There are far too many loopholes for me not to hate companies be they small or large.

In Australia, “family trusts” are a sure way to write off a good chunk of your expenses (groceries, fuel and so on) while paying yourself a wage. If you really want you can cook the books taking cash sales for yourself too.

Don’t forget about “taking” whatever you want from the company, and writing that off as a loss.

Maybe I should hate people, but in a vacuum people are reasonable, logical and honorable. But once we introduce a “well maybe” or an “but what if I were to purchase fast food and disguise it as my own cooking?” my view of people becomes skewed.

I guess, I wanted to vent about how fucked everything seems to be and that I feel powerless to do anything about it. GameStop as a company probably deserve the rocks in boxes, Amazon deserve them too, all because people are running those companies.

I’m not above greed, but I’d like to think / feel that I put out more than I take and it seems quite uncommon in our modern society.

There is an android version: https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/io.freetubeapp.freetube

However I prefer Grayjay: https://grayjay.app/

Ahh yeah the price is a waiting game for me, Apple products hold onto their value and for me having the bleeding edge isn’t what I’m chasing these days.

Guess I’ll wait and see how the Qualcomm products go on the used market for their price.

I got my 4800hs for a steal; maybe I need to aim lower.

Linux on Qualcomm laptops really that bad? I’ve been considering a purchase of a 1st gen once the 2nd gen comes out (probably grab an ex display model on the cheap).

I’ve not been following developments closely enough, but I know the battery life (in windows at least) is tiers better than my current 4800hs / 1650 with 65% battery health.

I’ve too considered a MacBook, but their never within my budget for the spec that I want, guess I was too hopeful about Qualcomm laptops 😞

Oh no no, that’s the best part.

You pay us (OneDrive Subscription) and we will store, scrape and monetize everything you’ve ever done on your “personal computer”.

Thanks for choosing Microsoft products.

Gives me Sonos vibes.

I won a Sonos speaker years ago, thing needed (from memory) an app to switch to AUX mode. The speaker sounded great but I didn’t want to install an app just to use the thing.

In a grand spectacle my ex’s cat kicked a potplant off a windowsill into our fish tank. That shorted a power board, we didn’t have breakers (ceramic / wire fuses) which ended up killing the speaker.

Honestly as nice of a speaker it was, good riddance.

Works for my Logi mouse, was very happy when I found the package (thanks nixpkgs search)

Ratbagd / Piper doesn’t work for your mouse?

schizofox “Hardened Firefox flake for the delusional and the schizophrenics.”

Was another perk switching to Linux, my keyboard I can bake in profiles (using a windows VM) then dispose of that VM once my keyboard is setup the way I wanted.

SteelSeries software is horrendous, up there with the Razer.

Man the Logi settings app was utter trash, so slow to run or even change settings.

Ratbagd + Piper gave me the ability to change my DPI (no switch on the super light) without any bloat.

Pornhub, or touching grass. Either order really.

I’d been paying for premium YouTube for a few years, the family plan had a massive spike in price and I’d had enough from there. Been using Grayjay for the past few months only watching a couple of channels, but if this goes live it will kill the platform for me.

The bundled YouTube music sub really doesn’t sell it for me either, sure it’s got some more niche music compared to other platforms but it’s not a drop-in replacement (especially for the better half).

All and all I’m probably one of the few that will tap out of the platform, will be interesting to see the fallout.

