DeltaTangoLima @ DeltaTangoLima @reddrefuge.com

Just an Aussie tech guy - home automation, ESP gadgets, networking. Also lo

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are you better off today than 4 years ago?

Reagan also used that against Carter way back. Meaningless, yet effective.

I think it's important to remember how/why our most recent leaders (before Albo) were elected.

Abbott was only (just) elected because the voters got the shits with the Labor Party's Rudd-Gillard-Rudd circle jerk before - surprise, surprise - the Libs started also started doing their own Brutus-to-Caesar act.

That fuckwittery ended up giving us Morrison's first term (winning the multiple spill-wank that ultimately ousted Turnbull), whose actual elected second term was when he ran against Bill Shorten. Arguably, any train station meth-head could have beaten Shorten just by having - y'know - a policy. Man was invisible.

My point is, up until we got Rudd, most of our PMs played the long game, regardless of what it meant for their own careers. For example, Howard managed to get both sides to vote in favour of gun reform after Port Arthur, even though that meant some senators were committing political suicide by supporting it. That was in '96, at the very beginning of Howard's near-12 year stint in the top job. Proof that we all used to value long-term vision over short-term politics.

We haven't had a single leader (either in office or opposition) with the same long-term vision ever since. It's all about the next election, and the fastest way to win it is to appeal to the populist base. Which brings us to the current head-kicking potato the Libs have in charge.

I definitely agree regarding your fears on the majority's views on Trumpist bullshit. Something about wankers like Dutton speaking inside thoughts out loud is helping people feel they have license to do the same. I really do hope we're better than that here...

Hmmm - interesting. I hadn't bothered to check before now, but I'm seeing something similar on one of the two PBS CTs I run.

Comparing the output of netstat -lantop on both CTs, I can see that the one with more outbound traffic has more waiting connections from localhost on port 82, the port Proxmox Backup Servers provides its API over:

    
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:51562         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (40.38/0/0)
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:56342         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (29.92/0/0)
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:44864         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (58.94/0/0)
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:45028         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (11.88/0/0)
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:44026         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (48.66/0/0)
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:44852         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (58.80/0/0)
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:59620         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (0.00/0/0)
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:56374         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (30.98/0/0)
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:51544         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (39.98/0/0)
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:59642         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (0.00/0/0)
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:45008         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (10.92/0/0)
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:45016         127.0.0.1:82            TIME_WAIT   -                    timewait (11.76/0/0)

  

I'm wondering if the graph is pulling aggregated network data, including the loopback interface. If so, and it's all just port 82 stuff on 127.0.0.1, then it's probably nothing to worry about.

Edit: found this forum post that seems to indicate it's aggregating all the byte values from /proc/dev/net, so this is probably nothing to worry about if your netstat output, like mine, only shows API conections to/from 127.0.0.1 on port 82.

Seriously - the whole thing is such a befuddling mess to us non-Americans.

How exactly can one win the popular vote but not the actual election? From the outside, the reporting I've seen always talks about the faithless elector problem (not in those words - just in describing the problems). Is it more to do with how many votes (electors) each state gets, based on population size?

Nah - it's at least partly correct.

I believe the states responsible for those silly outcomes have since passed laws to prevent it happening again.

Could be wrong, but I listened to a podcast last week with an American professor who's pretty much written the book, explaining the history of the Electoral College and how it really works. I'm sure he said those states since fixed those loopholes.

Either way, the damage is done today. Another four years of stupidity in charge.

Cheers mate - will have a play

Well, damn! Ondsel ES was what made my transition from F360 that much easier. Really hoping I can fly FreeCAD 1.0 as easily as I could Ondsel. Grabbing RC1 now... 🤞

Jesus - they don't even name the report so interested people can search for it. Lame.

Also, least-intrusive doesn't mean most-trustworthy. Just don't use any of them or, if you do, be sure to take all steps at your disposal to not give any personal information to them.

Honestly, I'm using an old gag FB account I created back in 2011. I guess that was well before they started asking people to verify with selfies and phone numbers.

Hmmm - DDG's browser might be a good alternative, if I only use it for this one purpose. Thanks for the suggestion.

Someone else mentioned PWA. I think I'll investigate that angle next. If a PWA doesn't share any data from my device, it means I can use my Mullvad VPN whenever I choose to access it, and get pretty darn close to what I'm trying to achieve.

You are the product and they have a long history of being extremely eager to sell the product.

Yeah, exactly what I said in my OP. I'm aware of the reality of what it is I'm asking for. I only recently moved back to iOS after over a decade using Android, so asking around in the vain hope someone has figured this out.

Hmmm - I guess that ticks the box for at least getting messages from interested buyers. I was kinda hoping to use FB to browse Marketplace as well, but I'm probably asking for a unicorn here - being able to use FB without FB being able to use me.

I hadn't come across this one yet - thanks! Something for me to try.

Hmmm - that's an interesting thought. If that works, and I then use my Mullvad VPN whenever I want to check my FB, I might get pretty close to what I'm trying to achieve here. Thanks for the suggestion!

“How can I use Facebook and preserve my privacy?”

... you can’t.

Yeah, I'm aware of how impossible a task this is. I feel that what I'm doing on my personal computer (dedicated, clean browser, anonymous account, VPN) is the closest I'll get. Just hoping to achieve the same thing with iOS while on the go.

Mate, I appreciate the effort you took to write your response, but I get the distinct impression you didn't go past the title of my post before responding.

As I said, I'm only seeking to use FB marketplace to buy and sell - nothing more. Nothing social. No friends or followers.

I thought I'd made clear the lengths I've already gone to, to maintain my privacy when using FB on my personal computer, so I'm just looking to understand if the same is possible with iOS when on the move. That's all.

This sub obviously has a strong reaction against FB

Yeah - I feel like my efforts kinda got missed, where I make it obvious how much I hate having to do this, but really have no choice for my stated purpose.

But if you need to use it then put up what defended you can and go for it

Yep - that's the idea. I'm realistic about what can and can't be achieved, but I've only been back on iOS for a few months, so was hoping someone here was aware of a way I could get close to achieving what I want, without having carry a second phone with an alternative OS (which would be just ridiculous for this one purpose).

lol - I love that I canned all my paid subs that were fucking me up the arse like this, and then used the savings to setup a half-decent Plex server for my family. Fuck those greedy cunts.