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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It's in perpetual beta and is free as long as you don't want to run multiple copies at a time. I had so many DVDs to rip I bought a license. It can also rip UHD Blu-rays if you have the correct drive. Not sure why it would say it's too old, are your date settings in windows correct? The forum is filled with people doing exactly what you describe and is a great resource. https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=20579

Jellyfin newbie in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (5 children)

MakeMKV is pretty much the standard for ripping Blu-rays. You can then use handbrake to reencode to something more efficient.

Can someone give me advice on vacuum cleaners? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Since you are in Germany, buy a sebo. Great power and supposedly inexpensive since they are made in Germany. Some of them come with 10 year warranties and replacement parts are readily available.

Also if you want repairability, do not buy a Shark. They have 900 models and getting replacement parts can be extremely hard because they don't make the same model for very long. Dyson is slightly better in that regard but not much.

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Small VPN Access Device? (lemmings.world)

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I think this fits the rules but If this doesnt let me know and I'll delete. Hey all, Overall problem statement: I'm looking for a small device (SBC if available) that I can use as a tail scale access point for travel and I'm hoping someone has done something similar. Basically I would like to have something small enough that I can toss in my travel bag that I can hook into a hotel network and have access to my home services (mainly jellyfin) on my kindle/work laptop. Not all of my devices support VPN or tailscale and having them already on a known network with built in VPN makes it 10x easier to deal with when traveling (login into hotel WiFi with a kindle Paperwhite sucks!) Ideally it would have dual gig Ethernet and built in WiFi. If this works out well enough I would like to give a few of these to the family so they can access things as well, so cost is a bit important.

I found a banana pi R3-mini that I thought would work out of the box (wifi6 + dual gig + small) but it seems too new for full software support with tail scale and I don't currently have the skills to roll my own software for it. Is there anything out there that you all have used for this type of use case?

I know I can switch to wire guard but I'm not confident I can set that up securely and reliably but if that's my only option I think I did find a good guide.

So I'm at a crossroads of learning to build my own openwrt install with the correct packages, learning how to setup wire guard, or asking for recommendations.

Edit: Thanks for all the recommendations. Looks like openwrt has released a new build for the banana pi that I have so I'm going to try that again before trying to setup wire guard. The GL.inet devices look like they have an older version of openwrt, so they support tailscale via the openwrt package manager but it can be unstable. Some people have even called it alpha on those devices. So I'm hoping the newest version on the bpi-r3 will allow a more stable tailscale. I'll try to report back once I play around with it more.

What's the best fizzy water? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

This is a crazy recommendation but I think Canada dry plain seltzer is basically as good as topo Chico. I got some at a gas station the other day cause I was dying of thirst and it was as good as topo Chico my wife thought so too.

What specific variety of some fruit do you prefer? (A particular apple, a certain mango, etc.) in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Sweetango apples and sumo mandarin oranges. Sweetangos are the better honey crisp.

copyrighted music for player piano? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There are utilities that convert mp3 to midi. That might be an easier route.

Phone plan research help? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

As someone who A/B tested mint and T-Mobile. They are virtually the same (mint is owned by T-Mobile) but in the middle of no where Kansas T-Mobile had full data but mint only had voice/text. I'm 98% sure that's because it was a dead zone for T-Mobile so you defaulted to roaming on a locally owned tower. So keep that in mind if you travel a lot to sparsely populated areas.

We decided to stick with T-Mobile in the end just because both the W and I got big pay bumps but if we hadn't I would have strongly considered switching.

Microsoft, Google, Amazon and tech peers sign pact to combat election-related misinformation in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Click through and both are listed. Does that mean anything will change, no.

Santa came late last year, but hard in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I just got 2 of these (x22 version) for my Jellyfin. Supposed to be here tomorrow! I don't think I could drop $1k for that many.

Amazon exec says it’s time for RTO: ‘I don’t have data to back it up, but I know it’s better’ in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 42 points 9 months ago

Bro, trust me bro - dumb AF execs.