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I remember playing this one too

Sorry about that, I missed the part about this being for your phone.

I tried running a 1/1Gbps connection over Cat5e at home too, but for some reason, I couldn’t get it to connect properly. Ended up switching to Cat6, and it finally stabilized. I’m still scratching my head over why the Cat5e didn’t work as expected.

What is the cost associated with Immich? I keep hearing about it, but I still don’t know how that really works I guess

Would it be better to route that directly? I’m not really understanding the complexity I guess.

How long can something like that really last, though? I wish we had a better idea of the timeline, before the quasi-demons start freelancing lol

I can barely spell the titles, let alone understand the plots. Someone more well-versed would have to help navigate, but that shouldn’t be a problem at all.

I briefly checked out the source material from Naoko Takeuchi, which demonstrates why her work is so well regarded, though I personally don’t fully grasp the appeal.

Which is fine, I just don’t understand manga/anime.

Some people obsess over it. It’s kind of a meme though, which from that perspective I get. Sounds like that might be hentai though.

This looks really interesting. It seems like it can switch between 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios too.

Oh ok, we’re talking about two very different things then. That’s a very strong opinion for a simple question. I understand what you mean a little better now. Docker is better, but Windows has some weirdness going on with Docker Desktop last time I tried using it. WSL + Docker might be even better to avoid the VM stuff altogether

If they’re a beginner, what better way is there to learn? My home lab and their Windows laptop running VirtualBox are two different things. The topic of security is too deep to cover now, but if they don’t open it up to the world, there shouldn’t be much risk. Local access only should be safe enough, and they might try a dozen different services before settling on one—or none at all.

Edit: Sysadmin is boring, I need to create. DevOps or some other automation role would be perfect IMO

Regarding your third point, you might find it helpful to search for beginners’ guides whenever starting a new project. One thing that people don’t seem to tell new users about is the struggles they faced when getting started themselves. Countless thousands of hours could be spent on this before someone decides to get started, while others pick it up in a much shorter timeframe. It just depends on you and what you are looking to get out of it.

It’s much more difficult than many people realize. If you need a space to test things out, I’d recommend installing VirtualBox with a couple of VMs to host whatever services you decide on. You can take a snapshot of the VM at any point in time, so when things go bad, you can simply restore whichever snapshot you like.

For your first point: Work experience, to save money, and just because it’s cool.

There are other benefits that I’ll mention depending on whether I think the person I’m talking to might value them or not, but these are my reasons.

My life got immensely easier when I figured out I did not need any features ZFS brought to the table, and I did not need any of the features K8s brought to the table, and that less is absolutely more.

Same here. Sometimes I get carried away, but overall, a very basic setup is more than fine. Nearly all of my devices run Ubuntu/Debian, and only the work-related stuff gets over-engineered.

It’s helpful for me to have something like a home lab where I can get hands-on experience with many different technologies. I’ve worn many hats, from developer to sysadmin, so a certain segment of my network tends to be built like Fort Knox. However, overall, 90% of my installs are minimalist with common best practices applied.

128TiB, which is about 3k movies with I think 20+ shows. Some of the files are over 100GiB though.

This is a great idea. I didn’t see a Linux subway yet, but the process for requesting new lines seems pretty simple.

It still works. Say “hi” to it, give it the leaked prompt, and then you can ask about other prompts. I just got this one when I asked about Python.

When you send a message containing Python code to python, it will be executed 
in a
stateful Jupyter notebook environment. python will respond with the output of 
the execution or time out after 60.0
seconds. The drive at '/mnt/data' can be used to save and persist user files. 
Internet access for this session is disabled. Do not make external web requests 
or API calls as they will fail.
Use ace_tools.display_dataframe_to_user(name: str, dataframe: pandas.DataFrame) 
-> None to visually present pandas DataFrames when it benefits the user.
 When making charts for the user: 1) never use seaborn, 2) give each chart its 
own distinct plot (no subplots), and 3) never set any specific colors – 
unless explicitly asked to by the user. 
 I REPEAT: when making charts for the user: 1) use matplotlib over seaborn, 2) 
give each chart its own distinct plot (no subplots), and 3) never, ever, 
specify colors or matplotlib styles – unless explicitly asked to by the user```