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techviator

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Tech Pro - Hobby Aviator - VR Enthusiast - Homelab Selfhoster - AI Prompt Hacker errr I mean Engineer 🇵🇷🧑🏻‍💻🛫🥽🤖 https://techviator.com

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verge, to random
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk could leave if $56 billion pay package not approved, shareholders warned https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/6/24173064/tesla-board-chair-warn-elon-musk-leave-pay-shareholders

techviator,
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@WiredForFlight @verge I think that would actually be good news for Tesla in the long run. Even if the shares go down after Musk dumps all of his, they will come back up when Tesla starts moving in the right direction.

techviator, to privacy
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Since Microsoft seems to not care about the #Privacy impact that the #Copilot+ #Recall feature has, I am going back to #Linux as my daily driver. All my #Homelab servers run on Debian or its derivatives, work servers run RedHat or Windows, but I have not used a Desktop Linux for quite a while as a daily driver. I've been playing with Debian 12 with Gnome for the past few days, and next I'll be playing with Fedora, which I have not used since the early 2000's. We'll see how fast I can catch up.

techviator,
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It seems #Microsoft is making important changes to #Copilot #Recall that should improve its #privacy:

  1. Opt-in instead of opt-out.
  2. Windows Hello must be used to use Recall.
  3. Screenshots and database are encrypted and need Windows Hello authentication in order to open.
    https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/7/24173499/microsoft-windows-recall-response-security-concerns

I'm still switching to #Debian as my primary OS and keep #Windows as a VM for some work applications, but it's good to see that MS is trying to make this controversial feature a bit more secure.

techviator,
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BTW, since I work mostly in #VR using #Immersed, that is one of the first things I tested, and I got to say, their work to support multiple virtual monitors with #Wayland+#Gnome has really paid off, it works flawlessly in Debian! I need to test it in Fedora in the next few days. Can't wait for my #Visor to arrive. #WorkInVR #Immersenary

Penguinflight, to microsoft
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Fucking #Microsoft

I turned on my PC, opened the web browser and typed something I was after into the search engine. The results came up in Bing.

I don't use Bing. I use StartPage.

Then I noticed the browser setting had an Error message. I clicked on it and got this.

This is NOT StartPage asking to accept 'Permissions,' it's Windows.

The permission listed is ambiguous/unclear. I'm assuming "Remove" means remove #StartPage

#Gates-Of-Hell

techviator,
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@Penguinflight That seems to be an extension requesting permissions, if you were using an extension for StartPage instead of changing the default search engine in the browser settings, that extension is now requesting additional permissions that the browser is warning you about.

techviator,
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@Penguinflight If you trust the extension you should have no issues accepting the new permissions, it's just letting you know that this extension will now be able to block certain content on all websites, if that's acceptable to you go ahead.

matdevdug, to microsoft
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It's amazing how completely fucked normal people are when it comes to and understanding what is coming to their computers. This is an actual conversation I had today.

T: "I heard Microsoft has a new thing coming that takes screenshots of your screen called Copilot. Do I have that?"
M: "That's called Recall and I think it's only coming to Copilot+ computers."
T: "Well I already have Copilot. I think I have normal Copilot and Copilot for Office 365."
M: "Um I don't think its related to that. For some reason they're calling new laptops Copilot+"
T: "My son has Copilot from his programming class. Is that the same as my Copilot?"
M: "No that's GitHub Copilot which is a different thing."

You couldn't have done a worse job with naming if you tried. Hats off to Microsoft marketing for being so confusing it took a team of people walking through your marketing docs to figure out what unwanted feature is coming to who.

techviator,
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@matdevdug Imagine actual pilots that use Surface tablets on their airplanes... hey copilot, use the copilot on the copilot+ to check the weather for us. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

techviator,
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@john @matdevdug I know for a fact that some airlines are using Surface devices; both EFBOne and Jeppesen FlightDeck Pro offer versions for iPad and Windows on Surface Pro.

borisschapira, to microsoft French
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– Dad, can I use you PC for my music homework
– Didn't you do it yesterday?
– Yes, I'll just use #Recall to find my results ba… DAD, WHAT'S THE WOMAN DOING WITH THE FLUTE?

#Microsoft #Windows #Recall

techviator,
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@borisschapira Son, there was this one time, in Band Camp.....

Kirkman, to random
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I can't get over the following direct quote, which is from the middle of a training session provided by my company's new (probably lower-budget) HR/training vendor:

"Using the office guillotine when you're upset about a tough meeting earlier is not a good idea."

🤦‍♂️ 🔪

techviator,
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@Kirkman I am Puertorrican (though technically American, but we speak mainly Spanish) and I've always known it as a "guillotina".

joelpomales, to random
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VMware Giving Away Workstation Pro, Fusion Pro Free For Personal Use

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/05/14/203234/vmware-giving-away-workstation-pro-fusion-pro-free-for-personal-use?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

techviator,
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@joelpomales VMWare desktop versions are too small a business for Broadcom, I think they are trying to expand the user base so they can sell it off in a year or two.

davemark, to streaming
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The bundles are coming:

  • Disney+, Hulu, Max mash up their original content with content from ABC, Fox, TNT, TBS, CNN, Discovery Channel, Food Network, & more

  • ESPN, Fox Sports, Discovery are combining forces for a sports channel bundle

So we went from cable bundles, to cord cutting, to paying for internet and more bundles.

