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Introductions :: Re: Introduce yourself! :: Reply by Anshu@21

2024-12-30T13:42:51+00:00

Hi Everyone.

I'm Himanshu.i'm from India and like playing video games (Yeah most of them pirated and most my simple Laptop can't run without exploding ). other than that I have just Graduated and am just chilling. CS&It was my major in college ,yet i haven't done or work on any project yet so every .

Oh i wanna actually work on making games ,but haven't figured things out on where to start ,hoping i would figure it out sooner or later.

i have never been in a Forum and got here through the How advertisers ruined a good idea" like many others.
I hope i will be able to participate here on more than just the introductions.
I'm excited to try this out and hope everyone is having a good day

Introductions :: Re: Introduce yourself! :: Reply by hlebrunet

2024-12-31T10:21:05+00:00

Hi everyone, I'm Cyberbread! I'm from Russia and play some games on my PC and PS4. I joined this forum to ask for a bit of help on switching to an older smartphone.

I don't know what else to say, so... have a good day and happy new year!

Cool Websites :: Re: Cool Web Software :: Reply by Fenriris

2025-01-01T00:27:50+00:00

I know of a couple of software that I use to save my passwords and files on my web server. Having it hosted on a web server like this means I have full control over them, and can access them from anywhere on any device.

The first one is called XBackBone. It is a simple file manager with full ShareX support and more. The nice thing about it is that is has web a UI with multi user management, media gallery and search support; with support for uploading any kind of file. I use it to host my files without relying on google drive or the like.

The second one is VaultWarden which is a clone of BitWarden and is an alternative server implementation of the Bitwarden Client. I use VaultWarden as a password manager for passwords and passkeys at home or at work or basically anywhere, and is compatible with existing BitWarden clients. Perfect for self-hosting

And this does not really count, but the last thing I did was create an email server for myself with dovecot (an email server like exchange) with postfix (mail transfer agent). Not much to say there except you wont believe how hard that actually was to set up

Cool Websites :: Re: Cool Web Software :: Reply by Crazyroostereye

2025-01-01T10:07:05+00:00

Fenriris wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 12:27 am The second one is VaultWarden which is a clone of BitWarden and is an alternative server implementation of the Bitwarden Client. I use VaultWarden as a password manager for passwords and passkeys at home or at work or basically anywhere, and is compatible with existing BitWarden clients. Perfect for self-hosting

I's also it as my Password Manager after switching from KeePass, its Feature set is truly Impressiv. The only issue I have is the missing support for PAM Authentication on Linux. (Using the OS Auth for Fingerprint and co) but thats a minor Issue.

Fenriris wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 12:27 am And this does not really count, but the last thing I did was create an email server for myself with dovecot (an email server like exchange) with postfix (mail transfer agent). Not much to say there except you wont believe how hard that actually was to set up

I used to do it entirly manually with dovecot and postfix plus some extra tools. But had some Issues and switch over to using Modaboa. Which in the end of the day is just an Install script for Dovacot and Postfix, and some custom Interfaces. But made it easire to Administrate and Secure

Cool Websites :: Re: Exploration Websites :: Reply by Anshu@21

2024-12-30T13:01:53+00:00

PossiblyAxolotl wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 5:40 am Some of my favourite websites I've been exploring a lot lately are https://melonking.net and https://melonland.net, he's got a whole weird internet universe going on over there and it's really fun to explore

ozwomp hasn't arrived yet !!!
maybe cause its Monday?!!

Cool Websites :: Re: Exploration Websites :: Reply by PossiblyAxolotl

2025-01-01T19:00:16+00:00

Anshu@21 wrote: Mon Dec 30, 2024 1:01 pm maybe cause its Monday?!!

Ooh yeah, I always forget to mention it but both sites are closed on Mondays

Computers :: Re: I use arch, btw :: Reply by rejectconvenience

2025-01-06T16:29:55+00:00

Alright, I'm gonna say it.

Ubuntu is underrated.

I hadn't used it in years but I was testing something and... it was like really really stable. And well supported... and that's literately all I need out of an OS.

So I switched back to Ubuntu. Don't @ me, I know there are way more fun distros out there but I'm not here for fun, I'm here for function (I still plan on having fun with VMs and such with ProxMox, but you know what I mean).

Computers :: Re: I use arch, btw :: Reply by Tam

2025-01-09T14:53:09+00:00

Stefen_Maxwell wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2024 8:14 am I want to start an openSUSE hype train. I installed the tumbleweed version, and I am now a huge fan. The package manager seems to require the terminal, but it is pretty nice. Rolling release like arch, but also stable.

