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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • For me, pros are:

    • Fun to learn something new
    • Easy to test different systems. For example, I can play with different router or NAS software without having a separate computer around.
    • I’ve been able to create different “computers” that serve different needs and require different levels of security.
    • Currently, a cluster is probably overkill, it was a fun experiment.

    Cons

    • Updating all the different systems can be a pain. I could probably automate it, but I haven’t made the time to learn it yet.
    • As a beginner, I’m throwing a bunch of parts together and hoping it will work. I should probably be more strategic in my implementation, but I don’t know what to prioritize. I’m sure I’ll have to start over in the future.
    • With the previous point, the storage setup doesn’t seem very intuitive. I probably need to set up that better.
    • I haven’t quite figured out backups yet. My VM backups all seem too big. I need to figure that out and automate it.

    Hope this is helpful.


  • machinin@lemmy.worldtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldAlternatives to CloudFlare?
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    15 days ago

    I was looking into Tailscale, but it got me a little worried. I’m not very knowledgeable, so I hope someone can correct me

    They don’t allow ssh, so you have to give your keys over them and they manage your ssh connection? That seems idiotic. Surely that can’t be correct?

    I’m my use case, I was wanting to rsync to an off-site Synology from a Linux box. Synology also doesn’t allow ssh over their VPN service - frustrating.










  • I met an interesting Argentinian girl through ICQ. A co-worker ended up getting their inbox filled with large attachments from an overseas office with fast internet. We were still on dial-up. We just had pop3 access, no online front end. I stayed in the office over night to download the files so the connection wouldn’t be interrupted by someone else accessing the line. To pass the time, I downloaded ICQ and started chatting with the Argentinian girl. She introduced me to this song.

    Great memories.






  • I guess it is an old argument. How willing are we, as a society, to protect people from being taken advantage of by cons. Musk had been extremely resilient for a con man. Probably because he mainly goes after relatively poor people.

    Musk’s companies aren’t the only ones making breakthroughs in their respective fields. The only difference between Musk companies and others is that Musk just didn’t care about safety, so his companies cut corners to make people think they are ahead. Other companies who are more responsible aren’t willing to cut those corners for ethical reasons.





  • It’s so good many people trust it to much.

    That’s the malignant part I mentioned. They trust it too much and end up running into a first responder, motorcycle or kid getting off a school bus. The aviation industry and many other industries have extensive knowledge how to avoid this very problem. Most other car companies implement systems to avoid it. Tesla just doesn’t really care that much.

    My thoughts were also about phantom breaking, but I don’t know if it is still an issue.

    By the way, I’m not downvoting you here.