If you don’t control it, you don’t own it. Any device reliant on an outside service lives on an indeterminate amount borrowed time, decided by the whims of the provider.

Another batch of users will be learning this lesson the hard way.

We’re using Emby set up on a container with GPU passthrough. Used to be on a Synology, but that absolutely sucked for transcoding and now just hosts the library.

Does the job and does it well with a little extra setup for subtitles (extensions, API keys etc). Subs are a must as I can barely hear shit.

Apps work well, as does the web interface. Sometimes struggles with the highest quality files (hardware limitations rather than software), but 1080p is fine for our use.

Haven’t needed to look into anything else, no dealbreakers yet.

evs.ee at least offers ISO standards at a not extortionate price:

https://evs.ee/

The pdfs do have some DRM on them and they will come watermarked with the buyer details though. The former is easy to get around - I used foxit reader and a pdf ‘printer’ to make a copy that opens nicely in anything.

A microphone that the product user willingly carries around all day to record their actions, conversations, and (if given access) email etc. Of course Amazon want it. It’s a privacy-busting, user metric/advertising wet dream in a wristband.

A redlib instance is also an option. Example: https://redlib.pussthecat.org/

Let’s see how well they drop test…

Oh nee :((

It’s a Synology NAS so will work with the Synology DSM integration: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/synology_dsm

There’s definitely ways to poll the sensors of other devices though. I had some janky sensors set up before for monitoring a standard Linux box.

We’re doing fine here:

Aber Deutschland ist geschmolzen :(

To its credit (of which there is little), Windows can handle most things these days just fine without externally obtained drivers. Gradually improving since 7 onwards. The only sore spots really are proper gfx drivers and printers. 10 and beyond will also gracefully handle being drive-swapped into completely different hardware.

If it’s a reinstall, activation is automatic for OEM licences.

Step 4, yes, what a shitshow. Way too many hoops and hurdles to go through just to get a functional OS without the bloat and guff.

Rock on :)

Confirmed issue, just gave it a test.

Adding the uBlock Origin extension to Tor Browser will resolve it and make the links proper again.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/

Working fine for me on Mullvad.

I’ve got it covered :) - whole duplicate set of hardware & drive image. Recapped the board last year & replaced PSU too.

I won’t touch the DOS software it uses to actually run the plant, the lads can have at that.

Design/machine people are a wholly different breed of user…

CS1.6, beige boxes, CRTs and sweat. A different time.

I am yet to see load bearing cat in person. Plenty time yet though!

When you tug the unusually weighted cable and you hear metal scraping in the wall 10 metres away 😬

Hope it wasn’t too much of an arse to fish out. Or did you let sleeping switches lie? :)

What rack, haha.

Stuffed in a corner, under a load of other crap, in a warren of dust bunnies. Main rack is in an adjacent office.

This one must be about 15 at least. Pre-dates me and I’ve been there for 13. Still functional so I’m at loathe to just sling it. Not fond of doing drops in such wonderful weather, in a building that is basically a dusty hot tin can. Wanted to do it properly though.

Just happy that on this side it’s my direct employer and only one site. I’ll have to do some more digging - I’m certain we have kit around even more legacy than this. The CNC lathe PC is y2k compliant…

It’s going straight in the “if you’re looking in here, you must be desperate” spares cupboard.