Tim @ticoombs@fosstodon.org

#fediverse what are peoples options when looking for phishing & security workshops/seminars

Are there any #opensource & #foss alternatives for running a seminar with the ideas of:
- training users to be more security focused?
- teaching them small things they can do to increase security?
- possibly running a security test?
- performing a phishing test?

#rant

Why is it always that whenever I use a $$ system it never works the way I'm wanting it to, and I end up having to write a whole bunch of code that I had written for the old system but now I have to write it for the new system.

#elk -> #datadog

You were meant to be the "magic" solution. But I cannot understand why your graphing system has certain graphs that are only metrics based and other graphs for #log data. Even though I'm assigning logs to graphs...

Ex: nginx status codes per website

Also #pinephone people. Are there file browsers that support SMB? &/or music/media players that support SMB?

#vlc is horrible on the pine phone when not docked...

Day #3 #pinephone
Currently already way happier with #mobian which is a #debian base that i just flashed to an sd card I had laying around.
Apps still tend to load quite slow. 4-5 seconds from initial "open" tap. lack of UI notification can result in a double tap which ends up opening two of the same app, which is annoying.
Finally there is a back button but its all the way at the top left of the screen which is not practicle for a long/big screen.

Sent from Tootle on the pinephone

Day #1 #pinephone: #manjaro #arm
Wooot!
5 mins later.
Oh no, it is quite laggy. The default camera doesn't save files. I cant connect to my WiFi.
Why do half the apps load 130% of my screen width

Day #2
After updates & a quite hotspot from my other phone, I can now connect to my WiFi. Still kind of laggy with normal OS operations.
Also, why is there no back button!
Why does my batter charge not go past 80%...

Day #3
Time to start distro hopping. #Debian first up

I should also point out that a huge, HUGE issue is the database for federation. The bigger you federate, the bigger your database gets.

Currently on the two mastodon servers that are easily searchable with munin graphs available.
One server has 7 users. And has a database of 60GB.
The other server has a database of 22GB at the start of the year, and 32GB now.

Scaling is just /the/ serious issue. It comes with lots of associated problems.

#realtalk

#Mastodon internals do not scale (unless I'm wrong). There is SO much federation related toots, metadata, account syncing data you /need/ to know about just to function.
The ideas are the same as #email but the overhead is huge

How activity pub and mastodon are implemented federation require memory & cpu that is *proportional* to the amount of activity happening through your instance. Low activity/low federation = less cpu/mem used

#realtalk mastodon will have scaling issues with millions of servers with 100/1000 accounts per server.
It will get to a point where blacklisting becomes so cumbersome that its easier for moderators and server admins to start whitelisting.

Thus comes the decentralized silos of communities. Instead of a single server, each community will be a set of federated servers. (Hopefully not) only talking to each other.

Companies will start setting up their own servers. Creating their own communities dedicated to the companies. Terms of services include dedicated tracking questions. Soon evangelical people are hired to the companies not by resume but by their social life. Live the companies way of life. Influencers migrate servers and followers weekly, moving to the highest bidder. Choosing a server is based on vanity domains, and where your family "lives"

#coffeethoughts
if the new Chromecast never included stadia support. I'm pretty sure #stadia might be dead

#Aeropress #coffee Day 2

Had a double shot today which I do not think had enough liquid. The 2 shots worth of ground beans basically came up to the "1 shot" mark. Which meant when adding the water it was only about 1 shot worth?

Maybe I need to add the water slower? Or slightly more water? Hrmmm

#aeropress espresso Day 1

It's good. And I finally have a use for my stone mugs I got back in 2014!

I made a coffee @ 21:00

I some how thought it was still 17:00

I'm going to need multiple tomorrow...

I never understood the fascination with people using technology to /replace/ features.

Technology should be used to enhance features.

Internet controlled light bulbs should be able to be turned on via the light switch. And you should be able to toggle them via the internet/intranet as an **option**