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Cake day: June 16th, 2023

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  • What’s on and around line 32 in the config?

    {% if lemmy_env_vars is defined and lemmy_env_vars|length > 0 %}

    I did the ansible install, other than mail setup, the instructions were easy to follow.

    you’re not the first suggesting this. Some guides I’ve found online suggest to use the Ansible files “because they’re less broken”.

    At this point I’m wondering if the documentation is bad “on purpose” to prevent too many script kiddies to install their own instance.







  • The most common software choices are TrueNAS and UNRAID.

    Depending on your use-case, one is better than the other:

    TrueNAS uses ZFS, which is great if you want to be absolutely sure the unreplaceable data on your disks is 100% safe, like your personal photos. UNRAID has a more flexible expansion and more power efficient, but doesn’t prevent any bit flip, which is not really an issue if you only store multimedia for streaming.

    If you prefer a hardware solution ready to use, Synology and QNAP are great choices so long you remember to use ZFS (QNAP) or BTRFS (Synology) as filesystem.




  • We didn’t chose our leaders. Leaders got billions because we chose to do nothing.

    Why do you think corporations strive in America and at the same time the people gets the shit (bad labour laws, bad healthcare, bad wages) compared to Europe? Because they’re better?

    Fuck no, it’s because of Europe. The founding fathers created a “weak” government on purpose, leaving the power to we the people. Why do you think we’re the only country in the world with a Second Amendment?

    (Except Mexico and Guatemala but that’s a different story…)

    But guess what, Americans are lazy, we had a duty and we didn’t answer the call… so who filled the hole? People with ambitions. And people with ambitions create companies, and companies value profits, not wellbeing.

    We didn’t chose billionaires. Billionaires got billions because we chose to do nothing.


  • As I said, not a fan of Docker, but 8ks are really interesting and I want to learn more. I like especially the fact I can configure “pods” (is that the right term?) that multiply over different containers and hardware based on load and demand. The idea of a self-replicating swarm of threads is fascinating to me.

    But using a docker to run mariadb and another docker to run a photo app and another docker to run a web server that connects over a docker network… and all this runs inside a VM, it’s wasted overhead to me. Especially today where everyone can run proxmox and vmware at home for free.






  • Diamonds were fairly rare when we used to mine them in Asia and America. And it’s a nice shiny stone which is also very durable.

    Then, we found out Africa is actually full of diamonds and DeBeers said “we can’t have that!” and started buying all the African diamonds to keep them away to artificially inflate the price and scarcity.

    Then we found out we can make them in labs better than the mined ones and DeBeers sai “that’s not a natural diamond, you don’t want that!” and so on.

    The whole marketing about “A diamond is forever!” is to make you think you’ll never want to sell your diamon ring, so you don’t find out your precious gift paid $2,000 is actually wortth $50.

    An EA spokeperson would say “it’s all about the experience”.