This sounds like the timestamping servers I’ve used on software builds. There are very few trusted ones and they get quite overloaded.

…and all they really prove is that a file had a certain hash at a certain time.

This is sort of thing I’d hoped TPM would be used for, rather than being used to prevent running an alternative OS.

The stepping-stone would be de-googled Android like LineageOS or GrapheneOS. I think Linux is the end-game though.

frustrated by ads that feel irrelevant

What?

Do they think we have a friend-or-foe system that only shoots down advertisements from adversaries?

An ad is an ad, and should be terminated on sight.

It’s not attention to detail. Normies are affected by social pressures and emotions. Their behavioural patterns are baised towards acceptance.

Without emotional senses, an autist will assess the function and intent. The only desire is something that works, and is designed to work towards the user’s interests. Anything with a dark pattern will be set alight.

When you upgrade your desktop PC, plan for it to be the home server after that.

I got a rackmount case to transplant my old desktop montherboard into every 5 years. I also got a 4-port NIC so it can also be a router. My server is a 4th gen Core i5 and it’s still plenty of power for a home server.

If you’re a laptop guy, I’m not sure what you’d do. Maybe ask friends for their old desktops. The Win10 discontinuation next month would be a great opportunity to snap up some business PCs destined for landfill.

For Home Assistant, I think you either need Docker or a dedicated box. I kinda hate how there isn’t a .deb package for it like literally every other service on my server.

The troubleshooting section of the manual is almost always useless because it only ever covers user error.

My washer threw a drainage error and the manual suggested I blocked the outlet or had done something daft. I looked up the error code online and 90% of the time it was a failed water pump.

I had to replace the water pump. It was an easy job that required less documentation than a lego set for a 5 year old. You just had to know which screws to loosen to get to the pump. Was it documented? Of course not.

I did this a few months back.

Some things aren’t as great, but you get full control and your server idles way better on JellyFin.

The owners closed the restaurant and started a new one so I let the domain lapse.

OK, here’s how it happened.

I was hungry, and I wanted to see the menu for my local pizza joint. I couldn’t find it anywhere.

I discovered that all their socials linked to a website that wouldn’t load. When I checked, the domain had lapsed.

Out of frustration, I purchased the domain and pulled the last snapshot of their website off archive.org. It had their full menu as a PDF.

6 months later and it’s still getting visitors from their facebook page, who are viewing the menu. They haven’t even realised.

Host all the things!

Wordpress, SMTP/IMAP, tor, bittorrent, Nextcloud, Plex, NTP, photo galleries, DoT…

I even started hosting the website for my local Italian restaurant and they haven’t even realised it yet.