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+languageCode = "en-us"
+title = "blog // ~ben"
+theme = "gruvbox"
+uglyurls = true
+
+[taxonomies]
+    tag = "tags"

content/4k-gaming-with-a-gtx1080ti.md

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+---
+title: '4k gaming with a gtx1080ti'
+date: 201710021609.26
+tags:
+- '4k-gaming'
+- 'pc-master-race'
+- 'gtx1080ti'
+---
+
+i recently picked up a gtx1080ti on newegg (and a 4k monitor earlier in
+the summer on prime day). i can't stop playing the witcher 3. even
+though it's a couple years old, it just looks so good. plus, the story
+and gameplay are incredible as well. i find myself dreaming about the
+game and longing to play it when i'm not. i'll have to say it is
+definitively the best game i've ever played.
+
+some of the other games that i'm looking forward to exploring more of in
+4k are:
+
+-   destiny 2
+-   prey
+-   overwatch (not that this will look insanely good, it will just be
+    super silky smooth)
+-   fallout 4
+-   battlefield 1
+-   dishonored
+-   dishonored 2
+-   dying light
+-   battlefront
+-   pubg
+-   doom (2016)
+-   gta5
+-   just cause 3
+-   hellblade: senua's sacrifice
+-   watch dogs 2
+-   many others
+
+tags: [4k-gaming](tag_4k-gaming.html),
+[pc-master-race](tag_pc-master-race.html),
+[gtx1080ti](tag_gtx1080ti.html)

content/8values.md

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+---
+title: '8values'
+date: 201801031241.09
+tags:
+- '8values'
+- 'ideology'
+- 'politics'
+---
+
+not that i'm very surprised by this, but i took the quiz again (after
+losing my results url) and got these results.
+
+![](https://bhh.sh/pub/photos/8values.png)
+
+[take the quiz here](https://8values.github.io)
+
+[my results again as a
+link](https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=95.7&d=92.6&g=78.5&s=92.3)
+
+tags: [8values](tag_8values.html), [ideology](tag_ideology.html),
+[politics](tag_politics.html)

content/_index.md

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+---
+title: 'blog // ~ben'
+---
+
+a blog about tildes and stuff
+

content/all_posts.md

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+---
+title: ''
+date: 
+tags:
+---
+
+

content/all_tags.md

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+---
+title: ''
+date: 
+tags:
+---
+
+

content/antiwitze.md

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+---
+title: 'antiwitze'
+date: 201711271658.17
+tags:
+- 'german'
+- 'jokes'
+- 'antiwitze'
+---
+
+-   uebern berg ist schneller als zu fuss sagte der wanderer und schwamm
+    los
+-   Was ist der Unterschied zwischen einem Vogel? Beide Beine sind
+    gleich lang. Besonders das linke.
+-   Nachts ist es kälter als draußen.
+-   Wer später bremst, fährt länger schnell.
+-   Cola schmeckt besser als aus dem Glas!!!
+-   Zu Fuß ist schneller als übern Berg!
+-   Was ist weiss und wandert den Berg hinauf? Eine Lawine mit Heimweh.
+
+tags: [german](tag_german.html), [jokes](tag_jokes.html),
+[antiwitze](tag_antiwitze.html)

content/bashblog-and-your-gopherhole.md

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+---
+title: 'bashblog and your gopherhole'
+date: 201807221144.03
+tags:
+- 'tilde'
+- 'blog'
+---
+
+i've created [a repo](https://git.tildeverse.org/meta/bashblog) for the
+tilde.team customizations to
+[bashblog](https://github.com/cfenollosa/bashblog).
+
+it will now make sure that your ~/public\_gopher exists and symlink your
+blog into it with a nice gophermap to list all the markdown styled
+posts.
+
+try it out and let me know if there are any problems!
+
+tags: [tilde](tag_tilde.html), [blog](tag_blog.html)

content/blog-update.md

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+---
+title: 'blog update'
+date: 201711272048.10
+tags:
+- 'blog'
+- 'update'
+---
+
+sorry for the blast of posts. i recreated them from a wordpress blog on
+[motd.org](http://motd.org).
+
+i plan on posting some random thoughts here from time to time. thanks
+for checking in.
+
+tags: [blog](tag_blog.html), [update](tag_update.html)

content/christian-morgenstern---verkehrte-welt.md

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+---
+title: 'Christian Morgenstern – “verkehrte Welt”'
+date: 201711271652.49
+tags:
+- 'german'
+- 'words'
+- 'poetry'
+- 'nonsense'
+---
+
+Dunkel war’s der Mond schien helle, Schnee bedeckt die grüne Flur als
+ein Auto blitzeschnelle, langsam um die Ecke fuhr.
+
+Drinnen saßen stehend Leute, schweigend ins Gespräch vertieft, als ein
+totgeschossner Hase, auf der Sandbank Schlittschuh lief.
+
+Und der Wagen fuhr im Trabe, rückwärts einen Berg hinauf. Droben zog ein
+alter Rabe grade eine Turmuhr auf.
+
+Ringsumher herrscht tiefes schweigen und mit fürchterlichem Krach,
+spielen in des Grases Zweigen zwei Kamele lautlos Schach.
+
+Und auf einer roten Parkbank, die blau angestrichen war, saß ein
+blondgelockter Jüngling mit kohlrabenschwarzem Haar.
+
+Neben ihm ne alte Schrulle, zählte kaum erst 16 Jahr, In der Hand ne’
+Butterstulle, die mit Schmalz bestrichen war.
+
+Droben auf dem Apfelbaume, der sehr süße Birnen trug, hing des Frühlings
+letzte Pflaume und an Nüssen noch genug.
+
+Von der regennassen Straße wirbelte der Staub empor und der Junge bei
+der Hitze mächtig an den Ohren fror.
+
+Beide Hände in den Taschen hielt er sich die Augen zu. Denn er konnte
+nicht ertragen, wie nach Veilchen roch die Kuh.
+
+Holder Engel, süßer Bengel, furchtbar liebes Trampeltier. Du hast Augen
+wie Sardellen, alle Ochsen gleichen Dir.
+
+Und zwei Fische liefen munter, durch das Blaue Kornfeld hin. Endlich
+ging die Sonne unter und der graue Tag erschien.
+
+Und das alles dichtet Goethe Als er in der Morgenröte Liegend auf dem
+Nachttopf saß Und dabei die Zeitung las.
+
+tags: [german](tag_german.html), [words](tag_words.html),
+[poetry](tag_poetry.html), [nonsense](tag_nonsense.html)

