After taking a break and stepping away for a bit, I realized that I was recreating an archiving system for websites and that there are existing solutions that do the same thing.
I found https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/ which is a self hosted web archiving system. It covers most of my usecases (and I can extend it for additional functionality) so I am going to set this up and try it out.
I don't have to use curl, but in the past when I have setup something that opens browser instances it has usually been a bit unstable in the sense that it would crash intermittently.
I wanted something that I could kick-off as a daily cron job.
That's a good point. I use Linux where file names are Case Sensitive and the sync to Windows has problems when the files are copied over to an NTFS partition or to my Android phone. However, the rest of the files are updated even though some files have issues syncing.
There is no alert etc generated just a message in the interface that sync is not complete.
yeah, it really sucks that we improved security, reduced the risk of Man in the Middle Attacks, reduced impersonation risks by moving to a more secure protocol.
Actually, you don't need to manage certificates when we access sites over https as that is done on the server side. You just need to ensure that you are using the latest version of the SSL libraries when compiling systems.
Even then, most certificate providers give you ways to update certificates quickly and easily. If you do it correctly then you would only need to update them once a year. (you can set this to a longer duration)
The article specifically says that they "drilled down into the hill and collected core samples that allowed them to use radiocarbon dating techniques to learn the ages of the layers that make up the hill."
They didn't randomly pickup dirt from the base of the pyramid and date it as you seem to be implying, they used the standard method of taking core samples at various depths to find the dates of the various layers of the pyramid. Based on that they made the claim.
Syncthing works over mobile data as well. You need to enable the option to Run on mobile data in settings. In addition you will need to Enable Relaying and Global discovery on both ends (phone and server)
I have been using it to sync photos and other data from Phone -> Desktop for a few years now and it works fantastically.
The issue with CD/DVDs is that they degrade quickly over time. The CDs I burnt in early 2000s had tons of read errors when I tried restoring in 2022.
Personally, I think storing data on an external Harddrive is the most stable option. You can keep upgrading the setup as required and the bit rot is minimal.
I backup my data on multiple drives, along with redundant copies stored in multiple locations.
I have heard good things about Tapes as well but have no personal experience with them.
Like you I also dislike the Blocks editor, however the fix is easy. You can install the Classic Editor (https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-editor/) plugin and get the old interface back.
You can switch between the two if you want, and can configure it to be the default.
Ah... fair enough. For me the annoyance is minor enough that I wouldn't be installing an extension that gets access to all the sites that I browse, but I get that for others it might worth it.
From the outside, it seems like an easy problem to solve but with all the multiple domains and the way federation itself works there is no quick/easy fix that doesn't bring other assorted problems into play
Not sure if I am missing something, but this is something I can do without any extra extensions installed? Out of the 27 accounts I am currently following, 20 are accounts from other Mastodon instances...
I do have to search for the account on my local instance to start following them instead of being able to click follow right there, but that is a minor annoyance
At the moment I check them manually. I have all the blogs bookmarked under 1 folder and use the "Open All in Tabs" option in Firefox to open all of them together first thing in the morning.
Quality is a must. It doesn't matter how frequently/consistently you post if the posts are not of good quality. There are a few blogs I follow where the author don't post very frequently but when they do the posts are extremely high quality so I keep checking them frequently even when they don't update regularly.
The quote you are talking about about consistency being awarded is more geared towards appeasing the algorithms to get more followers/visibility etc
You can use Tweepy (Python Package) to query their API for the data. You will need a Twitter Developer Account but the setup is quite simple. You can use the instructions at: https://towardsdatascience.com/how-to-access-data-from-the-t... to set it up.
I wanted a client to export my followers, Following and Lists (Members) as the official export didn't have it. Used Tweepy to create a script in a couple of hours to pull this data. It should it fairly simple to modify it to pull the tweets as well if you are interested. Or I can take a look and add it when I get some free time.
Baen Books (https://www.baen.com/) is a publisher that only releases DRM free ebooks. They primarily publish scifi / fantasy books that you can buy from their site directly.
You realize that it is fairly easy to create false ID's right? There are services that do that for you with minimal fuss.
> When everyone has 2FA, 2FA backup keys become kind of impractical in the same way it becomes impractical to remember all your passwords.
This statement makes absolutely no sense. If you can't remember your passwords (and even if you can) you should use a password manager. The same can also hold your recovery keys. I also have a printed copy of the recovery codes in a file as well.
They are displayed by default when you enable 2FA. If I remember correctly there is a note stating that we should print them out or save in a secure location. They are meant to be used in this exact scenario where you don't have access to the 2FA device registered.
When I was changing phones and wasn't sure that Google Authentication app would move to the new phone seamlessly I actually disabled 2FA on all my accounts before activating the new phone and then set it up again over there. Did I need to do this, probably not but it did ensure that I wouldn't loose access due to a missing 2FA app.
I found https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/ which is a self hosted web archiving system. It covers most of my usecases (and I can extend it for additional functionality) so I am going to set this up and try it out.
Thanks all for the help.