Planet Debian

I naively provisioned an HTTPS record at Google CloudDNS like this via terraform: resource "google_dns_record_set" "testv6" { name = "testv6.some-domain.example." managed_zone = "some-domain-example" type = "HTTPS" ttl = 3600 rrdatas = ["1 . alpn=\"h2\" ipv4hint=\"198.51.100.1\" ipv6hint=\"2001:DB8::1\""] } This results in a permanent diff because the Google CloudDNS API seems to parse the record content, and stores the ipv6hint expanded (removing the :: notation) and in all lowercase as 2001:d…

Two months ago I bought a Thinkpad X1 Yoga Gen3 [1] . I’m still very happy with it, the screen is a great improvement over the FullHD screen on my previous Thinkpad. I have yet to discover what’s the best resolution to have on a laptop if price isn’t an issue, but it’s at least 1440p for a 14″ display, that’s 210DPI. The latest Thinkpad X1 Yoga is the 7th gen and has up to 3840*2400 resolution on the internal display for 323DPI. Apple apparently uses the term “Retina Display” to mean something …

I previously wrote about the possibility of transferring work between devices as an alternative to “convergence” (using a phone or tablet as a desktop) [1] . This idea has been implemented in some commercial products already. MrWhosTheBoss made a good YouTube video reviewing recent Huawei products [2] . At 2:50 in that video he shows how you can link a phone and tablet, control one from the other, drag and drop of running apps and files between phone and tablet, mirror the screen between device…

I recently had someone describe a Mac Mini as a “workstation”, which I strongly disagree with. The Wikipedia page for Workstation [1] says that it’s a type of computer designed for scientific or technical use, for a single user, and would commonly run a multi-user OS. The Mac Mini runs a multi-user OS and is designed for a single user. The issue is whether it is for “scientific or technical use”. A Mac Mini is a nice little graphical system which could be used for CAD and other engineering work…

The shared web proxy used on Wikimedia Cloud VPS now has technical support for using arbitrary domains (and not just wmcloud.org subdomains) in proxy names. I think this is a good example of how software slowly evolves over time as new requirements emerge, with each new addition building on top of the previous ones. According to the edit history on Wikitech, the web proxy service has its origins in 2012, although the current idea where you create a proxy and map it to a specific instance and po…

Review: Overdue and Returns , by Mark Lawrence Publisher: Mark Lawrence Copyright: June 2023 Copyright: February 2024 ASIN: B0C9N51M6Y ASIN: B0CTYNQGBX Format: Kindle Pages: 99 Overdue is a stand-alone novelette in the Library Trilogy universe . Returns is a collection of two stories, the novelette "Returns" and the short story "About Pain." All of them together are about the length of a novella, so I'm combining them into a single review. These are ancillary stories in the same universe as the…

Focus This month I didn't have any particular focus. I just worked on issues in my info bubble. Changes ArchiveBot: improve dashboard filtering Debian wiki pages: ArmPorts , Exploits Issues FLOSS license needed for ThreadTree Features in ThreadTree ( 1 2 3 4 5 ), systemd-cron Warnings in kraft , python3-pypandoc Sponsors All work was done on a volunteer basis.