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Bruno Girin

@brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

mastodon 4.6.9

Technologist designing software to address the climate change emergency and helping improve diversity in tech.

Some things I enjoy:
- travelling, by train or tall ship if possible;
- contributing to my community orchard;
- reading SF&F;
- baking cake;
- eating cheese;
- cat pictures.

Some things I believe in:
- Trans rights are human rights,
- Slava Ukraini
- Free Palestine

462 Followers

777 Following

50 Posts

Joined December 31, 2017

Pronouns:

He/Him

Website:

https://bzh.me.uk

BookWyrm:

https://bookwyrm.social/user/brunogirin

Pixelfed:

https://pixelfed.eu/i/web/profile/495657502045335232

Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 1w ago

RE: https://mastodon.me.uk/@brunogirin/117331468417104665 Now that yesterday's DNS issues have been sorted, I went back to this guide by @_elena@mastodon.social to finish with step 6 and a login page. However, I didn't bother with the DNS changes at all for the sub-domain and I'll explain why. All in all, it took 2 minutes. 1/5

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@brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

I started my self-hosting journey with YunoHost following the guide written by @_elena@mastodon.social and here's where I'm at.

I requested a VPS and domain from Datomedia on Wednesday and got them both last night so I started the install this morning. I also had the YunoHost guide open on the side just in case. I used Datomedia as it's a provider local to Valencia.

Elena's guide: https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbies-guide-to-self-hosting-with-yunohost-part-2-installation-setup/
YunoHost VPS guide: https://doc.yunohost.org/en/admin/get_started/install_on/remote_server
Datomedia: https://datomedia.es

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Bruno Girin: "I started my self-hosting journey with YunoHost f…" - mastodon.me.uk

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 1w ago

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So all this meant a lot of fiddling. But the cool thing about FOSS is that the maintainer of the Vaultwarden Yunohost integration added the Dex auto-config in a test branch this morning so it worked great so hopefully it will be available in main soon. Oh and last but not least, if you setup Vaultwarden on a sub-domain, you need to enable outgoing email on that sub-domain as it needs to send email notifications. Conclusion: Vaultwarden is not quite plug and play yet. 3/3

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 1w ago

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Now for the gory details. Yunohost uses an LDAP directory for authentication. Vaultwarden prefers an Open ID Connect server so the fix is to install another app called Dex and get them to talk to each other. This requires both Dex and Vaultwarden to have OIDC configurations that match. Dex can only be configured through the command line and Vaultwarden doesn't (yet) auto-configure it. On top, Yunohost strips basic auth HTTP headers that Dex needs for the OIDC exchange. 2/3

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 1w ago

I started my self-hosting journey with YunoHost following the guide written by @_elena@mastodon.social and here's where I'm at.

I requested a VPS and domain from Datomedia on Wednesday and got them both last night so I started the install this morning. I also had the YunoHost guide open on the side just in case. I used Datomedia as it's a provider local to Valencia.

Elena's guide: https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbies-guide-to-self-hosting-with-yunohost-part-2-installation-setup/
YunoHost VPS guide: https://doc.yunohost.org/en/admin/get_started/install_on/remote_server
Datomedia: https://datomedia.es

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A newbie's guide to self-hosting with YunoHost. Part 2: installation & setup

A newbie's guide to self-hosting with YunoHost. Part 2: installation & setup

A step-by-step visual guide for newbies about how to install and setup YunoHost - it's easy, fast and accessible to all

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 2w ago

At long last, I'm following @_elena@mastodon.social 's excellent guide to self hosting with YunoHost. My VPS is currently pending so the real work will start tomorrow.

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 3w ago

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@mttaggart@infosec.exchange FYI the purple colour of your links makes them unreadable on a dark background on a small screen.

