SyncThing. That shit has pretty much replaced iCloud Drive for me, and as such has saved me a fortune.
Hey my first lemmy comment.
For general “wow this is hella cool” it’s a mix up between Jellyfin and Nekoweb.
Jellyfin is a amazing media server that I have spent hours and hours upon now, building my local library buying DVDs and Blurays. It’s been… liberating.
Nekoweb is a host and index of indie websites and its lovely seeing people just code the most 2005 coated websites.
Welcome to lemmy, and happy new year!
Is Jellyfin much better than just mashing mp4’s into a folder? I never understood the streaming server hype but also never tried it.
Might not be news to most of you, but I recently discovered personalDNSfilter (https://f-droid.org/pt_BR/packages/dnsfilter.android/), and I’m installing it on any phones I find in front of me.
This app is very lightweight, doesn’t require root, and by default, blocks ads and trackers via dns lists. It can also be used for using custom dns servers, including DoH and DoT or to block other things via custom lists. It’s simple and easy to use, while also allowing power users to do a lot more
RethinkDNS also has all these features; as well as allowing multiple WireGuard VPNs running at the same time. It’s an amazing app.
That one is nice too. I ended favoring personalDNSfilter because I don’t use any vpn and its apk has less than a megabyte. I was impressed at how small it is.
I’ve dabbled in it for a couple years, but this was my first year embracing docker. I now run way more services than I ever have before and don’t shy away from testing new ones out.
I went from someone who avoided new installs at all costs due to the litany of things that could go off the rails to someone who can find a new piece of software and have it running the same afternoon.
It also allows me to do a bunch of testing with a piece of software at home, then just copy and modify the config at work without having to waste precious time setting things up.
I know not everyone is a fan, but my god it’s useful.
Check out Proxmox if you haven’t already.
I used to do the VM approach, but having one script to one service works way better for me personally.
Can you elaborate? I’m still exploring what is best.
ProxMox is what’s known as a HyperVisor or Virtual Machine. The general concept is that each element in ProxMox is an entire operating system, with each service configured in those operating systems. This requires maintaining and configuring an operating system for each service you want to run, or if you install multiple services in a singe host node, you’re back to the config conficts that we’re trying to avoid in the first place.
Docker’s approach is different. With Docker, You can use any host, including a daily desktop OS with many sort of half-VMs that only have access to specific parts of the system as defined in the Docker configuration. For instance, if you just need a service that handles chat, it doesn’t need to access much outside its own data and a port to access the internet. So instead of needing to manage the OS and the service, you’re left with just the service.
Another major boon is that it’s very easy to simply turn them off and back on and have them revert to their working state. If you really manage to screw up a configuration, no more digging through the OS to try and figure out what you can and can’t delete. You just nuke the system and try again. Outside writing the changes, it takes just a few seconds to reboot the service.
And one last bonus is that again, it’s very portable when using Docker Compose. Docker Compose takes this a step further and lets you configure the entire service through a single config file. You can put together multi-service database applications with a copy-paste and a few changes to the config. Absolutely massive time saver for people like me who are terrible at managing database applications, but really enjoy the benefits of them.
I wouldn’t say “made my year” but it does bring me joy whenever I look at it. Floor 796 is a semi-interactive multimedia art project that brings movie, TV, video game, and anime characters together in what I believe is supposed to be one floor of a space station with many rooms. In one such room, an AI or machine is watching all kinds of videos, implying that it is making all these characters from what it sees in our entertainment to populate its otherwise desolate station. You can click/tap on something to see what it is, and if that doesn’t work, then it’s an original character (there are a few of them). Also, some characters vary widely from the original style (like the Simpsons family, they aren’t yellow). You can search to see if your favourites are there, or you can just look around. You can also follow them on Telegram (and maybe others) to get updated when they add stuff.
I don’t want to say too much and spoil it, but check out “PornHub.” It’s been a hell of a year since discovering it.
No bro, you should quit that
I intend to, as soon as I finish watching my way through their full collection.
The amount of porn addicts defending porn addiction is crazy on this platform
Gamehub Lite is pretty wild. It does take some fiddling, but it’s amazing how well (and relatively easily) you can get x86 Windows games to run on a $200 ARM Android device.
I’m 12/13 so far on getting games to work at an acceptable level.
Inexplicably, Vampire Survivors causes the entire device to crash. I guess they pull some pretty silly memory tricks to keep that game responsive with potentially hundreds of thousands of projectiles, so maybe it’s not so surprising.
old.lemmy.world
God damn that’s awesome
Tailscale, docker and recently found pangolin
Diffusion