content/cold.md

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+---
+title: 'cold'
+date: 201801050949.42
+tags:
+- 'cold'
+- 'weather'
+- 'winter'
+- 'snow'
+---
+
+why is it so cold
+
+![](https://bhh.sh/pub/photos/Screenshot_20180105-094720.png)
+
+i'm so done with winter
+
+tags: [cold](tag_cold.html), [weather](tag_weather.html),
+[winter](tag_winter.html), [snow](tag_snow.html)

content/default-branch-name.md

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+---
+title: 'default branch name'
+date: 202101101526.29
+tags:
+- 'git'
+- 'linux'
+- 'dev'
+---
+
+changing git’s default branch name has come up recently as an easy
+action we can take to update our language and remove harmful ideas from
+our daily usage.
+
+i’m concerned that this effort to change the language used is ultimately
+a symbolic gesture to avoid scrutiny into actual change (notably
+github’s push for this change and continued contracts with ICE).
+
+however, it’s an easy change to make.
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+let’s have a look at how to change it for new repos:
+
+    mkdir -p ~/.config/git/template
+    echo "ref: refs/head/main" > ~/.config/git/template/HEAD
+    git config --global init.templateDir ~/.config/git/template
+
+note that you can put this template dir anywhere you like.
+
+you can also set this system-wide (not just for your user) in
+/usr/share, but note that this might get overriden by package updates.
+
+    echo "ref: refs/head/main" | sudo tee /usr/share/git-core/templates/HEAD
+
+the next time you `git init`, you’ll be on a branch named main.
+
+to change an existing repo, you can use the `-m` switch of `git-branch`:
+
+    git checkout master
+    git branch -m master main
+
+push with `-u` to your remote if needed and update the default branch in
+the repo settings in the hosting platform of choice.
+
+it’s a relatively easy change, but don’t kid yourself that it makes any
+real impact. go protest, [donate and sign
+petitions](https://blacklivesmatter.carrd.co/), and get out there to fix
+the actual problems.
+
+## update:
+
+as of git 2.28, there’s a new configuration option and you don’t need to
+use the templateDir option:
+
+    git config --global init.defaultBranch main
+
+tags: [git](tag_git.html), [linux](tag_linux.html), [dev](tag_dev.html)

content/dns-shenanigans-post-mortem.md

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+---
+title: 'dns shenanigans post-mortem'
+date: 201808141503.49
+tags:
+- 'linux'
+- 'sysadmin'
+- 'tilde'
+- 'dns'
+---
+
+let's start by saying i probably should have done a bit more research
+before diving head-first into this endeavor.
+
+i've been thinking about transferring my domains off google domains for
+some time now, as part of my personal goal to self host and limit my
+dependence on google and other large third-party monstrosities. along
+that line, i asked for registrar recommendations.
+[~tomasino](https://tomasino.tilde.team) responded with
+[namesilo](https://namesilo.com). i found that they had $3.99
+registrations for .team and .zone domains, which is 1/10th the cost of
+the $40 registration on google domains.
+
+i started out by getting the list of domains from the google console. 2
+or 3 of them had been registered within the last 60 days, so i wasn't
+able to transfer those just yet. i grabbed all the domain unlock codes
+and dropped them into namesilo. i failed to realize that the dns panel
+on google domains would disappear as soon as it went through, but more
+importantly that the nameservers would be left pointing to the old
+defunct google domains ones.
+
+i updated the nameservers as soon as i realized this error from the
+namesilo panel. some of the domains propagated quickly. others, not so
+much. tilde.team was still in a state of flux between the old and new
+nameservers.
+
+in a rush to get the dns problem fixed, and under recommendation from
+several people on irc, i decided to switch the nameservers for
+tilde.team and tilde.zone to cloudflare, leaving another layer of flux
+for the dns to be stuck in...
+
+of the five domains that i moved to cloudflare, 3 returned with a dnssec
+error, claiming that i needed to remove the DS record from that zone.
+d'oh!
+
+i removed the dnssec from those affected domains, so we should be good
+to go as soon as it all propagates through the fickle beast that is dns.
+
+tags: [linux](tag_linux.html), [sysadmin](tag_sysadmin.html),
+[tilde](tag_tilde.html), [dns](tag_dns.html)

content/dont-be-a-coconut.md

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+---
+title: ''
+date: 201712051325.47
+tags:
+- 'music'
+- 'lyrics'
+- 'words'
+---
+
+> i've got nothing to say don't be a coconut
+
+Ask Me Anything - The Strokes (on First Impressions of Earth)
+
+tags: [music](tag_music.html), [lyrics](tag_lyrics.html),
+[words](tag_words.html)

content/dotfiles.md

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+---
+title: 'dotfiles'
+date: 201807221926.26
+tags:
+- 'linux'
+- 'dotfiles'
+- 'git'
+---
+
+finally got around to updating my
+[dotfiles](https://git.tilde.team/ben/dotfiles) to use gnu stow. i
+adapted [~tomasino's
+makefile](https://github.com/jamestomasino/dotfiles/blob/master/Makefile)
+for use with the configs that i'm keeping with it.
+
+now i just need to figure out why my ssh config doesn't copy/symlink my
+config to ~/.ssh when it already exists.
+
+tags: [linux](tag_linux.html), [dotfiles](tag_dotfiles.html),
+[git](tag_git.html)

content/fun-words-in-german.md

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+---
+title: 'fun words in german'
+date: 201711271650.40
+tags:
+- 'german'
+- 'words'
+- 'linguistics'
+---
+
+-   Tschechisches Streichholzschächtelchen
+-   Rindfleischettikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabensübertragungsgesetz
+-   Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän
+
+tags: [german](tag_german.html), [words](tag_words.html),
+[linguistics](tag_linguistics.html)

