@irmadlad@lemmy.world

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• I tend to go overboard on security, or so I’ve been told.

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  on How "secure" is your setup? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 16 Sep 2026

• Nice work OP. Clean and sharp. These mini servers are awesome.

  on This is the back of my 10" Mini server rack -- Custom made 3D printed power modules for each server in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 11 Sep 2026

• Way to head them off at the pass. Rock on with yo bad self.

  on This is the back of my 10" Mini server rack -- Custom made 3D printed power modules for each server in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 11 Sep 2026

• 'Sup bro. It seems I need to update. Thanks for the heads up. I’ve been enjoying CookTrace so far.

  on [AIP] CookTrace v1.2.0: Ingredient-Linked Steps, Wide-Screen Desktop, Cookbook Drag-and-Drop in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 9 Sep 2026

• About the only recent even I’ve had was when I was sitting at my desk reading an article. I noticed the mouse slightly move, but I hand no hand on the mouse. I sit there watching it, not manually moving the mouse or typing on the keyboard. It really freaked me out. Turns out, my old desk pad had a slight curl towards the edge the mouse was at, and the curl would make the mouse sense movement ever so slightly. I deployed a new desk pad, and things are back to normal. Whew!

  on My Homelab Got Hacked - A Postmortem – Phunky Cafe in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 8 Sep 2026

• I like it. The OCD in me is screaming why you didn’t use a dremel tool to cut the slot for the USB ports instead of using a rusty, dull, steak knife from the junk drawer, but that’s just me. LOL

  on Expanding my laptops HDD capacity in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 4 Sep 2026

• I hear a lot of chatter about CGNAT. How common is that? Anecdotally, I’ll have to say, I’ve never encountered it… ever.

  on Internet centralization and the original sin of NAT in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 31 Aug 2026

• The scripts targeted an ownCloud instance operated by a nuclear research body

  Maybe it’s just me, but I think if I were running a nuclear research facility, I’d want a little something more than ownCloud, and neat as it is.

  on ownCloud Flaw Exploited to Steal Nuclear Records From Philippine Research Body in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 31 Aug 2026

• Gravity looks pretty cool, tho a bit heavy on the install. TapMap: Why are these things such a garish shade of green? Damn hard on the eyeballs.

  on Self-Host Weekly (28 August 2026) in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026

• I tried QubesOS back in the day. How has it progressed as a desktop. I was always underwhelmed visually. It just seemed rather chunky. Maybe that is intentional.

  

  Of course, if you are going for security, that’s great, but it seemed to me that security and a visually appealing desktop could be blended.

  on QubesOS workstation + homeserver, and DANE for TLS without 3rd party company in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 27 Aug 2026

• I’m higher than a giraffe’s butthole, so I got to know: Exactly what were you staring at when you opened the picture? I kid of course, but I found that quite risible.

  on The hardest choices require the strongest wills in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 27 Aug 2026

• Ahh ok…well, there you go. Fresh out Don Curbstickle. Maybe next time.

  on [AIP] Reitti v5.3.0: Multi-Segment Trips, Spatial Coverage & FIT File Support in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 27 Aug 2026

• I wonder if you could pair your phone with your DSLR so that you have access to GPS location tagging.

  on [AIP] Reitti v5.3.0: Multi-Segment Trips, Spatial Coverage & FIT File Support in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 26 Aug 2026

• Opensense is often bound by single-core operations depending on where a network packet may plumb itself through the kernel

  Didn’t downvote, but when would this become an issue? Pfsense is about the same way as far as single-core operations, tho IDS/IPS like Suricata can utilize multiple threads. My standalone pfsense box sits between my modem and the rest of the network. I haven’t noticed any sluggishness or stuttering. Throughput seems quite reasonable, and supports a diverse group of devices attached to the network.

  on VyOS or Opnsense in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 23 Aug 2026

• Well, there you go. I’m glad I plowed the field and saved you the embarrassment. LOL

  on Stick PC for a media client? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 23 Aug 2026

• Pay no attention to the old fart yammering on. I’m surprised I didn’t throw in a couple ‘well, back in my day’. lol I hope you get it all worked out tho.

  on Stick PC for a media client? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 23 Aug 2026

• Ahh, I missed that. So that would explain all the downvotes with no explanations why. Thank you for bringing that to my attention.

  on Stick PC for a media client? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 23 Aug 2026

• I don’t run Jellyfin, so take this as is. From what I understand tho, Jellyfin does take a fair amount of resources to run in an ideal situation. Meaning it takes some RAM for multiple simultaneous transcodes, several users, large libraries, etc. A lot of the cheaper Stick PCs come with less than stellar specs. The Stick PC I just randomly picked because it was 8 GB RAM is a MeLE Business Grade PCG02 Fanless N100 Mini Stick PC 8GB. It retails for $350 USD. For half of that price, you could opt for an SFF Optiplex, bump the DDR3 RAM to max the mobo, and DDR3 is fairly cheap, and still have resources to run other Docker containers if you wanted. For example I run an Optiplex SFF with the i7-4790 chip and 32 GB DDR3 RAM. Currently I have 53 total containers running and it really doesn’t break a sweat. Total cost of the box plus RAM was about $175 USD.

