Aotearoa / New Zealand luthis • 5 months ago • 100%

May as well participate since we are lucky enough to have a voice in this country

Aotearoa / New Zealand luthis • 6 months ago • 84%

I'm not saying anyone *should,* just that they would have ample legal funding if they *did*... Still haven't seen any prosecution for when they blocked the motorway either.

Aotearoa / New Zealand luthis • 6 months ago • 100%

TL;DR An Australian pharmacy will continue to send lower-cost diabetes equipment across the Tasman, despite a cease and desist from a medical manufacturer. ... “This is $130 that my whānau, and many other whānau, could have in their pocket each month,” she told them. ... manufacturer Medtronic had sent David Jones Pharmacy a letter threatening legal action if the company continued to supply Kiwi customers with the sensors. ... The pharmacy was “not a legally authorised distributor of Medtronic diabetes products in New Zealand” ... “We have chosen to ignore [the letter] as it was built upon unsubstantiated accusations,” Le said. ... “It creates a massive inequity for families who don’t have the financial means to pay a weekly amount, and it’s also a contributing risk to longer term health outcomes. “It's really expensive to keep them alive. By not funding [sensors] you are risking the lives of kids who don't have that layer of privilege.” ____ I fucking hate this bullshit. Hong Le is a hero.

Asklemmy luthis • 6 months ago • 95%

Obviously, I am not in this situation. Related article, wondering what is happening to this woman's house/loans/expenses/rent/car payments/etc So before conviction, when you're being held pending court proceedings, it would be inconvenient to attend your work place during that time. So I'm wondering, what happens? If you're found not guilty after months of court hearings, are you just fucked over completely because the bank foreclosed on your house?

Linux luthis • 6 months ago • 33%

This makes no freakin sense to me, and it's driving me bonkers. Censored for work purposes obv. Hosts file: 1.1.1.1 site.com $ping site.com PING site.com (1.1.1.1) ^C $ping http://site.com ping: unknown host http://site.com *What??* Ping, You *JUST RESOLVED* site.com, why can't you resolve it now?? Why does the addition of the protocol break DNS resolution? It's CentOS 6.10, quite old.. /etc/nsswitch has: hosts: files dns Any pointers would be much appreciated.

Linux luthis • 6 months ago • 96%

Might be late to the party, but I just discovered you can do this. Super simple and easy to do. After having a read of the linked page, I backed up and just used this option: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Profile-sync-daemon Installed, created config, and enabled service: systemctl --user enable psd.service systemctl --user enable psd-resync.service I definitely notice an increase in speed and less SSD usage should hopefully increase lifespan. I'm sure there would be options for alternative distros, anything using Systemd should be able to use the daemon.

Asklemmy luthis • 7 months ago • 95%

Had someone contact me because a browser interface was 'down' and it was actually a cert issue. It surprised me that in an IT context, this person didn't have a basic understanding of SSL certs. They didn't even know how to add a cert exception. It got me thinking, what basic ubiquitous things am I a dumbass about outside of IT? Ive seen lots of 'fun facts' compilations, but it would be better to get a wide range of subject suggestions that I can spend 30 minutes each or less on, and become a more capable human. Like what subjects would plumbers consider basic knowledge? Chemical interactions between cleaning products and PVC pipes? What would an accountant or a landscaper consider to be so basic its shocking people can live their lives without knowing any of it? For most areas of expertise, its difficult to know even what the basics are to start with.

Stop Drinking luthis • 9 months ago • 97%

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nz/post/5047640 > After a sober new years because I was on call, I decided to keep it going. > > Here's what I'm doing that is helping me so far: > > - No caffeine. It puts me on a rise/crash cycle where I end up going for the beer just to get through the evening. > > - No alcohol lying around; environment is stronger than willpower. > > - Keeping busy until the liquor stores close > > - Eating properly and regularly, so I never reach a state of low energy and low willpower. Because you know a beer will fix that *real quick* and then you're back in the cycle. > > Also really helps after ADHD diagnosis and having medication to kill the uneasy itchiness that I was using alcohol for.

