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fedops

@fedops@fosstodon.org

Self-confessed hermit misanthrope. #childfree, #foss, #privacy, #selfhosting, #hiking, #gardening, #nature #conservancy, #EV. My background is 30 years of Unix and Linux sysadmin, 10 in industrial OT security. I'm also a forest smallholder.

Fuck Putin and fuck all fascists.

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gwensnyder, to random
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It's great to know that if you don't have bond money you can just request a different, smaller amount and pay that instead, I'm sure that is what happens for normal people all the time

fedops,
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@gwensnyder too fash to fail.

fedops, to random
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I see a lot of posts that the current happenings with twitter, reddit, et.al. are destroying the Internet.

They're not. They're destroying platforms. Platforms that were designed as or deteriorated into walled gardens.

The Internet is a collection of protocols, designed to be open and interoperable.

These must be preserved. Screw the shitty platforms and the drugs they feed you.

fedops, to random
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This is the absolute best reply to all the dev garbage about react-this and dotnot-that. Mic drop.

simon_brooke, to random
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"In the past, climate change deniers accused scientists of exaggerating the threat of global warming. However, the evidence that is now emerging from Antarctica and other parts of the world makes it very clear that scientists did not exaggerate. Indeed, they very probably underrated by a considerable degree the threat that now faces humanity"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/06/simply-mind-boggling-world-record-temperature-jump-in-antarctic-raises-fears-of-catastrophe

fedops,
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@simon_brooke just finished reading that also. Well written and totally apocalyptic. ๐Ÿ˜ณ

fedops, to random
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So for those running their own personal fedi instances, which software do you use and why? I've heard of mastodon and calckey plus a few others - any specific dis-/advantages? Thanks!

fedops, to random
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Excellent summary of the Redhat/IBM situation from the Software Freedom Conservancy:

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/jun/23/rhel-gpl-analysis/

I wasn't aware of most of the behind-the-scenes maneuvering over the years.

Maybe it is time to wean ourselves off RHEL after all. But then what?

๐Ÿงต1/3

fedops, to Europe
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German guy coming into a pizza place in Belgium. Orders in French, exchanges the few crumbs of Italian he's learned with the maรฎtre, both laugh, continue their conversation in English.

when no fascists are present. ๐Ÿ‘

fedops, to random
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I have an opening for an OT security person in the Cologne/Dรผsseldorf region of Germany.

You must be a FOSS aficionado who is willing to work on pushing a windows-based environment towards something from this millenium. Challenges are internal friction on the dev side and lack of knowledge of non-IT people.

You must be enthusiastic about industrial environments and heavy machinery.

EU citizen/work permit preferred, hybrid office/wfh. Relocation assistance. DM for details.

fedops, to fedora
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PSA: if you run 36 or later, check to see if your service is running.

In a recent update they're still distributing a broken tcpcryptd.xml service definition file for which this over 4 year-old bug exists even though there are merge requests for fixes: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1716080

What's really awful is it causes firewalld to not start and you won't notice unless you monitor its state. Ouch. ๐Ÿค•

fedops, to foss
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Does anyone have experience running Borg and Restic, preferably in a corporate environment?

I need to automatically backup a handful of servers to on-prem storage so GUIs and cloud-safe encryption aren't considerations.

Thanks!

fedops, to random
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500 years ago: "I can't explain it, it must be a god."

Today: "I can't explain it, it must be AI."

Nothing ever changes on the planet of the apes.

fedops, to random
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Apparently systemd really is here to take over the world. They now even have their own lifestyle magazine!

fedops, to random
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In today's "creative ways for windows to eff up" I'm sat in a teams call when all of a sudden my Bluetooth headset cuts out. Turning it off and on, re-pairing, adjusting volume - nothing. Both mic and speakers: dead as a doornail.

So switch over to the built-in laptop realtek audio and - dead. Nothing.

No matter what I try the thing will not emit or record a single sound, regardless of audio interface. Not even Alsa or Pipewire have managed to die so comprehensively, and inexplicably. ๐Ÿง๐Ÿคฎ

fedops, to TeslaMotors
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Don't let anyone tell you a is "high tech". Here's a Detroit Electric Model C from 1907, tested range of over 300 km and top speed of 32 km/h.

And would you look at those swivel seats in the plush salon! ๐Ÿ‘

Side view of a black and green car with white rims. It looks a lot like a horse carriage but fully enclosed with large windows and low black hood and trunk.

fedops, to random
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Standing on the shoulders of giants - just like FOSS. ๐Ÿ˜„

simon_brooke, to random
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I'm going to have to replace my eight year old MacBook; it's beyond the point I can afford to keep repairing it. I really want the next one to be the last laptop I ever buy: we cannot afford to keep generating e-waste.

