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otl

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Rollerblading, programming, writing, documentaries, travel, motorbikes… That’s it!

Preferably otl@apubtest2.srcbeat.com

This account is here to interact with bits of the Fediverse which don't play nicely with my weird ActivityPub-email system.

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otl, to random
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Free ticket to APNIC IPv6 training!

Where: Gladstone Entertainment Convention Centre, Gladstone QLD, Australia
When: 19 April 2024 (one day after Everythingopen.au conference)

Full course info at https://academy.apnic.net/en/events?id=a0BOc000000IyddMAC

If you're interested or know anyone who is, email me (see "Contact" at https://www.olowe.co). Unfortunately I can't make it, but I can nominate someone else to go instead.


@everythingopen

otl,
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@Jedi Agreed! Am I on Mastodon or Lemmy when I read and replied to this thread? Doesn’t matter :D

@asklemmy

otl, to privacy
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Finally deleted my LinkedIn account!

After putting my account into "hibernation" for the past few weeks, I finally closed it. But I'm still looking for work. Thankfully I can still find positions (SRE and software dev) by just going directly to the company's site and finding a Jobs page.

Good luck to everyone else out there looking for work!

#privacy @privacy

otl,
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@DeadNinja I hate that I laughed at that “Agree?” hahaha

@privacy

otl, to fediverse
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Apas: ActivityPub via email

https://apubtest2.srcbeat.com/apas.html

The overarching goal is an experimental system to make ActivityPub federation stuff clearer for devs, sysadmins and advanced users.

The documentation is incomplete and the code is really not OK! But they always say it's better to get stuff out the door for others to look at sooner. Maybe it inspires others to think about the Fediverse/ActivityPub in weird new ways!

PS thanks @emersion for your SMTP work!

@fediverse

otl,
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Furthermore, why be sneaky? Spam it loud, spam it proud!

@Ghostalmedia @Dran_Arcana
@news

otl,
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Dev publishes unreadable website:

"Some developers are bad at CSS and design/CSS (like me)"

Implying some innate incapacity.
Same dev:

"Or these people could learn Rust and contribute to the existing project."
https://lemmy.ml/comment/8855579

Man I just don't get it. There's a kind of wilful ignorance here or something? It's jarring. All due respect for what's been made but this attitude... I'm not offended or have disdain, just dumbfounded at the messaging.

@Ghostalmedia
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otl,
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Ha nice analogy. Might steal it if that's ok! :)

Reminds me of a place I used to work at. Small place; 10 people. I started as a sysadmin but later started programming. They encouraged me; "yes we suck at this we need help!" so I kept going. But as the work became more involved and I needed a bit of co-operation from their side, it was torture. They didn't "suck" at it, they just didn't respect or bother themselves with that kind of work.

@Ghostalmedia @fediverse

otl,
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This is not about software licensing nor the spirit of FOSS.

There's some inconsistent messaging that's genuinely confusing me. I've shared an anecdote below (from a time when I was developing open source software) in the interest of generating discussion to clear it up for me and perhaps others, too. I don't mean to imply I know what is happening right here.

@pop @fediverse

otl,
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@CoderSupreme The founder of StackOverflow went on to work on Discourse (https://discourse.org). There’s actually an ActivityPub plugin available nowadays, so apparently people can contribute from whatever fediverse server they’re coming from. For example see Go Bridge (https://forum.golangbridge.org)

@programming

otl,
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> Why is Mastodon being treated as a monolithic entity?

Oh the usual: makes a batter headline.

I guess I’m spreading toxicity by replying to a post from a Mastodon app…? Or something?

@fediverse @finkrat

otl,
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@Zaktor There is some influence. Two things that come to mind:

  • default post length limit (500 characters)
  • how the server renders “Page” ActivityPub objects (e.g. Lemmy posts)

For example, many comments made in this thread could not be made from a Mastodon server. All Lemmy posts show as just a title and link with a blank body. These application behaviours have a direct influence on what types of conversations take place by people from Mastodon servers.

@fediverse

otl,
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@onlinepersona @fediverse Haha good question! They're light on details ("we moved to Wordpress")
and after testing it seems like it's not even working :(

WordPress has an ActivityPub plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/

Here's a wordpress blog that is available via activitypub: https://solarbird.net/blog
We can address it like so: @solarbird.net@solarbird.net
We can't see the posts on Lemmy (doesn't support ad-hoc fetching of ActivityPub Notes)
but in a Mastodon web UI: https://solarbird.net/blog/2024/02/27/kosa-again-yes-again/

otl, to selfhosted
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Follow-up: OpenBSD routers on AliExpress mini PCs

I got lots of replies to the last post showing the little OpenBSD internet gateway setup (super interesting; thanks!). Here's more info and pictures:
https://www.srcbeat.com/2024/02/aliexpress-openbsd-router/

Something I've been meaning to share for years now.

@selfhosted

otl,
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@czardestructo For the CPU Intel says 7.5W: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/81071/intel-celeron-processor-n2830-1m-cache-up-to-2-41-ghz.html
So all up I’m guessing under 10W. I don’t know how much other components affect the power usage, though. And I’m about 200km away from where it is installed! Hoping someone more expert in hardware could chime in here :)

@selfhosted

otl,
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For starting out, Building a Router from the OpenBSD FAQ is helpful: https://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/example1.html

@MigratingtoLemmy @selfhosted

otl,
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@1couchpotato Nope, this one is https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003378019857.html

@selfhosted

otl,
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pf/opnsense essentially provide web interfaces to the underlying
FreeBSD OS tooling. In this case I'm running plain OpenBSD. That means
configuring the system is mainly done by reading and writing text
files and doing stuff at the command line. There's a whole bunch of
reasons why some people prefer one way or the other or even mix things
up a bit. My recommendation is, if you're interested, have a go
administering a system without a web interface and see how you feel!
@Edgarallenpwn @selfhosted

otl,
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@becha @selfhosted Sure I’d be happy to talk about it there!

otl, to selfhosted
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Another successful OpenBSD setup

I've been buying these little boxes from AliExpress for years to use as firewalls and routers. My oldest one is almost 9 years old now! OpenBSD installs just fine. Just a BIOS tweak to always boot up after power is restored.

@selfhosted

otl,
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Good eyes! Yes this is one we got from Telstra on a VDSL NBN connection. Now it’s just a modem in bridge mode with Aussie Broadband

@selfhosted @Da_Boom

otl,
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None that I know of :(
But @benjja tells me that on some of these you can install coreboot: https://ohnepunktundkomma.org/@benjja/111991771619601081

Something I’m keen to look into.

@cmnybo @selfhosted

otl,
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This one has an old Intel N2830:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003378019857.html
With this particular model you can get a newer N100 chip

@selfhosted @tk

otl,
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Because blinking lights give me goo goo ga ga

@Smc87 @selfhosted

otl,
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@jjlinux Hahaha no way that’s awesome

@selfhosted

otl,
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> The garbage out there today is too much.

For sure. I'm hoping that with much cheaper and more reliable hardware
that we have now, it makes it easier for indivduals and small groups
to run services that could only be run by big dysfunctional companies.
Fingers crossed!
@jjlinux @selfhosted

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