Does this or has this existed?

A site where users can post a bounty for a bug fix on something and others can contribute. If the bug is fixed, an arbitrator determines if the solution meets all of the parameters and rewards the programmer with the pooled funds.

Beyond bug fixes, it could be used to fund entire applications or even specific feature requests.

Companies or software packages could have their own official pages, with separate sections for bug fixes, feature requests, or even future versions.

Contributors can pledge an amount with a lifespan attached. If the bug or feature isn't materialized within that window it refunds their account. Otherwise the money is held in escrow until paid out.

I wasn't a fan of HACS making a github account a requirement.

I understand the reasoning, but IMO it should be optional.

I've been getting by fine manually installing custom components, but some basic automation to this process would be nice., especially for updates.

Before I start on my own barebones addon for maintaining custom components, I figured I would ask around if any such thing already exists.

At the bare minimum an addon that serves as a frontend for git clone/pull plus moving the files into the appropriate folder. A bonus would be to display available updates with change logs attached.

The HACS searchable database is great, but I don't find it particularly necessary. Manually pasting a codeberg/github repo then clicking an Add button seems totally acceptable.

Running pfsense, I was able to route my entire LAN subnet through a VPN. I have firewall and NAT rules that use an alias to filter outgoing connections to specific domains outside of the VPN gateway.

This works great. But here's the problem. Wildcards are not supported within pfsense aliases, and therefore unless you know the specific subdomain for a service, there's no way to reroute services that use rotating or load balancing subdomains.

Surely this is a big problem in large companies. I'm sure they utilize a paid solution to solve this problem.

Are there any solutions for self hosting that are FOSS or within pfsense?

We all hate google and youtube, but overall as a community we're all simultaneously lukewarm and non-committal about pushing towards using an alternative. I admittedly cling to invidious frontends for dear life.

It seems like whenever somebody asks for an alternative to youtube, they're offered Odysee and Peertube, but inevitably many others chime in about the shortcomings of both of those platforms.

Can we as a community come to a consensus as to which of these platforms should be pushed forward?

I don't even think it needs to be a binary choice. Obviously youtube cannot be immediately replaced for it's archival of educational and tutorial videos, but we can at least push newcomers towards using invidious frontends for those instances.

Maybe Odysee is better for some type of content over Peertube. Let's discuss which platform works best for what and try to be more active about sharing and promoting them not just to viewers but potential creators as well.

If you go to share a youtube link, try to see if that video exists on an alternate platform first and share that link instead. I think that's a good first step towards getting away from youtube in the privacy community.

But youtube alternatives are still very much on the fringe and I'm hoping this post will at least inspire some discussion about changing that.

Are any of these services trusted? Would a private tracker lock your account as soon as they figure out you bought your way in?

And can anybody vouch for or against [redacted]?

Edit: pretty sure the site I asked about is a scammer so I removed it so nobody goes there. I had completely misspelled the tracker name when contacting them and they didn't correct me.

I'm trying to improve my spanish by watching my favorite films with spanish dubs.

Im having trouble finding these with the current trackers I'm on. I'd appreciate any help finding or joining a private tracker that does spanish language dubs.

I've been using an Amazon tablet with Fully Kiosk for a few months but it frankly sucks ass. Keeps resetting itself or kicking back to the Amazon home screen to name a few issues.

If money isn't a factor, what tablet do you think would be the dream choice for integrating as a wall mountable Hass tablet?

Fully Kiosk is a great app but still very hacky, so I'd like a tablet that doesn't require workarounds to keep it in kiosk mode.

I hate telemetry and spyware as well so I guest that puts anything Amazon or Google based out of the equation.

I noticed while updating my system just how many packages I have installed that I don't recognize.

I tend to think that minimalism is better for security, so I'd like to remove any packages that I'm not using, but this is a bit of a scary task.

Does anybody have a safe method for reviewing and purging unused or bloat packages while obviously making sure not to accidentally remove important dependencies?

I'm on arch btw.

I updated my nvidia driver to 570 and now some games that worked fine previously present the error: direct x 12 is unsupported on this computer.

I see lots of others having this same issue but no solutions.

Has anybody figured out a fix?

I'm on Fedora so there doesn't seem to be any straightforward way to rollback the driver.

I'm making my own white oak door jambs. So far I did one set. I milled some rough cut oak, made two passes through the table saw to roughly remove a rabbet for the integrated door stop.

Then I ran it through the table saw again with a dado stack to get the rabbet to the final dimensions. The problem is, it's difficult to apply even pressure as the wood passes over the dado stack. I already have a featherboard pushing against the fence, but I'm thinking I could use another pushing against the saw top.

I know I can put one on my fence, but that would apply pressure to the part of the board closest to the fence only. Do they make any contraptions that can apply even pressure downwards, but over a larger surface area? Like multiple featherboards extended out over the work piece.

Anybody got any suggestions for a good print-screen / screenshot app?

I'm using the default of Swappy right now and it doesn't really suit my needs.

The MacOS screenshot app is my ideal.

Call me paranoid but why do the staff on a lot of private trackers seem so interested in what other trackers you have accounts with?

Most of the time when you apply with a new tracker or have to re-apply due to inactivity it feels like you're being interrogated by the feds.

From the perspective of a private tracker, why are they so pushy about that? And can they know if you're lying?

The implication seems like, "we all talk to each other and if you lie to me you lose all of your accounts".