content/general-update.md

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+---
+title: 'general update'
+date: 202002032006.43
+tags:
+- 'update'
+- 'sysadmin'
+---
+
+it's been quite a long time since i posted anything here on this blog.
+
+i've been playing with [gruvbox-css](https://github.com/xe/gruvbox-css),
+decided to switch my blog to use it and finally realized it's been
+almost a year since i posted anything at all.
+
+i don't have anything in particular to post today so i figured it would
+be good to give a general update since the last time i posted.
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+we've moved physical hosts again ([/news
+post](https://tilde.team/news/028_back_up)), which is now a vm on a
+large dedicated machine i rent from
+[ovh](%20https://www.ovh.com/world/dedicated-servers/infra/infra-2/). my
+current vm setup is proxmox, which i'm quite happy with. the new box is
+pricier but has a lot more resources and room to grow.
+
+it appears that i haven't posted anything in so long that i don't yet
+have any pictures of my dog on my blog!
+
+i got her last may (2019) and she's the best. she's an english springer
+spaniel and her name is Hope.
+
+[![hope](https://bhh.sh/pub/photos/doggos/hope6.jpg)](%20https://bhh.sh/pub/photos/doggos/?filter=hope)
+click the photo to see some more!
+
+otherwise, i've just been hanging out on irc, so stop by and say hello
+:)
+
+tags: [update](tag_update.html), [sysadmin](tag_sysadmin.html)

content/git-remotes-with-ssh-aliases.md

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+---
+title: 'git remotes with ssh aliases'
+date: 201801121330.26
+tags:
+- 'git'
+- 'ssh'
+---
+
+did you know that `~/.ssh/config` aliases work for git remotes??
+
+~/.ssh/config
+
+    Host gh
+    HostName github.com
+    User git
+    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/gh_key
+
+you can now use `gh:username/repo` as the remote in place of
+`git@github.com:username/repo`, which is much shorter and easier to type
+many times!
+
+`git clone gh:benharri/learngit`
+
+there are many other use cases for the `ssh_config` file. for example,
+here is my config for the tilde machine for easy ssh connections.
+
+    Host tilde
+    HostName tilde.team
+    User ben
+
+then use `ssh tilde` to start a new ssh session. this also works with
+`scp`: try something like this `scp file.txt tilde:workspace/.` in place
+of `scp file.txt ben@tilde.team:workspace/.`
+
+the ssh\_config file is super useful. check `man ssh_config` for a full
+list of options!
+
+tags: [git](tag_git.html), [ssh](tag_ssh.html)

content/hey-dere-bub.md

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+---
+title: 'hey dere bub!'
+date: 201712131912.51
+tags:
+- 'heyderebub'
+- 'podcast'
+---
+
+if you haven't checked it out yet, give [my new
+podcast](https://heyderebub.com) a listen!
+
+[![heyderebub
+logo](https://heyderebub.com/images/itunes_image.jpg)](https://heyderebub.com)
+
+[episode
+5](https://heyderebub.com/?name=2017-12-13_hey_dere_bub_ep__5.mp3) was
+uploaded today.
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+we're on [twitter](https://twitter.com/heyderebub),
+[facebook](https://facebook.com/heyderebub), and of course [our own
+website](https://heyderebub.com)
+
+give us a shout on twitter or [shoot us an
+email](mailto:hello@heyderebub.com) and let us know what you thought and
+if there is anything you'd like us to talk about in the future.
+
+thanks!
+
+tags: [heyderebub](tag_heyderebub.html), [podcast](tag_podcast.html)

content/hi-there.md

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+---
+title: 'hi there'
+date: 201710021611.13
+tags:
+- 'linux'
+- 'sysadmin'
+- 'ubuntu'
+- 'tilde'
+---
+
+welcome to my tildeblog
+
+you are here.
+
+i like to mess around with linux sysadmin shtuff.
+[tilde.team](https://tilde.team) is my baby. let me know if you want to
+get involved.
+
+thanks for being awesome. keep it up.
+
+tags: [linux](tag_linux.html), [sysadmin](tag_sysadmin.html),
+[ubuntu](tag_ubuntu.html), [tilde](tag_tilde.html)

content/italy.md

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+---
+title: 'italy'
+date: 201809201732.33
+tags:
+- 'travel'
+---
+
+i just got back from a 10-day backpacking trip to italy and i'd like to
+share some of the photos i took!
+
+the travel plan was rome -> venice -> florence -> naples ->
+pompei/vesuvius -> capri -> amalfi
+
+this is the roman forum (with colosseum in the background) as seen from
+the palatine.
+
+![](https://bhh.sh/pub/photos/italy/roman-forum.jpg)
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+here's me standing next to the same piece of ancient rome as i did the
+last time i visited in 2015. see [my github
+profile](https://github.com/benharri)
+
+![](https://bhh.sh/pub/photos/italy/threeyearslater.jpg)
+
+the inside of st. pete's basilica. climbed the 551 steps to the top of
+it for a crazy view of rome.
+
+![](https://bhh.sh/pub/photos/italy/st-petes.jpg)
+
+venice was the next stop. this is the grand canal.
+
+![](https://bhh.sh/pub/photos/italy/venice-grand-canal.jpg)
+
+we visited all the main museums in firenze (aka florence, but firenze is
+far cooler). this is the view from the roof of our hostel.
+
+![](https://bhh.sh/pub/photos/italy/firenze.jpg)
+
+after arriving in naples, we headed out to see vesuvius and the ruins of
+pompei. i'm not sure why pompei has an extra 'i' in english, but it only
+has one in modern-day italian. look at the ruts left from the ancience
+chariots in the basalt stone!
+
+![](https://bhh.sh/pub/photos/italy/pompei-ruts.jpg)
+
+here see vesuvius from pompei's main square.
+
+![](https://bhh.sh/pub/photos/italy/vesuvius-from-pompei.jpg)
+
+we did a tour around the island of capri. (think capri pants, caprese
+salads, etc). we also took a chairlift to the top of the island for the
+stunning view. unfortunately, photos just don't show the scale and sheer
+drop from the cliff.
+
+![](https://bhh.sh/pub/photos/italy/capri-rocks.jpg)
+
+this is the view from our airbnb in amalfi. it was quite a pain to get
+to... but it was worth it!
+
+![](https://bhh.sh/pub/photos/italy/airbnb-view.jpg)
+
+here's me and [~supercock789](https://tilde.team/~supercock789/)
+somewhere along the path of the gods.
+
+![](https://bhh.sh/pub/photos/italy/me-and-nick.jpg)
+
+what a whirlwind! i'm pretty sure we visited all the major tourist
+attractions in the cities that we visited. and in quite a short time!
+
+there are [a few extra photos here](https://bhh.sh/pub/photos/italy/)
+
+thanks for stopping by!
+
+tags: [travel](tag_travel.html)

content/joe-on-sporty-ball-z.md

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+---
+title: 'Joe on Sporty-ball-z'
+date: 201711271651.42
+tags:
+- 'thought-of-the-day'
+- 'quotes'
+---
+
+For every nerd calling something sportsball there needs to be a jock
+that walks into a library and yells “WHAT’S UP WITH ALL THESE WORD
+BURGERS”
+
+tags: [thought-of-the-day](tag_thought-of-the-day.html),
+[quotes](tag_quotes.html)

