Kaigyo @ Kaigyo @lemmy.world

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Right? I made the realization a while ago that refurbished mini PCs are a way better fit for most of my homelab needs.

Sure, if power consumption is your #1 priority then you'd want some ARM solution. But for my use cases, I've found myself fighting with software support and the relatively low computational power of even the newer RPis.

Also, T-series Intel chips (the low power ones) have pretty good idle power consumption and don't spin up the fan too much given their lower power. And a lot of uses cases require sticking a fan and heat sinks on an RPi so you lose the quietness benefit.

Also also, you (still?) need proprietary blobs to use a bunch of the hardware on RPis. You can go full open source on a regular old PC.

Have you considered/tried streaming games from your primary desktop PC? Obviously very dependent on your situation's specifics, but that's one of the things I do with the Linux htpc I have set up.

And then you wouldn't have to worry about games and NAS stuff competing for system resources.

I'd personally go the hypervisor route (I'm using proxmox, truenas, and an *arr stack on my NAS). It keeps things compartmentalized (especially network configurations) and usually keeps me from breaking everything at the same time.

Ah, I think I understand. Although, my take on those dullster communities is that they're less about being a boring human but more of a recognition that a lot of tasks are pretty mundane but deserve a place to be discussed/celebrated. There may be value to be found in posting your successes and discussing them.

I don't know of any communities that are specifically about what you're looking for, but I guess you could also check in !adhd@lemmy.world and ask.

Do you mean to creating a community? There's a button in the header navigation to do that. An entire instance would be overkill.

Although, you might consider checking out !dull_mens_club@lemmy.world and !dullsters@dullsters.net. Those seem like the sort of vibe you're going for.

Just jump in the deep end and install NixOS. 😉

I was seduced by the possibility of permanent "new computer smell" and it is 100% worth the fiddling: https://grahamc.com/blog/erase-your-darlings/

Do people actually think that produce in stores sits there for a week? Most of it is gonna be restocked daily for bigger stores... like twice a week at worst.

Also, just taking your produce out of it's packaging immediately before storing in the fridge will help immensely with the moisture build up causing mold.

That's fair. But since you do have a Switch, I'd still recommend finding a used copy of Yoshi's Crafted World if you haven't played it.

If you're open to doing emulation, there's a multitude of Nintendo games that are amazing couch co-op.

Last thing I remember was him dropping a hard R.

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If it has hierarchical organization like files/folders, then miller columns. I wish there was a decent Linux file browser with miller columns; it's one of my favorite things in macos.

If the cover art/thumbnail is helpful for quickly visually scanning, then grid. This is for things like my movies and shows in Kodi.

Everything else should be a list.

Basically, I could send you my configuration file (and lock file) and you could run a single command to get a system that looks/runs identical to mine.

If you're making a starter from nothing, yeah it would likely take a week or two. But it's not difficult or very hands-on; you're just combining water and flour for a couple minutes each day and waiting for yeast rng.

Oh, I've never tried making the starter from nothing; mine is from a friend. It's probably easier just to ask around.

I've had good results with https://www.joshuaweissman.com/post/sourdough-bread (definitely watch the video).

If you have a stand mixer then follow this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEAHA6OHxPs

My personal tips:

• Do the resting parts in your oven with the oven light turned on. That should provide a good warm space without having to heat a whole room.
• I find cutting the top with scissors (like in the second video) easier than using a razor
• If your dough doesn't look like it's getting big enough, let it rest/proof for longer; you're probably more likely to accidentally under-proof your dough than over-proof while learning
• You can use any oven-safe pot + pan that fit together if you don't have a dutch oven type of thing (check their rated temps though)
• You can use a tea towel/dish towel (just something not fluffy/fuzzy) in a bowl if you don't have bannetons
• Your bread probably looks better photographed than irl ("the camera adds 10 pounds", but to your bread)

Sourdough is super easy though! Probably barely an hour of actual hands-on time from start to finish with no-knead methods.

Yeah, I've only ever heard bad luck when it comes to prime and laptops. Usually, like you mentioned, due to limitations imposed in the BIOS.

The best thing I ever did was configure prime offloading so basically everything but games runs on my integrated graphics.

Still borked my graphics a few times setting that up, but I'm on nixos so it wasn't a big deal.

But before: