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You think Trump might actually unite the world by demonstrating the logical extreme of the status quo of geopolitics? by klangcola in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] klangcola@reddthat.com 19 points 4 months ago

Checks out. But also Military Industrial Complex.

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Why use Named volume vs Anonymous volume in Docker? (reddthat.com)

submitted 5 months ago by klangcola@reddthat.com to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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What are the pros and cons of using Named vs Anonymous volumes in Docker for self-hosting?

I've always used "regular" Anonymous volumes, and that's what is usually in official docker-compose.yml examples for various apps:

volumes:
  - ./myAppDataFolder:/data

where myAppDataFolder/ is in the same folder as the docker-compose.yml file.

As a self-hoster I find this neat and tidy; my docker folder has a subfolder for each app. Each app folder has a docker-compose.yml, .env and one or more data-folders. I version-control the compose files, and back up the data folders.

However some apps have docker-compose.yml examples using named volumes:

services:
  mealie:
    volumes:
      - mealie-data:/app/data/
volumes:
  mealie-data:

I had to google documentation https://docs.docker.com/engine/storage/volumes/ to find that the volume is actually called mealie_mealie-data

$ docker volume ls
DRIVER    VOLUME NAME
...
local     mealie_mealie-data

and it is stored in /var/lib/docker/volumes/mealie_mealie-data/_data

$ docker volume inspect mealie_mealie-data
...
  "Mountpoint": "/var/lib/docker/volumes/mealie_mealie-data/_data",
...

I tried googling the why of named volumes, but most answers were talking about things that sounded very enterprise'y, docker swarms, and how all state information should be stored in "the database" so you shouldnt need to ever touch the actual files backing the volume for any container.

So to summarize: Named volumes, why? Or why not? What are your preferences? Given the context that we are self-hosting, and not running huge enterprise clusters.

PSA: It's Electron, vscodium or vscode, not your KDE desktop. by klangcola in c/foss@beehaw.org

[-] klangcola@reddthat.com 27 points 6 months ago

The apps are Flatpak'ed, so they update independently of the system.

But yeah why did Flatpak update them when Flatpak has unsatisfied dependencies? (To be fair the apps still work, it's mostly a ergonomic and cosmetic regression)

Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects by klangcola in c/opensource@lemmy.ml

[-] klangcola@reddthat.com 344 points 1 year ago

The biggest problem with Discord is that its an information black hole. Its not properly searchable and not indexed by search engines.

Discord is fine for casual chat, but horrible when used for forum-type discussions and even worse when used for documentation.

You see the same problems being discussed and solved again and again, but you cant just "link" someone the solution like you could with a forum thread cause its spread out over 3-10 chat messages that are interleaved in-between other topics being discussed in the same room

Anything of long-term value for the project (forum-type discussions, documentation etc) should not recide in Discord

Lawsuit time 🇺🇸🦅 by klangcola in c/softwaregore@lemmy.world

[-] klangcola@reddthat.com 36 points 2 years ago

Sounds like the FDA should be involved here somehow..

You may need to provide a reason now when quitting OneDrive by klangcola in c/technology@beehaw.org

[-] klangcola@reddthat.com 18 points 2 years ago

That's very strange, which distro and GPU was this? So I don't recommend that to anyone?

I'm assuming the GPU in question was Nvidia, since AMD and Intel make their driver opensource and baked in to the kernel. Sadly nVidias latest kernel (535) has been troublesome, so I'm still on the previous 525. nVidia is about to release 545, which looks to be very promising.

Luckily on Ubuntu changing driver is as easy as opening the Additional Drivers application, selecting the driver version, hit apply and reboot. PopOS, Bazzite, and a few others comes with Nvidia drivers preinstalled.

Best of luck if you try again in the future

If you could play one game for the first time all over again, what would it be? by klangcola in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

[-] klangcola@reddthat.com 32 points 2 years ago

It might be relatively new, but I'd say Subnautica.

It was such a breath of fresh air when it came out, and instilled both such a sense of wonder at all the vibrant lifeforms of 4546B and also instilling such dread upon encountering reapers or diving deeper than ever before. I still remember the mixed sense of wonder and unease upon discovering the Jellyshroom caves for the first time

What are some FOSS programs that you think are a far better user experience than their counterparts? by klangcola in c/opensource@lemmy.ml

[-] klangcola@reddthat.com 28 points 2 years ago

Protip: KDE's Dolphin is available for Windows.

The Windows integration isn't perfect, but it's very useful nonetheless. Multiple tabs and the Ctrl+I filter alone makes it worthwhile.

On a related note: KDE's Kate text editor is also available on Windows and it works GREAT! So great that KDE eV has published it on the Windows store, making it easy to install

*Permanently Deleted* by klangcola in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] klangcola@reddthat.com 23 points 2 years ago

Agreed, that sounds perfect for right now.

A certain community I'm subscribed to is very active right now, to the point of almost drowning out all other committees in my feed. A "temporary hide" would be very welcome

Mastodon has hit 2 million active users today! by klangcola in c/fediverse@lemmy.world

[-] klangcola@reddthat.com 19 points 2 years ago

I'm doing my part!

Lemmy's active users (content creators) see impressive 35% growth so far in July by klangcola in c/fediverse@lemmy.world

[-] klangcola@reddthat.com 20 points 2 years ago

Turns out the real protest was the Fedifriends we made along the way

This app. by klangcola in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

[-] klangcola@reddthat.com 21 points 2 years ago

Yeah spez is just the figure head, if he got replaced nothing would be resolved.

It's not Fuck Spez, it's Fuck Reddit Inc.

Reddit’s golden geese foul up its IPO plans by klangcola in c/RedditMigration@kbin.social

[-] klangcola@reddthat.com 44 points 2 years ago

It's still disapointing to see media misrepresent the reason for the protests. Nobody went up in arms when Reddit announced they'll charge for API access, which was announced in April. The protests started because they're charging a bazillion dollars, aka "the fuck you price" effectively banning 3rd party apps without actually banning 3rd party apps

And the "strike" got extended due to the extremely poor handling of the protests from Reddit, like slandering the Apollo dev

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Downvoting disabled, federated voting (reddthat.com)

submitted 2 years ago by klangcola@reddthat.com to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml

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Some instances disable downvoting. Is this intended to be for communities on that instance or users on that instance, or both?

I noticed while reading Memes@lemmy.ml ( https://reddthat.com/post/2053 ) that some commenters were talking about being downvoted, but I have no downvote button. Because downvoting is disabled on my instance?

How does it work the opposite way? Are users from lemmy.ml allowed to downvote on posts for example beehaw (who also has disabled downvoting)