8bitbuddhist (u/8bitbuddhist)

8bitbuddhist commented on Duplicati: Free backup software to store encrypted backups online duplicati.com/... · Posted by u/memorable

antx · 3 years ago

I dropped duplicati after its database got corrupted irreversibly. Also, recoveries were always very long.

I now use restic and I'm very happy. I find it to be very resilient. No more database, only indexes and data packs, which can be repaired.

8bitbuddhist · 3 years ago

Same. Database corruption hit me after ~1.5 years and I could never figure out what the cause was or how to fix it. Which is a shame, because Duplicati looks like a great open source project with a lot of dev time and effort invested into it. But when it comes to backup software, your core functionality better work reliably, and Duplicati just isn't there. I since switched to Duplicacy and couldn't be happier.

8bitbuddhist commented on Why aren't smart people happier? experimentalhistory.subst... · Posted by u/oscarwao

pauldenton · 3 years ago

I thought Zen Buddhists pondered unanswerable questions, like what is the sound of one hand clapping.

8bitbuddhist · 3 years ago

I'm not too familiar with Zen, but questions like these are often meant to be nonsense questions with no answer. They push you to think harder and harder until you realize the futility of doing so, at which point you've found the "real" answer.

8bitbuddhist commented on Ubuntu Core 22 is now available – optimised for IoT and embedded devices ubuntu.com/blog/canonical... · Posted by u/pantalaimon

tomcam · 4 years ago

What’s your new distro of choice?

8bitbuddhist · 4 years ago

Not OP, but Pop OS is a great Ubuntu derivative.

8bitbuddhist commented on DigitalOcean: New $4 Droplet and updated pricing digitalocean.com/blog/new... · Posted by u/lode

oefrha · 4 years ago

I've been using Linode instead of DigitalOcean since ~2015 IIRC. I just checked their pricing page [1] and find it pretty hostile and confusing. First, you won't see any tech spec at all without clicking on a card; "starts at $blah/mo" means precious little without tech specs. Then, once you click on "Droplets" you get another grid(s) of cards where the tech specs are teeny-tiny and comparison is very painful. Compare this to the classic table-based pricing page from Linode [2], where everything is very straightforward. I won't go to Wayback Machine and dig out DO's pricing page from back when they were still the HN darling, but I'm pretty sure it was a straightforward table-based layout. Who the heck prefer this new mess?

[1] https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing

[2] https://www.linode.com/pricing/

8bitbuddhist · 4 years ago

I'll dig it up for you. This is from Feb 2020, and is much more straightforward than what's on the site now. https://web.archive.org/web/20200229081345/https://www.digit...

8bitbuddhist commented on Global music market grew by 18.5% in 2021, driven by paid subscription streaming ifpi.org/ifpi-global-musi... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico

ProfessorLayton · 4 years ago

I am having a hell of a time adjusting to a streaming-focused music world. On one hand, I love having access to pretty much all the music I want, and have discovered a lot of new artists (through no help of the apps themselves, however). On the other hand, having my library randomly switch on me with songs disappearing, album covers swapping out or renamed is driving me NUTS.

Not to mention the general buggyness that's on iOS Music. I feel like maybe it's just me because people generally enjoy it, but the app is a pretty terrible experience overall (Slow, buggy, messy). It sometimes refuses to play a song! Maybe I'm just getting old.

I'm on a family plan where the cost per person is negligible, so I can deal with it most of the time, but I do sometimes miss the ipod days.

8bitbuddhist · 4 years ago

This is why I host my own personal streaming service. I'll buy music, copy the files to my server, and use Airsonic to stream it to my laptop, phone, etc. It's a lot more work, but I'd rather have full control than use something like YouTube Music, where I can only hope that the songs I like don't get pulled or the service itself doesn't get shut down.

8bitbuddhist commented on ntfs2btrfs: In-place conversion of NTFS filesystem to Btrfs github.com/maharmstone/nt... · Posted by u/andrew-ld

aborsy · 4 years ago

Any experience on how BTRFS works on laptops, without ECC and maybe even one drive (copies =2)?

8bitbuddhist · 4 years ago

Personal anecdote: I've been using BTRFS on my laptop running Manjaro for the past year with no issues. Originally I had it running in an encrypted LUKS partition on a single Samsung NVMe, but for the past month I've been running two NVMe drives in RAID 0 with a LUKS volume on top of that and BTRFS inside of that. In both cases I've had no performance issues, no reliability issues or data loss (even when having to force shutdown the laptop due to unrelated freezes), and have been able to save and restore from snapshots with zero issues.

8bitbuddhist commented on Ask HN: If your SaaS was used to commit a financial crime, what should you do? · Posted by u/cuz-reasons

8bitbuddhist · 4 years ago

I wouldn't leave this up. Maybe create a retrospective post once the case is over if you want to help others, but don't share details (even minute details) publicly until you've talked to a lawyer first.

8bitbuddhist commented on WebAssembly: The New Kubernetes? wingolog.org/archives/202... · Posted by u/signa11

throwaway81523 · 4 years ago

Write once run anywhere sounds like Java of the 1990s ;).

8bitbuddhist · 4 years ago

It's very similar for sure, but it's worth nothing how this is different. WASM is much more accessible as it doesn't require additional downloads or tooling. It also supports a wider range of languages. I can take my Qt desktop application written in C++, run it through emscripten, and have it running in Firefox or Chrome in just a few minutes. Instead of having to build and release binaries for Linux, Windows, Mac, and Android, I can make a single WASM build, host it on my website, and run it anywhere. It's honestly incredible

8bitbuddhist commented on Tor in 2022 blog.torproject.org/tor-i... · Posted by u/Sami_Lehtinen

pph · 4 years ago

To be fair it's not like you can run one from your home connection. I mean you could, but it wouldn't be a good idea, unfortunately.

8bitbuddhist · 4 years ago

Running an intermediate/middle node is generally safe. You want to avoid running an exit node.

8bitbuddhist commented on Police can’t demand you reveal your phone passcode then tell a jury you refused eff.org/deeplinks/2021/10... · Posted by u/oedmarap

kibwen · 4 years ago

On Android, rebooting the phone will disable biometric login until the passcode is re-entered.

8bitbuddhist · 4 years ago

You can do the same by pressing and holding the power button on the lock screen to pull up a menu, then press Lockdown. I'm not sure if it's enabled by default, but it is a security option on at least Android 11+.