philpo

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[–] philpo@feddit.de 2 points 4 months ago

The forgiveness part is not valid for the building authority. They absolutely force people to destroy adjuncts/garden sheds that have 0.3m² than the rule and have been build in the 70ies.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, that depends heavily on local ordinances and state law. A friend has been trying to get one for years now.

CO2 is especially important in the first years as you will put new/mixed soil on it - which has a lot of more organic material in it which is now exposed to O2 and will rot - generating CO2. I work in a wine region as a paramedic and we had more than similar cases.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

For the love of god, install a good CO2_O2 detector, especially for the initial phase that can be crucial.

BTW: How hard was it to get a permit for this thing?

[–] philpo@feddit.de 2 points 4 months ago

You can buy these ready made,btw. The kiddo has a few,they are great.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah,but it's possible - maybe not everything,but for a lot of components it is possible.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 9 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I'd love to buy a Fairphone. But sadly it is behind in so many features,that I simply can't.

-no water proof (sadly a requirement in my profession)

-no wireless charging (why? just why? There is no good reason for them to not include that, especially as it is finally adopted by a lot of spaces, e.g. in airline seats,etc.)

  • mediocre camera

I counted the days towards Fairphone releasing the featureset of the Fairphone 5 and was so disappointed.

I am up for other recommendations, though.The first person to name google will be downvoted,though. I literally wrote my lawyer yesterday as they are treating service cases in a illegal manner.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 5 points 4 months ago

Absolutely - me,too.

But, to play the optimist for once - Canva could bring some good to Affinity/Serif. Canva is available as a native linux app and Serif in the past has stated multiple times it's mainly the lack of Linux resources and experience that stops them from providing Linux support. So maybe that could be a good influence.

Canva also has a workflow that is based on a webapp that is more "beginner friendly" than Affinity and a good integration between these services could be a good thing as it may remove barriers.

And Canva for a long time had a desire to provide a full production workflow, so maybe affinity gets the long missing library features.

BUT: Now enough with that optimism, sadly I am rather sure enshitification is around the corner. Which will be a sad day for me.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 20 points 4 months ago

Had a lengthy mail exchange on that topix with them - before them being bought, though.

While they don't plan a native Linux version they absolutely were open to optimise towards better Wine usability - which I totally could live with for now.

But I have no idea how the buying by Canva influenced things - Canva does have a linux app so maybe there are more resources and a different focus now.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 13 points 4 months ago

Blue-Ray Discs are basically the only viable WORM (Write-Once-Read-Many) that is available to normal and small scale professional users. The cheapest alternative, Tandberg RDX is a few hundred bucks per TB. And these are far inferior in terms of protection against outside influences compared to BD media.

And considering that a lot of professional data (e.g. tax reports) are legally required to be saved on WORM in a lot of countries it is indeed an issue, even more so in times of crypto/ransomviruses. None wants to loose their precious baby or wedding photos to a untimely virus. And no, normal Dropbox/OneDrive is no proper backup. And USB drives/external harddrives degrade over time, especially if not used.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

A few (German language)sources: https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/der-geheimdienst-will-auch-die-internetkabel-anzapfen-895734682308

https://www.republik.ch/2024/01/09/der-bund-ueberwacht-uns-alle

Basically: The Swiss Intelligence Agency do monitor all traffic going in and out of Switzerland(including incountry routing that uses external routes)and have the right to safe as much traffic as they want for 18 months- and can force swiss companies to give them access to their infrastructure even when they do not provide a service for non-swiss customers. Coming from a Intelligence agency that had the highest amount of files of their citizens of all democratic nations once (see Fichenskandal) it is more than troublesome.

Additionally swiss privacy law itself,while improved in 2023 after years of doing nothing, is still inferior to the GDPR. Unlike the GDPR it is not necessary for a person to explicitly consent to data collection unless the data is deemed especially sensitive. Unlike the GDPR there is no time-limit to notify authorities of data breaches and it is only mandatory for high risk breaches. And the right of data deletion is severely limited as the company can refuse to delete the data if it is still deemed "necessary" for the original purpose.

For me this is also why I can't take Proton and Threema seriously. Whoever uses "swiss privacy law" as a marketing catchphrase without lobbying for improved laws (especially before 2023). And Proton openly lies on their "Why Switzerland" page.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 3 points 4 months ago

Yeah. Exactly how I do it. .casa domain to distinguish it from my other domains, DNS challenge and I am good.

Proxmox and OPN Sense work with it themselves, for everything else I use NPM on Proxmox. Couldn't be more happy with that solution.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 3 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Just saying, but swiss privacy laws are a huge marketing hoax and amongst the worst in Europe.

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