gdog05
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- Comment on autofocus glasses 2 days ago:
I don’t either but I sure would like to be able to read stuff sometimes.
- Comment on Oh really? 5 days ago:
Similarly, most books are printed in signatures. Several pages on one sheet printed on a press, then folded and trimmed and then bound to make a book. A signature almost always has to have at minimum a 4 page signature.
- Comment on What a mess 6 days ago:
Yes, it’s obviously the ancient death cult symbol that stifles humanity and individuality that would make that room feel claustrophobic.
- Comment on I have some questions about selfhosting 1 week ago:
One of the issues with multiple devices is networking. Transferring totally legit files for the Arr stack to and from the NAS can be a lot of data. Keeping it all in one system means your speeds up to that point are SATA speeds vs ethernet.
For the OP, one file with hard linking is my goal, but I only use Usenet. I rip anything that comes down with Tdarr to strip languages, normalize audio and rip to H265. If you do that with torrents, you will need to keep the original for seeding.
- Comment on NYPD robocops: Hulking, 400-lb robots will start patrolling New York City 1 week ago:
So, more ED-209 than RoboCop.
- Comment on Plex now will SELL your personal data 1 week ago:
Have you set up jellyfish at your home, given access to a friend outside of your network who could not setup Jellyfin themselves, and successfully got them playing on their TV, table tablet, and/or phone? Have you been able to set them up without them having to call you every week?
Yes. It’s very easy. It might not have used to be easy but it is for the last couple of years. Dead simple. About a dozen people use my Jellyfin server across TV’s, phones, tablets, laptops. None of them are what I would call techies. It’s as simple for them as Netflix.
- Comment on getting 522 error Cloudflaired + Jellyfin + fail2ban 2 weeks ago:
You will want the actual IP address. Localhost can get lost in various circumstances. If Cloudflare tunnel service and Jellyfin are on the same virtual network it should be fine. But I wouldn’t trust it.
- Comment on Searching advice for selfhosting critical data 3 weeks ago:
I think you can get Open Street Maps in the F Droid app store. But, as much as I appreciate OSM, it’s just not the same as Google maps. The speed, accuracy and information doesn’t seem to have an equal.
You definitely can run Nextcloud in a VM. With decent hardware, it will do it. I guess I would say it depends on needs and expectations. My install is not snappy to me. I’ve got what I feel is a very beefy server but still. Just feels a little slow at times. Totally functional. Just has a small amount of lag when doing anything. I’ve read people say they have none at all. But when you’re busy and relying on it, my suggestion is to eke out everything you can for it for a better experience. Not make or break by any means.
- Comment on Searching advice for selfhosting critical data 3 weeks ago:
I don’t think it’s a problem per se, as much as it’s a difference in priorities. But the docker implementation in TrueNAS is more of an afterthought. I think they’ve fixed some issues but checking out their forums, many of the issues I faced seem to still exist. Docker packages corrupting and not being accessible in any way, not updating, just seemingly, not robust. Also, I disliked the file permission structure but that’s more preference I think. I would say TrueNAS is a great NAS just not the best hypervisor and NAS.
- Comment on Searching advice for selfhosting critical data 3 weeks ago:
A few things. I also think nextcloud is the way to go for what you want. I’ve gotten rid of anything Google I can. Except for maps. Man, there just is no substitute especially when mobile.
I always do, but I’m going to suggest Unraid for a NAS. Pay the money and then just enjoy it. I fought with truenas for over a year before I succumbed. You can totally play around with zfs, striped arrays whatever. I do not recommend an external enclosure. I think you’ll come to hate it for lack of ability. I recommend biting the bullet and building a machine or putting your current PC components into a real case with upgradability if possible.
Also, I wouldn’t plan on running Nextcloud in a VM. Nextcloud is pretty beefy and a VM adds complexity that I suggest against. A docker AIO version of nextcloud running on as close to bare metal as you can is probably the best option for performance.
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 5 weeks ago:
That’s for the CDN. It’s about serving static, cached content faster. I actually tried to pay and use their Stream service, but it’s only to be used for serving video in a when page. While they’ve not directly clarified on the topic (even after being asked directly in the forums several times), don’t turn on caching and it appears to serve the language they’ve used in the updated TOS. I’m not a lawyer here, but parse that all as you will. Don’t take up storage on their CDN and they seem to be happy. I actually did buy some domain names through them to make sure I’m not just using their services without giving anything back. But, that’s a matter of conscience.
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 5 weeks ago:
Who’s to say what content I stream. You do you, boo.
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 5 weeks ago:
No it’s not. It used to be. They removed that part of the TOS about video streaming back in 2023.
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 5 weeks ago:
It depends on how you’re hosting Jellyfin. The easiest and most common way is via Docker in some form. You can also install a docker image of Cloudflare tunnel making sure it’s on the same virtual network as Jellyfin (I think it will by default). However you’re running Jellyfin, Cloudflare tunnel will need to be able to reach your local Jellyfin install.