  If you are going for the portability aspect, that’s where I think a Stick PC would function best. All that being said, you have options just depending on what your criteria are for running Jellyfin.

  on Stick PC for a media client? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 23 Aug 2026

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  on Means to privately connect to my home server other than Tailscale? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026

• I’m an expert at nothing, but I would imagine that different VPN like WireGuard have different detectable signatures, much like different browsers have different signatures that can be detected. Also, for commercial VPNs, the IPs that the VPN company uses are easily identifiable.

  on Means to privately connect to my home server other than Tailscale? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• I’m just yanking your chain bro. Glad you are enjoying your self hosting journey. Rock on wid yo’ bad self.

  I’m a rusty and recycled guy, not a new and shiny guy, but man some of this custom-built, laser-cut, 3d printed stuff is cool.

  Bet I’m more rusty of a guy than you are. LOL And yes the 3d stuff is wild. I use it a lot around the compound.

  on My self-hosted experience - and my favorite container in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• Congrats on the improved lifestyle now. I wouldn’t say you have wasted hours. More so that you have invested in your privacy and data retention.

  firefox: image: jlesage/firefox container_name: firefox ports: - “5808:5800” environment: - TZ=America/Chicago - PUID=1000 - PGID=1000 #- VNC_PASSWORD=${VNC_PASSWORD} - DARK_MODE=1 - WEB_AUDIO=1 - WEB_FILE_MANAGER=1 - WEB_FILE_MANAGER_ALLOWED_PATHS=ALL - WEB_HOST_CLIPBOARD_SYNC=1 volumes: - ./firefox/config:/config:rw - /SWAP:/downloads shm_size: “2gb” restart: unless-stopped networks: - web

  My Dick Tracy decoder ring is on the fritz. I think it says ‘My hovercraft is full of eels’.

  on My self-hosted experience - and my favorite container in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• Some guy hid a prompt injection in his legal filing that encouraged the court’s AI to rule in his favor (fortunately, the court confirmed it does not use AI for these reviews)

  ‘E’ for effort nonetheless. That’s pretty funny.

  on Self-Host Weekly (21 August 2026) in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• I don’t care if you don’t like it.

  I like your style bro. If you don’t like it, you can go the way you came. Pretty damn refreshing. ^5

  Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead!

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

• No shit. I still have a 5090 still stuck in my throat. $8k for a tape drive, hell, I could have got two 5090s.

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

• That sucks. Personally, I wouldn’t selfhost financial applications. I don’t need that headache with my money or someone else’s either. I hope you find a solution.

  on Selfhosting payment processing in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• No worries. I use Square for my businesses, but they are not self hosted. They do take their skim off the top, but that’s a cost of doing business.

  on Selfhosting payment processing in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• That’s all I got bro. I tried.

  on Selfhosting payment processing in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• There seems to be quite a few of them

  on Selfhosting payment processing in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• I also found piprapay.com

  on Selfhosting payment processing in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• Payram?

  on Selfhosting payment processing in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• Throw the second switch!

  

  on What is your weirdest self-hosting problem you've had to solve? For me: Mouse inside the server. in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• Btop is my favorite top of all the tops. I run it regularly just to scope how things are processing.

  on Observability in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• What are you trying to observe? Just the server and applications? Traffic?

  Netata will give you just about every metric you could possibly use for a server. However and anecdotally, netdata seems to spawn a ton of zombie processes (github.com/netdata/netdata/issues/20565) which was quite annoying.

  If you’re going for server traffic observability , I recommend ntopng. It’s pretty comprehensive.

  on Observability in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 19 Aug 2026

• The mouse did not survive interrogation. Also mouse not pictured.

