Why has the world gone to shit?
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    x3i
    9mo ago 100%

    Wtf I didn't know that there is a clear reason for corpos getting political! Thank you for this, I really had no idea about it!

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    On "Wasting disk space"
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    x3i
    9mo ago 100%

    Well yes but I am not sure that this is the main problem with flatpak containers.

    I'd rather point out that this approach creates a bigger attack surface since the containers tend to ship with outdated versions of libraries, frameworks and tools that the actual application relies on because it is now that specific app developer's problem to update them inside of the container. So with this, even an up to date system is not really up to date and might suffer from severe vulnerabilities. I'd say it depends on your application, use case and threat scenario; containerization can make sense but is not the holy grail.

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    How to fool a laptop into thinking a monitor is connected?
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    x3i
    9mo ago 100%

    Did you take a little journey into the BIOS yet? Is definitely firmware, the question is if you can just change a setting there. Otherwise, somebody already mentioned dummy HDMI plugs.

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    What's (are) the funniest/stupidest way(s) you've broken your linux setup?
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    x3i
    9mo ago 100%

    Relied on an AUR package for building and signing my unified kernel image... one day it was outdated and geberating the image failed, I noticed that by the fact that the system refused to boot my OS. Fixing it was done in a few minutes but boy, that was a shock :D

    Guess who also checks the exact output of the kernel rebuild now before rebooting!

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  • can nix for gaming pirates lead to easy piracy
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    x3i
    10mo ago 100%

    I am not extremely familiar with nix and flakes but from my understanding, they create isolated environments like venv or containers, correct? Would that not mean having a separate wine install and especially separate Lutris install per Game? So no single Lutris that lists all games but a separate one for each, kindof defeats the purpose I think. I fail to see the benefit over just clicking it on the lutris website, so not sure if this would gain traction. Open for any suggestions and corrections though!

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  • The march towards an all-EV future hit a major roadblock. What went wrong?
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    x3i
    10mo ago 100%

    Similar reason for me. Although, as long as I could get a car without internet connectivity, I would even be fine with non-free software but even that is too much to ask nowadays. This also applies to gas or diesel powered cars though, so I will stick with my sedan from 2015 too, might even have the engine redone completely in a few years if there are no proper options by then.

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  • Anyone else hoping for new motorcycle laws in 2024?
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    x3i
    10mo ago 100%

    Not sure if that is what you asked for or if you only meant in the US but anyway: Europe currently sees a rise in laws that forbid motorbikes on certain roads/areas based on their idle noise (completely idiotic), the weekday or just completely. Austria started some months ago with parts of Germany now following, it is getting slightly more hostile here for bikers...

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  • Chinese Carmaker Overtakes Tesla as World’s Most Popular EV Maker
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    x3i
    10mo ago 100%

    Is this a US take? Serious question because in Europe, I see primarily SUVs being sold when it comes to EVs. Small and shitty ones yes, but still aiming to resemble at least the SUV look. E.g. VW ID3, ID4; these I see a lot on the streets over here. Big exception seem to be hybrids, they usually are sedans or hatchbacks.

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    Dual Booting: How in god's name?!
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    x3i
    10mo ago 100%

    This will help: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dual_boot_with_Windows

    Applies to PopOS the same way, except for installation steps involving pacman. I'd revommend going with systemd-boot instead of grub, not sure what Pop ships.

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  • Me vs my ISP
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    x3i
    10mo ago 100%

    Did you contact your ISP about this? Most of them can adjust a setting for you to remove the NAT part, the feature is usually called dual-stack. If you are in the EU, you even have a fundamental right to use your own router, you just have to register your MAC with them.

