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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

  • A new quest appears...

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  • If you get a Zigbee smart switch (or smart bulb) and a Zigbee remote, you can pair the switch/bulb and remote directly so it works like you said, while still retaining the ability to control the light using Home Assistant (eg automatically turn it on or off based on something).

  • Too much open-source AI is exposing itself to the web

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  • This applies to a lot of services. Only expose something publicly if the public need to access it, and make sure it's properly secured. If it's just for you or your family (or friends) to use, use a peer-to-peer / mesh VPN like Tailscale.

  • 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.

  • Washington Post Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now

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  • Except passkeys are replacing passwords, and a lot of people use their fingerprint as the passkey. It's nowhere near as common to use a physical key like a Yubikey.

  • Washington Post Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now

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  • Wouldn't it be better to just turn the phone off? Seems like it's about the same amount of effort, and it won't have anything unencrypted in RAM any more.

  • My self hosted badges of honor

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

  • What are everyone's plans for watching the Winter Olympics?

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  • There's a great Android TV app called Tivimate. You can record shows to a hard drive attached to the Android box.

    If you're in the USA (or maybe Canada?), the Walmart Onn 4K is a very good device for the price ($30). The Nvidia Shield Pro ($200) is more premium. I have two of them.

    The best IPTV services are secretive and require an invite from an existing user. The one I use hasn't accepted new customers for a few years, so unfortunately I can't refer you.

  • Primary Constructors: Love them or Hate them?

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  • The main issue I have with them for classes is that there's no way to mark the parameters as readonly.

  • 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?

  • The Universal Operating System

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  • I have to use Fedora at work (or Windows 11 or MacOS). All our production systems are CentOS, so the supported client Linux distro is Fedora, as they can reuse a bunch of scripts, Chef recipes, etc.

    I liked it enough that I started using it at home. I like using the same OS on both work and personal systems. I share scripts and dotfiles between them.

  • The Universal Operating System

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  • I disabled the graphical interface as I use the mini PC with Debian as a server and only ssh to it

    Oh yeah, that makes sense.

  • The Universal Operating System

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  • If you're used to Windows then maybe give KDE a shot. Similar concepts to Windows (like a taskbar at the bottom of the screen) but extremely customizable. You can install KDE on Debian - on an existing system, the easiest way is to run tasksel and select KDE Plasma.

  • The Universal Operating System

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  • I've been using Debian on servers for 20+ years, but ended up using Fedora on my desktop and laptop.

    Debian is stable, meaning it doesn't change often. Packages don't get major version upgrades during the lifetime of a Debian release. That's fantastic on servers, but can be annoying on clients since you don't get the very latest drivers, the newest version of KDE, etc. Linux drivers move pretty quickly, especially for newer hardware.

    You can run Debian testing, which is a more up-to-date development branch, but you need to make sure you pull security updates from unstable as the security team do not upload to testing. https://github.com/khimaros/debian-hybrid

    If you're new to Linux, then also consider Linux Mint Debian Edition.

  • 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.