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rand_alpha19 ,

You could try Logseq, it's like Obsidian but open source. I use Obsidian for most notes and I also have a personal wiki built with Otterwiki.

I use NGINX for my reverse proxy, you could check out NGINX Proxy Manager which uses Certbot to automate the SSL certificates.

I've heard a lot of people also like Caddy and Traefik. Can't remember which is easier to use, maybe Caddy.

rand_alpha19 ,

Yeah, I could never get NPM to work right on my system either. I use the NGINX Docker image and set up my certs manually.

If I were to do it all over again today, I would probably go with Caddy since it now has a bunch of that stuff built in with automatic HTTPS by default and the basic reverse proxy setup is literally 2 lines of code.

rand_alpha19 ,

Same, been watching Dead Like Me and Xena: Warrior Princess and it's pretty distracting when it happens.

rand_alpha19 ,

I'm not streaming it, it's on my media server, so there are no ads. I don't pay for any services except Shudder because it's still cheap and niche.

rand_alpha19 ,

You could also go with no DE and check out Fluxbox, i3, or sway. There's something about Fluxbox that's still charming all these years later.

rand_alpha19 ,

The prefix Fitz- means "bastard son of," according to my high school English teacher. So... the joke just got funnier, depending on your sense of humour.

rand_alpha19 ,

That's cool, thanks for the addition. I'm not much of a history guy.

rand_alpha19 ,

FWIW, these are effective only when both are used on the same circuit. If you live in an older home, the chances of this being the case are higher.

My entire apartment, except for the washroom, is on the same circuit. It also means I can't run an air conditioner without tripping the breaker. :|

rand_alpha19 ,

I use Cockpit to manage my system and containers and Dashy as a browser dashboard. It's similar to Heimdall but more minimal.

I also run Otterwiki and I'm planning on documenting my setup, but I haven't got around to it yet.

rand_alpha19 ,

You could try Tailscale? It creates a secure tunnel to your server so you don't have to connect it to the internet. Not sure if that checks all your boxes though.

rand_alpha19 ,

I'm not really knowledgeable about it, but there is an article from Tailscale that explains how they use SSH (basically it creates a separate SSH server specifically for Tailnet traffic). From what I understand, this feature is relatively new.

You may also want to look into Tailnet lock.

rand_alpha19 ,

Then you can't "hide" your server IP without a VPS/VPN set up. Maybe I'm not understanding what you're asking? Your public IP is visible to any machine you connect to and that includes Cloudflare's servers.

Are you worried about copyright or something? This isn't legal advice, but I doubt they give a shit unless you're hosting content illegally for a large number of people. Obviously, only take the risk if you are comfortable with the potential consequences where you live.

Lynn Conway, leading computer scientist and transgender pioneer, dies at 85 (www.latimes.com)

I have mixed feelings on the pronoun use, but having read some of her autobiographical writing I don't think she would have taken much issue with it. This piece is more focused on her work in computer engineering, so I felt it was appropriate to post here.

rand_alpha19 ,

Trans person here. I vehemently disagree and would find this treatment exceptionally disrespectful.

I transitioned at 17 though; referring to someone who transitioned later in life can be somewhat different.

rand_alpha19 ,

Just because other people saw me as a certain gender doesn't mean I actually was, especially not when it comes to my sense of self.

I'm not trying to erase something that existed, I'm asking my family to reframe my childhood from the way they saw it to the way I actually experienced it. They're empathetic and they love me, so they do me that service.

I would ask a reporter attempting to cover my life story to do so in a way that's consistent with how I want my life to be portrayed. Seems like basic respect.

rand_alpha19 ,

If the gyroscope moves while the car is in motion, they can be pretty sure that you're not driving. Or you're texting and driving, but if the car is going a certain speed and you're texting, you're going to have bigger problems very soon.

rand_alpha19 ,

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox

rand_alpha19 ,

It's not really about comfort when you buy software and it doesn't work unless you also buy an $800 hardware upgrade. Especially when it worked fine on the previous version and the only difference is the addition of extraneous features.

rand_alpha19 ,

Didn't most of those programmers from the 60s and 70s have like, Master's degrees in mathematics? Computers were massive, expensive machines that were used largely by universities and research facilities - you definitely couldn't buy your own and teach yourself how to program it like you can now.

rand_alpha19 ,

His Wikipedia page says he had a BSc in mathematics from Boston University, unless this is a different guy.

rand_alpha19 ,

Seems like Monica or BookStack would fit your criteria. I looked into Monica for a similar reason but ultimately it seemed like too much work to organize every person in my life so meticulously. But if that's what you want, it might be perfect for you.

T-Mobile's Forced Arbitration

In an effort to increase my privacy, I decided to buy a Pixel phone second hand to use with GrapheneOS. Due to some miscommunications, the phone ended up being carrier locked with T-Mobile. GrapheneOS's own website advises against buying carrier locked phones in order to avoid the hassle of carrier unlocking it....

rand_alpha19 ,

This is essentially the reason it was made illegal in Canada to lock phones to carriers and all phones must be sold unlocked. I think the reason we did it is to keep customers from complaining about the rates we pay, though, since we're one of the most expensive places in the world for cellular service and mobile data charges.

rand_alpha19 ,

Ventrilo was the shit back then.

rand_alpha19 ,

I would like to respectfully remind you of bell hooks and her work towards bridging the gaps between men and women.

The big one is The Will to Change, an excellent feminist text about being kind and understanding to men who act in bigoted ways; she does acknowledge that there are, of course, many men who are unwilling to listen.

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