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Is Mac Mini suitable for self-hosted server?
  • i have one running debian as a secondary backup to run just smart home stuff and pi-hole. you can set it up to start back up after power failure. was like $50 used. there's basically no point in it being a mac rather than an old lenovo machine, but it sure is cute looking.

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    `d$$'     ,$P"'   .    $$$    Uptime: 1 day, 3 hours, 35 mins
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  • Excluding shorts from Youtube RSS feeds in FreshRSS, regardless of #shorts in the title

    this is a really underdocumented feature that this extension supports, wanted to share it with people. i've never written and shared a blog post like this before so feel free to give me tips about documenting steps or point out any errors i made. i kinda take docker knowldge for granted, not sure if i should avoid that. here's the contents:

    --- I came across documentation for this in the readme for the FreshRSS extension YoutubeChannel2RssFeed. The method involves running an instance of the Youtube-operational-API (there was a public instance that has been cease and desisted by Google, see here) and plugging the extension into it.

    YoutubeChannel2RssFeed Extension

    TL;DR install this extension

    git clone https://github.com/cn-tools/cntools_FreshRssExtensions.git cd cntools_FreshRssExtension cp -r xExtension-YouTubeChannel2RssFeed <your_freshrss_data_directory>/config/www/freshrss/extensions

    Youtube-operational-API instance

    Here's a Docker compose.yml for running both services: freshrss: image: lscr.io/linuxserver/freshrss:latest container_name: freshrss environment: - PUID=1000 - PGID=1000 - TZ=America/Los_Angeles volumes: - ./freshrss/config:/config ports: - "8811:80"" restart: unless-stopped youtube-operational-api: container_name: freshrss-yt-o-api image: benjaminloison/youtube-operational-api:latest restart: unless-stopped ports: - "8812:80" depends_on: - freshrss

    Configuring extension

    In FreshRSS, log in as admin and go to Configuration > Extensions. Turn on YoutubeChannel2RssFeed under User extensions and click the gear to configure.

    Set Youtube Shorts to be marked as read or blocked completely. Enter the URL for your yt-o-api instance. Based on the above compose file it would be http://freshrss-yt-o-api:8812. Submit changes.

    For me this worked immediately, no shorts ever show up in FreshRSS for my Youtube feeds. I haven't seen this documented anywhere else so I wanted to mirror it somewhere.

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    Amazon leaks tiny Mac Mini with M4 chip
  • it looks cute, i would worry about it being so small + light that the cables push it around but that doesn't really happen for the apple tv and this will probably be heavier. might be an upgrade path from my M1 iMac one day, but good 4k monitors are still way too expensive.

  • Actual Budget is a fantastic FOSS budgeting tool that you can self-host
  • i've been enjoying it, the docs are really good. i think it could be a little "smarter" like with recognizing schedules, but it'll only get better. a major limiting factor for me that isn't any fault of actual is that my apple card either through simplefin or manually exporting only allows download of the previous month's transactions after closing. so for that account it's not really useful for seeing where i'm at budget-wise halfway through the month, only in retrospect and forecasting.

  • Red Dead Redemption coming to PC later this month
  • for a game that came out when this one did and on the hardware it did, would you prefer a $20 basic, well-performing but aged looking port, or a $60 remaster? but if other comments are right we'll get a $60 bad port lol

  • Services for removing your data from public databases
  • ars posted this article today: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/its-not-worth-paying-to-be-removed-from-people-finder-sites-study-says/

    takeaways:

    1. the paid automated options don't work very well
    2. easyoptouts had the best success rate at (only) 65%
    3. claims connections between the data sites and removal sites -- i certainly saw a few ads on the sites but nothing points any fingers at any of the services mentioned in the comments here.

    i ended up using kanary and optery in the free tier and doing the removals manually. but to follow up on my OP, there's no service i've seen that goes any deeper than what comes up on google, which is disappointing. there are larger, private databases (such as lexisnexis) which was hoping to be able to get out of.

