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atomWood ,

I find their pricing to be rather reasonable. They even have a lifetime plan.

atomWood ,

Are there comparable alternatives? I never found another launcher that I like as much.

atomWood ,

I’m in a similar boat. While my current setup is getting by, I’m in the market for something better.

I’m hoping that the shield will soon get a refresh when Nintendo releases their next console. If so, I’ll be picking up a shield for sure.

atomWood ,

While I was initially skeptical about the pricing changes, the more I learned about it the more I was okay with it. I think part of the initial problem was the talk of annual subscriptions, when in fact it’s much closer to paying for version upgrades. Their new standard licenses have come down in cost from the old perpetual licensing and the price of a version upgrade is only $36.

atomWood ,

There’s no enshitification happening if the product hasn’t gotten any worse. It’s just a pricing change. In fact, if the pricing change does in fact lead to a better product then this is the complete opposite of enshitification.

atomWood ,

Definitely agree they should be split up if possible. Octoprint and Home Assistant are both rather demanding on a Pi, particularly the Pi 3B.

I would however opt to run Pi-Hole on the Home Assistant device as there is a plugin built in for it, and Home Assistant is the kind of thing you would be more likely to leave on at all times.

atomWood ,

They sure do!

atomWood ,

I wouldn’t recommend most of the cheap Android boxes. Most of the are full of malware. LTT did a video comparing most major Android boxes: youtu.be/sdLnieL90d0?si=6nAX8E0d9c4OZXqM

atomWood ,

All existing licenses will stay lifetime. Basic and Plus will no longer be sold, but they will still be honoured.

atomWood ,

You can also use SnapRaid along side MergerFS to provide some data redundancy. MergerFS will allow you to create a parity drive, without requiring all of your drives to be in your typical RAID pool. This way, if you have several drives die, then you can still access whatever data is available on the remaining drives.

What's a good piece of hardware to run a jellyfin server?

I’m wanting to set up my external Seagate drive with all my media on it to run a jellyfin server but I’m not sure which device to use. I’m thinking a raspberry pi but I’m not sure which one. From what I can tell from running the server on my laptop it is fairly CPU intensive for lower end systems...

atomWood ,

A Raspberry Pi will work as a Jellyfin server, but it will really struggle if it has to transcode any media.

If you want your Jellyfin server to be up and accessible at all times, I would suggest getting a second hand PC. I’m personally a fan of small form factor mini PCs. Anything with a 7th gen Intel processor or newer, with integrated graphics, will be able to hardware transcode anything but AV1.

Chromecast with Google TV is now serving full-screen, auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads (www.androidauthority.com)

Reddit users thevincentasteroid and MMD3_ posted about an auto-playing video ad (with sound) on the home screen. The ad is for Chicken Tender Wraps from Carl’s Jr. When it begins auto-playing, it pushes all the other UI elements out of focus and goes almost full-screen, returning to the home screen after it has played through...

atomWood ,

Carls Jr. didn’t decide to place their add on your TV. Google is the one that would be held responsible.

atomWood ,

Blackberry did all of that years before Apple. Sure, they didn’t have a touchscreen, but all of the capability was there.

atomWood ,

I certainly prefer fewer and longer ad breaks, over several short ones, but this still sucks.

atomWood ,

It’s really too bad Blackberry got out of the mobile phone market. They were the only large corporation I truly felt I could trust with my data.

atomWood ,

That looks to be a fake house that is used to hide some kind of city infrastructure. That would also make it a great place to put a hidden cell tower.

atomWood ,

This is my main approach to media. Instead of spending money every month on streaming services, I buy the media I care about. If I have to buy it on Amazon, then I pirate my own copy.

atomWood ,

Unfortunately, yes.

atomWood ,

Can you use PC Optimum points to buy gift cards? That’s a great idea!

atomWood ,

Just in case you weren’t aware, updating your block lists in uBlock Origin should fix this problem. It’s worked for me, at any rate.

atomWood ,

I completely agree that children should simply be using family computers. Kids are much to young to understand proper internet safety.

atomWood ,

You don’t usually have to ask someone if they’re being harmed by a person/substance/thing to see the negative effects it is having on their lives.

Socially media is already known to have negative impacts on adults. This means it WILL also have a negative impact on children and youth. Seeing as children and youth are even more susceptible to negative influences, due to their body and brain still developing, we need to protect them from what we can.

