Aha, caught that one, and indeed, you are right. Unmounts correctly now!

Should work, though MentalEdge proposed a more elegant solution. All it took was setting uid in /etc/fstab.

Maybe it could help you, too?

Thanks anyway for your response!

It worked, you nailed it! So, the problem was that with automount it was root that was mounting, which ended up breaking permissions. As a result, I could not unmount the drive, and Pika couldn’t do backups. After setting the uid, it started to work properly as it began mounting under my name. As such, changing user to users was not required. But now I know the difference, so thank you anyway!

Case closed, and thank you again.

written before reading the article; it get the topic from another, more interesting and less imaginary, angle

Do we explore it post-Google or post-anything that would take its place?

Because those are two very different scenarios. There are plenty of Big Tech corps that are willing to take Google’s place.

If we actually mean no one does search with targeted advertising and stuff, my bets are on more indie sites popping up, and Fediverse getting stronger as well.

We’ll have more link indices, and more relevant search results hosted on different corners of the Internet.

On the negative: unless open-source projects step up their game, usability and quality of web interfaces will suffer dramatically. And without truly massive Fediverse or at least decent webrings, finding basic information and connecting to others might actually get harder.

Huh, I was under the impression the total coal capacity is still growing, not the speed at which new coal plants are built. Thanks for that piece!

ShaggySnacks had a good laugh

True, but the positive dynamics is there.

The country needs a lot of energy, and it does good job making a lot of it renewable/hydro. The coal industry growth is slowing down, while solar roars up

5 years ago, they had one-third of the current solar capacity.

Phishing attacks?

Yep. There was a type of attack that utilized wireless headphone merging as an attack vector. With wired headphones, you can simply turn Bluetooth off.

I know of DACs (been through audiophile phase myself), and sure, a typical integrated mobile one doesn’t deliver THAT big of a quality. Still, wired headphones are not bottlenecking much just by the means of connection. And they are generally cheaper for the same audio quality, because you don’t need to put batteries etc.

Agree with your counterpoints. On the cable - I much prefer detachable options, so you can replace the cable easily. but the connector has to be strong enough - I’m a bit tired to see my Moondrop Chu disconnecting and shaking somewhere in my pocket.

1.Wired headphones deliver better audio quality 2.Wired headphones are harder to lose 3.Wired headphones don’t need batteries, so: a)less e-waste b)no need to check if they are charged 4.Wired headphones are more secure, connection cannot be intercepted and phishing attacks with BT are not possible 5.While wired headphones are plugged, no one can take your phone without you noticing

The point here is that in many jurisdictions doing charity exempts you from certain taxes, and it is possible to shuffle money around under the disguise of philanthropy while still getting all the financial benefits like an actual charity

I would be fairly comfortable running a direct WireGuard connection even without Tailscale, but my location and use case simply won’t allow me to.

Your setup is valid, nothing wrong with it, and yes, it is more secure. Just can’t be used in my case.

I mean any connection through these protocols is just not working over the Internet. DPI equipment detects respective packets and cuts the connection, irrespective of the port you assign.

Yep

It’s not illegal to use VPN in my area, but connections are blocked on a protocol level, both through OpenVPN and Wireguard.

I already managed to make caddy work, so, hooray!

I also found a setting on my router that fully isolates certain devices from the local network. I want to put the server in there, so that the rest of my LAN is not under threat. I also want to figure out VLANs.

That’s a good piece of advice, but due to several considerations (extreme censorship interrupting VPN connections, family using NAS for automatic backups, and some others) I cannot go that route.

For now I’m only toying around, experimenting a little - and then closing ports and turning my Pi off. I do have my NAS constantly exposed, but it is solidly hardened (firewall, no SSH, IP bans for unauthorized actions, etc. etc.), fully updated, hosts no sensitive data, and all that is important is backed up on an offline drive.

Yep!

For me it’s a sense of reliability and control - my stack will keep working even if new censorship rolls out (I live in a heavily censored and sanctioned jurisdiction), or if there’s a global outage, or whatever else. I am also the sole authority over my piece of the Internet, and no one can do anything to alter it or take it away.

Update: tried Caddy, love it, dead simple, super fast, and absolutely works!

Yep, sharing stuff for others requires more expertise, as I’ll get responsible for other people’s experience. If I screw something up now, only I will be affected.

Thanks for clarification!