piezoelectron

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Who would you say is the greatest living scholar/intellectual of Marxism or Communism more broadly? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] piezoelectron@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

Surprised that no one's mentioned David Harvey, who's perhaps the best teacher for those new to Marxism

Help finding recent antivax open source drama in c/opensource@lemmy.ml
What do you think is the best (and cheapest) way to host a new nextcloud instance and website for my local scouts organisation? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] piezoelectron@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, what's your budget? You could go far with a second-hand NUC (next unit of computing), I'm sure you can get one for under $100 and you could do more than just nextcloud with it (peertube, VPN, chat etc).

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Help finding recent antivax open source drama (sopuli.xyz)
 

Cross-posting for visibility, any help scratching this itch greatly appreciated.

A reminder that the US government is now currently cracking down on any pro-shooter content in c/fediverselore@lemmy.ca
A reminder that the US government is now currently cracking down on any pro-shooter content in c/fediverselore@lemmy.ca
[–] piezoelectron@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Alleged murderer

The state of Linux phones in 2025 in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] piezoelectron@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Security is fundamentally subjective because whatever objective calculus you use will always depend on the threat model at hand, and everyone's threat model is different, i.e. subjective. I've personally lost a physical credit card but never had my card details stolen in 10+ years of using payment apps.

The state of Linux phones in 2025 in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] piezoelectron@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago (19 children)

This is the most unhelpful kind of comment where you basically shame someone for having preferences. Why people feel the need to make their callousness public instead of just shutting up, I never know.

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What foods can last 3-4 days without refrigeration? (sopuli.xyz)
 

I'm going to be camping for 4 days at a location without easy access to fire (hence no boiled water). As such, I'm going to be packing a bunch of canned stuff for my daily meals. The place is in England, where we're expecting a few hot days this week and maybe some rain over the weekend.

However, I have some free time before the trip to cook food. But I'm not sure if there's any good foods I could bring along that could keep for 3-4 days without a fridge. I guess that crosses out most meat dishes.

Some ideas I had were: falafel, fritters, bread, calzones, pasties. Have you tried taking such foods camping and if so, did they last a few days without spoiling? Are there any other foods you'd recommend? Thank you so much!

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New Book: The Great Middle Way - Clarifying the Jonang View of Other-Emptiness (youtu.be)
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Refurbishing an old ThinkPad for a friend -- Debian, Fedora or something else? (sopuli.xyz)
 

I'm trying to set up a Linux laptop for a friend who lives in another city. They have only ever used Windows, and likely won't have easy access to fix issues (not that I'm an expert).

First off, is it a good idea to give them a Linux PC at all? Have others had good/bad experiences giving technophobes Linux?

Secondly, if I go ahead with it, what's a good, stable, "safe" OS for a beginner? I'm shy of anything that's a rolling release (e.g. Arch, Manjaro etc) as "bleeding edge" can break things more often than not. I'm leaning towards Debian or something Debian based. But I've also heard good things about Fedora.

If I was the one using the PC, I'd have installed Fedora, as I've heard it's well-maintained. Then again there's been some good buzz about Debian 12. What would your advice be? Thanks!

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Noob question: How much RAM does my VPS need if... (sopuli.xyz)
 

I plan to have the following services running concurrently on it:

  • A VPN (OpenVPN or Wireguard)
  • A very lightweight personal website
  • A Nextcloud instance (25GB storage max)
  • A Vaultwarden instance
  • An Invidious instance
  • A Matrix server
  • A Lemmy instance

I'm unsure if these would be private or public instances. But I'd be curious to hear any thoughts on how much more space I'd need for public instances too, if you'd have a sense of that.

I currently have a VPS with 2GB RAM + 50GB storage. Would that be enough? Thanks in advance!