confusedpuppy

I've been using Alpine Linux. I've always leaned towards minimalism in my personal life so Alpine seems like an appropriate fit for me.

Since what is installed is intentional, I am able to keep track of changes more accurately. I keep a document for complete setup by hand, then reduce that to an install script so I can get back to the same state in a minimal amount of time if needed.

Since I only have a Laptop and two Raspberry Pi's with no intention of expanding or upgrading, this works for me as a personal hobby.

I've even gone as far as to use Alpine Sway as a desktop to keep everything similar as well.

I wouldn't recommend it for anyone who doesn't have the time to learn. It doesn't use systemd and packages are often split meaning you will have to figure out what additional packages you may need beyond the core package.

I appreciate the approach Alpine takes because from a security point of view, less moving parts means less surface area to exploit. In today's social climate, who knows how or when I'll become a target.

This was a video of a frustrated person asking the same question for 9 minutes. I get it too.

It's one of the few ways to force these people to say their lack of truth or true intentions. No name calling or labeling, avoid words that are meant for a specific group of people, no getting off topic. Talk in words that many people can understand and make them answer in words that many people can understand.

Treat them like the manipulators that they are because they are acting like manipulators.

I enjoy when I am able to verbally back someone into a corner where anything they say can only make themselves look worse.

I have a deep frustration with manipulators since they believe I am an easy target. I strongly believe manipulators do not deserve the attention or never-ending second chances they constantly demand.

Motors. Car motors. Truck motors. Furnace and air conditioning motors. Fan motors. Lawn mower motors. Fridge motors. I can't understand how people are happy with the constant hum of motors all day, every day.

It's all noise pollution. The sounds of nature has been eradicated and replaced by the drone of motors.

I finished setting up my personal computer with Sway on Alpine so now I can't procrastinate anymore on getting TLS working with Caddy for my RPi 5.

I decided to ditch Cloudflare since using that service makes me feel uncomfortable. TLS is a bit of a pain because I am using an uncommon port so I need to do a DNS challenge. I still haven't been able to get it working with DeSec.io but I hope maybe sometime this week.

I might look into using a tunnel service in the future but if I can figure this out, I'll at least be able to adapt to changes in the future if I need to deal with any changing situations.

When I figure that out, I'll look into Gemeni protocol and host something there. I don't want anything big, just a little space of my own in the corner of the internet. Maybe I'll look into hosting an irc server for a small group of people too.

Thank you, I'm glad people are enjoying them :)

I have to enjoy the little time I have with the family of doves because the babies go from eggs to flying in just over a months time. The parents are usually cautious when I first go outside but become much more lively when eating or playing music. They have such a calm, curious and caring nature about them.

I try my best to keep a garden that will attract lots of bugs, from the soil to the flowers and plants. Without them I wouldn't have the food I want to grow. Lots of shiny beetles, dragonflies and crazy looking flies have been showing up lately :)

before I jump to conclusions.

Population control is not a solution.

I didn't state anything about population control.

I'm merely exhausted by the complexity that people must deal with for each person we add to this planet. That complexity would be far more manageable if humans didn't reproduce exponentially.

Yes we can support support 8 billion people. But why? From my understanding we got here mainly because capitalism and war has a high demand for warm bodies.

Maybe we can learn from our mistakes and deal with them rather than making excuses to remain on course for pain, suffering and disaster. Us humans learning and overcoming our current situation has the benefit for all life on this planet.

It's hard watching the people around me make the same mistakes they always make and complain about the same mistakes they always make.

It's hard watching large organizations and states make the same mistakes they always make and blame everyone else for the mistakes they always make. Even when history proves them wrong.

I can never understand why people argue for 8+ billion people on this planet when we collectively refuse to learn from mistakes.

I'm tired...

I never knew a bus in Italy could be so agile in that much traffic and chaos. The mixed emotions I felt are impossible to put into words.

I'm pretty sure I had my mid-life crisis at 25. I let myself get fired from my job. Then I donated everything I owned and lived out of a 34 liter backpack for a few years while I travelled and lived abroad.

My entire life is still a constant crisis but that's just background noise ringing like tinnitus.

This weekend I got to see the baby chicks from the Mourning Doves that are nesting in a planter on our backyard's deck railing.

They are so tiny and fuzzy but I think they'll soon be too big for the parents to sit on anymore.

I love that they always come back every summer to nest there. I get to see fuzzy little babies each year.

Yeah, I tried listening and I wasn't sure if I heard a low hum or not. If there was any noise it was too quiet for me to hear.

They are still sitting on the chicks but I have a feeling that won't be for much longer now.

I'll usually hear the other dove throughout the day calling from the neighbours rooftop but the nesting dove never makes a noise.

I usually play some chill music when I'm out there but my shuffle played some punk music and the nesting dove was extremely curious. Tried playing a bunch of different genres after that but punk seems to get the the genre that gets it curious and moving around a bit. Definitely wasn't feeling it for anything metal though.

It wasn't until my first job at a grocery store during Christmas time that I learned it was "Feliz Navidad" being sung.

Before that, I couldn't figure out why the cheerful song that only appeared around Christmas time was saying "Police shot my dad"