Create a tunnel in the Cloudflare zero trust dashboard, create or edit the config file for your Cloudflare tunnel install using the code string from the zero trust dashboard, your tunnel will attempt to connect to the Cloudflare servers, when it does, you have a secure tunnel. Then you can add hostnames on the zero trust dashboard, using your local IP addresses and ports. For example, jellyfin.yourdomain.com points to 192.168.1.10:8096. The tunnel connects your local IP to the routing from your domain.
Be careful to not open this up to apps that don’t have security in some form at least. There are ways to improve security on your tunnel end with SWAG and such. And I recommend turning on the security tools in Cloudflare so your domain can’t be accessed outside of your country at the least, and maybe even whitelisting IP addresses for even more security.
SpaceInvaderOne on YouTube has a good video on creating a Cloudflare tunnel via Unraid. But everything is much the same in regular docker. I’m sure there’s good videos on doing it however you’re hosting Jellyfin. Feel free to reach out with questions, I’ll gladly help if I can.
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 5 weeks ago:
Cloudflare tunnel and a domain name will stream Jellyfin to any device while delivering a decent amount of safety.
- Comment on MIT engineers create 'spaghetti' style metamaterial that could enable stretchy computer chips that are almost indestructible 1 month ago:
The one advantage we have over the machines is that their chips are destructible. Can we stop this research?
- Comment on What programs do you wish a good FOSS alternative existed, but doesn't or most of the FOSS alternatives simply aren't good? 1 month ago:
It might be able to do it but it’s absolutely the wrong tool for the job. That’s Adobe Illustrator territory for sure and maybe inkscape can do it (not familiar enough with it to be able to say) but vector art creation tools are what you really want for this kind of thing.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Henleys and tees were traditionally undershirts as well. Fashion evolves. I would never wear a tank top outside of the house myself, but it’s still a shirt. Maybe a little trashy to wear in college but also, it’s where a lot of people test social norms to find their style. I’d say it’s fine.
- Comment on Google shows new AR glasses, VR headset at TED 1 month ago:
Nope
- Comment on Dont worry about your retirement plan... 1 month ago:
Dude can’t even charm his wife.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
It’s not a hard science. It’s still a real science. Unless you’re a scientologist then your opinion didn’t matter anyway.
- Comment on Plex is locking remote streaming behind a subscription in April 2 months ago:
Is there an emby app available or Kodi? The base of Jellyfin should work in either. Plug and play as far as I’m aware with maybe some issues for certain versions.
- Comment on Mediawolf - Looking for contributers 2 months ago:
I missed the Readarr part in my initial read through, but that is exciting. Jellyseer kind of has a recommendation section, mostly in popular and trending movies. I think it pulls from Trakt? Not entirely sure on that one. Either way, I’m looking forward to trying Mediawolf.
- Comment on Mediawolf - Looking for contributers 2 months ago:
Or my favorite, Jellyseer. Seems to have mostly the same features. But I’m always looking for more and better.
- Comment on Plex is locking remote streaming behind a subscription in April 2 months ago:
- Comment on Need tips for moving forward 2 months ago:
I’ve come to the conclusion that nextcloud is probably the best single Google replacement. “Old hardware” is a pretty broad definition, as I’ve still got Zip disks kicking around. But more than likely, you can run Nextcloud AIO reasonably well. The more RAM the better for sure. But you do get an online office, document storage and sharing, calendar, contacts, tasks (to replace Google Keep), text and video chat, picture storage, etc. Doing all of that really well can take a beefier machine, but keep things in perspective, be patient and you can at least get it going to see if you want to expand in the future.
My preference is paying for Unraid and using spaceinvaderone’s Nextcloud AIO package and accompanying video tutorial is the way to go. Unraid isn’t free, but I highly, highly recommend paying for it as a platform. I feel like it still allows some challenges in getting things set up but in a more fun way to reduce frustrations. And Unraid just does so much.
- Comment on What host names do you use? 2 months ago:
I went with Willow related naming.
My main server and NAS is Madmartigan. Proxmox server is Willow. Headless gaming machine is Sorsha. Bedroom/office laptop is Elora Danan Living room laptop is High Aldwin Then two raspberry Pi’s named Rool and Franjean.
I’m not even into Willow that much, I just wanted to find a world of characters I liked.
- Comment on Kevin Rose, Alexis Ohanian acquire Digg 2 months ago:
Based on the first episode of Diggnation reboot, Kevin Rose is just another empty tech bro now (maybe always?). I have zero positive expectations of this new Digg venture and that’s probably optimistic.
- Comment on Jellyfin is not just good... but *better* than Plex now?! 3 months ago:
😁 I think we’ve all been there.
- Comment on Jellyfin is not just good... but *better* than Plex now?! 3 months ago:
I think I might be able to help with Bazaar settings if you still want to try it. It took a lot of playing around with things, there weren’t any guides at the time I set it up. But I can send you screenshots of my settings and highlight the crucial settings.