coastallinkedswell

joined 5 days ago

This feels like a reboot of the chromebook pixel a decade back, great hardware marred by terrible software, I think that only lasted one generation, let's see if this one can last longer than that.

[–] coastallinkedswell@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 days ago

In the Navy, there was this woman with the last name Guzzler and she was a nuclear electronics technician, which meant that before hitting the rank of E-4 that she was a Seaman. She was Seaman Guzzler. The military is pretty misogynistic, and so even her superiors took joy in taking jabs at her as is the name Guzzler wasn't bad enough by itself for a woman in the military.

I still feel bad for her to this day.

[–] coastallinkedswell@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Didn't know about Awesome Self Hosted, I've just bookmarked it, will definitely be checking that out. There are other features I need from NextCloud, the calendar was just one example.

Not a fan of docker because it is not completely open source, so I've been using podman instead. Portainer looks cool and is something I would like to use, however I'm worried that it'll end up going the way of enshitification since it's run by a for profit company for the sole purpose of profit. Also not a fan of their license.

[–] coastallinkedswell@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Are there any good guides that you would recommend to a beginner on how to properly set it up?

 

I've recently migrated away from iOS to GrapheneOS and I need a way to have a family shared calendar and reminders. I'm thinking NextCloud because I don't really know of anything else.

I've been doing some research and I'm a bit overwhelmed since I have never self hosted before and I'm not too familiar with these technologies. I have an old HP ProDesk with an old i3, 4GB of RAM, and 120 GB SSD that I was hoping to use intermittently until I get a newer machine. I want to be able to expose the instance to the wider internet so we (my partner and I) can access it on the go, but I'm worried about messing it up. I was reading that I need a reverse proxy as bare minimum, but do I also need fail2ban, Anubis (or Go Away), and special UFW rules? I got as far as installing NextCloud with podman on Ubuntu Server 26.04.01 LTS and I can access it locally, but I'm not sure how to get move forward.

Ideally I would like to have a bash script that sets everything up with user data being handled by an external drive so I can easily reproduce it to a new machine later down the line and facilitate backups. I'm not married to Ubuntu and I am open to using something else.

I also want to run other self hosted open source services like Navidrome, Yamtrack, Standard Notes, etc. Any guidance would be appreciated.

[–] coastallinkedswell@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

These feels like adds for this chess puzzle pro app, I'll stick with lichess.org

[–] coastallinkedswell@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

No! I'm on the opposite end of this and I'm looking to sell my PS5. Let me break down for you my mistake in purchasing into Sony's ecosystem:

  • You have to pay for the subscription service to play non-free games online. And they love to jack up the price and eliminate any potential avenue of discounts.
  • The PS5 controllers are great in terms of functionality, but their build quality is terrible. All 3 of my official Sony controllers suffer from stick drift, and guess what, all third party controllers that exist for the PS5 are ridiculously expensive. If you're out of warranty period, they just tell you to trash the controller and buy a new one. Call a local repair shop to fix it, and it costs more than the controller itself.
  • Sony doesn't respect it's consumers (at least in Western markets). When they launched the limited edition PS5 Pro they had restrictions in Japan to prevent scalping. Not so in the rest of the world. They also had incredibly low stock. They also took scalping precautions on launch units, but only for Japan. The rest of us were left to fend for ourselves.
  • The killing off of physical media is solely so they can generate more profit off of game sales. By eliminating brick and mortar stores from the equation they get rid of heavy discounts on clearance products, they don't have to pay them their cut nor ship them the product, and they effectively eliminate second hand sales.
  • They're constantly funneling money into garbage live service, like Concord, then turn around and cancel single player games that are statistically likely to be successful. I'm not a Kojima fan, and I haven't played any of his games in years, but it's practically guaranteed that Physint is going to be a success since all his fans will come out in droves to buy it, like all his other games.
  • They don't have a reasonable refund policy. They game has to be in exceptionally bad state for them to give you a refund, as in a broken mess like CyberPunk 2077.
  • Sony doesn't respect ownership. They've taken away customers digital purchases on several occasions. Not just with their Playstation brand, but they did it when they acquired Crunchy Roll and merged it with Funimation.
  • Sony is also working on stuffing more ads into their ecosystem. source

Sony doesn't respect their customers, nor do they respect game makers. I haven't bought a game for my PS5 in over a year and the only reason why I've kept it around is because my child plays GT7. As a person who has loved PlayStation since inception: FUCK SONY