As with all systematic changes like that, the point is more about the impact on the future generations.
Thought to be honest, hexadecimal doesn't feel weird to me as someone who frequently analyzes hexdumps. I'd wager it's totally something you can learn.
Just because the destination IP address is not a LAN address? That's not misconfiguration, that's a legitimate use of NAT reflection/loopback. If that's how it determines who is streaming remotely then just run it behind nginx that forgets to set the correct headers.
Edit: Apparently Plex centrally relays all the traffic? Self-hosted my 🍑, it's not self-hosted if you need to rely on their server.
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I'll do you one better. Do you know what a windows update killed on my multi boot system? It killed the windows bootloader. I'm working on a permanent solution to fixing this bootloader fudgery.
Living in Germany I can't stand any more brutalism. It has become the "standard" because it's just the cheapest to leave the raw concrete exposed.