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UnifiedPush lets you receive Android notifications from a server. Ntfy in particular lets you create URLs that receive notifications. You can post to that URL using the ntfy CLI, Curl or the programming language of your choice.

I don't need to tell you this, but Nix is pretty good:

• NixOS configurations force you to declare attack surfaces (user groups, open ports) explicitly
• Nixpkgs is the largest package repository ever, so you rarely have to rely on 3rd-party packages
• Nixpkgs tends to ship security fixes quickly
• NixOS and many of its packages are open source

But it comes with a few pitfalls:

• Only import Flakes or modules from trusted authors. I would avoid the NUR completely, because it incentivizes the opposite
• Some far-reaching security fixes (such as the recent one for PHP) trigger long rebuilds before they reach the main nixos channels. Use nixos-unstable-small to override vulnerable packages in the meantime

I use LUKS disk encryption and Lanzabote secure boot to secure my data at rest. Not because I'm scared of anyone breaking into my house, but for the peace of mind that the data is gone once I erase the encryption key.

For privacy, I use LibreWolf with default security settings and a VPN.

Other than that, I don't feel the need to harden my personal computer. That is of course a different story for servers with open ports. The NixOS wiki entry for Security also contains some useful links.

The update reached the nixos-26.05-small and nixos-unstable-small channels. Many programs depend on PHP, so the main channels need time rebuilding and fixing potential build failures.

So.. why don't those abrasive materials destroy the hair in the drain?? Explain yourself

I recently dreamt vividly that I ate something. I didn't know I could feel taste in my dreams

nix-collect-garbage has a --dry-run flag which should print deletable paths without actually deleting them. Check out the nix-collect-garbage reference

YT-DLP on desktop or YTDLnis on Android let you download videos from almost any URL. They sometimes get blocked though

Aaand... it's Turing-complete!

You did all this as a teenager? Impressive

Typst and LaTeX libraries can be used to create a variety of graphs within a text document, but no animations

You can use WinBoat or WinApps or even LinOffice to run Microsoft Office in a VM that feels like a native app. Or you can instead try Collabora Office which looks like Microsoft Office, but is based on LibreOffice