decryption

Writes about computers for a living. Mucks around with computers for fun. Australian.

website: https://decryption.net.au

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2026-07-22 02:48:17 CEST

hypothetical question - let's say I want to use a public computer (library for example) and want to access a website (e.g: RSS reader, notes) at home that's normally protected by tailscale - how would one go about doing this? i can't install the tailscale client on a public computer

2026-07-13 01:31:27 CEST

Most of the stuff I posted over the weekend has been sold/claimed. Here's what's still around (thread coming!)
All prices are negotiable if you think they're not fair. Pickup is from Bacchus Marsh, or if you're around VIC/MEL I can probably drop it off to ya.
If you're interested in anything DM me here, or contact me on Signal/email - https://decrypton.net.au

2026-07-09 08:27:20 CEST

ooh someone uploaded a bunch of APC mags to the internet archive last week (beat me to it, haha)
https://archive.org/details/@chickenman

2026-07-02 04:29:51 CEST

1Password, ProtonPass, Bitwarden/Vaultwarden, the multiple versions of KeePass - is there a cross platform password manager I'm missing? LastPass isn't even worth looking at is it?

2026-06-23 13:22:54 CEST

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ive been using an apple TV as the hub and yeah, wouldn't surprise me if apple are being cheeky

2026-06-23 13:14:34 CEST

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gotta say im very unimpressed with matter - it's more of a ballache than zigbee, but it's supposed to be better??

2026-05-10 05:49:53 CEST

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it's also still bizarre to me that people will pay for a newsletter, but not for a website - it's the same thing, but better! the psychology behind it is so confusing to me

2026-05-10 05:44:50 CEST

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yeah, the site is still under construction - used to have a few samples there previously

2026-05-10 04:47:21 CEST

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i think i'd like to start publishing it on the web too - email is just getting too unreliable these days - need to think about how to lock it down so only paying subscribers can access, but also not having to use a bloated CMS that locks me in to that platform (i.e: Ghost or Substack or Beehiiv)

2026-05-10 04:29:52 CEST

it's finally happening (today I hope, but lets see how much of a pain in the arse it is to implement)
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2026-03-16 11:55:16 CET

well that's a new one from cloudflare - i didn't wanna see that website this badly
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2026-03-05 02:51:43 CET

besides the raspberry pi - are there any good SBCs with 512MB/1GB of RAM that can run Alpine Linux and/or OpenBSD without any fuss?

2026-02-26 07:18:00 CET

if you're australian and would like a couple of the SLOP stickers @npub1pf3…uep8 made - i am printing them on demand and shipping them for free if you donate a few bucks to Western Health
visit my website to order em :)
https://slop.decryption.net.au
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2026-02-16 01:29:09 CET

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and now comes the slightly annoying part of getting multiple quotes - telling the other companies that missed out you aren't going ahead and dealing with the "oh but why, anything we can do?" offers

2026-02-16 00:56:19 CET

got quotes from Megaport and Aussie Broadband for "DIA" (direct internet access) coming in today that will be enlightening - also been on the blower with digicor to get a quote for an NVMe enablement kit for the supermicro server, that should come in today too but the sales guy couldn't promise anything because supermicro have been prioritising big hyperscalers (*cough* AI *cough*) instead of smaller customers

2026-01-11 09:11:24 CET

i didn't have IPv6 on my network at all - which is why the new Matter devices didn't work, they need IPv6!

2025-12-29 23:27:51 CET

The EU going to make its own digital payments network - awesome stuff, australia should do the same so I don't have to give like 3% of everything I earn as a sole trader to Stripe/Visa/Mastercard. I'd rather give 0.5% to the RBA, or even better, make it "free" and genuine public infrastructure like a road as a way to put more money in the wider economy doing more productive things rather than in payment processor pockets)
https://www.independent.ie/business/digital-euro-what-it-is-and-how-we-will-use-the-new-form-of-cash/a165973061.html

2025-11-19 01:18:56 CET

i'm gonna be out in eastern melbourne this sunday - so if you have heaps of old books/magazines you want to get rid of so I can scan them, I have space in my car to pick them up! DM me if you'd like me to visit
more details: https://scan.decryption.net.au
#scanning

