I run a NUC and a few other network things off a 125W elcheapo $20 bestek(?) inverter off the house battery.

Sure it gets converted twice but actual watts wasted are minimal in a low power scheme, and the juice is cleaner in the end.

And consider DIYing a big house battery. The cells are cheap now. I built a 1200Ah LFP bank just because it fit nicely in the compartment. Then throw some solar at it.

And for backup, just get a large spinning external and plug it in occasionally to sync a copy. Put it back in the Tupperware for cold storage.

Ed: why the downvote?

Ok then up your circus skills!

Or if you’re not ready to run away and join, these solder seal heat shrink connectors are a good choice:

https://amzn.to/3Ui0DpY

Maybe up your soldering game. A proper connection will be solid.

And know that solder shouldn’t be used for structural support. Especially for anything that moves or is subject to vibration, etc.

Thanks but looking for offline solutions

It took a bite out of solar, too!

FYI ripping wise, FLAC is the way to go.

And there are guides to using EAC and similar ripping software to get perfect rips.

Well worth the effort to do it once and perfectly.

Clicking through, I don’t get it. What content are they offering?

And what’s a leeching group? If they don’t see(d!) what’s the point?

Qbittorrent or Rutorrent has some kind of extension to allow single private file sharing

Or can a private magnet link accomplish this?

Yep search public libraries online and maybe get lucky

Outdoor antennas are typically pole mount. You might be able to extend the dish pole or just remove the dish and use the mount and cabling.

Roof mount would fix that

That’s why we don’t talk about it

Nice setup. Thanks for the specs.

Plex-wise, do I need plex pass to share with friends, or will the free version support that?

Enshittification getting stankier everywhere

Good one. And Lenovo battery management utility allows setting the state of charge level. Set it for 50% and the battery will last mostly forever.

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Good call. And better than 90% isopropyl is Anhydrous alcohol.

A neighborhood laptop repair shop could probably do all these steps for you, too.

Can Chromecast source NAS directly, or what’s required? Jellyfin or something? Thx

No need to download anything, no iso creation, no thumb drives.

Just reset the current installation and select the option to wipe everything and start over. Google it or just poke through the settings menu.

Interesting. I’ve originally heard it loosely attributed as a kind of homophone aberration where ‘ham’ comes from ‘hamature’. But maybe it’s vice-versa, or that’s a corporate line from the organization ARRL Amateur Radio Relay League.