Most programmers earn a wage, not the full value of their labor.

So i should be able to get one cheap and put coreelec on it??

I backed up my configs, made snapshots, and rebuilt each VM from scratch. If I forgot to copy a cron script, i pulled it from the snapshot. It took a full Saturday, but it was a chance to apply everything ive learned the last 3 years and improve some architecture decisions I’d made when i was first learning. With proxmox, you can build a VM that has the basic things you’ll change on every machine (networking, docker, automatic updates, ssh keys, monitoring) and clone it for each server you need.

I only want my data extracted by honorable japanese capitalists, not american pig capitalist

https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/blog/privacy-nightmare-on-wheels-every-car-brand-reviewed-by-mozilla-including-ford-volkswagen-and-toyota-flunks-privacy-test/

There are several DoH IP lists on github. Find one that is staying updated and use it as an alias to block them all

We had terrible luck with oral b and battery life. Costco exchanged for Philips and they are good so far.

My grandfather (born 1928) cut his thumb off in high school shop class. Ran it thru a table saw.

Exactly, and esp dev boards are super cheap which seemed like one of your goals

Not exactly sure of your use case, but maybe this cpuld work for you. I have a testbed workstation that i crash sometimes. I put the power on a shelly plug, bios set to power on after ac loss.

Problem is- how do I enter the disk encyption password remotely? And more importantly, how do i do it cheaply?

https://github.com/tobiaas/esp32-web-keyboard

I just adjusted the wifi config to join my network instead of broadcasting an AP.

There’s a very short expiration date on intentions. After that, they’re just PR for the system’s true purpose.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does

I got a 32 gig (soldered) thinkpad in Mar 2025 for $1350 delivered. There was a glorious period of $80/tb nvme and $50/stick 16 gig dimms. I was fortunate enough to build some pretty beefy machines with microcenter and marketplace deals.

Ive alwaya assumed 3D printers were new enough that Genie could be put back in the bottle

Rivian gas vehicles have zero sensors. Checkmate athiests!

The smartphone like gadgets and flash are not built to drive and live with every day.

Those features exist for the salesperson to dazzle you with. Some people see a large LCD or shiny wheels and their lizard brain takes over.

I’ve found on my corpo dell-
Disable wifi
Sleep from start menu
Wait until fan stops spinning
Close lid

I find my laptop suffocating itself in my bag every single time i don’t. This way, it only does that 1 in 10 times.

They change the firmware and connectors every year or two to make sure no one can build a universal replacement

There’s a blob in there you will never own

https://apnews.com/article/tsa-precheck-gateside-known-traveler-712d9888d3e7f00307a199c732986364

Ah yes, the best buy of music