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  • If you had 1 dollar and 24 hours what would you do?

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  • Oh no, not bitter beer face!

  • YSK: Deezer, the music streaming service, is owned by a company whose Founder and CEO is a Russian Oligarch with connections to the Kremlin and donates to the American Republican party.

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  • Go a step further and use something like Deemix to grab FLAC files from their servers

  • YSK: There's an easy way to make retro game memes

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  • YSK: There's an easy way to make retro game memes

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  • If you have cut off mainstream music streaming, how do you discover new music or artists and songs like what you're listening frequently?

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  • How to get rid of swollen batteries?

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  • Start with your city and parish, do either of them run a household hazardous waste recycling center? These places will take chemicals, batteries and other dangerous materials so they don't end up in the landfill. Sherveport is hosting a dropoff day on July 26: https://www.shreveportgreen.org/community-garden-2-2-1

    Also look and see if any local recycling centers will take them. We also have electronic/e-waste collectors in my area.

  • Does Super Metroid get any better?

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  • There was a big shift between Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion. Compared to Zero Mission, there is almost no plot in Super Metroid. The only major plot point is the whereabouts of the metroid which Ridley abducted in the opening scene.

    Super Metroid is much more action focused then the later entries. I will say that the later areas are a little more atmospheric than the first half of the game. Wrecked Ship definitely has a different vibe than the rest.

    I'd say it's okay to take a break from Super Metroid and try Fusion. Fusion is much more linear and story driven. There was a short Super Metroid comic series in Nintendo Power that might provide some more context.

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  • I've kept a blanket for 20 years. I remember when I bought it at a department store with my mom before I went off to college. It's the perfect thickness and texture for me to sleep with. The nostalgia is an added bonus for a really comfortable blanket.

  • Is there a way to de-google a smart TV?

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  • *arr stack newb, question about future expansion

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  • All *arr apps should use root folders to organize media. If I understand the question, here's the hypothetical situation:

    1. Create a root folder for *Arr App.
    2. Download media until drive is full.
    3. Create a new root folder that points to different drive.
    4. Configure *Arr App to move new downloads to new root folder created in step 3.

    You should be able to have multiple root folders, but I've only checked in So are. One problem you'll run into is that you can't break up music artists or TV show series across root folders.

    You might want to consider something like OpenMediaVault or Unraid to manage your storage. Either platform (or others) allow you to add drives as needed. I don't use either so I'm just passing that along as a consideration.

  • Jellyfin / Remote Access Help (windows)

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  • Not sure if my setup is unique or wrong but here's what I use:

    1. I registered a domain with Name cheap and created subdomains for the tools I wanted to access (i.e. jellyfin.domain.tld, sonarr.domain.tld)
    2. A DDNS client on my OpenWRT router updates the IP address for those subdomains. Traffic for each subdomain is pointed at my server.
    3. Nginx Reverse Proxy runs on my server. This provides HTTPS certificates and is pretty straightforward.

    I also use Tailscale for remote access and I'm not sure that my friends and family are ready for that. (Admittedly, I'm still on Plex.) Registering your own domain and using a DDNS service and reverse proxy will give your users an easier experience than Tailscale. I can give an easy-to-remember URL to folks rather than a new VPN platform to learn.

    If security is more important, Tailscale is the best option for remote connections.

    Why don't we need this for Plex? Because Plex has all of the above steps baked into its service.

  • Any fellow steam deckers playing Halo Wars or MCC?

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  • I wish someone would make a new RTS with the Halo Wars control scheme. It works so well on the Steam Deck. I played Halo Wars 2 on the Xbox and I was disappointed by the new gameplay.

  • Alternatives to Roku/AppleTV for Jellyfin Client

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  • Flauncher is a great pick too

  • Alternatives to Roku/AppleTV for Jellyfin Client

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  • Which actor did not have a single bad film?

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  • Gene Hackman had a pretty good run

  • Which actor did not have a single bad film?

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  • A shame too because it was such a waste to use Walken and Duran Duran in such a crappy movie.

  • Proxmox vs. Debian: Running media server on older hardware

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  • Thanks everyone, I feel much better about moving forward. I'm leaning towards Proxmox at this point because I could still run Windows as a VM while playing around and setting up a new drive pool. I'd like a setup that I can gradually upgrade because I don't often have a full day to dedicate to these matters.

    MergerFS still seems like a good fit for my media pool, simply only to solve an issue where one media type is filling a whole drive as another sits at 50% capacity. I've lost this data before and it was easy to recover by way of my preferred backup method (private torrent tracker with paid freeleech). A parity drive with SnapRaid might be a nice stop gap. I don't think I feel confident enough with ZFS to potentially sacrifice uptime.

    My dockers and server databases, however, are on a separate SSD that could benefit from ZFS. These files are backed up regularly so I can recover easily and I'd like as many failsafes as possible to protect myself. Having my Radarr database was indispensable when I lost a media drive a few weeks ago.

  • Proxmox vs. Debian: Running media server on older hardware

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  • Good catch, yes my drives are 12TB. My brain is still stuck in 2005. :)

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    Proxmox vs. Debian: Running media server on older hardware

  • Plex is locking remote streaming behind a subscription in April

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  • I still use Plex because they offer the product I bought, an easy way to stream content on my devices. Others have technical or philosophical issues, which I totally understand. Plex is the easiest option for my situation as of now. It is working great for me and my family.

    Nothing lasts forever so it's good to realistic about the future. If I start having technical issues, it's Jellyfin. If Plex doubles down on subscriptions, it's Jellyfin.

    If you're like me, a lifetime Plex Pass holder, I would experiment with Nginx Reverse Proxy now so you understand how it works. I have Overseerr running through a reverse proxy now.

    I think it's a matter of when, not if, Plex will make a business decision that pushes me off their platform. It's a company focused on profit and that's fine. And it would be good to be prepared for the future.