After a sober new years because I was on call, I decided to keep it going. Here's what I'm doing that is helping me so far: - No caffeine. It puts me on a rise/crash cycle where I end up going for the beer just to get through the evening. - No alcohol lying around; environment is stronger than willpower. - Keeping busy until the liquor stores close - Eating properly and regularly, so I never reach a state of low energy and low willpower. Because you know a beer will fix that *real quick* and then you're back in the cycle. Also really helps after ADHD diagnosis and having medication to kill the uneasy itchiness that I was using alcohol for.

Dreams, Dreaming, etc. luthis • 9 months ago • 100%

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10175952 > Right before I fall asleep, I'll remember some random details of a dream I had when I was 5-10 years old. It changes each night, but never is a newer dream. > > Does that happen to anyone else?

Not The Onion luthis • 9 months ago • 94%

www.stuff.co.nz

But what if they hit the brown note?

Mountain Biking luthis • 9 months ago • 100%

I thought it was an access hole to get to the cables inside the seat tube, but when I unscrewed the square black plastic plate, it's just a flat bare metal surface, with a vertical slot cut in offset from the centre. Is this for a chain guide?? Seems too high for that. I can't find anything in the user manuals on Giant Trance (this is a 2018 Trance 2).

Linux luthis • 9 months ago • 95%

Any explanation on how this happens? Access: 2023-12-14 07:57:28.376736001 +1300 Modify: 2023-12-14 07:50:20.783207177 +1300 Change: 2023-12-14 07:51:57.413989824 +1300 Birth: 2023-12-14 07:51:57.413989824 +1300 Just as a matter of curiosity

Aotearoa / New Zealand luthis • 9 months ago • 100%

www.stuff.co.nz

....What the fuck?

Linux luthis • 9 months ago • 88%

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nz/post/4294116 > I have a file with content like this: > > ``` > item({ > ["attr"] = { > ["size"] = "62091"; > ["filename"] = "qBuUP9-OTfuzibt6PQX4-g.jpg"; > ["stamp"] = "2023-12-05T19:31:37Z"; > ["xmlns"] = "urn:xmpp:http:upload:0"; > ["content-type"] = "image/jpeg"; > }; > ["key"] = "Wa4AJWFldqRZjBozponbSLRZ"; > ["with"] = "email@address"; > ["when"] = 1701804697; > ["name"] = "request"; > }); > ``` > > I need to know what format this is, and if there exists a tool in linux already to parse this or if I need to write one myself? > > Thanks!

Programming luthis • 9 months ago • 97%

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nz/post/4294116 > I have a file with content like this: > > ``` > item({ > ["attr"] = { > ["size"] = "62091"; > ["filename"] = "qBuUP9-OTfuzibt6PQX4-g.jpg"; > ["stamp"] = "2023-12-05T19:31:37Z"; > ["xmlns"] = "urn:xmpp:http:upload:0"; > ["content-type"] = "image/jpeg"; > }; > ["key"] = "Wa4AJWFldqRZjBozponbSLRZ"; > ["with"] = "email@address"; > ["when"] = 1701804697; > ["name"] = "request"; > }); > ``` > > I need to know what format this is, and if there exists a tool in linux already to parse this or if I need to write one myself? > > Thanks!

Linux luthis • 9 months ago • 95%

I have a file with content like this: ``` item({ ["attr"] = { ["size"] = "62091"; ["filename"] = "qBuUP9-OTfuzibt6PQX4-g.jpg"; ["stamp"] = "2023-12-05T19:31:37Z"; ["xmlns"] = "urn:xmpp:http:upload:0"; ["content-type"] = "image/jpeg"; }; ["key"] = "Wa4AJWFldqRZjBozponbSLRZ"; ["with"] = "email@address"; ["when"] = 1701804697; ["name"] = "request"; }); ``` I need to know what format this is, and if there exists a tool in linux already to parse this or if I need to write one myself? Thanks!

