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- Comment on Solar is EU’s biggest power source for the first time ever | Ember 2 weeks ago:
LiFePo4 are now about 50$/kwh, still going down. Plenty of sun in the winter too, just needs to install a little more pv. In fact the worst heat wave is not ideal for photovoltaics, they work better / are more efficient when they are aren’t scorching hot (e.g. often in the summer mornings they produce more than at midday)
- Comment on Signatures skyrocket for Stop Killing Games campaign after big youtubers take up the cause, resulting in 100k signatures in 2 days. (Details on how to help in text body of post) 4 weeks ago:
Here are the up-to-date numbers, the threshold percentages are now better than shown the image in the post but there’s still a long way to reach the total of 1 million
- Comment on Google confirms more ads on your paid YouTube Premium Lite soon 1 month ago:
If you want to give it a try again, get mpv and yt-dlp installed in your system then activate from Freetube settings the external player button, which you’ll be able to click from search or from a vid page
- Comment on Plex now will SELL your personal data 1 month ago:
That sounds good to me, we use wireguard in the family when out and about to access my homeserver, but I’d love if Jellyfin could create ad-hoc tunnels, it’d make us feel safe enough sharing our libraries with friends, perhaps it will convince many Plex users too. What are funkwhale users doing to share their music for example?
The other commenter wrote about STUN servers (IP), I’ve seen that Syncthing uses them as well, together with discovery and relay servers. Would wireguard be used at any of this stages or standalone? Personally I have no idea, I’m just an observant user 😅
- Comment on Plex now will SELL your personal data 1 month ago:
I’m not a security expert but my guts (and the many things I read about this stuff over many years) tell me that cheap highly marketed VPNs like Nord seek the less informed users that sign up because half of their favorite youtubers sent them there, the default M.O. is install the (proprietary) app. It might be possible to use them safely but it’s not what’s happening to 99% of the customers.
They operate in grey legal areas, there are many scandals over the years, they write in their TOS that they can change the terms themselves without notice, if you use their service, you agree at any time.
When I wrote that they do what they want w your network, this is what I’m referring to; idk about the “settings”, more like selling access to your residential line (perhaps to other VPN customers)
- Comment on Plex now will SELL your personal data 1 month ago:
I haven’t used Plex in a decade and I use Jellyfin, what you’re describing sounds perfect. I read up a bit on STUN servers and it’s what Syncthing uses, but they also mantain discovery and relay servers (and anyone can host one and can be added to the public list). Security wise they seem to be doing fine?(I’m not an expert, just an informed user)
Idk what combo Jellyfin would benefit the most from; are relay servers needed? The workload is similar but probably higher on average, people stream more often than they do backups
- Comment on Plex now will SELL your personal data 1 month ago:
Haha totally, I should have said processed food, it’s the most marketed.
We could also say ultra processed news now that I think about it: statistical data -> random blog article misinterprets the charts -> tweet w people not reading the sources -> screenshot goes around on facebook -> LLM regurgitates it -> TV news anchor says it with a straight face
- Comment on Plex now will SELL your personal data 1 month ago:
I understand this but we have to realize that what makes Plex simpler is the fact that they are a network intermediary that does what it wants with your home networks; it’s like insisting that NordVPN is better than Mullvad
IMHO the only solution will be improving wireguard guis and stuff, Jellyfin is not lacking.
- Comment on Plex now will SELL your personal data 1 month ago:
And spoonfed news, food…
- Comment on Wet your hands with clean, running water, turn off the tap, spread cheeks, and apply soap. 2 months ago:
ATBGE
- Comment on The Witcher III is currently on sale for 3€ until 25th May 2 months ago:
On GOG too! DRM-free ;)
Complete edition is 10€, same on Steam
- Comment on What's the worst spelling you've seen? 2 months ago:
Eighew! Ouarew?
- Comment on You never forget your first 2 months ago:
Haha like a war cry while ploughing through pedestrians. Son of waaar
- Comment on You never forget your first 2 months ago:
Ya ya ya ya yaaaaa! Day after day…
- Comment on Beelink ME mini is a NAS with an Intel N200 processor and support for up to 6 SSDs 3 months ago:
Exactly, it’s very small for a “NAS”, that’s the main advantage. Sub 1liter if my math is right.
- Comment on LG TVs’ integrated ads get more personal with tech that analyzes viewer emotions 3 months ago:
And an array of microphones. But it’s not like they have a clear view of their surroundings. Wait
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Heat pump and dual direction charging are awesome though. I don’t imagine they’re using these kei cars between the cities when they can get high speed trains.
Nissan could easily take 5k off but has been hesitant/gradual with EV adoption just like the rest of the Japanese producers.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Hi thanks for the suggestion, do you mean they have a free trial or is there also a free tier that doesn’t expire?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
A software’s website and docs are very telling, aren’t they? It’s like a cultural thing from the creators, some open source software will always be more business oriented, others are more helpful towards homelab /self-hosting users.
- Comment on I'm looking for a no frills, physical key EV. Am I looking for something that no longer exists? 3 months ago:
Thanks good to know
- Comment on I'm looking for a no frills, physical key EV. Am I looking for something that no longer exists? 3 months ago:
Many car “keys” are wireless tokens nowadays (tbf I’m not sure of the security compared to traditional keys, I only heard some brands like Kias were very easy to steal in the last few years).
Mostly we want a million buttons with tactile feedback, I’m with OP! I would also like an EV “econobox”: a sensible shitty boxy lightweight car with a small LiFePo4 battery that charges fast. Spend 100$ more dollars on the charger and cooling goddammit, or make THAT upgradable!
- Comment on An idiots guide? 4 months ago:
Or at least setup a redirect rule to one that you do check
- Comment on Jellyfin is not just good... but *better* than Plex now?! 5 months ago:
Many ways to install it officially nowadays (see their website) but most do it via docker. A very easy albeit unoffical way is via flatpak.
- Comment on Mullvad has partnered with Obscura VPN 5 months ago:
Also site is slightly broken on Webview sans javascript (Privacy Browser): the little 8-bit white clouds (that move with JS on) partially cover every paragraph
- Comment on "Whatsapp Contacts Bypasser": Open a chat in Whatsapp using only a phone number! 5 months ago:
There’s also “Open in Whatsapp” which has been around for 5 years, I’ve used it for all this time actually, I stopped giving Whatsapp access to my contacts around the time I was degoogling, plus I keep it installed in the work profile (Shelter), where I purposefully don’t sync my personal addressbook. So this type of apps is very handy for a couple different scenarios:
- you need to contact someone you have no interest in saving the contact of forever (plumber, guy on craigslist, etc)
- you want to contact a person you haven’t talked to in a long while (otherwise you could just search their name within whatsapp) of which you have the number somewhere else
All in all you save time mostly, and potentially give a little less to Meta.