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  • We have a Miele we bought 13 years ago and which has far outlived the projected amount of washing cycles. I had to replace the water splitter, but apart from that it's still running fine. I heard that more recent Miele machines don't last as long, though.

  • There's still no sign of Star Citizen 1.0, but it did just get a revamped referral program so the die-hards can tempt in even more saps
  • I backed it right there in the beginning. I don't even have access to my account anymore and I stopped caring. Star Citizen will always live in infamy, as this bizarre project that turned into some cult-like abomination and will just run ad infinitum until either the money runs out or the sun swallows earth.

  • When did you go full Linux nerd?
  • I've been using Linux since 1995, but had an on-again-off-again relationship with it for a while, because I wanted to play games. So it was usually dual boot. But in 2007 I bought a PS3 and have been gaming on PlayStation exclusively since then, which allowed me to go fulltime Linux. I also worked a lot with OpenBSD and still miss pf, which is such a lovely firewall. iptables is horrible shit compared to it (I am aware of nftables, but it's too new to replace the long years of iptables).

  • Vorbereiten auf Einschlag: Microsoft warnt vor Secure-Boot-Zertifikat-Update
  • Aber sie ist ja nicht erzwungen. Du hast jederzeit mehrere Optionen. Du kannst Werbung zustimmen, du kannst bezahlen oder das Angebot einfach gar nicht nutzen. So sehr mich das auch nervt, sehe ich doch ein, dass es Geld kostet, solche Angebote bereitzustellen. Irgendwo her muss das Geld ja kommen.

    Aber ich würde es auch sehr begrüßen, wenn sich mal Gerichte damit befassen. Dann ist das endlich mal geklärt.

  • Might be a bit of a tangent: use SIP at home via internet

    I use a SIP provider for the landline at home. When on vacation I want to be able to make outbound calls with my landline number. I know this can be done, but I have no idea how. Does anyone here have some pointers for required hardware, software and configuration?

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    Notifications for Wireguard peer (dis)connects?

    I am building a Wireguard tool for myself and I would like to receive events when a peer connects or disconnects. Does someone know if this is possible through some kernel API or EBPF?

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    [SOLVED] Looking for a movie title

    I am looking for a movie, late 90s to late aughts. What I remember is a press junket for a fictional movie in some hotel and the chaos around it. One specific thing I remember is the director in the movie buying the Unabomber's shack to complete the movie.

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    Chatkontrolle weitergedacht
    chaos.social Andre Meister (@andre_meister@chaos.social)

    Attached: 1 audio Chatkontrolle: Der SPD-Innenpolitiker und Polizist Sebastian Fiedler nochmal im Audio: "Ich bin eigentlich der Meinung, es dürften gar keine Handys im Umlauf sein, die es überhaupt ermöglichen, mit [strafbarem] Material umgehen zu können, es also zu öffnen, zu bearbeiten oder zu v...

    Andre Meister (@andre_meister@chaos.social)

    Da fehlen mir wirklich die Worte.

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    Literature on repairing?

    Hi,

    Is there good literature on how to repair stuff? Just general things, not specific appliances. How to repair wood, how to properly sand wood and metal, how to replace a tile, how to read and analyze circuits, identify faulty parts and correct replacements, etc. I just want to become better at repairing stuff.

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    Looking for MiTV box replacement

    I have a MiTV box with Android that runs apps for Jellyfin, Prime Video and Disney Plus. I would like to replace it with a mini PC, like some N100 box, to have more control over what runs on it. I tried a Pi with Kodi once, but I hate the UI so much. It's just not my thing.

    What other options do I have with self-hosted alternatives? I want a central UI like AndroidTV offers, I need Jellyfin, Disney Plus, Prime Video and some local TV station's streaming offerings and some remote control.

    I don't think that's possible, as you can only run Disney and Prime in a browser or their apps. And using a browser on the TV is not nice UX. But maybe some of the great people here have cracked that nut and can help me.

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    Good free TTS (text-to-speech) options?

    Are there any free/open-source TTS options out there that are on the same level as Google Cloud's? I tried a lot of free ones, but they are absolutely awful and still sound like my Amiga did 30 years ago. With LLMs being available as open source, I am hoping there's also a good TTS offering I just haven't found yet.

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    Barrier/Input Leap/other KVM server for Wayland?

    I really want to use Wayland, but the lack of a Wayland-based KVM sharing tool is an absolute deal breaker for me. I tried so many of them, but none worked. Waynergy looks alright, but it's only a client. rkvm didn't work at all and I don't remember the names of the other tools I tried. I know that Input Leap/Barrier has met their donation goal for Wayland support, but I am not holding my breath that it'll work with wlr.

    Has anyone gotten KVM sharing to work with a Wayland host and other Linux clients?

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    Source for Comics?

    Hi,

    I am always looking for sources for comics, particularly franco-belgian in English or German. The only sources I can find are these godawful download sites where you need to pay or your download takes a day.

    Anyone have better sources?

    Edit: Thanks a lot everyone!

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    Wanted: audio library streaming plus Spotify

    I am looking for something I can run on a Pi that gives me access to my private audio library plus Spotify, because I hate switching apps. I want to access it from a desktop and Android. Does someone have something like this set up?

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    InitialsDiceBearhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Initials” (https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)ST
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