Alyx :neocat_flag_ace:

Silly internet creature :neocat:
Likes to :neocat_flop: around and plays waaay too much with servers and network stuff.
Killed the internet in Europe just once and learned from it, uhm.. I think.. :neocat_laugh_nervous:

:servers: Runs https://lyratris.com, a tiny hosting provider in Europe :blobcat_code:

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2024-12-09 20:36:08 GMT

Since Hetzner is apparently doing hetzner things and kicking fedi instances and a couple of other projects, a friendly reminder that I run a small hosting thingy :neocat_sub:
https://lyratris.com/cloud-server
We offer "Cloud Server" (vServer), Dedicated Server and a couple of other things like a CDN for example.
All Servers are in Frankfurt (Germany), we're queer run :blobhaj_pride:, have an own network and own a lot of the hardware.
So.. uhmm.. if you are looking for a new home, we still have some space :neocat_sub:
If you have any questions, or need some custom config, just drop me a message :3
*(Really really sorry for the ad)* :neobot_blush_hide:
#hetzner #hosting #fediadmin

2024-12-08 12:15:21 GMT

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I do nearly the same.
Just use Jellyfin instead of Navidrome, since I use it for my other media anyway, it was convenient to use it for music too.
Overall really happy with it :neocat_floof:
The one and only thing I miss from Spotify is the easy way to discover new music :neocat_sad:

2024-12-08 11:04:32 GMT

@npub1l8t…mz8s Heyy :neocat_floof:
I wonder, if you are aware of any statistics regarding IPv4 vs IPv6 latency?
Recently expanded my own network monitoring a bit and interestingly discovered that IPv6 has a slightly worse latency from DE/EU while it has a better latently from the US.
It's not much and might be within the margin of error in my case, but made me curious :neocat_think:
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2024-12-07 17:32:36 GMT

Hey, uhm.. I know it's Saturday evening, but do you have a quick second to check my PR? :neocat_pleading:
https://alyx.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/612/729/552/046/236/original/05cf2ee5cc35f5b9.png

2024-11-27 21:52:04 GMT

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Huh, wanneer werd mstdn.social onderdeel van de fedihosting Foundation? :neocat_think:

2024-11-27 19:08:54 GMT

So, due to the recent discussions here, I've finally taken a look on Bluesky.
My conclusion,
it's completely unusable. Like.. how do you even communicate with other people without custom emojis? They don't even have neo/blobcats :neocat_shocked:

2024-10-21 17:27:22 GMT

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I'm centimeters away from my "Fuck it, I will become a farmer now" moment :neocat_googly_shocked:

2024-10-19 19:37:46 GMT

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Well, not on the organizational level, you're right. I mean, you can already do that. You can request a PI (provider-independent) IPv6 prefix from RIPE (through a sponsor) and then go to an ISP and ask them to announce it for you. (You probably won't find any home ISPs doing this, but various hosting companies do, for an additional fee, of course.)
But on the global implementation and technical level, the differences are enormous. The ISP has a large prefix, which they then subdivide into smaller ones internally.
If every user or customer were to delegate a prefix to their ISP, there would be no internal subdivision. Every single customer would have their own prefix, which can't really be aggregated into a larger one.
For example... The entire internet right now consists of about 1 million separate routes.
If every person or household were to have their own prefix, that would be 40 million just in Germany alone. Worldwide, we'd end up with around 5 billion. Probably even double that, since many people have multiple internet connections (home, mobile, office, etc.).
It's a huge difference if a router has to make decisions based on 1 million routes versus 5 to 10 billion routes.
Even if we ignore all the financial and technical hurdles that come with this, we still have to morally question whether the additional power consumption needed just for the computing is justified for what we would gain from it.
I honestly still think that the domain level is a sufficient enough provider independence which doesn't struggle with this issues due to the partially centralized nature of DNS.

2024-10-19 18:53:26 GMT

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Honestly, while I fully support the intention behind it, I still don't think it's the right approach.
IPv6 and everything that comes with it is designed with the idea that the IP address itself doesn't really matter. Clients are auto-configured, often with completely random IPs, and you're generally supposed to access an IPv6 service through a domain, not directly via the IP address.
To put it differently, if you're as dependent on an IPv6 address as you are on your mobile number, you're doing IPv6 wrong. :neocat_laugh_nervous:
Switching to another ISP should require no more effort than updating a couple of DNS records. Considering you change ISPs rarely, perhaps once a year or less, I think this is perfectly reasonable. If you use something like DynDNS, you won’t have to do any work at all.
I know this is just an idea, but I’d also like to point out that this won't be cheap. Technically, it's definitely possible with relatively little effort, but there’s no way around the need for new and additional hardware at the ISP and backbone levels. The cost for a single router would easily be four to five times the current price. Applying this internet-wide would end up costing hundreds of billions of dollars. I don't think it's reasonable to make such a massive investment just so people don’t have to update their DNS records when they change ISPs occasionally.
Again, I like the intention behind it, but I don't think this specific idea is helpful.
I suggest changing the idea to something like:
**Every ISP should offer an easy one click way to get a static IPv6 prefix free of charge.** :neocat_floof:

2024-09-25 04:56:16 GMT

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Flatpak is designed to do exactly that, to be a easy platform that works in all distros.
Because not everyone is a Linux eliteist like you, but I think normal people still should be able to use the system in a friendly way, not to mention that maintainers themselves are sick of needing to support 20 different package managers, because for some reason, every distro thinks they need to reinvent the wheel.
systemd replaced initd, you could argue that before systemd there was a bit more variety, but initd was definitely more common. Just as systemd is today. There are alternatives to systemd, but most distros themselves make the decision to use don't use them.
Wayland has absolut nothing to do in this context. Sry, but that is such a bs that I really questioning about what you are talking about.
Before, nearly everything was x11, wayland is just the successor of it.
Wayland can't "make all distros in a grey goo" because there never was any real variety to begin with.
But you know what makes Fedora different from Arch?
Absolutely nothing prevents you from setup up your Arch system without Flatpak, with upstart instead of systemd and with a nearly unmaintained x11. It feels like a "just for the sake of it" thing, but if it makes you happy, you can do that.

2024-09-09 19:53:54 GMT

I have a question towards Microsoft.
If these copilot screenshots you are doing, are completely local on the users device, why exactly do you need to need to censor copyrighted material? :neocat_think:

2024-08-31 12:24:18 GMT

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I guess they are all in use now :neocat_googly_shocked:
What monitoring software is this? :neocat_think:

2024-08-31 12:22:12 GMT

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Oh, yummy, free ram :neocat_nom_haj_nervous:

2024-08-30 11:50:50 GMT

I wonder how well a IPv6 only (authoritative) DNS server would work? :neocat_think:
#dns #ipv6 #networking