While I am still a Windows user, I do try a lot of Linux distros.
So far, openSUSE Tumbleweed was the one I liked the most and it stayed that way for a couple of years.

They managed to make a stable rolling-release distro, they utilize BTRFS very well (especially with snapshots), they use the well-established RedHat base. My only criticism would be that the package manager seems to be a bit slow and I had to integrate this to make it quicker. It does not seem to work well with Packman packages, so you'd still have to fully use zypper for these.

This might help some people: I had to switch from download.opensuse.org to cdn.opensuse.org for the much faster Fastly CDN (it has the closest server to me). I could only do it for most of the mirrors, but not a huge deal.

Not a beginner distro, but if you have some knowledge of Linux and you haven't tried openSUSE yet, I would recommend having a go at it.

Computers :: Homeserver/homelab thread :: Author 2boxlike

2025-01-11T17:14:11+00:00

Do you guys have your own servers and what do you do with them? Favorite apps/services?

Computers :: Re: Homeserver/homelab thread :: Reply by Felid131

2025-01-11T18:04:10+00:00

I have an Ivy Bridge Optiplex running a Minecraft server for friends and an HTTP server for sharing big files with others. It runs Debian, and uses Spigot for Minecraft and Apache2 for HTTP hosting. I use SSH to manage it headlessly. Every night it's setup to make a backup of the Minecraft server from the 240GB SSD to the 1TB HDD. Occasionally I copy the most recent backups on the 1TB HDD to my main computer. Sometimes I use the server for big downloads, ffmpeg renders, and anything else I don't wanna tie up my main computer with. "screen" is a very useful program for starting a command and then being able to exit the SSH session.

Computers :: Re: Homeserver/homelab thread :: Reply by Crazyroostereye

2025-01-11T18:04:20+00:00

I have my Old PC running as a Server. It currently runs Debian 12 with Docker installed, via which I run all my Services.

My most used and Favorite Services are:

Vaultwarden (A Bitwarden server for lightweight systems)
Nextcloud (A Google Workspace/Drive and OneDrive replacement)
Jellyfin (A Plex Similar Media Server for Storing and Watch Movies, Shows and Music)

Also a system I use is the ZFS filesystem for Data Security and Redundency

Here are the specs of my Server:

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OS: Debian GNU/Linux bookworm 12.8 x86_64
Kernel: 6.1.0-22-amd64
Uptime: 182 days(!), 3 hours, 58 mins
Packages: 1879 (dpkg)
Shell: bash 5.2.15
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700 (8) @ 4.00 GHz
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 530
Memory: 13.45 GiB / 15.49 GiB (87%)
Swap: 6.85 GiB / 46.57 GiB (15%)
Disk (/): 115.07 GiB / 182.28 GiB (63%) - ext4
Disk (/data): 430.65 GiB / 1.75 TiB (24%) - zfs

Online Privacy :: Gravy Analytics Hacked – Attackers Allegedly Claiming 17TB Data Stolen :: Author rejectconvenience

2025-01-08T16:56:41+00:00

https://cybersecuritynews.com/hackers-a ... b-of-data/

y i k e s

Online Privacy :: A really big list of privacy policies I want to read on stream :: Author rejectconvenience

2025-01-12T00:24:08+00:00

Today I did the first live stream of me reading privacy policies, and it was a blast. For transparency, I wanted to share the ongoing list of privacy polices I'd love to review (as well as the suggestions I've gotten), so consider this a living document of sorts. Anything in green has been read in a live stream!

Signal
DeleteMe (Tried to sponsor my channel)
Discord
uBlock Origin
1password
Amazon
Apple
Better Help
Bitwarden
Blender
Bluesky
Capcut
Cashapp
Creality Cloud
Credit Karma
Disney Plus
DuckDuckGo
Epic Games
Firefox
Fiverr (Tried to sponsor my channel)
Google
Grammarly
Honey
Hulu
Incogni
Kagi
Kofi
Meta
Microsoft
Mooni VPN (Tried to sponsor my channel)
Mullvad
Netflix
NordVPN
Patreon
PayPal
Proton
Red Note App (Xiaohongshu) (Apparently a new TikTok replacement?)
Reddit
Revolut
Ring
Rocket Money
Snapchat
Spotify
Startmail
Steam
Surfshark
Turbotax
Twitch
Ubisoft
Venmo
VLC Media Player
YouTube

Other Tech :: Re: Portable GPS's :: Reply by massive-blob-tilt

2025-01-05T16:01:08+00:00

YennyTheYak wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2024 11:39 am Does anyone know of a good Portable GPS that allows me to easily set it up in different cars throughout the day that won't wear it down at the same time? I am going to be driving in different trucks throughout the day and week and am afraid of an adhesive or suction based mount wearing out as I move it between cars. I've been using my phone for GPS and have a mount that can easily clip on and stay onto the air vent.
If you don't know of one, what do you suggest I do? The main plan is to be using my smartphone less over time. I recently watched the "I switched to a dumb phone 2-year check in" video and feel driven to do something similar over time.

