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RxBrad

@ RxBrad @infosec.pub

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The Internet is bad.

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  • I love Mastodon. It's easily my favorite & most-used social media platform right now.

    But I'm also a huge damn nerd.

    I honestly can't say I'd recommend it to anyone that isn't also a huge damn nerd, because they just won't find stuff they want.

    "You want sports? We don't have much of that, but check out the Proxmox server in this guy's basement!"

  • Nvidia falls 14% in premarket trading as China's DeepSeek triggers global tech sell-off

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  • Okay, cool...

    So, how much longer before Nvidia stops slapping a "$500-600 RTX XX70" label on a $300 RTX XX60 product with each new generation?

    The thinly-veiled 75-100% price increases aren't fun for those of us not constantly-touching-themselves over AI.

  • Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates

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  • Probably true.

    But until a court actually steps up to say it, it's the Wild West out there. And as soon as this gets shot down, another executive order will get wedged back in there to keep the rigs drilling.

    EDIT: Apparently the naming had nothing to do with drilling. The drilling ban was already specifically reversed in a different executive order that reversed several Biden EOs

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  • I don't disagree.

    But recent interpretation of the use of executive order is hurtling toward the president having near-monarch authority

    So, until the reach of executive orders gets reigned in... here we are.

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  • The IHO proposes names which world nations may or may not use.

    Such is the case with the "Southern Ocean" around Antarctica since the early 2000s, which is randomly recognized & not recognized by world nations.

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  • Obama renamed Mt. McKinley to Denali by executive order. Trump is using executive order to rename it back.

    Biden outlawed oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Trump used executive order to rename it so the Gulf of Mexico "doesn't exist". (EDIT: Actually the naming appears to be unrelated to this. The drilling ban was specifically reversed in a different executive order that reversed several Biden EOs)

    It's all questionable use of executive order. But which party is going to step up and say "the last guy did it, but our guy shouldn't be able to ignore checks & balances anymore"?

  • What skills are needed to self host without too many headaches?

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  • Mostly Docker.

    Portainer and plugging Docker Compose XML into Portainer stacks makes Docker stupid-simple. (personally speaking as a stupid person that does this)

    Cloudflare tunnels for stuff people other than you might want to access.

    Tailscale if it's only you.

    Reverse proxy & port forwarding for sharing media over Jellyfin without violating the Cloudflare Tunnel ToS.

  • Mastodon announces transition to non-profit structure | TechCrunch

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  • Oh, I hear you...

    Filters can make it so the Mastodon feed doesn't force you to want to walk out into traffic.

  • Mastodon announces transition to non-profit structure | TechCrunch

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  • Yep. The "big frickin' nerd" part carries my statement pretty hard.

    Homelab, videogames, Linux stuff... Content for miles.

  • Mastodon announces transition to non-profit structure | TechCrunch

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  • If you follow hashtags, and you're a big frickin' nerd, Mastodon actually has pretty good content.

  • Why is HDR in Plex such a chore while it is no problem on VLC?

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  • Me with a i5 7500...

    "HDR is a chore?"

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  • Gotta stay out of their way! They needed to coast through that light to keep the MPG above 40! 😂

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  • red light are optional driver

    It was a BMW driver, wasn't it?

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  • My 2018 Honda Accord has been a nightmare, and I stubbornly refuse to replace it until it's 10 years old. I half-wonder if the quality has already started to go downhill.

    From the factory, the air conditioner dumped all of its condensation onto the passenger-seat floorboards. Since then, I've had to get the AC unit replaced twice.

    EVERYTHING rattles in that car -- the seatbelt mounts, the visors, all kinds of stuff inside the front console (maybe inside the ventilation system?), the front defroster bezel, and the trim around the back window. It drives me absolutely bonkers.

    I'd actually been hoping Nissan would get their shit together in regards to their CVT transmissions... because my favorite car over the years was my 2003 Nissan Maxima.

    ...I guess I should see what Mazda has to offer...

  • Heads-Up for anyone running Tailscale via docker-compose (Breaking Change)

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  • Luckily I realized that I could Cloudflare-tunnel my Portainer UI out to a long random-nonsense subdomain name.

    That allowed me to fix it (and then immediately kill the tunnel -- not a fan of exposing Portainer to the internet).

  • Heads-Up for anyone running Tailscale via docker-compose (Breaking Change)

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  • Ripping my hair out over this, how do I make Wireguard in Docker work?

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  • EDIT: My suggestion probably doesn't work for your use-case, but I'll leave it for anyone else....

    I use this to only tunnel the ports I actually need: https://github.com/DigitallyRefined/docker-wireguard-tunnel

    My CGNAT'ed home PC is the client, and my public-facing Oracle Cloud instance is the server.

    I've tried and failed miserably to use the "official" Wireguard container. Once I start reading suggestions to modify iptables outside of Docker, I know I'm in trouble.

  • Luigi Mangione Played 'Among Us,' Breathes Air

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  • Got a chuckle at this response, though....

  • Intel's $249 Arc B580 is the GPU we've begged for since the pandemic | PCWorld

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  • Yeah, I'll be curious to see how that all plays out.

    Current GPU pricing still seems to have the 2019-2020 25% GPU tariff price baked-in. Note how prices didn't drop 25% when those were rescinded.

    Do Nvidia & AMD factor those in their pricing and give consumer a break? Or do they just jack up prices again and aim for mega-profits?

    Hell, will the tariffs even happen? At one point, those tariffs were supposedly contingent on U.S. Federal income taxes being abolished, and being used to replace that government tax income. The income tax part seems to have been dropped from the narrative ever since the election.