Even if kids are seeing worse things in their every day lives, that doesn’t make it okay to subject them to other less worse things.

atomWood ,

That’s gross dude

atomWood ,

That’s actually incredibly unrealistic.

Just about every county in the world is divided into provinces/states/territories.

atomWood ,

Spending $30 to own a brand new movie that just came out is not something I have a problem with.

However, not being able to download a copy of the movie you purchased is where I take issue.

atomWood ,

I absolutely agree! Renting a movie should cost nowhere near as much as purchasing the movie.

atomWood ,

Oh, boy. Here we go again.

atomWood ,

That’s a very valid concern. Personally, I think parents should keep their kids away from phones much longer. While I’ve only got a kid on the way, I’m hoping to keep them off of smartphones until high school.

atomWood ,

I definitely think tech should be a part of their life, but a personal smartphone is something I personally feel can wait.

atomWood ,

That’s about what I’m expecting. 12 and 14 aren’t that different.

atomWood , (edited )

I want my kids to have the tools they need to succeed, and I realize a smartphone has nearly become essential at a certain age, but they also control the lives of many people. Technology is an amazing tools, but it has been designed to be highly addictive. Kids have enough problems to deal with, and I don’t want to make things harder for them.

—- edit —- I suppose what I’m really trying to say is that I want my children to first learn healthy habits.

atomWood ,

I’m not really sure that’s a fair argument. Android generally pushes Google Play, and Samsung devices push Samsung pay. Sure, Android has more choices, but it’s still device manufacturers pushing their own products.

Of course Apple should allow competition within their ecosystem, but Samsung and Google are basically doing the exact same thing.

atomWood ,

I definitely agree, all I meant is I think they should probably also be going after other companies as well.

atomWood ,

My argument is that we should be going after more than just Apple. Apple is clearly the most at fault here, but that shouldn’t excuse companies like Google and Samsung.

atomWood OP ,

That’s a smart idea. Separating services across devices seems like something a low powered PC would be a great use for.

atomWood OP ,

That’s awesome! Turing Pi has always fascinated me.

atomWood OP ,

I wasn’t being sarcastic. I’m apologize if I missed something though.

atomWood OP ,

That’s awesome! I’ve never heard of a pi zero being used that way.

Anti Piracy VP Says "Any Device" That Can Be Used To Infringe IP Should Be Made Illegal (reclaimthenet.org)

The ongoing and often extreme and overreaching battle against piracy within the audiovisual industry continues to escalate, with recent discussions focusing on devices capable of infringing intellectual property (IP) rights. As stated by Sheila Cassells, Executive VP at the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA), companies in...

atomWood ,

Talk about a privacy nightmare. No matter your stance on piracy, this is the most dystopian answer you could have given.

atomWood ,

Cloudflare is also upping prices. Since Cloudflare sells domains at cost, I expect domain prices have simply increased.

atomWood , (edited )

It’s accessible here, but I believe you have to log in to view it: dash.cloudflare.com/…/pricing

Edit: Here is a screenshot of the page imgur.com/a/wL0bEde

atomWood ,

It’s not some random strangers job to take care of you.

atomWood ,

I absolutely agree! It’s not a competition, we are all living in the same world with the same problems.

Families are at the centre of any society. Families function best when they help each other out. Parents are meant to sacrifice to help their children, just as their adult children should sacrifice later in life to help them.

atomWood ,

That’s great news! Hopefully they can get the same done on iOS.

atomWood ,

Twitter has never really been a financially viable company. They were losing money year after year. That’s not what I would call financially stable. There’s a reason they did everything they could to force Musk to buy it when he tried to back out.

atomWood ,

The only way the internet can survive without ads or paywalls is for the person/business hosting the content to pay for everything out of pocket.

A platform like YouTube could never exist without some form of revenue. I understand that there are small platforms out there, such as PeerTube, but they will never be comparable to the scale of YouTube without some form of revenue. Sure, people could grow PeerTube by spinning up their own instances, but then they need to provide their own hardware and storage. At which point you’re spending just as much, or likely more, than you would on a subscription service.

atomWood ,

I like that comparison. It even allows you to explain that there are different levels of privacy.

Leaving the curtains open at night, while you have a light on, really opens you up to the world. But then opening the curtains a smidge during the day to let the light in at least serves a purpose.

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