https://cablespaghetti.dev/hosting-a-fediverse-instance-on-an-original-raspberry-pi.html

#snac #snac2 #alpinelinux #linux #raspberrypi

One slightly weird thing I had is that inbound #ipv6 traffic on both SSH and HTTPS was returning a "connection reset by peer" for a while. It seems to be working now, but if some IPv6 folks can check https://cablespaghetti.dev loads properly over v6 for them now, it would put my mind at rest.

If you’re a UK resident and/or a UK citizen, please make sure you sign this petition. It’s at almost 80k signatures and it’s got 3 weeks left to get to 100k.

‘Legally enshrine the right of adults to physically transition using NHS services’

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/704793

#trans #TransRightAreHumanRights

I may have to move it to slightly more powerful hardware for my own sanity…

https://archive.org/details/archiveteam-btinternet?sort=-date

Good morning Fedi!!

It came with a driver CD-ROM! How retro is that! I have some old machines with optical drives, but I’m pretty sure that’s not the norm in 2025…

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A Canon Pixma printer box with a black cd-rom on top

SpaceX Burnt Up 472 Starlink Broadband Satellites in Last 6 Months https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2025/07/spacex-burnt-up-472-starlink-broadband-satellites-in-last-6-months.html

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Starlink-satellites-in-orbit-around-the-earth

Bob Vylan statement released today. 👏

#BobVylan #Gaza #Genocide

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Statement by Bob Vylan: "Not the First. Not the Last. Today, a good many people would have you believe a punk band is the number one threat to world peace. Last week it was a Palestine pressure group, the week before that it was another band. We are not for the death of Jews, Arabs or any other race or group of people. We are for the dismantling of a violent military machine. A machine whose own soldiers were told to use ‘unnecessary lethal force' against innocent civilians waiting for aid. A machine that has destroyed much of Gaza. We, like those in the spotlight before us, are not the story. We are a distraction from the story. And whatever sanctions we receive will be a distraction. The government doesn't want us to ask why they remain silent in the face of this atrocity? To ask why they aren't doing more to stop the killing? To feed the starving? The more time they talk about Bob Vylan, the less time they spend. Answering for their criminal inaction. We are being targeted for speaking up. We are not the first. We will not be the last. And if you care for the sanctity of human life and freedom of speech, we urge you to speak up, too. Free Palestine."

Half a million Spotify users are unknowingly grooving to an AI-generated band
A supposed band called The Velvet Sundown has released two albums of AI slop this month.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/half-a-million-spotify-users-are-unknowingly-grooving-to-an-ai-generated-band/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

I've had admin powers at 5+ companies' Google Workspace/G Suite over the past decade or so. Every single one had groups which were misconfigured, often so anyone in the whole company could join without approval or see the message history at https://groups.google.com without being a member at all.

This is because for any sensible configuration of Google Groups when using it for email groups you have to use the "Custom" permissions mode. The default Public mode doesn't allow external people to email the group, but does allow the whole company to see all the messages. The default Team mode, has the same problem of everyone being able to see all the messages.

Also let's not forget that dangerous little "Anyone in the organisation can join" toggle at the bottom which is on by default. So any random new starter can join your confidential company directors group and get all the emails sent to it.

Giving Google the benefit of the doubt here, I think the reasoning might be that Google Groups is intended as a kind of company forum, not for private email groups. However that isn't how anyone uses it in my experience...

#security #infosec #google #googleworkspace

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Screenshot of the default Google Group settings for team mode

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Screenshot of the default Google Group settings for public mode

I tried tuning various parameters but after some reading came to the conclusion that lots of small files with very little RAM is about the worst case scenario for XFS.

#linux #snac #btrfs

On the resilience from home batteries and solar though, watch out. Most systems will turn off in the event of a power cut. It’s something about avoiding back-feeding to the grid. If you want this you need to specifically get a system with an “emergency mode” or something like that.

This is going to be an experience!

#linux #xfs

Anyway I point new users at Linux Mint rather than Ubuntu now, but obviously everyone has their different opinions which is probably part of the problem. 🤷

CC: @_elena@mastodon.social

https://youtube.com/watch?v=kBbiCrsk7RM&si=6fb3Sf5skdRXhIqg

I don't know how many web sites out there implement Webmention (I guess very few), but given that it has been very simple to implement, here it is.

Long live the non-big-tech Internet.

#Webmention #IndieWeb

I quickly restarted the service from the platform but then it got killed again and I didn’t notice until this evening. I have now rebooted the server, maybe that will help until I get home from my camping trip with my kids.

For those who don’t care about my latest ADHD obsession, don’t worry I’m sure I’ll move on to a different one soon, and here’s a steam train…

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A black narrow 2’ gauge steam train with people around it on the Brecon Mountain Railway. The plaque on the front says it was made in Philadelphia in 1930.

It’s the weekend! 🎉
Going somewhere nerdy? 
Add it to the map! 🗺️

https://nerdydaytrips.org
#nerdydaytrips

> So consistent with the theme of this series, I found the oldest and slowest 2.5" hard disk (an IDE 40GB Fujitsu from 2004), random USB adapter and a powered USB 2.0 hub to connect up to my terrible server.

https://cablespaghetti.dev/fedi/sam/p/1750370660.367621

I like this idea of hosting web stuff at home with the most basic stuff you have lying around (see also http://home.wezm.net/~wmoore/cgi-bin/about.cgi). We need a name for such things. Someone needs to come up with something better than #DustyDrawerComputing or #TerribleServer @sam