Your thinking of D̸̢̛͉̰̩̬̉̋̋̎͌̈́͑̔̾̔̃̓̈́̀͑̌̍̈̌̀̔̍͛̅̆̌̈́͒͒̋̂́͘͘̚̕̕͝͠͝ ̵̛̺͖̝̖͇͙̗̻̪͍͈̩̫͎̞̮̟͉̮̥̼̜̼̼͙̞̍̑̎́͛̎̓̑̐́̊̊́͑̿̽͐͋͗͋̈́̒̇̋̇͋̈́̏͋͛͑̈́̾̕̕̚͝͠ͅË̵̢̢̨̻̩̱̩̗̗̪̣̝̮̖͍͓̠̦̘͎̰̺͉̹̗͓̝̼͇̦̜̹̲̜̫̪͙̪̙̼͚͙̳̳̱͕̝̮̰̿͆̒͐̆̍̂̈́̇͒̏̓͐͐̉͗̒̾̔̉̔̏̈̏̎͑̈̚͜ ̷̢̧̧̛̺̥̙̣͍̘̥͈̹͇̤͎͍̞̩͍͔͈̯͕͚̥̼̗̲̯̬̻̙͎̻̂͊̽̎̎̅̒̃̃̓̊̈́́͌́́͗̊͐́͌̑̀͂̓̌̀̆́͗̾̅̚̕͘͘͜͜͜͝T̶̛͈̮͖̥̯̻͉͔̞̟̦̲̰̺̟̤̠̖͙͙̗̦̪̱̤̈́͊̌̉͑͐̓̃́̔͌̅̑͂͗̓̽͂̒̾̈́̊̂͆͜͝͠ ̴̨̧̨̨̪̼̰̗̟̯̜̖̱̬̥̩̘͎̩̜͇̬͍̠̪̮͚̲͈̞̤̹̮̹̞͕̱̱͍̻͓̱̙̔̇̉̊̒͐̋́̆͜͝ͅH̶̡̝̭̖̖̖̣̜͔͎̥̯̳̣̩̗̟̺̭͎͍̲͖̳̹̳̫̙̤͆ͅͅ ̶̨̢̧̧̛̛̭̣̦̥̣͚̺̼̰̗̳̼̜̰͙̦̻̾̌̇̏̊̋͆̋͑͒͑̀͋̄̒̀̈́͋̌̽̊͐̀͒̐̅͊̏̓́̉̽̏̒͗͘͘͜͜͝K̷̢̨̢̧̨̛̥͔̰͍̯̳͉̩̤͇̖̖̤͈̦͙͎̝̮̮̣̬͉̫̮̘͓͔̞͚̱̦̱̒̃̒͋̒̆̈́̀̒̂̏̊̋͊̀̀̓̈́̊̈́̎͌͗̈́͂͌̄̎͐̂̿͐̾̇͜͝ ̸̡̨̳̼̘̺̫͙͉̲̙͔̩̝̺̗̳͎̗̜͙͉̟̟̺͚͖͉͖̞̝̼̖̩̪̤̭̺͖̰̺͕̳̏ͅͅĻ̶̧̛̻̦̥͙̗͚͍̙̪̝̞̗̹̤̹̳̺͈̭͕͉̐̂̇̀̌̋̔͗͒̎̏̈̊̏̔́͋̈́̓͌́̈́̾̏͊͒ ̵̧̡̡̡̛̛̛͓̰̙͕̱̤̖̺̥͚̫̮̣͔̤͕̱̼̮̖̗̙͇̹̟̗͓̱̗͖̥̙̳̻̳͉͕̗̟̳̻̊̓͑̄̈́̌̎͌̿̊̏̆̆͊̾̿̋̽͛́̈̊͒̈́͂̆̽́̇̍͊͌͗̓̀̕̕͘͠͠O̷̧̧̡̢̨͓̘͉͈̮̟̜̱͔̮͖̠͇͕̜̰̫̩̜͕̝̖̤̞̹͈̼̪͚̘̙̗̜̺͎͋̀̊͑́̔͆̓̆̏͆̆͋̄́́̊͂̓̎̅̓̅̓͛̒͐͆̕̕̚͜͠͝ͅ ̸̡̡̧̧̧͙̬̥̯̗̞̬͖̣͇̠̦̳͚̪̻̬̼̙̣͚̟̦͍͔̣͚̼͖̰͎̘̟̩̬̜̬͖͉̠̘̳͈͛̏̉̏͑̋͌̏͐͋͐̚͜͜͠K̸̫͉̬̋̈́̈́̌̐̓̈̐͋͛̏̌̀͋̓̑͐͑̄̿̀̂̔́̾̈́̂̕͠͝, deadlock is P̶̨̡̛̼̜̳͉̞̬̱̘̺̟̎̈́̈́͆͋̀̿̾̋͑͑͗̿̍́͑̃͗̏̑̈́̏̏͐̍̄̅͛͌̂̐̇̀̈́͘̚̚̚͝ͅL̶̥͓͖̹̲̯͍̣̫̜͌̓̀̿̒͂̔͊̀̌̐̿̎̌̈̾̋͛̌̑̇͌͒͊̃͂͊̌̄̾͊͘͜͠͝E̸̢̛̛̛̹̪̫̮͖̤̣̭̖̙͚̲̠̩̞͔̟̮̰̳̺̘̳̖̥̟̦͉̯̤͎̦̘̙̼̟͍͉͇͗̒̿͋̈́̈́̋́̏̒̐̂̏̾̍̕̕͜͝͝͝͝ͅÃ̴̡̧̛̯̰̱̗̞̰̟̟̖͎̣̤̳͙̻͕͎̝̺̗͖̥̝̘͇̺̙̟̖̞̪͇̼̟̠̼̯̥̞͆̏́͂̈͒̽̓̌̐̒̃͑̉̔͒̅͑̈́̏̀̔̀́́̒̽́͆̿̃́̂̃̽͛̚̕͘͠ͅS̷̡̛̻̻̪͓̜̹̠̮̭̬̤͚̣̞̲͙̫͙̳̤̦͕͚̓͛̐́̾̈́̈́͗̉͋̉͗̀̿́̑͐̐̎̎̏͜͜͜E̴̢̧̢̡̗͍͍̞̠͚̱̤̱̣̻͍͕̅̎̾̽̓̌̾̋͒̓̃̽̌̈́̃̈͆̋́̇̂͗̍̑͆̈́̓̕̚͘͜͠͠͠ ̷̢̨̡̢̨̡̛̰̠̭̹̮͓̰̫̘̱̗͇̙̘̖̣͖̻̩̖̼̰̬̼͎̹̠͎́́͒͒͑̾̃̍̍͒̾̾͑͌̃͆͑͝͠ͅḨ̴̧̹̮̪̘̟̟̝̟͚̮̭͍̺͚̺̳̥̲̳͈̣͓͍̺̩̤̈̎̎̌́̑̓̈̑͐͋͐̑̀̂̓̅̆̿͑̿́̓̏̇͌̕̚̕͝͝͠ͅĚ̷͓̮͕̃̎̐̃̏͐̀̾̈̑͝L̵̢̮̰̭̫̲͈̩̙̙̘̗͙͈̳̰̙̝̬̦̙̭̔͐̈́̀͋̑̀̓͘͜͠ͅṔ̴̡̢̧̨̡̛̗̹̰̭̝̳͙̘̪̬̯̲̝͇̣̰͎̟̫͔̗̟̟̦̠̦̻̻͓̠͉͈͈̓̍͆̀̂̓̋̽̎͆̓̈̒̓̏͆͂̌͌͝͝͝ͅͅ ̴̙̔̉͂͘̚͜͠͠M̵̧̧̛͎̠̹̞͙͖͖̫̤͈̥͖̗͎͙̖̝̭̤͐̅͗́͗́́͐͂̈̿͐̇̐͂̂̇̀͌̈́̾̀̋́̉̇̓͐̔̚̚̚͝Ẽ̴̢̛̛̛̛͙̗̹͎̘͋̄͋̃̒͋̆̋̑̍̈́͋̐̇̈́͌̎́̂̀̿̕̚͝͠͝ ̷̢̡̨̛͕̗̫͍̼̪͙͕͍̙̗͇̠̝̼͇̳̻̄̽͛̒̉̋̀͛̈́͊͗̍́́̎͋̽̿̈̑̋̅̚͝Z̵͚̳̔̆͗̇̽̄̀̿͗̔̂͘̕͝͝Á̵̞̜̲̬̥̮̮͍͖̹͕̜̟̯̖̱͈͉̯͉̭̙́̑͆̏̈́̄͑̇̋̈̐͊͐̎͑͋̂̈́̎̅͛́́̂̏̂͐̈͌̀̉̀͑͛̊̀̔̆̚͘͠͝L̷̢̺͇̥̲̺̟̻̩̬͉͙̗̮̦͕̱̖͕̼̱̪͇̩͇̬̓̇́͜G̶̙̞̥͕͎͓̰̅́͗̒̅̐̅̈͗̅́̓̇̇̎̒̀̑́̈́́̽͑̏̊͊́̀̀̿̓̕̕͘̚͝͝͝͝͝͠͝Ơ̵̱̘͈̙͉̫̗̏̉̿͋̋́́̓̑̾̌͒̄̒̇́̌́̌̃͛͊͂̉̊͛̈͛͆̏̇͂̾͂͂̕͘͘̚̚͜͠͠ ̷̧̨̧̖̩̗̞̤͚̙̝̺̯͕̪͔͇͇̝̘͉͎͍̫͕͉̄̐̇͘͜͜Ḩ̸͚̞̜̤͖̝̙̳̠͂̉̿̐̈̉̐̔̈́̏̂̔̆̑̂́̉͒̃͐̍̀̀͐̽̄̇̏̔̕̕͝͝͝͠A̴̧̢͍̼̺̳̪̳̖̬̘̗̙͈̮̣̎̅̌̿̋̏̒̃̏̀̉͊͌̃̔̎͛̿̕͘͘̚͝͝S̸̺͉͙̮̮̠̼͈̼̞͙̱̅̏̓͛̓̋͑̽̍͊͌̚̕ ̶͕͖̘̒̎̐̈́̅͗͗̔̚ͅR̶̨̡̧̡̰͇̣̟̹̞͍̭̞̭̫͔͕̝̼͔̻͙͈̯̍̎̾̋̈́͌͌͗͐̃͗̈́̈́̾̓̈́̕͝ͅĖ̷̱̦̩͍̙̠͓͙̪̱̖̖̘̳̘̯͆̎̇͑̓͒̈́͒̈́͐̊̅͊͒̂̀̔̋̊͋̔͛̂̓̐̎̂́̓̈́͗̃͑͒̄͝͠͝Ţ̷̨̢̙̣̣̱̙̟̝̣̹̘̞̭̭̩̪̪̝͎̻̝͙̻̺̟̫̱̫̻̖̀̔̈́̏͊̀̉̈́̄̈́͐̓̀̀͘̕͜͝ͅÜ̸̡̧̡̨̥̥̣̩̠̫͉̮͈̫̫̜͛̈́̐̊̈͗́͐̈́͋͋̾̀̌̄̐̽̑̓̓̄̆͂̊̆͠͝ͅͅͅṚ̴̢̡̧̨̰̣̻̞̤̗͇̭̭̹̦̲͇͇̥̰͕͉̟̘̣̘̰͇̳̲̰̤̦͈͔̑̓̐͂̾̈̎͒̔̾̄͌̀̎͌́̕̕͜͠N̷̖̻̤̻͕̜̺̠̦̮͙̣͂̽͒͋̏̈́̈́͠ͅE̴̡̡̨̨̡̫̥͍̮̬̞̹̼̙̼̮̲͕̞̣͍̩͖̤̱͎͖͐͊̌͌̍̌̽̇͛͝Ḑ̷̡̘̙͓̤̹̪͓̹̯̙͔͕̪͙̥̠̝̜̥̄̑̒̌͊́̉̏̋͐͊́̕̚͠

