DeltaTangoLima

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Proxmox Backup Server network traffic in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Hmmm - interesting. I hadn't bothered to check before now, but I'm seeing something similar on one of the two PBS CTs I run.

Comparing the output of netstat -lantop on both CTs, I can see that the one with more outbound traffic has more waiting connections from localhost on port 82, the port Proxmox Backup Servers provides its API over:

tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:51562         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (40.38/0/0)
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:56342         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (29.92/0/0)
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:44864         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (58.94/0/0)
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:45028         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (11.88/0/0)
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:44026         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (48.66/0/0)
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:44852         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (58.80/0/0)
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:59620         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (0.00/0/0)
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:56374         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (30.98/0/0)
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:51544         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (39.98/0/0)
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:59642         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (0.00/0/0)
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:45008         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (10.92/0/0)
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:45016         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (11.76/0/0)

I'm wondering if the graph is pulling aggregated network data, including the loopback interface. If so, and it's all just port 82 stuff on 127.0.0.1, then it's probably nothing to worry about.

Edit: found this forum post that seems to indicate it's aggregating all the byte values from /proc/dev/net, so this is probably nothing to worry about if your netstat output, like mine, only shows API conections to/from 127.0.0.1 on port 82.

How do Americans win their country back? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Seriously - the whole thing is such a befuddling mess to us non-Americans.

How exactly can one win the popular vote but not the actual election? From the outside, the reporting I've seen always talks about the faithless elector problem (not in those words - just in describing the problems). Is it more to do with how many votes (electors) each state gets, based on population size?

How do Americans win their country back? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Nah - it's at least partly correct.

How do Americans win their country back? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com -2 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I believe the states responsible for those silly outcomes have since passed laws to prevent it happening again.

Could be wrong, but I listened to a podcast last week with an American professor who's pretty much written the book, explaining the history of the Electoral College and how it really works. I'm sure he said those states since fixed those loopholes.

Either way, the damage is done today. Another four years of stupidity in charge.

What are you getting your significant other for Christmas? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe a small piece of personalised luggage for the holiday. Does she wear makeup? Maybe a nice makeup case with her initials on it.

If that's not her thing, what about something for your home (assuming you live together)? My wife and I tend to buy ourselves the "bigger" things for Christmas, as our gift to each other - some furniture we've been wanting, or similar.

If that doesn't sounds like you guys, there's the tried and true jewelry option. Or maybe just cruise Etsy for the sorts of things she likes (does she like knick knacks, or ornamental stuff?) that might be customisable.

Failing that, have a think about what makes you special as a couple. Is there a shared interest or experience that got you together or you always talk about? Is there something in that?

Finally, I've been holding on to some ideas for future inspiration should I need them:

  • Waveform art: record yourself saying you love her, have the waveform turned into a print, or a piece of jewelry, or similar
  • Anamorphic art: a skewed picture that reveals itself when a specifically shaped mirror is put behind it
  • A glass lamp base filled with something meaningful: I always thought of filling one with origami love hearts
  • Ambigrams: maybe you can figure out an ambigram with both your names, and have it made into something - a print or a wood carving (this will probably take a lot longer than the time you have before Christmas)
  • Birth stones, star signs, birth flowers, birth fruit: admittedly these are probably better suited to birthdays
Least-Intrusive Social Media Platforms; Reddit and Snapchat Leads The Way. in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 21 points 2 weeks ago

Jesus - they don't even name the report so interested people can search for it. Lame.

Also, least-intrusive doesn't mean most-trustworthy. Just don't use any of them or, if you do, be sure to take all steps at your disposal to not give any personal information to them.

Sorry, I can't think of a good title for yhis post. I just wanted to share an anecdote. in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 39 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Lol @ "some 20 years ago ... ADSL from 2002". Thanks for making me feel old!

Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? in c/privacyguides@lemmy.one
[–] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Great suggestion! Thank you. Have you had any luck accessing it on iOS yourself?

No dramas if not - just that I tried using Orbot and the Tor Browser (the one developed by Mike Tigas, in the App Store), but no joy. I'm reasonably new back on iOS, so I'm not (yet) across the best way to use Tor sites on the platform.

Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? in c/privacyguides@lemmy.one
[–] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Honestly, I'm using an old gag FB account I created back in 2011. I guess that was well before they started asking people to verify with selfies and phone numbers.

Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? in c/privacyguides@lemmy.one
[–] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Hmmm - DDG's browser might be a good alternative, if I only use it for this one purpose. Thanks for the suggestion.

Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? in c/privacyguides@lemmy.one
[–] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Someone else mentioned PWA. I think I'll investigate that angle next. If a PWA doesn't share any data from my device, it means I can use my Mullvad VPN whenever I choose to access it, and get pretty darn close to what I'm trying to achieve.

Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? in c/privacyguides@lemmy.one
[–] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

You are the product and they have a long history of being extremely eager to sell the product.

Yeah, exactly what I said in my OP. I'm aware of the reality of what it is I'm asking for. I only recently moved back to iOS after over a decade using Android, so asking around in the vain hope someone has figured this out.

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Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? (reddrefuge.com)
 

First and foremost, I'll get this out of the way: I abhor all commercial social media. I don't trust them, I know users are the product, and - ultimately, I feel they're nothing but a cancer on society.

But, I also have to acknowledge that, for one or two use cases at least, they seem pretty unavoidable.

For me, that one use case is Facebook Marketplace. Here in Australia, there's simply no better alternative if you want to reach a large number of potentially interested buyers (or even buy some stuff yourself). The supermarket noticeboard is no more; the Trading Post was bought long ago and died on the vine; and Gumtree has devolved into a cesspool of nothing but scammers and fuckwits.

So, I use FB Marketplace. My FB account isn't in my name, uses a throwaway email address, and has no followers or friends. It's only a member of the local buy/sell groups that I'm interested in, and it performs no "social" activities (posts, likes, etc) at all.

Until now, I generally only use FB marketplace with a "clean", dedicated browser on my computer, running in private mode and via a VPN. But, it means I frequently miss messages from interested parties when I'm away from my computer.

I also sometimes use the mbasic.facebook.com site from a private Firefox tab on my iPhone, but FB has just started telling me I need to use Chrome (no. fucking. way.) or Safari (maaaaaybeeeee?) after October 28th.

When I was on Android, there were a few wrapper apps that I was able to use but, so far, my searches for an equivalent on iOS have turned up nothing.

So, knowing full well this may lead to nowhere, I thought I'd ask this community: does anyone have a good, privacy-friendly way to use FB on iOS?

Thanks in advance for any useful tips or suggestions.

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Entity control from iOS widget (reddrefuge.com)
 

Does anyone know if the 2024.5 Companion App update for iOS removed the ability to control entities from the widget? I've read the release notes but there's no mention of any features being removed.

I could absolutely swear that I had a working widget with most of my lights on it, a solitary button for each light, that I could single tap to toggle said light.

Then, a few months or so back, I noticed the widget didn't seem to be working. The entity icons had change to black, round shadows, and tapping them did nothing.

I deleted the widget, thinking it got corrupted somehow and have never been able to get it back exactly as described above.

Now, it seems that only thing I can do with widgets is use Actions. Some Actions have been auto-created by the Companion App for each scene on my server, and I can obviously create my own Actions, to trigger automations.

But, I don't want to have to frig around with Actions (using input_booleans and automations) to do something as simple as turning a light on or off.

Am I dreaming? Did the iOS widgets never have this ability? Or am I missing something really obvious to configure entities onto a widget?

Thanks in advance for any useful advice.

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Smart locks and remote Z-wave (reddrefuge.com)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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UPDATE: well, I've belatedly realised I've left out a key piece of information. I need to buy a pair of locks - one for a regular wooden entrance door, and one for a security screen door in front of it.

Turns out hardly anyone (reputable) makes a decent smart lock for screen doors, except the Yale Unity range, but those aren't Z-Wave compatible.

Guess we're sticking with keys for a while longer...

Hey folks - the time's come for me to consider diving into smart locks.

