reluctant_squidd

joined 1 year ago
[–] reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

It’s the never ending battle between what’s secure and what’s practical. In order to have widespread adoption, it has to be easy. In order to be secure it requires layers of complication.

It’s a yin/yang battle.

A bank vault with walls 2 feet thick, 24/7 surveillance and requiring a two key unlock mechanism is secure compared to a house door lock on a regular suburban bungalow, but is it very practical?

The level of digital security generally attainable is limited by how likely someone is to use it.

2FA using keys is the closest I’ve seen to a happy medium, but it has to be implemented correctly. If the private keys are sitting on a cloud server somewhere and it gets hacked, is it more secure? Maybe not.

Just like real defence, the walls are only as good as the foundation or weakest point.

[–] reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

My self hosting journey is limited mostly by time. When I have it, I try out new setups or tweak my current one. Otherwise it’s just lower end maintenance and updates.

The last time I had ample time I managed to get a double WireGuard (both in and out) working, so that’s something I suppose.

I can’t see anything disagreeable in this summary from my own experience so far though. Great stuff!

[–] reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

IOT home devices using cell data? In Canada? It would either come with a hefty monthly fee, or the appliance company would lose their shirt.

Cell companies here put a lot of effort into keeping the prices up.

Might fly south of the border though.

[–] reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

So, what happens if I use pi-hole or adguard to block DNS for the advertisement TLDs, like I do for all the other gizmos in the house trying to show me ads or obtain telemetry data?

[–] reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 36 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It may seem like a small percentage loss when talking dollar for dollar subscription loss vs Disneys massive revenue, but the scarier thing for their board of directors is damage to their brand.

The thought that a situation like this could cause any long a lasting or irreparable harm to the iconic mouse ears in any way would make keep them awake at night.

[–] reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 41 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The awesome people in the world. The loud, mean ones are easier to spot and spew their crap confidently, but the less obnoxious, actually nice people are everywhere.

Don’t let the media and Internet fool you.

PS: And if you can help a decent human in need, please do.

[–] reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’m glad you have the opportunity to hit the reset button like that. It sounds like you have a positive look ahead for the change, which is half the battle in my opinion.

It might take some time to feel like you fit in better with your new group, but the extra effort is worth it ten fold if you do find your close friend group there.

Most of the best friendships I ever had started off a bit Rocky. And usually were not at all what I expected. Come to think of it, things are rarely what I expect.

Best of luck!

[–] reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago

My wife and I (mostly her) started some simpler growing this summer. We are both new at it.

Just basically a single raised garden with potatoes and carrots, a small compost bin and a little garden greenhouse.

I don’t think either of us were really expecting it to feel so rewarding to harvest food that we grew. It’s the most excited I have seen her about something since the kids were born. We are hoping to upscale a bit more next year with what we have learned so far.

Food forest concept isn’t something I have heard of, but I’ll definitely dig into it, so thanks for that!

[–] reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

I never really got the excitement as a kid. Why were adults so happy for another mouth to feed? Diapers to change?

Then I became an uncle and it made a lot more sense. Kids are hilarious. Early congrats for March!

[–] reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hard to say when for either. I can see fallout getting a serious rush put on it to try and catch the popularity wave of the show.

Hopefully that doesn’t encourage too much refurbished content from the older games though.

[–] reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Your life reads like it is the good kind of busy. Not the corporate phone ringing all the time kind, but the wholesome living it up kind. Love it!

[–] reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

That’s quite a find!

 

Apologies if this is a repeat post. I’m not as avid of a Lemmy user as most, probably. 

Someone not long ago asked what makes people unreasonably unhappy or angry. I wanted to flip that over and see what people are looking forward to?

No really topic here, just sharing, uplifting and learning. Maybe a post like this could help spark an interest in something for someone else. 

Me? Other than watching my family grow and me growing along with them, I would have to say I’m excited about learning.

More specifically, recent life has made it relevant for me to learn about solar off-grid systems. Though I know I have a lot of learning to do, I look forward to putting the knowledge to practice sometime in the near future. 

How about you?

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