Ah I see. I understand now! I thought you may have been one of the people that is still saying X11 is superior, even though Wayland is very usable now.

Ive been hitting weird issues in Chrome too, and had to disable GPU composting to fix them. Unfortunately I have to use Chrome at work - we’re not allowed to use other browsers, as only Chrome has the endpoint security functionality they require (provided by Chrome Enterprise Premium). No other browsers have or can provide the same features.

The US has freedom of speech, so having the government vet every poster is kind of a problem

That’s true, but it could be the platforms doing the vetting rather than the government.

Is it any different to requiring an ID in order to use a service, like what Discord is doing (as required for legal compliance)?

I guess I’m just annoyed at how much bad health advice is on social media.

It’s strange to me that the MAGA crowd are generally anti-renewable and pro-oil, when renewables are “more American”. A lot of oil is imported from other countries, while a lot of solar panels and wind turbines are made in the USA. The USA is #3 in the world in terms of solar panel manufacturing, and a lot of the parts are now being made in the USA instead of imported.

I want more of these thanks.

Hopefully the EU goes after Apple for having APIs that only their own watch can use, since it’s anticompetitive.

Just like with electric cars, the US takes forever to do anything, while China just gets things done with a better approach:

Late last year, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued a sweeping regulation: any content creator discussing medicine, health, law, finance, or education must prove verified professional credentials before posting or going live. In essence: no degree, no license, no post.

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In all, China’s approach is preemptive: One has to prove their credentials before they post. The FTC’s approach is reactive, allowing American creators to post health tips or investment opinions without a diploma. The FTC only steps in after the harm is documented—but for both, if the creator lies, they pay up

Does the VPN use Cisco AnyConnect? We use it at work and it works fine via NetworkManager in both KDE and GNOME, including two factor auth (pops up a web page to authenticate). I’m not sure of the exact config, since it’s automatically configured using Chef.

It’s not embarrassing to still be using any Meta product?

I mean, they’re some of the most used tech products in the world, so they clearly do have people that like using them. The only sites/apps that are used more are Google and YouTube.

I guess it’s like Nestlé. There’s some people that avoid their products and might be embarrassed to use them, but that doesn’t change the fact that they’re still the largest food company in the world, and the vast majority of customers like their products and aren’t embarrassed to consume them.

Wayland isn’t the problem. Chrome just doesn’t behave well with it. I haven’t had any Wayland-related issues with Firefox.

Wow I didn’t realize 2.x was even still supported.

It’s worth noting that Proxmox uses Debian. It’s essentially a collection of Debian packages, and you can install Proxmox on top of an existing Debian system: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_13_Trixie

Proxmox lacks a Docker UI though, which is annoying. One of the reasons I’m using Unraid at home is because it supports KVM, LXC, and Docker, all in the same UI. (LXC is a plugin rather than being available out-of-the-box, but it works very well)

(and no, Proxmox’s new OCI container support isn’t it - that just converts the container to LXC and doesn’t handle upgrades)

Can books be transfered via USB even on the 2013-era Paperwhite? I’ve always used the email feature in Calibre-web to send books to my Kindle (even for books I’ve paid for) - I didn’t realise it was doable over USB!

WhatsApp is targeted because it’s the most popular messaging app. If another app becomes popular, it’ll be targeted too. I guess using a niche app is one way to avoid the spyware, but it’s likely collecting data from all apps, not just WhatsApp.

I’m confused about pricing because their site (windrose.tech) says $180k in the USA, but the article says $285k. I thought their site might exclude tariffs whereas the article includes them, but doesn’t the US have a 100% tariff on Chinese vehicles?

Their site also says they’re based in Belgium, not China. Maybe just the manufacturing is in China.

Happy to see a Chinese-made vehicle in the USA, though, even if it is an expensive one. Hopefully that continues.

Also, hey man, stop using whatsapp

Spyware can affect any messaging app so I’m not sure what this has to do with this post.

to shut down its servers, so now it’s dumb as a rock and next to useless.

I hate this so much. There’s no reason a robot vacuum should require internet access to function. Companies only do it for tighter control of their products, to track your usage, to have the ability to paywall features, and to have the ability to disable it so you have to buy a new one.

Unraid is pretty beginner-friendly, so it’s what I’d recommend too.

I use it too. I have over 20 years experience running Debian servers and can write a docker-compose.yml file and Nginx config from scratch, but sometimes it’s nice to have a decent web UI that mostly “just works”.

Can still be messed with by the Isp

Not as easily though. It’s like regular HTTPS - if anyone, including the ISP, tries a MitM (man in the middle) attack, you’ll get a security error because the certificate won’t be trusted. The only real way for a MitM attack to be successful is installing a custom root certificate on the client system.

Like you mentioned, IP blocking is harder to bypass, but that’s unrelated to DNS blocking. IP blocking is harder to do if the site uses a CDN like CloudFront, BunnyCDN, Cloudflare, etc though, since a large number of sites use the same IPs.

If you set it to update your compose automatically it will notify you and create a log, it something goes wrong you can easily revert it from the dashboard. Did I get your question right? Let me know if you meant something else.

What I meant was does it handle multiple docker-compose files? I have a bunch of them - one for Immich, one for Lemmy, etc.

I still don’t understand the three month discounts lol. Seems like a bunch of insurance plans have it. With my insurance, you can either get one month, or three months’ worth for the exact same price as one month, so I’m not sure why anyone would ever get refills monthly.

I’m very thankful that my employers covers almost all the cost of my (and my wife’s) insurance. My wife is self-employed so it’d be pretty expensive if she needed to get her own health insurance.