I've been running HA for many years now, and have resisted the urge so far, but a few recent incidents have me thinking smart locks are the next upgrade I need to think of.

My requirements, equal in priority, are:

  • Must be usable via HA (automating my locks is the primary reason I'm considering this move)
  • Key lock backup (I'm petrified of flat batteries stopping me from entering)
  • Ability for HA to report on battery level (see above)
  • Local network only (prefer IP, but will consider Z-Wave - anything that calls home in the cloud is a hard no)
  • Code and/or fingerprint entry (unique code per person, at least 6 codes)

I say "consider Z-Wave" as I don't currently utilise any Z-Wave devices. The main reason for this is that I run HA (Home Assistant) on a (heh!) HA (high availability) Proxmox setup, and I hadn't sat down to think through how that would work with a Z-Wave USB hub across two nodes.

But, after some cursory research, it seems there's enough options out there that will let me control Z-Wave remotely via MQTT, so I can use one of my RasPis to host a Z-Wave hub just fine.

There's been plenty of positive comments on other posts regarding Schlage's locks, so I'll probably start my research there. But I'm very keen to hear of anyone's experiences with any smart lock brands - good or bad - to help guide my research.

While I'm at it, I'm open to recommendations on a Z-Wave hub. I have zero Z-Wave experience, but I gather it's reasonably straightforward to use. Simple enough requirements:

  • Usable on a RasPi running Rasbian
  • Decent enough range - has to reach the smart locks through a couple of internal walls, from the garage to the front door (about 6m/20ft)

Cheers in advance for any advice offered!

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Like someone else, was led here from an AskLemmy post - here's my EDC (reddrefuge.com)
 

Right wrist (I'm a leftie): Garmin Instinct Crossover Solar Tactical (with generic glass screen protector and silicone case)

Front left pocket:

Front right pocket: my iPhone 15 Pro Max in a black Spigen Tough Armor case

Back right pocket: a large handkerchief (I get bloody noses and my engine runs pretty hot - I can sweat a lot at times)

Back left pocket: reserved for my minimalist EDC wallet when I carry it (not the exact model, I don't always carry, as I can use my phone for everything, including digital driver's licence)

Belt, right side:

Belt, left side: RAE Gear sheath for Leatherman bit kit, holding:

When I go camping/offroading, I'll often put the Leatherman into a Toolbro holster, holding my Wuben L50 rechargeable torch.

Sadly, it looks like WJMake is no longer selling on Etsy (where I got the Toolbro), which is a real shame. They sold some really nice, handmade EDC accessories, and were happy to customise to suit my exact needs.

Mine has the extra elastic loop on the side to hold my Space Pen, an extra pocket on the front to hold the Leatherman saw blade, and they swapped out belt loops for a pair of belt clips, so I could wear/remove without having to undo my belt - a really important (to me) capability when camping and offroading.

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Preventing auto-login as Home Admin profile (reddrefuge.com)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com to c/plex@lemmy.ca
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I host a Plex server for our household, which includes a couple of teenagers. All members of the household (myself included) have a PIN protected managed user profile on our Plex server.

The problem is, if I let the teenagers have my Plex account password to login to our Plex server, it automatically logs them in with the Home Admin profile, whereas I'd much rather it force them to select from the list of profiles on our server (eg. just like Netflix does).

This means that, every now and then, I have to manually go to whichever new device they want to run Plex on (such as a Playstation) and handle the login process myself, so I can be certain they're logged in with their own user profile - not the Home Admin profile.

I've set a PIN on the Home Admin profile, but that doesn't help unless you've already logged in first, then go to use fast user switching to select a different profile. On very first login, Plex will always auto-select the Home Admin profile.

I've searched high and low, but can't find any info or settings that help me change this behaviour.

So, my question is simple: is it possible to prevent auto-login as the Home Admin profile, and force selection from the list of managed users instead?

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: I should have provided more details about what I've tried so far. We have tested out using a separate Plex user account for the oldest kid, as all the reading I did suggested she would "inherit" my server's Plex Pass rights when streaming from it.