I use NixOS for all my systems now, single config covers two servers, laptop, notebook and desktop.

Containers aren’t something to be afraid of, I’ve found nix + podman to be super easy to use / configure, so much it’s a copy / paste a config from another container with some small directory changes.

If you are not someone who likes using a terminal perhaps nix isn’t for you. I’ve found forcing the terminal & configuring via nix has given me much more insight into my machines / os than ever before. If you’ve got the time to mess with Nix I’d recommend it.

If that sounds like a bunch of effort and time to get something that may be easier via another method, I’d say Proxmox is the way to go.

Running through my config I’ve just noticed that I’ve got an IP conflict that I wasn’t aware of, but makes total sense right now 😅

I wanted to get more ram for my notebook however it’s soldered to the board with no extra DIMM or storage options.

It’s an old satellite from Toshiba, 4gb ram, dual core intel, 64gb emmc. Serves it’s purpose running a bare bones (ish) install of Nix.

Really hate ewaste hardware.

Yeah NUT is the package I’ve been looking at, and looks decently integrated into NixOS just, getting around to configuring it is another time sink.

My 1920R and an unused 15A Dell rackmount (h967n maybe) came with my rack, I’ve got no reason to have two UPS running nor do I want to replace the batteries in another UPS or have a 15A socket installed in the house just yet. But man it’s tempting to piggy-back it off the 1920R for shits and giggles.

Waiting on some parts to arrive from AliExpress - once they arrive I’ll be able to decommission one of my servers and have all my services running off one board.

I’ve wanted to implement something like that with my 1920R UPS for my rack but haven’t found the time to commit to antiquated hardware.

Was enough of a hassle dealing with the expired SSL certs on the management card yet getting software running on one of my machines to communicate with the UPS.

All things considered my two servers chilling chew around 60w on average, not taking into account my POE cameras or other devices. The UPS should run for over a day without getting close to draining its batteries (have a half populated ebm too).

Oh man, brings me back to blackbox / xoblite on my old XP machine.

I remember using notepad to change the config files, no auto formatting or error checking.

Had no idea what I wanted out of it but I loved the minimal aesthetic.

Torrent is linked in their sourceforge page.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/hannahmontana/files/

If you’ve got a m.2 slot in the mini PC you could add a cheap 5 sata port m.2 and connect them that way. If you don’t want to solder power you could really make it a butcher job and hack up the power from the sata to usb connectors.

Sucks to hear about your loss, I’ve recently lost my proxmox setup and migrated everything to Nixos. My install threw a wobbly, terminal was cooked, could only ssh into some containers so I wiped the install and migrated.

In my proxmox setup I found it easier to mount the drives as lvm to the host proxmox machine and pass them through to lxc via bind-mounts rather than adding another layer of shares / overheads.