content/links-to-save-for-later.md

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+---
+title: 'links to save for later'
+date: 201710201618.28
+tags:
+- 'links'
+- 'bookmarks'
+- 'save-for-later'
+---
+
+[cool pics](http://novatogatorop.com/gallery/alaska) [gatsby
+ssg](https://gatsbyjs.org) [tachyons](http://tachyons.io)
+
+tags: [links](tag_links.html), [bookmarks](tag_bookmarks.html),
+[save-for-later](tag_save-for-later.html)

content/loading.md

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+---
+title: 'loading...'
+date: 201712211609.45
+tags:
+- 'jokes'
+- 'humor'
+---
+
+```
+const loadingmsgs = [
+    "Proving P=NP...",
+    "Computing 6 x 9...",
+    "Mining Bitcoin...",
+    "Dividing by 0...",
+    "Initializing Skynet...",
+    "[REDACTED]",
+    "Downloading more RAM...",
+    "Ordering 1s and 0s...",
+    "Navigating neural network...",
+    "Importing machine learning...",
+    "Issuing Alice and Bob one-time pads...",
+    "Generating random sequence from key inputs while trying to exit vim...",
+    "for i in range(additional): Pylon()",
+    "(creating unresolved tension...",
+    "Symlinking vim to nano and ed...",
+];
+```
+
+[sauce](https://twitter.com/0xdade/status/943573845469827072)
+
+tags: [jokes](tag_jokes.html), [humor](tag_humor.html)

content/lxd-networking-and-additional-ips.md

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+---
+title: 'lxd networking and additional IPs'
+date: 201807261534.50
+tags:
+- 'linux'
+- 'sysadmin'
+- 'ubuntu'
+---
+
+now that tilde.team is on a fancy-shmancy new dedi server, i've tried to
+get a secondary IP address assigned to a lxd container (which i plan to
+use for my personal stuff). lxd shows that the secondary IP is being
+picked up by that container, but i'm still seeing the host machine's IP
+as the external address.
+
+i'm not sure how i'll need to configure the network settings on the host
+machine (now that we're running ubuntu 18.04 and it uses netplan for
+configs and not /etc/network/interfaces). another confusing thing is
+that the main config in /etc/netplan says that the network config is
+handled by systemd-networkd...
+
+at least i have through the end of the year when my current vps runs out
+to get this up and running.
+
+ping me on [irc](https://tilde.chat) or [email](mailto:ben@tilde.team)
+if you have experience with this.
+
+tags: [linux](tag_linux.html), [sysadmin](tag_sysadmin.html),
+[ubuntu](tag_ubuntu.html)

content/mastodon-postgres-upgrade-fun.md

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+---
+title: 'mastodon postgres upgrade fun'
+date: 202010281631.39
+tags:
+- 'sysadmin'
+- 'tilde'
+- 'social-networks'
+---
+
+howdy friends!
+
+if you’re a mastodon user on [tilde.zone](https://tilde.zone) (the
+tildeverse mastodon instance), you might’ve noticed some downtime
+recently.
+
+here’s a quick recap of what went down during the upgrade process.
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+we run the current stable version of postgresql from the [postgres apt
+repos](https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Apt). postgres
+[13](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/release/13.0/) was released
+recently and the apt upgrades automatically created a new cluster
+running 13.
+
+the database for mastodon has gotten quite large (about 16gb) which
+complicates this upgrade a bit. this was my inital plan:
+
+-   drop the 13 cluster created by the apt package upgrades
+-   upgrade the 12-main cluster to 13
+-   drop the 12 cluster
+
+these steps appeared to work fine, but closer inspection afterwards led
+me to discover that the new cluster had ended up with `SQL_ASCII`
+encoding somehow. this is not a situation we want to be in. time to fix
+it.
+
+here’s the new plan:
+
+-   stop mastodon
+    ` for i in streaming sidekiq web; do systemctl stop mastodon-$i; done`
+
+-   dump current database state ` pg_dump mastodon_production > db.dump`
+
+-   drop and recreate cluster with utf8 encoding
+    ` pg_dropcluster 13 main --stop pg_createcluster --locale=en_US.UTF8 13 main --start`
+
+-   restore backup
+    ` sudo -u postgres psql -c "create user mastodon createdb;" sudo -u mastodon createdb -E utf8 mastodon_production sudo -u mastodon psql < db.dump`
+
+i’m still not 100% sure how the encoding reverted to ascii but it seems
+that the locale was not correctly set while running the apt upgrades…
+
+if this happens to you, hopefully this helps you wade out while keeping
+all your data :)
+
+tags: [sysadmin](tag_sysadmin.html), [tilde](tag_tilde.html),
+[social-networks](tag_social-networks.html)

content/mastodon.md

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+---
+title: 'mastodon'
+date: 201712221628.45
+tags:
+- 'social-networks'
+- 'mastodon'
+- 'tilde'
+---
+
+hi everyone.
+
+i started hosting a [mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org) instance at
+[social.tilde.team](https://social.tilde.team).
+
+check it out if you want some federated open source social goodness :)
+
+send me a toot [@ben@tilde.team](https://social.tilde.team/@ben) (from
+any mastodon instance!)
+
+thanks!
+
+tags: [social-networks](tag_social-networks.html),
+[mastodon](tag_mastodon.html), [tilde](tag_tilde.html)

content/more-drone-photos.md

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+---
+title: 'more drone photos'
+date: 201807152315.46
+tags:
+- 'dji'
+- 'drone'
+- 'photography'
+---
+
+i finally got my drone out this summer to take some more pics!
+
+![](https://bhh.sh/pub/photos/drone/DJI_0097.thumb.jpg)
+
+[more here](https://bhh.sh/pub/photos/drone/)
+
+tags: [dji](tag_dji.html), [drone](tag_drone.html),
+[photography](tag_photography.html)

