jws_shadotak

@jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some self hosted services that you think are essential?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Immich/PhotoPrism/whatever you use for image backup. Cloud providers are snooping through your shit.

  Plex/Jellyfin for streaming

  Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, SABnzbd, qBittorrent to support the streaming service(s)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half as Hot⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  thanks, this makes a lot more sense.

  That being said, 70C down to 35C is a huge difference, relative to the temperature ranges we live in

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half as Hot⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean… that’s literally half though

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Airline airs ‘sexually explicit’ film on every screen – with no way to turn it off⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And most flights do not play sexually explicit content on the screens.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Airline airs ‘sexually explicit’ film on every screen – with no way to turn it off⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There were kids on the flight.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Authentication for external sevices⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I set up Authentik for some of my services and it works.

  The setup really threw me off but I powered through learning it. It’s a strange UI and process.

  Basically you set it up with Nginx or Caddy or whatever reverse proxy you use. Your reverse proxy points to Authentik and Authentik takes that link and checks for authorization first. If not authorized, prompt login. If authorized, pass on to the subdomain or whatever it is.

  To do all this, you’d need a domain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨which VPS do you recommend?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Love my Racknerd VPS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best phone sync⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Image

  I think any issues would show in “other”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best phone sync⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Just hide it in your OS notification settings

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  BattleBit Remastered

  I’m not sure if it counts for patient gaming but it’s super lightweight and so damn fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Small Talk⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  kenshi vibes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TV with infared sensor (mac mini)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a FLIRC remote with the receiver and use it for both my TV and HTPC.

  It’s awesome once set up, but the app is honestly dogshit. They put in all these smooth menu transitions and whatnot, making it painfully difficult to configure the remote.

  flirc.tv

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google threatened tech influencers unless they ‘preferred’ the Pixel⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Very relevant

  Also that whole channel is hilarious

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ah sweet!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  would you be OK with eating them

  are they yummy ?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Intel's stock drops 30% overnight —company sheds $39 billion in market cap | As of now, Intel's market value is a fraction of Nvidia's worth and less than half of AMD's⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, I can stream 4K HDR if the player supports the video format, but clients don’t always jive well with whatever Radarr decided. I know I can fine tune it but everything works well enough right now and I don’t have time to change it.

  I move around too much to do colocation. A VPS/VM isn’t worth the cost to me. My server is all old parts and I don’t pay for power usage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Intel's stock drops 30% overnight —company sheds $39 billion in market cap | As of now, Intel's market value is a fraction of Nvidia's worth and less than half of AMD's⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I need on-location transcoding because my internet is garbage (~50 mbps). Sometimes my users need to transcode the show if the bit rate of the file is too high for my internet to keep up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Intel's stock drops 30% overnight —company sheds $39 billion in market cap | As of now, Intel's market value is a fraction of Nvidia's worth and less than half of AMD's⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Does AMD have anything to compete with Intel QSV? I’m looking to upgrade my Plex server and was looking at a newer Intel CPU.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some things you can do to maintain your teeth when you don't have health insurance and can't afford dental care?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you are truly struggling and need actual dental care, try searching for a local dental school near you. Many will take patients for cheap or free, with the caveat that a dental student will be performing the treatment.

  Otherwise, brush at least twice a day and floss. Do not re-use strands of floss, like with those convenient plastic picks. You’ll just be transferring bacteria to each crevice after it’s been used.

  Get a water pick (whatever it’s called) - I heard those are great but I don’t have one myself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Moms, I you were struggling with your child in public and a man offered to help, would you let him and why?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What is the “right” action here then, in your mind? Would you rather a stranger grab the kid’s hand or pick them up?

  Touching someone else’s kid without explicit consent from the parent is likely to get you in some trouble unless you can explain to them that you just saved their kid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Server HDD selction⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a great reference:
  backblaze.com/…/backblaze-drive-stats-for-2023/

  Serverpartdeals is a good source for cheaper drives.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨brewing tea with space vacuum?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not a scientist by any means but I’m pretty sure it’s the temperature that matters when steeping the tea. You can use hot - but not boiling - water just fine.

  So I’d say: probably not

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  I put it on a larger HDD because my SSD was running out of space and it corrupted about a week later.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When you say database, do you mean the OS and the server install?

  Yes, that’s what I meant. I switched my server install to a HDD because it was running on a 256 GB SSD which was running out of room.

  I’m sure docker is easier if you know it… that’s like the point, afaik, but while basic use might be easy, it’s… never ever that easy for me, something always goes wrong, which is why I haven’t bothered yet. I know I should, I know it’ll make things easier (hypothetically), but it feels like a huge undertaking for someone with no skills. I’ve been looking for a super noob friendly instruction guide, and have not found one that I can work with, tbh, without a bunch of other know-how that I don’t have. (If you know of any I’d be eternally grateful!!!)

  I can give you some tips for now and then I’ll give you some more in-depth instructions when I’m at my computer again.

  For now:
  Install Docker to your computer. I’m not sure how windows Docker handles it but I recommend using Docker compose. I’m not sure of the technical differences between Docker and Docker compose, but I found Docker compose to be much easier to use because it’s saved as a YAML file (text file). If you need to make changes, just edit the file.

  Once you have that set up, get a Plex server running. You’ll probably have to change the ports in the Docker one to avoid conflict with your current one.

  I recommend LinuxServer.io for a lot of things, including Plex. There’s some dissent over use of Linux Server’s apps due to permission and root things, but they are also super simple to use and you can start with the basics here.

  docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-plex/

  Scroll down a bit to find the docker-compose section. To start a sample plex server, make the following changes:

  Remove network_mode: host

  In line with environment and volumes, add this:
  ports - 324001:32400

  This will route 32400 of the docker container to 32401 of the host network, allowing you to have both servers running at the same time without a port conflict.

  Edit the volumes as needed. Always remember, it goes: host: container for everything. You can change it however you need. /config should preferably be on an SSD, as I said. The rest can be created as needed. For mine, I have both movies and TV shows stored under a folder called /media/. My plex docker script mounts /media/ and in plex I can search through the subdirectories to find the TV and Movies section.

  Your second (temporary) plex server should be set up properly once you start the container

  I’ll tell you how to data over to the Docker container later.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It is possible to pass transcoding - I’ll share my compose file when I’m at my computer

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would recommend using Docker first on the windows machine as a step in the transition. I did exactly this when I was transitioning to debian from windows. It made the official switch insanely easy because all I had to do was set up the Docker filesystem to what it already knew and it started up without any issues.

  My lessons learned:
  Keep the database on an SSD. I put mine on a HDD and it corrupted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  good stable distro

  Debian

  long-term stable choice

  Debian

  this specific machine is not meant for change. Ever.

  Debian

  Bonus round: anyone who’s ever transferred Plex servers from win to Linux (insert flavor), is it actually possible to keep my collections and playlists and stuff?

  Yes, it’s relatively simple, especially with Docker. Back up the Plex folder from your windows machine. Once your new OS is set up, put the folder where you wanna store it and point Docker to that folder in the compose.yaml.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So, this, now, needed saying.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah my bad

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So, this, now, needed saying.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  ¯\(ツ)/¯

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So, this, now, needed saying.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  "We cannot afford for Lebanon to become another Gaza"

  • Antonio Gutierrez, Sec Gen
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨VPN by Google One shuts down⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Inbox was absolutely stellar and I can’t believe they got rid of it.