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wreckedcarzz , 42 minutes ago

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wreckedcarzz , 10 hours ago

Thanks

wreckedcarzz , 10 hours ago

I mean, it’s the navy 🌈, the guy knows what he likes, he’s not half bad looking, and while I’ve only had my ass devoured once, by a skilled sub, I’d partake in it again.

Not enough to join up but if he’s at port…

wreckedcarzz , 9 hours ago

Afaik it’s the “bsod” of *nix systems

wreckedcarzz , 8 hours ago

This is someone I can get behind!

wreckedcarzz , 1 day ago

I feel very lucky to have no idea what you’re talking about, and that scares me

wreckedcarzz , 3 days ago

I bought a used machine a couple weeks ago and am setting it up (1st bare metal build), prox with debian vm running docker. I found it annoying that pm doesn’t support it natively but the ability to do snapshots through pm is nice, and let’s me fuck around more than I would otherwise, slowly build up a machine.

But almost all of the stuff I have running on other machines is just docker containers, so it would be nice if pm just added a checkbox during install or something. (I want to poke at and learn pm, plus mess around with other vms, that’s why I didn’t do straight Debian)

wreckedcarzz , 4 days ago

The best NC setup, is uninstalling NC. Seriously, I spent a month getting that monstrosity to work and not bitch about configurations OUT OF THE BOX that it does NOT HAVE A UI FOR just to find out that half of the ‘apps’ are half-baked buggy messes and the other are out of date, half-baked buggy messes. A to-do system without repeating item availability was the last one I learned about before salting the earth of that hopeless project.

…

Actually got me pissed off, thinking about it again. Jesus.

wreckedcarzz , 3 days ago

Right now I’m using a synology nas and its 1st party programs, but trying to break away to a more foss-friendly environment. Drive, Contacts, Calendar/Tasks, just work and don’t require any fiddling so until a worthy opponent shows up, I’m kinda stuck.

wreckedcarzz , 3 days ago

I’ve looked briefly into seafile; I’m fine, happy really, with the synology for file hosting, it’s just the caldav, the photo management (I have immich but there’s no easy way to move albums from syno to imm), stuff like that. And the fact that it all works together (reverse proxy, apps, web UI…) makes it illogical to move away for anything else than ‘principle’ or ‘insufficient hardware’.

I have truenas running on a proxmox system but it appears it wants more than one drive? But I don’t have matching drives for raid at the moment. That was/is something I’m looking into longer term, once I decouple the data from the services.

wreckedcarzz , 4 days ago

PowerPoint

wreckedcarzz , 5 days ago

“we created the problem of soldered-on ram! now we have the solution: a new standard, for no fucking reason!” -every memory, board, and system company

wreckedcarzz , 5 days ago

“they did it to save power!!! 111 one eleven”

there was perfectly fine memory that was upgradable before. They (system integrators/oems) saw it as a way to kill the upgrade market, boosting profits.

wreckedcarzz , 4 days ago

No, not at the cost of locking in customer choice and flexibility. I have soldered-on ram in my ThinkPad, but not in my Predator gaming laptop. There is a -157% chance that Lenovo was trying to extract a few percent of extra speed so that I can open Firefox 0.13 seconds faster. Perhaps they’d try to cry “but battery life!”, in which case I’d respond with “well it’s not fucking working” as that machine barely gets 2.5h on a brand-new battery, browsing the web + terminal windows doing server admin stuff. (ThinkPad X13 Gen 2, Intel, with WWAN if you’re curious. Fucking 1.5k and it’s just passable for basic usage on the go.)

I’m not really upset with this ‘new’ standard, but the fact that oems are absolutely going to use it as bullshit marketing “look, we fixed the problem! get our un-fucked ram for only $129 per stick!”. That’s what the fuck I’m pissed off about.

wreckedcarzz , 12 days ago

So like, the 0 that use that implementation. Like really, IPsec? No openvpn support? No wireguard support? What is this, 2004?

wreckedcarzz , 11 days ago

It’s okay sweetie, you’ll grow up some day :)

wreckedcarzz , 12 days ago

If a park sunbather gets eaten by a mower, did it really happen?

wreckedcarzz , 12 days ago

A third testicle is sexy, okay? Though maybe not on the head…

wreckedcarzz , 12 days ago

Yeah reading the Wikipedia article, the drop is unfortunate but the screwdriver bit, what a fucking moron. And he regularly did this while others observed, like fuck me if you’re going to be a dumbass, be a dumbass by yourself, dumbass.

