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

  Audiobookshelf also finds, manages, streams podcasts. After Google killed off Google Podcasts, ABS has been an even better replacement in my experience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NHS-branded baby formula could prevent parents paying too much, watchdog says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So if there’s not enough breast milk, what would be the next steps?

  1. Find and use the donated breast milk bank
  2. ???
  3. ???
  4. Use formula milk
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there is any rss feed reader for android that accept the following feeds?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Try the ready made options at rss-bridge.org/bridge01/ , and if your sites aren’t listed, you can use the “CSS Selector Bridge” option there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix Starts Booting Subscribers Off Cheapest Basic Ads-Free Plan⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, on the “standard with ads” tier, they’ve removed the ability to chromecast.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After 7-Year Hiatus, Western Digital Unveils 6TB 2.5-Inch Hard Drives⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, I should’ve added - whether the write speed matters depends on your own use case.

  For my SMR drive, it’s taking roughly 2GB of backup files every few hours, in the background, and there’s plenty of empty space on the drive. In my case, it doesn’t matter at all.

  However, if you’re sat at your computer, frequently transferring large files while the drive is at least half full, and you have to wait for completion… Then it’ll matter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After 7-Year Hiatus, Western Digital Unveils 6TB 2.5-Inch Hard Drives⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  From the article:

  UPDATE 5/17, 6 PM: Western Digital has confirmed that the new 2.5-inch T GB HDDs uses 6 SMR platters

  SMR = shingled magnetic recording en.m.wikipedia.org/…/Shingled_magnetic_recording - “continuous writing of large amount of data is noticeably slower than with CMR drives”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else find that 4G+ on O2 is awful?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was with Three for years. It started off great, but the data throughput got worse and worse, and the prices went up every year.

  I wanted EE without paying for EE, and I’m now with 1p Mobile for about a year and it’s been perfect.

  I’ve read that the only way to get ‘actual’ EE is to sign up for an EE contract then hope that you can beat them down on a retention deal when you’re out of contract.

  Use this www.1pmobile.com/?friend=H273004S to sign up with £5 credit for each of us.

  Or this www.1pmobile.com if you don’t want the referral credit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nextcloud appreciation post⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Libre Cloud’s head office is a unit on an industrial estate: 83 James Carter Rd, maps.app.goo.gl/QcUXg5cjUG7pnquAA

  They probably colocate at data centres.

  Personally, I’m on Hetzner’s Storage Share (Nextcloud but without Collabora), and I’d prefer to trust my data to them: www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-share/

  Regardless of your choice, I definitely agree that nextcloud rocks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nas’ 'Illmatic' Was the Beginning of the End of the Album⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not French, I don’t understand a word of what they’re saying, but man, I love that album. Especially “Demain, c’est loin” - an epic tune that gives me Wu Tang “Triumph” vibes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My stupidity saved me from being hacked today!⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Trying to work out why this is a good idea. Please could you explain why?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Question] RaspPi5 with Pi-Hole, Tailscale and Traefik⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pi-hole (or my preference Adguard Home) is great for devices connected to your home network. For your phone, go with Blokada (free) or Adguard (iOS, Android, paid - see Stacksocial for occasional license deals) - that’ll cover you at home and out of home.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scammers Are Tricking Anti-Vaxxers Into Buying Bogus Medical Documents⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is more like anti-vaxxers scamming themselves and others, and the so-called scammers are just providing the required service.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dropbox spooks users by sending data to OpenAI for AI search features (Enabled by default)⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pinned comment on original article says:

  Didn’t see it mentioned in the article, but per the linked FAQ it says the alpha AI applies to:

  *In countries with the preferred language set to English.

  Excluding Canada, the UK (United Kingdom), and countries within the EEA (European Economic Area).*

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Using Android Private DNS AdGuard Home via reverse tunnel⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Adguard lifetime licence - install adguard on your phone, done.

  Or just configure your phone’s DNS setting to use adguard DNS, or other free adblocking DNS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Comcast resists call to stop its misleading “10G Network” claims | Comcast renamed its whole network "Xfinity 10G" despite cable's slower speeds.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Meanwhile, here in London, 25GBP, ~30USD per month for symmetric 1Gbps, including router - communityfibre.co.uk

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Introducing Raspberry Pi 5⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Compare rpi 4b vs 5, using perplexity.ai

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gillian Keegan pledges crackdown on mobiles in schools⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope that range is the same shape as the classroom, and doesn’t leak out of doors and windows.