Back in my day...your phone was attached to the wall at home(sorry I had too).

tl:dr I rant like an old man for a bit before saying buy something like this , and mount it on something like this

But even when phones became mobile it didn't have GPS. You actually had to call Google and deal will the worst voice recognition to get current travel times from point A to point B, and even then you still didn't get directions. You just got the estimated travel time. These were truly dark days. But we suffered so you can now choose to suffer like we did and learn the art of carrying 5-10 devices at all times. You carried those devices because they each performed 1 task, but they performed that one task well.

Let me introduce you to a little thing called the TomTom/Garmin war. Doing some quick searching shows that it looks like TomTom has stopped selling stand alone GPS units in the US(nothing shipping fees can't fix) and Garmin isn't far behind(but you can get an app and smart watch instead! ) But I can tell you from my personal experience that these devices last forever as long as you're able to manually update the maps. I'm still able to do that on both mine. And while I can't find when exactly one of mine was discontinued it boosts being "compatible with Windows® XP or newer and Mac® OS X 10.4 or later" on it's product page. You'd probably want to look into a newer version though. Just research how the maps are updated, mainly looking for ones you can do directly via sdcard/usb or with bluetooth without using an app. If you really want to deep dive there are whole communities based around the use of discontinued GPS devices because GPS is a one way street.

As long as there is something transmitting GPS data, then any device that has ever been capable of receiving GPS signals should function. No wifi, no network, no carrier, no subscription, no app required.

If you have open sky and a charged device, you have GPS. Full stop.

But having maps with that GPS is really nice and it seems like the old gaurds are still fighting over the market share that hasn't been swallowed by Google. I personally lean toward Garmin but that's only because I've had more time to hack around with it and I'm a sucker for any company that keeps the pages for their discontinued products up. Though look into the modern product offerings for sure.

As for switching vechiles that one's thank fully easy and requires no storys that go nowhere about how I used to wear an onion router on my belt, which was the style at the time...

This is the type of phone mount you're looking for....or something like it. Basically seach beanbag phone mounts should get you in the right direction. No adhesive, no suction, easy to move between vechiles. They do better with flat dashboards (esspecially if you have one with those random tray areas that are like 1/2 inch or more deep whuch I can't find a picture of) but they are absolute garbage on dashboards(which I could find a picture of ). That said, it will at some point go flying. Either during a turn or a Fast and Furious tryouts, but that's what adhesives and suction cups were invented for.

Tech News :: Re: DOJ wants Google to sell Chrome :: Reply by Crazyroostereye

2025-01-15T12:51:01+00:00

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/l ... d-browsers
Similar to what I said is happening
Chromium and Google are making the first steps to migrate the Manager Role of chromium over to the Linux Foundation.

Art :: found this criminaly underrated YT vid :: Author RockStarProgramer

2024-12-19T10:32:16+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9--cqHEp4P0

Books :: Books you read :: Author Crazyroostereye

2025-01-04T12:43:25+00:00

I am personally not a Big reader. This I assume is because of a Read/Write Disability I have. Where I am a bit slow with reading and comprehension of the text.

But I recently started reading a book that caught my attention and really enjoyed reading. The Book I read was There Is No Antimemetics Division. It's a Book set in the SCP universe and talks about the Antimemetics Division of the Foundation.

Now you may ask, what is an antimeme? An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties, meaning you can't remember specific Parts or the entire thing once you stop observing it. A good example in the SCP wiki about such an item is SCP-055.

The Book itself talks about fighting a War against an Antimemetic creature and the Issues arising with an enemy you can't even remember you're at war with. It's written in a way where it is more disjointed between major Chapters. As we get to learn about our protagonists encounters of the enemy and promptly forgetting about it in the past after the first Climax of the Story. Basically we know what is going to happen, but we didn't realize what scope it actually had and what that meant and how long they actually were at war with it.

I am curious what interesting Books you have read recently and how they were?

