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The Gregarious Dragon

@ somegregariousdude @piefed.social

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Gay blind dude in middle age hailing from the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Apple/Linux fan who sometimes tinkers with tech and code. Audio books, podcasts, and retro media from the 1970s–to the early 2000s is my jam. Enjoy good food, drink and conversation with friends, plus a little cannabis to keep things mellow.

  • Three Docker related questions

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  • unfortunately, the American data centers that Hetzner has don’t have any capacity for the type of VPS that I’m interested in. what they do offer for those particular data centers is just entirely too expensive for my budget. That’s why I went with one of the European data centers, as even with the upcoming pricing increase, I’ll be able to actually afford my VPS. Plus, having it outside of American jurisdiction makes me much happier.

  • Three Docker related questions

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  • Nope, from the West Coast of the United States. Although, for some odd reason, the server wound up being in Helsinki.

  • Three Docker related questions

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  • OK, on second thought, I might consider go to social and possibly PeerTube as I’ve never been able to find an instance that I can host a channel on successfully. A XMPP/Movim server might be a possibility as well.

  • Using Yattee, Invidious & Tailscale to give Google the finger

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  • Yattee Server is just a YT-DLP based back end for Yattee 2.0 (which is currently only available via TestFlight). Yattee 1.0 was actually pulled by the dev from the App Store because it was out of date and broken. Being blind, I can’t tell you the resolution that videos play in, but at least for me they play smoothly with some rare stuttering. From what I can tell, setting things to proxy the videos Directly through Yattee Server leads to a temporary download that lasts for 24 hours, but the playback is slow to start due to the requirement of the download needing to occur first. Once it does play, then the experience is as I described earlier.

  • Using Yattee, Invidious & Tailscale to give Google the finger

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  • I was having a discussion with a friend of mine from a more conservative part of the country and I happen to mention my set up involving YouTube. The reaction I got from the friend was negative to say the least. He outright accuse me of stealing money from the hands of creators on YouTube by blocking ads and tracking from Google. Am I a little upset at him? Yes, but not enough to end the friendship over something like this.

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    Using Yattee, Invidious & Tailscale to give Google the finger

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    Considering switching from iCloud/Gmail to Proton or Tuta

  • Swiss messaging service Threema is being acquired by German investment company Comitis Capital

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  • I’m a bit of a stickler when it comes to making sure any XMPP server fully supports the full XMPP spec, especially since I’ve had the chance to experiment with a fully compliant server I set up myself.

  • Swiss messaging service Threema is being acquired by German investment company Comitis Capital

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  • Already got Element X installed, but looking for a reliable Matrix server to join before I commit.

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  • I already have Signal… Agree it’s pretty good, all except that fact it requires a phone number to register an account.

  • Swiss messaging service Threema is being acquired by German investment company Comitis Capital

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  • I’m familiar with XMPP… I’ve experimented with the latest version of Prosody and Monal as a client before, but since my personal domain ends in .us, it’s probably not the best option to use to host a server.

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  • I’ll probably stick with them til the bitter end, but like you I will bail if they start to enshittify the experience.

  • Swiss messaging service Threema is being acquired by German investment company Comitis Capital

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  • Well, there goes one of my favorite alternatives to WhatsApp… Looks like I’ll need to find a replacement.