✅ Trump doner

✅ Super PAC owner (pro-trump)

✅ Racist

✅ Obama Birther conspiracy theorist

✅ Republican senator son

Sounds delightful! 🤢

Recently bought a 2015 MacBook with great specs, running Ventura via OCLP and purring like a kitten 👌

Asked cgpt to compare lasers to microwave for data transmission; take with a grain of salt, but seems transfer rate especially isn’t comparable.

🔄 Comparison: Laser vs Microwave Data Transmission

📋 Comparison Table

📌 Key Insights

• Bandwidth: Lasers have a much higher data capacity, similar to fiber optics. Microwave is far more limited in throughput.
• Range: Microwave wins in raw distance, particularly in less-than-ideal weather. Lasers struggle with any visibility obstruction.
• Stability: Lasers require precision alignment and environmental stability (wind, vibration can disrupt link). Microwaves are more forgiving.
• Security: Lasers are harder to intercept due to their tight beams. Microwaves, being broader, are more vulnerable to eavesdropping and interference.

🧠 When to Use What

Use Laser Links (e.g., Taara) when:

• You need fiber-like throughput without laying fiber
• The link is short to medium range (under 20 km)
• You can ensure clear line-of-sight and good weather conditions
• You prioritize security and low interference

Use Microwave Transmission when:

• You need a reliable, moderate-speed link over 30–50 km
• Operating in all weather conditions is a must
• You want easier setup with more flexibility in alignment
• Budget constraints are tighter

The bandwidth of IPoAC is considerably lower, though.

Also, guessing their standard is pretty low if Gimp does the job — at least from a professional standard. There’s not much of a comparison.

Seconded.

Well that’s nice. Hopefully they have some teeth, so we don’t have to go through another one of Zuck’s crocodile-tears-fuelled hearings, followed by absolutely fuck-all change 🙄

### GLUETUN

services:
  gluetun:
    image: qmcgaw/gluetun
    container_name: gluetun
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN
    devices:
      - /dev/net/tun:/dev/net/tun
    ports:
      - 8888:8888/tcp # HTTP proxy
      # - 8388:8388/tcp # Shadowsocks
      # - 8388:8388/udp # Shadowsocks
      - 8090:8090/tcp # qbittorrent
      - xxxx:xxxx/tcp
      - 3423:3000/tcp # librewolf
    volumes:
      - /volumex/docker/gluetun:/gluetun
    environment:
      - PUID=xxxx #CHANGE_TO_YOUR_UID
      - PGID=xxxx #CHANGE_TO_YOUR_GID
      - TZ=Europe/xxxx #CHANGE_TO_YOUR_TZ
      - VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER=airvpn
      - VPN_TYPE=wireguard
      - WIREGUARD_PRIVATE_KEY=xxxx
      - WIREGUARD_PRESHARED_KEY=xxxx
      - WIREGUARD_ADDRESSES=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
      - SERVER_REGIONS=Europe
      - HTTPPROXY=off #change to on if you wish to enable
      - SHADOWSOCKS=off #change to on if you wish to enable
      - FIREWALL_OUTBOUND_SUBNETS=172.20.0.0/16,192.168.0.0/24 #change this in line with your subnet see note on guide.
      - FIREWALL_VPN_INPUT_PORTS=xxxx #uncomment this line and change the port as per the note on the guide
      - UPDATER_PERIOD=24h
    network_mode: bridge-xxxx
    labels:
      - com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable=false
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    restart: always


### QBITTORRENT

  qbittorrent:
    image: linuxserver/qbittorrent:5.0.1
    container_name: qbittorrent
    environment:
      - PUID=xxxx #CHANGE_TO_YOUR_UID
      - PGID=xxxx #CHANGE_TO_YOUR_GID
      - TZ=Europe/xxxx #CHANGE_TO_YOUR_TZ
      - WEBUI_PORT=8090
      - UMASK=022
    volumes:
      - /volumex/docker/qbittorrent:/config