My current thought is a @frameworkcomputer, mainly for repairability. Does anyone have alternative suggestions for a very long life laptop? Low power consumption is also desirable, UN*X/Linux of some kind required.

fedops,
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@Glencoe we do that as well and IMHO it's a good way towards reduce-reuse-recycle. My next daily driver laptop will be a lease-return as well.

You can get a 3 year old refurbished device with warranty for about 1/3 new price. It will likely serve for the next 5 years or so, and aftermarket replacement batteries are readily available.
@simon_brooke

fedops, to random
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I actually had to follow a youtube link to see what all the kerfuffle is about with the new iPad commercial.

Quite happy with how little of this stuff gets through my media channels.

fedops, to random
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Colleague of mine would like to use Linux more, and one of the remaining obstacles were his two printers not working. Spent a couple of hours debugging (proprietary) drivers and always ended up with "communication error".

So finally grab a tcpdump, and lo and behold: the thing was giving ICMP denied for SNMP. Whisky Tango Foxtrott. Turns out the driver needs it to query the supplies levels and status and otherwise won't print. At all.

Enable in web interface, paper comes out.

Go figure.

simon_brooke, to random
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Blessings of Beltane to you all. The Sun returns; the Earth greens and gives forth abundance. Be grateful, and hopeful. There is grace in this day.

fedops,
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@simon_brooke and to you. There will be food and drink offered to The Fair Folk tonight.

fedops, to random
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Websearched a distant relative on a whim today, and happened onto instantcheckmate.com.

Holy smokes. Yinzes USians really don't give a crap about privacy, eh?

Within 5 minutes I had found not only his address and phone number but also his sister's and mom's, correctly identified his deceased father, and found their relocation history over the past 30 years. Without even so much as having to create an account. ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜ณ

fedops, to random
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@fitheach @simon_brooke @giantspacesquid do any of you sell your trees?

Thinking of getting a piece of land cleared to convert into a pasture with fruit trees. That means removing 300 dense-stand silver firs; 40 years old, average 40 cm breast height diameter and 15m high.

The offer I've gotten is 5 Eur/tree, for thermal use. This is ~8% of what firewood goes for, or 10% of the equivalent cost in heating oil. But it saves me min. 5 years of work and still leaves me with 700 trees.

Thoughts?

fedops,
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@Tay0 fully covered in needles and a veritable death zone for lack of light and water.

No livestock as I don't live close by and go up every day.

Thinned out it would be good for grazing sheep or cows, but the idea for the orchard is to keep it completely wild with an intact ecosystem. Cut grass twice yearly to prevent bush growth. I want to invite a neighbor beekeeper to place his hives there to collect off the wildflowers and also the fruit trees.
@fitheach @simon_brooke @giantspacesquid

fedops,
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@simon_brooke if I had a sawmill I suppose selling dimensional lumber could be an option. Much as I would like that it'd mean the investment plus even more work.
@fitheach @giantspacesquid

ParadeGrotesque, to random
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10.0 RC5 - you read it here first. ๐Ÿ˜‰

fedops,
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@deepthaw @ParadeGrotesque speaking of books, is there anything you guys can recommend that dives into bhyve and generally running and managing VMs on BSD?

simon_brooke, to random
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Guess who put chain oil into the fuel tank of his chainsaw this afternoon? Fortunately I noticed in time and got it all cleaned out again, and the chainsaw is running fine... but don't do this!

fedops,
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@simon_brooke i did it the other way around and was more concerned. A bit of additional oil in the two-smoke mix wouldn't hurt anything I think. But oiling the chain with petrol is probably unwise. ๐Ÿ˜€

simon_brooke, to random
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It's taken a month, but I now have a new hydraulic winch for my tractor working. This should make hauling logs out of my wood so much easier!

Painting the plate and frame. The frame hanging from a piece of old baler twine, and painted green.
Winch on the tractor, view from behind.
Winch on the tractor, view from the left rear quarter. The heavy winch with its steel cable are mounted to the plate. It is linked by two hydraulic hoses to a control valve mounted on the top left of the plate. The plate is mounted by the frame to the three point linkage on the tractor, and the valve is linked by two more hydraulic hoses to the hydraulic circuit of the tractor.

fedops,
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@simon_brooke oh very nice! That is a sweet setup. Did you purchase the winch new, it looks spotless. What make/model is it please?

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