That's how engineering in ED became the slog it was before they reverted that after a few yearsThe crazy ones will be grinding until they get everything up to 100%

2d ago

DigThat32 - Grinding Just Changed Permanently— And Nobody's Talking About It ( Star Citizen )

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INeedMana @piefed.zip 2d ago

Personally I don't feel crafting gear would make me grind or give me a sense of purpose. But if it works that way for others, that's great. I feel there's been a bit too much "nihilism" in the part of community that actually logs in

2d ago

Self-Host Weekly (24 April 2026)

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INeedMana @piefed.zip 2d ago

Somehow I've completely stopped using video formats. I feel those take more time to even get to the point and then one never knows of there's some value after the point

2d ago

Self-Host Weekly (24 April 2026)

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INeedMana @piefed.zip 2d ago

Thanks 🙂 I added all 3 to my RSS, I'll see how they flow

2d ago

Today's tea: daily jinjunmei

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INeedMana @piefed.zip 2d ago

How long do you steep black tea? All my sources are saying like 3 mins but to me that's too long. It gets that zing that other teas get when oversteeped. But then 30 sec I use for all the other styles is too short for black

2d ago

Self-Host Weekly (24 April 2026)

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INeedMana @piefed.zip 2d ago

Haven't heard of selfh.st before. Looks nice

3d ago

I bought a Linux tablet, and it’s both better and worse than Android

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INeedMana @piefed.zip 3d ago

Well, TILWhen Windows users had to switch versions because of TPM I was not paying attention, I run Linux everywhere. Apparently there can be some use of TPM

But then, without a separate stage of encryption (like encrypting /home additionally), the system will just boot up with the data available. It can still be messed with

4d ago

I bought a Linux tablet, and it’s both better and worse than Android

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INeedMana @piefed.zip 4d ago

This is dangerous

Hence my point about why bother at all. Without full encryption one gets leaks. With full encryption some kind of secret is required. Either password (hence that need of keyboard in earlier comment) or a key, etc

In order to not need a secret during boot, critical parts have to be exposed

Theoretically one could also put logs and cache on encrypted volumes. Maybe that could be some solution. I have in the past had /var/logs on separate partition, so it didn't make /run out of space. Linux had no issue with that. But that still leaves kernel and OS exposed

fully encrypted drive and this chain’s existence makes it easier to know that no one has tampered with my system

The comment I responded to mentioned:

needing to enter a password before the OS boots is a decision that makes Linux kind of awkward to use disk encryption with

I don't think you are talking about the same setup and vectors. Their point was to not have fully encrypted drive, so it boots without a prompt

4d ago

I bought a Linux tablet, and it’s both better and worse than Android

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INeedMana @piefed.zip 4d ago

OS encryption isn’t that important (verification is)

I don't think I've heard about some boot-time checksum verification of root partition. Doesn't mean it does not exist, just that I can't help here

protecting user data

My point is: if OS is not encrypted, it can be modified. And that verification idea, if is not stored under some encryption, could also be changed. Which means that by the time you put in your password to decrypt your home, you might be already running system that will nullify the protection. Encrypting only your data will only protect you in scenarios when someone snatches your device turned off

5d ago

The Addams Family by Charles Addams

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INeedMana @piefed.zip 5d ago

For an unpublished drawing I'd say the staircase in "Family Values" was pretty spot on

5d ago

I bought a Linux tablet, and it’s both better and worse than Android

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INeedMana @piefed.zip 5d ago

If you want the OS to boot before it decrypts your drive, why encrypt it in the first place? Honest question, not an attack. For OS to boot without any password it needs to be booting from unencrypted drive. So the attacker could just put their keyloggers on that drive

read only OS partition to boot and then encrypts your user data partition, can I do that with Linux?

Yes. Just encrypt /home partition only

6d ago

Today's tea: Jinmudan

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INeedMana @piefed.zip 6d ago

What is yancha oolong?

dropping the temp a couple degrees down to 90c

With oolongs I rather keep in 80-90 area, that 95 to me sounded like too hot from the start

6d ago

Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live

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INeedMana @piefed.zip 6d ago

I like this one https://f-droid.org/packages/net.sourceforge.opencamera

7d ago

ELI5: How does Frame Generation even work?

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INeedMana @piefed.zip 7d ago

Ohhh. That might actually look nice. I haven't thought about using it in that direction

1w ago

GitHub - domleca/llm-wiki

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INeedMana @piefed.zip 1w ago

I'm putting on my TODO list to do something similar with Logseq. The locality of the LLM is very good feature

2w ago

Today’s tea: White2Tea Charing Cross 2024

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INeedMana @piefed.zip 2w ago

roasted white tea

Damn, I don't think I've seen those in my shops. Sounds like my vibe, I need to look around

2w ago

Hot Take: most modern games are designed to purely kill time

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INeedMana @piefed.zip 2w ago

There’s a lot more to what destroyed hanging out in the pub than scheduling

For sure but even if you switch out computer games to board games, that is still not the same. People moved, a lot of games need space and hauling the box, etc

In school we used to have breaks, we were hanging out just because of that. Now most often we don't even work together anymore. Unless one has a job that forces them to come to the office or is one of that ~1% of the workforce that prefers to, and can have a chat at the water stand, I think for many people the reality is that if not for online games, they wouldn't hang out with anyone anymore