You will never be able to stop people having biases, I think we have learned that thus far. It is really hard to prevent no matter where you go. What Lemmy allows the individual to do is remove those constantly negative hate groups from being visible for them. Lemmy gives us options, you can block users, communities, and instances. Well that's great and all, but maybe you still want to see political content, just not negative stuff constantly.
Part of being federated is that we can have multiple politics communities of the same name on many different instances. If you have a power mod suppressing one community, you can go to another or create your own under your rules that you see fit. Some moderators and user dynamics do a really good job at removing biases as best they can for the sake of good journalism.
It is no easy feat to accomplish that, but Lemmy (and the fediverse in general) makes it possible to accomplish. You can't say that for many other social networks.
and if you want to play a completely different game from the stanley parable in every way by the same developer, the beginner’s guide is a short story game I would consider a work of art. It definitely is unusual as far as games go and it makes you feel things. It is best played completely blind on information.
The Last Guardian: A story game where you are a small boy and you have a giant cat/bird/dog thing you befriend and try to escape the area. You are almost completely reliant on the animal and it is very unique. If you are an animal lover, you will love this game. This is exclusive to the PS4, but still is highly recommended. If you can't play it, watch a let's play because it is beautiful in more ways than one.
The Stanley Parable: A comedy game where all of your actions have some sort reaction from the narrator. It is a lot of fun. Other people have listed this and can give a better description.
The Beginner's Guide: A game from the developer of The Stanley Parable. However, the games could not be more different. This "game" is basically a story told by the developer who narrates about his time with a fellow game developer. It is very good, will make you think and is best played blind. Just keep in mind that this is not a funny game.
and if you want to play a completely different game in every way by the same developer, the beginner's guide is a short story game I would consider a work of art. It definitely is unusual as far as games go and it makes you feel things. It is best played completely blind on information.
I agree. Love ZFS for the NAS, but for a single drive desktop system, it is almost pointless and in my experience slower for desktop usage. ZFS is great for what it was designed for.
As for why you would want an hba in a non standard server is because of reliability. Sure you could get something cheap but you are gambling with ease of use, bandwidth, stability, and most importantly peace of mind. They may cost more, but I personally think it is worth it. If you are running server software, it may or may not play well with the cheap one.
While I don't have a specific recommendation for the psu, you would want something modular and a high efficiency rating. This server will run 24/7.
If you do want to go the jbod route, make sure you get an external hba so you can route from your current server to the jbod. I believe you can do a fan swap potentially, I am sure someone has done it before. Personally for me, I said fuck it and built a server with a storinator q30 chassis that has reduced noise. Certainly not cheap, but you get what you pay for.
It also really depends on how seriously you want to take your data hoarding. If you aren't concerned about drive bandwidth because you aren't running all the drives at once or if you don't really care about uptime stability, then it can be done cheap-ishly. Good data protection and redundancy adds up quick though, so keep in mind what data is invaluable and what isn't. Backups are mandatory.
If you are running a server os like Truenas or unraid with ZFS, you cannot use a usb connection for the drives. For two reasons, ZFS doesn't like it and will behave erratically but also because the connection can be spotty and drop out. Ubuntu server might be able to be fine with it, but if you ever switch to a data safety focused file system like zfs, you are asking for trouble down the line. I am not sure how btrfs will behave. ZFS doesn't allow for single drive additions at a time, so you would have to buy multiple at a time.
Unfortunately, this hobby is expensive to do well. What you cheap out on now could bite you in the ass later if you decide to do far more than what you originally intended. However, you know your needs better than I. My media library grew far more than expected and I host for a large group of family members.
Please no! I have crumbs at home I have to think about!