lode
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Opinions & mistakes are my own, they don't necessarily reflect the opinion of my current (or previous) employer(s). No longer working in tech.
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Comment · 8 days ago
Related: You can also check geotagged Wikipedia pages on a map: https://wiki-map.com/
A fun way to find articles nearby that need photographs is Wikishootme - https://wikishootme.toolforge.org/ (although it seems to be offline at the moment).
Comment · 22 days ago
suprisingly so... Haven't had any unplanned downtime in a couple of years. (But as I mentioned, I treat them as disposable and wouldn't miss anything if they disappeared suddenly.)
Comment · 22 days ago
I have a couple of $10/yearly (so less than $1 a month) VPSs. (Found them on Lowendbox.com).
Some uses:
- Tailscale exit nodes (I don't use them to stream Netflix or torrents over, but sometimes they're useful to browse "this content is not available in your region" sites, to use WhatsApp while transiting through Bejing airport, ...)
- Invidious
- FreshRSS.org
- Vaultwarden
- some silly scripts
I treat these as disposable and can spin them up again from daily backups if needed. So far the stability has been good as with more expensive infrastructure providers.
My home setup is not $5/month VPS but a sub $100 second hand thin client running KVM is used for: - Home Assistant
- Immich photo hosting
- Music Assistant
- Pihole
- Hister
- Invidious
Obviously the storage requirements for media and photos are higher, these go to a (more expensive) Synology NAS, and are backed up externally, but that's beyond the scope of this post. The Home Assistant + Pihole storage requirements are minimal.
Comment · 24 days ago
While I agree with you, there is an unofficial (and reversible) tool which can help you reclaim this space:
https://github.com/omlahore/RemoveMacAI (to be complete: it seems to be based on https://github.com/4evy/pared)
discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49957116
Comment · 26 days ago
Comment · 26 days ago
Another non-paywalled English article from a Danish source:
https://cphpost.dk/2026-10-05/life-in-denmark/cpr-data-breac...
Comment · 1 month ago
Like this concert opening from a few days ago: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdMF3D5OQyK/
How can you have DSL (connecting through WAN Miniport PPPoE) and dial up modem sounds at the same time? Infuriating...
Comment · 1 month ago
> company that sell pedals with integrated lights too but I can't remember the name
I use https://redshiftsports.com/products/arclight-pedals - originally bought them on Kickstarter.
They're not super cheap, but I'm very happy with them. You can change the mode from always on to pulsing. They automatically turn off when not in use, and they sense the direction of the pedal so that the front light is always white and the back is always red.
Comment · 1 month ago
Archive link (bypass paywall): https://archive.vn/60SSw