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  1. Comment on Here are your choices for a self-hosted ebook server in ~books

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    I just got a Kobo ereader and have been (unsuccessfully) doing research on how to host an ebook library in my homelab - thank you for posting!

    I just got a Kobo ereader and have been (unsuccessfully) doing research on how to host an ebook library in my homelab - thank you for posting!

    3 votes

  2. Comment on Looking for a particular kind of computer speaker in ~tech

  3. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    I finished up Hail Mary a couple of days ago - it was solid and had me hooked, but the ending I felt was a bit of a letdown compared to the rest of the book. I guess it just wasn't as exciting as...

    I finished up Hail Mary a couple of days ago - it was solid and had me hooked, but the ending I felt was a bit of a letdown compared to the rest of the book. I guess it just wasn't as exciting as I was expecting.

    Yeah, I'm a couple of chapters into The Way of Kings and I'm super in over my head - very confusing, lots of world mechanics right off the top. Hopefully it gets clarified more in the coming chapters.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Minimal image self-hosting in ~comp

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    I self-host immich as a replacement for Google photos and absolutely love it. I'd highly recommend it for anyone looking for that style of photo manager.

    I self-host immich as a replacement for Google photos and absolutely love it. I'd highly recommend it for anyone looking for that style of photo manager.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    I finished the seventh dungeon crawler Carl book a few weeks ago and am waiting for the eighth to come out this spring. In the meantime, I'm about a quarter of the way through Project Hail Mary by...

    I finished the seventh dungeon crawler Carl book a few weeks ago and am waiting for the eighth to come out this spring. In the meantime, I'm about a quarter of the way through Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Next up in my queue is The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson - it'll be my first Sanderson book.

    I've also got The Will of the Many by James Islington on hold with my library, but there's about 20 people in line ahead of me so it'll be a while before I get that one.

    4 votes

  6. Comment on What private companies are you happy doing business with? in ~talk

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    My favorite grocery store of all time, Wegmans. It's been in the top of Fortune's "Best 100 Companies to Work For" list a few times. The employees are always super helpful and their quality and...

    My favorite grocery store of all time, Wegmans. It's been in the top of Fortune's "Best 100 Companies to Work For" list a few times. The employees are always super helpful and their quality and range of products are great. They also have superb gluten-free options (and clear labeling!), which is great because my wife is gluten intolerant.

    It's honestly the only place we shop. If we're getting good meat for a special occasion, we'll run to whole foods because their butcher is better. I'd be lying if I said that we didn't take proximity to Wegmans into consideration when we were buying our house... We're 7 minutes away from the closest one.

    12 votes

  7. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    I just finished book 7 of DCC! Fantastic series and I can't wait for book 8 to come out in May. I hear the audiobooks are phenomenal as well.

    I just finished book 7 of DCC! Fantastic series and I can't wait for book 8 to come out in May. I hear the audiobooks are phenomenal as well.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on Winter boot recommendations for women in ~life.style

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    Crazy to see another black bear here on tildes! Go blue!

    Crazy to see another black bear here on tildes! Go blue!

    1 vote

  9. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    The proxmox backup server is connected to backblaze through the PBS (beta) s3 interface. You plug in the API key from backblaze into PBS, pick your bucket, and you're done. (Optional but highly...

    The proxmox backup server is connected to backblaze through the PBS (beta) s3 interface. You plug in the API key from backblaze into PBS, pick your bucket, and you're done.

    (Optional but highly recommended - set up backup encryption in proxmox VE). Then, you add the PBS server as a "storage" location in proxmox VE and designate it as a backup storage. In proxmox VE, you can set up automatic backups on a schedule. I've got mine configured for every Sunday morning at 1am. Proxmox VE takes snapshots, encrypts them, and sends them over to PBS. PBS then takes those backups, performs de-duplication, and pushes the diffs to backblaze. That's my mental model, at least. Someone can correct me if I got any details wrong.

    I can post some screenshots later if you'd like.

    I don't know about the power loss. My guess is that it will not automatically resume. I've got my PCE, PBS, and all my networking equipment on a UPS :-)

    1 vote

  10. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I finally finished migrating my proxmox instance on an old college laptop to a real server I built a few weeks ago. I've got 6TB of storage now, so my wife and I are fully migrating our Google...

    I finally finished migrating my proxmox instance on an old college laptop to a real server I built a few weeks ago. I've got 6TB of storage now, so my wife and I are fully migrating our Google Photos to Immich, Google Drive to Nextcloud, etc. I repurposed the laptop to be a proxmox backup server and it's doing weekly backups to my Backblaze bucket. We were spending something like $20/month for Google's storage between the two of us, now the storage is something like $0.002/day.

