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Hi there! This is a video that I made that I'm hoping can act as a beginner friendly entry level point to the world of self hosting and running a homelab. Just thought I'd share in case anyone is interested, and I hope it can be a resource to share with noobies. I don't claim to be an expert at all so I'd also love some feedback. Thanks!

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[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We can do this, once we transition to socialism, and cut out the corporations. Run nodes on the community-owned fiber for free access to the citizens.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

What media do you think you’ll be getting under socialism with no corporations? Lol

[–] canajac@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I don't even consider the Soviet Union to be very successful socialism, but here you go.

Here's a 1970s sci-fi noir movie from Soviet-occupied Estonia that I would recommend. It's honestly a pretty cool movie, even if janky. But it's not like 1970s western movies feel much less janky nowadays.

And inb4 "you only get the state approved media" - well right now you only get the capitalists approved media (so same-same) and also in a functioning socialist society, for bigger art projects like film and TV show, projects get funding from government without being government-initiated. I mean it was the same in the soviet union, but since it was a dictatorship, the government was picky in what was approved.

In fact, best thing about government funding is that there's a lot less pressure to be commercially successful than with corporate funding. Commercial flops can still have cultural value and the fun thing is, a socialist government as the source of your funding can see that as a value unto itself, whereas a corporation has no value for culture other than the money it can bring in.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You must be joking. The people who make any money producing online content are a very, very small minority.

And if people didn’t have to work 60 hour weeks to barely make enough to survive, we’d get a lot more creative content. All that would change is there wouldn’t be some talentless suit exploiting it.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You wouldn’t be getting any tv shows or movies. You’d be getting YouTube style stuff……like you do now.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

People put shows and movies on YouTube already. You’re just not getting corporate backed media on there.

I’m not sure what role you believe capitalists have in creating media, but it’s clearly disproportionate.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

You think you’d be getting Avengers: Doomsday in a socialist/communist world?

Tv shows and movies wouldn’t be being created in that world, that’s the point you don’t seem to get.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

How do you figure? China has been putting out some of the best big budget stuff in the world this past decade (games & movies), and AI is lowering the barrier to entry for special effects for low budget stuff.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

China isn’t pure communism, it’s a unique mix of communism and capitalism.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And? That doesn’t mean they’re not a unique mix of communism and capitalism. Do you even know what those words mean?

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Do you? The existence of markets does not make a country capitalist. Concentration of wealth and control of resources makes a country capitalist, and the party/people control the resources and profit allocation.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 0 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Do you think China has zero capitalism at all?

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Showing your ignorance again. Capitalism is not the existence of markets. It describes the concentration of wealth and control of resources to extract profit.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don’t know what to tell you. Everyone with any knowledge about the world knows that China is a mix of communism and capitalism.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

No, just people who swallow western propaganda without question.