Asklemmy luthis • 10 months ago • 96%

A recent article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/301022706/prepare-to-find-another-70-a-week-to-get-by-in-2024-asb says: `..if households decided the worst was over and started to feel more confident about spending, it could push up inflation` But I thought it was the opposite; More spending means more demand means more supply, which means production costs go down (due to economies of scale)… so inflation goes down? But saving means less spending, means less demand, means less income for business, means costs go up.. so inflation would rise?

Aotearoa / New Zealand luthis • 10 months ago • 100%

www.stuff.co.nz

Alright guys, here's my game plan. Start drinking. Really, build that daily habit until you're spending at least $70 per week on alcohol. Then just stop drinking next year. Problem solved!

Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland luthis • 10 months ago • 100%

ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

I'm so keen for this one. I would use it all the time. I have to ride out to Howick for a nice seaside ride: 

ADHD luthis • 10 months ago • 100%

I realised this feeling is why I have such an issue avoiding caffeine, even more after starting on ritalin. It's that, "I'm really starting to feel awake and capable now" feeling, sometimes a light tenseness in the back of the neck. What is going on here, neuronically? Also a time when I *really* crave nicotine. I'm trying to quit the nicotine so if I can understand this feeling, I can make a strategy to avoid it.

Asklemmy luthis • 10 months ago • 90%

like, GiantHairyNipplemonsters.com.. Or maybe better, the domain for beer brewed especially for gamers.. Game Ale. "... that was.. luthis at.. gaymail.. .com???" "Exactly, luthis@gameale.com." ".. g a y..m a i l?" "What?? No! GAME *ALE* dot com!" Just the random shit that comes into my brain when I walk without other stimulus.. surely I'm not the only one.

Linux luthis • 10 months ago • 88%

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nz/post/4034332 > Not sure what I'm doing wrong here, I'm using this image: > > https://hub.docker.com/r/bitnami/wordpress-nginx > > I updated the compose file to have un/pw for mariadb: > > ``` > mariadb: > image: docker.io/bitnami/mariadb:11.1 > volumes: > - '/etc/docker/mariadb-persist:/bitnami/mariadb' > environment: > - ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=no > - MARIADB_USER=admin > - MARIADB_PASSWORD=admin > - MARIADB_DATABASE=bitnami_wordpress > ``` > > But I get this error: > > 2023-12-03 19:03:02 3 [Warning] Access denied for user 'admin'@'172.18.0.3' (using password: NO) > > using password: NO??

Docker luthis • 10 months ago • 100%

Not sure what I'm doing wrong here, I'm using this image: https://hub.docker.com/r/bitnami/wordpress-nginx I updated the compose file to have un/pw for mariadb: ``` mariadb: image: docker.io/bitnami/mariadb:11.1 volumes: - '/etc/docker/mariadb-persist:/bitnami/mariadb' environment: - ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=no - MARIADB_USER=admin - MARIADB_PASSWORD=admin - MARIADB_DATABASE=bitnami_wordpress ``` But I get this error: 2023-12-03 19:03:02 3 [Warning] Access denied for user 'admin'@'172.18.0.3' (using password: NO) using password: NO??

Asklemmy luthis • 10 months ago • 98%

Sony is [Sony is about to delete Mythbusters, Naked and Afraid, and tons of other Discovery shows from PlayStation users’ libraries even if they already “purchased” them.](https://kotaku.com/sony-ps4-ps5-discovery-mythbusters-tv-1851066164?) So, if you bought a DVD licensed by Sony, can they now legally enter your house and take your DVD? Or can Sony have some sort of DRM that prevents the DVD from playing when Sony loses the license agreement? I'm just trying to reconcile how digital purchases can be subject to license terms changes, while a DVD apparently can't be.

Aotearoa / New Zealand luthis • 10 months ago • 100%

www.stuff.co.nz

So let me get this straight... Lease some piece of gravel and put a shitty drive thru coffee stand on it. Fine people when they drive thru to get the coffee. Get $$$. It's so simple! Instead of selling $5 coffees, you're selling $100 'parking' fines! Genius!! Anyone else want to go in on this with me?