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 2mo ago

Currently looking at door handles to replace one in my house and thinking about @WeirdWriter@caneandable.social 's post about the architectural hostility of doorknobs: https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/doorknob-hostility/ All my door handles are currently levers and this one will be no exception.

sightlessscribbles.com

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 1mo ago

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@CurlyParakeet@mastodon.online The phrase I've seen before is "garden almanac" or "garden planner". The RHS publish one every year for the UK: https://www.nhbs.com/rhs-the-garden-almanac-2027-book

RHS The Garden Almanac 2027: The Month-by-Month Guide to Your Best Ever Gardening Year

RHS The Garden Almanac 2027: The Month-by-Month Guide to Your Best Ever Gardening Year

Buy RHS The Garden Almanac 2027 (9781805701200): The Month-by-Month Guide to Your Best Ever Gardening Year: NHBS - Zia Allaway, Guy Barter, Grace Gillespie, Frances Lincoln

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

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@pathfinder @autistics My grandmother lived mostly independently in her flat until she was 94. This was possible thanks to friendly neighbours and to the fact that she had shops and public transport on her doorstep. A friend just celebrated her dad's 90th birthday. He lives independently thanks to the community network in the village. He has an old people's group where the younger ones (60+) who can still drive pick up the older ones to go for a meal or drink.

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 3mo ago

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@daedalus@eigenmagic.net That's because they haven't looked down yet and like Wile E Coyote they still think they're running on firm ground.

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

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@alien@mastodon.green Me gusta el tabulé, fácil de hacer, fresquito y vegano: https://www.directoalpaladar.com/recetas-de-ensaladas/tabule-la-clasica-ensalada-libanesa-que-siempre-triunfa

Tabulé libanesa, la receta original de esta ensalada de Oriente Medio con bulgur

directoalpaladar.com

Tabulé libanesa, la receta original de esta ensalada de Oriente Medio con bulgur

Aprender a hacer tabulé libanesa, la ensalada más famosa y original de Oriente Medio con la receta tradicional a base de bulgur, hierbabuena y verduras, que...

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

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@bmk @fj I had that when I used to live in France and work in Luxembourg: taking the road behind my house, right turn, left turn, you had changed country in between the two and you only knew because of tarmac quality and signage colours.

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

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@NiwlCraft Did it tell him to fire himself as the highest paid employee?

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 3mo ago

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@VoltPaperScissors@chaos.social I watched the video 3 times and I'm still trying to understand how it works. I asume one of the driving wheels falling off the side engages the directional wheel that turns it round but it still looks like magic.

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 1mo ago

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@sundogplanets@mastodon.social @mayintoronto@beige.party looks like you're the local space expert now. Did they offer to pay you anything?

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 4mo ago

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@HarriettMB@toot.wales @IndyRichard@mastodon.scot Ignorant and vile feels like a fair summary of Wes Streeting.

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

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@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us @wood5y@mastodonapp.uk Same in the private sector. HR departments are there to protect the company, not to help the employees.

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 2mo ago

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@jess@blop.social That's a happy selfie! And based on how busy the dancefloor is, the guests seem happy too!

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

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@Menschette@mastodon.social @shom@gts.shom.dev @mayintoronto@beige.party @farah@beige.party Probably made trendy by Burberry, at least in the UK.

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@vagina_museum This is so well described in Bloody Hell, a collection of short life stories edited by Mona Eltahawy: https://www.feministgiant.com/p/bloody-hell The main question that comes back time and time again is: "how the hell did I not know that?"

Bloody Hell!

feministgiant.com

Bloody Hell!

Adventures in Menopause From Around the World: Publication Day!

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@fuzztech@infosec.exchange Why does a German snack brand have a tagline in French?

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 3mo ago

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@FediThing@social.chinwag.org I'm already a follower but I'd follow @CountBinface@mastodon.world twice if I could.

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

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@brianvastag@mas.to @girlonthenet@mastodon.social Exactly. I learnt when I was a contractor that the one process I had to make fast and painless was invoicing: end of month / project, put the numbers in, send the invoice out.

