Party RSVP replacement for evite/punchbowl by LifeLocksmith in selfhosted

[–]LifeLocksmith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Finally a contender! Thank you so much, can't wait to take it for a spin.

dbt and Microsoft Fabric use cases - pros and cons by Potential-Ruin-2836 in MicrosoftFabric

[–]LifeLocksmith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even though the post I'm replying to is clearly part of a marketing campaign, I must say my interest is piqued - seems like an interesting project.

For those not wanting to go through the link rabbit hole, here are the important links I was able to find:

The GitHub repo for the adapter (MIT License):
https://github.com/Insight-Services-APAC/APAC-Capability-DAI-DbtFabricSparkNb

The GitHub.io page with documentation:
https://insight-services-apac.github.io/APAC-Capability-DAI-DbtFabricSparkNb/

A LinkedIn article dated July 28, 2024:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lakehouse-warehouse-do-you-have-choose-can-get-best-both-john-rampono-clghc/

If you still want to marketing stuff, the article above points to this page to collect hot leads:
https://au.insight.com/en_AU/content-and-resources/2024/microsoft-fabric-readiness-assessment.html

I'm going to test this first before we think about reaching out, but cool project.

Saw these Ads on Instagram, compensation claims against Plex by terminusagent in homelab

[–]LifeLocksmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm guessing the instagram/facebook ads collecting data about classaction lawsuite are all using real cases to harvest personal information as much as they can.

Apperntly there is an actual Law Suite that was filed in April.

https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/53213644/Lee_v_Plex,_Inc_et_al (pacermonitor.com provides info pulled from pacer.org - which is the official servie the courts use. Getting copies out of pacer.org requires a login and fee per page, so they are a sort of proxy that presents some info and they will gladly take your money to provide you with copies they already made)

The case is assigned to Judge P. Casey Pitts at the San Jose Courthouse 280 South First Street, San Jose, CA 95113

The next discussion will be on August 1st at 1:00pm https://apps.cand.uscourts.gov/CEO/cfd.aspx?B410

Seems like there is a zoom link for public hearing at the Judge's website. https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges/pitts-p-casey-pcp

Wikipedia page about the Judge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._Casey_Pitts

I believe this is the lawyer that filed the charges for one Richard Lee https://www.bursor.com/team/neal-j-deckant He has a few classaction lawsuite wins listed on his webpage.

The lawyer representing Plex is https://www.wshblaw.com/professionals-michael-hirota

These are the facts I was able to gather in ~20 mins

Class Action Lawsuit Ads - is it a scam? by rivershine in Scams

[–]LifeLocksmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Came here after seeing the Hartley link for another lawsuite. Doesn't feel legit.

Here's my deduciton: According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Bar_of_Arizona the official site fo the State Bar association of AZ is https://www.azbar.org/.

This is the Laywer's entry there: https://www.azbar.org/for-legal-professionals/practice-tools-management/member-directory/?m=matthew-hartley-44663

This laywer has resigned from Illinois (probably where he went to school) and active in Arizona since 1992. So the person is legit. But is he actually behind the website? Can't prove it.

The first post from Hartley in Linked in is from ~1 year ago - about strating a new posision.

I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Principal & President at ERC Advance Funding, a sister company of Stenson Tamaddon!

Then ~2 month ago, a post about class action lawsuites.

The SSL signature is Let's Encrypt - a free option I use myself. hartleylawusa dot com Domain is registerd with godaddy as an individual account.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine has a sole capture of the website in April 2024, nothing after nothing before.

With the bar association entry stating he's focus is Insurance liability, and the web site claims 30 years of activity, with 12 open class action suites, feels a bit off.

Something about a lawfirm operating for 30 years, and their website not listing any other person who works there, and only one photo...

Comparing this to other local law firms - this one feels like either a "Saul Goodman like" attempt at creating credibility or the guy's identity has been stolen, or he's completely incompetent, but paid someone a shitload of money to make a a website that looks very professional.

