chronicledmonocle
@chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world
- Comment on Tired of expensive disposable batteries and rechargeable AA suck. So I made a 10k mAh pack for my deadbolt. 6 days ago:
That’s only relevant for NiMH batts. If you use Lithium rechargeables, their curve is flat around 1.4V until they’re close to dead.
- Comment on 3 days ago I said I needed a new hobby... 1 month ago:
You mean StarTrek.website 😉
- Comment on 3D printing services? 1 month ago:
I live in San Antonio. If that or Austin are where you’re from, many libraries around here have 3D printing available. I’d offer to let you use mine, but I also don’t want to invade your privacy online.
- Comment on Selfhosting as a Linux newbie - Ubuntu Server LTS or Debian 13? 2 months ago:
Canonical has had a lot of missteps in recent years. Some (like snaps) they still actively are shooting themselves in the foot with.
I just timed my Debian box from cold shut down to ready to go. It was 13 seconds.
My Ubuntu Server? It took 86 seconds to boot on the exact same hardware.
- Comment on Selfhosting as a Linux newbie - Ubuntu Server LTS or Debian 13? 2 months ago:
A standard install of Ubuntu Server uses more RAM, has longer boot times, and generally just needs more resources to get going. You can strip some of that out, but Debian is that way from the start. Plus, Ubuntu is just Debian with extra shit on top.
Debian is also much longer lived and stable than even Ubuntu LTS releases, so I generally have just found it to be better suited to deployments where I don’t want to fuck with it for a long time, besides monthly patching.
- Comment on Selfhosting as a Linux newbie - Ubuntu Server LTS or Debian 13? 2 months ago:
As someone who has both Ubuntu servers and Debian servers…go with Debian. It does everything Ubuntu does, but leaner and better.
- Comment on Looking for selfhosted alternative to "Find my phone" 2 months ago:
How does one send a massage? 😁
- Comment on PSA WordPress Core had Critical Vulnerability. Patch released on Friday. Immediately update 2 months ago:
JFC I thought you were exaggerating.
- Comment on Replacing a landline phone 2 months ago:
If you get old ObiTalk devices and flash them with community firmware, you can use Google Voice for free with a land line phone connected to it. Batt backup for your modem, router, and the adapter and you’ve got a free phone.
- Comment on FFS Plex, the server is on my local network 11 months ago:
I know Plex is a business that has to make money, but if I hadn’t bought a lifetime pass for $50 a decade ago, I’d have dropped them at this point.
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 1 year ago:
Also true
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 1 year ago:
I bought Plex Pass when it was $75 for the lifetime option.
I prefer Jellyfin, but sharing is harder for family members with it because I can’t get them to just log in without existing credentials (Google Account, Apple ID, etc). Trying to convince me 67 year old mother-in-law to enter a URL, username, and password into an app with a remote is like asking my child to eat broccoli.
For now, I’ll keep running dual stack with both. If Plex pulls lifetime passes, even though it’ll be a PITA, I’ll convert everyone to Jellyfin despite the pain.