content/net-neutrality-vote-today.md

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+---
+title: 'net neutrality vote today'
+date: 201712140626.55
+tags:
+- 'net-neutrality'
+- 'internet'
+---
+
+Everybody! We only have UNTIL TOMORROW to fight the FCC & the repeal of
+\#NetNeutrality! Repealing Net Nutrality would result in an unequal
+access to online content including research, social/political
+organizing, and personal media. It would also allow powerhouse companies
+providing internet to charge more for regular quality internet, and
+charge certain users more than others. HERE'S A WAY TO ACT - takes less
+than a minute.
+
+1.  Go to [gofccyourself.com](http://gofccyourself.com) (the shortcut
+    John Oliver made to the hard-to-find FCC comment page)
+2.  Click on the 17-108 link (Restoring Internet Freedom)
+3.  Click on "express"
+4.  Be sure to hit "ENTER" after you put in your name & info so it
+    registers.
+5.  In the comment section write, "I strongly support net neutrality
+    backed by Title 2 oversight of ISPs."
+6.  Click to submit, done. - Make sure you hit submit at the end!
+
+**Copy and paste this into your own status update!** Seriously, this is
+simple and so important. Do it.
+
+tags: [net-neutrality](tag_net-neutrality.html),
+[internet](tag_internet.html)

content/networking-nonsense.md

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+---
+title: 'networking nonsense'
+date: 201902110240.20
+tags:
+- 'tilde'
+- 'linux'
+- 'sysadmin'
+---
+
+i've recently been working on setting up [drone
+ci](https://drone.tildegit.org) on the tilde.team machine. however,
+there's been something strange going on with the networking on there.
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+starting up drone with
+[docker-compose](https://tildegit.org/tildeverse/drone/src/branch/master/docker-compose.yml)
+didn't seem to be working: `netstat -tulpn` showed the port binding
+properly to 127.0.0.1:8888 but i was completely unable to get anything
+from it (using curl the nginx proxy that was to come).
+
+i ended up scrapping docker on the ~team box itself and moving it into a
+lxd container (pronounced "lex-dee") with nesting enabled.
+
+this got us in to another problem that had been seen before when using
+nginx to proxy to apps running in other containers. requests were
+dropped intermittently, sometimes hanging for upwards of 30 seconds.
+
+getting frustrated with this error, i tried to reproduce it on another
+host. both the docker-proxy and nginx->lxd proxies work on the first
+try yielded no clues as to where things were going wrong.
+
+in a half-awake stupor last saturday evening, i decided to try rule out
+ipv6 by disabling it system-wide. as is expected for sleepy work, it
+didn't fix the problem and created more in the process.
+
+feeling satisfied that the problem didn't lie with ipv6, i re-enabled
+it, only to find that i was unable to bind nginx to my allocated /64. i
+may or may not have ranted a bit about this on irc but i was able to get
+it back up and running by restarting systemd-networkd.
+
+one step forwards broke something and now we're back to where we started
+with the original problem of the intermittent hangups to the lxd
+container.
+
+seeing my troubles on irc, [jchelpau](https://tilde.team/~jchelpau/)
+offered to help dig in to the problem with a a fresh set of eyes. he
+noted right away that pings over ipv6 to the containers worked fine, but
+ipv4 did not.
+
+we ended up looking at the firewall configurations, only to find that
+one of the subnets i blocked after november's [nmap
+incident](november-13-post-mortem.html) included lxdbr0's subnet (the
+bridge device used by lxd).
+
+now that i made the exeption for lxdbr0, everything is working as
+expected!
+
+thanks to [fosslinux](https://tilde.team/~fosslinux/) and
+[jchelpau](https://tilde.team/~jchelpau/) for their debugging help!
+
+tags: [tilde](tag_tilde.html), [linux](tag_linux.html),
+[sysadmin](tag_sysadmin.html)

content/no-more-google.md

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+---
+title: 'no more google'
+date: 201808142336.05
+tags:
+- 'linux'
+- 'net-neutrality'
+---
+
+not sure if this is appropriately tagged, but i didn't feel like making
+a new one.
+
+i figured i should probably get some notes down about moving off google.
+
+to start, i'll get a list of the things i was able to easily replace:
+
+-   gmail => [@tilde.team mail](https://tilde.team/wiki/?page=email)
+-   google drive => [syncthing](https://syncthing.net) (with a
+    persistent node running on my personal vps)
+
+i'm still using:
+
+-   gplay music/youtube
+-   google maps (open streetmap isn't good enough to replace it)
+-   google photos - but this is going to be replaced long-term with
+    syncthing
+
+tags: [linux](tag_linux.html), [net-neutrality](tag_net-neutrality.html)

content/nonsense.md

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+---
+title: 'Nonsense'
+date: 201711271655.29
+tags:
+- 'nonsense'
+- 'words'
+---
+
+I hole-hardedly agree, but allow me to play doubles advocate here for a
+moment. For all intensive purposes I think you are wrong. In an age
+where false morals are a diamond dozen, true virtues are a blessing in
+the skies. We often put our false morality on a petal stool like a bunch
+of pre-Madonnas, but you all seem to be taking something very valuable
+for granite. So I ask of you to mustard up all the strength you can
+because it is a doggy dog world out there. Although there is some merit
+to what you are saying it seems like you have a huge ship on your
+shoulder. In your argument you seem to throw everything in but the kids
+Nsync, and even though you are having a feel day with this I am here to
+bring you back into reality. I have a sick sense when it comes to these
+types of things. It is almost spooky, because I cannot turn a blonde eye
+to these glaring flaws in your rhetoric. I have zero taller ants when it
+comes to people spouting out hate in the name of moral righteousness.
+You just need to remember what comes around is all around, and when
+supply and command fails you will be the first to go. Make my words,
+when you get down to brass stacks it doesn’t take rocket appliances to
+get two birds stoned at once. It’s clear who makes the pants in this
+relationship, and sometimes you just have to swallow your prize and
+accept the facts. You might have to come to this conclusion through
+denial and error but I swear on my mother’s mating name that when you
+put the petal to the medal you will pass with flying carpets like it’s a
+peach of cake.
+
+tags: [nonsense](tag_nonsense.html), [words](tag_words.html)