  • Services for removing your data from public databases
  • Yeah true. I think what I'm looking for is a reasonable cost/benefit/time investment, like maybe I'll order a Kanary scan once a year and manually opt them all out. I did kanary this afternoon and the vast majority only had my voter registration info, but a few had attached my cell number which might be from the WhoIs data. If I can slow the spread of that for <$20/year I'll feel satisfied.

  • Services for removing your data from public databases

    Last year I did a major fuckup and bought a .us domain without noticing that they don't support WhoIs privacy, so my name number and address became part of the public WhoIs database scrapes. Since then my spam texts and calls have vastly multiplied. I'm realistic about the fact that the damage is done and it'll always exist out there, but I would happily pay some money to a service that sends takedown requests for the data in the public databases like LexisNexis etc. to lessen the damage. Do you know of any services that do this somewhat reliably? Or even a guide or something about doing this manually?

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    Separate 2FA OTP app from my password manager

    Do you think it's worth keeping 2FA OTPs in a separate source from your password manager? Currently I keep them in Bitwarden. I was thinking keeping them separate could add a little extra security in case my BW was cracked, but not sure it's worth the hassle of loading a second app for logins.

    Do you know of an app that does 2FAs as conveniently as Bitwarden, in that it has mobile apps, browser extension, etc that can all access the same vault?

    here's one i came across from an awesome-selfhosted list. i would need to test the PWA experience https://github.com/Bubka/2FAuth

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    Bunch of press conferences @ media day

    Joe Cronin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGB_3bw26-w

    Chauncey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzN1BNTHZB8

    Deandre Ayton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ6Rd_9EWqs

    Grant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=564IFxCleYs

    Simons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDwuQssdzXo

    Scoot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS9joawaDOk

    Shaedon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWztvp-f2GI

    Thybulle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHDTHKdSwCI

    Jabari: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQw8G8bKwb4

    Kevin Knox II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9byZy86u6g

    Rayan Rupert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_g7AEeJoEg

    Kris Murray: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLJiOpGbVsk

    Tounami Camara: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_X7qF_zq-o

    Dewayne Hankins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIWzVfrKNRE

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    www.oregonlive.com MLS suspends Aljaz Ivacic for threatening language toward Portland Timbers staff

    Ivacic was suspended in the wake of a complaint he filed with the MLSPA, and an increasingly ugly dispute with the club.

    MLS suspends Aljaz Ivacic for threatening language toward Portland Timbers staff
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    2K24’s commentary already has Damian Lillard in Miami

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    Trimet Blog - It’s time for a crackdown on public drug use

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    Portland Timbers part ways with head coach Giovanni Savarese

    www.timbers.com Portland Timbers part ways with head coach Giovanni Savarese | PTFC

    Club names assistant coach Miles Joseph interim head coach for remainder of season

    Portland Timbers part ways with head coach Giovanni Savarese | PTFC
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    iCloud Drive stuck uploading - my current best solution and your experience

    If anyone else has dealt with iCloud Drive constantly getting stuck uploading I wanted to share the best solution I have so far and ask if anyone has fixed it another way.

    What I've figured out from reading Apple support and Reddit threads is that there's a daemon called bird at /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CloudDocsDaemon.framework/Versions/A/Support/bird that handles syncing, and killing it forcing it to restart usually gets things working again.

    My oneliner script to kill it to force a restart: pid=$(ps -ax | pgrep bird | awk '{print}'); kill $pid

    But sometimes it restarts and gets stuck the same way. Do you get this issue? Figured anything out about it?

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    TIL Yahoo Sports still publishes schedule calendar feeds

    Wasn't sure where to post this so I'll just share it with the ripcity gang. I used to use stanza.co which is what nba.com links to for adding season schedules to your calendar, but now that requires signing up and has weird ticket purchase ads in the events. Then I was using sportscalendar.net for a while, but it went down.

    Eventually I figured out that Yahoo sports publishes a full season calendar at https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/por/ical.ics , and this is the same for every team page there, like if you add /ical.ics after https://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/teams/portland-timbers you get a subscription link to add to your calendar. Super convenient.

    For me on iOS/macOS, you add a subscription calendar and paste the url with the .ics at the end.

