[–] 2 points 1 week ago

My partner doesn't at least group cutlery together and we have a cutlery drawer too so it blows my mind. It means you can't fit as much as you need bigger gaps when randomly throwing them in. It drives me mad!

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  • [–] 4 points 4 weeks ago

    There needs to be much more regulation on agents too. They really are a parasite on society. Ive always been well versed in the laws so when agents outright lied to me I could challenge them but most people don't know so their lies and bending of the rules go unchecked.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago

    Sofa. Grew up on the Midlands and now living i down South. I don't think I'd be surprised if someone said settee or sofa. I would with couch for some reason, maybe it is the American way

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    As a "hard working family" member this sounds fine to me. The costs must be tiny in comparison to the overall budget and im all for them reaching people through different methods to understand them. Government should come to the people not the other way around

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I have self hosted for years using Authentik and have 50 + services. Postiz has been one of the most challenging to spin up and maintain. The documentation is not up to date, the software is constantly changing and I had to tweak lots to get it to work. Even now, it seems to crash after a few days and haven't had the chance to investigate. All these posts I set up didn't go through and now if I turn it back on, it'll release them all in one go before I can get in to stop it, or have to revert to a fresh install...

    The vast majority of services and not like this so don't get disheartened! Try some other ones first them come back to this when more experienced. I recommend Bento PDF, ConvertX, outline wiki, vikunja and immich (if you have the storage space).

    At first, try to stick to software on Authentik's guides (https://integrations.goauthentik.io/). Once you do a few OIDC and forward proxy services you'll get the hang of it.

    When I get a chance I'll share my docker compose SSO settings and authentik redirect uri that worked for me with the caveat that the software crashes for some reason.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago

    We're all fine with piracy because of enshittification and the spread of shows/films across too many services. Happily paid for Netflix when it was good but it slowly got worse and worse. If there was one fairly priced single (maybe max across 3) source(s), I'd switch back.

    In terms of stream vs arr's. Quality of video and sound matters to us but not for everything we watch. I actually use Stremio with Debrid for most items, especially my family choosing what to watch. When I want top quality I will use my arr stack. When stremio fails I'll use my arr stack. For TV shows we watch regularly we use the arr stack, partly to remind us when they're released. For TV shows we regularly re-watch I use the arr stack.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    They are guilty of something but it is absolutely shameful, terrifying and frankfully illegal how the judge acted in this case. The burden lies with the state to prove beyond reasonable doubt they were guilty but could not do this without limiting the rights of the defendants.

    Defendants sentenced as "terrorists" without ever being charged with or convicted of terrorism. The four were convicted only of criminal damage, yet at sentencing the judge, Mr Justice Johnson, attached a "terrorist connection" to their offences, which means they must serve at least two-thirds of their sentences in prison. The jury was never told this possibility existed and never found any of the defendants guilty of a terror-related crime. It is difficult to see how it can be right for so grave a label, with such serious consequences for sentence length and release, to be imposed at the sentencing stage in an ordinary criminal damage case. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/12/palestine-action-activists-sentenced-terrorists-damage-elbit-systems-uk-israel https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/10/four-palestine-action-protesters-terrorists-constitutional-threat

    This was so even though the protest took place before Palestine Action was proscribed. The defence noted it was unprecedented for the prosecution to apply for a judge to sentence a defendant as a terrorist for a non-violent offence. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/12/palestine-action-activists-elbit-protest-terrorist-connection-ruling

    Defendants barred from explaining their motivations to the jury. Throughout the trial the defendants were restricted in what the jury could be told about the wider context of their actions, yet that same context was relied upon at the sentencing stage. The defendants had compared their stand to that of the suffragettes, who in their own time were denounced as a threat to social order. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/08/palestine-action-activist-compared-to-suffragettes-in-court

    Inconsistent and missing CCTV, and questions over the conduct of security guards. In the earlier trial the defence argued that the Elbit security team had used excessive force and pointed to missing CCTV footage. When a jury heard the full picture, all six of the original defendants were cleared of aggravated burglary. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/04/palestine-action-activists-cleared-aggravated-burglary-israeli-defence-firm-elbit-systems-filton

    Concerns about the conduct of the trial and the judge. The trial judge referred the chief defence barrister, Rajiv Menon KC, for contempt of court over his closing speech — a referral the barrister successfully challenged, with the Court of Appeal ruling that the matter should be reconsidered. That a leading defence barrister should face such an unprecedented step over the way he defended his client raises real questions about the fairness of the proceedings and the chilling effect on robust defence advocacy. https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/may/12/palestine-action-trial-lawyer-wins-appeal-contempt-court-charge https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgp5k0ex1zo

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    I am switching to Databasus for backing up my databases. Postgres has been fine but on two separate mariadb databases, Databasus cannot create read only users. Everything is on docker compose on separate stacks with a bridge network backup-db between the database containers and Databasus.

