Posts by ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
(DIR) Post #AZMeBkYvGHneke2LEO by ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
2023-09-02T17:59:58Z
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@tante Agreed, the few things that have irritated me on my Fairphone are Google things.But... it would also be a much less attractive phone without that stuff - not least because there are various paid apps that I use that only come through Play.I think I could, quite easily, convince family and the like to buy this phone - without Google apps it'd be a complete non starter.
(DIR) Post #Aagk5rurA1s9SshzHc by ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
2023-10-12T08:27:46Z
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@neil @stefano This is a tricky one - nowadays, if I release something, I tend to recommended using the prebuilt image (I *do* try and make sure container-less isn't too complex).The thing is - every GH issue, email/DM I get from someone stuck because of an out-of-date local dep (or something conflicting etc) sucks up time - I don't mind helping, but containerisation reduces the need to do so (freeing me up to do other stuff).I agree though, that it shouldn't be the only documented option.
(DIR) Post #AahkArLEuzuEHzOA1g by ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
2023-10-12T20:04:00Z
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@damien @neil @stefano Yep, that's an entirely reasonable concern. The other thing of course, is you can end up in the position of having an image but no way to (re)build because the app was all built in CI/CD (that's since gone away) and the dockerfile just copied the result in
(DIR) Post #AbuUzUm35jgQ56k6bY by ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
2023-11-17T18:59:48Z
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@revk @neil me3
(DIR) Post #AbzoFAaCna6T0rBr84 by ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
2023-11-20T10:46:15Z
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Cheeky fuckers.#Youtube have deployed Javascript that delays video load if the user is using #Firefox https://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/17z8hsz/youtube_has_started_to_artificially_slow_down/
(DIR) Post #AdFB7PO8t4Atn8C10y by ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
2023-12-26T19:36:58Z
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@tchambers @wedistribute If it becomes too problematic, I imagine threads'll just switch to allow listing rather than blocklisting. Mastodon has that mode too - it obviously limits your reach, but it's the only semi-complete solution: anything blocklist based is susceptible to side-stepping like this.
(DIR) Post #Ai2n1BrQQbwN5Erume by ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
2024-05-04T19:57:37Z
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New #Blog: Plugging a heater into an extension lead, what could go wrong?We had a 2kW heater plugged into a multi-socket lead which ultimately failed.I took the lead apart to see what exactly had gone wrong.https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/house-stuff/plugging-a-heater-into-a-switched-extension-lead-what-could-go-wrong.html#electricity #diy
(DIR) Post #AjguoZWJvOLb2JG6JU by ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
2024-07-07T15:21:09Z
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@aral rather than redirecting into a temp file and then relocating it, you can just pipe via teeexpand my.file -t 2 | tee my.fileThe original fails because redirections are processed first (so you truncate the file before running expand on it). That's not the case with tee though
(DIR) Post #AkoqjDWEUxTvEJqp6m by ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
2024-08-10T09:05:41Z
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@stfn Every time I read about someone else's smart-watch experience I realise how unknowingly lucky I was to choose a Bip.But it also means that, like you, I'm quite unlikely to replace it with another smartwatch.If you ever wanted to mess around with getting local only collection working on that Garmin though, looks like it works with Gadgetbridge - https://gadgetbridge.org/basics/topics/garmin/
(DIR) Post #AljJSPI3G2P2L0JIOW by ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
2024-09-06T10:18:57Z
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Wait.... so they *could* have been doing more and arresting CEO's *does* work?Whoodathunk it?https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/5/24237254/telegram-pavel-durov-arrest-private-chats-moderation-policy-change
(DIR) Post #AljPVYcTcvpdrlkWtE by ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
2024-09-06T15:59:04Z
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@strypey @glent @priryo Dictators also drive cars, but we don't generalise based on that.The means (in this case, nicking a CEO) is a very different topic to the ends for which it's employed.There's a gulf of difference between a company refusing to filter speech that's critical of $govt and refusing to intervene when CSAM is being shared
(DIR) Post #ApTWVJ8XGZBagB1UJ6 by ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
2024-12-27T15:30:42Z
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@stfn Thanks, checking to see if there was anything listed locally led to me falling down an unexpected rabbit hole.There's a pre-built pwnagotchi listed for sale - not heard of them before, but now I wanna build one: https://pwnagotchi.ai
(DIR) Post #Aqx4xCVXZRvKSMRbrE by ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
2025-02-09T19:17:31Z
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New #blog post: Doing an #OnlineSafetyAct assessment for my #Mastodon serverThis post contains my feedback after doing an OSA assessment for my fedi server and also takes a cursory look at whether my photography site might be considered a #pornography servicehttps://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/law/doing-an-osa-assessment-for-my-single-user-fedi-server.html
(DIR) Post #Aqx4xD7pH6Y4N6MBX6 by ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
2025-02-09T19:18:59Z
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Also, **massive** shout-out to @neil for the excellent resources at https://onlinesafetyact.co.uk/Without those, the assessment would have taken much, much (much much) longer
(DIR) Post #As1WsHud7EiEPiZ2rQ by ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
2025-03-13T20:57:09Z
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Just noticed that upgrading the firewall broke IPv6.I really loathe how many things just bail if v6 fails rather than falling back to v4.
(DIR) Post #AuD9B5h2gBFnex35dY by ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
2025-05-17T12:30:22Z
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Good news, #google has unfucked the #Nextcloud app on Play store.It's not as great as it sounds, though, because it was also Google who needlessly fucked it in the first place.https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/17/google_nextcloud_android_permission/
(DIR) Post #AvPtp3MWugW7tB2ZCC by ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
2025-06-23T07:23:29Z
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New #blog post: Containerising and deploying #Calibre server to read an annotate #ebooks in a browserI've got a book than I need to read and take notes on over the next few months, but I'm long out of the habit of being able to sit and read.To maximise my opportunity to dip in and out, I wanted to make the book available on every device I have - allowing a few spare minutes to be used here and thereThis post talks about using Calibre's content server to do thathttps://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/general/containerising-and-deploying-calibres-content-server-to-allow-web-annotations.html
(DIR) Post #B0nqtyvi4sGukX8Eue by ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
2025-12-01T11:20:26Z
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/115643961192930771Meanwhile, people who acquire their content from other sources remain able to watch on whatever the hell they want...Restrictions on cast has always annoyed me - the Channel 4 app in the UK lets you cast on catchup, but not when watching something live.It's probably driven by a licensing or ads thing, but that shouldn't be made **my** problem
(DIR) Post #B1J6tUOREYZTD078b2 by ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
2025-12-16T13:21:06Z
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@aral @1password How weird and frustrating...The highlighting works fine for me.Looking at 1password's about, though, I'm running 8.11.16.35 which appears to be 3 releases out of date, so it probably breaks in a newer release.Browser on another my machines has 8.11.18.36 and highlighting works there.Which leaves the 8.11.20 and 8.11.22 updates as likely culprits
(DIR) Post #B1qVMkSndmLr244U3k by ben@mastodon.bentasker.co.uk
2026-01-01T16:00:49Z
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@aral @1password My 1password extension updated and broke my code blocks too :(Looks like the fix is being shipped though: https://www.1password.community/discussions/developers/1password-chrome-extension-is-incorrectly-manipulating--blocks/165639