wreckedcarzz , 12 days ago

“it’ll light up [the rest of] your life!”

wreckedcarzz , 12 days ago

Per Kagi’s summary tool:

<span style="color:#323232;">There has been a significant increase in GPS/GNSS jamming and spoofing attacks, particularly in the Baltic region and around Ukraine and the Middle East.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">The attacks have disrupted air and maritime navigation, with thousands of planes reporting issues with their GPS systems in the Baltic region.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Russia has been increasingly blamed as the source of these GPS attacks, with signals traced back to Russian regions like Kaliningrad.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">The attacks can either jam GPS signals entirely, making the systems unusable, or spoof the signals to show false locations.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">The disruptions have led to flight cancellations and aborted landings, raising concerns about the potential for major accidents and environmental disasters.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Governments and aviation/maritime safety experts are increasingly sounding the alarm about the threat posed by these GPS attacks.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">The attacks may be a form of "hybrid warfare" aimed at creating uncertainty and disrupting civilian and commercial activities.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">The number of GPS jamming and spoofing incidents has increased significantly over the past 4 years globally.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">While the disruptions have mostly impacted high-altitude planes and ships, there are concerns about the potential to impact individual GPS-reliant systems in the future.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Technical countermeasures are being explored to reduce the impact of these GPS attacks, but the threat is expected to continue growing.
</span>

wreckedcarzz , 12 days ago

Do you guys not have 3 phones?

wreckedcarzz , 12 days ago

It’s the internet. Nobody has any credibility.

wreckedcarzz , 12 days ago

Tello, 100 minutes talk/unl text/a gig of data, $6. Uses the tmo network. You can also port your number to Google voice for a $20 one-time fee and have unlimited voice/msgs, as long as you have wifi service. Uses the Voice app.

Tello is my second number, few years now, had no issues. Used to have GV back when I had no money as a teenager, and would use my tablet as a phone. Worked surprisingly well.

wreckedcarzz , 13 days ago

$2.99 for triggering one remote fart of another user’s device. 4 pack for $9.99. Google One, YT Premium, and Fi users get 5 farts free per month (best value).

wreckedcarzz , 13 days ago

I was very interested in buying one; the details looked OK, and it wasn’t a use-once product like those flimsy blue face masks. This was early on when no end was in sight so it seemed like a decent move, and was at least interesting visually.

I ended up not buying one since they took forever from announcement to actual public sale, and I’d talked myself out of it.

wreckedcarzz , 13 days ago

Goat: breaks into your house, shits all over your living room

You: “oh fuck it’s Steve”

wreckedcarzz , 14 days ago

Snorlax needs all the hugs

wreckedcarzz , 14 days ago

“Temple police confirmed that two people died and one was seriously injured after an oversize load came off its trailer Saturday.

Temple Fire and Rescue responded to the crash around 11 a.m. on State Highway 36, west of Highway 317.

Crews found the oversized load pinning a vehicle beneath. The load being hauled by the transport fleet was 350,000 lbs. It took four hours to extract one victim, who was flown to the ER with life threatening injuries.

Officials say the cause of the accident is still under investigation. The road remains closed at this time.”

wreckedcarzz , 14 days ago

Tbf if I saw a truck hauling what appears to be about a dozen trailers, I’m either passing it at Mach 8 or staying far behind it, because my brain immediately said “oh fuck that” at the ‘what if’ situations fueled by the photo. Actual nightmare shit.

wreckedcarzz , 14 days ago

There’s another link in the thread with a side and frontal photo; it didn’t cross traffic. But that’s equally terrifying.

wreckedcarzz , 14 days ago

They already are (waymo has been having automated rigs with a safety driver at the wheel for over 5 years now; I’ve been up close and personal with them). Usual loads don’t bother me, but anything oversized or special I’m still very much in favor of having humans drive, or at least as a safety driver position.

wreckedcarzz , 13 days ago

SpyHunter was a great game (the 3D ones). I still have both (?) for Playstation.

wreckedcarzz , 13 days ago

“why are the servers all fucking each other?”

wreckedcarzz , 13 days ago

I’ve played the 2D very briefly, but it was before my time so I lack the nostalgia and interest. Seeing the car transform was freaking awesome at the time, so futuristic. I was a kid back then and obtaining all secondary objectives was legitimately hard, but provided replay value.

