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Zikeji

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Nice. Software developer, gamer, occasionally 3d printing, coffee lover.

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Well, I wouldn't call it's premium. Unlocked is closer to MSRP, whereas carrier locked is being subsidized by the carrier and whatever requirements they have in place. You'll usually end up paying more in the long run then if you went with unlocked and a MVNO.

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I have the same issue with HDR on Linux I had on Windows - support. But, on KDE Plasma it works well enough that I usually forget it's working. Before I switched to KDE Plasma though I was on Gnome and it was a tad more difficult.

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Oh yes, sorry. I've been team AMD for so long I forget lol.

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I used to run a public link shortener. Once the scammers catch wind and add it to their rotation all bets are off. I got inundated with reports and my standing with my web host would have been at risk as well (long story). I now use Shlink on those domains lol.

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Early on in my career I got hired as a junior systems administrator. The job description was the usual responsibilities around sysadmin work and supporting our employees. And for the most part, it was. I was part of a team of 4 sysadmins and there were about 500 employees at this location. So not a particularly small outfit.

Anyway, they started asking stuff of my not in the description. I got asked to change a door knob, they justified it as appropriate because it was the IT closet.

Then I got asked to change out a security camera near the top of our warehouse. I refused (the ladder wasn't even rated for my weight), so my immediate boss did it.

A few lightbulbs here and there. Then, the final straw - they asked me to reinsulate the server room. Basically, lift one of the tiles and throw more insulation up there. Given no direction - I got myself a mask and nylon gloves and did it, wish I could say I didn't and I had quit right then and there, but no - I did it and gave them my 2 weeks the next day. They told me they didn't need 2 weeks from me. I was fine with that.

And I know, putting in my 2 weeks a day later isn't exactly a rage quit. But I'm a timid person and a pushover, or was at that time, so to me it certainly felt like it.

Another thing they did was write my up for clocking in while walking into the building. Pulled up the timesheet and the camera footage showing me clocking in a full 5 seconds before entering the building and said I was stealing from the company (basically they showed me the footage of me walking with my phone out and then the timestamp of when I clocked in vs when I entered the building).

The reason I did that was because it was more efficient. I had a set of daily tasks and checks to do and of I started that lost at the rear entrance I could get it done much faster without having to double back.

From that point on you can bet I got into work and took an immediate coffee break on company time before even starting that checklist. Never got written up for that either.

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You're welcome! I had to pull the video off Twitter as well, any reason to give them less traffic is a good one.

Cheapest way to back up a *lot* of data?

Hello!! Some recent technical problems on my family's NAS gave me a big scare and finally pushed me to figure out a way to back it all up. I'm asking here specifically because I really don't know where to even starts because of the fact I've got just under 50 terabytes worth of data stored in a 7-disk RAID-5 and would prefer to...

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This is what I do - well, I back up there entire container. But functionally the same.

There's only a few pieces of media that I have backed up manually due to their rarity, but even those I don't really care about.

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Yes, the menu on mobile says "Platform powered by PeerTube" on the bottom.

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If your ISP is doing to right IPv6 should be setup for SLAAC, in which case they would give you an entire /64. I don't use OpenWRT, but I assume it's showing you the IPv6 /64 from IPv6-PD used for SLAAC, and the /128 the router is using to communicate with the ISP
If it's SLAAC your client devices should be getting two IPv6 addresses as well. One is for privacy, that's the one websites will see when you connect but can't be hit, and the other is the one you would use to reach your computer from another device.

Edit: Refer to Sammirr 's child comment for a better explanation with some corrections / clarifications.

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Ah - yeah the /128 is what the ISP used to route traffic to your router. I believe that's IPv6 PD (prefix delegation) - the router uses DHCPv6, gets given that /128 it'll use for the ISP, then the ISP delegates the /64 (or other sizes) to the router.

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Thanks for clarifying! It's been a while since I've worked with IPv6 directly, fortunately it "just works" in my current home environment and since I'm no longer doing colocation for my self hosted stuff it's on the back burner.

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No toes were harmed! Well, aside from that confidently incorrect user elsewhere on the post.

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I work for a hosting provider, not Racknerd though so I can't speak to their processes. Main difference is that while we use Stripe, we don't use their ID verification service (and no customers have reported that Stripe has forced them to do so).

