2026-10-29T06:26:02Z https://nostr.now Laoise Nic Giolla Uidhir https://nostr.now/npub175hnn76g8rxw96dyvrndt27l0luttpk7q9wr6wv8rjg8k78mxssqx2tyau https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/accounts/avatars/112/383/520/462/986/986/original/a7c9d33a324250d2.png https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/accounts/avatars/112/383/520/462/986/986/original/a7c9d33a324250d2.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8npqrzd868nscszakrjtjwgd2wlcgmmw5aetr3t04xpz3cq8s0sgzyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqyy47af In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx7nluhrn7mj4dpy6hlnknhs2xkpzndt2p3csgy548u4thr7c9hvsc4f2wd'>nevent1q…f2wd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the pineapples? 2026-10-24T16:41:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgtlqffufzulzgwhyregnp3dhpaj73phx4yzug95tnp8l6rjryhzgzyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqkw2c48 unusual sight: an iTunes (Apple Music) release where the cover art is a TIFF file.<br/><br/>i love TIFF, it&#39;s such a weird format. 2026-10-10T15:19:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgf535q8lntcavjmkx9h32gyzj6dle8yj3h6xwx5p78thaaj4nq0szyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zq7p3hrd of all the metals on the periodic table, which one is the most Metal? 2026-09-22T13:57:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyl258e8ctnmgy2yzzznx7cvy290mcn2cjm3p5zew0yw0tujlapkszyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqv78pkm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspkr5747j3eec758t5zy5l9vptt0uhum7l3edgns6wkn4gvevdrgckpzm8c'>nevent1q…zm8c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i would like to know this as well. 2026-09-02T15:14:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsypf8mn0mz65kt844d7e4p6neeqf9fury3gaf4tt4vw7r6z202zwgzyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqqmun6k IPv6 Pro Tip: to make network configuration examples easier to understand and more applicable to your own network, use the IPv6 documentation prefix (2001:db8::/32) for your local network, and deploy NAT66 for Internet access.<br/><br/>#ipv6 2026-09-01T12:50:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx57vuwf96f5ypz0nhg4jzrlq99xvzkke6uamvx5m8dkslw06a9kszyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqvfhk4w Grafana has helpfully invented a new unit: &#34;mp/s&#34;, which is apparently millipackets per second. <br/><br/>i might&#39;ve thought it would be easier to display this as &#34;0.6 p/s&#34;, but let&#39;s see if millipackets catch on.<br/> <img src="https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/117/080/230/471/360/586/original/93fe2a02cee72727.png"> <br/> 2026-08-12T02:43:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyl3ykk90espau0utl6alsq8wqvwyu2cv9yqqz0799vcq8meqvuwqzyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqyyz09t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszpk9vv6mn84kgwsgqkknm6f3ag74uallhjkp9v0nxh99ya6ky0jserxmjq'>nevent1q…xmjq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>how can you even afford 64kB of memory at current prices 2026-08-11T02:05:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv72hnzt0t0ve09q57e5aeyf64cuftlwvgutaczerh528p0fkvymczyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zq0w4ltf it&#39;s a shame they couldn&#39;t use an AI to condense this into a single email, but perhaps they can&#39;t afford enough tokens for that.<br/> <img src="https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/117/044/205/333/598/798/original/4ea822c95a8d5be3.png"> <br/> 2026-08-05T18:01:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9tufrt0hx5dqsa63d3vsvfsssawh2uzwhequsqdr9uda0nvmyssszyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqrd69z9 i wonder why we build mandoc as a bootstrap tool. is this for catpages? (i don&#39;t think those exist anymore...)<br/><br/>#freebsd 2026-07-23T14:08:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvmzum4jp58zsjraukwlud85apqzxw9fkstzmt2pya9kml3ka4cmczyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqmez580 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgfnsahczkjwlu76rlh9z0qqw9rnu50fqquv56whhd9v2e6whu24smp4eez'>nevent1q…4eez</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it already has a check to see if pkgbase is in use, in which case it will abort. but you may still need to use it again, e.g. if you have non-pkgbase jails -- which is why we&#39;ll have to keep shipping it in 16.0 even though we won&#39;t provide updates for 16.0 via freebsd-update. 