@Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe

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• 10 years?

  My friend, many of us have been warning about SaaS since long before the public knew it as Cloud.

  on Quality Software in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 5d ago

• So you’re saying that the current Minecraft servers are all running on desktop hardware and not on standard U-chassis servers in racks in data centers?

  If anything I’d expect them to run virtualized on standard rack servers.

  Something here doesn’t add up. I don’t buy that enterprise server hardware that can out-perform desktop hardware by orders of magnitude can’t do what you need - especially since that’s surely how the existing servers run.

  If this single-threading performance is really an issue, run some kind of virtualization on a rack server, build a VM with the exact hardware config you need, and the host hardware will make it happen (which I’d bet is exactly how current servers are run, because then they can be moved/Load balanced dynamically without missing a beat).

  I currently have both single-core, single-cpu VM’s and multi-core, multi-cpu VM’s running on the same host for test purposes. The VM has no idea it’s virtual hardware is actually run on a different multi-cpu/core host.

  Check out xcp-ng - it’s arguably the best open source virtualization platform today. VMware server can definitely do this, if you have a license.

  on Fitting a server with desktop hardware in a 1U rack mount chassis in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 6d ago

• That only works from PC to PC (it was my first thought too).

  on Software for Syncing files between storages (Linux) in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 17 Sep 2026

• Whats a “Discord”?

  Yes, that’s sarcasm, because I refused to use that garbage years ago.

  Keep on enshittifying your shitty product, hopefully that will help end it.

  on Discord Is Bringing Back Age Verification for Millions of Users in c/technology@beehaw.org · 10 Sep 2026

• Besides track changes in word (already mentioned), I save versions of my work docs by appending the date and time to the file name. This makes it easy to confirm of we’re all looking at the same doc.

  Example: worddoc_2026-09-08_16-46

  Time uses 24 hour clock, so I never guess AM/PM, and it makes sorting really easy.

  Nice thing is this works for any document type.

  on Document history in c/foss@beehaw.org · 9 Sep 2026

• I have a lot of stuff self-hosted.

  Just no outside access. Well, that’s not quite true, I do have a Tailscale VPN for remote management, but only certain machines are allowed to join, joins require my authorization, and access to the account is via two-factor.

  The big thing with external access is to never permit it directly through your local connection. Do it though a Virtual Private Server (VPS) - let it get hit with access attempts. And then only allow specific traffic from the VPS to a specific service in your network using a VPN of some sort.

  on My Homelab Got Hacked - A Postmortem – Phunky Cafe in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026

• Two approaches:

  Network isolation/DNS blocking - put the TV on a VLAN and only permit specific ports through to a media server (whatever the TV will support). If you lack VLAN capability, run PiHole as your DNS server (it works best as DNS and DHCP, but that’s just my opinion for things I like, such as proper name resolution for all devices).

  Second option: (your idea with a Pi) disconnect TV from network entirely, then run something like Kodi (or whatever media center you prefer) on an old laptop, mini-PC, whatever, and have that device connect via HDMI. HDMI can passthrough the navigation controls from the TV remote (not guaranteed, but it’s part of the standard). I looked into this a long time ago but the performance wasn’t there yet. Today I’d probably try any distro and run Kodi on it.

  Even my POS Samsung passes through enough of the controls to navigate Kodi on a 2017 laptop, while retaining power, volume, settings, etc for the TV itself.

  My current setup is a Jellyfin server and Jellyfin client on the TV. I run PiHole with a blocklist for all the Samsung BS which has had the side effect of making the TV menus faster as it doesn’t retrieve any “what’s new” info from Samsung. Its actually kind of fun to monitor the FNS log and see the domains the TV hits, click Deny and see what breaks in the TV. On average about 30% of all DNS requests on my network get denied, and nothing of value has been lost. That’s how much crap is being sent all the time.

  Hope that gives you some ideas.

  on Self-hosted TV interface solutions in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026

• Ah, you luddites amuse me.

  The horses left the building a long time ago, and here you just now noticed and decide to play Don Quixote.

  on [AIP] Homedex: a self-hosted inventory that writes your homelab's documentation from Docker and your reverse proxy in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026

• I can’t imagine not using a proper internal DNS with split anymore.

  I’m a big fan of Pihole (currently running it on a DietPi VM).

  Being able to manage DHCP and DNS in a single place makes for much better control than the crappy DHCP from consumer routers. And almost any real DNS/DHCP server combo is better than those things.

  Just rebuilt my PiHole over the last couple days, and it’s currently blocking 45% of DNS requests with no ill effects on any system - it’s a lot of Android app nonsense and a smart TV.

  I’ve lost the Samsung TV service on the TV, but I never used it anyway, and the TV is so much more responsive now.

  Yea, smart TV… Bad news. It’s next on the list to get a Kodi box on it.

  on My domain is accessible from external networks but not from my internal network. Might anyone know why? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 30 Aug 2026

• I haven’t used either of these since forever.

  And here MS is working diublr-time to push people to Linux

  on Microsoft Paint and Photos Embed Server-Issued GUIDs as Invisible Watermarks in Locally-Generated Images in c/technology@beehaw.org · 30 Aug 2026

• I want to see the agent’s proof that he entered the pin correctly

  on U.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risk in c/technology@beehaw.org · 26 Aug 2026

• This started long before the current admin.

