Are you OK? I didn’t realize my comment was so inflammatory. I just love Jellyfin and don’t appreciate Plex’s actions over the years. You love Emby. That’s cool! Use what works for you.

If it works for you, great!

I haven’t looked at Emby in a long time. Last I checked, it wasn’t as capable or feature rich as Jellyfin or Plex

I only need my server to work locally so I haven’t messed with that part personally. But I’ve read that setting up tailscale is straightforward and works fine. There are many other solutions to the problem. I would definitely invest a lot of effort before paying for Plex.

You’re not wrong. I would just rather learn Headscale or nginx or any other option than pay that Plex subscription. But I’m sure there are people out there who have extremely valuable time and wouldn’t hesitate to fork over 750.

I have not personally experienced any issues with hardware transcoding. My server is an old Dell Optiplex and I use clients on Linux, Android, Roku and Shield.

Yes you are correct about remote access and if that was a priority for me, I would happily learn that part instead of paying for Plex.

I don’t know why anyone would pay that instead of using Jellyfin. I’ve had my server up for years now and it works great.

Old builder dude here. IMO, copper is the best you could ask for. I assume you have it under pressure already and you have inspected it thoroughly. I wouldn’t pay any attention to surface oxidation. I would pay attention to any freeze damage, porosity or poor soldering. If it needs some repair, now is the time to do it. But I absolutely would not tear it out unless most of it is damaged beyond repair.

Great read! I wonder what his perspective is now. That article was written in August 2024 and a lot has happened since then. For example, I cannot fathom the agreement to Sundar’s latest pay package. Another example of failing up the corporate ladder.

Also, it feels like competition with China was an overlooked wildcard in his argument. It would not surprise me if the bubble continues to grow just to try and beat China.

Second this. In the spirit of a 3-2-1 backup scenario, I also like to keep a copy on SpiderOak or Proton Drive and that works well for me. Encrypted cloud storage is my recommendation. And store your key file someplace apart from the database.

For real. Last year we finally got some competition against Spectrum and their customer service is actually worse than Spectrum. I didn’t imagine that was possible

Agreed. Tried NextDoor years ago and found it was primarily a venue for busybodies, nosy neighbors and HOAs to complain and nag people about nonsense. I love the idea of an app like this, but hate the people who use it the most.

This. And after having managed some of these prefabricated housing projects, I found the big problem is in the details. The designers do not have the necessary experience to accurately make panels that fit together correctly. So you sink a ton of time in preconstruction, then fabrication also introduces errors in the final product and then the field teams spend even more time fixing it. Prefab is a great idea that is facing a steep learning curve.

A lot of us noobs haven’t learned how to do this yet. It is unfortunately, not part of most distros Intro guide