2026-07-01T14:04:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswqlfsgm0rphay94f6jtg8cg04g2ejmxfktapdn83ru7kyveu4fmqzyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqye436d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszlmml722wm3ekgafhjkngp7gxh4cmyufrag6t3w26c4sl79vj4pcfjxq46'>nevent1q…xq46</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i think this is unlikely to happen since i don&#39;t see any real benefit, but i could entertain arguments in favour 2026-07-01T13:58:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstt2h7xp9v7z34aczfxk7h6hv49cuufhvmt03qp05ljdp02h9fevgzyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zq3mrxpt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr6t5jveeam7a0257e9zdrukq30jnz8ux99cmj6nrxdc28k0g5a2svqvq2q'>nevent1q…vq2q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>do you happen to know whether that works in clients? or do they need special support or something? (i’m wondering about Ivory specifically) 2026-06-17T17:13:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp8u9j2cpktcrdsm9uk0d9avhr67gq8s0w9rvr0lc7w54q0ktsyhqzyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zq90mc43 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ef53dd26zz26wlxa70xrl238fywamsrfp24nxxysesczwv425r0q6tgcpc" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Stefano Marinelli</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ef5…gcpc</span>)</a></span> if i move to the Snac instance, will i be able to include basic formatting (Markdown or w/e) in my posts? not being able to do this on Mastodon is super annoying. 2026-06-17T14:41:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvt89rhkaqnduhnqlnxq3sp9kcwhx20fyz3xg8xv2k2gc57qx5chszyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqn65xzm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqcdteaada09p9pgmrcr7rcz295d7ncp9qlxxsj7k7jsagzyk7aqc48685u'>nevent1q…685u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>do we know when this is coming to a stable release? 2026-06-04T19:39:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsywuqn4xhxdn9puefxfa3h5tt0a2xsz98e6676mknrws86cr2pydqzyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqer0jpr i see people fleeing GitHub for Codeberg, which is understandable, but Codeberg is only one good DDoS away from being down for a week.<br/><br/>the fix for this isn&#39;t to move from one provider to another, it&#39;s for people to host their own projects, or ask a friend to host it. Git has a built-in email workflow that works great, you do not need &#34;pull requests&#34; to accept contributions. 2026-05-06T20:09:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq5chkqlllz77vv4tls66n3f7slv9mamy6hcrnqakaq0mx6c9qqeczyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqlehfn7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx2rh0hxdl27wm8lagkmrdh39vl6q4fwrczk4aqhzs9r288ef08xqx6rwyt'>nevent1q…rwyt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>could you please show the output of<br/><br/>% pkg repos<br/><br/>and<br/><br/>% pkg query -e &#39;%o ~ base/*&#39; &#39;%n %v&#39; 2026-05-06T16:28:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs82ef29u37h7stpswsvp04jemh3dxk332asrpcf9mmckta5k6wwyqzyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqvkfsd0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx25dl763zpds58jrl3eqplv56yy4wzp2np93p9whpzgnnqvwyr8gzv3stj'>nevent1q…3stj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>hm, i&#39;m not 100% sure about this... don&#39;t most MMO raids have mechanics which are both difficult to figure out, and difficult to do? 2026-04-22T20:49:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw6dv3m9fw6kwduzyvxls0k6slr6rg9h65glm6yka9tsua667f6gqzyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqnsdkc6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrgwc5fgwaun6z9m5t8u436rtkd4gl0zwmpzdz7m7mx7dsfdjna3se4ptcw'>nevent1q…ptcw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this sounds like it&#39;ll work about as well as anycast 6to4 did, tbh. (i.e., not very.) 2026-04-16T16:11:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxlatfazne2r32vzackct4mv3cwq65dr3se9vp8mj3hg94a7k5usgzyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zq6d8u6u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsptnl7mu0srxmz6qwcpzc8tpx73ezrrttel4usx40ugrvuug8hedq9fd50a'>nevent1q…d50a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>although, i just noticed it&#39;s only displaying 164 threads, hm. 2026-04-09T12:32:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsptnl7mu0srxmz6qwcpzc8tpx73ezrrttel4usx40ugrvuug8hedqzyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqrq2n3k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszg5lj4zf73x4xkw283nuh33v6akxzj8sz0785f5gunpnc3c58z0caysur5'>nevent1q…sur5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the way btop(1) visualises this is actually quite nice... i usually prefer htop(1) but it seems to give up entirely here and not display per-CPU stats at all.