content/november-13-post-mortem.md

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+---
+title: 'november 13 post mortem'
+date: 201811132020.33
+tags:
+- 'post-mortem'
+- 'linux'
+- 'sysadmin'
+---
+
+we had something of an outage on november 13, 2018 on tilde.team.
+
+i awoke, not suspecting anything to be amiss. as soon as i logged in to
+check my email and irc mentions, it became clear.
+
+tilde.team was at the least inaccessible, and at the worst, down
+completely. according the message in my inbox, there hade been an
+attempted "attack" from my IP.
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+> We have indications that there was an attack from your server. Please
+> take all necessary measures to avoid this in the future and to solve
+> the issue.
+
+at this point, i have no idea what could have happened over night while
+i'm sleeping. the timestamp shows that it arrive only 30 minutes after
+i'd turned in for the night.
+
+when i finally log on in the morning to check mails and irc mentions, i
+find that i'm unable to connect to tilde.team... strange, but ok; time
+to troubleshoot. i refresh the [webmail](https://mail.tilde.team) to see
+what i'm missing. it ends up failing to find the server. even stranger!
+i'd better get the mails off my phone if they're on my @tilde.team mail!
+
+here, i launch in to full debugging mode: what command was it? who ran
+it?
+
+search `~/.bash_history` per user was not very successful. nothing i
+could find was related to net or map. i had checked
+`sudo grep nmap /home/*/.bash_history` and many other commands.
+
+at this point, i had connected with other ~teammates across other irc
+nets ([\#!](https://hashbang.sh/), [~town](https://tilde.town), etc).
+among suggestions to check `/var/log/syslog`, `/var/log/kern.log`, and
+`dmesg`, i finally decided to check `ps`. `ps -ef | grep nmap` yielded
+nmap on an obscured uid and gid, which is shortly established to belong
+to a container i had provisioned for [~fosslinux](/~fosslinux/).
+
+i'm not considering methods of policing access to any site over port 80
+and port 443. this is crazy. how do you police `nmap` when it isn't
+scanning on every port?
+
+after a bit of shit-talking and reassurance from other sysadmins, i
+reexamined and realized that [~fosslinux](/~fosslinux/) had only run
+`nmap` for addresses in the `10.0.0.0/8` space. the `10/8` address space
+is intended to not be addressable outside the local space. how could
+[hetzner](https://hetzner.com) have found out about a localhost network
+probe!?
+
+finally, after speaking with more people than i expected to speak with
+in one day, i ended up sending three different support emails to hetzner
+support, which finally resulted in them unlocking the ip.
+
+it's definitely time to research redundancy options!
+
+tags: [post-mortem](tag_post-mortem.html), [linux](tag_linux.html),
+[sysadmin](tag_sysadmin.html)

content/otm.md

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+---
+title: 'otm'
+date: 201802151333.16
+tags:
+- 'podcast'
+---
+
+![](https://bhh.sh/pub/photos/IMG_20180215_121947.jpg)
+
+just heard the [latest
+episode](https://www.wnyc.org/story/safety-net-just-got-a-little-less-safe)
+of on the media. this is a super helpful guide i found on their twitter.
+
+tags: [podcast](tag_podcast.html)

content/pan-galactic-gargle-blaster.md

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+---
+title: 'pan galactic gargle blaster'
+date: 201712071641.40
+tags:
+- 'beer'
+- 'hhgtg'
+---
+
+short's brewery released another batch of their pan galactic gargle
+blaster imperial IPA. i had one last night and was very excited to have
+it once again.
+
+> “The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy also mentions alcohol. It says
+> that the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster,
+> the effect of which is like having your brains smashed out with a
+> slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.”
+
+tags: [beer](tag_beer.html), [hhgtg](tag_hhgtg.html)

content/phoenix.md

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+---
+title: 'phoenix'
+date: 201802261157.10
+tags:
+- 'internet'
+- 'dev'
+---
+
+inspired by [oodsnet](http://oods.net), (and my pull request to add
+[darkmode](https://github.com/exezin/oodsnet/pull/5)), i started to
+create my own tilde.team fork (now
+[forum.tilde.team](https://forum.tilde.team/)).
+
+the first step was to switch out the css to the [tilde.team
+standard](https://tilde.team/css/) and update the classes for bootstrap.
+once i got it going and integrated with the tilde.team linux auth
+service, i asked other tildeans for input and suggestions.
+
+[~micaiah](/~micaiah/) was interested in helping, but also wanted to
+learn a new language and/or framework, so we decided to start over,
+recreating the entire forum with
+[elixir/phoenix](http://phoenixframework.org). we'd discussed elixir
+previously, but never had a convincing use case to force us to learn it.
+
+the project is live, with the source code on
+[github](https://github.com/tilde-team/forum).
+
+the thing that i'm most impressed with is the speed of the erlang
+runtime :D
+
+check out these response times. sub-millisecond!?!?!
+
+![](https://bhh.sh/pub/photos/phx.png)
+
+give it a look, and [join the tilde.team](https://tilde.team/signup) if
+you want to come hang out!
+
+tags: [internet](tag_internet.html), [dev](tag_dev.html)

content/pop-quiz.md

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+title: 'pop quiz'
+date: 201801161726.40
+tags:
+- '4k-gaming'
+- 'gaming'
+- 'gtx1080ti'
+- 'pc-master-race'
+---
+
+is this real?
+
+![4k witcher
+3](https://bhh.sh/pub/photos/The%20Witcher%203%20Screenshot%202017.09.12%20-%2023.44.17.73.png)
+
+hint: it's not. it's the witcher 3. and it looks like a real place.
+
+tags: [4k-gaming](tag_4k-gaming.html), [gaming](tag_gaming.html),
+[gtx1080ti](tag_gtx1080ti.html),
+[pc-master-race](tag_pc-master-race.html)

content/proactive-redundancy.md

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+---
+title: 'proactive redundancy'
+date: 201811151839.26
+tags:
+- 'sysadmin'
+- 'tilde'
+---
+
+after the [fiasco](november-13-post-mortem.html) earlier this week, i've
+been taking steps to minimize the impact if tilde.team were to go down.
+it's still a large spof (single-point-of-failure), but i'm reasonably
+certain that at least the irc net will remain up and functional in the
+event of another outage.
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+the first thing that i set up was a handful of additional ircd nodes:
+see [the tilde.chat wiki](https://tilde.chat/wiki/?page=servers) for a
+full list. slash.tilde.chat is on my personal vps, and bsd.tilde.chat is
+hosted on the bsd vps that i set up for tilde.team.
+
+i added the ipv4 addresses for these machines, along with the ip for
+yourtilde.com as A records for tilde.chat, creating a dns round-robin.
+`host tilde.chat` will return all four. requesting the dns record will
+return any one of them, rotating them in a semi-random fashion. this
+means that when connecting to tilde.chat on 6697 for irc, you might end
+up on any of `{your,team,bsd,slash}.tilde.chat`.
+
+this creates the additional problem that visiting the [tilde.chat
+site](https://tilde.chat) will end up at any of those 4 machines in much
+the same way. for the moment, the site is deployed on all of the boxes,
+making site setup issues hard to
+[debug](https://tildegit.org/tildeverse/tilde.chat/issues/8). the
+solution to this problem is to use a subdomain as the roundrobin host,
+as other networks like freenode do (see `host chat.freenode.net` for the
+list of servers).
+
+i'm not sure how to make any of the other services more resilient. it's
+something that i have been and will continue to research moving forward.
+
+the other main step that i have taken to prevent the same issue from
+happening again was to configure the firewall to drop outgoing requests
+to the subnets as defined in [rfc
+1918](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1918).
+
+i'd like to consider at least this risk to be mitigated.
+
+thanks for reading,
+
+~ben
+
+**update**: the round robin host is now *irc*.tilde.chat, which resolves
+the site issues that we were having, due to the duplicated deployments.
+
+tags: [sysadmin](tag_sysadmin.html), [tilde](tag_tilde.html)