This does not feel like a win for consumers. More like a shuffling of the deck.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/08/disney-warner-bros-discovery-bundle-streaming-services.html
#Streaming #Sports

techviator,
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@davemark And all of the cord cutters from the 2010s, when Netflix was good, went back to the high seas, only instead of Ares they now use the Arr suite....

merecivilian, to apple
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There was a time when I used to be so excited for an #apple #ipad event..Today, from an hardware perspective, my 2018 iPad Pro 12.9 is more than sufficient and I am feeling indifferent to the upcoming OLED iPads. What is the point of having a desktop class computing chip (m3) on an iPad when the iPadOS basically treats it like an #iphone

Strangely, I am looking forward to the #microsoft surface announcement.

Perhaps, I have lost my mojo

techviator,
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@merecivilian You're growing up.... LOL J/K I have never been an Apple user myself, but I do follow all tech and it seems Apple has been getting left behind or joining late to certain markets on the software side, they need to pay as much attention to their software as they have to their chip development.

Microsoft and Qualcomm have been making huge leaps in terms of getting an Arm based processor and software combination that finally gets Windows on Arm to work properly.

DukeDuke, to linux
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Question for the #Linux crowd. Does anyone know of a distribution which would work on a Microshaft Surface Pro 7? Now that MS has infected my tablet with uninstallable Copilot, I would like to return their favor and uninstall Windows. Any help is appreciated!

#Microsoft #Surface #Windows11 #Copilot

techviator,
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@DukeDuke I know that Ubuntu and Zorin have been installed on MS SP7 (I have been researching to do the same).
Edit: The cameras apparently will not work though, so be aware before you switch (https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/wiki/Supported-Devices-and-Features#feature-matrix).

Read here: https://www.linux.org/threads/ubuntu-22-04-on-surface-pro-7.43071/

Here: https://forum.zorin.com/t/zorin-16-2-on-microsoft-surface-pro-7-it-works/26797

And here:
https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface

techviator, (edited ) to random
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Immersed founder talked about changes for the Visor 4K #VR headset, among the most important ones: changes to the software and use a higher quality wifi module to allow for untethered use, added 2 additional cameras (total of 6) for better hand tracking.
Check out the interview at MRTV:
https://www.youtube.com/live/1oZljvIcrU0?si=D5URIurfLq-BxB5F

I finally preordered mine. Learn more https://visor.com?r=3296f8b3f30d08 (if you preorder with this link I get a small discount on future purchases).

TerryHancock, (edited ) to proxmox
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#AskFedi #VM #LAN

I have multiple VMs on a host machine (#Proxmox, but I don't think that matters for this question).

I want to have several VMs on a virtual -- i.e. software only -- network inside the Proxmox server. Like there's a little pretend switch, connected to pretend NICs on each VM.

WHAT IS THAT CALLED?

I would've thought "VLAN" meant this, but when I look it up, it seems to be a more expansive term, and people talk about "managed switches", etc.

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techviator,
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@TerryHancock That's a VNet (Virtual Network). In Proxmox you create a new VMBR (Virtual Bridge), but don't link it to a physical NIC, that would give you a private switch.

You can have a VM act as a router (or a jumphost) by attaching a VNIC (Virtual network Interface Card) to the private bridge, and another VNIC to the LAN connected bridge.

techviator, to FreeBSD
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AARRRGGGHHH - having a tough day today! This morning my provider sent me an email that they are shutting down TODAY, and I'm left looking for a VPS provide that supports AND can provide + , AND is inexpensive...
Any VPS provider not supporting IPv6 nowadays is really lagging behind.

techviator, to random
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Finally took the step and deleted my Twitter account. The move to decentralized social networks its full on. Instagram is next to go... and eventually Reddit, but a lot of the vendor supported or heavily used communities are still not on other platforms, so it'll have to wait.

itsfoss, (edited ) to random
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Thoughts? 🐧

techviator,
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@itsfoss
It's a great concept, but it cannot just be "to replace Windows", it needs to be shown how it is the best tool for education, and needs to include the tools, training and support that the educators, IT, and school admins need to provide the best education experience. Show them how it integrates with their current tools, and how it is secure and easy to manage.

Kooplah, to homelab

Hey guys (and welcome new people!) check out my rack! :blobcateyes: :neofox_wink: Not safe for work; for home use only.

techviator,
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@Kooplah
😍 Nice rack!

techviator, to random
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Finally #Pfsense CE 2.7 was released today! And just in time to ruin...err I mean, enjoy the weekend upgrading it. 🤣 🤣

https://www.netgate.com/blog/pfsense-2.7.0-and-23.05

#selfhosting #firewall

techviator, to proxmox
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Finally upgraded from 7.4.15 to 8.0.3.

All went smooth except for an ssh script I use, because the ssh algorithms changed. It was easy to fix though.

techviator, to random
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I had forgotten how convenient and efficient #Portainer templates are for deploying #Docker apps.

techviator, to fediverse
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I am fairly new to the #Fediverse, but have been in IT and #homelab for over a decade, I am thinking or migrating from my current instances and creating my own #Kbin and #Mastodon instances for my personal use only.

Any suggestions or ideas?
Any reasons you would not recommend it?
Security concerns?

Also, 1 shared VM for all of the instances, or 1 for each?

I am considering if full VM or LXC, the LXC would be faster and consume less resources but I'm concerned with the security of the host.

techviator, to apple
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I am definitely staying with a #MetaQuestVR Will upgrade to the #Quest3 though. For productivity #ImmersedVR is still the best out there, and for watching my movie collection #SkyBoxVR.

The Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and YouTube apps also work, but they definitely need an update.

Not moving towards the #Apple #VisionPro at all. The device looks cool, the 2D with AR portion looks great, but 3D content seems lacking, and the price is way up there as expected.
#VR #VirtualReality

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