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Too bad that simplex is buggy and doesn’t work, or else I would rant how proton requires a phone number to signup and the server side of the app is centralised and proprietary.

Unfortunately as things are now, signal is the only e2ee app (that supports voice calls) that works.

I have never build a machine like that, so I guess I can’t help you much, but like another comment said, it seems like a pain to maintain, I usually have trouble with sata cables losing contact, with that setup there are many cables keen to lose contact.

As for ram I wouldn’t worry about it at all, unless you use zfs 4GB should be more than enough, even 2 or less. Ram is expensive now, so you may want to consider using as little as possible unless you already have it laying around. Does truenas use zfs? If so you may want to use other fs like btrfs or test how well zfs works with the ram you have. I’m not sure zfs is worth the trouble. I wouldn’t buy extra ram.

As for CPU I don’t think it matters much, but like I said, I have never tried your setup. But even an ancient sandy bridge should work fine if it’s just a personal has, with HDDs even with encryption. Works fine on my nas.

Also, if you have access to free old computers you can try a ghetto setup where each each computer only handles 4 drives and then you join them together on a master computer either via nbd or nvme other Ethernet (works on sata too). But that seems like an even bigger pain to maintain and increases your power consumption by a lot.

If that happens my phone becomes useless for me, I have to either sell it or throw it away.

Peertube, but lacks content.

It seems that every few weeks some developer makes this same mistake and a news is published each time.

Yes, security concerns are always reasonable, specially when you’re switching to different software.

Generally speaking most Gnu/Linux distributions are safer than your average windows install, mostly because on windows you download .exe files from developer’s website. Which exposes you to a higher probability of a man in the middle attack between your computer and the website or simply you clicking a fake clone of the website on the search engine.

Installing software on windows is scary, I tend to double check the link from on the search engine, and then on wikipedia and check the wikipedia change history too to make sure the link on wikipedia wasn’t edited.

Even if the link is legit it’s possible that the developer simply forgot to pay for the domain, someone snatched it and is now serving a malicious version. Or simply the server may be compromised.

On Gnu/Linux on the other hand, usually software is installed via the repositories which are signed by the mantainer’s pgp key. That means that even if your server is compromised the package manager wont install the software if the signatures don’t match, if they do match, it’s still possible but very unlikely that the software was compromised somewhere in the supply chain, from the original developer to the maintainer, but as soon as detected the software is quickly removed and it’s usually on your distro’s security notices.

Gnu/Linux is also generally more secure because when you update the system (and you should do it frequently), it updates also all installed applications (assuming you installed them via the repo). So while on windows you still have that same old version of a PDF reader or a video player since you first installed it that may have a known exploit (yes, I know chocolatey exists, but I’m talking about a standard install), on Gnu/Linux the applications are usually up-to-date.

Of course a system is only as secure as the weakest link, if one application is insecure that may compromise the whole system, that’s where you should read hardening guides, you can sandbox applications with bubblewrap or firejail, for sandoxing applications, you can install linux-hardened if you have an arch-based distro, between other things that I never got my head around like SELinux or apparmor.

But why would anyone want to buy a chromebook? When they can buy a real computer for the same price?

If battery life is such an issue, just buy a powerbank.

nutrek is terrible due to kurtzman, besides lower decks and prodigy

I’m quite found of SNWs actually

andromeda was a wierd one, it was KEVIN sorbos own show, by the 2-3rd season he took over the show and made it cringey.

I really think Andromeda took a wrong turn at some point.

I still like that series, but could have been much better.

The low price

Dude, there isn’t anything low about that price. That’s the point, with 600 dollars you can get a very decent computer from pretty much any other brand with at least the double of ram.

You see, you can get an used thinkpad for less than half the price and still have twice the ram.

It’s just a scam product for people who know nothing about computers and will pay for this trash because they simply think “apple a good brand, right?”.

Star Trek, any of them but Discovery, but don’t start with The Original Series

Doctor Who, but start with the new 2005 series.

Worthy mentions: The Orville, Andromeda.

Also, you’re not engaging with the fact that the typical ICE car lasts an average of 12 years.

I will be honest, it’s not like I’m doubting your data, but that number is hard to swallow, a 12 year old car is basically new. Even if people in America throw away new cars just because they need some minor repair that doesn’t mean the car can’t survive 20 years more with proper maintenance.

So how are mechanics going to solve the battery problem? Maybe replace dead batteries with used but still somewhat working batteries? But then after 20 years all batteries for that same model will be dead.

Or are you trying to say that poor people will be able to buy newer cars than they do now, because rich people will dump them sooner?

Real world studies are showing they last about an average of 12-15 years on average

And that’s a problem for ppl who buy 20 year old cars.

A typical level 3 charger will take a battery from 10% to 80% in about 25 minutes. And chargers can be in places where gasoline pumps can’t be, like ordinary parking lots and garages. So the dual purpose parking where you can charge the car while you shop at the grocery store or work out at the gym or sleep overnight at home is just a completely different paradigm from what we’re used to.