Books :: Re: Books you read :: Reply by Felid131

2025-01-05T04:01:25+00:00

I'm a big Warriors fan and have been since I was little. The main series has gotten less interesting to read, it's just a carrier for the main plot and gets a lot of things going on at once spread over 6 books per arc. The really enjoyable stuff is in the super editions, novellas, and some of the graphic novels. I'm missing some of the books since I borrowed the first ones when I was little and lost one of them when I was older.

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Animals :: Re: Frog :: Reply by RockStarProgramer

2024-12-19T18:59:43+00:00

Yes a speedy wet frog.

Good News :: Re: Helped my fiancée make her first website! :: Reply by Anshu@21

2024-12-30T13:16:16+00:00

JINSBEK wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 12:48 pm I explained that a personal website is like a bonsai tree—it’s supposed to grow with you, there’s no making it perfect on the first try. You shape how it grows, it might grow weird branches that you really like, you might take off an entire branch or rearrange things, you’ll put it in a different pot, and so on. It’s a digital scrapbook.

well this is inspiring !!!!
i better get started on making a digital scrapbook of my own , rather than rotting in my bed and plying games all day- all night !!!
i'm not sure what topic to go with for the website , but this time i will just start with making a simple page, then think of what to add to it ;

Other :: What is your least favorite advertisement? :: Author RockStarProgramer

2024-12-22T02:50:15+00:00

Ok, so the obvious answer is a few weeks back, all the political adds.. but besides those.

There is this one non-alcoholic beer that keeps getting advertised on my Spotify podcasts (I listen while cleaning).
I am completely fine with Adds it makes freemium services free, that's not my problem.
my problem is that this add is the most annoying add and it makes me anxious.
I do not know why, but it has to do with the social interaction in the add.

It boils down to person A getting interrupted by person B like 4 times in the period of 15 seconds.
I do not get anxious when someone gets interrupted in person in front of me or me for that matter. (although it is annoying)
and I am not a anxious person in general.
but with this add i get so like anxious (its not quite the same thing as anxious) i get really close to breaking out in hives.
it is just about the most bazar reaction, nothing else I have experienced has resulted in this type of reaction.

anyhow I could not get the audio for the add, but here is a 15 second clip made with some of the same recoding, but the girl only gets interrupted once.
The actual add it happens 4 times.

Other :: Re: What is your least favorite advertisement? :: Reply by rejectconvenience

2024-12-22T03:01:17+00:00

Any gambling ad - it's just a slimy industry... But I don't see many ads these days, I hate lookin' at them, so I block them all. It's weird going the movies once every few months and seeing ads on the screen. It's so jarring.

Other :: Re: What is your least favorite advertisement? :: Reply by IT-Art

2024-12-23T05:37:31+00:00

I think my biggest ick has been with the rise of AI, there's so many more fraudulent and scammy ads popping up, especially on YouTube.

One massive gripe I have with them, other than them literally being 100% AI and pretty gross inherently, is that a lot of them are NSFW or suggestive in nature, like for inappropriate AI chatbots and AI games that show up even on accounts that minors may have access to. (in a related note, I've done a little investigative journalism regarding it and accidentally stumbled on what I believe is a gigantic advertising scam utilizing AI generated images and several fraudulent companies across the globe)

Anyway, the ads are incredibly awful and reporting them doesn't do anything apparently. Leaves the absolute WORST taste in my mouth.

Other :: Re: What is your least favorite advertisement? :: Reply by Destroyanad

2024-12-27T21:19:42+00:00

The mildly NSFW ads on YouTube. A lot of people say "They're showing you ads based on your searches".

#1. They should not be doing that, thats pretty shitty.
#2. I got a brand new phone, not synced to any account and with a new YouTube account.

Youtube's ads are completely out of hand, and very hypocritical of their TOS

Other :: Re: What is your least favorite advertisement? :: Reply by loebas

2025-01-04T13:44:30+00:00

1. Any gambling ad
2. Ads about crypto

Feedback :: a chat room? :: Author RockStarProgramer

2024-12-19T19:08:34+00:00

So what is your opinion on having a live chat room.

As its now more common for people to be online at once it might be nice to just have a chat that everyone can just chat in and not be quite as formal as a forum.

I am not quite proposing one yet because I am unsure of if it would work or if it would add to the experience of the website.
So what do you think of the idea?

Feedback :: Re: a chat room? :: Reply by Crazyroostereye

2024-12-20T00:44:30+00:00

I like the Idea, an IRC chat maybe? Don't know how complicated it is to setup, but I would be interested .

Feedback :: Re: a chat room? :: Reply by rejectconvenience

2024-12-20T02:40:24+00:00

I agree, it has been added! Bottom of the main forum page