Why keep DNS on Cloudflare?? Quad9 is where it’s at! Supports DNSSEC, DoT or DoH, QUIC, no log, no BS.

Want it on your phone out and about (and not already using a VPN?) https://dns.quad9.com/dns-query or use the app.

I love homelabbing as much as the next guy… But at my current job, i get enough fix to not do so much at home. And work sort of acts like my Dev environment and home is my production anymore.

I want to run something? I stand up a test at work and often implement it. Once familiar, now it’s faster to setup something similar at home instead of eating precious family or me time.

Having said that. I have NUT servers on every UPS/IDF (about 14) and it’s helped numerous times when power is lost. I get a alerts through NTFY and can fix before my UPS goes offline. My batteries are overkill so it buys me about 45-60 minutes too. I’m also now protective and not reactive, so i get to avoid a bunch of complaints.

The other bonus: I spend company money and not my own 😅😅. But most stuff is useful and worth it. I learned to also inform upper management and/or owners each time something I good saves my ass so they know its working and not a waste of money. At least it helps avoid the appearance I’m (always) sitting on my ass all day.

Vs the 200b they were seeking?! AND this is over there next decade, so, not accounting for inflation, is fucking chump change!!

Fun fact: I have my device in airplane mode 90% of the time and only use WiFi. My device ID/name is “Unknown device” specifically so it looks like random or no good. I also use randomized Mac addresses.

I’m free of xfinity/Comcast, but for anyone else I know who uses it, I freely offer my professional IT tips to change DNS, recommend modem/gateway, etc.

I have around 130TB redundant and it wouldn’t equate to Netflix. Though I store in higher quality than most, but you’d need low quality like 720p utilizing h.265 or AV1 to save space to hold all that. Likely anything you download would be h.264 so you’d need to convert all that media too.

Awesome!! About time. Time to go update stuff!

Honestly, any secure messaging app would suffice! Maybe minus Signal since that needs a phone number currently.

I use an XMPP server to do messaging for my kid without a “real phone”.

Honestly, with lineage it’d be pretty locked down as they couldn’t do Google play apps for major social media, but I guess it depends on how old and knowledgeable they’d be about loading micro G for that stuff.

Also, iirc, you can use an MDM with Lineage OS bc it’s still Android at its core, which could run Android enterprise, and Manage Engine does full MDM for free under 25 licenses/devices. Might be worth a test to deploy apps that way. I’ve done that for regular Android devices when my oldest wanted more freedom without me having to utilize Google all the time.

USS Nodefleet

Did anyone make an instance called starfleet?.. Since, you know… It’s federated?

“DOES NOT COMPUTE!”

-Zuck probably

They’re under 24/7 watch by that Indian company I thought, for “ai training”.

“I’m not gay, but $20 is $20.”

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