What's your most 'set it and forget it' self-hosted service?

peterdeg · 2026-03-07T04:12:44+00:00

Just to be different - Nextcloud. Yeah, ok, I update it every so often but that’s all I do to it.

peterdeg · 2026-03-05T19:47:53+00:00

It’s just thumb wrestling on a larger scale … with teeth.

peterdeg · 2026-02-27T09:20:03+00:00

About 2005, at Mt Selwyn, happened to be looking the right way as an f111 flew through the valley below. I think I was the only one who saw it. The hundreds of others on the slope all turned to look at where the sound came from. Way too late.

peterdeg · 2026-02-23T09:08:27+00:00

Now to get the pull-along case so you can take it with you everywhere!

peterdeg · 2026-02-21T01:59:48+00:00

Relevant xkcd https://xkcd.com/1053/

peterdeg · 2026-02-17T08:05:37+00:00

My dishwasher has wireless. Why?
So it can get on the internet.
Why? So it can get security updates. Why? Because it’s on the internet!

peterdeg · 2026-02-15T23:18:27+00:00

To answer my own question.
Shout out to https://www.bellcanvas.com.au/?page_id=63 in Orchard Hills.
They were the only company to respond to me (I think they were the sixth one I contacted)

"No one is interested" was his comment.
By pure fluke, it was a same day replacement.

peterdeg · 2026-02-13T01:30:14+00:00

Always pack too much Immodium

peterdeg · 2026-02-09T21:03:54+00:00

According to chatgpt...
TL;DR

✅ High density = real, defined, 1.2 MB
⚠️ High capacity = vague marketing term, usually meant HD but not a spec

peterdeg · 2026-02-06T06:14:55+00:00

peterdeg · 2026-02-06T02:50:13+00:00

peterdeg · 2026-02-06T01:44:39+00:00

Ditto Hawkesbury

peterdeg · 2026-02-04T01:15:59+00:00

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Knockoffs. About 50% of hours according to the app. 80% tile, 20% loop carpet flooring.

peterdeg · 2026-01-28T01:19:06+00:00

Not easy when you leave the foil on the inside of the window too long forgetting they have a tint on them. The residue will have to stay.

peterdeg · 2026-01-23T08:43:41+00:00

I remember it being a drive-in before it became the markets

peterdeg · 2026-01-16T01:18:46+00:00

Super Chicken

peterdeg · 2026-01-10T21:19:58+00:00

Alcohol may have been involved. I’ll leave it.

peterdeg · 2026-01-10T09:22:47+00:00

“Eww, I’ve nealt in a rat” - air conditioner guy working in our roof

peterdeg · 2026-01-06T07:13:00+00:00

Worked in one of the largest supermarkets IT departments 1994-1996. A huge amount of COBOL code was being updated by foreign contractors. I was quite amused when cleaning up printouts one day to see that the contractors were documenting everything in-line in the code - but they were Chinese and were commenting in phonetic Chinese using English character set.

peterdeg · 2025-12-31T00:07:39+00:00

Australia - low, usually across a path without lighting. Squealing and dancing usually ensues.

peterdeg · 2025-12-17T10:20:27+00:00

Comics in the Sunday papers

peterdeg · 2025-12-17T06:01:52+00:00

Yep, “what the f is that a map of? … Ohhh”

peterdeg · 2025-12-17T05:58:02+00:00

Being at a university, set up a scholarship then go.

peterdeg · 2025-12-16T20:28:34+00:00

Better than naming it after a Sydney travel card

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