    Just nobody tell her how expensive the server was ;-) (she already knows, it came out of my fun money budget)

    4 votes

  11. Comment on US President Donald Trump calls Democrat video to troops 'seditious behaviour, punishable by death' in ~society

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    Yes, when I made this post, I used the current (at the time) headline as the title.

    Yes, when I made this post, I used the current (at the time) headline as the title.

    7 votes

  12. Comment on US President Donald Trump calls Democrat video to troops 'seditious behaviour, punishable by death' in ~society

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    Meta: Shame on BBC for editing the title. It feels like they walked it back to avoid retribution. I understand updating the news as it comes in, but it feels... Icky, like we're rewriting history...

    Meta: Shame on BBC for editing the title. It feels like they walked it back to avoid retribution. I understand updating the news as it comes in, but it feels... Icky, like we're rewriting history to soften the language.

    25 votes

  14. Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food

  15. Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food

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    This week we actually used Kenji's chicken chickpea burger recipe and turned them into meatballs (we added red onion and parsley). They turned out great with spaghetti and red sauce, as well as...

    This week we actually used Kenji's chicken chickpea burger recipe and turned them into meatballs (we added red onion and parsley). They turned out great with spaghetti and red sauce, as well as just on rice with roasted broccoli and some soy sauce.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    I just started Dungeon Crawler Carl the other day and am about 10 chapters in - it's incredibly fun! Highly recommend. For anyone who hasn't heard of it, it's a LitRPG. The main character gets...

    I just started Dungeon Crawler Carl the other day and am about 10 chapters in - it's incredibly fun! Highly recommend.

    For anyone who hasn't heard of it, it's a LitRPG. The main character gets dropped into a multi-level dungeon and has to make his way down the "levels" of the dungeon. He himself levels up as he fights mobs, similar to an RPG, gets loot, etc.

    There are overarching themes of fighting fascist governments. I've heard it described as a cross between Ready Player One, The Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars: Andor. It's a full series, slated for 10 books - I think there are seven out now? I think there's also a TV show in the works.

    3 votes

  17. Comment on Looking for tips/advice for a hardware firewall/VPN for a small to medium size nonprofit in ~tech

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    Just as a data point - we have a Fortinet setup at our work and we have had nothing but issues. We constantly have to power cycle the hardware because the network connectivity drops (VPN can be...

    Just as a data point - we have a Fortinet setup at our work and we have had nothing but issues. We constantly have to power cycle the hardware because the network connectivity drops (VPN can be accessed, but no connection to the other devices on the network - not sure if this is a problem with our VPN access point or the Fortinet switch).

    The client is very buggy on Linux. I usually connect first thing in the morning and the connection gets made, some packets get sent to the corporate network, but no packets are received back. The client freezes and crashes and the only way to fix it is to reboot the machine. The CLI is annoying to use (it doesn't seem to respect the flags that it says it accepts), but I haven't had any bad connections with it yet. They also have their own app for 2FA and it's not great. Slow to get push notifications and my VPN connection usually times out before I even get the approval notification. I can't say I've been very happy with it lol

    2 votes

  18. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    If ergonomics are a concern and you have access to a 3d printer, you could always try your hand at designing your own keyboard! https://ryanis.cool/cosmos I've put my design on the back burner, I...

    If ergonomics are a concern and you have access to a 3d printer, you could always try your hand at designing your own keyboard!

    https://ryanis.cool/cosmos

    I've put my design on the back burner, I should iterate on it more...

    1 vote

  19. Comment on The Tiny Soapbox: a platform for small, low-stakes rants in ~talk

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    I've heard great things about the Ember mug (I don't have one, but one of my co-workers does and he raves about it). It's not dishwasher safe, though. And it's a little pricey for a mug.

    I've heard great things about the Ember mug (I don't have one, but one of my co-workers does and he raves about it). It's not dishwasher safe, though. And it's a little pricey for a mug.

    1 vote

  20. When is pet insurance worth it?

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    My fiancee and I are considering adopting a dog, most likely in the age range of 6 months to 2 years. I've read before that pet insurance is only worth it if you get the dog as a puppy, but I'm...

    My fiancee and I are considering adopting a dog, most likely in the age range of 6 months to 2 years. I've read before that pet insurance is only worth it if you get the dog as a puppy, but I'm wondering what real people think, particularly for a dog that's 2-3 years old. Does anyone else have a pet insurance policy? Who is it with? How's it working out for you? Would you do it again?

    27 votes