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The Commonwealth of Australia (AI Edition)

Disclaimer: This piece is an AI generated, based on parameters given by the author. It is not a political statement but the result of a genuine want by the author to understand what is happening based on science and facts, as determined by the AI which was given a broad

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What's Really in the Price of Petrol

Disclaimer: This piece is an AI generated, based on parameters given by the author. It is not a political statement but the result of a genuine want by the author to understand what is happening based on science and facts, as determined by the AI which was given a broad

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Organization of Turkic States

Goals, Ambitions, or a New Like-Minded Bloc? If you haven't heard of the Organization of Turkic States, you're not alone — it barely registers in Western news cycles. But over the last few years it's quietly become one of the more interesting experiments in

Ubiquiti

Ubiquiti & Starlink

OMG - awesome Not only does this remove middleman devices its works. I dont have a use case for this at this point in time, but its still awesome. Thankyou Ubiquiti and Starlink. #enoughsaid

Ubiquiti

STP Explained - Ubiquiti - Updated

So you are building a homelab or just want to host your own stuff, or maybe your just one of those guys or girls that want the internet ordering fridge, security cameras, app enabled garage, automatic lights, the mirror that tells you you daily routine and appointments. Hell, these days

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I Love this guy

Finally a country who is calling it as it is and doesnt muck around. There is too much - how do you young people put it - "woke" crap in the world. There are quite a few quotes in this video that need attention. One is stated endlessly by my

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Australia, India, and the SMR Question

Why the Uranium Deal Only Runs One Way Small modular reactors have become a fixture of Australia's energy debate. Along with larger next-generation reactors, SMRs are the specific type of nuclear technology the federal Coalition opposition proposed to replace retiring coal-fired power stations in Australia'

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AI Slop - The Synthetic Deluge

The rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence has introduced a new class of digital pollution known as "AI slop." Unlike highly targeted political deepfakes, AI slop refers to low-effort, mass-produced digital media generated purely to harvest views, engagement, and ad revenue. This essay examines how AI

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J-space - AI subconscious ??

On 6 July 2026, Anthropic published groundbreaking interpretability research revealing that its Claude language models have spontaneously developed a privileged internal mental workspace named "J-space". This silent, hidden zone of neural activity holds internal thoughts, concepts, and multi-step reasoning before they are ever translated into the

Cybersecurity

Your Phone Is a Beacon: Inside Iran's SS7 and Ad-Tech Campaign Against U.S. Forces — And Why Australia Isn't Immune

The follwing article is based on an article in the Financial Times, thrown at an AI and asked a lot of questions. It peeked my interest, what can I say. In the weeks before the US-Israeli strikes on Iran in late February 2026, and through the early days of

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fwupdate - Trixie & Forky

The following post relates to the fwupdate function on Debian In accordance with the following, there have been numerous updates. Releases · fwupd/fwupdA system daemon to allow session software to update firmware - fwupd/fwupdGitHubfwupd What's changed in fwupd The project is running two parallel branches, which is the

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Server Replacement & AI

I have begun a cost analysis of a replacement server. In this endeavour I have 4 prerequisites 1. Cost and upgradeablity 2. Storage - how much storage can I add without a NAS 3. AI TOPS ability 4. Bang for buck with a smaller form factor - mini PC type Lots of

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The Utilities Stack

I am sharing this as I believe this will help a great many people understand a few things Here is my base stack - it also includes Termix. It includes a number of utility services that a lot of people will find handy to say the least. It is not rocket

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Termix: A Self-Hosted Termius Alternative That Actually Belongs in Your Homelab

To present to you Turnex, the son of Durex - Yello - yeah I know. If you've spent any time managing more than a handful of servers, you'll know the pain of juggling SSH config files, remembering which box has which port forwarded, and bouncing between a terminal

Proxmox

Why I'm Ripping NVIDIA Out of My Proxmox Host

I have spent more evenings than I'd like to admit keeping an NVIDIA GPU alive on a Proxmox host. Not doing anything clever with it. Just keeping the driver building across kernel updates. It works, I have LXC passthrough and can play with AI rather well. This week

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Proxmox Diagnosis Script

This script has now become center stage in my projects at the moment for the following reasons. 1. It tells me if the network is overloaded - its currently a 2.5Gbps test network 2. Do I have a thrash problem on the server with my IO The reason all this

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Jellyseerr Multimedia Stack

Yes I have tested it and it works just fine, however it can be complicated to setup beyond just the stack. There is considerable work required that cant be automated with each service as it flows down the chain. This stack is not for a novice but its not rocket

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Proxmox GPU Script updated

There is a significant issue with Kernel 7 and various Nvidia graphics cards. Mine is rather dated which is becoming a problem. This post has been updated as of 26th July 2026 Reasons for script review 1. Kernel 7 is breaking the Nvidia passthrough and other stuff 2. Kernel updated

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ClamAV - Hardening version 4

Update the ClamAV file to make it work for the following: 1. Debian, MintOS LMDE and Bazzite 2. Fix the email notification on service failure problem 3. Fixed the BazziteOS ClamAV Problem, that was seriously tough. Tests run on script 1. Script on MintOS LMDE 7 - no errors 2. Script

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MintOS - Post Script - Updated

Updated: 28-07-2026 The following code is shared. The script was then reengineered back to MintOS with a few changes 1. MintOS is my daily driver 2. MintOS has advantages for me that BazziteOS doesnt accommodate easily 3. This code has numerous changes to accommodate my needs 4. Clam

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BazziteOS - Post Script

The folllowing script is now operational. IAW our ditching of the Microsoft eco system and the problems with MintOS in gaming we are moving various systems to BazziteOS. So far we have not been disappointed The script is now production ie.. live. I have found now major issues with it.

Cybersecurity

Zoraxy Forensics - March 2026

I am beginning to look at a number of issues with my home lab. This was a major one, as the whole point of this exercise is to increase my coding skills, familiarity with Linux and how to run servers and additional services associated with them. I have attached a

Proxmox

Proxmox - I just got in trouble

Claude AI just gave me a boot in the backside. Apparently I am trying to do things to fast. Why I was doing the daughters laundry, I notices that some of my services had gone offline. Offline on the internal LAN and offline on the WAN (Internet) The hostname changes

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Booklore is Dead or is it

I am going through trying times at the moment so I will make this brief. That's very interesting — and you're right to push back. Here's what the evidence actually shows: The repository itself has gone down very recently — likely today or in the last

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Turning the Tide on Desert Expansion

Global Efforts in De-desertification and Land Restoration By Claude (Anthropic, 2025) Desertification — the process by which fertile land degrades into barren desert — affects more than two billion people across 168 countries and claims approximately 12 million hectares of productive land every year [1]. Driven by a combination of climate