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RainaRelanah··on Show HN: Wealthfolio: Private, open-source investment tracker
Unattended import would be downright impossible, as most financial institutions require 2FA (usually SMS, gross) to login. Plaid is often given the privilege to bypass this, either through special APIs or through very long lived session tokens.
RainaRelanah··on Lidl's Cloud Gambit: Europe's Shift to Sovereign Computing
And Scaleway (Online.net/Iliad). And Hetzner.
RainaRelanah··on NexDock turns your smartphone into a laptop
The NexDock came with an HDMI (output) to mini-HDMI (input) cable, and a USB-B to USB-C cable (for mouse/keyboard), which is all you need to connect to anything modern. I bought an $8 VGA to HDMI adapter for use with my older enterprise equipment without HDMI. I just keep all of them next to my rack, and connect the HDMI and USB as needed. The NexDock has a basic OSD that let's you switch between USB-C or HDMI video inputs.

I already owned a NexDock so this is just what I've stuck with. These days I'd probably recommend a PiKVM with a networked KVM switch, if you have like 4+ physical servers it can be cheaper + give networked access. With added complexity and failure points.

RainaRelanah··on NexDock turns your smartphone into a laptop
I've been bothering them about this since Steam Deck first launched, if it could actually pass thru full USB-C PD it would be insanely useful. Portable gaming device that can be converted into a fully functional laptop easily (with a second screen!) is a long time dream of mine. But it can't do the ~40w charging the Deck needs. Also the touchpad is complete garbage as it was designed for use with phones.

Sadly, NexDock doesn't design their own products and has little influence over engineering decisions of their partners. They're just slapping their logo on it and reselling it. There's a dozen other brands selling the exact same product on Alibaba/Taobao.

RainaRelanah··on NexDock turns your smartphone into a laptop
These make great KVMs for homelab solutions. You'll need a VGA to HDMI adapter, but I am very thankful I no longer have to lug a monitor/keyboard/mouse into my closet when a server without IPMI won't boot.
RainaRelanah··on Meta Horizon OS
A friend of mine has been working this year on getting the CV1/Rift S running without the Oculus app/Meta account, which also means continued support for these two discontinued headsets. I don't think she has publicly released it yet, but good progress is being made.

https://github.com/BnuuySolutions/ReLinked

https://twitter.com/BunniKaitlyn/status/1756580547768279466

RainaRelanah··on Inside the Super Nintendo cartridges
Still have my DSTWO. Heat was an annoying issue too. But for the longest time it was the only way to play SNES/GBA even on the 3DS.
RainaRelanah··on Cactus – A Modern Diablo II Version Switcher, Character Isolator, & Mod Manager
PD2 is absolutely amazing. Season 9 is estimated to be released in a few weeks to a month. If any of you are D2 fans, you simply must try it. I've purchased several copies of D2R and it pales in comparison.

Do note that we are currently in a crafting league (a non-standard gameplay mode). If you try the game, you'll need to do it in single player and downgrade to s8[0], or wait until s9 is released.

0. https://www.reddit.com/r/ProjectDiablo2/s/o2hkXE6mue

RainaRelanah··on Tell HN: Bash.org is no more
Gonna go out on a limb and agree with the archive.is owner -- the reason he blocks it is bc cloudflare intentionally doesn't support edns client subnet. They cite privacy reasons, but it comes at the at the cost of performance -- most cdns use DNS based routing, so using cloudflare DNS means you connect to random server for a lot of websites. CloudFlare on the other hand uses anycast routing for their CDN, so they don't suffer at all.

I hate Google but my pihole is configured to use their DNS resolvers. Lesser of two evils.

RainaRelanah··on Tell HN: Bash.org is no more
Works for me. Do note that archive.is blocks CloudFlare DNS.
RainaRelanah··on Saying Goodbye to OpenSubtitles.org API
The site is down so I can't read the full post, but going off of what's been said in this thread, I generally agree w you. This doesn't stop your casual Plex user from using OpenSubtitles. Viewers all download their subtitles from their own IP, and can authenticate/pay if they want more. It does punish pirate streaming websites from taking thousands of subtitles per day while illegally publishing content.
RainaRelanah··on Cup Noodles are now microwave-safe
It's because the cup is insulated to hold in boiling water long enough to properly cook the noodles. The "cover" instruction is again to retain heat. It's probably? microwave safe if you completely remove the cover. But college dorm rooms don't allow microwaves, they do allow electric kettles.

Typed while enjoying a spicy hot chicken maruchan.