The post title is misleading. Yes, Stripe has an ID verification service, but Stripe isn't what is requiring your ID. Racknerd is using Stripe's ID verification feature against your payment because of some flag or policy on their end.

Why take my money, charge for a year of service, and then send me a link to verify myself?

This is standard operating procedure and happens in pretty much every industry that accepts online payments. Some flag, policy, etc. was indicated they need to take addition steps to verify you.

The biggest issue here is with Stripe asking me to verify my identity, even though I'm not using their service. Yes, they might be legal, but their intrusive behavior in collecting people's information is unreasonable and should not be tolerated.

I'll reiterate that Stripe did not arbitrarily force that on you, Racknerd did.

In the future, I recommend avoiding services that require Stripe for payment verification. Though it seems impossible to distinguish between the transactions that requires it and those don't.

This isn't useful advice. Racknerd forced the verification on you, not Stripe. I would recommend reviewing the terms of service and going from there. The hosting provider I work for explicitly mentions in the ToS that we may require ID verification. You can use nomenclature like that to a avoid a service, though Racknerd doesn't mention it in theirs so YMMV. Research and accounts from other customers can be used as well.

If the intent is to avoid ID verification, I would recommend ensuring the data you provide is accurate and up to date but there really isn't much you can do outside of that. You can thank fraudsters and abusers for ruining that for you.

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The US government does not force us to use a KYC (ID verification / know your customer) provider, at least - not a basic web hosting provider. That could change whenever though, and I'm not sure if Racknerd has any special circumstances.

As for why would a company do this - to prevent fraud and abuse. If a customer signs up and uses a stolen credit card, who do you think is on the hook for that loss? Not the victim, not the bank - us.

Why would they use a stolen card if they'll just end up getting their services cancelled one might ask - abuse. They'll setup servers, create phishing pages, and immediately start sending out spam emails. Or distribute malware, or host illegal content, etc.

This creates more work for us and negatively impacts the reputation of our network, and harms our legitimate customers.

So yeah, if something so much as looks out of place on their order / information (such as using a VPN to place the order) we will usually start a ID verification. We'll usually suspend them to lock them out while we wait on their response, or in extreme cases - immediately cancel and refund.

IDC warns PC market could shrink up to 9% in 2026 due to skyrocketing RAM pricing — even moderate forecast hits 5% drop as AI-driven shortages slam into PC market ( www.tomshardware.com )

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I was looking at building a new PC but I can't stomach paying 5x the price for RAM. I'll just have to wait it out. Though if the price of components other than RAM lower I might consider buying up parts, I'll just have to watch.

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When I was 15 or so I was hired from an ad on Craigslist for photo editing - just basic touching up, but like a thousand or so photos. The caveat was - softcore porn. I didn't mind, money is money. My very Christian family who found out however - they did mind. My sister ended up finishing the editing for me.

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My former coworker left to work at Flock in their R&D department and every time I see Flock popup I check his LinkedIn to see if he's still there and hyup. I didn't take him for the type, but I mean as recently as a month ago he was praising them.

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I new product he helped release. So the former.

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If the title is interesting I'll read the text and if I decide to reply there's a good chance I'll sigh and discard my comment and move on.

Although sometimes I won't notice a post with an image has text underneath.

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I was wondering why it was extra cold today. Makes sense now, thanks!

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It's also more distinct. CP has many potential definitions. CSAM only has the one I'm aware of.

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I know if I were to setup the V2L feature on my car to power my home it would look like this (the manual way). But there would be a physical interlock that prevents mains power from being on while this is plugged in.

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That file is for debugging. Seems like something is setting SSLKEYLOGFILE. You could try unsetting it (unset SSLKEYLOGFILE). Something is probably setting it in your shell, so you probably want to look at your specific shell configs for a more permanent solution.

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Streaming like movies and TV, or like Twitch?

And free as in the legal free ones, or illegal free ones?

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It's worth noting that Ozempic face is a side effect of rapid weight loss, not a side effect of Ozempic.

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If I didn't know Trump was a flip flopping erratic personality him saying they have a lot on common would be very concerning lol.

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I agree, rhetoric like OP's framing a non-FOSS distro as 'just another closed source/black boxed OS' reads like OP is suggesting it isn't even worth migrating from Windows to say, Bazzite. Which is dangerous.

I'll take a door I can peer into but has a few shadows over a completely closed door anyday.