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    Thank you all so much for keeping me on the Linux train!
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    x3i
    10mo ago 100%

    Not just Dell... bought an HP Elite x360 in 2018 and it had to go back twice too; first time because they jammed a physical blocker for non-LTE models into my sim slot (then sent it back after removing it and putting the same blocker back in, afterwards gave me free on-site repair for this issue, fucked up my board during that and came back next day with a replacement board) and second time because the keyboard died after a year. Solid ever since, still running perfectly but these initial issues should not happen with a 2500€ device.

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  • Could someone explain how to set up a lemmy instance with ansible for an absolute beginner
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    x3i
    10mo ago 100%

    I second this. If you want people to help you tell us

    • what did you try to achieve
    • what command did you issue
    • what is the problem

    Meaning what did you type, what did you expect it to do and what is the error. Copy the code ideally, alternatively send a screenshot. Once you provide this, we will be happy to help.

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  • Anybody Using Nebula?
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    x3i
    10mo ago 100%

    Yes, have it running and it works well. Nextcloud setup is sth that I will still have to set up but the only problem I see there is certificates. To debug Nebula, simply try executing it by hand, e.g. nebula --config /path/config.yml and see what the error message is. Or check your journalctl of course. Share the message here and we can have a look!

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  • Two Servarr (Radar and Sonar) stopped working for unknown reasons
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    x3i
    10mo ago 100%

    When you issued the netstat command, were the containers up or down? Issue it again after docker-compose stop. If you moved or renamed the compose file, the old conrainers would still run in the old context.

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  • Pirated video games SOURCE CODE
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    x3i
    10mo ago 100%

    Correct. However, this looks like a direction that language processing and GPTs would excel in and to my knowledge, there already have been some ML addons made for certain RE tools, so this might become more easy in the future. If that is necessarily a good thing is a different story...

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  • Pirated video games SOURCE CODE
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    x3i
    10mo ago 100%

    Well, source code is not sth that you "crack", you can only reverse engineer it (I think it was done with Doom, also OpenRA) or steal it from the company's servers. The use for it is also rather niche, so the risk vs gains ratio is not attractive enough to feed dedicated websites. You can also look at fully open source games like 0AD and check out what they did!

    Edit: I stand corrected (thrice); Doom was indeed open-sourced, not reverse engineered. Thanks for pointing out!

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  • Looking for low power devices for selfhosting
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    x3i
    10mo ago 100%

    Very nice! I am running an HC4 (I think; the toaster) now since last month and so far, it's running much better than I thought! So yes, check that one first, then see if you have to upgrade and if you do, go for aarch64 or traditional x64 but not 32 bit arm

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  • Hi people, since we see more and more complaints regarding old movies being not politically correct anymore, I am getting more and more concerned about some purchases I made some years ago. Specifically, there is a set of local movies in my mother tongue which I bought and therefore want to download them in case they are removed/changed later on. How can I do that? Linux cmdline tools preferred, sharing is no consideration, so I am not concerned about digital fingerprints.

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    Hello people, I need to ask the swarm intelligence for some suggestions for my problem: I am hosting my eBooks and some downloaded research papers (best idea ever btw) on a calibre instance at home. My gf loves to listen to audio books and it seems like calibre has support for them as well (did not test that yet). Now I need an Android app, preferably open-source, that can connect to calibre and pull and play audio books and ideally also ebooks in case she wants to read. For me, KOReader does a decent job but the audio book part is sth I was unable to solve so far. Does somebody have a similar use case and solution? Thanks in advance!

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    Hi people, I hope someone can answer this or share their experience. Two days ago, I went through a major thunderstorm with my trusty old '95 GSF600, lots of rain and I periodically went through up to 15 cm deep puddles of water. I noticed after a few minutes that my throttle became ineffective at more than 30° throttle turn. "Above" that, the engine started to sound more like a two stroke and did not deliver additional power. My suspicion is that she ran to rich during that period, could that mak sense? After I exited the storm, everything slowly went back to normal and she seems to be running fine ever since. Questions: - Why did this happen? (Engine too cool or air intake too humid?) - Am I risking any permanent damage by doing such things?

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