Hopefully this is not too long! There has been a lot of changes since the last time I posted a full overview like this

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This guy selfhosts.

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Me: hey, I own that exact Anker USB power supply. I’m basically as pro as this guy!

Narrator: his old laptop and external hard drive set-up was not as impressive, even with the Anker USB power supply.

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11 points

Funny you think I’m pro, I just like blinky lights!

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2 points

Some people harness that desire into Christmas displays.

You made a mini-internet, complete with mini-mini-intenets!

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31 points

Wow, you must be rich

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19 points

I think the reason we aren’t rich is because we do shit like this.

Anyway, I’m off to buy enough HDDs to get me through the end of the month.

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18 points

Honestly its all cheaper than you think, 100% of it I bought used bar a few things, and over a long amount of time too. Plus messing with stuff like this has 100% helped me advance my career

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10 points

it’s this or plastic surgery

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7 points

I’m too ugly for plastic surgery

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3 points

No way that’s true: possums are known for the natural majesty!

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2 points

You’ll be surprised how cheap some equipment goes for when a company runs out of business. Just sayin

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I’ve been trying to hunt down cheap used network equipment lately. It’s a weird thing to be disappointed that there aren’t any failing businesses around me :(

I’m about to make an 8 hour round trip drive for a cheap server rack this coming weekend. Please send help.

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“What would you do if you won the lottery?”

Me: points to this blog post.

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21 points

Feeling of inadequacy rising…

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15 points

You must throw sick LAN parties…

I love the fact that you have a favourite switch!

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3 points

Honestly I’d love to throw a LAN party

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2 points

I’m horrible at CS:GO but I’ll cheer you on

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2 points

I’m not bad, but I suspect I’m worse than a lot of guys out there

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2 points

Can I come?

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2 points

If you bring the beer

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Question. I have a home network that’s more advanced than your typical house. I started holding back though as I figured when I die my family won’t have a clue about all the stuff I have setup. Do you guys ever think about this? I’d hate to leave behind a nightmare for my family members to remove and replace with a regular ISP provided router.

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5 points

Be single. Problem solved.

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I’ve thought about it, and nobody will care about your/my elaborate setup after we are gone. It will just be replaced by a ISP router without regrets.

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I’ve thought about that a lot. I don’t know whether to try to type up a manual of how everything works or just leave instructions on how to revert to a more basic setup. Either way I think my family would struggle.

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Hahaha true for me too that they would struggle

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Also thought about that a lot. The most important is that your people can access your data. My partner and bestie both have LUKS keys on all of my devices.

Maybe do a test run with them to see if they can actually access it.

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Got it, sharing the password to my obscure furry midget porn collection with my people

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I have Bitwarden set to give my wife access if she requests it and I don’t respond in X days

Things generally “just work” so she would have access to everything, and she can figure out what she wants to do. All the passwords are there and all of the configs are fairly easy for stuff she cares about anyway

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My opinion is that your spouse will have to get rid of any other hobby related stuff. If you’re a fisherman, she’s going to have to find something to do with all the tackle, boat/s, gear.

I know a guy that was a woodworker who had a shop full of well over $20k worth of tools. Poor guy got cancer and died, and his wife had to try to get rid of all of it. Luckily she had some of his woodworking friends who helped her price and sell the stuff. (I got a pretty nice used planer out of the deal)

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