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  • Cloudflare is bad. Youre right.

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  • You can do reverse proxy on the VPS and use SNI routing (because the requested domain is in clear text over HTTPS), then use Proxy Protocol to attach the real source IP to the TCP packets.This way, you don't have to terminate HTTPS on the VPS, and you can load balance between a couple wireguard peers so you have redundancy (or direct them to different reverse proxies or whatever).On your home servers, you will need an additional frontend(s) that accepts Proxy Protocol from the VPS (as Proxy Protocol packets aren't standard HTTP/S packets, so standard HTTPS reverse proxies will drop them as unknown/broken/etc).This way, your home reverse proxy knows the original IP and can attach it to the decrypted http requests as x-forward-for. Or you can do ACLs based on original client IP. Or whatever.

    I haven't found a way to get a firewall that pays attention to Proxy Protocol TCP headers, but I haven't found that to really be an issue. I don't really have a use case

  • India to mandate USB-C connectors on smartphones and laptops by 2026

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  • USB-C is also ridiculously future proof and flexible, because it's just a connector.We are already doing 200w power and 40gbps data transfer rates, using various standards.

    Now, standardising on a standard would be neat. But that isn't going to happen

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    Two US astronauts stuck in space onboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule

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  • Even spacex had delays for return on their first crew dragon. I'm pretty sure shuttles have had delays as well.Granted, Boeing seems to have had more trouble overall.

    Anyway, seems like these things happen.

  • Old timers know

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  • Tests is the industry name for the automated paging when production breaks

  • Trump’s Second Term: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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  • If Trump loses this election, where does the Republican party have to go?

    Denial, subversion and violence?

  • 28 riders stuck upside down on amusement park ride for about 30 minutes

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  • Found the project manager

  • Trump Hits “I Have Black Friends” Stage of Total Racism

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  • "well, I don't want to be racist and I try not to be racist. Is there something I can improve on or that I'm ignorant of?"

    If you aren't racist then it flips the onus back on them to prove you are racist, while also showing any offense you might have caused to be accidental and that you are willing to self-improve

  • ASUS warns of critical remote authentication bypass on 7 routers

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  • I thought OpenWRT doesn't support modems due to licencing issues.So, I guess you would need a separate modem, or ISP router in bridge mode, or double NAT with OpenWRT being DMZ

  • Google, Cloudflare & Cisco Will Poison DNS to Stop Piracy Block Circumvention * TorrentFreak

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  • Starting with a pool of all users who use alternative DNS for any reason, users of pirate sites – especially sites broadcasting the matches in question – were isolated from the rest. Users of both VPNs and third-party DNS were further excluded from the group since DNS blocking is ineffective against VPNs.

    Proust found that the number of users likely to be affected by DNS blocking at Google, Cloudflare, and Cisco, amounts to 0.084% of the total population of French Internet users. Citing a recent survey, which found that only 2% of those who face blocks simply give up and don’t find other means of circumvention, he reached an interesting conclusion.

    “2% of 0.084% is 0.00168% of Internet users! In absolute terms, that would represent a small group of around 800 people across France!”

    I wonder how much the court case cost, and if those costs are in anyway likely to be recouped even if all 800 of those convert to a subscription.

  • The Increasing Impatience Of The Speed Of The PCI-Express Roadmap

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  • I believe PCIe 4.0 wasnt that useful for big server farms, because network cards were already at 400gbps. Even at 100gbps networking, that's only 2 ports.PCIe 5.0 is only 1 port of 400gbps.So PCIe 6.0 is the next actually big step for a lot of servers, so you can finally get dual 400gbps ports on 1 card

  • AI candidate running for Parliament in the U.K. says AI can humanize politics

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  • I had a huge rant about this, but ditched it.

    Steve is the actual politician, but will vote according to crowd sourced opinions on the topics.And that's where AI Steve comes in. AI Steve helps generate policy ideas, and they are voted on by the approved community members. Parliamentary topics are also voted on by approved community members.So AI Steve is the lube, but it's essentially direct democracy for the approved community members.

    So, very cool idea (the direct democracy).No idea if it would work on a wider/country scale.Of course it's a Tory doing it.Pretty sure this could be done just with an online voting/polling platform and 1 or 2 people doing data entry/gathering.

    However, the "better than the past few PMs" is a dangerous rhetoric. Cause all it needs is also a "both sides the same, labour is Tory lite, etc", and suddenly a bunch of voters will vote disruptively and we get Brexit 2.0 (whatever that might be).Voting disruptively is absolutely fine, but I'm fairly sure it's the easiest method for foreign influences to meddle in elections

  • AI candidate running for Parliament in the U.K. says AI can humanize politics

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  • I was kinda hoping the UK was past exploiting the ill-informed, idiots and reckless. Especially after the wild wild success of Brexit.

    But no, apparently not.Exploit the AI hype that a lot of people probably don't understand.Somehow argue that a computer is more human than a human.Put this absolute garbage of a solution on the ballet, and watch everyone go "well, politicians aren't working, let's try breaking the system" and vote for some untested hallucinating predictive text algorithm to lead a country, while employing twice as many staff to fix/feed/spin/manipulate/fake the results of the AI.

  • Scientists propose converting natural gas into hydrogen directly in gas fields

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  • Sparkling water, on tap!

  • I somehow broke my Debian bookworm install…

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  • I wish there was a way to see what the default values in a config file are for a given distro.I'm guessing there probably is, and I just don't know it.

    Maybe I should just make / a git repo...

  • Defragged Zebra

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  • It's the SATA cable

  • std::underflow_error

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  • When learning c++ you hate c++. Then suddenly you get it, and love c++. Then you learn more c++, and you end up merely liking c++

  • United Airlines passengers to see targeted ads on seat-back screens

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  • Ear buds where the cost goes to quality and isolation as opposed to gimmicks/Bluetooth/functionality.Airpods are amazing for casual use.IEMs (with a cable, of course) are amazing for music.

    It's what musicians use on stage to hear what everyone is doing (iems and individual mixes are so accessible these days, used to be super $$$$ per iem mix).They range from budget (1 driver per bud) to decent (3-5 drivers per bud) to esoteric (like 16 drivers per bud).Most have modular cables that disconnect at the earbud (so when the cable breaks you are paying thousands for a new set. Or to get custom cable lengths).And all decent brands can be custom moulded to your ear, so you go to a hearing specialist, they will cast your ear, and you send that to the manufacturers and they will send you moulded IEMs. They are very comfy.Some brands have a DIY moulding process, but I wouldn't trust myself!

    If you are into live music & loud gigs, even loud clubs, I really strongly recommend you get a moulded set of earplugs with 10db attenuation. They are for musicians and have as flat a response as is possible, and will take the edge off any hearing damage.

  • Here's What Netflix's First Big Redesign in a Decade Looks Like

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  • Hard to justify you're job when all you do is manage a team that does non-visible minor tweaks and improvements that affects like 3% of the user base.Maintenance isn't constant growth, gotta redesign.

    If netflix are embracing new technology (maybe something that allows 1080p playback on any browser, instead of just chrome) and the changes required are significant enough, then a redesign incorporating the big lessons learned from the current design make sense.

  • How Much Energy Would It Take to Pull Carbon Dioxide out of the Air?

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  • I'm guessing they don't understand scientific notation, and "numbers are close" without understanding the numbers are much more significant