Out of interesst: Do you then reopen the lid to check for shitstains left in the bowl, that would need cleaning before you leave?

the thing is FB, Instagram or X are US based firms (so AU legislation has no jurisdiction).

They are headquartered in the US, but in fact they are multi nationals, doing business in many countries. If you do business in a country, you have to abide to the local law. SM companies are seeing, how difficult that can be in the online space and are trying to avoid following the law.

AV is kind of a bad example of that, since it is flawed in so many ways, but the principle of jurisdiction is important and needed. Just as Apple has to use USB C (like any other smartphone company) in the EU, or the upcoming (I think) legislation about replaceble batteries in products.

Of course Apple, Facebook, Google etc could just decide to move out of the market, and for smaller markets that already happened in the past. Though moving out of any bigger market (eg the EU or China) will cost them so much more. And in addition other companies would fill the space left behind. So by moving out of a big market, the company would create its own big competition - and no big company likes competition.

For proxmox on a VPS beware: Some hosters are using a kind of virtualization, that is more like a container instead of a VM. This means, that if you need kernel access (like changing active modules) you will fail. Proxmox probably won’t run on such a VPS.

Also: A VPS is already virtualized. Running nested VMs (some VMs on your Proxmos VM/VPS) will hurt the performance. Better stick to containers on a VPS.

Not federating at all would be a shame IMO. I’m really exited on this feature for git forges

Being able to self host a git forge was always possible, even before forgejo. Besides the gitea controversy I thought the federation to be the real killer feature.

So I guess I have to wait a bit more for the federation.

OOTL Wasn’t there something about forgejos capabilities to federate? I had the impression, that it would go the fediverse route with many interacting instances. Then everyone can make their own rules. There are many reason to moderate repos. So why is this such a big thing (if forgejo federates as I remembered from the back of my head)?

So, ever heard of the botnets based on thousands of private IoT devices, which executed severe DDOS attacks on many sites on the web?

While we are all making compromises and secure our systems to different degrees, saying that a compromised system is not a disaster is way out there.

Wdym wasting their time? They will search your home and confiscate all electronics, including the hardware running your TOR exit node and your phone, and your PC, and your notebook, and your gaming consoles, and of course any of such devices belonging to all other members of your household. And even if they cannot found anything that you have done wrong, you won’t get your stuff back for a long time (think half a year to multiple years).

Seems more like they would be wasting your time. And your money.

I support this change. Hardware can also be relevant apart from thr typical servers/mini PCs. Recently I asked about possibilities for a self hosted video/audio doorbell and was met with really helpful answers. While this question could also have fitted into communities for smart homes, I still think it is a good fit here. Self hosting already is a rather broad term. We should not limit ourselves too much in its definition.

One problem can be, that the better fit community does not have enough active users, thus being unlikely to give a good answer. I think we should have a look at that before refering the user to that community.

He is out of line, but he does have a point. A camera could still be useful for varying the voltage. I’ve heard, that Jehovas Witnesses could use a little more of a shock to get their life together

It is already possible without a battery. The new door, that we are getting, can also be bought with an automatic lock, though its expensive. Probably because the eletrical lines are running cleverly through the hinges. Having the lock on the outer side, woukd probably make it cheaper

Aren’t we already doing that? I for sure didn’t take the time to write paperless-ngx myself

Yeah, time, the all limiting factor. I have a big pile of project I want to do, if I only had more time…

Ah, that looks good. And they are affordable. Definitely comes on the top of my list. Thanks you very much for your help

Does it give you the option for 2 way audio through home assistantm And how are your experiences with wifi connection stability?

The proprietary app is something I don’t like. Would be great to find something, that is open enough to work with other systems

I agree, that full SIP is overkill. Though I don’t want to go the DIY hardware route. I already tried that and had constant disconnects. So I want to buy a system, that just runs, but also provide possibilities to do more in a self hosted solution.

I’m not sure how much time I want to invest in this. Maybe I will just go with an easy, less capable solution instead.

What door bell do you have? Many have the relays, though they also need to be configurable between door opening (on entry permission) and button press

Do the reolink door bells also provide their feature openly to othet systems like Home Assistent? I don’t wanna use their proprietary app. And do you have experience with the connection stability on Wifi? I don’t want the connection to randomly cut out. I can go with ethernet (as we get new cables on our door either way), but Reolink doesn’t seem to have an ethernet option.