Lemmy Shitpost luthis • 10 months ago • 96%


Linux luthis • 10 months ago • 100%

Good morning all, in today's episode of "What I learned during work hours"... I was playing around with wxHexEditor and realised that if something catastrophic happened, I would really struggle with any data recovery if I lost the inode tables for any drive. A quick duckle pointed me to e2image, which says in the man: > It is a very good idea to create image files for all file systems on a system and save the partition layout (which can be generated using the fdisk -l command) at regular intervals --- at boot time, and/or every week or so. I couldn't find any prebuilt solutions for this online, so I wrote a systemd service and timer to do this for me. I save the fdisk to a text file, run e2image on a couple drives, and compress it all together in a dated 7z that can get uploaded via rsync or Mega or Dropbox etc. The metadata image from a 500gb drive is 8gb, but compresses down to 40mb. Backup takes a couple minutes. ~~Unfortunately this does *not* work with my raid drives, but they are RAID1 so already resilient.~~ Apparently I was being a derp somehow. ...Anyways, My RAID drives are 16TB, e2image of this is 125gb, and 7z'd it comes down to just 63mb. I'll post the service, timer, and backup script in a comment, let me know if you can spot anywhere for improvements!

Linux luthis • 10 months ago • 100%

Again, please tell me if there is a better way to do this. While testing docker, frequently I need to start/stop/rm containers. I got *real sick* of having to ls them and copy paste the container ID. Using this alias, I just have to remember a single part of the name of the container, and I will get the container IDs that can then be included as part of another command: ``` $ alias dcl='_dcl(){ docker container ls -aq -f name="$1";}; _dcl' $ dcl snikket b3fcbc808cc9 1947885fbb24 054d67d2e8b9 d8fe9df5f61f ``` So now that I'm getting a list of IDs, I can easily, for example, pause all of them: ``` $ docker container pause $( dcl snikket ) Error response from daemon: container is not running Error response from daemon: container is not running Error response from daemon: container is not running Error response from daemon: container is not running ``` The containers weren't actually running, but this shows the alias working. dcl obviously stands for 'docker container ls'

Linux luthis • 10 months ago • 100%

Someone tell me if there is a better way to do this, but I don't see how. I needed a way to see which services I have *enabled* that I have manually stopped. There oddly isn't a way to do this in one command, so I had to take the output of list-unit-files 'enabled', and use that to filter for 'list-units'. The command is here: ` alias sysstop='systemctl list-units --state=failed,dead,exited $( systemctl list-unit-files --state=enabled --type=service | awk "/.*\.service/ {print }" )' ` So now I can remember that I need to restart mariadb and nginx at some point: ``` $ sysstop UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION blueman-mechanism.service loaded inactive dead Bluetooth management mechanism mariadb.service loaded inactive dead MariaDB 11.2.2 database server NetworkManager-wait-online.service loaded active exited Network Manager Wait Online nginx.service loaded inactive dead A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server systemd-homed-activate.service loaded active exited Home Area Activation systemd-networkd-wait-online.service loaded active exited Wait for Network to be Configured ``` My other aliases are here, in case anyone finds these helpful. I use them frequently myself. ``` alias sysdis='systemctl list-unit-files --type=service --state=disabled' alias sysdisuser='systemctl list-unit-files --type=service --state=disabled --user' alias sysen='systemctl list-unit-files --type=service --state=enabled' alias sysenuser='systemctl list-unit-files --type=service --state=enabled --user' alias sysfail='systemctl list-units --type=service --state=failed' alias sysrun='systemctl list-units --type=service --state=running' alias sysrunuser='systemctl list-units --type=service --state=running --user' alias sysstatic='systemctl list-units --type=service --state=static' ```

