lka1988
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- Comment on How do you capture things quickly across devices in a self-hosted setup? 2 weeks ago:
Right on. I actually saw your response to the other person down lower right after posting this 😂
I’m curious to see how you tackle this puzzle. I just text myself, but I know that doesn’t work for everyone…
- Comment on How do you capture things quickly across devices in a self-hosted setup? 2 weeks ago:
What I kept struggling with is the step before that — actually capturing something in the moment, from whatever context you’re in.
Even with sync in place, I always felt like I still had to decide where to put things and which tool to use.
Pictures go in the pictures folder. Videos go in the videos folder. Documents go in the documents folder. Etc, etc…
All of these folders live in your
$USERfolder. - Comment on If I buy a domain not from my own country, will it effect the useage at all? 3 weeks ago:
The
.ioTLD that tech startups love to use is assigned to the British Indian Ocean Territory. - Comment on Password manager woes. How have you solved syncing on Android? 4 weeks ago:
KeePass2Android is a fantastic project. I’ve been using it for 10+ years on my Android devices. Every once in a while I’ll try a different variant, like KeePassDX, but I always return to the spartan look of KP2A. It “just works”, with no extra fluff.
- Comment on Password manager woes. How have you solved syncing on Android? 4 weeks ago:
This bit from the heise.de article stood out:
Kiteworks, on the other hand, is less than enthusiastic about – a closed group of developers who are now using the same code in their own company that they already developed under Kiteworks or ownCloud? For Kiteworks, this smells like poaching, so the company is going on the offensive: in an interview with heise online, Kiteworks CEO Jonathan Yaron stated that he intends to sue Peer Heinlein under German and US law: “We love open source, but we won’t let anyone steal from us”.
facepalm
- Comment on Password manager woes. How have you solved syncing on Android? 4 weeks ago:
I’m hesitant about OpenCloud. Their parent company is Heinlein Group, and I know nothing about them or their reputation. Their website uses a lot of marketing fluff, which puts me off already.
- Comment on Password manager woes. How have you solved syncing on Android? 4 weeks ago:
KeePass and Syncthing. Nearly flawless - I sync the database across 6 devices, so there is the occasional conflict, but I think that’s more user error than anything. It’s fairly easy to resolve since Syncthing clearly labels the affected file.
- Comment on What’s the currently best way to manage TOTP tokens? 4 weeks ago:
Aegis Authenticator hits every one of your points.
- Comment on Do you stick to the same linux distro across your devices? 4 weeks ago:
Hmmm.
Under LMDE7, the HP Spectre does great with the games I’ve thrown at it so far (BeamNG.Drive, Hollow Knight, Factorio, Universe Simulator, Minecraft, etc), but despite exceeding the minimum specs, it really struggled with running PS3 games through RPCS3; I ended up writing off RPCS3 as “too heavy for a laptop” and went with my desktop gaming PC for all PS3 emulation (running LMDE6 hilariously).
Maybe I’ll give Bazzite a shot again. I use my laptop for a lot of things, including diagnostics software for my cars, but I have a perfectly capable Thinkpad T14 G1 hanging around that needs a purpose, too.
- Comment on Things I've learned about Frigate 4 weeks ago:
It’s a bit buried in the documentation, but
Frigate summed up perfectly in a single statement.
Wonderful application, awfully convoluted documentation.
- Comment on Do you stick to the same linux distro across your devices? 4 weeks ago:
I’ve yet to run into major issues with gaming. But I’m curious what issue you ran into that caused the switch to Bazzite? I actually tried Bazzite briefly on my latest laptop acquisition (HP Spectre x360) before going with LMDE 7; I didn’t like the immutable aspect. I’m a tinkerer at heart and can’t handle not being able to get under the hood, so to speak.
- Comment on Do you stick to the same linux distro across your devices? 5 weeks ago:
Yep. Debian. I like
apt, and I like shit that just…works. Very form after function. So what if a bunch of packages are on “old” versions. They work. The kernel works. KDE Plasma works. I can do everything I want to do without having to constantly be on the bleeding edge. If you prefer newer things, great. I prefer older, proven things. That’s also why I drive Toyota cars and Honda motorcycles. - Comment on Storyden: A forum for the modern age. 1 month ago:
Whatever happened to vBulletin? That was peak forum software. Simple to use and no bloated tracking shit.
All the car community forums are operated by Fora at this point, and they’re trying to push some bullshit AI assistant called “ForaFrank”. I blocked it on every car forum I’m a part of, and have encouraged others to do the same.
