In addition to the other comments… These functions transverse the target subdirectories and try to copy/move files into themselves, which just won’t work but is a waste of time and you’re gonna see these errors. Just skip them like so find . -path ~/png -prune -o -iname "*.png" -exec ...
observantTrapezium
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observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•I watch the first Star Trek Discovery episode, I didn't like it.English
133·11 days agoIt’s only downhill from there for Discovery.
The exact opposite is true for Lower Decks, I hated it in the beginning, but it ended up being my favourite show in 20 years.
observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato
Canada@lemmy.ca•Canada’s Age-Verification Bill Repeats the UK’s Mistakes: Here’s How to Do Better
12·12 days agoThe UK offers an early case study of how well-intentioned online-safety laws can go wrong.
What a huge presumption that these laws are well-intentioned.
observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato
Firefox@lemmy.ml•On Linux, Firefox stores site-data in a folder named the same
17·14 days agostill it is concerning, that any program can know about the sites I visit
As other noted, that’s the case in Linux, by default all processes are equal, so if your shell process can access a file, the Firefox process can access that file.
But there are in fact many ways to sandbox processes and prevent exactly what you are worried about. One way is to install applications via Flatpak (or Snap), that can limit what files the app can see, while still running as your user.
If there is an app you need and don’t trust that’s not available as a flatpak (or snap), there are ways to sanbox it manually. It does require some tinkering, but people can help you on !linux@lemmy.ml
Turns out the light at the end of the tunnel is the huge white margins on this meme
observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato
Canada@lemmy.ca•WATCH: Canadian SNL Mocks Trump With ‘Quiet Piggy’ Kids Book Skit
111·15 days agoClicked this post to say just that
I don’t really need the encryption
In this case I’d say, LUKS is an overkill and just complicates your life. Try to think of a worst case scenario and what you are trying to protect against. Full disk encryption protects you against someone physically and clandestinely tampering with your server to compromise you by altering your OS, I’d say most selfhosters aren’t at risk of this (I do use LUKS on my laptop, because if I’m not available to decrypt the drive then there’s no reason for it to get decrypted). My approach to the server is to have encrypted directories as needed. For example the SFTP directory, the logic being that some of what’s there may be sensitive, so encryption at rest prevents leakage after the drive is eventually disposed of. But my Git repos (including private ones) and calendar aren’t encrypted at rest. Other services (e.g. Matrix, Borg, Vaultwarden) provide E2E so don’t really need further encryption.
observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato
Europe@feddit.org•How a French judge was digitally cut off by the USAEnglish
5·22 days agoOnline bookings, such as through Expedia, are immediately canceled, even if they concern hotels in France.
I kinda wonder about that, hotel bookings usually require name and contact information only. So does Expedia and/or participating hotels blacklist all individuals with the name “Nicolas Guillou”, or is it based on email address / phone number (that could easily be changed)?
observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato
World News@lemmy.world•Toronto City Hall raises Palestinian flag, joining other cities across CanadaEnglish
2·26 days agoAs the article says, there are different flags flown there all the time, including the Israeli flag, the arguments against flying the Palestinian flag specifically don’t make any sense. I’m unfortunately out of town now, I would have loved to be there.
I don’t know if OOP knows it but there’s actually a dinosaur called Albertosaurus, named after the province (it went extinct before the mass extinction though). Edmontosaurus though was one of the dinosaur genera to have lived until the very end of the Cretaceous, and witness the asteroid that ended it.
observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Using Fail2ban to protect exposed servicesEnglish
261·1 month agoExposing stuff to the internet shouldn’t be that scary… I haven’t had any incident so far in 8 years. Yes, you see plenty of illegitimate access attempts in the logs, but if everything is properly patched, it should be OK.
This post is quite profound
observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato
Canada@lemmy.ca•Freeland leaving cabinet for Ukraine envoy position: sources
9·3 months agoShe probably asked for it given her background and experience, and this a promotion of sorts from transport minister.
observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Producers Promise Season 4 Will Be BetterEnglish
7·3 months agoI didn’t get the music analogy but I agree with you that “dumb shit” can apply to a large part of this season.
observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Producers Promise Season 4 Will Be BetterEnglish
162·3 months agoHope so! Season 3 wasn’t the worst thing ever but not really good or memorable.
observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x10 "New Life and New Civilizations"English
7·3 months agoYou are thinking it over way more than the writers did. This hole-ridden plot is just there to justify the action scenes. But I think it’s implied that Batel left the messages. Why were they vague and in those other languages? Just because!!
observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x10 "New Life and New Civilizations"English
10·3 months ago2/10
Worse sequel to the season’s so-far worst episode.
Felt like the writers were like “wouldn’t it be cool if we do this… and that… and this again…”
“science so advanced it might as well be magic”: yeah, pretty much, this was more of a D&D campaign (bad one) than a good sci-fi episode. Even the silly Prophets / Pah-wraiths arc of DS9 was preferable to this.
observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato
Boycott US@lemmy.ca•It's happening! The Canadian Costco cult is showing fractures!English
3·3 months agoI’ve never been to Costco! I shop basically exclusively local in Downtown Toronto, but I recognize it’s a privilege to have that option being so convenient.
observantTrapezium@lemmy.cato
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x09 "Terrarium"English
5·3 months agoYet the floating boulders are so scientifically accurate 😜 (these aren’t other moons, we are told there are 396 moons, to be exact)






It may, but it is not.