So very similar to 1password stores logins and OTP, plus credit cards which is super useful. Plus you get proton mail and proton VPN in the subscription.
I have heard that it is inadvisable for solo or inexperienced spelunkers because you could easily dislodge something that could crush you, collapse a cave, etc.
That’s kind of the fun of it, though. I used to love reading insane fascists and incel subreddits before they all were b7. It was just so fascinating to me that people like that exist.
Lol yeah a “reeducation” camp where death penalty is the result of failing to pass is pretty fascisistic, sorry to disappoint but you share things in common.
Yeah, always blows me away how willing people are to call for crimes against humanity for groups they don’t like. I mean, I find nazis to be ridiculous and terrible, but throwing people into re-education camps and executing them if they don’t convert to your worldview? That’s like reading 1984 as an instruction manual lol.
Read that as a personal attack instead of a quote when it popped up in my alerts, and was very confused about what I did lol.
But yeah, when your plan is to execute a group because you find their beliefs repugnant, you’ve become the villain in the scenario. The solution to the paradox of tolerance definitely isn’t genocide.
It’s neither, it’s a rhetorical “you”. Should’ve been clearer about that, sorry.
The thing about the paradox of tolerance is that the intolerance mentioned there is not regular bigotry. It’s quite specifically about a threat to the marketplace of ideas.
I got your stupid joke (you’re comparing me to Hitler and fascism which isn’t the same thing as authoritarianism, read a book), but you clearly didn’t get mine so “wooosh” to you too.
The problem with providing them a platform on your server is that no one else will want to be there. And no one else needs to be there because there’s a thousand other instances with decent moderation policies.
Everybody else is already talking about homeassistant. I’m going to add that there are zigbee, z-wave, and rarely bluetooth based alternatives for almost all of the nest/alexa/etc accessories, and those work through a local hub.
I have multiple devices split across two locations and I end up having to use hard drives to periodically move files back over to my main desktop for sorting and archiving. If I want to access older files, I have to copy them from my main storage on the desktop to a hard drive, my NextCloud, or whatever device I want to access them on. I would like to avoid this drudgery by moving my file storage to a NAS
A NAS is a good idea but do note that this sort of setup can work aswell with the correct tooling.
don’t really even need access outside the network, though it could be useful if I understood it enough to keep it secure
I can highly recommend Tailscale for this purpose.
run a few docker images for things like media server, open project, restyaboard, etc. I’m not sure if it makes sense to do this on the NAS or just get a simple NAS and do this stuff in a VM on my laptop or with a Rasberry Pie.
Depends. Many people host such things on their NAS since the NAS is always on anyways and barely does anything most of the time, so it’s perfectly valid to do that.
Can I purchase/build a simple NAS that I use for storage and serve the files for my media server through a different device like my laptop?
Yes but in a home setting, it usually makes sense to keep the services running on the same device which stores the service’s data.
It sounds like some of the pre-built machines can use drives of different sizes which would allow me to re-use the barely used drives inside of the WD devices. Do any of the self-build solutions allow for this.
Sure. Unless you need assistance setting up a Linux system (I doubt you do) or building a computer, self-built is almost always better. I use a low-power Intel single-board-computer (Celeron J4105) in a small PC case for this purpose.
For pooling different sized drives, I use btrfs but the same could be achieved using ZFS or even LVM.
Do note that, unless you have specific uptime requirements, RAID is pretty wasteful in a home setting in both hardware and time thinking about it.
When it comes to digital hygiene, figure out backups first. 3-2-1!
I would LOVE some book/media/community recommendations for digital hygiene and how to handle store, backup, maintain the deluge of information in our modern lives.
I’ve found git-annex for myself. It’s quite a rabbit hole and takes a lot of effort to understand and really use well but it’s an incredible tool that has greatly aided simplifying my storage setup.
One of the best things about it is that it separates data from metadata. You always have the metadata but you don’t need to hold the data all in one place.
This means you can re-organise files on your laptop without those files actually being present on the laptop. They could be anywhere; on a hard disk sitting unplugged on a shelf, in the cloud, on some other machine that’s turned off, on the NAS etc. but you can move them around in the filesystem as if they were there. If you needed some file’s content content, you can ask git-annex where the file’s content is stored, i.e. plug in the hard drive and then ask it to copy the data over.
That’s the gist of it (git-annex can do a bunch of other cool stuff) but this really helped my get my shit together w.r.t. storage hygiene.
If you still want something for Mastodon, maybe GoToSocial is worth a look. You will need a separate client, but it is very lightweight in my experience.
Just stupid puns that come to mind when I set it up. Synology NAS is “Rainy” since the box had “be your own cloud” written on it. M1 MacBook is “Apple Pie” because being ARM it’s just a big Raspberry Pi right? Etc
I have setup Streamio + Torrentio+ Real-debrid in my father’s computer. He can uses it really easy and I don’t need to worry about hosting anything. If you want to it work on the TV you would need a Chromecast or Fire stick tv.
Does it need to be selfhosted, or is an open source app okay? Okay I’ve not red all your post… there is no ios client for aegis… I use aegis: https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis
Yes actually I’m personally using Aegis rn, but I’m okay with backing up and having backup sync elsewhere, and then do the restore if I switch or something.
But I’m actually looking for Selfhosted solution for my sibling and parents as they are not that tech savvy, so it would be headache for them to think about backup, sync and restore. they need something which is a simple login and go solution like Vaultwarden (bitwarden) with Automatic server sync, where they can enter a link or use app to access it.
No not anymore. I no longer find it necessary now. Things have become much easier. Many routers have out-of-factory OpenWrt support or are outright built with/on OpenWrt. Companies like GL.iNet has made the barrier to entry the lowest ever.
Gone were the days we had to spot the right hardware versions, find ways to access debug ports, tinker with das uboot (or it had to be added…), flush the official firmware, and flash the right OpenWRT image. And this often would set you down on a path to compile the “right” kernel to work with proprietary driver/firmware blob files so hardware acceleration (e.g. NAT or WiFi radio) could work properly… Indeed I have learnt a lot but honestly I don’t really miss those days lol
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