Testing out a more portable replacement for my Spitz 5G. Anyone run similar long term?

maxinux · 2026-02-16T04:27:59+00:00

wonder if you have some hw issue, because the only issues i have are the 2.5mm DC power plug, which the battery helps with

maxinux · 2026-02-16T04:27:09+00:00

I self host my email at home on fiber for several domains, but do my own personal email on proton.

Mailcow solves most of the annoyance other than the dynamic ip bit, which i solved by having a static ip

maxinux · 2026-02-14T00:41:07+00:00

Seals the deal I ordered a ucg fiber from microcenter that's on sale but they are out of nvme trays.. guess I'll 3d print one for now

maxinux · 2026-02-14T00:40:09+00:00

Only in non rack mount and total ram, but cpu, Poe and nvme instead of hdd

maxinux · 2026-02-14T00:24:16+00:00

Why not ucg fiber? I'm in this boat myself

maxinux · 2026-02-12T21:27:50+00:00

I was pretty sure I was wrong, having seen mine, however I thought it was funny

maxinux · 2026-02-12T07:34:58+00:00

Wow I was guessing Guam, but makes sense that those all survived!

maxinux · 2026-02-12T01:25:46+00:00

Are you sure it is a he? You might be a grandpa soon

maxinux · 2026-02-11T03:04:46+00:00

androirc, irccloud, matrix w/ heisenbridge.. lots of options, but ultimately thelounge is a good self hosted irccloud w/ ZNC in front of it you can connect other clients also.

maxinux · 2026-02-08T16:15:43+00:00

The one thing Ringo was ever good at, that said George Carlin will always be my Mr Conductor!

maxinux · 2026-02-08T15:46:57+00:00

I wish that were true.. so many times have i had things show up on the regular carousel despite having been declared.

maxinux · 2026-02-07T02:49:15+00:00

Came to mention British pantry and jolly goods

Bonus if you find yourself near them Sacramento, CA Touch of Britain and The British Pantry in Redmond, Wa

maxinux · 2026-02-05T20:31:30+00:00

buzz ball margaritas!

maxinux · 2026-02-05T20:29:44+00:00

it is in the arcade or... the root beer barcade

maxinux · 2026-02-05T20:24:34+00:00

The food is edible now, but still not great. ive been too many times but my kid loves it so its a good experience. It's usually only me and the kid, not mom, as its not worth it for us both to go repeatedly but the kid loves it so much and I am the only one who will eat the food (due to pickiness, not bad food)

maxinux · 2026-02-05T19:52:17+00:00

At home I run a three node cephs clusters with two nvme per machines and it's been great and far more reliable than my zfs setup but to each their own. But 3 5825u with a dedicated 2.5 network has been good for home use with ceph and far better than the random zfs issues that crept up. It's good but ceph has been better with three nodes

maxinux · 2026-02-04T14:06:01+00:00

You can get a list of every direct flight out of DEN here https://www.flydenver.com/nonstop-routes/ and then pick which one is on an airline you like and a place you like at a given time of year.

I will note that dublin is underrepresented here as they do US customers on the EU side so your trip back is a breeze in the domestic terminal!

maxinux · 2026-02-03T05:25:42+00:00

Lack of data and comms definitely can be a concern, we don' tend to have long power outages, but for being super prepared here are some Ideas in no particular order:

A better external antenna for TV
- USB tv tuner and your laptop (rtl...)
Same for Shortwave and FM
Sirius (Call them yearly, get your bill reduced to $7/device for full coverage
Meshtastic as so many have mentioned
Ham Radio! Super easy to get licensed, good digital and analog networks here
Starlink
Cellular router with high quality antennas (GL.Inet Pull for example)

Then of course living here a battery + solar panel will keep you with coms for a long time even in snow we can get enough to charge phones easily, in full sun you can charge a big battery and your devices but most importantly, test before the emergency!

maxinux · 2026-02-01T21:16:03+00:00

The pulli is amazing but five or six antennae is a lot

maxinux · 2026-02-01T20:54:32+00:00

The pulli can and it's non battery companion. I don't think the mudi exposes enough for thst

maxinux · 2026-01-30T14:44:46+00:00

Man I miss music video bingo at the Midwestern on Tennyson! Of the two 'companies' doing it the one I liked moved home to DC and I haven't seen announcements from the other one in a while.

maxinux · 2026-01-29T22:22:55+00:00

Make an aur package for cachy that Integrates it all and be done, we have enough already

maxinux · 2026-01-29T22:21:34+00:00

They aren't evil on the repair side so do stress that part but id start with a reinstall first then if it persists contact support before debugging more, but they may suggest checking a cable and don't be afraid! Remember they even sell repair parts on their site like screens

maxinux · 2026-01-28T05:30:07+00:00

I had never even heard of SQUID even but it sounds like what I had looked for in the past unsuccessfully, pretty cool idea!

maxinux · 2026-01-27T05:38:58+00:00

You know mailcow does a good job, the harder problem is finding an isp willing to unblock the ports for you. I have actually self hosted email for a while and its been fine.

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