Konraddo

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you effectively backup your high (20+ TB) local NAS?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
Similar to most responses, I backup whatever I created myself, not shared by someone or downloaded from somewhere. I care about pictures that I took, documents, financial records, etc, which don’t take up much space at all.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Highguard Website Is Down As Players Brace For The Worst⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Not to blame, but Geoff single-handedly killed this game by placing the teaser trailer under the spotlight. A very unfortunate incident. Of course, the game does seem too bland in this age.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are Stack GUI friendly alternative?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Technically, you don’t really need to touch those Arr applications once you set them up. As others have mentioned, Seerr (merged from Jellyseerr and Overseerr) is probably the only thing you use on daily basis.

You mentioned an app for remote streaming, I assume you know about Jellyfin already. If not, it’s like Netflix but you watch your own videos.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone have any experience with TubeArchivist?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Don’t have the same problems as yours. My only issue with TA is that it’s very picky about the ES and Redis version, so currently I pin them to a specific build. I do worry that one day TA will be updated so much that it won’t support older builds of ES and Redis and my whole thing may break.

But when it works, it works perfectly, giving Jellyfin all the metadata to display them neatly (with the TA plugin of course).
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I made a way to remotely control my homelab without any internet access required⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Feels just like the tech used in the show Person of Interest. Essentially, to avoid the detection of a supercomputer, the protagonists communicate via VHF mesh network.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help getting started with self hosting Jellyfin via NAS?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Don’t go for Raid 5.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pet Peeves with Games?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
My major pet peeves with games is that features available in a game are often absent in a sequel, or revamped for no reason. Unless a game receives critical reception these days, I often buy games that have been released a year ago to increase the chance they get fixed with patches.

Example: the notorious Civilization series.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pet Peeves with Games?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Since Steam implemented the notes feature, I can remember what to do, like if I don’t have time to explore a place but the game already marked visited simply because I went there, etc.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BentoPDF is a self hostable, privacy first PDF Toolkit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Perfect! Honestly though, I would expect the gears icon to appear in the top right corner, not in the search bar😅
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BentoPDF is a self hostable, privacy first PDF Toolkit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Some features seem to limit the working area to only the middle part of the browser. For example, the Multi Tool use 100% width but the Editor uses 33% only. Would love to see all features making full use of the screen size.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BentoPDF is a self hostable, privacy first PDF Toolkit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Unsure it fits your scenario but you could use VBA. In my case, we collect data via Excel then they get populated into a Word report template, and finally export to PDF for project delivery purposes, all automated using VBA.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Offline TTS in 2026?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Try alltalk_tts v2. One of the features is you can provide an audio sample and the AI will imitate the voice. The overall quality is pretty good, if you choose a larger model and let it run.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your opinions of using Pi-hole for DNS within a homelab environment?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I couldn’t figure out how to setup Pihole with Unbound so I use Technitium. Thank the Lord it exists.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Just curious. Is piracy your strategy to kill the big companies, since you really want to consume their products but don’t want to pay, because of your stated reasons?

For the sake of discussion, is it not possible for you to not buy products from big companies but also not consume their products?

Using myself as an example, I hate EA so much I don’t install any of their products on my machine. Or I hate Adobe so I don’t use it at home (the workplace is uncontrollable). I don’t pirate their products as there are alternatives, and I cannot imagine how I may enjoy them since I cannot forget who made them.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL about Wiki.js⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Is there a good option that can export the whole Wiki into a PDF with hyperlinks to different chapters and such?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blocking releasegroups from Sonarr/Radarr⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Take a look at Profilarr. You can set fine custom conditions to block anything you want.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's official: EA is going private.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Well, their artists did make additional assets though, even if they may be recoloured versions.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's official: EA is going private.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Don’t forget how many years it went live and the absurd number of expansion packs.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's official: EA is going private.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Basically Tesla, oof
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baldur's Gate 3 or Clair Obscur: Expedition 33?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
You could get GamePass and play Expedition 33 at a cheaper price.

Also, three examples you quoted are both first person based, while BG3 is not.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Same, no complaint for Navi and Symfonium.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Server access from China⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Don’t make any connection to your home server, period.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pi-hole client filtering without DHCP?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I mean, the kids don’t need to log in YouTube to view Shorts. What’s the purpose of setting up anything account related? I missed anything.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pi-hole client filtering without DHCP?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Don’t think you need a Google account to view Shorts, though?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pop it in your calendars⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Honestly, I do not plan to buy it after Below Zero. Now that they did all the evil stuff I guess my decision is well justified.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Game Concept: JuryNow – Get a Verdict from 12 Real People in 3 Minutes⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I see. So it’s like “Ask a friend” of anything. It’s a useful application though, if the responses come quick, with more users joining of course. Say, I got two outfits to wear and I want opinions. If users disclose their nationality, occupation, age group and gender, I’d want to know the responses come from say, all male, then I know people of my gender that have such and such jobs wear similarly so I’ll be more confident in choosing the outfit. I still don’t think it’s a game. You can make it fun to help out others by including daily quest, points system etc. Otherwise, I don’t know why I would want to spend my free time on others.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Game Concept: JuryNow – Get a Verdict from 12 Real People in 3 Minutes⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Genuine question. Why is this a game? Don’t the players just answer questions?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cities Skylines 2, Kerbal Space 2, Planet Coaster 2, Frostpunk 2... What Went Wrong?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

They just didnt manage to make it fast.

You are absolutely right. The vision for sequel can be good but the execution has to be equally sound too. In the ideal situation, I guess CS2 needs to be a rebuild of CS1 with a new engine, so it can fully replace CS1 right from the start, if not do something extra. They did a few things praiseworthy though, like baking in road lane customisation, which was done by mods in CS1.

But then, we are not too fair. Simulation games are different from RPG. Story has an ending and we want to see how it continues to develop. For simulation games, I don’t think players want anything to be removed on a sequel, unless they are absolutely bad design. Even so, players expect QoL here and there to make their lives easier, which alone can be the single reason to buy the sequel.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cities Skylines 2, Kerbal Space 2, Planet Coaster 2, Frostpunk 2... What Went Wrong?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
A great product does not necessarily mean there is a winning formula though. We have a trash sequel when the new game does not do something that the existing game does. Even worse, the existing features are locked behind additional payment, so why would players not continue to play the existing game?

KSP 2 - Let’s forget the technical disaster. A lot of features are missing at the start. You could argue that it’s in early access, but why would I pay for a product that does less? Then we add in the many bugs and performance issues, and you know it’s game over.

Cities Skylines 2 - Again, you can’t do everything you already can in CS1. Plus, the first game is supported by a huge number of mods. There’s really no reason to play the new title. Again, it does not perform any better.

This is a weird take but I think remake or remastered these days are more like sequels than sequels, just because they keep the story and mechanics.

I find that game developers or many businesses try to reinvent the wheel when there’s no reason to. Say the Subnautica sequel, why waste money on voice over, add a land mass, cut the beloved submarine, shorten the story and overall map size, all that. I will never understand and sincerely hope the next Subnautica title does not reinvent the wheel.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Synology could bring “certified drive” requirements to more NAS devices⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Without technical know-how or experience in general using NAS, Synology is a good first-time option. All apps are ready for immediate use. And don’t forget the majority of computer users don’t even know what a NAS is and they simply want to store files for remote access.