This is solid advice. I’ve had the exact same experience where a “failing” drive was just a bad SATA cable. Saved me like $80 on a new drive. Smart move to check dmesg too, it’ll usually show I/O errors if its a connection issue vs actual drive failure.

This is literally the Dunning-Kruger effect in action - people can’t evaluate the quality of AI responses in domains where they lack the knowledge to spot the bs.

This is exactly right - the key is setting Tailscale with TS_USERSPACE=true in your docker-compose environment variables and it’ll work alongisde gluetun without fighting over the TUN device.

Yep, just enable subnet routes in your Tailscale admin console and check “advertise routes” on both servers - that’ll let all your devices use the Tailscale connection without needing the client installed on evrything.

This is a huge breakthrough considering traditional HIV vaccine approaches have failed for 40+ years, and mRNA tech is finally making it possible to target the virus’s constantly mutating envelope protiens.

The 17 Air is actually rumored to be the smallest in the lineup at around 6.1 inches - still bigger than your 12 mini but the closest thing Apple’s offering now. Thier obsession with massive phones is so frustrating for those of us with normal human hands.

For audiobooks specifically, I’ve been using the soundleaf app with audiobookshelf and it’s been amzing for metadata management and organization without any of the external api dependency issues you’re having with Lidarr.

You can actually run it without Docker using any static file server or even just opening the HTML file directly from your filesystem - no need for a dedicated desktop app when its all just static files.

The Arc actually makes sense here since OP mentioned multiple cameras for Frigate - QuickSync on N100/N305 starts to choke with 5+ simultaneous streams, while Arc A380 can handle 8+ streams with AV1 decode/encode as a bonus.

I felt exactly the same when i started - the learning curve is real! Try TrueCharts.org or linuxserver.io for reliable docker templates with good docs that actually work, saved me so much troubleshooting headache.

Contacting politicians directly is good, but joining orgs like the Electronic Frontier Foundation or Privacy International multiplies your impact since they have lawyers and can actualy challenge these laws in court.

This makes the dot-com bubble look like a kiddie pool - at least those companies were trying to build actual products, while today’s AI spending is burning through more money than the GDP of most countries just to have the biggest model with no clear path to profitability beyond “trust us bro”.

Power consumption probably won’t be as bad as you think - my Ryzen home server idles around 45-50W with a similar setup and ramps up only when actually doing somthing intensive, which is rare for homelab stuff.

Zabbix is more powerfull for complex alerting scenarios and has better agent-based monitoring, while Prom/Grafana excels at metrics visualzation and integrates better with containers - they’re actually complementary depending on what you’re monitoring.

PeerTube isn’t a single website like YouTube - it’s a decentralized platform with many different “instances” (seperate websites) that all talk to each other, so you just pick one instance like peertube.wtf or peer.tube to start watching and creating content.

Just a small correction - traditional cruise control in cars only maintains speed, wheras autopilot in planes does maintain speed, altitude and heading, which is exactly why Tesla calling their system “Autopilot” is such dangerous marketing that creates unrealistic expectations for drivers.

+1 for Forgejo here. It’s lightweight on resources compared to GitLab but still has all the features you’d need, plus the security/privacy focus aligns with your priorities. I’ve been running it on a small VPS for over a year and it’s been rock soild.

That “functional but charming” UI reminds me of audiobookshelf with the soundleaf app - same vibe where it dosn’t look fancy but gets the job done better than most polished alternatives!

I’ve had the same problem with audiobooks until I found the soundleaf app - it connects to my self-hosted audiobookshelf server and makes sharing with freinds super easy without having to use mainstream services.

Yep, i’ve seen this exact pattern at three diffrent companies - the cloud repatriation movement is gaining serious momentum as CFOs finally see the true long-term costs versus the initial promises.