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TheMadCodger

@ TheMadCodger @piefed.social

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Un Dorian Gray sin pasado, ni patria ni bandera.

I'm just a guy in the #pnw who likes going on adventures, and playing games with friends.

Three things I love: the Oxford Comma, irony, and missed opportunities.

#hiking #camping #backpacking #ttrpg #linux #foss #OpenSource #pathfinder2e #pf2e #pathfinder #travel #knitting #baking #games #pdx #privacy #lgbtq

  • How does one get started with the *arr stack?

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  • Well, Synology is a brand name NAS aimed at beginners with their own "OS". Unless you were planning on dropping a decent chunk of change to buy one, it's a moot point. But because it's a popular option among people starting out, I was curious of that was your situation, in which case that link would walk you through everything you needed to know, including its quirks.

    I replied to someone else in this thread on how to get started with Usenet if you're interested. It boils down to two subscriptions and another container running with your arrs stack.

  • How does one get started with the *arr stack?

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  • You need two subscriptions. One to an indexer (https://nzb.su/) which acts like a search engine, and two to a Usenet that hosts media (https://frugalusenet.com/). These two aren't the only two options out there, but I've been using them for years. YMMV.

    Once you have those subscriptions, you need to run sabnzbd in a docker container near your arrs, and point your arrs to the indexer as well as to sabnzbd. Tell Sonarr you want to find a show, it uses the indexer to see where it can be found, tells sabnzbd to acquire it using the servers you paid for in the Usenet group, downloads and pieces it back together and then files it where Sonarr tells it to. Jellyfin notices that media folder has something new, and you can watch it wherever.

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  • How does one get started with the *arr stack?

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  • Reason I asked about Synology was because there's a good guide here for the arr deployment. I adapted it for my ugreen nas. Might be able to find parallels with whatever set up you've got going on.

    Usenet is archaic, but therein lies the protection. It's a straight download of disparate files that a program you run puts together. Safer than torrent, but your options may be more limited.

  • How does one get started with the *arr stack?

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  • What are you running? Does it happen to be some all in one solution like Synology or Ugreen?

    But the gist of it is you get the arrs running in a docker stack, jellyfin running in another. You don't actually have to point them at each other: the arrs dump your films/series into a media folder you define. You tell your jellyfin server what folder has your media and bob's your uncle.

    I prefer using Usenet to download my media. Pros, not torrent, less risk. Cons, costs a bit each year.

  • Trump voter regret is clearly registering now

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  • They would let Trump take a shit in their mouths if they thought a Dem would have to smell it.

  • Amy Coney Barrett Unraveled the Case Against Birthright Citizenship With One Question

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  • Who are the two dissenters?

    /s

  • Trump Cannot See That the Opposition Is Real

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  • He totally read that upside down bible that one time

  • Photography community for the fediverse. Where should I create it?

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  • Go with pixelfed, that's what it's for. And since it's part of the fediverse you can follow it from places outside of pixelfed itself.

  • Advice on swapping from Synology to a ugreen

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  • Coming from Synology it was a little too walled garden for me and I also hated their software, but that was also my first forray into nas. Good place to get my feet wet and all. I'm not really well versed in nas os's though, any recommendations?

  • LibreOffice criticizes EU Commission over proprietary XLSX formats

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  • Unrelated anecdote, my brother's then wife post a picture of them on Facebook. Our aunt saw it, took a picture of her monitor with her phone, went to the store to have them print the photo out on photo paper, and then mailed it to my brother.

    So he got his original photo back, but at a greatly reduced quality and with monitor glare added!

  • Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman

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  • I don't have any experience with them yet, but I was looking at a kagi search subscription and that comes with AI usage from different models. Could be an option?

  • What's the browser(s) you use?

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  • I can't close tabs and have hundreds open (I have a problem). Between their workspaces that only show specific tabs, tab stacking, and tab memory management that kills the memory of any that I haven't used in a while so it's not absurdly slow… I don't think I could switch.

    edit: Also, it's EU based.

  • Discord delays global age verification rollout after backlash - Dexerto

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  • Same thing happened in 2021-ish when WhatsApp changed their policy that all your information would be shared with Facebook. Outrage pushed it back six months, and then they did it anyway.

  • Trump vows to raise worldwide tariffs to 15% ‘effective immediately’

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  • Clots and prayers.

  • All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat

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  • Except the dumfucks have railed against the idea of a national id number since before they removed "Not to be used for ID" from the SS cards. So instead we have a national id number that was never meant to be one and stupidly easy to figure out.

  • TikTok uninstalls are up 150% following U.S. joint venture

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  • It was like that here when Reddit fell caused people to leave and look for something better. Give it time, and interact!

  • Self-hosting in 2026 isn't about privacy anymore - it's about building resistance infrastructure

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  • I know others have answered, but I wanted to give you a link. I have their device and it works great for turning things off and on out of the box. You can run it locally—if you have the hardware—or use their reasonably priced cloud subscription. I do the latter wanting to support them monetarily.

  • At what age did you realize you were LGBTQ?

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  • Hard to say. On one hand I've always known though I didn't have the words for it. But I also grew up in a fundamental church, so it was a sin and I denied it. Didn't formally admit it until 24 though.

  • TIL: A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus

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  • Uranus rotates on its side. Instead of rotating with its axis roughly perpendicular to the plane of its orbit (like all the other planets in our Solar System), Uranus rotates on its side (along its orbital path). This tipped rotational axis gives rise to extreme seasons on Uranus.

  • We elected an imbecile — and his latest move could kill us all

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  • How many times did you let Florida Man vote?