<br/> <img src="https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/media_attachments/files/116/374/754/390/923/808/original/2ba8e0a4bf6c864d.png"> <br/> 2026-04-09T12:30:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszg5lj4zf73x4xkw283nuh33v6akxzj8sz0785f5gunpnc3c58z0czyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zq5yng8a what type of Grafana graph would you use to visualise CPU usage on a system with 176 CPU threads? i usually like heatmap, but i don&#39;t think that&#39;s going to work unlses the graph is three miles tall. 2026-04-09T12:12:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx6w7pq4wx48g824lfuuf9p9t284x02e693rpjekz0yuj9dap7zrgzyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zq3qsynj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2mnwa6ujneh80rgf2575d6khjndfrh76vgxy82uh622u2xk3ch9q2gwke2'>nevent1q…wke2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this includes anyone in the UK who voted for Labour. this is your fault. fuck y&#39;all. 2026-03-27T21:28:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2mnwa6ujneh80rgf2575d6khjndfrh76vgxy82uh622u2xk3ch9qzyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqtvalyw as of yesterday, i cannot use my own phone, which i own and paid for in cash, to visit websites on the Internet or to send and receive text messages.<br/><br/>unless i &#34;verify my age&#34; with Apple, i am considered a &#34;teen&#34; and do not own my own device.<br/><br/>anyone who voted for this nonsense: fuck you. 2026-03-27T21:25:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0pggrf0zr8l5dq6uwxqerjvuq6lrw2v3u4xredh8vfsj0xchf8hszyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqgsh5rm <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1sv0s3rznh6j6974qduqj8nyur5cts9kpcjcahuqspgk0lrmp9wmqnfrq9x" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Andrews & Arnold Ltd (AAISP)</span> (<span class="italic">npub1sv0…rq9x</span>)</a></span> any news on a cheaper data plan for SIP2SIM? 2026-03-25T09:24:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsprgu43rewcwefgrvdfvqj7qfjp0acrwr2ngcxpctw6aktqq0chdczyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqkdn6uu a user is arguing with me that setting securelevel on FreeBSD prevents an attacker gaining persistence, which... is not even remotely true, but i&#39;m sure we still ship documentation that suggests it is.<br/><br/>i don&#39;t think we should remove securelevel, since the basic functionality it provides is fine, but perhaps it needs to be split into a few different sysctls. like one for enforcing file flags, one for device access, one for memory access... the firewall stuff can probably just be ditched.<br/><br/>is there a reason we didn&#39;t already do that? it seems like a fairly obvious thing to do. 2025-12-25T21:40:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszjusqfwzujq0jpej54lf8m7wgwcfxyrv7t5l0pew3a50q4d244qczyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqutauj6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx4jc53t0ujn2mtc64va27saxqqv3lj0ue583v4ne6hpy4esnx7fs0zs9zf'>nevent1q…s9zf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;With securelevel, they are locked out of the kernel.”<br/><br/>except that /boot/kernel/kernel isn&#39;t schg, so they can just replace the kernel itself and wait for you to reboot. but then, if they can replace /boot/kernel/kernel, they already have root... so what is securelevel protecting against?<br/><br/>if the answer is persistence - did you modify *every* executable that root can run (including everything installed from ports/packages) to ensure it can&#39;t be replaced? did you make atrun and crontab read-only (thus breaking at(1) for everyone on the system)?