    Bonus, they also still publish their news feed to rss at https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/por/rss/

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    noisypixel.net New Atelier Project Announcement Coming August 8, 2023 - Noisy Pixel

    Gust has announced that on August 8, 2023, at 7 AM ET/ 4 AM PT, that the next game in the Atelier franchise will be announced. No details...

    New Atelier Project Announcement Coming August 8, 2023 - Noisy Pixel
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    Falcom @lemmy.world slug @lemmy.world

    Promethium Books Partners with Nihon Falcom to produce TTRPGs

    www.promethiumbooks.com Promethium Books Partners with Nihon Falcom to produce TTRPGs — Promethium Books

    Promethium Books announced a partnership with Nihon Falcom to produce two original tabletop RPG games based on the popular Ys and The Legend of Heroes video game series.

    >Promethium Books, a publisher of the Curesbrand Chronicles, Epic Age, and Advent Horizon tabletop role-playing games, today announced a partnership with Nihon Falcom, the developer of the popular Ys and The Legend of Heroes (also known as Trails) video game series, to produce two original tabletop RPG games based on the two franchises.

    >The first game, Ys: Age of Heroes, will be a traditional fantasy TTRPG set in the world of Ys, where players can take on the role of heroes following the footsteps of Adol Christin and his friends, exploring the dangerous lands of Ys while battling the forces of evil.

    >The second game, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Destiny, will be a more modern TTRPG where players face the complex political backdrop of the continent of Zemuria, investigating mysteries and fighting the forces of corruption.

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    Falcom @lemmy.world slug @lemmy.world

    The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails - Gameplay Trailer

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    noisypixel.net Ys X Nordics Reveals Highly Disturbing Anthropomorphic Pikkard Costume - Noisy Pixel

    Developer Nihon Falcom has revealed a new pre-order bonus for their upcoming action JRPG Ys X Nordics, comprising an outfit...

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    Do you listen to any blazers podcasts?

    I’ve been listening to podcasts more lately and there are quite a few blazers shows, wondering which you guys like. YouTube shows work too, or even share if you follow anyone on social media that covers the team.

    The ones I’m subscribed to right now:

    BlazerFocused, which is by the Oregonian. The show is chill and I feel like they must have some good editorial standards being connected to major news organization.

    The Brief Case, which is Casey Holdahl’s show, very insider since he works directly with the team, gets player interviews, not very critical since he’s so close to things.

    Locked on Blazers, shorter weekday episodes by Mike Richman. Seems knowledgeable.

    any other good ones? as a bonus, the Oregonian also has a Timbers show called Soccer made in Portland.

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    Falcom @lemmy.world slug @lemmy.world
    noisypixel.net Falcom Working On Something "Brand New" That Isn't Ys Or Trails - Noisy Pixel

    Outlet PushSquare recently conducted an interview with the President of Nihon Falcom, Toshihiro Kondo, about the recently released Trails into...

    Plus the full interview: https://www.pushsquare.com/features/interview-falcom-boss-talks-everything-trails-reverie-importance-of-western-fans-and-more

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    Has Twitter killed Nitter?

    github.com R.I.P. Nitter 🪦😭 · Issue #919 · zedeus/nitter

    https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/30/twitter-now-requires-an-account-to-view-tweets/ the nitter crawler will need to be recreated...

    pour one out.

    edit 1: maybe temporary? paste cause i can't even put it on archive.is right now: >@AqueelMiq this is a temporary restriction, we will re-enable logged out twitter access in the near future

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    noisypixel.net Atelier Ryza Trilogy Sells 2 Million Units Worldwide - Noisy Pixel

    Gust has announced that the Atelier Ryza trilogy has sold over two million units worldwide. To celebrate this milestone, new artwork...

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    Ys series turns 36 today

    Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished was released June 21, 1987.

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    Ys X Nordics Teases New Song, “Those Who Live on the Distant Sea”

    noisypixel.net Ys X Nordics Teases New Song, "Those Who Live On The Distant Sea"  - Noisy Pixel

    Developer Nihon Falcom has teased another new track for their upcoming action JRPG Ys X Nordics, which, when translated, reads...

    https://twitter.com/nihonfalcom/status/1670719033631739904

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