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Nudes of my ex girlfriends.

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Incels don't have exes.

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I did that and converted a Jehovah's Witness to Linuxism.

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I actually had them install Ubuntu Christian Edition and showed them the bible apps where they could even use their own interpretation of the bible.

I don't like to waste my time just to fuck with people, I usually try to fuck with people in a way which benefits society as a whole.

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Ubuntu Christian Edition.

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How does that relate to Linux usage?

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glassware was usually significantly above comparable eBay listings (despite the labels sometimes claiming otherwise)

They have stickers which tell you they're cheaper than eBay when that's actually not the case? Isn't that illegal?

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thanks for reminding me. Didn't activate this on my new install since I got 64G of RAM :)

systemctl --user enable psd-resync.service

I think this is not needed since psd.service has the following in it:

[Unit]
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Wants=psd-resync.service
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Where's the difference between march=native and march=x86-64 in that case?

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Can I also compile a list of selected packages from the repositories fresh easily? E.g. Firefox? Or do I have to download their PKGBUILD to makepkg?

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How can I trust them? At least with Arch there's the "many eyes" principle.

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why is that?

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You can reduce transmit power and enable meshing and roaming in conjunction.

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What does that have to do with Linux?

You can test it on https://u2f.bin.coffee/

Here's a Github issue about NFC on phones: https://github.com/solokeys/solo1/issues/209

Seems to not work for lots of people.

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TL,DR: no

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which one do I download for Arch?

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Why do you need that? Just use one of the already existing ones like Aegis.

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That's what I'd recommend. Why Google and not Aegis or another non-Google FOSS app?

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Sadly all of our huge customers use MS Office and we have to dogfeed ourselves with the whole MS 365 suite. That's 70€ per month per user down the holes of Microsoft execs.

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Ideas what you can do. These are all SHOULD and not MUST requirements, so pick and choose what you can reasonably do in a realistic timeframe without overburdening yourself. Some of these steps can be outsourced to your community.

You can try to make a twelve factor app but some of their advice is probably not suited for your application. You will end with some 7.5factor app which is fine.

Follow SemVer and provide detailed instructions for upgrading major versions.

Use a build system which is easily installable and a language where you don't have to upgrade dependencies every second for security issues (looking at you, npm/nodejs).

Don't include a webserver which does HTTPS, let the people run their own reverse proxy.

Test your setup with and provide multiple web server configs for nginx, Apache2, Caddy, Traefik.

Test your setup with and provide multiple default configs for bare metal (with a dependency manager), Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, Kata Containers.

If you need a DB, include the possibility to migrate from a self contained one instance SQLite to a multi container pgsql/MySQL setup.

Write database migrations in both directions so people can downgrade on failures.

Make it possible to configure your system via ENV variables, ENV files and config files. Provide instructions on best practices and sane defaults. Explain these defaults and make clear configuration is optional.

Make it possible to disable authentication to add Authelia or LDAP through the webserver. Make clear that this is only to be used for external authentication.

Make it possible to run multiple parallel instances of your software without affecting the database consistency, e.g. for high availability or horizontal scaling.

Provide a versioned, documented API (does not need to be public) and use it yourself for your frontend. Provide a telemetry endpoint which is human readable and machine readable, so Prometheus or a similar system can scrape it.

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Why require keycloak specifically? Maybe I want to use another authentication gateway.

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If you forget both, you upgraded the drive to a paperweight.

That's why I have a password manager on my phone.

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Macs had TPMs before Windows PCs, IIRC.

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it’s podman-compose instead of podman compose

Don't use it, it's not a full replacement. The script is barely maintained and not really "official".

I think before switching from Docker to Podman you should first get proficient in Docker, because Podman is not for beginners (yet).

Faster backup solution?

I use Beyond Compare to sync files from my laptop to my NAS which is a QNAP (my laptop is Linux Mint). It is incredibly slow, to the point that it is driving me crazy. Admittedly, I have lots of large files on my laptop that I move around frequently, so that may just be how it is. I do have my laptop setup to sync to my phone...

