I mean what’s the point of “self” hosting then?
If you have to be a professional server administrator to host one of these services, then why even have a self hosting community as opposed to just a hosting community for server admins to discuss how to set and configure various services? Is this community dedicated to just discussing the uniqueness of managing a home server without a static IP?
Self hosting is just an extension of open source software. It’s only goal is being able to run your own backends of apps to not be exploited by major companies. It’s goal is not to be a niche technical hobby, if that’s your goal in its own right, then get a model train or a Warhammer set.
Mainstream consumers don’t know words “Plex” and “Home Assistant” either.
Yes, they do lol. It’s flat out weird to think that the only people who have ever heard of pirating are software developers and server admins who use the command line.
You’re viewing this through an incredibly skewed lense. The average person will never even consider self hosting nor will care, if anything the average person prefers cloud services.
The only lens I’m viewing this through is one that dares to imagine that the Venn diagram of “computer users savvy enough to care about privacy” isn’t 100% contained within the circle of “computer users savvy with the terminal”.
Quite frankly your stance that the ‘average person’ doesn’t care, when this post is LITERALLY from an ‘average person’ who does, is the one that seems off base on its face.
Notice that it hasn’t amongst mainstream consumers.
You know what self hosted projects have been successes? Plex and Home Assistant. You know what projects don’t require the terminal? Plex and Home Assistant.
Self hosting is doomed until this isn’t the answer.
Cities still need a way of knowing when streetlights burn out or are in need of service.
You can wait for people to report them out, hope the report is accurate, and then send workers out to try and find them and fix them (and it’s not exactly easy to figure out which light is burnt out during the day), or you can proactively send workers out to fix exactly the right light as soon as they break or show any signs that they might.
Based on the shape, at first I it thought was one of the new mesh network streetlights, but after zooming in more I think you’re right, it looks like an antenna box for a wireless metering network.
I mean, yeah, I’m not saying don’t use one ever, there’s just a lot of people in here very confident that they’re essential.
And the only downside I would say, is that if you put a scratchable surface on top of an unscratchable screen, then your screen is going to look scratched up more often, during the period after the protector gets scratched but before you replace it.
Though this is a relatively minor downside if you are seriously risking scratching the glass underneath.
But like, what do you have in your pocket? My phone goes in my right pocket with my earbuds, my left pocket has my wallet and keys if needed.
If I’m doing construction work and have screws and drill bits and stuff on me I put them in my hoodie pocket, back pocket, mouth, or just put my phone down on the table nearby…
Like I get it if you had a purse or handbag you regularly kept it in but if it’s just from stuff in your pockets why do you always have sharp stuff in the same pocket?
This thread is mostly confirmation bias.
People who use screen protectors see them get scratched up and think ‘oh wow, thank God it saved my screen’, and then buy replacements, not realizing that their screen protector, be it plastic or cheap glass, is not remotely as strong as the Gorilla Glass underneath.
In reality they’re mostly just putting a scratchable surface on top of a relatively unscratchable one, and then get the impression they’re doing something when the scratchable surface gets scratched.
I’ve used my phone heavily for 2+ years and have incredibly minor, have to look for them, scratches, and that’s with fully dropping it on its face multiple times.
Honestly do not understand the purpose of screen protectors, I haven’t had a serious screen scratch since like gorilla Glass 1 days.
I’m pretty sure this thread is basically just entirely confirmation bias from people who don’t realize that the glass in screen protectors is far weaker than the gorilla Glass in your phone. A scratched screen protector is not necessarily a sign that your phone screen would’ve been scratched had it not been there.
Fair enough, though in this case it feels like it’s not making assumptions, but showing unawareness of the one-way nature of American controlled media.
I mean Republicans were the party of federally funded higher education, just … under Lincoln.
Lol you don’t need to explain how long the US election cycle lasts. The rest of the world is aware.
Republicans have literally been attacking public education for the entire 3+ decades of my life.
and yeah, everything is an object, and I see how that can be a nice idea, but man, does that force you to select properties of those objects like crazy. Is this really a good thing, once you have it figured out
This is like the only thing I actually like about PowerShell.
Closing your eyes, slowly taking a deep breath, and calmly, breathing in, and breathing out, while focusing on the sensations in your body, and how much more relaxed you’re feeling right now
i.e. meditation
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In case you don’t understand what I’m saying, that means this is a kill site for human beings.
We understand what the term means when you put two words together, the part that needs clarification isn’t the meaning of the words but why you think it’s a kill site.
‘Average person’ was in quotes because it’s the language you used to describe someone not comfortable with the command line.