<br/><br/>if you&#39;re put the required effort into building a system which is actually secure enough for schg/securelevel to make a difference, perhaps it can marginally increases security, but your original toot makes it sound like simply setting securelevel increases security, which it doesn’t. and i think it&#39;s a shame we trick users into thinking it does by calling it &#39;securelevel&#39;. (it should be called immutable_level, or something, or more usefully, split into multiple sysctls.) 2025-12-25T21:38:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyn5ep9snf97w7a0ft8q5a9vs036jzdutyl6ua3um5av4lpqm9z7qzyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqa5ade4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2y8css5tz708jy8md6e6vrktj0jffapw6yewks3p03mrgmh3kj9qvj96m0'>nevent1q…96m0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yes, i know what it does — i’m just saying it doesn’t actually increase security. <br/><br/>for example, did you ensure every executable on the system that root might execute is schg? if not, a few random executables being schg doesn’t help. <br/><br/>firewall modification is already restricted to root. what sort of attack are you protecting against where someone has root but needs to modify the firewall rules? (and are you sure they can’t just edit some file in /etc and wait for you to reboot?)<br/><br/>the problem with securelevel is it does a bunch of things that *look* like they should increase security, but in practice, aren’t useful against any real world attacks. 2025-12-25T21:22:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy2pumvf2pg9j7x7spc45wccr908ks5hknxmz6sm3h7e44wk7tkcszyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqrvgncy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs28ytyeqc0y6ua37n8ttkzdwun7tduxyu6638xnk78jvrv09mrmzqhkxs3h'>nevent1q…xs3h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>securelevel doesn’t really do anything to increase security. it’s a relic of early 1990s security practice and should probably just be removed from the system, or at least renamed. 2025-12-25T21:10:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs06myhrn8ze29lu9qqqqw4ncezrmn06wqkv93lpx7738jffzqk6ggzyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqapg26f i previously didn&#39;t dislike Lennart Poettering, but it&#39;s funny to see him claim that freedesktop.org is the sole arbiter of where Unix applications are allowed to create files. 2025-10-06T11:20:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszgxnczdcjza56cc2kaktu3u0upjp80kwwdnn22aupddt0alqej9qzyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zqg8klyq does anyone have experience with Patreon? is there a reason to avoid them? do they refuse payouts or close your account for absurd reasons (like PayPal)? 2025-09-28T00:46:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfkvjf64j7l4psy4pcx4nfc8ux357jwcdntdxcpv3nmullltmt4fgzyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zq93pzhy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsflpj3cp5sx8e6maq2eamh8qs987nee7m4w5quez05grhdak0qcnq2equfy'>nevent1q…qufy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you shouldn&#39;t usually need net.link.bridge.inherit_mac here... was there a particular problem you ran into that required that?<br/><br/>(it&#39;s not wrong if you need it, i&#39;m just curious) 2025-05-16T18:31:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfffcfd875mxkuw0vc73m2vh6e09e4gwcetq5nzevjczqvqsmh84gzyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zq9rwz72 merge freebsd traceroute6 into traceroute, take 4: failed.<br/><br/>i think to get this done, i need to initially propose a change to do it in a bad way, then make it not bad in followup commits, instead of just committing the not-bad version to begin with.<br/><br/>which i find a little frustrating, but let it never be said that i won&#39;t commit bad code in the name of pragmatism.<br/><br/>#freebsd #ipv6 2025-04-30T07:14:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz8arxjgw7jx39yd743csqvledfjlx5zjx3uzslcpph5caltzlcjszyr6j7w0mfquvechf53swd4dtmall3dvxmcq4c0fesuwfq7mclv6zq73cpxn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstze9uts4qmu0hrqdkt7ugvl7tzwy3srtpza9uzxe3y2jjvecvm9swfcxej'>nevent1q…cxej</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that seems very warm for something running OPNsense ... assuming you&#39;re not running 10Gb/s traffic constantly or something like that.<br/><br/>did they forget to set up CPU frequency scaling? 2025-03-15T12:40:49Z