DecentM
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1·30 days agoLast bunch of posts all have like four to seven minutes gaps between them wtf
Yes but for a complete beginner, the first project won’t last too worryingly long anyway, so better to learn and have fun. Even a stock graphical Ubuntu install could act as a server and it would have at least something familiar to help manage someone’s first server.
Like, I’m never gonna say to someone new that they need to do what I do and use their customised coreos image haha
Well, you already have a laptop, so here’s a rough outline. Do research around each topic, instead of just doing them, as you’ll learn things that you can use as a basis for the next step.
- Install some form of Linux, either desktop or server distro. Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, etc.
- Learn how to SSH into it, and install packages from the default repos.
- Install a web server, such as nginx and get a html page to show up on your PC when you enter the IP address of the server (the laptop is now called the server at this point - servers are any computer that you use to run unattended services from other computers, so laptops can be called servers too)
- Install a recursive DNS server and configure your router to advertise it during DHCP.
- Using the now working DNS server, get that same html file to show up on your PC by entering a custom name in your browser (something like http://mylaptopserver.local/
Yes, DNS is a very lightweight function so any laptop, even old ones should be able to run it for a home of a few people. Getting into it will let you block ads and malware for anyone using your network. But you gotta make sure it’s stable, because if the service goes down, internet service will essentially stop while you’re repairing it.
You’re asking a totally valid, but simple question that can be answered with a yes or no, why would you want to crosspost this across communities? Especially when getting a text answer to your question from an llm probably has a similar if not lower cost than generating that image.
My Hansker Performance mouse. No wrist pain anymore and I can switch it between desktop and my laptop using the switch on the bottom
Talking at the movies. It’s happening increasingly frequently here, and it’s making me go less nowadays. I don’t mean a few words, I mean constant chatter throughout the showing. Like, just shut the hell up and get immersed!
I keep a dream diary because it seems to make them happen more often compared to when I didn’t keep one. I note them down as soon as I wake up, and then don’t fix them or change them in any way so most of them read weird.
July 8, 2022
A friend and I were in a winter setting, wasteland type. A friend an I were in a forest filled with bears, and we were trying to survive by being silent. We developed a big discipline about it. There was a smaller 3rd person (child?) who didn’t, and we eventually lost track of him. We found a large clearing (probably a lake in retrospect) that had a rock formation at the other side that was usable as shelter. There was thick snow on the ground l. We got in and started getting ready to sleep, when a news crew appeared outside, and wanted to get in as well. We knew that they wouldn’t be able to be as disciplined as us and would likely attract bears in the middle of the night, so we started making excuses and shooing them away. My friend then seemingly had an idea and told me we should get out. We did and let the news crew take over the shelter. We walked back towards the forest and started a music-less lightshow (apparently the forest trees were rigged with disco lights lol), knowing that we will be able to spot bears in the flashing lights. After a few minutes, I saw a large shadow come up some stairs under us, so I pointed to it. We left the edge of the forest back on to the clearing. Woke up while having a dilemma about how to lose the bear from our tracks, and thinking what if there’s also one in front of us at the shelter.