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You should be able to run syncthing in docker on qnap. Which model and software version is it?

Keep in mind that sync is not a backup, neither is RAID.

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Installing Docker on a QNAP device is straightforward, thanks to the integrated Container Station application. Here's how you can do it:

  1. Install Container Station: Log in to your QNAP device's web interface (QTS), and open the App Center. Search for "Container Station" and install it.

  2. Enable SSH: If you need SSH access, go to the Control Panel > Telnet / SSH, and enable the "Allow SSH connection" option. Click "Apply" to save the changes.

  3. Create a Docker Container: Once Container Station is installed, you can create Docker containers using the Container Station user interface. Go to 'Containers', click 'Create', and select an image from the available registries.

  4. Configure Network Settings: Container Station supports multiple network modes and VLAN for flexible deployment. You can manage these settings according to your need.

  5. Manage Containers: After creating your Docker containers, you can manage them through the Container Station interface, where you can start, stop, and configure your containers as needed.

For detailed instructions and the latest updates, refer to the official QNAP Container Station guide. It provides comprehensive information on using Container Station, including creating, managing, and deploying Docker containers.

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If you do multiple passes you can alleviate some of the downsides of low bitrates. You can always easily spot it in dark areas. I despise watching space movies or shows on streaming services because of the resulting excessive banding artifacts.

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I really really liked Limewire and Shareaza. That coupled with collection search would be awesome.

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Notifications turned off for almost everything, always.

Best QoL feature IMHO. My husband and bestie can get through with calls, everyone else gets called back.

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You can use ungoogled Chromium within firejail to have better performance than a VM.

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You can use Bitwarden or even KeePassXC to generate OTPs on the desktop.

With the Aegis Android app you can even use your phone in addition to that.

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It’s not clear how they’re making enough money to stay afloat.

Yes it is. It is basically marketing for their embedded products which they sell as whitelabel apps for makers of cars, satnavs and other GIS applications.

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I would, if the game wouldn't be so expensive 💀

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Now check the other mini PCs from other random Aliexpress, Banggood, Gearbest and Temu vendors...

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imagine what they didn't find!

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Would have been my suggestion as well.

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It's FOSS.

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I would make Debian and Arch be deterministic like NixOS, but with a different language and less overhead. I really like the principle but the implementation is subpar.

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If it wasn't written in bash... 😢

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yeah, they're really in the wrong to think that we'd have some technical advancement within the last 40 years and we should expect more than a probabilistic text generator. 🙃

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if you listen to marketing of companies using Machine Learning, AI can do everything right now.

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an analog computer that the guy gave feedback to images on. If it’s a circle or a square, if it guesses right or wrong

That reminds me of the Square Hole Meme.

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I know how ML works, my comment was a persiflage on over-simplifying the topic of AI and logic. I originally marked it with an /s to indicate sarcasm, but I think this gets lost with newer generations, so now I replaced the /s with the upside down emoji (🙃) which also seems to indicate sarcasm.

Dissapointed in Xbox Elite Series 2 Controller

Here is the story: I decided to buy a good and expensive controller for my PC for the first time, after 3 decades of using stock dualshocks and cheap knock-off brands. Googled "best controller for PC", found a lot about elite series 2 controllers. Got excited about it (primarily the back-grip buttons and adjustable stick...

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8bitdo controllers are good. They care about making good input devices.

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I'd love to have a vscodium alternative written in a faster and more efficient language. Most editors and IDEs don't quite fit my workflow, while vscodium does.

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In this case probably Vulkan, as developers tend to use current computers which support Vulkan, which is faster and younger and has less overhead.

In other cases you probably want OpenGL because older GPUs don't support Vulkan and usually you want to include as many users as possible.

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You can use https://copilot.microsoft.com to make googling easier (:

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