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CBP’s Privacy Impact Assessment on Commercial Telemetry Data Highlight Urgent Need for PIA Reform in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I know you’re just using the original title, but consider changing it to this and saving some neurons for the next readers:

CBP’s “Privacy Impact Assessment on commercial telemetry data” highlight urgent need for PIA reform

Ferrari 512S Modulo | 1970 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

Or changing wheels.

We're never going to have better internet in the USA, are we? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

We had to pay extra for no caps

fr fr

World's largest EV never has to be recharged in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

I saw that Tom Scott episode too. I’ll miss him.

TIL that India cut the Pythagorean theorem—Edit: its similarity proof—, periodic table, and evolution from mandatory education in June 2023 Edit: before adding it back a week later in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 157 points 1 day ago (19 children)

And just like that, 1 in every seven kids in the world got royally fucked.

Sysadmin shock as Windows Server 2025 installs itself in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Linux does AD. Don’t let that stop you from switching.

Google Chrome’s uBlock Origin phaseout has begun in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Firefox portable keeps me sane at work. I don’t give a shit about the IT policy of either chrome or edge.

PLATO TERMINAL IV // ROSE | 1972 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Little typo in the title: termianl

checkmate in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

And it’s also why many companies refuse to use open software. It baffles me that no insurance company saw this as a market opportunity to sell open source software insurance.

checkmate in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Dia and gimp are ok, but they’re still quite behind the curve. I love floss and wouldn’t use the closed alternatives, but we got to know where we stand.

checkmate in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

There were many.

Security blindspots for selfhosted website in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Add it to the Pi. Easier maintenance.

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What is TrueNAS writing all the time to disk? (mander.xyz)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I have a TrueNAS install with SMB turned on and nothing else. Even when it’s idle and nothing is accessing it, there’s constant disk activity. Very low bandwidth, but it’s like some log is in verbose mode.

TrueNAS is installed in a NVMe disk with plenty of room, and there’s only one pool. I’ve checked my snapshot configuration, nothing enabled faster than daily.

What could be causing it? How do I stop it or redirect it to the NVMe drive? I’m willing to create a partition on the NVMe drive if that’s what will do it.

Edit: thanks everyone for all the feedback, I’ll try these out and report back.

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Self hosting courses on Udemy (mander.xyz)
 

So my employer got me a business Udemy account and I want to make the most of it. What are good courses there for a home self hoster?

I’ve got a couple Docker for beginners courses.

Would an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner be any useful?

I’m looking into networking as well, so I understand VLANs, routing and firewalls.

I have a decent grasp of Linux fundamentals, but I’m outdated in administration as I haven’t been more than a user for the past 10 years.

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Ingenious ways to measure power draw (mander.xyz)
 

So I wanted to get myself a Kill-a-watt. Being who I am, I wanted information regarding its accuracy, especially at low power draws. I found a comparison with a industry grade equipment (Fluke is about the best out there in handheld electrical meters). It’s not encouraging, so I thought about a more proper meter, but it’s not easy to find an actual power meter that is accurate at low loads, isn’t a hassle to install and doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.

What do you use? Am I overthinking it?

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Local backup on TrueNAS (mander.xyz)
 

I am building my 3-2-1 backup system and wanted to add an external HD to my TrueNAS machine. Since it only works with ZFS, I thought of setting up that drive as a compressed, dedup ZFS volume.

I have a truckload of NVMe left on the boot drive that I could repartition and turn some of the free space as a dedup vdev for the backup drive. I don't have any other physical bays to add a dedicated drive on the machine.

A) Is that a bad idea? What are the downsides of using the boot drive like that?

B) Which tool do you recommend for local backup? I'm looking for actual incremental backup, not just a sync tool.

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