    I think the problem is that the normal user only has permission for the single database but not universal, so have something I can try but I can't seem to actually login to the databases with the root passwords set in .env a long time ago (along with the normal user / pw which seen to be used fine by the apps). My Nextcloud database is one of the issues. The root PW env variable is the one taken from there database documentation.

    Trying to access through "docker exec -it <db_container_name> mariadb -u root -p"

    I have already tried setting the -h flag as localhost, 127.0.0.1, <db_container_name> and <nextcloud_app_container_name>.

    I tried changing the root PW too.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated!

     

    The one joy I can take from this morning is being part of the collective action when the drivers in my one lane of traffic worked together to keep out the twats who went in the wrong lane going the other direction, who blatantly tried to skip past it all but got stuck, especially when they would've been better just waiting behind me when I was last in my queue.

    No, even if you have an unnecessarily large range rover (for my suburban London area) with illegally tinted windows and custom licence plate, you can't just indicate and try to force your way in. We're now going too fast for you to do so as our light has turned green but yours hasn't, as it does every time.

    Yes, please hit my car exactly where my wife scratched it accidentally but we don't want to pay for the repairs, where it'll clearly be your fault.

     

    I'm currently using NPM and upgrading to a new VPS for my business. I have a public website and am going to host a few more for friends, plus a few other services. Everything is on docker for ease. I use Cloudflare for DNS so would prefer using a DNS challenge. I will change this at some point but not yet ready to!

    Should I:

    1. stick with Nginx Proxy Manager which I know well (is it really that insecure or outdated?)
    2. switch to NPM Plus (assuming this is the easiest)
    3. switch to Caddy (seems to be there most recommended but will be a learning curve for me)
    4. Try out Nginx (seems like a massive learning curve so I'm very reluctant)
     

    I bought this waterproof coat and backpack, seperately, over 10 years ago and wow, they have been exactly what this sub looks for. I've used and abused both.

    I actually didn't realise they are both from the same brand. I had this realisation that this coat and bag are my most used and lasting items. When I went to post this I realised they were the same brand!

    The backpack has survived use on every form of transport you can imagine, being thrown around on the floor and carrying way more weight / size than you could expect it to.

    I live in England so the jacket has survived a lot of rain but also, being folded / scrunched up in my backpack in case it rains, which is very often!

    Best of all, last year the velcro on one of the cuff straps came off and found out that Berghaus has a repair service (https://www.berghaus.com/repairs.list). I paid for the postage to them (around £2) and two weeks later, they sent it back repaired and ready to go for many years more.

     

    My 6 year old has just completed Lego city undercover on a Nintendo switch. I will switch to a steam deck for my own gameplay but to sweeten the deal and let me sell the switch, please could you recommend games that would be good for a 6/7 year old?

    Looking for games he can play by himself without much help and also games we could play together.

    Thanks in advance!

     

    Does anybody know a way of either converting (on android) a putty key to something I can use in ConnectBot, or a good android SSH app that can use Putty keys natively?

    I am away from home without my laptop, which I would usually use. I only have my android phone with me.

    A few months ago I tried creating RSA key pairs to use with Putty on my laptop and ConnectBot but for some reason I just could not crack it so gave up. I also used puttygen to create an RSA key but it would not work on ConnectBot

    Am I Speeding? (tube.spdns.org)
     

    Next step is to run past to see how fast I can get it. Its on a massive downhill so might be pretty fun

    By the way, this link is a Peertube instance (federated YouTube)

    This bloody sign went up a little while ago and is set completely wrong. It's a 30mph road but I've had it sad face when driving past above 20mph, which has scared me enough to slow down pissing off everyone behind

     

    I was always under the impression that on a “normal" 4 exit roundabout (i.e. two roads crossing), you would indicate left if going left, right if going right, and no indication if going straight on. Then whichever way you're going you indicate left when passing the exit before. However, a number of drivers indicate right when going straight on, which means I stop expecting them to continue around but could've entered the roundabout. Am I incorrect here? Was there a time when something different was taught?

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