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MuttMutt

@ MuttMutt @lemmy.world

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  • What events are you looking forward to in 2026?

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  • Absolutely. Already replaced the roof, plumbing supply lines, and electrical systems. 18K houses need work but the payoff is huge.

    Right now I've got about 5600 invested in my solar system. Mainly the racking and then batteries. Once it's in place I have the option to add another up to 4.8KW. Local power rate sucks for the area. Mid summer the power is around .20 per kwh, the co-op nearby is less than half that. House is all electric and I run a couple servers so it adds up quick.

    Google is building a datacenter in the next county over and a few more are coming in elsewhere, they are supposed to provide most of their own power but no one is sure if they are or not. I've seen a couple high renewable line upgrades and additions for power equipment which seem to be upgrades for reliability and filtering in the local grid. All the original 230kv lines have been upgraded to 345kv.

    I'm in town but my house is ideal for a small vertical axis wind turbine. Generally at times wind is up solar is down, but gotta figure a few things out. One of the turbines that sit along a wall would be great but I have to figure out a design I can make and will be practical.

  • What events are you looking forward to in 2026?

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  • Ocean. I'm rescue certified and trying to get going as a videographer on a shoestring budget. Eventually going to expand my skill set some more so I can do some mine dives a few hours from where I live. Hopefully get to the point where I can do some cenote dives to play in the halocline.

  • What events are you looking forward to in 2026?

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  • I've got 7.2KW waiting to go on the roof. 400W bifacial panels with Enphase IQ8A'S. I have 3 panels running now and they generally shave 3kwh per day of my bill right now. In the summer peak the same 3 panels shave twice that off. Just have to get the racking materials and a few other things so I can get started.

    I'm lucky that I can DIY the whole system where I am at. Hopefully the battery systems will start to drop in price before long.

  • What events are you looking forward to in 2026?

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  • April 1st I travel to Cozumel Mexico for a couple weeks of diving. Another 30 hours in my happy place (up to 100 feet under water) will be amazing.

  • What events are you looking forward to in 2026?

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  • Ubuntu 24.04 is doing well for me. I use the cinnamon flavor. Switch the scheduler to performance, before that with multiple apps open while gaming there was stuttering it the CPU load was below a certain amount (Ryzen 5800X). After switching to performance all stuttering was gone.

    Liquorix Kernel is something else I am looking at utilizing since I also edit 4K 60FPS video on the same computer.

  • What are some unique things that sucks about getting old?

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  • I was told once many years ago by a retired (kinda) member of a major biker gang the following:

    "Getting old ain't for pussies."

    I was around twelve, he wasn't lying, I'm forty-six now. All the stupid crap you have done early on in your life will come back around and cause aches and pains. You have to force yourself to keep moving through the pain or you will end up doing next to nothing every chance you get.

    My mind has always kept me at home so I can't say much there, I've never been to a club and rarely go to bars. I'm just not a social person.

  • When/how frequently do you replace your phone with a new one?

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  • Because I use my phone for banking I am stuck with OEM android. I have an S21 that loses support soon, that pushes me to upgrade when the next version comes out but will also be jumping to the S26 Ultra. The S26 series gets updates for 7 years so after that I will look at upgrading again.

    Hardware changes are no longer huge leaps like they used to be. With devices no longer being functionally obsolete every few years squeezing as much life as possible is the new game.

    My old devices end up being used for dashboards for HomeAssistant or turned into picture frames. So they will live on and still be useful for a long time.

  • What's a standalone movie that deserves a good sequel?

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  • Léon: The Professional

    Did she grow up to be a nice girl or a cleaner?

  • Wondering if running a single user Lemmy is an overkill

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  • I will have to take another look. I've seen it before but didn't see anything about Lemmy and such.

  • What are good options for self hosting home security camera?

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  • I use Reolink. Some of the older cameras don't work as well but setting them to reboot on a schedule works pretty well.

    Frigate is not able to control the PTZ function of my RLC-823S1 but the Duo 3V is amazing. I would like to be able to track people who step onto my porch so I can get an image of their vehicle or direction of travel, but I mainly just use it to look around if I hear a noise.

  • OpenWRT router

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  • Hardware routers can be killed for many reasons. Age and an inability to upgrade them to suit current needs is the biggest one. OEM's do this fairly quickly as they build devices with the resources to work for today and maybe tomorrow. After their product is no longer made they want it to be obsolete not long after so they can claim they can support is no longer viable. Then you but another router and they make money.

    OpenWRT tries to augment and support devices for as long as possible but at the same time the hardware limitations still exist and often the storage will no longer support the latest version due to the size of the new version.

    As far as when that will happen depends on multiple factors that have the ability to change at any time. There viable be a massive flaw in a portion of the software that requires a huge rewrite and the addition of code that will make the software too large to fit.

    Sometimes someone will create a version with less used features available so that it can still be used but it's a losing battle

    If you want true longevity repurpose an old computer into a router. OpnSense is what I use and recommend. Add in something like a TP-Link EAP650 or two and you have a rock solid platform that can handle a lot more and last much longer. Add Power Over Ethernet (POE) along with an Omada controller and you can position the AP in a place where it will work the best for your use. You can have enough access points to have a full signal anywhere even if your place is the size of the Louvre. When new technology comes out you can upgrade the AP's as needed when needed and upgrade the router as well in a similar fashion.

