Onomatopoeia

What am I looking at here?

Well, TrueNAS is a RAID system, and pretty much any Linux distro can run ZFS.

I sync hundreds of gigs, (if not terabytes at this point) using Syncthing with errors on only one machine (it's running on 6 devices, including a VM). And those errors are of my own doing, not random Syncthing errors.

It's surprisingly robust these days, especially for a single-user notes.

I have an indexing job that runs on my server every 30 minutes, saving into a text file (it indexes my media folder, which is about 3TB of movies and TV shows).

Those text files sync to my phone when they've changed (so every 30 minutes). They're always up to date when I open them.

My phone also has jobs to continually sync my photos to home, an ad-hoc folder to my laptop, and about 25 other folder pairs (including NeoBackup) that sync under different conditions, without fail.

I'm currently testing Cherrytree using Sourcherry on Android and it seems to work fine as a single-user solution with Syncthing.

This is part of why I only go to Alamo theatres. They don't tolerate that nonsense.

I'm with you.

Granted, many people have been using it to mean "shocked", I find that use to be problematic.

so... Don't be a dick

That should be your first rule! 😁

Others have clarified, but I'd like to add that security isn't one thing - it's done in layers so each layer protects from potential failures in another layer.

This is called The Swiss Cheese Model. of risk mitigation.

If you take a bunch of random slices of Swiss cheese and stack them up, how likely is there to be a single hole that goes though every layer?

Using more layers reduces the risk of "hole alignment".

Here's an example model:

So a router that has no open ports, then a mesh VPN (wireguard/Tailscale) to access different services.

That VPN should have rules that only specific ports may be connected to specific hosts.

Hosts are on an isolated network (could be VLANS), with only specific ports permitted into the VLAN via the VPN (service dependent).

Each service and host should use unique names for admin/root, with complex passwords, and preferably 2FA (or in the case of SSH, certs).

Admin/root access should be limited to local devices, and if you want to get really restrictive, specific devices.

In the Enterprise it's not unusual to have an admin password management system that you have to request an admin password for a specific system, for a specific period of time (which is delivered via a secure mechanism, sometimes in person). This is logged, and when the requested time frame expires the password is changed.

Everyone's risk model and Swiss cheese layering will fall somewhere on this scale.

About 5 years ago I opened a port to run a test.

Within hours it was getting hammered (probably by scripts) trying to figure out what that port was forwarded to, and trying to connect.

I closed the port about a week later, but not before that poor consumer router was overwhelmed with the hits.

I closed the port after a week. For the next 2 years I'd get hammered with scans occasionally.

There are tools out there continually looking for open ports, they probably get added to a database and hackers/script kiddies, whoever, will try to get in.

Whats interesting is I did the same thing around 2000 with a DSL connection (which was very much a static address) and it wasn't an issue even though there were fewer always-on consume connections.

And an all around asshole

This is just from an initial search, with strict query:

Known Cases in 2024 of Bystander Deaths or Innocent Victim Deaths in Street Racing-Related Crashes

St. Louis County, Missouri – April 2024 Construction worker killed in work-zone by street racing crash Two 18‑year‑olds racing; one lost control and struck construction workers. One, Christopher Johnson (34), was pronounced dead. https://www.wdtv.com/

Portland, Oregon – Fatal crash killing innocent bystander Young mother (Ashlee McGill, 26) killed She was struck by a vehicle that lost control during an illegal street race while she was a bystander (had no involvement). https://hoodline.com/2024/05/portland-man-sentenced-to-3-years-for-fatal-street-racing-crash-that-killed-young-mother/

Grand Prairie, Texas – August 10, 2024 Family killed by alleged street racer Four family members (parents and two children) killed when their car was struck by alleged street racer returning from Six Flags. https://people.com/four-family-members-killed-after-street-racer-slams-into-their-car-8695681

Kansas City, Missouri – December 2024 Two innocent people killed in street racing crash A street race (Chrysler 300 vs Charger) resulted in collision with a Honda HR‑V turning onto another road; both people in the Honda died. These victims were not part of the race. tonyskansascity.com

As someone who grew up in the racing community (at tracks designed for it), I've watched the safety improvements dramatically improve over my lifetime, and the number of attendee injuries drop to near zero and yet we still have crashes that exceed the math of safety engineers.

I'll add my personal experience. A couple jackasses were racing on a residential street in a major US city. Where 2 cars can barely squeek past each other at a walking pace.

One of those jackasses sideswiped my parked truck, and hit it so hard it bent the lower control arm. You know, things that are designed for major forces. $5000 in damage to my parked vehicle that my insurance paid because the prick ran off (not sure how they did that).

Imagine the smear that would've made of a human body.

I work very hard to not insult people here and rather to critique their statements. But in this case, get fucked with your selfish bullshit.

Downloads! Hurray!

I like the sign, like Mother Nature is out to kill your ass, but only beyond this point. Haha