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Typst.
Best thing after LaTeX. LaTeX was still better than word or other alternatives for pdf generation. But for notes I just used markdown. Typst just took the best of two worlds. It's fast, accurate, intuitive, little boiler plate, and flexible.
Hey my first lemmy comment.
For general βwow this is hella coolβ itβs a mix up between Jellyfin and Nekoweb.
Jellyfin is a amazing media server that I have spent hours and hours upon now, building my local library buying DVDs and Blurays. Itβs been.. liberating.
Nekoweb is a host and index of indie websites and its lovely seeing people just code the most 2005 coated websites.
Welcome to lemmy, and happy new year!
Is Jellyfin much better than just mashing mp4's into a folder? I never understood the streaming server hype but also never tried it.
I use it for streaming to my phone on the train to work.
It also has a really nice feature where it can sync between 2 or more people. Even when they choose 2 formats or audio tracks.
So for example if you and your friend wants to watch anime. You enjoy hearing Japanese and reading the subtitles but they prefer English dub. Well you can still sync up and watch (given your source has both Audio tracks)
Have you had a good experience using syncplay?
Every time I use it I get horrible desync between people
I've literally coded my own website that acts as an alternative to syncplay, and has a chat on the side as well
Jellyfin is a nice frontend + transcode manager for your folder of mashed up .mp4 files. Main benefit is streaming to any device (with compatible jf client) on your network
SyncThing. That shit has pretty much replaced iCloud Drive for me, and as such has saved me a fortune.
I don't want to say too much and spoil it, but check out "PornHub." It's been a hell of a year since discovering it.
Iβve dabbled in it for a couple years, but this was my first year embracing docker. I now run way more services than I ever have before and donβt shy away from testing new ones out.
I went from someone who avoided new installs at all costs due to the litany of things that could go off the rails to someone who can find a new piece of software and have it running the same afternoon.
It also allows me to do a bunch of testing with a piece of software at home, then just copy and modify the config at work without having to waste precious time setting things up.
I know not everyone is a fan, but my god itβs useful.
Check out Proxmox if you havenβt already.
I used to do the VM approach, but having one script to one service works way better for me personally.
Can you elaborate? Iβm still exploring what is best.
ProxMox is what's known as a HyperVisor or Virtual Machine. The general concept is that each element in ProxMox is an entire operating system, with each service configured in those operating systems. This requires maintaining and configuring an operating system for each service you want to run, or if you install multiple services in a singe host node, you're back to the config conficts that we're trying to avoid in the first place.
Docker's approach is different. With Docker, You can use any host, including a daily desktop OS with many sort of half-VMs that only have access to specific parts of the system as defined in the Docker configuration. For instance, if you just need a service that handles chat, it doesn't need to access much outside its own data and a port to access the internet. So instead of needing to manage the OS and the service, you're left with just the service.
Another major boon is that it's very easy to simply turn them off and back on and have them revert to their working state. If you really manage to screw up a configuration, no more digging through the OS to try and figure out what you can and can't delete. You just nuke the system and try again. Outside writing the changes, it takes just a few seconds to reboot the service.
And one last bonus is that again, it's very portable when using Docker Compose. Docker Compose takes this a step further and lets you configure the entire service through a single config file. You can put together multi-service database applications with a copy-paste and a few changes to the config. Absolutely massive time saver for people like me who are terrible at managing database applications, but really enjoy the benefits of them.
I think I ended up with a hybrid of your approaches haha. I run Proxmox with a VM running Open Media Vault, and that VM ended up hosting all my Docker apps because it has a REALLY nice interface for managing all of them!
I only have my PiHole and 3D printers on separate VMs
Downside right now is, a lot goes down if that OMV server does, so reminder to everyone (including me lol) backup lots!
I wouldn't say "made my year" but it does bring me joy whenever I look at it. Floor 796 is a semi-interactive multimedia art project that brings movie, TV, video game, and anime characters together in what I believe is supposed to be one floor of a space station with many rooms. In one such room, an AI or machine is watching all kinds of videos, implying that it is making all these characters from what it sees in our entertainment to populate its otherwise desolate station. You can click/tap on something to see what it is, and if that doesn't work, then it's an original character (there are a few of them). Also, some characters vary widely from the original style (like the Simpsons family, they aren't yellow). You can search to see if your favourites are there, or you can just look around. You can also follow them on Telegram (and maybe others) to get updated when they add stuff.
Might not be news to most of you, but I recently discovered personalDNSfilter (https://f-droid.org/pt_BR/packages/dnsfilter.android/), and I'm installing it on any phones I find in front of me.
This app is very lightweight, doesn't require root, and by default, blocks ads and trackers via dns lists. It can also be used for using custom dns servers, including DoH and DoT or to block other things via custom lists. It's simple and easy to use, while also allowing power users to do a lot more
omg i am so pleased with your recommendation! i have been wanting an ad blocker for my mobile for years. this app was super easy to set up and is working perfectly.
thank you so much!
Glad to be helpful ^ _ ^
RethinkDNS also has all these features; as well as allowing multiple WireGuard VPNs running at the same time. It's an amazing app.
That one is nice too. I ended favoring personalDNSfilter because I don't use any vpn and its apk has less than a megabyte. I was impressed at how small it is.
deflock.me
Not going to explain what it is or why itβs interesting?
Sorry! It is a grassroots effort to track and catalog the dystopian surveillance cameras that have been placed on roadsides all over the country to spy on the public on behalf of the ruling class.
old.lemmy.world
God damn that's awesome
Gamehub Lite is pretty wild. It does take some fiddling, but itβs amazing how well (and relatively easily) you can get x86 Windows games to run on a $200 ARM Android device.
Iβm 12/13 so far on getting games to work at an acceptable level.
Inexplicably, Vampire Survivors causes the entire device to crash. I guess they pull some pretty silly memory tricks to keep that game responsive with potentially hundreds of thousands of projectiles, so maybe itβs not so surprising.
Tailscale, docker and recently found pangolin
Is Pangolin the same as Tailscale?
Pangolin is reverse proxy with middleware authentication. So you got to authenticate first to access resources behind reverse proxy. Kinda useful if exposing services on public internet instead of vpn
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