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rolobio | 1 year ago | on: Push Notifications for Decentralized Services

I have Pushover. I love it. I have a bash alias that I use to notify me when some command completes. I get a notification on my phone, and a tap on my wrist letting me know some hours long task is complete, and I can do the next step.

I have a Octoprint integration which lets me know when 3d prints have completed.

You can also modify the priority of a message, so I can send "critical" events if I need to, although I use that rarely.

rolobio | 1 year ago | on: What's up with Lobste.rs blocking the Brave browser?

What about the constant Brave Premium ads? I got many notifications every day asking me to pay them, I couldn’t find a way to disable them. They had intrusive ads for premium in every new tab page as well.

Interrupting my work to ask me to send you money is unacceptable, Mozilla has never done that to me.

rolobio | 1 year ago | on: Make timelapses easily using FFmpeg

I looked into using ffmpeg to “compress” video podcasts by lowering the framerate a lot, but it didn’t seem to do as much as I thought (about 50% size reduction). The theory was that a video podcast is mostly talking heads with an occasional chart on the screen, so you really only need a frame every second, or five seconds.

rolobio | 1 year ago | on: Utah Locals Are Getting Cheap 10 Gbps Fiber Thanks to Local Governments

I’ve had fiber at my house from day one provided by a local ISP. Comcast came in and buried their own fiber lines (years later) for all the houses in my neighborhood. Soon after, my ISP bumped my speed and lowered my monthly bill.

We desperately need more competition. It’s the only thing that actually lowers prices.

Also, I will happily pay higher prices to never pay for Comcast again. So they won’t see a penny from me.

rolobio | 2 years ago | on: It's time to stop using SMS (2021)

I disabled my eBay app login pop up because it would never come. My login would sit pending forever. Would much prefer TOTP, even if a little slower.

rolobio | 2 years ago | on: It's time to stop using SMS (2021)

I disagree that SMS two factor is more secure than a password alone. I have found that once you enter your phone, it is more trusted than your password (meaning it alone can reset your password). A phone number is as secure as the least competent support person at your phone provider.

A password, with email reset is better. My email has two factors of authentication, rather than whatever my phone provider requires as proof.

rolobio | 2 years ago | on: A Return to Blu-ray as Streaming Value Evaporates

Agreed. When Netflix had just about everything, piracy took a big hit.

We need a return to Blockbuster-like selection, but streaming. A streaming service should purchases however many copies they are streaming, and replace them on a schedule as the copy “wears out”, like Blockbuster.

rolobio | 2 years ago | on: LibraryBox

I have an open-source project that is similar to this. Its purpose is to allow easy creation of an off-grid digital library. It can automatically download videos, archive web pages, PDFs, etc. It has a global search which searches all your files, as well as any Zim files you have downloaded (Wikipedia, etc). It also uses OpenStreetMap to display a map which renders the map tiles offline.

I would love more people to use it! Check it out: https://wrolpi.org

https://github.com/lrnselfreliance/wrolpi

rolobio | 2 years ago | on: Dune: Part Two Is the Best Sci-Fi Film of the Decade

I absolutely loved the first film. I am very excited for the second part. I enjoy long movies, so having two parts is good.

One part of the first movie that sticks out to me is seeing their space ships for the first time. It was such a different style of space ship that it (plus the music) really struck me in the moment and stayed with me.

rolobio | 2 years ago | on: Tell HN: Equifax free credit report dark patterns

Their data is pretty much always wrong for me. I share my father's name, so whenever I do a credit check they ask me about the homes I owned before I was even born... Unfortunately, my family has moved a lot and I can't remember all the addresses.

rolobio | 2 years ago | on: Escaping surveillance capitalism, at scale

After a bit of searching, apparently there is www.find.coop. I see most of the communities are in New York City. I'm sure they will welcome you in, just be sure to bring some money.

rolobio | 2 years ago | on: Tuna species popular in sashimi and poke bowls in sharp decline

I watched a documentary years ago about jellyfish invading Japan. Basically, the jellyfish population was exploding because the fish didn't exist to eat the baby jellyfish and keep them under control. The Japanese fishermen were furious that they kept catching jellyfish, rather than the fish that they wanted. They were the cause of their own suffering. Sounds like things haven't changed...

I hesitate to think that Japan could do something about it though. If they stopped over-fishing, that would just attract Chinese fishermen who would fill the gaps. Just can't win without global cooperation.

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