How could I forget! Also SmartTube for Android TV.

Invidious, Newpipe, PipePipe, yt-dlp, uBlock Origin. Is revanced still a thing? Anyway, don’t watch ads.

Roof flashings could be made of lead as well.

This reminds me of the cover of All Hope is Gone by Slipknot.

I know USB drives work well enough for most people, but I had never-ending issues when I was first trying to set up my media server. All of my problems went away once I connected my drives internally. Well, not all of my problems, just my hard drive related ones. :)

What is the brand / model of the mini PC you’re using?

If you aren’t using both of the NVME slots, you can get an adapter to clip into those slots that has SATA ports on it. I’m using a SilverStone ECS07, I’ve also used a smaller one from IO Crest to give me two SATA ports on an SBC based media server that I was running for eight or so years before outgrowing it.

If you have 2x SATA SSD connections available, you should be able to connect 2.5 inch SATA HDDs to them without problems. 3.5 inch drives need 12 volt and 5 volt, whereas 2.5 inch drives get away with only needing 5V. It’s likely that your mini PC hasn’t ever thought about powering extra drives, so you may need to sort out a power supply for the extra drives. I have a tiny little power supply that I harvested out of an mITX case many years ago that I use to power the drives, and the power supply for the mini PC just powers the mini PC.

Can’t help in regards to using Amazon, but some of the Lenovo Minis have an m.2 slot on the underside, as well as the 2.5 drive in the top. I think the M920q and some others have two m.2 slots.

If you want maximum jank, you can split the m.2 into 5 SATA ports, then leave the bottom panel off and to connect to drives in your drive bay. That’s what I’ve done. You’ll need a separate power supply for the drives, though.

I’m Australian, so the only time I’ve heard butter tarts referenced was in the intro to Steal My Sunshine by Len.

Now that I’ve looked them up, I’m gonna have to make some. How do I do y’all proud? Any tips or suggestions?

My conspiracy theory: The loud voices calling for a 25 percent tax are paid by the gas companies to make it sound like 25 percent is enough.

The US has a significantly higher incidence of knife crime than the UK.

Buddy of mine was stung in a similar manner.

Credit company advertised 2 years interest free. The scheduled repayments kicked off either a fortnight or a month (can’t remember exactly, this was over 20 years ago) from the purchase date. This made the last payment fall outside of the interest free period, causing you to pay for all of the interest that would have been accrued in that period.

Making one extra payment probably would have been enough to clear it before the 2 year mark.

Faris Odeh only did it for the clout.

Gates over Auschwitz:

Arbeit macht frei, dumme Gans.

Exactly. I’m Australian, even though my name is Billy Congo Free State.

Maybe Iran will commit to the ceasefire in the same way Israel committed to the Gaza ceasefire?

Just like when Mossad agents broke into a warehouse and stole hundreds of thousands of documents about Iran’s nuclear program? Then the US and Israel used the information therein as an excuse to back out of the Iran Nuclear Deal, even though it didn’t reveal anything meaningful that they didn’t already know?

No, Trump is working on forcing somebody, anybody to “justify” either his invoking of the Insurrection Act, XOR invoking martial-law.

Is that a logic gate? An OR is also quite likely.

They’re about as gay as every other generation, they’re just generally more open about it.

Because they are. Those sticks and plastic still meet the minimum requirements, though.