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

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@DamonHD@mastodon.social @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us @wood5y@mastodonapp.uk Indeed and if you don't fit the nice boxes they have in their spreadsheets, it's a battle to get anything done properly. And of course, when there is a merger or acquisition, two incompatible versions of those spreadsheets meet and the result is messy.

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

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@IcooIey The rain sends you back inside!

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@PKYo It reminds me of the first time I went sailing on a tall ship: 1 week on a ship in movement, then pub in harbour, then train to Oslo then plane to Heathrow. It's only when getting off the plane that my body realised the floor movement had changed, got really confused and started telling me that the floor of the terminal was moving. Every day for a week after that, I would spend the first awake hour of the day feeling the floor move.

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

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@jmeowmeow @meganL I have the same issue with auto complete on my phone. I suspect the algorithm goes something like "this one appeared but you didn't choose it, you must want something else".

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 4mo ago

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@solar_chase@mastodon.green The situation I often have is: "I swear this looked great in the shop, why does it look rubbish on my bed?"

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 4mo ago

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@Lionesslady@mindly.social @vagina_museum@masto.ai Not sure. I have the physical book so I never checked if she had an ebook.

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

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@JenJen@mastodon.art epic!

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@alberto_cottica Hendaye is the logical route based on distance but train connections at the Atlantic end of the Pyrenees are poor, both on the Spanish and French sides. Going the Madrid - Barcelona - Paris - Brussels route is more reliable and faster because it uses high volume high speed lines both on the Spanish and French sides.

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

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@feff @JenJen Yep, that was the stated aim. Then the scummy scammers noticed that bypassing the puritan banks also meant bypassing fraud prevention and all safeguards implemented by the incumbent system + if they had enough money they could take control of that alternative system. It's as if fixing social problems with technical solutions had unexpected side effects. Who knew?

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

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@brucelawson Exactly: "oh la vache, ça va vite!"

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@jwildeboer I was going to reply 3-5 then realised that @Floppy created this instance way before the pandemic which meant that it had to be more than 5 years ago.

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

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@JenJen@mastodon.art We all love JenJen Classic, she's awesome! Can JenJen Elvanse help her be even more awesome?

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

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@PKYo I went back sailing on tall ships several times after that and it never happened again. I reckon my body went "we've been there before, let's not panic".

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

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@brucelawson Surely that should be "Train Goes Voooooosh"?

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 3mo ago

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@jess@blop.social Ah the VAT returns and bills, such a highlight of running a small business (not)!

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

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@SwanseaBayNews@toot.wales Oh cool! Next step: Pembroke?

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 2mo ago

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@girlonthenet@mastodon.social As a French person I like my 4 cheeses more stinky than that but as long as it's got cheese on it I'm happy.

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 2mo ago

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@glassbottommeg@mastodon.gamedev.place How many games did you put a hold on?

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

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@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party @hermitcyclop same, I didn't recognise her either.

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 2mo ago

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@oldrawgabbit@mastodon.world I'm scared and so is my friend.

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

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@Floppy @jwildeboer Yes, I thought 2017 but wasn't sure. I know I registered shortly after you created it but didn't really use my account at first.

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

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@bloor Me looking at the small home server I was meaning to install last month or the power plugs I was meaning to swap last week: "no idea what you mean!"

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 2mo ago

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@girlonthenet@mastodon.social Nothing can beat a 4 cheese pizza.

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

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@jezhiggins@mastodon.me.uk @SwanseaBayNews@toot.wales I suppose you could use the French method of having one double train to Carmarthen that would divide: one half to Pembroke, the other half to Fishguard. Milford Haven peeps may feel left out though.

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 2mo ago

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@hellgy@oisaur.com c'est une superbe photo !

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Bruno Girin @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

· 5mo ago

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@jess@blop.social I now have a mental picture of The Other Mrs R jumping out from behind a bush victoriously brandishing a pair of jump leads in her hand.

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