2025-08-22 00:09:06 CEST

im seeing more and more of this type of person on ozbargain, reddit and other internet communities and i wish they'd just shut the fuck up
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2025-08-16 06:51:19 CEST

its wild how email is so incompatible with the modern world than the SPF, DKIM and DMARC stuff all pass as a genuine paypal email
https://layer8.space/@killyourfm/115033629085131732

2025-07-11 13:15:11 CEST

ugh, I hate how Kagi is pitching its new news aggregator - it looks like they're sucking in a bunch of RSS feeds from news sites, findign the most popular stories then using an LLM to summarise it
https://kite.kagi.com/
"Kite reads public RSS feeds of thousands of (community-curated) world-wide news sources and distills them into one perfect daily briefing. You get every critical perspective and timeline in just 5 minutes. That's it. No endless scrolling. No attention hijacking. Because we deserve better."
A 5-minute "perfect" daily briefing is laughable and an insult to journalists. But then again, technologists have nothing but disdain for journalists and most of them have warped views on what journalists do.

2025-06-10 07:23:42 CEST

I really need a new blogging platform. I love how cheap and fast hand coding all the HTML is, but damn it's a pain editing the meta tags for open graph, updating the index and editing an RSS feed each time I want to spew some words into the world

2025-06-09 07:24:06 CEST

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this this guy more appropriate for an ESP32?
https://www.jaycar.com.au/duinotech-arduino-compatible-active-buzzer-module/p/XC4424

2025-05-09 08:11:25 CEST

Say what you will about Tesla (there's a lot to say), but they're still the only company serious about building proper EV fast charging sites on the busiest routes in Australia - they're currently building a 20-stall site in Goulburn and a 12-stall site in Coolac (in addition to 12 in Yass and 16 in Albury), both along the Hume in desperately needed locations. Chargefox & Evie are doing sweet fuck all along the Hume in comparison. BP & Ampol doing even worse.
https://thedriven.io/2025/05/08/teslas-next-supercharger-hub-to-feature-solar-and-megapack-battery-at-iconic-hotel/

2025-05-08 00:56:31 CEST

the white house entering its AI slop era is one of the saddest and most pathetic things ive ever seen - I'm not a hardcore catholic but the trump as pope thing kinda offended me, not because it's blasphemous or anything, but because it's so disrespectful, which honestly, is the key theme of Trump - the disrespect is the point, that's their motivation for everything they do
https://www.404media.co/the-ai-slop-presidency

2025-05-01 04:31:46 CEST

someone stole solar panels from a toilet block currently being built in my local area :(
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2025-04-17 03:38:36 CEST

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samsung's Android is so bad

2025-04-17 03:18:38 CEST

really wanna try a folding phone, i think it would be cool

2025-03-31 01:05:52 CEST

@npub1sda…s240 nice story in the conversation!
https://theconversation.com/everything-you-say-to-an-alexa-speaker-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-today-252923

2025-02-11 00:50:02 CET

I've also got three apps on my Mac for social media now. Ivory for Mastdon (very good), Bluesky running in a Safari web ap p (works but I don't like it) and Croissant for posting to Bluesky & Mastodon (lame iOS app cross-developed for macOS, I could replace it with a small website). Ridiculous.

2025-02-04 04:04:11 CET

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Also have a Dell PowerEdge R220 for $150.
E3-1225v3 CPU
16GB DDR3 ECC RAM (4x 4GB)
2x 2TB 3.5" HDDs
iDRAC 7
1RU, just 395mm deep
Makes a really great Plex server! Also happy to deliver to you if you're in VIC/MEL or you can come pick it up from me in 3340. Not keen on posting, would cost like $40-$50, not worth it for such a low cost item.
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2025-02-04 04:02:56 CET

Selling my short depth Dell rack servers, simply not using em these days and need the cash.
Dell PowerEdge R210 II - $70
Celeron G530 CPU
8GB DDR3 RAM
2x 1TB 3.5" HDDs
iDRAC 6
1RU, just 395mm deep
Happy to deliver to you if you're in VIC/MEL or you can grab it from me in 3340.
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