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Let's back up some - a free dynDNS provider would not cause connection issues, unless DNS resolution itself stopped working - which is unlikely. It sounds more like the Internet you're running off of itself has issues. What in particular is making you blame the dynDNS? Who is it?

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Ha, if he said duckDNS I was going to recommend something more reliable like freedns.afraid.org.

That being said, the description in his post doesn't make it seem that way.

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Well, it can't hurt to cross it off. You don't need to get a domain from a registrar that offers dynamic DNS, you just need to register a domain (or try another dynamic DNS like the other user suggested) and use a DNS provider that is free and offers an API. I personally use Cloudflare, there are plenty of guides for setting up a dynamic record on CF.

For registering a domain you can use an affordable registrar, I'm a Porkbun customer - for a .com domain it's like $11 for a year. No need to spend monthly.

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Your connection being fine during downtime is a new detail not in your original post that changes the dynamics. That being said I believe my other response should be helpful.

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I would see if he can visually inspect the RAM and GPU to figure out capacity. If it's Kepler (GTX660) it might wind up being a headache. Maxwell (the GTX970) I believe is still receiving updates from Nvidia so probably fine.

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I'm unsure, but I'm an avid user of Mihon (formerly Tachiyomi). Basically God's gift to Android. Would recommend giving it a look!

Genshin Impact on Waydroid (for the insane)

Latest Genshin Impact can work on Waydroid if you do some steps first. Bear in mind it is touchscreen only, so theres not much you can do without using a mapper....

Genshin Impact for Android running via Waydroid. I don't remember the city Fischl is in but its the first place you look up in the game.
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That's like a weather widget right, right?! Not like... A CPU temp widget... Oh no

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That is very true. I apologize for my imperial brained transgression haha.

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Even back then caddy was being talked about. I don't use caddy because, at least back then, it was only free for non commercial use (unless you compile it yourself).

I've been using Traefik for even longer though and haven't ran into any major issues. Definitely recommend it.

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My city is fairly large and their recreational projects usually have budgets in the 10s of millions. I don't think there is much I can do on that front. That being said, I think this question could be better framed as "to make your community a better place to live". From that angle, I would have to get in touch with my HOA (I know) and see about opening a community garden with that initial investment.

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This is "OCDA". This guy actually did this to a company we were considering partnering with, which is how I found out about him.

Turns out, no surprise, he does no fact checking and can harass companies who did nothing wrong. He's been sued and is in the process of being sued again.

There are a whole slew of other issues with his approach as well... Shitty all around.

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I always hate it when people talk about "eventual issues that people will encounter on Linux".

As if Windows doesn't have those of varying degrees. Usually because Microsoft pushes out an update that breaks things.

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Pretty much my experience, though I didn't want to give the guy I was replying to any personal anecdotes lol.

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Honestly the fact an article about a tool to talk to the dead is on a website called medium is 10/10.

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The drama here isn't solely over the use of AI. In fact, your last comment any brainlessly using AI is closer to the cause of this drama. The project lead is pushing untested code straight to main, and the fact it was AI generated was an addendum/insult to injury.

How to prepare for future home server upgrade?

I've been self-hosting Home Assistant for over a year, and I want to take the dive into more self-hosting. I want to start by converting an old laptop into a home server. Assuming that goes well, I'll probably want to upgrade to a more modern, purpose built server and NAS fairly soon. How can I make sure that what I set up on...

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All my backups are tested, so upgrades (or recovering from a failure) are usually straightforward. The only thing I don't back up is my collection of Linux ISOs, but that I can easily reacquire.

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If they really cared they'd just have some big warning if the all is from an "unverified" developer. It's all about control.

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To your first comment about incompatible anticheat - in must cases it's a conscious decision the publisher makes. Are We Anti-Cheat Yet it's a good resource. Personally I find my OS preventing me from being able to run a privacy invading rootkit to be a pro as well.

To the second comment, a good amount of games bench better on Linux, not sure what's going on with his system so I agree.

Definitely unfortunate to see a creator publishing content without first doing some research but that's more and my common nowadays.

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I helped my mom with her windows install when the update half a year ago nuked keyboard support (I had to use the onscreen keyboard just to login). Before thar I had to forcefully install the correct wifi driver as well to get it working properly. This is was running from their factory installation. Stuff working correctly out of the box is a problem on both platforms.