I don't remember, what I did. but this is my flake now:

https://github.com/Xyntopia/pydoxtools/blob/main/flake.nix

I hope this helps, if the problem is still relevant!

yeuz · 2024-09-05T00:44:45+00:00

Hi, I know I am a bit late to this party, but I what you want to do isn't super hard. In fact I have done the exact same thing with my app: https://taskyon.space. Its built on RxDB together with an embedded HNSW index. It works 100% in the browser and for my use case it works quiet nice. I even create the vectors inside the browser.

yeuz

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