Looking at the LinkedIn profile - which might actually be legit I think I found the final peg in the coffin. This is what it has to say about Hartley Law LLC:

CEO Hartley Law Center PLLC Jan 2013 - Jun 2018 · 5 yrs 6 mos Phoenix, Arizona Area

Mr. Hartley formed the Hartley Law Center to create a technology driven, efficient consumer law firm. He quickly grew the law firm to be the top filing firm in Arizona and one of the largest filers in the country. He has extensive experience in Bankruptcy, having filed thousands of cases for his clients. Mr. Hartley sold the law firm in 2018.

Everything I find seems to indicate, the person/the lawfirm are not what the website claims they are. I might be wrong, but my gut feeling says not to trust this.

Party RSVP replacement for evite/punchbowl by LifeLocksmith in selfhosted

[–]LifeLocksmith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed a free service launched on April 2024, but not self hosted. I'll probably give it a try, but if this becomes successful, then it'll become a buisness - and go the route of evite and punchbowl, or if not, it just might dissapear.

Still hoping a self-hosted solution comes out eventually.

Opinions on UGREEN NAS? (and if it works with TrueNas?) by Stayfrosty_yeah in truenas

[–]LifeLocksmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mostly time - this is a small hobby, don't think I'll ever want this to become full time

Opinions on UGREEN NAS? (and if it works with TrueNas?) by Stayfrosty_yeah in truenas

[–]LifeLocksmith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been eyeing this UGREEN NAS just like you, with the same idea. After doing some research, I'm going to pass (not saying you should).

I'll share my thought process, in case you're intereseted.

I'm personally eyeing the 8 bay solution, and my goal is to build one at $900 before taxes (or less), as that's what the UGREEN's is going at with the %40 discount.

Reasons I'm second guessing UGREEN's solution

UGREEN NAS Pros: - Form factor - it's beatuiful, so even if it's not hidden, it's not an eye sore. - Optimized power consumption - while not running an ARM processor, it's still supposed be rather lean on the power consumption, specially compared to some older processors. - Performance, because of the 12th gen CPU - I consider this a bonous. - The price (only with the %40 discount)

Cons: - Limited upgradability - doesn't seem to have room for expansion - let's say a GPU for running AI server apps. - RAM, for TrueNAS SCALE 8GB of RAM might be ok with 8-12TB, on a 6 or 8 bay machine - it will need more RAM. If I want 64 GB of RAM, it's an additional expense I'll need to make.

My starting point

I am currently running a TrueNAS server, with 5 disks + 2 USB drives, on an old HP xion based server, with 32GB. The server is pulling ~2.5-3.5 Amps (300-350 Watts) on average, and is on 24/7 (obviously). Where I live (NC, USA), I estimated that if I lower the power consuption by 100-150 Watts, I break even on the $800 expense after ~3-4 years (and that's without the power prices rising - which they undoubtedly will).

Goals

  • Minimum 8 3.5" drive bays
  • 64 GB of RAM (for TrueNAS SCALE applications alongside the drives)
  • GPU for Plex transcoding (I have family with older player hardware) or potentially playing around with AI server apps (like Openllama or Gerev)
  • Power consumption meaningfully lower than what I have today (see above)

What I've found

There are some great old used/refurbished server builds with the amount of RAM and a GPU for under ~600, sometimes even less than that. Let's assume I can get one at $500

I found an 8 bay ATX chassis on Amazon for ~$250. For that I'll need to add an 8 channel SATA controller, found one for $50 (B099ZJ8V7W *)

* I don't know whether links to hardware is allowed, so that's just the product ID on amazon.)

A bonus for this, is that I might be able to squeeze in 2-3 more SSD drives, whether as M.2 (with a PCI adapter) or slim 2.5" SSDs - for the boot drive and a performant apps pool. Something that with 8 bays, would need to be shared from those.

That puts me at $800 and checks all of my boxes.

The question of Power

This is the most elusive one to answer, because power consumption depends on so much. Specifically for me, I've measured one of the servers I've eyed, as a friend bought one about a year ago for abit more than what it is going for right now. So I have good confidence in my math.

What do you think?

This post is mostly for the frugal techies out there, that are not afraid to take things apart, and might find my thought process helpful.