content/quote-of-the-day.md

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+title: 'quote of the day'
+date: 201802130955.06
+tags:
+- 'quotes'
+---
+
+Be Alert! - the world needs more Lerts.
+
+tags: [quotes](tag_quotes.html)

content/raid-nonsense.md

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+---
+title: 'raid nonsense'
+date: 201901131328.45
+tags:
+- 'tilde'
+- 'sysadmin'
+---
+
+last week i did some
+[maintenance](https://tilde.team/news/?page=025_raid_reboot) on the
+tilde.team box. probably should have written about it sooner but i
+didn't make time for it until now.
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+the gist of the problem was that the default images provided by
+[hetzner](https://hetzner.com) default to raid1 between the available
+disks. our box has two 240gb SSDs, which resulted in 200gb usable space
+for /. it also defaulted to giving us a huge swap partition which i deem
+unnecessary for a box with 64gb ram.
+
+the only feasible solution that i've found involved using the rescue
+system and the
+[installimage](https://wiki.hetzner.de/index.php/Installimage/en)
+software to reconfigure the disk partitions.
+
+[deepend](https://yourtilde.com/~deepend/) recently upgraded to a
+beefier dedi (more threads and more disk space) and had a bit of
+contract time on the old one. he offered to let me use it as a staging
+box for the meantime while i reinstalled and reconfigured my raid
+settings.
+
+i've migrated tilde.team twice before (from linode -> woothosting
+-> hetzner -> and now back to hetzner on the same box) using a
+slick little rsync that i've put together.
+
+` rsync -auHxv --numeric-ids \   --exclude=/etc/fstab \   --exclude=/etc/network/* \   --exclude=/proc/* \   --exclude=/tmp/* \   --exclude=/sys/* \   --exclude=/dev/* \   --exclude=/mnt/* \   --exclude=/boot/* \   --exclude=/root/* \   root@oldbox:/* /`
+
+as long as the destination and source boxen are running the same
+distro/version, you should be good to go after rebooting the destination
+box!
+
+the only thing to watch out for is running databases. it happened to me
+this time with mysql. there were 3 pending transactions that were left
+open during the rsync backup. it kept failing to start after i got the
+box back up, along with all the other services that depend on it.
+
+eventually i was able to get mysqld back up and running in recovery mode
+(basically read-only) and got a mysqldump of all databases. i then
+purged all existing mysql data, reinstalled mariadb-server, and restored
+the mysqldump. everything came up as expected and we were good to go!
+
+the raid is now in a raid0 config, leaving us with 468gb (not GiB)
+available space. thanks for tuning in to this episode of sysadmin
+adventures!
+
+tags: [tilde](tag_tilde.html), [sysadmin](tag_sysadmin.html)

content/thought-of-the-day.md

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+title: 'Thought of the day'
+date: 201711271649.29
+tags:
+- 'thought-of-the-day'
+---
+
+things are not what they appear to be. nor are they otherwise.
+
+tags: [thought-of-the-day](tag_thought-of-the-day.html)

content/thought-of-the-day14302.md

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+title: 'thought of the day'
+date: 201711271656.36
+tags:
+- 'thought-of-the-day'
+---
+
+why do they tell us to use the stairs in case of fire? shouldn't we be
+using a fire extinguisher?
+
+tags: [thought-of-the-day](tag_thought-of-the-day.html)

content/thought-of-the-day2227.md

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+title: 'thought of the day'
+date: 201712031347.36
+tags:
+- 'thought-of-the-day'
+- 'words'
+---
+
+everything in the universe either is or isn't a potato.
+
+tags: [thought-of-the-day](tag_thought-of-the-day.html),
+[words](tag_words.html)

content/thought-of-the-day22873.md

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+title: 'Thought of the Day'
+date: 201711271654.07
+tags:
+- 'nonsense'
+- 'quotes'
+---
+
+“Arguing with religious people – It’s like playing chess with a pigeon;
+no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over
+the pieces, crap on the board and strut around victorious” – Anonymous
+
+tags: [nonsense](tag_nonsense.html), [quotes](tag_quotes.html)

content/thought-of-the-day27904.md

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+title: 'thought of the day'
+date: 201711271658.50
+tags:
+- 'thought-of-the-day'
+---
+
+wherever you go, there you are
+
+tags: [thought-of-the-day](tag_thought-of-the-day.html)

content/tildeteam-news.md

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+---
+title: 'tilde.team news'
+date: 201806131507.45
+tags:
+- 'tilde'
+- 'sysadmin'
+---
+
+hey hi hello!
+
+it seems that i haven't written anything on my blog in quite a while...
+
+time to fix that! i've been quite busy in the last month or so with a
+lot of new ideas an energy for tilde.team.
+
+after rediscovering my account on tilde.town, i hopped in the irc there
+and my enthusiasm translated into a couple new members over here on the
+~team.
+
+our irc has been somewhat more active recently which is awesome:)
+
+some of the new updates in the last month:
+
+-   [tildegit (our own gitea instance)](https://git.tilde.team)
+-   [tildemail](https://mail.tilde.team) with postfix and dovecot for
+    smtp/imap as well as local command line mail in mutt and alpine
+-   [`tilde`](https://git.tildeverse.org/team/tilde-launcher) user
+    script wrapper with submission and approval flows
+-   [password auth disabled](https://tilde.team/wiki/?page=ssh)
+
+i'd like to make use of our new mailserver, so shoot me some
+[mail](mailto:ben@tilde.team). i never get enough personal mail. it's
+all still privacy policy update notices. :(
+
+see you soon!
+
+tags: [tilde](tag_tilde.html), [sysadmin](tag_sysadmin.html)

