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  • I ran a relay too way, way back in the day and I remember almost a third of the sites I used blacklisted my IP address within days. It wasn’t cool.

    I ended up shutting it down, resetting my cable modem, and spoofing a new MAC address on my router to get a new IP address to get everything working again.

    Using a VPN is smarter. I wouldn’t run that on IPv6 whatsoever.








  • Meta sued “to prevent them from advertising CrushAI apps on Meta platforms”

    Dude, it’s your platform, Meta. You decide who uses it. If someone is abusing your platform, that’s a you problem. Vette your customers like Apple if need be.

    … the exact same image containing nudity was removed as a normal post on Facebook but allowed when it was part of a paid ad.

    There’s your solution. Reassign a couple content moderators since they’re on the ball. Much easier to review/ban a commercial account than individual posts anyway.


  • EbbytoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldPlex Server Replacement
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    I just did something sort of like what you are doing and after a few hiccups, it’s working great. My Synology just couldn’t handle transcoding with docker containers running in the background.

    Couple differences from your plan: I chose a N100 over the N150 because it used less power and I wasn’t loading up CPU dependent tasks on the thing. The N150 is about 30% faster if memory serves, but draws more power. Second, do you really need a second m.2 SSD BTRFS volume? Your Synology is perfectly capable of being the file storage. I’d personally spend the money you’d save buying a smaller N150 device on a tasty drive to expand the existing capacity then start a second pool from scratch.

    Finally, I wouldn’t worry about converting media unless you are seriously pinched for space. Every time you do, you lose quality.


  • Ditto to your comment except power usage. I moved my Plex/Jellyfin (and hopefully Immich soon) docker containers to an N100 for the hardware acceleration. TDP is 6 watts on some of these devices and CPU use sits around 2% unless Plex is doing DB optimizations (about 60% for a bit). I haven’t measured consumption or my older server, but I feel moving some CPU intensive services to hardware GPU is saving a few watts.


  • I don’t think purchase info is necessary tied to hardware out of the box beyond asset tracking. That would cause issues with gifting.

    The easy answer is if you don’t run the software, it can’t collect data.

    However, the firmware is network capable and certain diagnostic tools and recovery modes can call home. I am not familiar to the extent, however.

    This also does not stop other devices, Apple included, from detecting the Mac and reporting home hardware/location data.



  • I’ve been slowly, very slowly, migrating away from Synology stuff, but everything you mentioned are my holdouts because they have been rock solid for decades. Even the cheap used products can swing those apps.

    I hate to be the bad influence (no, who am I kidding, not really) and suggest more servers, but if you can find something cheap, I’d maybe give it a try.



  • Your comment made me realize I’m (and I’m sure I’m not alone) sort of the problem with Linux.

    Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love the massive community of tools and programs out there like free open source software. But I’ve never actually bought anything for a Linux system with one exception: Debian in a box, on a CD for like, $15.

    Buuuut, I have bought FOSS, games, and utilities for Mac and Windows that started as Linux apps and work on my new system.

    I guess there is a mindset of get something free to suffice with Linux systems rather than pay for polished apps, and I totally get that thrill, but is there business to be made in this market, or a sunk cost at the end of the year.

    I’d really like to see the app, and it takes bold risks to populate this platform, and there’s certainly pushback, but that’s also what separates Linux from windows. No point in having a machine if there are gaps in workflow or utility.