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Cake day: February 5th, 2025

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  • I’m not saying its contentious. I’m saying if you’re gonna be mad, be mad at the right people. And in this specific case, the retailer is probably not the only issue, so switching to another retailer really won’t help you.

    I might sound like a dick, but I’m trying to help you out–telling you that even if you switch retailers, if whomever is delivering your mail is a dick, you’re not going to experience a better situation.


  • You should operate under the assumption that all VPN providers will eventually make that list. There’s no VPN provider out there that will function better than one you setup yourself on a VPS. Find one with a good and stable connection speed and you shouldn’t have any issues. Generally they’re really inexpensive, too.

    VPN providers have a lot of customers, so when a service gets a connection hundreds of times a minute from a single IP, they either know they’re being attacked in some way or people are using a VPN to access their services. Generally its not a big deal until they start IP banning. If it’s just you and your devices on a single VPN, it’s much much more difficult to tell and likely won’t be blocked for arbitrary reasons.


  • I owned my own tech firm for 10 years or so. I setup any number of backup solutions with enterprise level HDDs. I’ve seen HDDs packaged impeccably. I’ve seen them come in a cardboard box with absolutely no protection and it’s an absolute crap shoot no matter what. As a matter of fact, there’s a HDD connected to a NAS attached to the computer I’m typing this out on that’s been working for over 8 years non-stop and it was one that just came direct in a cardboard box. Didn’t have a lick of paper or bubble-warp in it.

    I’m not telling you not to be critical of retailers who don’t properly protect the things you buy. I’m telling you to measure your response because at the end of the day they’re incredibly fragile no matter how they’re packaged. Properly packaging doesn’t mean you’re going to get a 100% success rate. If you’re that worried about it, then find a local retailer and don’t buy them online.


  • I have a robust system to package those orders correctly

    This is my point. You can package your electronics as good as you want, but when it comes to hard drives, if the middle man decides to play ice hockey with your package it doesn’t matter. If you want to blame something blame Newton’s second and third Laws of Motion. 🤷‍♂️




  • HelloRoot is correct. You should not have deleted anything. You should have simply shutdown the server and contacted the FBI (not the police). Child porn is a serious federal offense and because they committed the offense across state lines (or aren’t in the US at all), FBI wold have jurisdiction. Because you deleted the evidence (a crime, by the way) there’s nothing for them to go on now.

    If this ever happens again, shut down the server so no one can connect, and contact the FBI Criminal Division who has their own child crimes division that specifically deals with child pornography.


  • Depends on how many hostnames I need. If I just need 2, using opposite duals is fun, {romeo,ruliet}.shakespeare.com. 4 I almost always use cardinal directions or the seasons; {north,south,east,west}.domain.com or {spring,summer,fall,winter}.domain.com.

    If I need a lot of potential subdomains, you can’t beat the Greek or NATO alphabet, giving you 24 and 26 hostnames respectively which can be further enhanced by using the purpose of the server with the alphabet;



  • It looks like I have learning curves in more than just one area ahead of me.

    lol oh yeah. It can feel insurmountable, but nothing here is actually too crazy. After a week or two, or maybe even after the first time you set it up (and actually see how it works) the learning curve will flatten out.

    Gotta get ahead of that old school me that thinks running a software on a different hardware plays a crucial role in the threat model.

    I mean, it can. I personally don’t see anything wrong with that approach either.

    That’s a setup I may borrow from you :)

    It was a real PITA to get everything to play nice. May God have mercy on your soul! haha.


  • homeassistant.local

    So then this isn’t what you set it to during the setup.

    I could not find any useful information about this though

    Because it’s not a thing.

    Proxmox doesn’t automatically edit your router settings to add itself so you can connect, it simply allows all connections from local sources until you can set it up securely. If the mDNS isn’t working, just visit the IP address.



  • I joined the Gmail Beta during the time it was still being referred internally as Caribou and was still skunkworks–hell, sometime in 2003. There was a recognizable need for an updated email service and Buchheit knew that. Especially considering the alternatives at the time were mainly static HTTP pages with no search features and relied heavily on client-side JavaScript for functionality. The plan was always to have a free tier for private individuals and to sell a non-free version of Gmail to businesses as it was being discussed in that capacity even back then. However, Gmail was always marketed as a socially responsible email provider, just like all of Google products are/were.

    It’s an oversimplification, but I feel like its still an accurate characterization.



  • I’ve seen like 30 of these threads today, which seem to just being shotgun around the internet feeding into people’s fear of an authoritarian government…but calling it Trump proof? The disconnect from reality here is just as hard as Trump’s relationship with reality.

    Privacy is important, but don’t hock your merch by feeding into people’s fear. It looks fucking disgusting my guy.