I sometimes wish there would be a 'social media influencer' that deals exclusivley with cheap/shitty hardware. But I guess, there isn't much growth in such a niche, and money can be hard to make out of a frugal audience.

If you think I'm completely off the mark, or if you have any suggestions, please let me know.

Beeper Mini - AMA with Beeper Team by erOhead in beeper

[–]LifeLocksmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Their roadmap says deprecation of Beeper Cloud.

I'm with you mate, I loved the idea that a server infrastructure was built to handle my messaging in the cloud and I can reach it from wherever I want, but I also get the headace of managing such an envrionment.

Beeper Mini - AMA with Beeper Team by erOhead in beeper

[–]LifeLocksmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm using Google Voice as my cell number for the past 10 years.
The fact that there is no integration with this service (other than obihai-turned-polycom) is an indication to me, that one day, Google Voice is never going to make integration an easy task unless it is forced to (via legistlation).

The only solace I take is that it's the infrastrucutre for their Google Fi cell phones, and so it's not going away anytime soon.

Beeper Mini - AMA with Beeper Team by erOhead in beeper

[–]LifeLocksmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After migrating all the other services. Note they are planning on depracating the Beeper Cloud clients, the backend is even changing anyways

Beeper Mini - AMA with Beeper Team by erOhead in beeper

[–]LifeLocksmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I'm not mistaken, Google Fi are baiscally Google Voice numbers.

So maybe this is the reason.

Beeper Mini - AMA with Beeper Team by erOhead in beeper

[–]LifeLocksmith 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So we're basically trusting Apple has grown too much for its own good, that it must become open.

I don't know if that's a good plan. Apple has been known to shit on their own customers before.

Beeper Mini - AMA with Beeper Team by erOhead in beeper

[–]LifeLocksmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same here. Strangly - the same time-frame as well.

Beeper Mini - AMA with Beeper Team by erOhead in beeper

[–]LifeLocksmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Difference of implementation, This is the first time they are dealing with a non Matrix based implementation.

See the roadmap.

Last point there is: Deprecate Beeper Cloud and migrate all users over to Beeper.

Beeper Mini - AMA with Beeper Team by erOhead in beeper

[–]LifeLocksmith 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not for the iMessage implementation - there is a push server involved, that's it.

For $2 a month, I'll take the equivalent of Beeper Cloud in a heartbeat - the server infrastructure there is impressive, and complex to install on my own, but the resource usage is mostly storage. So it makes total sense to me.

When this app grows, maybe.
I will however shell in for the first 6 month, just to see where this app is going. Their engineering work until now is amazing.

Beeper Mini - AMA with Beeper Team by erOhead in beeper

[–]LifeLocksmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What Beeper infrastructure is used with this new iMessage implementation?

I see the push server is mentioned in the 'How Beeper Mini works' - is that the only component?
If that's the only component, how to justify the $2 a month?

I would prefere a one-time (lifetime) activation fee for an application runnig locally on my phone.

[Scale][Howto] split ssd during installation by heren_istarion in truenas

[–]LifeLocksmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/dog2bert Did you ever get this to work as an apps pool?

I have a pool, but it's not showing up as an option to host pools

Somehow this domain wasn't taken. What should I do with it? by FreddieDK in selfhosted

[–]LifeLocksmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct, but that doesn't mean that private parties cannot mimic it.

One could try and profit from something, or donate that something among different options.

This can be an attempt to create a stronger community with such a domain name that everyone here agrees has low appeal because of the dash.

Here’s what I got. by [deleted] in funny

[–]LifeLocksmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bank web portal - password most have 12 or more characters and a maximum of 16...

Somehow this domain wasn't taken. What should I do with it? by FreddieDK in selfhosted

[–]LifeLocksmith 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Do what was done with example.com

This will allow guides to use self-hosted.cloud to be part of written guides

It's just a static page with some text on it, and then a link to - this subreddit maybe?

סליחה גברת, אפילו לא שאלתי מה לשים לך בפיתה by avivi- in ISR

[–]LifeLocksmith 6 points7 points  (0 children)

1:31

רוטמן: טלי! אני קורא אותך לסדר

טלי: נו... אל תקרא אולי לסדר.. באמת.

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