There is an option you can set in .zshrc or .bashrc which only includes lines that exit 0 (success)

That’s super unkind and incorrect. IE was a trash software that was widely available because MS was trying to extend their monopoly into new areas.

Even if it’s not your taste, bash is a mature, stable FLOSS package with wide community support. The reason it is so common is due to it’s positive attributes, not because there is a plot to make it the only choice available to you.

Internet Explorer shell expansion always trips me up.

I don’t know. both? probably? I tried a couple of things here and there. it was plain that bringing in docker would add a layer of obfuscation to my system that I am not equipped to deal with. So I rinsed it from my mind.

If you think it’s likely that I followed some “how to get started with docker” tutorial that had completely wrong information in it, that just demonstrates the point I am making.

I think a second machine is way better than dual booting. Dual booting is a pain in the ass. I try to avoid rebooting the machine for any reason, its disruptive.

Better get an old cheap thinkpad or small PC. And you dont have to take the risk of learning about partitioning on your primary machine as first baby step. Keep your important stuff where its safe until such time as you are comfortable switching over.

Every time I have tried it just introduces a layer of complexity I can’t tolerate. I have struggled to learn everything required to run a simple Debian server. I don’t care what anyone says, docker is not simpler or easier. Maybe it is when everything runs perfectly but they never do so you have to consider the eventual difficulty of troubleshooting. And that would be made all the more cumbersome if I do not yet understand the fundamentals of Linux system.

However I do keep a list of packages I want to use that are docker-only. So if one day I feel up to it I’ll be ready to go.

Can’t think of any better designed and built software package I ever used than sketchup desktop. I wasted soooo much time making needlessly detailed 3d renderings of things around me. I sort of specifically dont want anything that good because it was way too engaging and a real time sink. So fun though. I miss it.

Its criminal to throw that much good code in the trash. If the companies don’t want it it should revert to worker control or go to an archive/conservation organization. Another great product destroyed by capitalism.

I now need the try the various viable programs that have been recommended.

interesting can it be run as a desktop application (not browser-based)?

I’m sure a lot (the majority) of people who are interested in selfhosting block ads. Need a different business model.

On the other hand a lot of people interested in selfhosting appear to have cash to throw around on their hobby. Might be better to

Email list tracking is much worse.

It gets me riled up because every email list does it. Even when I know that the people who run it have no interest in it. Non-profit, non-creepy organizations have it turned on by default. They may not even be aware of it.

It turns me off the whole concept of email lists because I have to be on guard to not click any of their links by mistake.

Yup the only place to post it. :D

Well it looks like just what I wanted! I’ll put it on my “when I get comfortable with Docker” list. Which due to it’s rapid growth, is becoming a “reasons to get comfortable with docker” list.

Looks pretty new, since June or July this year. I will admit I am suspicious of projects making claims like “Learning curve ✅ None”. I find they tend to assume a lot of prior knoweldge. I will check it out in a while, I think.

BTW the link you posted has tracking, not sure if that was on purpose.

So do you add the books in bulk to the library then use the iOS app to scrape and apply the metadata?

I tried beets but it takes so long to do any task. Even if I just ask it to look up 1 album. beet import /path/to/album I got frustrated trying to learn it.

Was surprised about being unable to find any --verbose argument so I could at least see what was going on. Does it just take forever to do anything?

I agree it’s not only the IP because there are other people on it.

I don’t have any meta apps or google accounts for years. I buy on amazon very rarely. I have no apps of any of that type installed. 98% of my apps are f-droid and I flashed a rom. I use tracker blocker to sift through all traffic and limit to only what seems required.

I think it’s very difficult to control what the phone is doing. Using the tracker blocker app has made me aware of how much data is flying all around at all times.

I should set up a pihole. It’s been on my list of 5 or 6 years.

I disabled it everywhere because all I read was confusing with the sound of being easy to fuck up.

I use reddit via the Firefox extension LibRedirect which sends you to a mirror instead. Between VPN, ublock and attempting to access dodgy mirrors, sometimes I have to reload a few times but it eventually works.

@deffard@lemmy.world mentioned getting a openwrt travel router as the last and kind of most extreme thing on the list. But its the easiest thing to do. Glinet has good ones with a custom (proprietary) openWRT variant on it with a simpler GUI but they are compatible with plain openWRT if you are able to manage it its probably better.

You can do much of that other stuff on the router then connect from other devices and have it follow the rules.

Digital ID laws in the UK and EU will make this increasingly infeasible

Sorry I might have missed something… Is this Tony Blair’s little hobby horse for the past 30 years or is a more substantial plan in the works?

TBH I am getting discouraged on the VPN thing. I have been using it 100% of the time for years. I used to get ads corresponding to the exit location. But now I occasionally get ads corresponding to my actual location (down to the neighborhood).

But of course I do all sorts of online business where my address is provided, and when I do that I can easily be fingerprinted I assume. So somehow, it’s gotten linked up in the back end.

It’s sort of weird to upload because it’s already on the hard drive where I want it to go… Just has to get squeezed back and forth through the pipes of my LAN a few times to go through this process.