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What I learned from 3 years of running Windows 11 on “unsupported” PCs in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 243 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

Alternative title: "Follow these 17 convoluted steps to stay in your abusive relationship longer."

Why do podcasts have preroll ads now? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Podcasts partner up with ad providers. They inject ads into the episodes depending on several factors, including your location. The podcast has some say and can for example exclude some topics like politics. That catches most, but an ad can also be misrepresented and slip through.

I use Antennapod as well and they have nothing to do with it. They just download episodes from RSS feeds provided from other services.

You could use a VPN server in a smaller country. If the ad market is very small, there simply might be no ads to serve you.

I can also recommend using a swiss VPN server. The funny swiss dialect makes it hilarious.

should i do a raid configuration or is it risky in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

IIRC TrueNAS next release will include RaidZ1 with 2 disks

Switching from a Media Drive to my first self-build NAS in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

As for migration, you might be able to create a degraded pool initially, copy over the data, and add the parity disk last.

I actually asked in the TrueNAS forum about this idea. According to some knowledgeable users this might work. For anyone interested, details here. The next major release (planned for end of October), should make this easier.

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Switching from a Media Drive to my first self-build NAS (discuss.tchncs.de)
 

I'm finally taking the leap from upgrading from a media drive sitting in my desktop PC to a self-build NAS. The parts are on their way and I have to figure out what to do when they actually arrive.

Current setup: Desktop PC with a single 20TB media drive (zfs, 15TB in use)

My knowledge: I use Linux as my daily driver, but I'm far from a power user. I can figure out and fix problems with online resources or the kind help of others like you

The goal: I want to move to a small NAS (2 additional 20TB drives are on their way). The system will have 32GB of DDR5 RAM. 1 disk parity for 40TB of usable storage

What will I use it for:

  • Backup for Desktop PC
  • Media server (Jellyfin)
  • Arr stack
  • (other small services int he future?)

My questions:

  1. What OS should I use? The obvious answers being Unraid or TrueNAS. The 40TB of storage (1 disk parity) will likely be enough for a couple of years. So adding additional drives is not planned for some time.

  2. How can I import the data from my current drive to the NAS? I am very new to the topic and my initial searches were not that helpful. With Unraid I should just be able to setup the first two disks and import the data from the other. I am unsure how to accomplish that with TrueNAS.

Some advice and tips would be great. Feel free to ask for more details if I forgot some crucial info.

Thanks for reading!

*Permanently Deleted* in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Maybe it's just me, but I think entities that deliberately spread and use malware should be punished and held accountable. Too bad these entities help write the laws.

Introducing Proton Wallet – a safer way to hold Bitcoin in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

I tried ProtonVPN and got a refund, because their Linux implementation is lacking

Russia has escalated its information war against Moldova joining the European Union in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Not participating in a disinformation war reminds me of the hesitation to allow Ukraine to strike Russian territory with the supplied weapons. What incentive does thr other side have to stop?

FCC hits Verizon with $1M fine for dropping 911 calls, again • The Register in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 54 points 4 months ago

Repeat after me "Fines need to be tied to global revenue". It has to hurt, if you want companies to stop.

NATO Member Sweden Says Russia Disrupting Its Satellite Networks in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

I think it's hilarious that western leaders are worried about provoking Russia by providing Ukraine with weaponry that can be used in Russian territory.

Russia is at war with us. It's not tanks, fighter jets and battleships. It's cyber warfare, disinfomation campaigns, bribing of right wing politicians and poisonings. Just because nobody wants to call it a war, doesn't make it go away.

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Got tracked down for my school reunion (discuss.tchncs.de)
 

Today I was contacted by someone at work. She graduated school with me and our 20 year reunion was coming up. Why did she contact me at work? It was the only way they were able to track me down. I was included in promotional material by name. She told me I "was the hardest to track down"and I had to smile.

This is just a small anecdote about privacy practices and their real life impact (and how your employer can undo all of it, I guess)

UK ministers considering banning sale of smartphones to under-16s in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

More and more aspects of life require an app or at least a smartphone (QR codes). That already excludes older people from some aspects of daily life. Let's do the same for kids!

Politicians should do their jobs and regulate tech and social media not ban useful devices.

Educational vs Entertainment Piracy in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

When knowledge is deliberately gated by large entities and the author would give it away for free (scientific papers) is a no-brainer for me. Or when a course requires specific textbooks that costs hundreds of dollars.

AT&T Says Personal Information From 73 Million Customers Leaked On The Dark Web—Including Social Security Numbers in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 55 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Why companies aren't fined for every customers data they didn't secure properly is beyond me. This should cost them a specific sum per customer or part of their annual global revenue. Make it hurt.

Otherwise they have no reason to spend money to properly secure people's data.

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qbittorrent-nox = Firewalled / qbittorrent = Online (discuss.tchncs.de)
 

Hello sailors,

I wanted to try out Arr* and installed and configured everything for the first few days (Native, Arch). Just tinkering around.

Radarr and Sonarr used qbittorrent at first, but the permissions gave me trouble. I installed qbittorrent-nox and run it via systemd for a different user. This fixed my permission troubles.

However, even though both run with the same settings, nox is firewalled (DHT: 0 nodes, stuck on getting the metadata) while the regular version shows online and downloads with good speeds.

I use MullvadVPN (doesn't offer Port Forwarding anymore). I opened a port in my router.

I'm pretty new to this. Does anyone have any idea what could be the problem? Do I have to add something to the systemd service?

Any hints wouldbe appreciated! Thanks for reading!

systemd service:

[Unit]
Description=qBittorrent-nox service
Documentation=man:qbittorrent-nox(1)
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target nss-lookup.target

[Service]
Type=exec
User=qbittorrent-nox
group=arr
ExecStart=/usr/bin/qbittorrent-nox -webui-port=8080

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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