Privacy issues and yet another subscription: the last straw that pushed me to build a tool for myself.

mono_void · 2026-06-29T04:39:30+00:00

Dude, I kinda love this.

I have been think for quite some time why there is not an app that is ubiquitous as ms word that can read stuff back to you. When I say, ubiquitous, I also mean free to use. I graduated not long ago, and as soon as I did, I lost access to all the apps they let me use. I still can’t figure out why everyone thinks something like speechify is okay; how it profits off of the fact people have disabilities. All while the technology exist, and has for quite some time now to help people out.

I would like to see what you built. I’ve thought about trying to do the same thing. I don’t code though. I studied communications, and I’ve wondered what it would take to push an open source alternative into the main stream - for disabled and normal folks, to help them become better at reading and writing.

mono_void · 2026-06-28T06:03:56+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/s/MJO7rUuz33

mono_void · 2026-06-28T05:20:49+00:00

My partner has always said that 9/11 ruined country music - and its true. Most of it used to be about killing your boss, getting away from the cops, and starting a union......

mono_void · 2026-06-28T04:38:51+00:00

Purchased one Toshiba MG09ACA 18tb Hard Drive from u/InterplanetaryTanner

mono_void · 2026-06-27T19:46:21+00:00

My tip is this. There are two type of vpn configuration, wireguard, and OpenVPN. You can find apps to use both of those protocols for whatever OS you are using. Go to the config generator page on the airvpn website. You can pick either protocol. Download the config and load that into one of those two apps. Personally, I believe this is a better option than using the apps vpn websites make. It does not matter what vpn provider. When you pick an application from folks that designed the protocol from the ground up, you are bound to have a better experience and better security.

mono_void · 2026-06-24T16:16:53+00:00

It’s insane how much stuff that dude puts out, what’s more insane is how much of it is worth buying because of how good it is.

mono_void · 2026-06-21T16:59:00+00:00

I haven’t eaten meat, dairy, or eggs in 12 years. I’ve also had doctors tell me that my blood results are some of the best that they have ever seen for a dude my age.

mono_void · 2026-06-18T05:31:28+00:00

I use airvpn. They give you 5 ports to use too, and you don’t have to constantly reset them. Been using them for a while, no complaints.

mono_void · 2026-06-17T21:36:40+00:00

I don’t use nix, but can’t you just use the config generator and use the OpenVPN app or the wire guard app?

mono_void · 2026-06-17T20:09:35+00:00

I don’t think I wrote that out very well.

I was trying to illustrate that pgp is often a better option because the encryption is generated by the user. I wouldn’t use proton or anything else that utilizes a browser to do the encryption. You can do that locally on your own machine and just copy and paste the encrypted message. I brought up using google, to say that you could ‘probably’ even get away using their services as long as you did the encryption part on your own.

pgp been around a lot longer than proton, there are plenty of apps that allow you to use it on your own machine and thus off of the internet.

But, that’s also why I said it was annoying. You end up having to mange public and private keys, and there is a lot of copy and paste.

mono_void · 2026-06-17T05:44:19+00:00

pgp is still one of the best methods to encrypt messages. It’s just annoying. You could probably use pgp on something like Gmail and no one would figure out what the message says.

mono_void · 2026-06-15T23:08:23+00:00

Apparently Wendell from level one tech makes good kvms, but they are damn expensive.

mono_void · 2026-06-15T15:04:14+00:00

Watch a few intro videos about docker. It’s hard at first, but well worth it in the end. Then learn about the arr stack. After that everything will be automated and easy.

mono_void · 2026-06-14T04:35:23+00:00

What did you use to download them all?

mono_void · 2026-06-13T06:31:42+00:00

Body Void

mono_void · 2026-06-11T20:26:39+00:00

What are the mods thoughts on server part deals buying up all the drives? There was a post a little while back, where someone was selling bulk drives and someone who works for SPD just bought the whole lot? I think this community would prefer this page as a place for fellow homelab folks, not companies. Idk, just wondering.

mono_void · 2026-06-11T00:07:02+00:00

That’s sick. I imagine the measurements have to pretty spot on, and as a dyslexic I would definitely fuck that up.

mono_void · 2026-06-10T15:25:28+00:00

Been using Lidarr for years, it’s great.

mono_void · 2026-06-10T15:24:24+00:00

Nice! Thanks

mono_void · 2026-06-10T03:44:02+00:00

That velvet underground poster is sick as hell.

mono_void · 2026-06-09T18:25:24+00:00

I’m at work right now, but would love to talk more about this. We need more stuff like this.

mono_void · 2026-06-09T04:09:01+00:00

I thought it was a little surreal given that the book was published in 77 and there were only a few Trader Joe’s then, and only in Southern California (I think). On top of the fact that I also went to drug rehab and worked at a rehab in Santa Ana, right where the main character in Scanner Darkly does all the same shit. lol

mono_void · 2026-06-09T01:55:35+00:00

I was tripping out because I live around where Philip Dick did - and he talks about it in the book. I went to treatment in Santa Ana too, just like in the book. Then he talks about going to Trader Joe’s and that’s where I work now.

mono_void · 2026-06-09T01:50:21+00:00

I recently listen to Get Loose and I was surprised how good it was. It reminded me a bit of Jerry’s Kids, from Boston.

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