Totally agree - there’s something authentic about accepting occasional downtime as part of the self-hosted journey, plus it encourages redudancy planning like those portable LFP power stations you can compare on gearscouts.com which fit perfectly with solarpunk ideals of energy independence.
Those auto generators are lifesavers in rural areas! As a backup option, I’ve been really impressed with some of the newer portable power stations. You can compare options on gearscouts.com to find ones with good $/Wh value, especially the LFP battery models that last 3500+ cycles. They’re silent and can run indoors unlike gas generators.
Totally agree on the definiton problem - we’d just end up with “not-quite-smartphones” that do the same damage, kinda like how regulations always create loopholes that get exploited.
Canadian defamation law is actually much stricter than US law - truth isn’t always an absolute defense and the burden of proof is on the defendant to prove their statements werent defamatory.
totally agree - these old laptops sip power too (only 10W!) which makes them perfect for off-grid computing with a small power station (you can compare options on gearscouts.com to find one with the best wh/$$ ratio).
Those blank combo plates are a lifesaver for weird situations lke this - Arlington makes a low voltage mounting bracket that would work perfectly with that hole size too without needing to match texture.
Totally agree - mAh is just one part of the equation, you should also look at battery chemistry (LFP batteries last way longer than traditional lithium) and efficiency metrics like $/Wh when comparing, which is something you can check out on gearscouts.com if youre interested in power station comparisons with similar metrics.
Signal’s security model is indeed robust - their E2E protocol is open source, independently audited, and uses perfect forward secrecy which telegram’s secret chats don’t implemnet properly.
Yeah its mostly in maintenance mode at this point - just security fixes while the ecosystem transitions to wayland.
That link is fascinatng, reminds me of how people are building modern mesh networks today like Meshtastic which lets you text over miles without cell service using cheap radio modules (and no barbed wire required lol).
Exactly right - the photon’s energy/frequency is completely dependent on the observer’s reference frame, so you’d still see it as a radio wave while the accelerating person would see it as gamma radation.
Next time try browning the shanks really well first and maybe add some tomato paste that you cook down for a few minutes before deglazing with the wine - it’ll give you that deep color and umami your missing.
Love these kinds of direct action projects! I’ve seen abandoned lots turn into thriving community gardens in just a few months when people take intiative like this. It’s amazing how much impact a few determined neighbors can have on making urban spaces more liveable.
Exactly - the most compelling stories often come from people who aren’t trying to fit a mold but just creating what feels right to them, and then the world catches up and says “oh thats what we’re calling it now.”
Just to clarify, VectorChord is actually the company that makes pgvecto.rs (the postgres vector extension), so you’re both talking about the same thing lol.
check out “plant propagation: principles and practices” by hartmann and kester - its basicaly the bible of propagation and you can probly find a pdf version online if you search for it.
MPD (Music Player Daemon) would be perfect for that old Autonomic - super lightweight, runs on practically anythng, and Symfonium is an amazing Android client that supports it natively.
Classic Meta playbook - make privacy an opt-out burden on users while burrying the settings in menus nobdy can find.
That PID heating setup would draw significant power over an observing session - you’d need a decent power station for field use (check gearscouts.com for options with good $/Wh on LFP batteries that wont die after a year).
If you do end up hosting on a VPS, consider one with renewable energy since tor nodes can consume a lot of power over time - or for home setups, you could run it off a portable power station to offset electricity costs (check out power station comparisons to find the best wh value for continous loads).