I understand that people enter the world of self hosting for various reasons. I am trying to dip my toes in this ocean to try and get away from privacy-offending centralised services such as Google, Cloudflare, AWS, etc....
DDoSing cost the attacker some time and resources so there has to something in it for them.
Random servers on the internet are subject to lots of drive-by vuln scans and brute force login attempts, but not DDoS, which are most costly to execute.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help identifying an alleged bike thief who, on Wednesday, shoplifted bolt cutters to steal a boy’s e-bike.
I currently have a server, a Dell T310 with an SSD in it and 12Gig of ram (weird config, I know I messed up but it works fine so I can’t be bothered to change that for now), with all my dockers running in it....
I wonder if there is a nptocable difference between a HDD and SSD. Did someone already test it? I run it off a good SSD but wonder if a HDD would be enough.
Considering the database itself is relatively small, PostgreSQL could end up largely caching it in memory, so even hosting the DB on an HDD might not feel much slower.
Looking through the writefreely.org instances on their website, a lot of the links are dead or closed for registration. The one that is open and working is promoting a paid version. Is hosting a writefreely instance heavy on resources, attracting the wrong people or just not "cool" enough?
Living in Montreal I’ve gotten to the point where I only ride my own bike when I’m transporting paniers of stuff or doing an overnight trip. I installed a double kickstand on my old bike and its worked well until today when my old frame kicked the bucket....
I own a Big Dummy and had a Mundo Lux which I electrified.
The Big Dummy makes a great daily around town bike. That’s how I use it. Love it. It’s lighter than the Mundo. Definitely my #1 choice for a non-electric cargo bike.
if you didn’t own any cargo bike already, would you buy a Big Dummy or would you just put that money towards a Big Easy?
The electric cargo parks in my house get more use the non-electric ones. I could have just one, I'd go electric.
Q) Is it possible to just ride around with the battery removed or flat?
Yes, but will be heavier (even with the battery moved, because of the heavier bottom bracket. I tried this idea some, and all our e-bikes just end up getting ridden with electric. The easier thing to do is set the assist level at, say, a "1"-- the idea is just enough assist to offset the extra weight so you still get the fitness benefit of pedaling when you don' the assist.
Is it pretty much the same bike plus the weight of the motor?
The Big Easy looks looker witha more relaxed rider geometry and maybe some fatter ties by default. Overall, it's similar.
Q) I already own nice (standard) paniers, can those be clipped onto the side of these cargo bikes, or do they have a different sort of rack.
I've seen adapters before, but I can't find one quickly now. For example, see how the EdgeRunner rack has extra bar? I think panniers could hang there. These won't work on the Dummy, though. https://xtracycle.com/products/edgerunner-all-in-one-rack
Personally, I love the Carsick Design slings.
Q) Thoughts on riding an electric cargo bike in the snow/slush?
I've done that. Studded tires, fat tires and a warming planet all make this more viable. Going slower helps too.
Seen a lot of posts on Lemmy with vegan-adjacent sentiments but the comments are typically very critical of vegan ideas, even when they don't come from vegans themselves. Why is this topic in particular so polarising on the internet? Especially since unlike politics for example, it seems like people don't really get upset by it...
I'm looking for a simple sendmail replacement to receive local mail, such as from cron and service failures and forward it to on to a real SMTP server....
The one problem with msmtp is that it doesn't rewrite headers, like "From: root / To: root". These are not required for SMTP, but they are required by some mail providers who will reject email that doesn't have an "@" sign in these headers. The author or msmtp has said he does not plan to add this feature.
I worked around the issue with my own sendmail wrapper that rewrites local addresses in From and To headers before passing the message to msmtp. Someone else posted such a script in this bug report:
How the amazingly burly ‘Buffalo Bicycle’ offers affordable transport to developing countries ( yt.artemislena.eu )
Alternative Youtube Link...
Is it practically impossible for a newcomer selfhost without using centralised services, and get DDOSed or hacked?
I understand that people enter the world of self hosting for various reasons. I am trying to dip my toes in this ocean to try and get away from privacy-offending centralised services such as Google, Cloudflare, AWS, etc....
Jeffco Sheriff: Man shoplifts bolt cutters from Walmart to steal kid’s e-bike locked up in front of store ( www.denver7.com )
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help identifying an alleged bike thief who, on Wednesday, shoplifted bolt cutters to steal a boy’s e-bike.
VPN by Google One shuts down ( 9to5google.com )
Anyone self hosting on Mac mini M1/M2?
I currently have a server, a Dell T310 with an SSD in it and 12Gig of ram (weird config, I know I messed up but it works fine so I can’t be bothered to change that for now), with all my dockers running in it....
immich: Does a SSD/HDD make a noticable difference?
I wonder if there is a nptocable difference between a HDD and SSD. Did someone already test it? I run it off a good SSD but wonder if a HDD would be enough.
Northern Ireland farmers 'aren’t trying to destroy environment' - BBC News ( www.bbc.co.uk )
Hosting a writefreely.org instance ( k.fe.derate.me )
Looking through the writefreely.org instances on their website, a lot of the links are dead or closed for registration. The one that is open and working is promoting a paid version. Is hosting a writefreely instance heavy on resources, attracting the wrong people or just not "cool" enough?
Rootless podman adguard home failing
I'm trying to get rootless podman to run adguard home on Debian 12. I run the docker-compose.yml file via podman-compose up -d....
A friend joked about making accounts for their dog on self hosted services, so that it could turn lights on and off. What are some unconventional things you've seen for pets and homelabs? ( upload.wikimedia.org )
Or rather, homelabs and home labs?...
Cargo Bikes Without Electric
Living in Montreal I’ve gotten to the point where I only ride my own bike when I’m transporting paniers of stuff or doing an overnight trip. I installed a double kickstand on my old bike and its worked well until today when my old frame kicked the bucket....
UK police could get Ghostbusters-style backpack devices to halt ebike getaways ( www.theguardian.com )
Device in development fires electromagnetic pulse that tricks ebikes and scooters into shutting off
Pro-Palestinian hunger strike at Princeton University marks 1 week ( newjersey.news12.com )
It comes after 13 students were arrested for trespassing late last month during a protest....
Systemd Looks to Replace sudo with run0 ( news.itsfoss.com )
[Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism?
Seen a lot of posts on Lemmy with vegan-adjacent sentiments but the comments are typically very critical of vegan ideas, even when they don't come from vegans themselves. Why is this topic in particular so polarising on the internet? Especially since unlike politics for example, it seems like people don't really get upset by it...
Recommendation for outgoing-only SMTP server
I'm looking for a simple sendmail replacement to receive local mail, such as from cron and service failures and forward it to on to a real SMTP server....