Some interesting discussions there, looks like they won’t be hard up finding sponsors or places to move. Nice to see.

It only took what… 20 years?

My understanding is that admins would be able to access it. I’m not sure if this means any admin, or just the ones of the sender and recipient.

I manage a (relatively small) gitea instance, the software that forgejo was recently hard forked from. The maintenance is incredibly simple, really no problem if you’ve ever run any sort of publicly facing web service.

In this case I meant the one packaged by your distro.

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I would use the native version. For something like this, it makes sense that it should have less restricted/sandboxed access to the underlying system.

I found this article (and related site) from a quick search: https://academy.binance.com/en/articles/what-is-a-cryptocurrency

Binance has a vested interest in providing accurate information, they are a major exchange. The information seemed easy to understand and correct at a first glance, they also link to supporting articles.

Other references:

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency (among other more specific pages)
• https://jacobwsmith.xyz/stories/cryptocurrency.html (thanks wiby)
• https://dither8.xyz/blog/crypto-opinions/ (thanks again wiby)

Fira Code and Caskaydia Cove Nerd Font for monospace. For other uses, I’m usually good with whatever the system ships with.

I think the error is quite verbose and tells you everything you need to know.

Generally, do not install packages outside of a virtual environment unless you know what you’re doing. Given the option, use your package manager version of the same package. Outside of that, use your python environment manager of choice to install stuff. There are lots of options: conda, uv, venv, virtualenv, pipenv, etc.

The error exists to warn you that you could potentially break critical system installed packages by installing other things at a user or system level with pip.

Mullvad offers DoH and DoT, why not set firefox to use that as well?

In terms of search results, ddg sometimes will find very specific searches better and has more bells and whistles. I still prefer SearXNG, and have been using my instance almost exclusively since setting it up.

Every time this happens to me, the clerk/cashier just shrugs and is like, “okay”. They get it, but are obligated to try anyway. The best you can do is be polite.

Note that Yandex has an aggressive captcha, so it doesn’t really work with SearXNG in its current state. Tested a couple weeks ago.

You might consider trying Miniconda, a version of Anaconda. It installs a local python environment of your choosing at a user level. https://docs.anaconda.com/miniconda/

I don’t know how safe this is, but what I do:

0. Make a local XMR wallet, backup, and host your own blockchain
1. Buy regular crypto, say LTC, from a legit exchange with KYC
2. Swap that to XMR on an anon swap/exchange, storing in your wallet 3 (optional). Move from your first wallet to another, for extra safety???

Spend it where you can, not many places. BTCPay server, which can be self-hosted, supports it, so there are options.

The only time I’ve willingly used a banking app is when they lock out my VPN IP. In those cases the app still usually works for whatever reason. So far, I haven’t found any functionality missing from the webapp, but I’m also dealing with brick and mortar institutions.

I would be concerned as they will eventually probably move to a phone app first ecosystem, however it will probably take a while. Some people are still only using in person and phone banking (where you call them and punch in numbers).

I would get a Thinkpad, either used or new, with that budget. Generally all the hardware will work out of the box, with the possible exception of the fingerprint reader if it exists. RAM and SSD should be replaceable, so if you purchase new just do the upgrade yourself to save some bucks.

I mean yeah, Hexchat does work pretty well and is kind of finished. But it’s possible there are existing security vulnerabilities or new ones to be discovered in the future.

Just to let you know, Hexchat is no longer maintained, unless someone has forked it. Might be worth looking into alternatives.

https://hexchat.github.io/news/2.16.2.html