- Comment on Unifi Protect - Wife Approval Factor? +HA integration 1 month ago:
I have a Wyze Doorbell v1 flashed with Thingino that was going to be my next test before my wife vetoed Frigate (relieving me of a very frustrating experience myself).
Pretty sure Thingino supports ONVIF. I’ll try it with my FIL’s UDR that has Unifi Protect.
- Comment on Unifi Protect - Wife Approval Factor? +HA integration 1 month ago:
If Reolink doesn’t paywall basic feature, I might consider that. Mainly concerned about a functional “it works without fucking around” 2-way audio and doorbell.
- Comment on Unifi Protect - Wife Approval Factor? +HA integration 1 month ago:
have you considered the G4 wifi doorbell?
Yes I have. Cheapest one on eBay right now is over $350. MSRP when new is $200, and Unifi has apparently discontinued them.
- Comment on Unifi Protect - Wife Approval Factor? +HA integration 1 month ago:
I’m not going to be storing 24/7 footage outside of important motion detection instances, which we can just download to our phones or whatever if it’s important enough to hold onto. Everything else can be recorded over.
When I was testing Frigate, I ran a single camera storing 24/7 footage specifically to see how long it would go for. I think it used 100GB after a week or so. Multiply that by 6, that’s, well, 600GB. But I’m also not super concerned with having crystal clear footage at all times (Ring set my expectations really low), and even 1366x768 @ 20-30 FPS is more than plenty for what we need.
For the doorbell, I’d use a proper doorbell cam that can use the existing wires for power.
That’s how my current Ring doorbell is connected.
Reolink’s wifi one comes with an adapter to use it with existing wiring.
I keep seeing Reolink pop up. Would a Reolink doorbell work with a Unifi NVR? I’d rather have a G4 wireless, but that’s very likely to not happen.
- Comment on Unifi Protect - Wife Approval Factor? +HA integration 1 month ago:
Only thing id note though is you probably want some kind of SSD for the camera storage.
Good idea.
- Comment on Unifi Protect - Wife Approval Factor? +HA integration 1 month ago:
I’m going to be running this with Unifi cameras.
- Comment on Unifi Protect - Wife Approval Factor? +HA integration 1 month ago:
Regarding the doorbell, one option you have is to try finding a second-hand Unifi G4 Doorbell (non-pro). It can be wired with only the two wires you already have. Just make sure you have relatively good 5GHz WiFi reception near your front door, because the 2.4GHz antennas on this model are notably bad.
I’ve been watching the wifi G4 doorbell like a hawk, it’s just perpetually sold out 😂 eBay listings aren’t any better, being even more expensive…
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- Comment on What's your opinion on Ubiquiti/Unifi gear? 2 months ago:
I’ve been running the original Unifi Dream Machine since it released in 2019. Been pretty solid, no complaints.
I like my Unifi setup, I’m just scared of a rug pull.
Same here.
- Comment on Should I be using Debian? 2 months ago:
Proxmox, ironically, is also based on Debian.
- Comment on Should I be using Debian? 2 months ago:
One of us… One of us…
- Comment on Server ROI Calculator 2 months ago:
There is still the topic of power usage, data usage, time spent doing maintenance, and accounting for failing hardware and hardware upgrades.
- Comment on Server ROI Calculator 2 months ago:
The fuck? You know self-hosting can be classed as a hobby, right?
Never, EVER get into a hobby expecting some sort of monetary return. The only real “return” of any hobby is your enjoyment of said hobby. If you’re not enjoying it, why are you even doing it?
- Comment on Getting worn out with all these docker images and CLI hosted apps 2 months ago:
Still gotta configure ports for the reverse proxy to access.
- Comment on Getting worn out with all these docker images and CLI hosted apps 2 months ago:
I don’t run a service unless it has reasonably good documentation. I’ll go through it first and make sure I understand how it’s supposed to run, what port(s) are used, and if I have an actual, practical use case for it.
You’re absolutely correct in that sometimes the documentation glosses over or completely omits important details. One such service is Radicale. The documentation for running a Docker container is severely lacking.
- Comment on How to run programs sandboxed on a work pc 2 months ago:
Answer:
Don’t. She can use a personal laptop if she absolutely must have it.
- Comment on If you have one, how much do you pay for a domain name? Any cheap registrar recommendations? 2 months ago:
Seriously, my ISP (XMission - local and fucking awesome) charges $27/mo minimum for a VPS