      - /volumex/linux-isos/:/data
    network_mode: service:gluetun # run on the vpn network
    depends_on:
      gluetun:
        condition: service_healthy
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    restart: always

### LIBREWOLF

  librewolf:
    container_name: LibreWolf
    image: ghcr.io/linuxserver/librewolf:latest
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:false
      - seccomp:unconfined
    #healthcheck:
     # test: timeout 10s bash -c ':> /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/3000' || exit 1
      #interval: 10s
      #timeout: 5s
      #retries: 3
      #start_period: 90s
    environment:
      CUSTOM_USER: xxxx
      PASSWORD: xxxx
      TZ: Europe/xxxx
      PUID: xxxx #CHANGE_TO_YOUR_UID
      PGID: xxxx #CHANGE_TO_YOUR_GID
    volumes:
      - /volumex/docker/librewolf:/config:rw
    network_mode: service:gluetun # run on the vpn network
    restart: no 
    depends_on:
      gluetun:
        condition: service_healthy
    shm_size: "5gb"

Heard about WireSock, but I’m on macOS, “sadly”.

Gluetun is running in a container in the same stack as Qbit, and Qbit knows to get its network through Gluetun.

network mode > service > gluetun or something similar (syntax is def. wrong) in the Compose.

Gluetun is connected to AirVPN through / with / using (?) WireGuard. I’m actually a bit foggy on the terminology 😅

I’m in virtually the same situation, although qbit is running in Docker through a Gluetun/Wireguard tunnel, so that part works fine.

I really wanted to do split tunnel on my Mac to access my tracker’s site (all Linux ISOs, of course) through the same tunnel, and haven’t had any success.

My workaround is running LibreWolf (modded Firefox) in the same stack, through the same tunnel. It’s not ideal, but at least it works.

Do update if you find a solution!

Slightly unrelated — was watching a Danish military analyst’s commentary on the farcical white house shit-show the other day, and he had this really great line (I’ll paraphrase): “The interesting thing with [Chump] isn’t what he’s going to do next, it’s what he’ll do when it fails” 😂

Video link for those interested (quite good, and in English).

Someone mentioned that to me, but said the story had been attempted scrubbed from the web — anyone have a link?

Edit — Never mind, nothing was scrubbed, that was the shortest Google search I ever did 😅

It’s only a matter of time before 6 Flags is just 1000 AIs on rollercoasters.

… wasn’t OpenAI not also …

Uhm. No? Or yes? Maybe? 🤔😅

“… reports Chinese state propaganda branch, through western media …” 🙄

We have a Samsung “smart” TV, hooked up to an AppleTV box. The TV’s original remote is in a drawer somewhere, forever unused.

I have the apps that I need, the tiny Siri Remote turns on the TV and handles volume, and, apart from the aggressively, insanely, mind-blowingly horrible on-screen “keyboard” / text input (we don’t have Apple phones we can use to mitigate this, sadly. Also, what the fucking fuck, Apple?!) we’re happy. For now. I trust Apple to make the experience incrementally worse as a fact of life.

Not perfect, but leagues better than dealing with Samsung’s interface.

either

Is there any indication that they won’t implement this shit at some point?

Also, should we be trying to come up with the most insane “features” in this vein that we can imagine (knowing full well that some corporation will come up with them eventually), and then patent them to protect humanity from them?

Is there any organization that collects patents just to block them (in the consumer’s favor)? A kind of white-hat patent troll? And, if not, should we create one?

I spy a research rabbit hole in my near future … 🐰

Edit: ESPHome is a system to control your microcontrollers by simple yet powerful configuration files and control them remotely through Home Automation systems.

Exactly! Seems like a very “Yo Dawg!”-moment to me.

The less Microsoft I need, the better, and recently switched from VS Code to VS Codium, which, I believe, puts me at 100% free of Microsoft 😍

(Barring some M$ code in other software I use that I don’t know about)