Personally, I’m just using an old laptop (think it’s 11th gen Intel i5) as a home server. A mini PC seems like a good option if you don’t have an old laptop though.

I also have an older laptop with a 6th gen Intel core i3 and a dead battery that I have to put to good use at some point, but haven’t bothered to do so yet. What should I use it for?

Plus, once you put a case on, it becomes thick again!

ARM Linux running x86 Windows VR games? Very cool. The “foveated streaming” also sounds super cool. Looks like it will work as a standalone headset as well as when connected to a PC. microSD slot is a neat addition.

being angry on the internet is one thing, you have to give evidence to support your argument

like the chess piece with eight on each side. The one that can be promoted to any other non-king piece once it gets to the other side. pwned is getting your data leaked, being “pawned” means getting taken advantage of/being puppeted by a higher power, and I always linked that to being scammed through a phishing attack (and usually your data has been leaked, you have been pwned)

No way, beep bop, there aren’t any bots on the internet! Beep-doop-bop

There are a lot of not very nice things on the internet, the meat bags are mean sad beep bop

match puzzle game could be interesting

ok that’s really cool

Ice Cubes is what I used to use before I switched to Android. It’s super customisable and looks nice too

When I got into self-hosting, I was recommended Yunohost. I’m sure it’s great, but I couldn’t get it to boot, so I ended up using Debian. (which is what Yubohost is running under the hood I believe)

I remember someone telling me that CasaOS is very simple and could also be a good option, but I have no experience with trying to install it or using it.

Most of the self-hosting tutorials I found used either Debian or Ubuntu (a derivative of Debian), so using Debian or one of its derivatives could make it easier to figure out how to set up everything.

Apple, Samsung, all the Chinese phone brands with their proprietary fast charging standards, HP, Bambu Lab, Nintendo, Xbox, Microsoft, Google, Adobe, etc. etc.

There’s a lot of terrible companies, actually.

several can mean 2-5 years, right? Or are you one of those people who insist on a distinction between couple, few, many, and several?

driving bleach? I assume you mean drinking (which for obvious reasons is not a good idea). Also, what the heck is a horse de-wormer?

it’s bambu connect, right? that’s what the thing is called?

One thing is for sure, their “security” that is Bambu Connect was compromised almost immediately after it was released (not very secure, is it?)

Bambus do print great, but Sovol, Qidi, Prusa, etc. also seem to print great while not doing any of the Apple/HP-esque anti-consumer practices.

As some others have said, you could use a VPN like Tailscale to connect to your local network remotely. Alternatively, you could simply not deal with all the faff and only use your services locally, which is what I do with Nextcloud and Immich. Syncs when I get home but doesn’t when I’m not, and I can always use Tailscale to remotely access my server if there are any issues.

The cool thing about SyncThing is that it’s peer to peer, meaning you don’t need a central server for your files to sync. They can go between your laptop and phone, for example.

Something like Funkwhale does need a server, and to talk to that server outside your local network, you need a domain name.

As an owner of a Bambu A1, I would not recommend any of Bambu’s printers. They print great, but they have been locking down their ecosystem for no good reason (at least, no good for us consumers). They are blocking both third-party software and hardware (stuff like the Panda Touch display) for “security reasons”, and you have to enable a special Developer Mode to continue using third-party slicers.

I have my printer stuck on v4.0.0.0 with LAN only mode, using Tailscale to remotely access, as I prefer using OrcaSlicer. They are really pushing to be the Apple of 3D printers by locking down their printers and restricting you to their software ecosystem. They already have tags to identify first-party filament, what’s stopping them from blocking non-Bambu filament like HP and 2D printer ink?

I would recommend any other brand over Bambu, I know the Ender V3 is a popular option. Sovol and Qidi both have good value options too. Prusa if you have more budget, lots of people love their printers. Haven’t used any of the other brands though, so I have no idea about how well they perform.

Personally I use Joplin as it’s super customizable and I like sorting my notes in “notebook”. I am syncing my notes with Nextcloud, but you can also use anything that’s WebDAV, OneDrive (ew), or anything that uses S3 (like Backblaze)