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  • Thoughts on lightweight platforms like gotosocial?

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  • Ohh, SQLite isn't "one" db. SQLite is file-based. I.e. a database in e.g. PostgreSQL (containing several tables, views, indexes, etc.) would translate to one SQLite file (e.g. mydatabase.db3 or myappdata.sqlite). And each app has its own file/database. If the file corrupts, then it's only affecting that specific app. (However, SQLite is pretty robust.) And since these are just files, you can backup them together with the application. No need to export data or shutdown the database first.

  • Attacking My Landlord's Boiler - videah's blog

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  • There are smart valves. You can just unscrew/unclip the existing dumb ones and replace them with smart ones. They usually even report the temperature (well, near the radiator - so you might want to get extra temp sensors for the other end of the room).

  • Attacking My Landlord's Boiler - videah's blog

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  • Unless you share the boiler’s output with someone, I’d be surprised if you didn’t have access.

    But still, if you don’t want to mess with the electrical connections, manipulating the radio waves works just fine. :)

  • Thoughts on lightweight platforms like gotosocial?

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  • Whenever it is supported, yes. I’m a huge fan of SQLite.

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  • Very happy with it. I’m running it with an SQLite database, so no extra database server is needed. And I’m using Elk as a frontend for when I don’t feel like using an app.

  • Attacking My Landlord's Boiler - videah's blog

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  • On the receiving end of this controller, there’s probably just a relay shorting 2 wires from the boiler together - like the Honeywell BDR91.

    So, you could just replace that by some Shelly switch and wouldn’t have to use the proprietary radio protocol.

    On a sidenote: Those room controllers usually “learn” how long it takes to reach the target temperature (as this can be vastly different between summer and winter) and move the starting time accordingly. So they reach the target temperature at the programmed time. At least the more expensive ones do. You’d have to do something similar in your automation if you want that comfort. (Unless HA already has some code for that…)

  • Synology Lost the Plot with Hard Drive Locking Move - ServeTheHome

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  • This is what I’ll replace my DS415+ with, too, once it dies. The TerraMasters are basically bog-standard Intel NUCs with a storage adapter. And there’s HDMI output and an internal USB drive which you can just replace (or overwrite) and install OMV or TrueNAS or whatever.

  • Codeberg, self-hosting Gitea, or something else?

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  • While a non-profit sounds very honourable, I personally think Gitea has the more future-proof model. In fact, Gitea Actions was something they got commissioned for and were allowed to open source it as well.

    This is basically how I think about it. (Not my comment.)

    But we’ll see…

  • Codeberg, self-hosting Gitea, or something else?

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  • And Gitea has Gitea Actions. The big difference - and also the sole reason ForgeJo was forked - is that Gitea has a business behind it that allows them to sell support hours to other businesses. And then use the money to progress Gitea. Similar to how Zabbix and others do it. But the community decided that this is a bad thing and moved to ForgeJo.

  • Codeberg, self-hosting Gitea, or something else?

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  • how so?

    I'd like to get educated as well, please. So far, ForgeJo doesn't seem to have any specific advantage over Gitea. (And the name couldn't be worse...)

  • Is it useful to create your own Mastodon instance?

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  • If you spin up a Lemmy instance and subscribe to a community, all new posts and comments inside that community will be mirrored to your instance. As I'm subscribed to around 100 different communities, that was a LOT of traffic without me doing anything. That's why I've given up on self-hosting Lemmy just for myself and went back to using lemmy.ml.

    However, I do self-host a GoToSocial server just for myself. It's probably not necessary as mastodon.social isn't going anywhere anytime soon, but if you're on a smaller instance, it might be worth it. Also, you get to show off your own domain name. And, while other instances may block yours, your content stays online as long as YOU want it to. There's no way for an external moderator to delete posts on your own server.

    People can find you via Boosts from others or by searching for your @username@domain.com.

    Maintaining my GoToSocial so far consisted of simply getting WatchTower to update the Docker container. Migration of data to a new version happens automatically. (Well, there was one accident where some pre-release version got released under the latest tag and I had to use the development branch for a few days .... but that was an accident from the GtS-team and shouldn't happen again.)

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  • In Paris, France, government officials went around the inner city area and forcefully removed all unofficial key safes from buildings. That’s how all cities should handle this.

    However, some years ago there was a news story going around about one person that owns various different places in Berlin, all listed under different names on AirBnB and that person barely visits those places as he has cleaning people do everything in between bookings. They only pocket the huge amounts of money while doing nothing. And the description to find the door key was like “find the public bicycle rack and look for the broken bike with a pink frame, the key will be under the saddle” and there were specific instructions to not talk to anyone in that building. So they definitely knew that this was kind of a grey area…

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  • Yep, the one time I’ve tried to use AirBnB I had booked a nice place way in advance only to get it cancelled a few weeks later b/c the owner apparently needed it for something else. Or realised there was an event during that time where he could get more money.

    Contrary to that, when the hotel we had booked for some time during Covid realised they weren’t open for the public yet, they moved our booking to a nearby higher tier partner hotel and they then even upgraded us. You won’t get this with AirBnB, I guess.

  • Synology could bring “certified drive” requirements to more NAS devices

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  • Once my DS415+ (with the C2000 fix) finally dies, I’ll most probably go with a Terramaster F4-423. They have an internal USB-port with their OS which you can replace and install a custom OS to it. And it’s basically just an Intel NUC with a storage controller in a nice package. So, pretty much compatible with the usual OSes and NAS softwares.

  • Windows Defender Anti-virus Bypassed Using Direct Syscalls & XOR Encryption

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  • Wasn’t there something a few months ago about Microsoft handing out secret API calls to developers of other antivirus products so they can quietly disable Defender during the installation of their product? Some guy had this reverse engineered from an installer…

  • Good self-hosted webmail client?

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  • The usual ones are RoundCube and SnappyMail (which is a fork of deprecated RainLoop). I’m hosting SnappyMail to access my Dovecot when no other mail client is handy.

  • GitHub - outerbase/studio: A lightweight Database GUI in your browser. It supports connecting to Postgres, MySQL, and SQLite.

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  • Was that an answer from ChatGPT?

  • How To: Automate version update for your selfhosted Docker containers with Gitea, Renovate, and Komodo

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  • Yes, I’ve set WATCHTOWER_RUN_ONCE and run it manually (letting it download and automatically apply the updates) when I find time. In the rare case something breaks, I can fix it immediately or roll back the broken container by setting the label to the previous version.

  • GitHub - outerbase/studio: A lightweight Database GUI in your browser. It supports connecting to Postgres, MySQL, and SQLite.

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