3 arm Tux, nice!
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joined 2 years ago
Not sure why anyone is still using Verizon.
US Mobile has access to their networks and it's cheaper. Same service. Been with USM for nearly 2 years now. My parents and siblings all switched over too. Moved our numbers over with zero issues.
Verizon not in your area? Cool, USM also has access to T-Mobile and ATT.
People need to learn to shop around, especially in the current economy we're in.
Yeah and the stuff releasing right now will be "old hardware" in 5 years.
I'm still gaming on a Ryzen 1700X. And my GPU is a used RTX 3080 I bought off eBay for $500 two years ago.
That 3080 was over $1000 during the GPU craze last time. And what was I using before that 3080? A 1080ti I bought at MSRP, which I still have and is my backup because hey, it's nearly 10 years old and still works.
I'm not saying go buy a dual core Pentium, but "old hardware" isn't some boogeyman and "we will eventually not have old computers" is like saying we'll never have old cars.
And guess what, if everyone stopped buying all this overpriced crap then prices would come down, but we all know that isn't going to happen.
Great post and I agree 100%!
something new shows up
Doesn't even have to be a new thing either. Video games are still used as a scapegoat. Same as with music, and TV shows, and movies.
The "internet" is still killing teenagers because of social media bullying.
I wished our lawmakers were of a less senile age so we can write and pass more appropriate laws for this stuff...but not much we can do.
This is where I'm at. I'm selling off some old DDR3 RAM I have and I'm hanging onto my DDR4 stuff and systems.
Just bought a 3700X to replace an aging Ryzen 1700X. $100 on eBay, so not bad.
For your 5800X if it does die(*knock on wood) then at least you can snag a 5700X or 5800X on eBay for $200. Hopefully that stays consistent.
Looks like someone used that shadify url generator lmao
Yeah and the e-waste centers will clean up the hardware and resell it.
It'll be a flood into the market. Supply and demand and all that.
I'm surprised to not see this suggestion, but Plex does music pretty well and they have an app dedicated for music/audio called "Plexamp". Though I don't think this app is on things like AppleTV/Roku(haven't looked).
It's so-so when it comes to playlist building...but the app on mobile works and I use it for audiobooks mainly, but I am starting to plan to use it switch off Spotify here soon.
or should I consider other software?
Unfortunately I had similar thoughts and plans that you outline here(receipt scanning into budgeting), but the amount of work involved was...too much for my liking.
I instead opted for a paid solution, which is Monarch: https://www.monarch.com/
It's $100 a year, but they have a promotion(they always run promotions), where you can do your first year for 50% off with code: NEWYEAR2026
So far my wife and I have been loving Monarch. We linked our bank accounts and other financial institutions(401k, brokerages, IRAs, etc.) and everything mostly "just works". There is an odd time or two where a bank account needs to be re-signed into to re-auth because token/api expired/changed, but again, the app works and does things well.
I'd suggest looking into it. I'm usually a huge proponent of self-hosting everything, but this is one of the few things I caved on...
It worked for me? Not sure if OP changed it, but it goes to the latest repo just fine.
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Honestly you can probably find a N100 or N150 miniPC online for cheap, like $200 USD or less. Install Proxmox(or just install Ubuntu or whatever), install Docker+DockHand, and then install Tailscale and from your laptop/computer with Tailscale on it. You'll be able to remotely access it, spin up whatever servers you want, and I doubt your campus IT will even see anything due to the tailnet mesh.
If you're not living on campus, then even better, just self host your own stuff.