I’m not 100% sure what you’re referring to, but having #' before a function is is to tell the reader/compiler that you’re specifically referring to the function of the name that comes after it. You could just do ' and that works in Emacs Lisp, but it’s more technically correct in this case to do #' as org-deadline is a function.

If that’s not what you’re referring to, I apologize.

Plus, ZFS supports native encryption!

Hmm, I think that was the one I was wondering about. I use Gentoo, and when I was initially setting everything up on my machine, I saw there were a lot of caveats for using ZFS on linux from the Gentoo wiki entry on it. Maybe that’s changed or those issues are no longer related to native encryption specifically.

Is ZFS on Linux getting better? I’ve heard mixed things. I use BTRFS on my daily driver, and I really like (ab)using the file compression with zstd.

Interesting. Do you enable the auth-source backend for pass as well?

Funnily enough, it seems Nicholas Petton (creator of the pass.el library) contributed to this. :)

2060 - The True and Definitive Year of the Linux Desktop (maybe, probably not but hopefully)

Yes, should’ve mentioned that in my post.

I don’t know about your second question, but with almost every proton-ge update I’ve gone into Steam and switched over to the new version with no issues so far.

Maybe that’s a no-no for some games but, again, no issues so far.

EDIT: Same goes for wine-ge whenever I have games I bought through GOG and play through Lutris.

I only sample the finest 10/10 works of art

No? I’ll admit that something like Enderal: Forgetten Stories, while very fun and better than Skyrim in a lot of ways, is still like an 8/10 even though I like it a lot. If we’re going on the game alone and not how great and generous the developers are to the community, Deep Rock Galactic is a 9/10.

have no time for lowly 7/10 slop that the peasents enjoy.

7/10 for Starfield is incredibly generous. It’s a 5/10 if we’re all being honest and not circlejerking about Bethesda.

If only they’d accept that I know better what they should be allowed to enjoy

You can like and play whatever you want.

But if you share the opinion that overall quality of games, especially triple A titles, has gone down in the past 10-15 years, and you can sit here and give Starfield: Yet Another Wide as an Ocean but Deep as a Puddle + Boring Experience from Bethesda ™️ is a 7/10; I don’t think you really have the right to complain about the declining quality of video games when you’re essentially contributing to it by claiming incredibly mediocre games are above average.

If you feel good that you paid $70-100 for what’s really feels like a $40 barely out of early-access game, hey, I can’t change your mind.

Todd Howard has even said his favorite mods for Skyrim were UI ones, lol.

Plenty of people have enjoyed this game and found things to like even if it’s not perfect.

“People enjoy the slop so the slop must not be that bad.”

but you can’t dictate to other people that they also shouldn’t enjoy it.

Yes but we can absolutely point out they’re enjoying slop and are probably the biggest contribution to mainstream games becoming more and more soulless slop.

This guy scrapes

Currently, and I could be wrong, the alternative to a Pi 4 from Pine64 now would be a Pine64’s Quartz64 Model B. A Star64 might be interesting, but that’s RISC-V so who knows what OS you could boot on it currently and if it would even be stable.

Plus with the Quartz64 Model B, who knows if you’ll able to get a good case for it. There’s the $28 “Model B” ALUMINUM WATERPROOF ENCLOSURE, but, eh, no thanks. There’s the open enclosure, but that’s also a no for me. I want a case I can hide the device itself, the cables, put a heatsink and fan on, be able to use an SSD with USB connect and connect a power supply all stuffed in a case. Which you can find plenty of for Raspberry Pi’s.

Not to mention the Pi 5 isn’t even out yet, and it’s entirely possible it’ll be better than the Quartz64 Model B, on top of having a ton of accessories. Plus, I can Pi up practically any Pi at the Microcenter or similar store near me as opposed to having to pay for good shipping.

I’m totally for having alternatives to the Pi, heck I might pick up a Quartz64 Model B if I can find a case, but a lot of alternatives don’t have the same support and accessories the Pis do.

I got a RPi 3B as my Pi-Hole that I’ll eventually use as my Wireguard VPN, too. Hoping to get another Pi device for hosting Jellyfin on.

Outside of the (theoretical) technical specs of the OPi5 being better, I’ve heard/read mixed things about OPis. Some say they’re a good alternative, some say they’re cheap Chinese-made crap. I’ve had no experience myself, so take it with a grain of salt.

I’m interested to see more data on the RPi5 when it’s out, as to figure out if it’s worth getting over trying an OPi5 for a home media system with Jellyfin.

Tailscale just partnered with Mullvad so this works out of the box for that setup: https://tailscale.com/blog/mullvad-integration/

Ah I literally saw that post here a few days ago! How could I forget about that? I might just switch over to Mullvad. Way cheaper, I can downgrade the Proton account I have (I’ll still use their email service until I have time and figure out how to self-host my own email) and I can use Mullvads encrypted DNS servers until I can configure DNS-over-HTTPS + Unbound on my PiHole.

It’s a nepenthes Diana.

Ah yes! That’s a great little hybrid. This plant, no?

It was winter and I assumed it would drop all it’s pitchers and go dormant. However its leaves are also a bit brown.

In cooler times in nature they don’t go dormant, they just make less pitchers.

Here’s my suggestions

• Let the medium get almost dry between waterings

When it does, fill up the tray and let the water be absorbed or evaporated.

• Move it to an east facing window, or outside during spring

Maybe it needs more light. New Zealand has a fairly tropical climate IIRC so outdoors in the spring might be a great idea. Here’s an interesting read about light.

• If you tap water has a PPM above 50, repot

I don’t think you’ll have to do this as looking at your governments legislation the water is a lot better than some parts of America.

Here’s another guide to repotting from a reputable grower. They even have suggestions of when to repot.

Other than that Nepenthes ‘Diana’ is a pretty vigorous and hardy hybrid.

Force tailscale to route all traffic through the DERP servers?

No no, sorry. I mean can I still have all my network traffic go through some VPN service (mine or a providers) while Tailscale is activated?

So if I’m torrenting something, I don’t have to turn off Tailscale on that device and switch on a VPN before I start the torrent process?

I’m going to guess either “no” or “yes, on paper, it’s possible.”

If your plant looks similar to this or this then yea then that’s an entirely different plant genus than nepenthes and it’ll do fine wetter conditions. I would still like the water in the tray get soaked up before filling it again, just make sure the medium doesn’t get dry.

Are you growing this indoors or outdoors?

Also, if it’s winter then keep in mind sarracenia are perennial, meaning they go dormant starting in the mid-late fall and all through winter.

your traffic is not routed through the Headscale server

Damn, well is there a means of using both Headscale and routing your traffic somewhere else?

My big reason for looking into Tailscale/Headscale is the ability to connect to my devices at home, at the office or a VPS that’s in a different state/province and having the ability to use my PiHole as my DNS, but I would still like my network traffic to be (mostly, as an VPN doesn’t save you from other tracking methods) protected.

What do you think we should actually do about those problems? Ask nicer? Vote harder?

I think your rent should be due a week early this month.