I’d really like to see another, but I don’t know if whoever has the IP has any interest, or is even in business anymore.

wreckedcarzz , 14 days ago

stop this

Bosses everywhere: taking notes “no… more… raises.” sets down the notepad “see, now they are speaking my language!”

wreckedcarzz , 15 days ago

“be reminded that you forgot to get tp when you really need it with this one weird trick!”

wreckedcarzz , 15 days ago

Half of America: why am I suddenly erect?

wreckedcarzz , 15 days ago

Haha yes very good

(what does any of that mean, I’m not down with the kids these days)

wreckedcarzz , 15 days ago

All the other services, at once: “Nah nah, hold my beer, WE are the shittiest of them all”

wreckedcarzz , 15 days ago (edited 15 days ago)

last paragraph, “at the time”

(long, super recent story/rant)

I just switched to Kubuntu for my ThinkPad (not my first choice but hardware incompatabilities) over the last few days, and it still very much is a terminal-based system. It took me ~4 days to set everything up, and nearly every step aside from “change things in the settings UI” was “in a terminal, type…”

I dipped my toes into Linux… 19 years ago? As someone who likes windows up until 10, and heard all of the ‘it’s so amazing’ gospel from Linux users, two decades later I’m like: “it’s still not ready”

Shit, I wanted to install Debian 12(.5) with KDE on this TP. It has a snapdragon X55, that I need working, and previous attempts at getting it working (year+ ago) failed. I read docs, did more research, I was ready. Made a live USB, install it in the live environment, restart, and… it hangs during boot. Research, ‘use the option presented at the boot menu’. Okay. “no network” errors, that’s fine, it’s not a net installer. Done, restart. Hangs. Research. “use rufus, it solved my problem”. Rinse, repeat, hang. Isn’t Debian supposed to be super reliable? And Kubuntu booted fine, like what the hell?

Then cue the 4 days of setup. This machine is a very light use box, mostly to be a hotspot. Browser, email, password manager. Btrfs for snapshots (WHY IS THERE NO SNAPSHOT UI IN ANY DISTRO I TRIED?!). I’m far from a novice, been trying to switch for two decades. This will be easy.

deep breath

WHY IS GRUB NOT TAKING MY UPDATED SETTINGS (it’s a known bug in Ubuntu since 20.04?!)? WHY CAN’T I GET HOWDY TO INSTALL? WHY AM I GETTING APT ERRORS ON A FRESH INSTALL? WHY IS BITWARDEN FAILING TO SYNC? WHAT IS THE NEW-NEW-NEW METHOD OF SETTING UP NEXTDNS? WHY CAN’T I RESIZE A PARTITION (/) LIVE? WHY DOESN’T MY HOTSPOT WORK WHEN I USE WPA3 (still broken, actually, and WPA2 isn’t an acceptable solution imo)? WHY DON’T I GET ANY ERROR MESSAGES WHEN THIS HAPPENS (a recurring theme)? WHY DO I HAVE TO SIFT THROUGH 3 DIFFERENT LOGS? WHY IS SEVERAL HUGELY-POPULAR PROGRAMS NOT IN THE DEFAULT REPO (omfg - Librewolf, Telegram, Element, Signal, Discord, Bitwarden…)? WHY DO THESE ALL TAKE DIFFERENT STEPS TO INSTALL ON MY SYSTEM WHAT THE FUCK WE HAVE A SYSTEM FOR THIS SCREAMS

E: WHY DOES KDE CONNECT JUST DECIDE THAT IT’S NOT GOING TO CONNECT TODAY UNTIL I TROUBLESHOOT FOR 3 HOURS, CHANGE NOTHING, THEN WORK?

And then, the 5G modem. Why in the shit doesn’t the fcc unlock tool just fucking detect, and unlock, automatically. Why. WHY. This is simple, the installer is already detecting hardware. It’s right there. This could be easy. Instead I had to dig through pages of solutions that didn’t work, until I landed on a page for my laptop (but seemingly a different architecture?) for Debian 13 (unstable) talking about needing to edit the installer with commands (omfg what) or the screen will just show nothing on boot, that you need to change wifi and bt stuff or they don’t work, etc etc… But in this heap of “I should just revert”, there was one line, the line I needed, to run this stupid fucking fcc unlock tool - and how to find the hardware address. Enter both, nothing (a ‘success’ message would be nice…). No further instructions in the doc. Luckily, I am persistent and went into the networkmanager anyway, tell it to connect to mobile broadband. Fill in my apn. Save. It works.

There’s a ton of stuff I glossed over, but it should not take FOUR DAYS with the terminal essentially living on my screen, with my browser having a dozen tabs at any given time for troubleshooting, for someone who has done all this shit before (minus the modem) many times in the past. It’s done, I’m setup, but there isn’t a soul alive who would switch their generic Dell machine running windows, spend several hours a day for several days, just to get their base system running. And the second they see “open the terminal”, which is still very much a necessity, they’ll be running to the hills.

I have a friend asking me questions about Linux since I’ve been harping on this the last few days, and I’m like… it’s not the easy path everyone says it is. I don’t want to push them away, but fuck they use many of the same programs that aren’t one-click installs, and I haven’t even touched gaming, multiple sound cards, gpu drivers; they use their machine for gaming, and mine is on W10 for a reason. It would be a nightmare guiding them through the minefield I just emerged from. Not to mention games that aren’t handled by steam/proton and don’t have guides, old games like Midtown Madness/2, Midnight Club 2, Insane/2…

It’s still not ready, not anywhere near close.

wreckedcarzz , 15 days ago

computer

installs iOS

Que?

wreckedcarzz , 15 days ago

So what’s the deal with vim? I spooled up a vps recently and decided to forgo the gui options, like a real Linux server admin. I have been using nano and it seems to do all I need from a basic text editor in the terminal. I get that vim/emacs meme-bantering but actually why. It accepts texts and stores them in files. What is the actual point/difference?

wreckedcarzz , 15 days ago

…mostly

wreckedcarzz , 15 days ago

dog war flashback meme

wreckedcarzz , 15 days ago

At the time (a couple of years ago), I tried a Dell… Precision? laptop, but it had a different cell modem in it (I was just starting my interest in cellular computers) and my provider AT&T locked it to an utter shit plan where I could pay like $45 for 15gb of data with overage fees per month, fuuuuuck that. I was searching for one that would be bound to their ‘tablet’ plans, as they got unlimited data for $20 (this is a business account, not consumer). AT&T offered the TP X13 Gen 2 Intel from them, that was guaranteed tied to the unlimited plan, with 0% financing, so I jumped. It is my first TP, but an ex has an older TP and had mostly positive things to say about it. And the modem (and antenna?) gets blazing fast speeds, like 400-500Mb/s. But that’s why I have the TP, it’s a “business” line for my (families) business.

I tried Fedora last year but again couldn’t get the X55 modem to work, which was frustrating. Information about it in the X13 is scarce since it wasn’t offered with Linux officially afaik, and you either got it early and Ubu or something ‘just worked’ with it out of the box, or you had to compile the driver from source for some reason (I don’t remember but they yanked the driver from newer releases I think). I guess at some point it was re-added but again nobody talks about this machine and it’s WWAN card so I got super lucky to find that one Debian 13 info page.

While I’ve played with Fedora briefly when I was distros hopping to see what worked last year (and before that), and the ex had it on his TP, I don’t actually know what the difference is vs Debian-based systems, since I try to stick with that as it’s what I started on and know/am comfortable with. All I know is its based (?) on RHEL. Care to give me a tl;dr major differences?

wreckedcarzz , 14 days ago (edited 14 days ago)

Second big paragraph: I usually have ethernet ports that just decide to wake the system up, almost all my machines in the last 15 years do this. Disabling the ability to wake from sleep (from the ethernet port) has always resolved this. Just something to look at.

Third: yeah, and it’s fine to not be ready - I’d rather it not be and everyone accept that. Problem is (and what I was alluding to) is that many don’t. I’ve got attacked here, reddit, and elsewhere because “er mah gerd I found the perfect build guide and didn’t care about the distros so I followed everything to a T and you too should have no creativity or desire for exploration so that you can be as much of a sheep as I am” and it’s like… I like the hardware I selected, I like the distro and want to see it improve because of [feature], etc but god damn some people if you step out of their mental line, they lose their shit. Tell them that X doesn’t work because of Y and they want to rip you to shreds for breaking their perfect bubble they’ve built. Spend any time in a Linux-heavy gaming community and their holy penguin can do no harm.

I dunno if my venting above comes off as it, but I want this project to succeed. It’s just, every time it’s been a wall of issues, every time “oh it’s better now” but ‘better’ is ‘we fixed the old issues’ and doesn’t touch on ‘and we added some new ones, too’. That’s the catch. Two steps forward, one step back - but it’s progress.

wreckedcarzz , 13 days ago (edited 13 days ago)

… I’ve been using nova for like, 14 years. It’s not complex. Now if you want a lot of options, FairEmail will overload your brain. Which I also have…

Backing up config files is actually a lifesaver.