Eskating cyclist, gamer and enjoyer of anime. Probably an artist. Also I code sometimes, pretty much just to mod titanfall 2 tho.

Introverted, yet I enjoy discussion to a fault.

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  • A part of it is concern.

    System administration on a system you’re planning to use remotely over the internet must be done right. Not being sure what you’re doing is how we all learn, but you really should be sure before exposing yourself to the internet.

    It’s not like experimenting with linux on a laptop. Self-hosting is usually about providing some sort of service for yourself, which if accessed by someone malicious, can be used to really hurt you.




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    8 days ago

    I didn’t tho.

    You’re confusing my homelab with my dads OMV NAS that is running kopia as its only non-standard service because I wanted to use it as my off-site target.

    I wasn’t presenting OMV as the solution to all of OPs examples, I literally just commented to point out “hey this is kinda like hexos but foss”.

    To which you responded “lol no, there is no comparison”. Which is both untrue, and a rude way to go about saying anything.


  • I don’t use docker via a GUI. And I don’t run docker at all on the NAS running OMV.

    My backup solution is Kopia. Two servers, each running an instance that backs up local storage to the other.

    OP isn’t talking about a full homelab. If all you need is a home VPN and some network storage via SMB, OMV is fine.

    For my homelab, OMV would be clunky af. For the NAS at my dad’s end, it’s ideal.







  • It depends on the kid.

    I’m one of three adult kids that our still-working parents have.

    As someone who has accepted a lot of support from them, I feel extremely motivated to do something useful with that support.

    But others might be inclined to freeload, and use that support to put off developing as a person. I think I’m a little guilty of that myself, but even in retrospect it’s hard to say whether that stuff was a well-needed break, or just lazyness.

    That said, I’ve kept track of every cent my parents have floated for me, and I’ve started slowly reducing the number as I’m making enough to sometimes pay for things in their stead.

    Obviously the passage of time has changed the value of the currency, and I’m sure my parents don’t care whether I “pay them back” as they never considered their support a loan. But it matters to me, and keeping the idea in my head that I have to pay them back, kept me from thinking of their support as “free money” since I always planned on returning it some day.

    I also do pay rent. But it’s essentially symbolic. It’s an agreed upon arrangement, there to remind me that living space isn’t free. It’s not as though my mom would actually evict me if I genuinely couldn’t afford a payment, and if I did get hit with some surprise expense, I know my parents would immediately offer to share the burden.

    Basically, we’re simulating what life would be like for me without them, but with the security of knowing that they’re there for me if needed.

    But I also know people my age, where giving them money would be little more valuable than setting it on fire. People who are able to accept charity without it instilling any kind of motivation or inspiration.

    Another thing to be careful of, is that financially supporting an adult might make them feel indebted in ways that make them lead miserable lives. If my parents had supported me with the expectation I become a doctor of any kind, combined with my depression, it may well have killed me.

    My student years made me miserable, and it took me a long while to recover. But I was lucky enough to have parents that didn’t have carreer dreams for me. They only put pressure on to motivate me, when I expressed interest of my own, first.

    So I think to a massive extent it’s between each parent and kid. Even my siblings don’t have identical arrangements with my parents.








  • while turning a blind eye to the mountains of other people who don’t care

    People, fundamentally, care.

    That’s like the whole point of having a hobby.

    No-one games because they don’t care.

    You won’t find anything people are more passionate about, than something they do for fun.

    I’m not claiming that there’s some point where people magically come together and stick it to the megacorps.

    I’m saying that if you consistently burn your fans in ways that result in them hating you, eventually, you wont have any.

    That’s not something that happens overnight. A slow-ass process that leads to a gradual decline, which you can only put off by duping brand new people who haven’t sworn off ever purchasing your product again. But eventually, you run out of those, too.


  • Doesn’t matter if they’re okay with it or not, as long as they tolerate it and don’t do anything about it.

    Not being happy about it is the first step on the road to doing something about it. How does that not matter?

    Sure but many many more have accepted it. Otherwise they never would have done it again.

    Who is doing it again? I’m not.

    I remember Overwatch still being a wild success regardless.

    Is it?

    We are on like 2905295734th now.

    And? It takes as many times as it takes.

    Indie game studios could only ever dream of achieving the heights of revenue of games like Fortnite, that survives entirely on microtransactions.

    Why? There are absolutely indies who’ve made millions. Why is there zero chance that one day, the next Fortnite or Roblox comes from an indie?

    It already happened at least once. Minecraft.

    They are doing everything they can to screw their own customers and yet they pile in by the millions every time they have something new.

    Yes. But again. It takes as many times as it takes.