overview for someacnt

Data can be hurtful in c/[email protected]

[–] someacnt 1 points 1 week ago

I lack good qualities, true. I don't know if that could be worked on, as large part of it is me being ASD.

I treat women as you said, it's simply that they generally avoid me.

You summon it by chanting and fire, right? in c/[email protected]

[–] someacnt 1 points 1 week ago

But you do not need to do this for every case, no? Some deserves simply formal answers. Ofc one should not do this with bosses

Data can be hurtful in c/[email protected]

[–] someacnt 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Welp, I am simply at another level of ugliness. Also friends? What is this thing called "a friend"?

Data can be hurtful in c/[email protected]

[–] someacnt 1 points 1 week ago (5 children)

That only works out if you are attractive to begin with.

Anon makes life choices in c/greentext

[–] someacnt 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wonder why self-intro in college application asks so much about life plan, when it is not remotely how we should live.

How and where should I keep backups of system configurations? in c/[email protected]

[–] someacnt 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks! I gotta get my hands on Ansible, was reluctant as I've heard it can be complicated. Should see myself!

How and where should I keep backups of system configurations? in c/[email protected]

[–] someacnt 3 points 1 week ago

Codeberg sounds like a good way! I was concerned about server config being stored on self-hosted forgejo (which is configured by the very server config), turns out that need not be the case.

How to harden against SSH brute-forcing? in c/[email protected]

[–] someacnt 2 points 1 week ago

Fortunately my VPS (oracle) has set SSH authentication to be default. Disallowing root login sounds good, gotta try that as well.

How to harden against SSH brute-forcing? in c/[email protected]

[–] someacnt 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks, I will try fail2ban. I am using ED25519 for ssh keys, it seems like it's the best defense on the ssh side. Do you happen to know why this kind of attack is so prevalent?

How to harden against SSH brute-forcing? in c/[email protected]

[–] someacnt 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Thanks a lot! Geoblocking makes a lot of sense, will try!

Safe professions in c/[email protected]

[–] someacnt 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Why is this AI comic upvoted as much?? There are mysteries I will never get..

Trump says things are 'going very well' after worst stock market drop in years over tariffs in c/[email protected]

[–] someacnt 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

At least you did not put much money in the market

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How to minimize pain of Windows in work environment? (self.linux)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by someacnt to c/[email protected]

76 comments fedilink

Hello all! I began working today, where the work is closely related to programming. Despite this, the work computer is set up as Windows (eww). I want to look for work-arounds, as installing linux on a work machine is a no-go.

I wonder, what is the way to minimize pain from having to use windows? Either that, or a way to maximize work done on linux-like stuffs. A linux server is given for us, and I think I can install WSL. Any recommendations on this setup?

Especially, I miss the virtual desktop feature, is there any way to use it? Is there a way I can run compositor through WSL? Also, should I install Pop! OS for the feature, or is it available on e.g. Ubuntu (default WSL)?

Sorry to ask a non-exclusively-linux question, but I think, hopefully, many linux people have experience to give me pointers what to do with a windows work environment.

EDIT: The Windows is Windows 10. EDIT: It seems like using WSL is servicable, while being janky at times. Gotta see how it goes.

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Should I ditch Samsung Galaxy S8? (self.degoogle)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by someacnt to c/[email protected]

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Hello, I am considering de-googling my mobile experience. It seems like Samsung has bad security on their phones, which is why GrapheneOS is not available on Samsung phones, I guess. Ironically, google pixel phone is supposed to be the best fit for GrapheneOS.

So anyway, should I switch ? Ideally, I want to keep my phone. But my phone is quite old at this point, so I can consider buying a new phone. If I buy one, which one should I get?

Also, I heard call and mobile data does not work well on GrapheneOS and the like. How bad is it?

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Credential error on arch update inside distrobox : is there permanent fix? (self.linux)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by someacnt to c/[email protected]

2 comments fedilink

I have this distrobox container which is running arch. Time to time, when I update the container, I often confront a pacman error due to some GPG credentials related issues, and the update just halts.

Indeed, there is a solution involving updating GPG keys, which does work. However, having to look it up every time I have the issue is not ideal. I want to fix this one once-and-for-all.

Do you guys happen to know the core reason of this behavior? Is this happening due to incorrect setup, or is it a characteristics of Arch? How can I fix this issue (semi-)permanently? Thanks in advance!

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How to automatically share between linux PC and iPad? (self.linux)

submitted 2 months ago by someacnt to c/[email protected]

7 comments fedilink

Basically, I want to synchronously share files betweem iPad and linux PC, mostly just the PDFs (compiled from latex). I don't want to send files back and forth every time, I want changes on one side to be reflected on the other. I do not need write access from both, it is enough for me to be able to e.g. view from iPad an article written in PC.

Should I just and rely on iCloud? I feel like that's not ideal from privacy standpoint. Is there better alternatives?

Mayybe it would be great if I could somehow use git for this purpose. Is this possible?

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Having issues with Talos Principle 2, got any ideas? (self.linux_gaming)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by someacnt to c/[email protected]

15 comments fedilink

Hello, Today I tried to run talos principle 2, but it keeps freezing and eventually crashes during the starting loading screen.

This is one of the few times linux gaming has failed on me recently, so I am quite frustrated. ProtonDB gives it a fairly good rating, so I wonder if some part of my setup is wrong or something.

For distro, I am running Pop OS, and installed it in non-home partition. Could that cause issues?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

EDIT: Strange behavior is observed. Once I skip the starting loading sequence (the one with e.g. unreal logo), it works flawlessly. I wonder what is happening while they show me corp logos.