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SimpleX is not suitable for larger group chats.
XMPP has a few quite popular privacy related public channels: https://search.jabber.network/search?q=privacy
(For those unaware: xmpp participant counts are actively connected users, not like Matrix or Discord that counts who ever joined the room years ago and never came back).
Have you consider using a note taking app with server sync instead of abusing a chat service for the same thing?
This is indeed interesting, but doesn’t fix the fundamental issue of banking etc. apps refusing to run on non-stock Android versions.
And doesn’t it seem foolish to oppose mass transit even from the selfish car driver standpoint?
City mass transit often comes with the idea to exclude cars from inner city areas, or at least slow them down and use street space for better purposes. Which is why car lobby associations usually oppose them.
Hmm, that doesn’t sound like my issue. As soon as I turn on SteamVR the sound goes haywire. I can still use other headphones fine without any issue, but the built in ones have distorted sound with SteamVR running (but not when I turn that off).
No problems with the built in headphones? I can’t get them to sound right… there seems to be some sort of samplerate shift as soon as I start SteamVR with my HTC Vive Pro.
Ah, I was hoping to hear about experiences with the PSVR2 on Linux. Too bad it doesn’t fully work yet. But that it is only a problem with the app might mean Monado support is possible.
Yeah, Occulus and Linux are not the best friends. There are some work arounds to make it somewhat work with SteamVR, but don’t expect too much.
My recommendation would be to look for a second hand Valve Index or HTC Vive if using it on Linux is your priority.
Or wait for the rumored new standalone headset from Valve, but that will probably not happen before end of 2025 if at all.
Says the person who doesn’t watch the full video because it apparently doesn’t fit into their ideological world view…
Well, if you only watch the beginning how can you assume it is the “full picture”.
But besides it being not the full argument, the video is largely about how the counter arguments and economic models used to inform governments are even less the “full picture”.
The EU is failing because some of the individual member states are too strong. The same is true on global level where some overly large states or similar constructs form competing power blocks.
Increasing regional integration is basically a local optimum that makes global integration impossible.
Pcie slots also allow adding more nvme ssd drives, although sadly most mainboards do not support pcie bifurcation, so you will be limited to a single nvme ssd per slot.
Up to RPi4 the power efficiency was a lot better, but performance wise you really struggled due to lack of options to connect faster storage. With the RPi5 becoming more power hungry (but also more performant) it is less clear cut, and price wise a refurbished x86 pc isn’t really more expensive either.
All in all I would say the benefits of using standard x86 outweigh the slightly higher power use these days. RPis are still good if you need the specific hardware GPIO etc. that is has though. But for self-hosting go for x86 and be mindful of peak loads (these CPUs become much more power hungry on higher clock-speeds, especially turbo-boost).
Look of a refurbished thinclient with a 6th or 7th gen Intel CPU with the “T” at the end (for example i5 6500T). Those are basically power optimized mobile CPUs for desktop PCs. Those are currently best value for money IMHO.
Alternatively use an old laptop, which is great for beginners, but storage extension will be very limited.
If all you want is Nextcloud, you are probably better off getting a managed service like this: https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-share/
It’s just an easy to setup XMPP server, so you get full federation out of the box.
It would be ok, but a bit lonely, no?
Better look into Snikket.
You can always look for a 12V car adapter charger for your laptop. For older 19V input ones (or similar) they are quite cheap and not that inefficient.
Modern laptops with USB-C power-delivery complicate things a bit as they use variable voltage and thus you need a special charger.
I also have a foldable one that directly discharges to USB. Never really occurred to me to charge a USB power bank with it during the day though 😅
It’s very useful to charge my video drone during camping trips though.
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