  • Wondering if running a single user Lemmy is an overkill

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  • It's something I've wanted to do for a while. Honestly I want to host a Lemmy instance and my own peertube instance.

    Two things are stopping me. I don't understand certain points of how things interact in the software or how to set it up properly to self host and be comfortable in it's security. I barely understand docker and some other stuff. It sucks because I understood how to use DOS at an around 14 by reading the manual. I also don't have the funding to do so in a way that I would feel comfortable at this point. I don't fully trust co-mingling my home services with web services due to the security risks.

  • If you could add one book to the required reading curriculum for people under 18, what would it be?

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  • War and Peace.

    When they successfully finish they can graduate.

  • Are You Emotionally Prepared To Die?

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  • In first grade I dreamed of taking my own life because I was miserable. I guess I instinctively knew my mother hated my existence. She stored a 5 gallon bucket nearly full of paint thinner in my closet that leaked and I lived in that for around 6 months before she "found" it. We had a garage and a basement so why store it in a child's closet? She confirmed that when she later told me while drunk that she had her whole life planned out and then she had me.

    I was an outcast in school. I've been literally thrown on the ground and kicked so badly the school sent me to the hospital because they were worried about internal bleeding. I didn't even know the kid and was locking my bicycle up and blind sided that time.

    I was molested by my cousin. Told I was worthless by my mother and her boyfriends, forced to eat adult sized food portions from a young age. Thrown on the ground and had my head shoved in the gravel because I couldn't keep a grip on an old trash water heater and dropped it by her boyfriend/2nd cousin. Punched by him because I didn't find something fast enough. Among other things.

    Ended up married to a woman who had multiple miscarriages, had a son born 3 months premature who died in the NICU at 9 days old. Eventually gave up on the idea of children after another miscarriage. She was injured at work and got hooked on pain killers, then decided to leave me.

    My second wife passed away after a long illness. I woke up one morning to find her warm and not breathing. I started CPR and nearly lost it when I broke her ribs.

    I'm also considered high intelligence. My iq is around 140. I honestly feel like a failure.

    Feel free to feed the following prompts into your favorite Ai and let it do the math.

    What would an assumed IQ of a 3rd grade child be if they were told they were ranked in the top ten percentile of children through standardized testing.

    And in 8th grade the same child was told that their standardized testing showed they had all of their scores ranked at a minimum of a sophmore in college with some area's being closer to graduate school levels what would their assumed IQ be.

    I literally relive my life all the time with memories playing in my head on repeat while I process them. It's a form of C-PTSD caused by my experiences and intelligence. I also deal with recurring headaches and body pain. I truly only feel at peace when I am under water.

    I've nearly died a couple times for various reasons. I nearly had my foot ripped off by a machine while working construction. My hands are all scarred from injuries. I made peace with my life ending years ago. I'm not suicidal I just don't really care.

  • Is there a way to install Windows 11, somewhat bloatware/AI free? (It's for college.)

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  • This is where computers with two dives shines. If you install windows on a drive then remove it and install a second drive with anything else you like you can then manually swap the drive in the UEFI just like booting from USB or optical when both are installed.

    Another option is grab a second drive (nvme or sata) that works in your computer. Swap it out for test taking physically. You can also check if your computer can access a memory card directly and use that to install a removable os on, cfexpress would be ideal but the drives can get insanely expensive. Microsd express would work but it's slower.

    Can't help with windows 11. Never used it beyond looking in a store at a computer. I disliked 10 and ran openshell just to make it usable. Didn't even want to try to fix 11 once linux was viable.

  • What paid software is absolutely worth the money?

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  • I agree it's super stake and works well. The new UI for TV's is a fail.

    There is a school of design thought that says you should be able to navigate to what you need in 3 clicks or less. Old school windows xp is an example, most everything needed was start, mouse over programs and click to access it. It you used it frequently it was start, click on the program. The longest was start, control panel, and then the app you needed.

    Plex's new UI has me hitting the back button so many times it's faster to exit and come back in when before it was a simple scroll left and move around. To get to movies I have to move up then click multiple times and move down to browse instead of just moving let and clicking movies. As soon as anything else is able to support my library and allow me to use an old school plex interface like what the web browser still does Plex is dead to me. They have already stated the new UI is the future and they are going to eventually move to a more roku type model to profit from streaming. If they would keep the old UI available for people who prefer it I would stick around. They also split the android app so you his need 3 different apps if you have video, audio, and picture libraries.

  • What paid software is absolutely worth the money?

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  • Divemate, better than keeping logs in different apps if you change computers. Android only, sorry. If you chew the fruit you gotta find something else.

    Plex Media Sever used to be great and well worth the lifetime pass. With the recent UI changes I would drop kick it if I could. Sadly the other options just don't work right with large libraries.

    Torque pro is nice especially if you have a turbo charged vehicle. Free is fine if you just need to check codes.

  • What paid software is absolutely worth the money?

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  • Try Canta and Shizuku. It's a pair that work together and allow you to remove anything.

  • Ignoring the internet bill itself, how many paid online services do you have?

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  • 4 domain names. .net x1 .us x2 .org x1

    Hosting which runs about 250 per year

    SiriusXM music for one vehicle.

    Windscribe VPN - lifetime member one time payment. Got it in 2018, no longer available. They have end points all over and it works great.

    Everything else is self hosted.