RainaRelanah··on Adblock Plus and (a little) more
My memory may be rusty, but iirc he already gave away the uBlock project (sold?) once. The new maintainer immediately started pulling shady moves so gorhill forked uBlock into uBlock Origin and has maintained it to this date (7+ years).
RainaRelanah··on MS Teams channels cannot contain MS-DOS device names
> heavily

Sadly not the case, as much as I love ASL the scene has zero new blood. SC2 really killed the Brood War scene, and League of Legends really killed SC2. The days of packing an aircraft hanger with 30,000+ fans for OSL finals are long gone.

I was invited to the Stormgate alpha, and while I can't say anything about it (NDA), I am hopeful it will bring new life into RTS esports.

RainaRelanah··on Junkyard computing – repurposing discarded smartphones to minimize pollution
I miss the days when computing was focused on trying to protect the user from developers. These days it's more and more protecting the developer from the users.
RainaRelanah··on BorgBackup: Deduplicating archiver with compression and encryption
Take a look at Duplicacy, it's the only one that really hits all the sweet spots.
RainaRelanah··on UnifiedPush: A decentralized, open-source push notification protocol
I would imagine Huawei is doing that moreso due to sanctions, no?
RainaRelanah··on Overview of the 555-XXXX phone number
Real cheese, real hot. Real taste is what we got!

Gatti's nostalgia will never be useless.

RainaRelanah··on LemmyBB, a federated bulletin board
PunBB (now: FluxBB) for me. Seems like Connor broke DNS for the site. 15 year old me was probably a nightmare for them to deal with, but it was my first involvement in OSS, and I'm still proud to have hosted two of the largest install bases.
RainaRelanah··on Pocket Casts Mobile Apps Are Now Open Source
I completely missed the sell off from NPR to Automattic. Glad to see this news as a good omen. Hard to believe but I've been using this same app for 11 years now.
RainaRelanah··on VirtualBox 7.0 Released – Full VM Encryption Support, New Direct3D Acceleration
Check out VirGL and the virtio-gpu projects. Is already available in qemu if you're willing to do some work. Virtualized OpenGL (and soon Vulkan?) access to the host GPU inside the VM.

e: my memory slips me, I've already run vulkan apps in qemu.

> [lexi@arch-steam ~]$ vkcube

> Selected GPU 0: Virtio-GPU Venus (Intel(R) UHD Graphics (CML GT2)), type: 1

Granted this was ChromeOS[0], but ultimately it's the same qemu. You just need the right flags and for the guest to have a mesa driver aware of virtio-gpu.

0. https://chromeunboxed.com/how-to-enable-vulkan-crostini/

RainaRelanah··on 3x new books added to the Pirate Library Mirror
It is still the most profitable and popular form of distribution though. You do have to fight the DMCA battles, but when it's your income you're gonna do that. That doesn't prove your point.

Disclosure: I am anti-copyright and am dating someone whose primary income is OF. I'm hyperactive in pirate communities but still fight for my partner's content.

Information deserves to be free, but creators should still be paid for their work. Adult content barely f*king qualifies as "information".

RainaRelanah··on 3x new books added to the Pirate Library Mirror
This was the case for a while, but OnlyFans kinda debunks that, no? It has been the biggest source of income for modern creators, and they generally don't do live streams (outside of like Twitch). Piracy is a very common problem for them.
RainaRelanah··on 3x new books added to the Pirate Library Mirror
Definitely a fan of this model. Anecdotal, but I recently subscribed to AMC+ because the pirate streaming site I was using didn't have the latest episode of a show I wanted to watch. I could have waited a literal day, or gone to a torrent tracker, but paying the $9 was just easier and shows support for the show.
RainaRelanah··on Stripe has decided to nuke my entire business
Your support process shouldn't be so fundamentally broken that it requires this to get a resolution. I'm sure this same situation has played out with thousands of devs/merchants that don't even know HN exists.
RainaRelanah··on Wikipedia Speedruns
> You can't use the browser find tool.

From the rules.

RainaRelanah··on The death of the PCIe expansion card
The shortage is basically over, and nvidia severely over-purchased fab capacity from TSMC for the 4000 series. Prices have tanked and will likely keep going down unless nvidia can sell off the 5nm fab time.
RainaRelanah··on Framework is now available in Australia
For laptops, CPU choice often comes down to wait for reviews and thermal tests. An i9 can perform like an i5 if it's on your lap. Or it can perform like an i5 if it's on your desk. All comes down to cooling efficiency.
RainaRelanah··on I love my GPD Micro PC
> There's a small group on the gpd_devices discord that throws around ideas for a "Win Min" - something in a similar size and form factor, but with upgraded specs. I'm not holding my breath, but I would love to see that.

OpenPandora vibes. One day the Pyra will come out. One day.

RainaRelanah··on Retirement of Amazon MOBI eBook file format
koreader really is the way to go.

https://github.com/koreader/koreader/wiki/Installation-on-Ko...

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