It isn’t a magic solution, no, but you have a lot more control than crummy layer 3 firewall rules and endless lists.

The big players have far more data about what bad looks like. Either we can play whack a mole with outdated tools and techniques or get smart and learn to use what is available.

Self hosting doesn’t mean we go backward in terms of the sophistication and difficulty, it means embracing modern solutions.

In the dinosaur days, we had primitive tools, but so did the attackers. We cannot hope to self host with any measure of security if we bring piss to a shitfight.

Because mike Meyers is entertaining and the movies are well-made goofy fun.

Its not so complicated. Also, does anyone still make comedy anymore? Seems like it has fallen off a lot.

Get a WAF. Sophos firewall is free if you want to diy. If not, use cloudflare.

Opening ports, logging, monitoring, nailing up allow listed IP addresses and dicking around with fail2ban is such a timesuck. None of that crap will stop something from exploiting a vulnerability.

Some things are worth farming out to a 3rd party. Plus, you can just point your DNS entry over and be mostly done. No more dynamic IP bs.

Dumb deer go away

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I do tend to get off topic.

I’m very well aware, but the apple folks tend to be a LOT more dogmatic and vocal. When people talk shit about android, nobody really cares. Do it to apple? Jfc.

I am pointing this out because the current mess will never change for the better until apple users stop supporting apple. No, you dont have a lot of choices, but stop signaling support for them. Get mad and demand better. Be vocal about THAT.

All the apple fans out down voting today…

FYI this may not be the time to take allegiance with them if you at all understand what is going on.

I didn’t think that this needed to be said, but I suppose it does.

IT IS NOT OK TO FUCK CHILDREN,PULL YOUR DICK OUT AND DO STUFF TO THEM WITH IT OR MAKE THEM DO STUFF WITH YOUR DICK. IT IS NOT OK TO LURE KIDS IN WITH THE END GOAL OF FUCKING OR MOLESTING THEM. THIS IS VERY BAD AND YOU SHOULD NEVER DO IT. RICH WHITE PEOPLE, THIS IS MAINLY FOR YOU.

There, I hope that helps.

Seriously, I was em dashing on a goddamn typewriter, the fuck am I gonna change it now.

In the end, it won’t matter. Being able to write well will be like riding a horse, calligraphy or tuning a carburetor. They will all become hobbies, a quirky past time of rich people or niche enthusiasts with limited real-world use.

Maybe it is for the best. Most people can’t write for shit (does not help that we often use our goddamn thumbs to do most of it) and we spend countless hours in school trying to get kids to learn.

Science fiction has us just projecting our thoughts to other without the clumsiness of language as the medium. Maybe this is just the first step.

Not to defend it, but the first time I encountered the term was when BlackBerry released their Playbook tablet. It ran their bbos10 and they created an android emulator so you could run some android apps. The process of installing the apk into the emulator was called sideloading.

I miss BlackBerry is all I really wanted to say.

I will never ever get tired of this meme template.

I got a lot out of Wright’s book and I continue to revisit it.

It is a slow read that demands your attention, but it is very enlightening.

Correct. In the case of the question, I believe there is value to be gained, even if there are flaws in the argument.

Dear brother/sister rest your mind. You cannot control what will happen and worry/fear will only agitate you.

I don’t like the idea of life being over, but it is inevitable. Seek acceptance and peace with this so you do not waste your precious hours with unnecessary discomfort. There is so much more to enjoy while we are still here!

Loss of life is followed by mourning - except when it is our own. Some spend decades mourning the end of their lives because they are scared of facing it down. You’ve done the big scary part already. Now spend the time taking yourself through all of your fears. Once you come to acceptance it doesn’t change what will be, but it will trouble you a lot less.

Toads are a lot smaller after they pee. I’m thinking theyre about 40% pee at any time? Maybe they just little out a little here and there but they stay strategically topped up.

Do they hold pee just in case a person picks them up? What other reason do they hold all that pee? Is it if something tries to eat them they pee as a defense mechanism? I don’t assume toad pee would taste good. Seems like a dog would know. Maybe I can ask a dog.

If you hold a toad with their butt hanging out a little they usually won’t pee on you. If they do, it just shoots onto the ground.

You might find some answers in Julian Jaynes The origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind.

Short version: consciousness is kind of new. We aren’t really good at it.

Also, Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright is very good. Less about Buddhism more about how we think and why it works.

You can’t know until then, so what is the value in worrying?

The thing is, once youre dead, there won’t be consciousness, you will not have any perception of a void, you won’t know anything because you will not be.

Marc Maron put it into good perspective. He was hiking in the hills and passed out. He noted that he could very well have been dead, and that would have been that. He wasnt scared because he wasnt conscious.

You can’t be afraid when you dont exist and you will not be aware of anything.

Ooh I picked up a nice fat toad I just found in the yard, but it peed on me so I took it around to the front yard and set it loose!

Wait, what were we talking about?