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Aussie living in the San Francisco Bay Area.Coding since 1998..NET Foundation member. C# fan https://d.sb/Mastodon: @dan@d.sb

  • Should I be using Debian?

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  • If your current setup works well for you, there's no reason to change it.

    You could try Debian in a VM (virtual machine) if you want to. If you're running a desktop environment, GNOME Boxes makes it pretty easy to create VMs. It works even if you don't use GNOME.

    If you want to run it as a headless server (no screen plugged in to it), I'd install Proxmox on the system, and use VMs or LXC containers for everything. Proxmox gives you a web UI to manage VMs and containers.

  • FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled

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  • Even if you turned the phone off? It should be secure on a cold boot before entering the password, as nothing is unencrypted yet.

  • Exploring Options to add NVR

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  • Blue Iris is by far the most capable NVR, but it's Windows-only so you'd need a Windows or Windows Server VM. For a basic setup, Frigate is more than sufficient.

    I'd say try Frigate on your ThinkCentre and see how well it runs. I wouldn't buy new hardware prematurely.

    Do I understand that I could then share the igpu between Jellyfin and Docker/Frigate?

    I'm not sure about containers like LXC, but generally you need SR-IOV or GVT-g support to share a GPU across multiple VMs. I think your CPU supports GVT-g, so you should be able to find a guide on setting it up.

  • My self hosted badges of honor

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  • It must be a lot of work to self-host DigitalOcean.

  • Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App

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  • I meant more if people wouldn't have found your app without Apple's App Store. In that case, they're essentially handling marketing for you.

  • Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App

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  • No other app store is allowed to operate on Apple devices

    That's only true outside of Europe. In the EU, they were forced to allow third-party app stores. The US government doesn't have the guts to do that, since they focus more on the needs/wants of companies, whereas the EU is really focused on consumer rights.

    • Card companies take ~4%
    • Patreon takes 10%

    Does Patreon's cut not include payment processing?

    The other thing that's ridiculous in the USA is how much credit card processing costs. Stripe is around 3%, while in countries it can be half of that (in Australia, it's commonly around 1% for debit cards and 1.5% for credit cards).

  • Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App

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  • Apple is doing nothing in this particular case, not in general. There's cases where the 30% is more justified.

  • Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App

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  • But you're getting literally the same Patreon content.

  • Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App

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  • PWAs aren't great on iPhone... They intentionally limit some functionality to push people towards the App Store.

    Some people want everything as apps for some reason.

  • Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App

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  • Why does Apple feel they deserve a 30% cut? In cases like this, Apple aren't providing any value at all.

    • Apple aren't providing the content - the creator is.
    • Apple aren't providing a platform for the content - Patreon is.
    • Apple aren't providing a platform for discovery - people aren't finding Patreon creators solely via Apple products.

    Sure, Apple are providing a payments platform, but why do they deserve 10x what Stripe charges?

  • Supreme Court To Decide How 1988 Videotape Privacy Law Applies To Online Video

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  • Interesting case. If the plaintiff wins, I suspect this will mean that sites with videos won't be able to use third-party analytics scripts (not just Meta pixel, but also things like Google Analytics), which would be a pretty large change for the industry.

    I'd love to see first-party tracking become more popular again. I self-host Plausible for my sites, but I've considered switching to Swetrix.

  • Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops: Reports | TechCrunch

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  • uploads a copy of the key to their Microsoft Account

    Microsoft added that feature because people kept losing their encryption keys and thus losing all their files if they need to have their computer replaced. They get complaints either way - privacy advocates complain when the key is backed up, and sysadmins/users complain when the key isn't backed up.

  • For that modern web feeling

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  • If your element has an id, you can just reference it from the window scope

    This is brittle, as defining a global variable with the same name (or the browser adding a API with the same name) will override it. This functionality was only kept for backwards compatibility with sites designed for Internet Explorer. The spec says to use getElementById instead.

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  • Yeah, it's standard for everyone. Even people working part time get it, pro-rated. For example, if you work 50% of the hours compared to a full-time position, you accrue 50% of the long service leave.

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  • It's sad there's such a disparity between leave amounts at different employers in the USA. It really should be standardized.

    I'm from Australia, where it's mandated to get four weeks (20 days) of PTO per year, 20 weeks of paid parental leave, at least a year of unpaid parental leave, and an extra 8 weeks of PTO every 7 years ("long service leave").

    I'm living in the USA now, and am fortunate that my employer offers 21 days PTO per year. I also have unlimited sick leave, which is a strange phrase to hear as an Aussie (why would sick days be limited??)

  • Furious Protestor Tears AI-Generated Art Off Wall of Exhibit, Chews It Up Into Tiny Shreds Using His Teeth

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  • The headline makes it sound like he only did this to one piece of art, but he was much busier than that:

    According to the police department, Granger chewed up at least 57 of the 160 images

  • The #1 Programmer Excuse for Legitimately Slacking Off (2026 Edition)

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  • Linus Torvalds is probably clever enough to create something like that. The Linux kernel sure could take advantage of it.

  • Self-hosting Odoo ERP for small business - bad idea?

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  • I know this comment is a bit old, but do you have any recommendations on how to learn about building custom Odoo modules? I'm an experienced developer (with over 20 years experience) but am new to Odoo. I've learnt some things by looking at the code for OCA modules (I had to debug an issue with the Plaid bank statement integration) but am interested in any resources you found useful.

  • Cheapest way to back up a lot of data?

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  • Definitely... I use Borgbackup for my backups, which encrypts the backups before sending them to the remote server. Not all use cases can do that though, so sometimes it's useful to have filesystem-level encryption.