Linux luthis • 10 months ago • 100%

Just having a play around, this turned out to be not as clear cut as expected. so I created a file and entered some text, used xxd to get the hex values, and then opened the device /dev/sdb1 in wxhexeditor and tried to find my file, but it's not finding it. Inode is 19, so it should be right at the start of the first block group, but after several minutes, no joy. (drive is ext4.) I thought this was going to be an easy task, just multiply the inode by the block size, open the device with wxhexeditor, and scroll to the line corresponding to the calculated byte, copy out the hex values and convert to ascii and voila, there's the 'hello world'... except no. What am I missing here? Drive isn't encrypted, nothing silly like that. Ok, I managed to do it with dd: ``` sudo dd if=/dev/sdb1 bs=8M skip=$((4660742*4096)) iflag=skip_bytes | head -c 4096 hello ``` but why can I not find it using wxhexeditor?? EDIT: Duh, I didn't click that offset needed to be multiplied by the block size. If I go to offset 4660742*4096=19090399232 in wxhexeditor, indeed I see the file contents:  Final conclusion: After some more testing, I have concluded: you cannot easily calculate the offset using the inode. Finding files across the disk requires using the inode tables to get the offset and actual file location. So an inode does not correlate with a physical/logical sequential disk location. I created a new file, it received inode 21, but the offset was smaller than inode 19. Was that a good use of 3 hours of my life? Well... I still have no idea what's up with the Kardashians, so.. I guess?

Linux luthis • 10 months ago • 95%

From homectl: Home directories managed by systemd-homed.service are usually in one of two states, ... when "active" they are unlocked and mounted, and thus accessible to the system and its programs; ... Activation happens automatically at login of the user What does 'login' mean? For example, I created a user and tried to `su -l test`, but I got: cannot change directory to /home/test. What is required to 'activate' a homed directory if not a login shell?

Aotearoa / New Zealand luthis • 10 months ago • 83%

www.stuff.co.nz

What is up with all the 'threats' all of a sudden? Bomb threats, shooter threats, it went from never to this year it's every couple months. Am I remembering incorrectly?

Asklemmy luthis • 10 months ago • 98%

This is going to be more of a life pro tip, but trying to reach the largest audience here. Just had a frantic neighbour knocking at my door saying there is a fire in her oven. I was over there in under 60 seconds with the fire extinguisher. There was a pot of oil on fire wedged between the element and the rack. No way to quickly and safely remove it, so I blasted it. If I had tried to remove the pan, it's likely it would have ended up spilling burning oil everywhere and making the situation much worse. Now they just have a house full of dust to clean. Will replace our extinguisher today and am considering buying a few more to gift this Christmas.

Linux luthis • 10 months ago • 100%

I solved this problem for myself yesterday and couldn't find the answer anywhere online (clearly stated), so here's what I did. This also works for Plex, games, etc it's policy based routing so you can have your VPN and remote access at the same time. This configuration is for your ssh server (ie your home PC) that has a VPN running like ProtonVPN etc and allows you to connect back to your home PC remotely either for SSH, plex, anything you're serving. This is changing the default gateway for particular ports, so that return traffic from connection attempts doesn't go back out through the VPN. I used this page to figure out how to do this: http://linux-ip.net/html/tools-ip-rule.html Add a default route to some table, arbitrarily table 10 but you can use whatever number (RTFM), also obviously needs to be your router IP ` sudo ip route add default via 192.168.19.1 table 10` Add a rule for the return traffic from your ssh host ` sudo ip rule add sport 22 table 10` ` sudo ip route flush cache` check out your fancy new rule ` ip rule show` And to make this persistent across reboots, add to: `/etc/systemd/network/20-wired.network` (or whatever your file there is, add the following to the bottom. This is the same as above, just permanent) ``` [Route] Gateway=192.168.19.1 Table=10 [RoutingPolicyRule] SourcePort=22 Table=10 ```

Linux luthis • 10 months ago • 91%

Will we all be fucked or is there a Linus 2?

Aotearoa / New Zealand luthis • 11 months ago • 88%

/s obviously  On a side note, anyone know if we can embed videos yet? Had to rip it from instagram. Credits to jammylammyofficial