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If clouds are far away, then self-hosting could be “fog”? Clouds at ground level that you walk around in.

Interesting, do you remember which didn’t work? I recently set up a simple service (navidrome) as rootless podman with an ansible script, but it was… there were some hoops to jump through, mainly with the uid/gid and machinectl to get it to work.

Always nice to see podman used well! Do you have a dedicated user or is it rootful?

I’m no expert, but it seemed like we had more of a rules-based order before. But not everywhere of course, sone countries still projected power outside international law. But international law requires a consensus by a majority. Idk, maybe the only difference is that the US is now threatening us too, and not just the ones they always threatened.

You can block them once and for all. It’s like they don’t exist.

I’m afraid we no longer live in a world where it matters. It’s good to have rules, but for some reason might is right has become the new standard.

Almost 20 years ago, Theo de Raadt (founder of OpenBSD) said: “you think that a worldwide collection of software engineers who can’t write operating systems or applications without security holes, can then turn around and suddenly write virtualization layers without security holes.” I would like to think that we’ve figured out the security holes since then, but… you know…

I read that in an italian mafia way, “Donnie Two Weeks, everything is two weeks away with this guy!”

Swimming against the current is how all social progress is made.

I use GrapheneOS and I believe in their goals, but honestly, the people behind the OS doesn’t seem to get along with anyone else in the whole world.

Deuteronomy 7?

Is it false that Abbas Araghchi wrote “the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire”? Regardless of how the situation actually is, did he write that?

I can see how one can interpret it like that, but it’s not how I read what he said. I think the point he’s trying to make is that hardened security protects the user from attacks, yes, but their focus is to provide services that can be trusted not to attack the user. He said: “really hardened security stuff that could clearly be useful for executives, in the secret service, or whatever. That’s not our goal”

I mean, I use GrapheneOS on my phone, but do I personally need all the hardened security? Not really. It’s nice theoretically, but mainly I’m just happy the OS itself isn’t spying on me. I’m personally not very worried about an evil maid attack or state level spying.

If Trump was an old school italian mafia guy, his nickname could be Donnie Two Weeks.

What’s your favourite distro? As a chronic distrohopper I’m always curious about what people use and why.

I agree, honesty is a good first step. So, given all this, should we focus on simply being the more attractive option? Or a combination of principles and convenience? If the good option is cheaper or more convenient, we wouldn’t strictly need principles and moral arguments. I’m just thinking of strategy here, it can feel good to be a righteous preacher, but what actually gets us the results we want?

I think there is a fatigue. Morally, I can’t justify eating animal products, but I do eat cheese and drink milk. I should take the bus instead of driving, but sometimes I use my car out of convenience. Chocolate means exploiting workers in some country. Etc. People see the world burning and feel powerless.

Same :)

One reason can be if the involved apps don’t have unrestricted battery access. Then the OS will put the app to “sleep” when not used. Could be worth checking.