Yes, you are right, I take back my “converting gas pumps into EV chargers”, that situation can be solved by having more charge points in other places, unfortunately, as things are know, I know from an EV drive himself that it’s almost impossible to find a free charger at least where I live.

The average car lasts about 12 years, by the way. EVs last basically as long as ICE vehicles

I guess that greatly depends on where you live, since you said “gallons” before I’m assuming US, at least here few people I know can afford a 12 years old car.

Batteries are expected to last the life of the car (10-20 years)

But that’s the problem, because the manufacturer always expects the car to last less than what it really does, poor people buy cars long after their “expected lifetime” has passed, (that is, when the previously owner considers the car to be too unreliable him), that’s when the person who is scrapping by, buys the unreliable car because it’s the only he can afford, now, repairing an old car as it keeps breaking down is expensive, but it’s still doable and much cheaper than buying a new car. But if the batteries are dead and the price of batteries cost as much as they seem to cost, then there’s no way to fix the car.

Also I’m septic if an electric car battery can last 20 years at all, there isn’t any good data on it, but if it uses the same technology as laptops Lithin-ion I don’t see it lasting much more than 10. From my experience Lithin-ion don’t lose capacity in a linear fashion, it’s more like a cliff, one day the laptop lasts an our, next day lasts 10 minutes.

All cars are expected to be recycled when major components are damaged or worn out.

You see, that’s the problem, it’s “Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle”, recycling should be the last option when the object really is at it’s limit and can’t function (and be fixed no more), if things are build to be durable then there’s no need to recycle them.

Charging in your driveway works fine

Would be fun to test how long I could set a power cord down from my apartment window into the driveway without it being stolen or vandalized. Or maybe the police would find some law to fine me for that.

Replaceable batteries make the car cost more, not less, same as engineering in easily swappable engines

Yes, but the lifetime of the car will be much longer, so when you equate the price of the vehicle to it’s useful lifetime it actually becomes cheaper.

The big thing you’re not getting is that POOR PEOPLE DON’T BUY NEW CARS

Yes, and that’s exactly what I’m saying, if poor people don’t buy new cars, and there are no old electric cars in the market because their batteries expired and the cars got recycled instead of repaired.

That’s the thing, even used Pixels are almost twice the price of what I paid for my new phone.

Back when I bought my phone I considered that route. but then since I can’t replace the batteries on new phones without risking destroying the device. And there’s a big probability that the phone comes with an almost dying battery.

I also understand that GrapheneOS can’t be installed on any “unlocked” phone, it needs to be OEM unlocked and most sellers don’t know/specify, so ended up considering too expensive and too much of a risk.

EVs as they are now, are only useful for rich people, for two reasons.

1. Batteries only last 5 to 10 years max, meanwhile poor people drive cars that are at least 20 years old, since replacing the batteries costs usually as much as the whole car, there wont be any of those new electric cars on the road in 20 years.

Electric cars are essentially disposable, where they are expected to be destroyed or “recycled” instead of repaired.

Ofc rich people buy new cars every few years anyway, so it’s not an issue for them.

2. There’s not enough infrastructure for charging electric cars, having to drive extra into a charging station which is usually being used and wait until said charger is free is a too much of an inconvenience for people who already don’t have any free time at hand.

A gasoline car can be fueled in 30 seconds + 2 minutes to pay, and there’s usually a line at most service stations. Even if there’s mass adoption and all gas stations were converted into EV chargers, even if it only takes 10 minutes to charge an EV, that is 12 minutes per person, it would still amplify the queue to the point where it would be impossible to get anything charged.

Ofc rich people can just charge in their backyard or garage at night, so not an issue for them either.

I’m not saying that EVs are bad, but there has to be serious investment in infrastructure and batteries need to be cheaper and cheaply REPLACEABLE in order for the poor to be able to adopt EVs

That’s nice, but how much will those phones cost? Will GrapheneOS be an option on the low end devices or will they only support “some” devices, which happen cost as much as a Pixel anyway?

That’s the problem with pseudo-anonymous platforms, since every post is logged into a single account it becomes possible to trace completely unrelated posts on unrelated threads and in this case even communities and instances, even to the point of stalking.

And the more posts you write the more information a hostile actor has to be able to correlate information. It’s really bad for opsec, since there are no reason for two different posts on two completely unrelated threads to be linked together.

Anonymous image boards are usually much better in that regard, unfortunately chans are nazi bars, so I stopped using them years ago, my guess is that they are also difficult to moderate (though usually the mods are nazis themselves).

What I recommend doing is keep using lemmy but delete your account and make a new one from time to time, I usually do that with every website that requires a login anyway, abandon all old accounts, clear all cookies and browser data, (and apps if you use them), turn off my router overnight so I get a new IP and start anew, make a new email and register new accounts to that email.

Why not just get a Bluetooth receiver (or a raspberry pi if you want true lossless) and stream from the NAS instead?