  This was in place under Obama, and I’m pretty sure it started with 9/11.

  on U.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risk in c/technology@beehaw.org · 26 Aug 2026

• Ouch

  on Windows NT 4 went on sale 30 years ago today in c/technology@beehaw.org · 24 Aug 2026

• But, you can

  on The fact that you can’t run through Windows setup w/o internet and an online account is absolute bullshit in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 24 Aug 2026

• “Meant to”

  That really depends on your definition of meant to save your life, vs meant to mitigate any possible liability for the manufacturer.

  Now if you turn anything off (like that stupid autobrake that brakes for cars in the left hand turn lane beside me), they’ll use that to say “it’s not our fault, the driver turned it off!”

  Stupid crap.

  on One In Five Drivers Switches Off The Safety Tech Meant To Save Their Lives in c/technology@beehaw.org · 23 Aug 2026

• Dev’s what?

  on Ken Thompson Hack 2.0 in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026

• I’m not - that’s a used price.

  I don’t have a problem with used - all my drives are used, and they typically last 5-10 years. I have some drives from 2010 that are still running.

  New drives fail too, so relying on drives being new to prevent failures is foolish. The only defense against failures is duplication (which 3-2-1 backup falls under).

  Whats just as important is to use a file system that can detect and repair data errors (such as ZFS).

  on Is there any tape media backup system that works through USB? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026

• LTO tapes are 18TB today, raw - 48TB compressed.

  How much data you got?

  At that size I can probably build 2 Proxmox boxes with drives and compete very well on the costs.

  A single 14TB disk is about $270 today - that’s in the same realm as a tape.

  But tape also requires a drive, and that gets pricey fast.

  on Is there any tape media backup system that works through USB? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• This is the answer.

  I haven’t done the math, but even SMB’s don’t use tape today.

  They may do a local replica and then some kind of local-hardware-based cloud backup solution, because cost and capability.

  on Is there any tape media backup system that works through USB? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• I’m upvoting for your openness and directness about your approach, what you will and won’t do.

  You built this for you and are sharing, for us to do with it as we will.

  It’s an interesting idea for basic printing.

  on [AIP] WebPrint a self-hosted webUI for your printer in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• Someone else mentioned just using a calendar client that can connect to different calendars.

  I use Fossify to connect to calendars through Davx, which includes my Google calendar (configured it through DavX).

  This way all entries remain independent. And I can filter my calendar view based on source calendar, and all entries are color coded (automatically) by which calendar they’re on.

  I know it’s not exactly what you were asking for, buy it’s one way to approach it.

  on Selfhosted Calendar Server that works with the G? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• It was No One Lives Forever with the weapons mods enabled, so probably not too bad off.

  Gonna have to lean around a lot of corners with my crossbow at the ready…

  on How awesome or f*cked are you in c/gaming@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• Yes.

  Define “social media”

  Also, you’re behaving just as authoritarian as those you’re railing against.

  on Is "banning" social media outright stupid? in c/privacy@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• Or, just completely bypass any config by simply not using IP6 for an environment where it offers no advantage

  on first nas network struggle in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 19 Aug 2026

• Printing should be relatively easy nowadays

  Hahahahahahahahahaha

  I mean if you’re making a statement that after decades of maturation this should be true, I wholeheartedly agree.

  If the statement is of an observation of conditions today, oh, my sweet summer child.

  Even commercial, enterprise-targeted stuff is junk today (looking at you Sharp, with your supposed LDAP-capable crap that just decides to lose it’s fucking mind for no reason).

  Neat idea you’ve put together though!

  on Selfhosting a printer (and scanner) server with UI in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 18 Aug 2026

• Fast Startup/Hybrid Sleep

  Yea, it’s a known problem maker that solves no problem that I know of.

  Sleep and Hibernate worked fine - I never found a use-case for hybrid sleep.

  But the average user would have no idea of the implications.

  on Windows hasn't properly shut down when you click shut down since 2012, and it explains a decade of weird bugs in c/technology@piefed.social · 16 Aug 2026

• And sleep doesn’t fully power down but maintains power to ram to keep that session alive.

  Hibernate writes an image of ram to the hard drive, then powers down completely.

  With sleep it continues to use a little power, and will eventually have to hibernate when battery gets low. 1

  on Windows hasn't properly shut down when you click shut down since 2012, and it explains a decade of weird bugs in c/technology@piefed.social · 16 Aug 2026

• It’s about the hybrid sleep option MS added, which I think gets enabled by default.

  Disable hybrid sleep, and shutdown actually shuts down.

  It’s dumb, and surely caused more support issues for MS.

  on Windows hasn't properly shut down when you click shut down since 2012, and it explains a decade of weird bugs in c/technology@piefed.social · 16 Aug 2026

• That makes it easier for dyslexics?

  I find it awful to read - takes a lot more effort for me I’m surprised it helps with dyslexia.

  on scripts? in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 15 Aug 2026

• Hahahaha.

  Sorry, if your IT is this bad that you had all your eggs in one basket…

  I hope that former employee charges an arm and a leg.

  on PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider in c/technology@beehaw.org · 15 Aug 2026