🐘 Simple Nomad 🐘

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#Hacker type. Been hacking since pre-Internet. #Hippie and I care about the #planet, ask me about #solarpower (I pay NO electric bill). Remote worker since 1999, you know, since last century. I’ve stopped using bullets in slides, you should too. Work is #GitLab. Play is everywhere else. Links in the About. He/Him.
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🐘 Simple Nomad 🐘Nov 23, 2022
@knobee Mine is running on an existing web server I already had, which makes it extremely convenient. The server is heavily underutilized, and still is. We'll see as I increase the load with more than test users.
🐘 Simple Nomad 🐘Nov 23, 2022
Just setting up my own instance for myself and a very few close friends. Interesting. Haven't migrated over yet as I am still testing things and setting things up (such as domains to block etc). Resource-wise for a very small instance it doesn't require much so far, which is good.
Show thread🐘 Simple Nomad 🐘Nov 23, 2022
@jnazario I knew this already (and FBI isn’t the only one) but it still bothers me. Maybe it’s when politicians are asking questions but they are lacing it with approving statements like the Romney quote. It just smells like bad and overreaching legislation is slowly cooking…
🐘 Simple Nomad 🐘Nov 23, 2022

Anyone using #Wazuh out there? Currently uninstalling it. I gave it an honest shake, but the server side of things has been unstable for me. The level of reporting I can probably get from other tools, and out of the box it is a ton of alerts, with lots of stuff needing to be turned off.

Alternative solution ideas are welcome, I'd prefer something less noisy and easier to manage.

War stories are also welcome.

🐘 Simple Nomad 🐘Nov 23, 2022

Chiweenies make the best watchdogs. Dahlia barks when she hears a truck on our street outside (she recognizes the neighbors’ trucks and ignores them), and seems to know if anyone is even close to the front door and alerts me.

Right now technicians are out troubleshooting an under-performing #solar panel. She heard them before they pulled up, and she tried to get between me and them when I opened the door. Right now she’s at my feet guarding me. Thank you Dahlia, you’re the best.

Show thread🐘 Simple Nomad 🐘Nov 23, 2022
@Diami03 @mattblaze @Pwnallthethings @GossiTheDog Due to the ease of impersonation that could take place, I'll probably never delete my account there, but yes I have unfollowed everyone and DMs are gone. Deleting the phone app helps to maintain a piece of mind as doomscrolling through noise to find signal is drastically reduced.
🐘 Simple Nomad 🐘Nov 23, 2022
EvaNov 23, 2022
I assume that the geniuses telling me that I don't have any right to criticize Amazon's Alexa because cell phones also have microphones in them are unfamiliar with the decade I have spent fighting surveillance malware and stalkerware. Really, I have thought about this. I have thought about this A WHOLE LOT. And if my being salty about Alexa offends your delicate sensibilities, wait until you hear about the whole rest of my career.
Show thread🐘 Simple Nomad 🐘Nov 22, 2022
@robotapocalypsenow @hellnbak Yeah it's weird over there, at least for me. I know a few people that are less unaffected, and I have no problem with those that wish to stay, I was already weary from it and so recent events crumbled what was left for myself.
🐘 Simple Nomad 🐘Nov 22, 2022

When the sun is out I am running the household, charging batteries, AND selling excess to the grid. On a sunny day the batteries are charged by 1pm and they start to discharge and handle the house load after 5pm, reaching 50% by late evening. Then I start pulling from the grid again, but by then I'm in bed asleep, minimal power use.

With the money saved, maybe I can go visit the Temple of Ra: https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egyptian-sun-temple-discovered.

#solar #NoElectricBill

Ancient Egyptian temple to the sun cult uncovered near Cairo

The temple had been ritually demolished in ancient times.

Live Science
🐘 Simple Nomad 🐘Nov 22, 2022
@da_667 As a hacker who ended up working for a defense contractor and had a clearance and then left to once again do the startup life, I do get confused and often block myself.