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durinn

@ emotional_soup_88 @programming.dev

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But still the sunken stars appear In dark and windless Mirrormere; There lies his crown in water deep, Till Durin wakes again from sleep.

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    • Scheduled messages - in case you realize you want to say something but not today
    • Flashlight - let there be light
    • Lockdown mode - in case you are at a rally and for some reason don't want to turn off the phone
    • Sensors off, developer quick setting - to turn off sensors in addition to airplane mode in order to save battery even more
    • MAC address randomization - for privacy
    • The ability to attach a USB or wireless keyboard to type longer texts
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  • This is how I managed to find the best spot and orientation for my mobile router before I finally got fiber. It was an app I found on F-Droid. Forgot it's name, though. Somebody was smart enough to find out that the modem inside smartphones has sensors and that we can pipe their readings.

    Absolutely brilliant!

  • Arch Linux Website Hit by DDoS and Temporarily Limited to IPv6

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  • Would it be possible for an average user like me to host the whole AUR and the whole Arch Wiki to make it available at times like this? I'm already seeding a couple of Arch isos (not pirate lingo).

    I just want to help out.

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    What are the best cheap crafts for men?

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  • I also second (third?) this! And the possible variations are also fun to explore! Recently, I'm hooked on scones. 🤤

  • Microsoft wants to replace its entire C and C++ codebase, perhaps by 2030 - Plans move to Rust, with help from AI

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  • Windows 👉 Vibeos

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    Do you believe people should have the right to self-destruct if they want to?

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  • How is this even a question? You have the right to do everything and anything to yourself.

    On another note: I really appreciate your level of insight! The pills are obviously solving a problem or two for you - you can sleep and and you don't feel like dying, if I understood you correctly.

    And now some unsolicited opinion. Feel free to disregard!

    Every step one wants to take away from addiction must start there, if you ask me: respect that the substance, the ritual, the behavior or whatever one is addicted to is in fact solving a problem for you. We are not that intelligent on the primal level to sort things out "logically" when we are in a fight or flight situation. Only after having accepted and defined what problems the addiction has been solving should one go to the next step: is this method of problem solving sustainable? What does it give me vs. what does it cost me? Depending on where you are in your journey, one might accept certain costs - for instance physical and financial health - in order to gain certain things - for instance mental stability, sleep, a sense of happiness etc.

  • [SUPPORT] iptables - rules for OUTPUT chain

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  • Not with the front end iptables. Linux can filter packets based on their source and destination IP, port and MAC address. It can also filter packets based on their state, being NEW,ESTABLISHED, RELATES,INVALID and UNTRACKED. You can check what processes are establishing connections with for instance ss or lsof -i and what commands or binaries/executables stand for those processes with for instance ps.

    I know of no userland utility with which one could specify processes, command names or binaries/executables to block. Which might seem like a hassle from a Windows perspective, but the level of control that you achieve with Linux's packet filtering is neat and it has taught loads about how networking and the Internet works. :)

  • Where can I get Linux stickers?

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  • 😂🤮 I didn't even look at them. Just quickly searched and copy-pasted shit for OP. 🤣

  • Where can I get Linux stickers?

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  • Dang it... Thanks for enlightening me!

  • Where can I get Linux stickers?

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  • [SUPPORT] iptables - rules for OUTPUT chain

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  • Thank you! I will check out OpenStitch.

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  • Thanks! That looks like a great way to learn what's going on "under the hood".

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  • I finally understand your point. That's true though with or without the use of a firewall. Not becoming infected by malware through ports that are otherwise used for common connections can preemptively only be achieved with good cyber hygiene. Once infected, I guess I'd need access control lists and/or software that blocks code execution based on signatures, but I'm not aware of such software for Linux.

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  • The purpose is to block any connections that I haven't explicitly allowed, since I don't have the skills to vet all my binaries. Linux packages are as we know not immune.

    It's a pretty static system and I imagine I could write a script that notifies me if and when iptables blockes something outgoing (or when the kernel complains thereof).

  • Why did you join Lemmy?

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  • What is that? :O

  • Why did you join Lemmy?

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  • Because they kept shadowbanning me only because I use a VPN and they never ever gave any replies to my appeals. Even after having appealed at least 50 times.

  • Help me understand bash syntax

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  • Thanks! I actually did try that, at which point it said "/dev/stdin ASCII text" or the likes, so it's like the file command literally read the stdin device. Which was extremely intriguing, but not what I wanted. God, I love Linux :D

  • Help me understand bash syntax

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  • Thanks! Yeah, I just came to the realization that this was more about my lack of understanding of the file command than anything else.

  • Help me understand bash syntax

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  • Thanks! So this was more about my lack of understanding of how the file command works... But anyway, this gave me some new stuff to study! Especially the -print0 and -quit options and the xargs command.

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    How can people communicate with AI as a friend or girlfriend?

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  • If this is a technical question:

    Prompt the AI on one of hundreds of available websites: https://perchance.org/ai-artgen Or self-host your AI and prompt that: https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui

    The above are just for images. I'm sure there are identical counterparts for creating conversation bots.

    If this is a question questioning why people do it:

    Loneliness? Involuntary isolation/alienation? Dopamine quick fix? Pick your poison.

    PS: the below pictures are AI created. I prompted the above website to make me a Lúthien from Tolkien's world holding a silmaril. Perhaps after it being cut out of the belly of the werewolf Carcharoth and returned to king Thingol, Lúthien took it from her father, the king, snuck out with it at night and in the silent forest of Doriath reminisced the time she spent with her beloved Beren. The blood could indicate her, in her rage and sadness, having slewn a few orcs that had strayed to far into the realm of Thingol.

    PS: I hate it when AI art is allowed on forums where actual artists display what they paint and draw. AI is not art. It's just good fun. Sometimes.