But, we found that the iPhone app could still stop playback after a minute. Plus we couldn't log her account onto the shared Chromecast TV, so she could watch her shows on the house TV. So we ended up moving her back to a managed user profile on our server.

EDIT 2: after some more reading, it now seems the mobile app must either be logged in with a Plex Pass account (mine, in our case) or the user has to pay a once-off fee to unlock it.

I could've sworn it was different when I first read about it a year or two back, where the app would "inherit" the server's rights, but I guess that's either faulty memory or they changed the rules. The once off unlock fee isn't a big problem, so that's one hurdle overcome.

The second problem is how to use multiple Plex accounts on the Plex app for Chromecast, so the kids can enjoy their content on the big screen when they want to. Has anyone cracked the code on how to achieve that?

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So glad I'm ditching these fucking idiots (reddrefuge.com)
 

Can't even take a short break from 3D designing stuff. Glad I'm switching over to FreeCAD. All I wanted was to grab some dimensions from an old model.

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Fossify Music Player 1.0.0 released (github.com)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com to c/foss@beehaw.org
1 comments fedilink
 

cross-posted from: https://reddrefuge.com/post/189022

Obligatory note for those that haven't read/retained the news: Simple Mobile Tools was sold to ZipoApps - an Israeli company that specialises in buying and monetising popular apps.

Fossify is the fork of the Simple Mobile Tools repos, and they're gradually getting through each app and re-releasing them under the new name.

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Fossify Music Player 1.0.0 released (github.com)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com to c/android@lemmy.world
2 comments fedilink
 

cross-posted from: https://reddrefuge.com/post/189022

Obligatory note for those that haven't read/retained the news: Simple Mobile Tools was sold to ZipoApps - an Israeli company that specialises in buying and monetising popular apps.

Fossify is the fork of the Simple Mobile Tools repos, and they're gradually getting through each app and re-releasing them under the new name.

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Fossify Music Player 1.0.0 released (github.com)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
0 comments fedilink
 

Obligatory note for those that haven't read/retained the news: Simple Mobile Tools was sold to ZipoApps - an Israeli company that specialises in buying and monetising popular apps.

Fossify is the fork of the Simple Mobile Tools repos, and they're gradually getting through each app and re-releasing them under the new name.

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Tips for a new Ender owner? (reddrefuge.com)
 

So, after nearly 10 years of faithful service, my shitty ol' Wanhao i3 Plus is finally ready for retirement. Steppers are buzzing, occasional collisions with the bed, and the heat block just doesn't... heat as quickly as it used to.

Talking to a mate who does a lot more printing than I, it seems I can't pass up the Ender 3 V2. The right price for what I typically do, and is backed by a mature community.

I've ordered the auto-level kit with it, but nothing else. My i3 already sits in a Lack Rack I made, and it should comfortably take the new printer.

I have a couple of functional print projects on the backburner that were waiting for me to make a move, but wanted to get some advice on mods and upgrades first, that might make the first experience with the Ender even better.

So, asking the more experienced Ender owners out there: are there any essential upgrades, preferably 3D printed, you think I should look at first?

Cheers in advance!

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What are your homelab stats? (reddrefuge.com)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I just spent a good chunk of today migrating some services onto new docker containers in Proxmox LXCs.

As I was updating my network diagram, I was struck by just how many services, hosts, and LXCs I'm running, so counted everything up.

  • 116 docker containers
    • Running on 25 docker hosts
    • 50 are the same on each docker host - Watchtower and Portainer agent
  • 38 Proxmox LXCs (19 are docker hosts)
  • 8 physical servers
  • 7 VLANs
  • 5 SSIDs
  • 2 NASes

So, it got me wondering about the size of other people's homelabs. What are your stats?

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Jimmy Barnes to undergo open heart surgery after bacterial infection spreads (www.abc.net.au)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com to c/australia@aussie.zone
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We have tickets for a festival he's headlining next month. I'm sure the promoters will line up someone else who'll put on a good show but, having seen Jimmy at this festival before, I know he'll be missed.

Wishing Jimmy a full, and speedy, recovery. The man's a national treasure!

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