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+---
+title: 'tildeverse.org'
+date: 201807152309.22
+tags:
+- 'tilde'
+- 'internet'
+- 'links'
+- 'git'
+---
+
+since the last time i wrote a post here, i've registered the
+tildeverse.org domain and started moving some services over that were
+already intended for tildeverse use.
+
+among those are [gitea](https://git.tildeverse.org) and [the new link
+aggregator](https://links.tildeverse.org) (which runs the same source as
+[lobste.rs](https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters)).
+
+i've also started a phlog in my
+[gopherhole](https://gopher.tilde.team/tilde.team/~ben) with
+[~tomasino's](/~tomasino) new
+[burrow](https://github.com/jamestomasino/burrow) gopherhole tool!
+
+i'll try to post a bit more often too with updates from the tildeverse!
+
+tags: [tilde](tag_tilde.html), [internet](tag_internet.html),
+[links](tag_links.html), [git](tag_git.html)

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+---
+title: 'tools and services'
+date: 202003031402.47
+tags:
+- 'tilde'
+- 'sysadmin'
+---
+
+inspired by [tomasino](https://tomasino.org)'s recent
+[post](%20https://labs.tomasino.org/freelancing-tools-services/), i'd
+like to detail some of the stuff that i rent and use.
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+## recurring costs
+
+some of these are monthly, others are annual
+
+-   [server
+    rental](https://www.ovh.com/world/dedicated-servers/infra/infra-2/)
+    - $135/month, 64gb model, 2yr contract discount
+-   [proxmox](https://www.proxmox.com) - my preferred hypervisor. i find
+    it useful enough and worth paying the annual license to use the
+    official package mirrors - $80/year
+-   domains - includes [tilde-related ones](https://tilde.wiki/domains)
+    and my personal ones (about 10 or so) - about 30 domains totaling
+    $500/year
+-   offsite backups at [rsync.net](https://www.rsync.net/) - i use the
+    [borg offering](%20https://www.rsync.net/products/attic.html) for a
+    discount since versioning is handled by my backup software - between
+    $60-$70/year
+
+my out of pocket expenses are a little over $2k per year.
+
+note that i use the server and backups for personal stuff in addition to
+tilde related things.
+
+the current expenses are totally manageable as is, but if you've got
+some spare cash and want to pitch in towards tilde hosting costs, i have
+a [donate page](%20https://bhh.sh/donate).
+
+## software i run, use, and maintain
+
+these are all free/open source.
+
+#### operating systems
+
+-   [ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com)
+-   [debian](https://debian.org)
+-   [alpine linux](https://alpinelinux.org)
+-   [freebsd](https://freebsd.org)
+
+#### platforms/software
+
+these are things that i run and maintain for tilde.team and the
+tildeverse
+
+-   [mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org):
+    [tilde.zone](https://tilde.zone)
+-   [pleroma](https://pleroma.social):
+    [pleroma.tilde.zone](https://pleroma.tilde.zone)
+-   [nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com):
+    [cloud.tilde.team](https://cloud.tilde.team)
+-   [gitea](https://gitea.io): [tildegit](https://tildegit.org)
+-   [inspircd](http://inspircd.org), [anope](http://anope.org):
+    [tilde.chat](https://tilde.chat)
+-   [postfix](http://www.postfix.org/), [dovecot](https://dovecot.org/),
+    [rspamd](https://rspamd.com/),
+    [rainloop](https://www.rainloop.net/): [tilde.team
+    email](https://mail.tilde.team)
+-   [cryptpad](https://github.com/xwiki-labs/cryptpad):
+    [pad.t.o](https://pad.tildeverse.org)
+-   [privatebin](https://privatebin.info/):
+    [paste.t.o](https://paste.tildeverse.org)
+-   [0x0](https://github.com/lachs0r/0x0): [ttm.sh](https://ttm.sh)
+-   [lobsters](https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters):
+    [tilde.news](https://tilde.news)
+-   [tt-rss](https://tt-rss.org/): [rss.t.o](https://rss.tildeverse.org)
+-   [drone](https://drone.io):
+    [drone.tildegit.org](https://drone.tildegit.org)
+-   [mailman](https://docs.mailman3.org/en/latest/):
+    [lists.t.o](https://lists.tildeverse.org)
+
+#### our own software
+
+there are also a handful of other sites that we've written
+collaboratively among tildeverse peeps:
+
+-   [quotes db](https://tildegit.org/tildeverse/quotes): [see it
+    live](https://quotes.tilde.chat)
+-   [tildeverse zine](https://tildegit.org/tildeverse/zine): [see it
+    live](https://zine.tildeverse.org)
+
+see the [tildeverse org](https://tildegit.org/tildeverse) and [team
+org](https://tildegit.org/team) on tildegit for more projects :)
+
+this has diverged a bit from my costs into all the stuff that i do. i
+suppose that means that the main cost is my time and energy. in general,
+these things are hands-off in the day-to-day and only take time when
+there are updates or something breaks.
+
+tags: [tilde](tag_tilde.html), [sysadmin](tag_sysadmin.html)

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+---
+title: 'upsides of new dns nameservers'
+date: 201808141505.38
+tags:
+- 'dns'
+- 'linux'
+- 'tilde'
+---
+
+-   no more google
+-   no more google
+-   automated certbot validation for letsencrypt wildcard certs!! no
+    more manual TXT records every three months!
+
+tags: [dns](tag_dns.html), [linux](tag_linux.html),
+[tilde](tag_tilde.html)

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+---
+title: 'utterances'
+date: 201809052134.13
+tags:
+- 'blog'
+---
+
+i somehow stumbled upon [utterances](https://utteranc.es) today at
+lunch. (i think someone had it forked on their github page).
+
+no matter how i found it, i still decided to add it to my blog here with
+[bashblog](https://tildegit.org/team/bashblog). utterances is a
+commenting system that leverages github issues. so, for example a
+comment on [a
+post](https://tilde.team/~ben/blog/upsides-of-new-dns-nameservers.html)
+shows up on github [like
+this](https://github.com/benharri/tilde/issues/1#issuecomment-418732788).
+
+now we just need to figure out if it can be pointed at a gitea instance
+like [tildegit](https://tildegit.org). might be time for a PR!
+
+tags: [blog](tag_blog.html)

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+---
+title: 'vr'
+date: 201712181336.04
+tags:
+- 'vr'
+- 'virtual-reality'
+- 'gaming'
+---
+
+i picked up an oculus rift after my last paycheck :P