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liliumstar

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  • YAML, SQL, or something else? Looking for recommendations for making a database of stories.

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  • I would scrape them into individual json files with more info than you think you need, just for the sake of simplicity. Once you have them all, then you can work out an ideal storage solution, probably some kind of SQL DB. Once that is done, you could turn the json files into a .tar.zst and archive it, or just delete them if you are confident in processed representation.

    Source: I completed a similar but much larger story site archive and found this to be the easiest way.

  • So what ARE the current "good" VPN services?

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  • I'm with Azire, they have port forwarding and 10 gig servers. Note they were bought recently by malwarebytes, so it is possible things will change in the future. For the time being, things have been great. I moved from OVPN after myself and others started experiencing persistant failures.

    I've been meaning to try out CryptoStorm. If anyone has experience with them please share.

  • I finally got TruNas running an LLM on my AMD GPU!!!

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  • Congrats! I just got a similar running on Arch with a 5700 XT. When I looked at it a couple years ago, it wasn't really possible. Now, smooth sailing.

  • Place to buy Monero for online payment

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  • I've used https://changenow.io/ several times to get XMR from LTC or vice versa. It's always worked for me, but I've heard of people's transactions being held if they were large amounts, so exercise caution.

    This doesn't solve the problem of buying the initial crypto, which may or may not be difficult, depending on your jurisdiction.

  • What happens if you have more than 1 free accounts on privacy-respecting email providers such as Protonmail or Tutanota?

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  • Yeah, I remember someone getting all their Proton accounts banned, but they had a large amount, basically using it as a disposable provider. Don't be that person and ruin it for everyone.

    I have two with Proton and have had two with Tuta. I don't think either would bother coming down on that. It could very easily be two people sharing a device with different email accounts or so forth.

  • is there something about rust which precludes copyleft licensing?

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  • MS and other corps love MIT and related licenses because they can just take the code and basically do whatever with it in their projects, so it makes sense for them to promote it. Generally speaking, they won't touch GPL/AGPL as it would force them to distribute their source.

    I believe it was a very intentional choice to use a permissive license for Rust. If they hadn't, it would not have been as popular as it is today, nor would it have big money behind it. https://rustfoundation.org/members

  • Appropriate settings for a private matrix server

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  • Yeah, you can turn off registration without a token. Then, if you want someone to register you can issue them a registration token, or manually create their account.

    Federation can be turned on, on a case by case basis.

    You can set rooms to invite only and not discoverable. Alternately, you can use an invite-only space that allows users to join rooms from there.

    The first two parts are done in the server config, see the synapse docs. The last is done once the server is setup and running as an admin.

  • Best Private Torrent Trackers for CGNAT , No Seedbox, No Vpn, 200GB free space

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  • It is, but doesn't really play well with PTs in general. Not all trackers support it (some of the software is that old), and even when it works I've run into unexpected issues.

    I would like it if there was increased adoption.

  • Switching to linux for newbies.

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  • This is basically the holy grail for finding how to do things or troubleshooting once you have the basics down: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Main_page

    A large amount of information is transferrable to other distros, particularly if they use systemd.

    I would also spend some time getting comfortable with the command line. There are a million tutorials, guides, and free courses on this topic. Find a shell and terminal emulator you like. I'm using Fish and Kitty these days.

    Going against the grain, maybe consider EndeavourOS for a distro? https://endeavouros.com/

  • Best Private Torrent Trackers for CGNAT , No Seedbox, No Vpn, 200GB free space

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  • I don't know of any private trackers who are interested in users in your particular circumstances. The reality is, you can't really seed behind CGNAT. I would really consider shelling out for a VPN, you can get an okay one for 5-10 euro a month. If you're technically inclined, you could even set your own up on a cheap VPS for less, given you don't need fast networking.

  • yt-dlp CLI vs. yt-dlp GUI

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  • If you have more experience with Linux CLI over powershell, I'd go with that. There are a few options: WSL2, MSYS2, Cygwin.

  • Questions about Argon2id and authentication handling overall

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  • It makes way more sense to implement an auth cooldown over increasing the server load for a single action. I can't speak on the ideal settings for Argon2id, but I like to think the defaults are fine in most cases.

  • How do I play the Dolby Vision releases (appear pink/purple and green

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  • It is possible to tonemap DV to SDR, and I think to static HDR as well. Look into madvr and/or mpv. Both should be able to provide real-time tonemapping during playback. For reference, these pink/green videos would be DV Profile 5 (P5). I've heard the results are not great, so I would stick with P8 hybrid releases.

  • Often videos I took from my phone don't have a thumbnail on my computer. How to track that down?

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  • In this scenario, the thumbnails are going to be generated when you browse the directory. Probably what network filesystem you're using. Alternately, maybe there is a maximum file size on previews? I know dolphin has that option.

  • Starting to self host

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  • To start small setup a static website behind nginx. This requires you to create a basic website or copy a template, it goes somewhere in your filesystem, in linux /var/www is common. Once you have that, setup the nginx service and point it to that location. You can do this locally then expose it to the net or put on a VPS. Here is a dead simple guide presuming you have a remote server: https://dev.to/starcc/how-to-deploy-a-simple-website-with-nginx-a-comically-easy-guide-202g

    Once you have that covered, ensure you know how to setup ssh keys and such, then install, configure, and run services. From there, most things are easy outside of overly complicated configurations.

  • Systemd help

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  • I think that error is related to a missing dbus session but don't quote me on that.

    You will probably find it easier to use a system level service, but run it as your unprivileged user with User= and Group= directives. Once you get that working, there are various other parameters you can add to harden the service if you like.

    This is a good reference for hardening: https://docs.arbitrary.ch/security/systemd.html

    The arch wiki has a good general reference for all things systemd: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd

  • Is there a well-supported secondary SMS phone number service?

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  • You can pick up a sim for about $15 and then get pay as you go from 7-11 wireless or whatever other cheap provider. This gives you a "real" secondary number and doesn't cost much if you aren't using any data.

  • Overly Inquisitive Staff on Private Trackers

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  • Whether you like it or not, that's more or less what happens. You can/will lose a bunch of accounts for causing trouble. Sometimes I think it's a bit over the top. Instead of keeping out toxic or non-contributing folks it becomes a personal vendetta or innocent violation.

    Overall, I'm a fan of banning known bad users, but restraint should be used and collected personal information should be minimized.

  • Is FitGirl not accpeting Seeds?

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  • When you are seeding, you broadcast to other peers that you have pieces available. The most efficient way to exchange data is for them to open a connection to you. Without an open port (from port forwarding) they have no way to make this direct connection.