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I’ve had a lot of fun with used HP elitedesk/prodesks. Go for Intel, newer than gen 6 i3 or i5. Id push it to 16GB ram if you can manage it.

The SFF models (small desktops) are good if you plan on adding HDDs at some point. If not go for the USSF (mini) models, they sip power.

It is, but the issue is the right time to buy hardware was 2 years ago.

Careful, Claude is very sensitive these days. Might want to add ‘please’ and ‘thankyou’.

Not if you don’t live in the US. Mind you, it’ll still cost as much as a small car so its not exactly straight forward.

Used both Hetzner (storage) and Netcup (VPS), no issues with either.

Pretty sure that whole thing was generated by AI

• Yes, but I also use podman on another machine. • Proxmox server hosts LXC’s and a few VMs. • Proxmox makes it extremely easy to run and manage containerised workloads. Set it up in a flash and it runs happily, no intervention necessary. Podman containers on the other hand can be tricky to set up, but I prefer the controls I have on that machine. If it needs to be secure I Podman it, if not I just stick it in a Proxmox LXC.

Makes sense but I didn’t see it coming.

I’m still using an old Apple TV. I’m not happy about it but haven’t found a good replacement yet.

There’s a few interesting options for software in this thread. In terms of hardware - maybe a NUC or something? Would have to be small, quiet and relatively cheap.

Modern problems require modern solutions.

I’ve had to stock up with a few second-hand spares before they get too pricey.

Might be a worth a bit in a few years!

Mark 'em up, sell 'em on, profit 😅

They sound absolutely indestructible! Id end up with hundreds of them at 24GB each though 🤣 I’d need one of those CD flip books everyone had in their cars in the 90s!

I dont think minidisks ever got used for tech stuff but I think later on you could store/read mp3s with them. Ahh the nostalgia.

Cool, never heard of them. Sounds good for archiving stuff that doesnt need to be stored on HDD’s

If the pumpa don’t run the water tower is losing pressure fast

Yeah, hadn’t really considered water supply. Thankfully it falls from the sky in abundance here (Scotland) 😅

a meshtastic node

Surprised I haven’t seen meshtastic mentioned more. Pretty cool for comms if theres no power.

Nice plan with the caravan too. If you need to head out in a hurry you’ve got everything you need on wheels.

…most important: I am not inside Usa

Same. But here the police are colloquially know as ‘the Feds’, ‘the pigs’, etc.

archiving to m-discs

Minidiscs?

I have a semi-portable solar setup that currently runs my internet, NAS, Fridge and to some degree, the A/C.

Really? Impressive. Must be some size to run all that?

Some good skills worth learning there. Always fancied growing my own food but never got round to it.

I have taught myself the skill of making very good alcohol

Nice! Im a techie but I barber as a side hustle. Between us we could have a nice wee apocolypse 😅

Have you heard of reticulum? You might be into it. Seen mention of using things like ham and lora as carriers.

in line for the weekly ice cream truck

Where do you live? 1957?

How come? Famously long shelf life?

Whole post sounds like nonsense. If the nukes hit, whose gonna be on Amazon and eBay thinking “better buy a ton of PCs before transistor prices rocket”??

kiwix clone of Wikipedia

Thought about this myself. How space hungry is it for you?

Ooh niche plan but I like it

Think you missed the ‘just for lols’ part

Cook them up like a weird spaghetti

Fair. Its the only realistic option.