[ale] Idiots shutting out those with visual problems: was Weird window-manager shenanigans on debian 12...

[Steve Litt]

On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 12:44:52 -0400
William Wylde via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM Steve Litt via Ale <ale at ale.org>

> > The preceding URL didn't resolve, giving a "ERR_NGROK_3200",
> > whatever that means. I know of one distro, whose filthy name I
> > won't mention, who not only used 6 point fonts on X11, but arranged
> > their framebuffer to to use the same tiny fonts.
> >
> >  
> It works for me through the tor network.  Are you using google
> nameservers?  They sometimes mess with ngrok addresses. 

I'm using unbound on my Daily Driver Desktop (DDD). The following is my
/etc/unbound/root.hints:

.			3600000	IN	NS
a.root-servers.net. .			3600000	IN
NS	b.root-servers.net. .			3600000
IN	NS	c.root-servers.net. .
3600000	IN	NS	d.root-servers.net. .
	3600000	IN	NS	e.root-servers.net. .
		3600000	IN	NS	f.root-servers.net.
.			3600000	IN	NS
g.root-servers.net. .			3600000	IN
NS	h.root-servers.net. .			3600000
IN	NS	i.root-servers.net. .
3600000	IN	NS	j.root-servers.net. .
	3600000	IN	NS	k.root-servers.net. .
		3600000	IN	NS	l.root-servers.net.
.			3600000	IN	NS
m.root-servers.net. a.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN
A	198.41.0.4 a.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN
AAAA	2001:503:ba3e:0:0:0:2:30 b.root-servers.net.
3600000	IN	A	199.9.14.201
b.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	AAAA
2001:500:200:0:0:0:0:b c.root-servers.net.	3600000
IN	A	192.33.4.12 c.root-servers.net.
3600000	IN	AAAA	2001:500:2:0:0:0:0:c
d.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	A
199.7.91.13 d.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN
AAAA	2001:500:2d:0:0:0:0:d e.root-servers.net.
3600000	IN	A	192.203.230.10
e.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	AAAA
2001:500:a8:0:0:0:0:e f.root-servers.net.	3600000
IN	A	192.5.5.241 f.root-servers.net.
3600000	IN	AAAA	2001:500:2f:0:0:0:0:f
g.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	A
192.112.36.4 g.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN
AAAA	2001:500:12:0:0:0:0:d0d h.root-servers.net.
3600000	IN	A	198.97.190.53
h.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	AAAA
2001:500:1:0:0:0:0:53 i.root-servers.net.	3600000
IN	A	192.36.148.17 i.root-servers.net.
3600000	IN	AAAA	2001:7fe:0:0:0:0:0:53
j.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	A
192.58.128.30 j.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN
AAAA	2001:503:c27:0:0:0:2:30 k.root-servers.net.
3600000	IN	A	193.0.14.129
k.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	AAAA
2001:7fd:0:0:0:0:0:1 l.root-servers.net.	3600000
IN	A	199.7.83.42 l.root-servers.net.
3600000	IN	AAAA	2001:500:9f:0:0:0:0:42
m.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN	A
202.12.27.33 m.root-servers.net.	3600000	IN
AAAA	2001:dc3:0:0:0:0:0:35

==================

The following is the result of command
"dig bloodlands.shadows.ngrok.dev":

; <<>> DiG 9.16.22 <<>> bloodlands.shadows.ngrok.dev
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 14052
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 6, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;bloodlands.shadows.ngrok.dev.	IN	A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
bloodlands.shadows.ngrok.dev. 27 IN	A	3.134.125.175
bloodlands.shadows.ngrok.dev. 27 IN	A	3.14.182.203
bloodlands.shadows.ngrok.dev. 27 IN	A	3.134.39.220
bloodlands.shadows.ngrok.dev. 27 IN	A	3.17.7.232
bloodlands.shadows.ngrok.dev. 27 IN	A	3.22.30.40
bloodlands.shadows.ngrok.dev. 27 IN	A	3.13.191.225

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.0.102#53(192.168.0.102)
;; WHEN: Wed Sep 24 00:58:21 EDT 2025
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 153


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