The bone series of graphic novels are great. There are plenty of them, there easy to read, and there funny. Check the local library, they will have them all.
I’m a big fan of Douglas Addams (hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy, dirk gently). He is easy to read and has a very sharp sense of houmor.
The Lunar Chronicles is another easy series to get into. Technically these are romances, but the romance is very light. It is a cyborg retelling of classic fairy tales.
Bone is great, but I think Adams' work, particularly The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, will resonate with OP. You're right, it's an easy read (but not necessarily simple), and it never feels like a chore. @QuietStorm, if the opening paragraphs appeal to you, you might dig this book:
The house stood on a slight rise just on the edge of the village. It stood on its own and looked out over a broad spread of West Country farmland. Not a remarkable house by any means—it was about thirty years old, squattish, squarish, made of brick, and had four windows set in the front of a size and proportion which more or less exactly failed to please the eye.
The only person for whom the house was in any way special was Arthur Dent, and that was only because it happened to be the one he lived in. He had lived in it for about three years, ever since he had moved out of London because it made him nervous and irritable. He was about thirty as well, tall, dark-haired and never quite at ease with himself. The thing that used to worry him most was the fact that people always used to ask him what he was looking so worried about. He worked in local radio which he always used to tell his friends was a lot more interesting than they probably thought. It was, too—most of his friends worked in advertising.
On Wednesday night it had rained very heavily, the lane was wet and muddy, but the Thursday morning sun was bright and clear as it shone on Arthur Dent’s house for what was to be the last time.
It hadn’t properly registered yet with Arthur that the council wanted to knock it down and build a bypass instead.
also where is a good place to get physical books from at a discount?
In the US, most public libraries have collections of everything you mentioned (including manga). Also, a lot of libraries have bookstores where they sell donations and old books from their collections. Reference librarians are great people to talk to for book recommendations.
I feel like peertube could really use some sort of Lemmy driven community engagement
Agreed. Lemmy and Kbin have been getting a lot of attention lately, and Mastodon is the elephant in the room. But I hear little about Peertube instances. I think they would be a perfect fit in the Lemmy universe.
The one problem I see is cost. Lemmy serves text. Peertube would store and serve video. Lots of it. That’s a big bill.
“PeerTube uses the BitTorrent protocol to share bandwidth between users by default to help lower the load on the server, but ultimately leaves you the choice to switch back to regular streaming exclusively from the server of the video.“
I don’t know if I’d go so far as to recommend a VPN or Tor. Should be the same risk profile as torrenting except legal in all places. Also, this information may be out of date, but I believe it is considered poor etiquette to use the Tor network for bandwidth heavy stuff like this. I know they used to put out PSAs about torrenting on the network.
I would start there if you do. The people who work there are in love with books and will have great recommendations for you.
If you like to laugh and you like fantasy, check out Terry Pratchett. The Night Watch series is my favorite Start with “Guards! Guards”.
Look into buying books on your phone or tablet. Both apple and Google frequently have “books under $5” sales. It’s not ideal for the physical feel of reading a book, but you can usually change the font and font size, which may make it more readable for you.
Hope this is helpful. The more you read the better you get at it, and the more you enjoy it.
I haven’t read the books myself, but I’ve heard there’s a lot of casual racism and sexism. Then again, we’re talking about books published in the 50s and 60s, so that’s not surprising.
I’m not saying this to discourage you, it’s only to provide a heads up.
Do you have a library card? At my library I can reserve the books I want, and if they don’t have them they borrow them from another library in their system, and I get an email when they’re ready to be picked up. I also use the app Goodreads to track what I want to read.
If reading physical books is difficult, consider audiobooks as well!
For something sci fi/fantasy but more a serious/intense story:
Proxmox wont make backups to B2 easier, but since it is basically a web interface and API for Debian and KVM/QEMU you might be able to use your current backup strategy with very little modification.
As for ZFS, you can expect to use about a GB of RAM for each TB in a ZFS pool. I (only) run 2x 4TB drives in ZFS mirror and it results in about 4-5 GB of RAM overhead.
Another point you might want to consider is automation and the ability to use infrastructure as code. You can use the Proxmox Packer builder and Terraform provider to automate building machine images and cloning virtual machines. If you’re into the learning experience it’s definitely a consideration. I went from backing up entire VM disks to backing up only application data, making it faster and cheaper. It also enabled a lot of automated testing. For a homelab it’s a bit much, the learning experience is the biggest part. It’s an entire rabbit hole.
Proxmox wont make backups to B2 easier, but since it is basically a web interface and API for Debian and KVM/QEMU you might be able to use your current backup strategy with very little modification.
I found this which leads me to believe I may be able to pipe zfs send to restic to replicate my current disk backup strategy. Presumably I could fire up a VM and build a zfs storage pool in it to test that theory out.
As for ZFS, you can expect to use about a GB of RAM for each TB in a ZFS pool. I (only) run 2x 4TB drives in ZFS mirror and it results in about 4-5 GB of RAM overhead.
So if I were to put 4x4TB in a RAID10 equivalent pool I’d be looking at ~ 8GB not 16, whew.
For a homelab it’s a bit much, the learning experience is the biggest part. It’s an entire rabbit hole.
The rabbit hole is where all the fun is. Templating was something I never really got around to in my current setup. I do have an ansible playbook and set of roles that will take a brand new Ubuntu VM and configure it just how I like it.
Thanks for all the info. I’ll be sure to check out your repo.
I found this which leads me to believe I may be able to pipe zfs send to restic to replicate my current disk backup strategy. Presumably I could fire up a VM and build a zfs storage pool in it to test that theory out.
Replying to myself but I think this is a square peg, round hole, situation.
If I’m starting over with proxmox I likely need to rethink my entire backup strategy.
Maybe try booting with Linux Mint and see how far you get with that. Just download the ISO and you can run it in a live environment to see what works and does not. I am sure you can find a cheap USB adapter on Amazon that will do the trick though.
A new usb Wi-Fi adapter is the way I am leaning I think. I might just be a little in over my head trying to make the one I have work. There is just so much I need to learn but can’t since I can’t change anything without internet. I can’t even play with DEs without a connection.
I think making a budget for bad habits is a great thing. Better to know and be aware than not be.
I have a budget for weed and alcohol, like I do for everything else. I also have a budget for savings, charity, portfolio contributions, gifts, retirement contributions, emergency fund, and other “good” things.
Being a human is hard, no need to disparage an “unnecessary” pleasure budget.
I would TL;DR your post with really the idea that you must save and avoid debt. However you do it, budget or not, spending money or not, does not matter. You can be super frugal and save, or not be super frugal. You must save, though.
You actually gloss over saving and focus on budget, when really I see the budget as a means to the end of controlling your spending so that you can save.
If saving was not the ultimate goal, there really is no reason to budget in the first place.
All that said, I agree with a lot of what you’re saying. We’ve been using YNAB for about 5 yrs now and it’s been wonderful.
Aegis user here ✌️ I’ve never had any issues since I started using it. Switched to it and Bitwarden after using LastPass for quite a bit. I know Bitwarden has 2FA but I haven’t decided if I want premium yet or not.
I actually have Bitwarden premium, which I subscribe to because it costs very little and I like the service a lot. Would be super convenient to have codes pop up automatically, but I am wondering if it’s a good idea to store everything in one place. May eventually move over, but it is quite convenient to have the codes on Android Wear for now :)
I find sci fi can be a good escape. The Expanse series is great. Large books but the story flows so well it moves quickly. A feel good sci fi option is project hail mary. If you want some smaller stories with lots of humor, try the Murderbot series or the Bobiverse series.
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