  I thought it was the huge heat sink that looks like it extends past the side plane of the cover. Reminds me of something I did with a CoolAir Cosmos tower. I mounted two 300 cfm fans over each CPU and took the side panel, neatly cut out the area around the fans, then 3d printed a scoop, with a slot for filtration, to fit on the side panel and allow the fans to breathe.

  on What is your weirdest self-hosting problem you've had to solve? For me: Mouse inside the server. in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 18 Aug 2026

• The part I quoted was one of their many tries. It seems now, after changing out the solar panel and battery, that they have greatly improved over 95.2%.

  on A solar powered website that goes offline when there's no power in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 18 Aug 2026

• Well, the article did go on to provide better stats once they changed out the panel and battery:

  Since then, the uptime has been 100% (March to September 2020), even though we have added a lot of content by making the website multilingual. This is due to the larger (brand new) battery but also to the better orientation of the smaller solar panel. The battery’s capacity will decline over time, so the higher storage capacity will make it last longer. If the uptime remains 100% through the winter 2020/2021, we will probably downgrade to a 20W solar panel.

  on A solar powered website that goes offline when there's no power in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 18 Aug 2026

• Over a period of roughly one year (351 days, from 12 December 2018 to 28 November 2019) the server was up for 95.26% of the time. This means that we were offline for 399 hours (which corresponds to 16.64 days).

  Not bad at all really, at least for non-mission critical sites. I have solar and I really like it. Solar power on two barns, and a lot of my security cams run on solar. I’m not sure if it’s the formatting of this site, or the grainy pictures, but it oddly reminds me of the Trojan Room coffee pot.

  on A solar powered website that goes offline when there's no power in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 18 Aug 2026

• I have two server room dogs. An English pit, which is my seizure dog, and a Jack Russel. They shed, especially in the summer months, and the floor sweeper gets a daily work out, as well as keeping it out of equipment enclosures. It’s not that I hate cats, they are nice as a pet in your house, just not mine. LOL

  on What is your weirdest self-hosting problem you've had to solve? For me: Mouse inside the server. in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 18 Aug 2026

• Alright man. Rock on wid yo’ bad self.

  on [AIP] Open CAD Studio in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 17 Aug 2026

• All I’m advocating here is a little common courtesy, you know? Rule 1 if we’re going to talk about rules. Selfhosters are always talking about how we need more people to sever the umbilical cord of Big Data and get into selfhosting, then act like a bunch of elitist snobs. It really is the black eye in the self hosting community.

  on [AIP] Open CAD Studio in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 17 Aug 2026

• or care about the community rules

  Where did he say this? He said he didn’t read the rules. Also, when I explained the rules (tho in error), where to find them, and decode them, instead of just piling on like everyone else, when I came back, OP had added the tag. That doesn’t seem like he didn’t ‘care about the community rules’. OP doesn’t seem to be fluent in English, and stated such. Yes, the rules are posted and are there for proper formatting of threads. So imagine yourself visiting a selfhosting site that’s written in Mandarin. ffs!

  on [AIP] Open CAD Studio in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 17 Aug 2026

• Uncomfortable panties.

  on [AIP] Open CAD Studio in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 17 Aug 2026

• May your children bear you many grandchildren Don Curbstickle.

  on [AIP] Open CAD Studio in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 17 Aug 2026

• 41 containers:

  Are you noticing any stalling or stuttering when running apps or using multiple apps? If ‘no’ then I’d agree with the ones that are telling you it’s fine. Dats how Linux do. I’ve always been told to let Linux handle that unless it’s causing problems for you. And even then, after exhausting all other things that may cause this. Now whether that is sage advice, I couldn’t comment to that, however and anecdotally, it’s served me well.

  on Why is my home server using so much RAM for cache + buffer? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 17 Aug 2026

• Me skuzi

  ETA: LOL I must have angered an Italian. ‘mi scusi’ or the formal ‘scusi’ You guys are hilarious with your downvotes. It’s rather entertaining.

  on [AIP] Open CAD Studio in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 17 Aug 2026

• Solving problems in less than 30 minutes, LOL Nice job.

  on [solved] Why can't I access this service over the LAN? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 16 Aug 2026

• No worries mate!

  on [AIP] Open CAD Studio in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 16 Aug 2026

• OP, I get the impression that English isn’t your native tongue, though you’re doing a pretty good job of it. No worries, French isn’t my native tongue either. There are specific rules to posting in this community even if you are promoting someone else’s project/app. They are linked in the side bar. If English is not your native tongue, maybe copy them to Chat GPT and have it translate into your preferred language. The rules are pretty simple to go by.

  As far as the pushback against AI, I wouldn’t worry too much about it. A lot here are very adamant about AI. I honestly don’t care too much.

  Thank you for your post.

  on [AIP] Open CAD Studio in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 16 Aug 2026

• Ahhh, you’re not the dev. Sorry, without any other information, I just assumed.

  on [AIP] Open CAD Studio in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 16 Aug 2026