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I setup a home server to run a few services. I eventually lost interest in that project - one reason being I had a lot of other things going on in life too - so, here are my personal notes, as is, left at the end. Samba -> Nextcloud. (See this.) Paperless-NGX workflow. Optimize Photoprism. Storage limit. Backup strategy: ZFS snapshots of the hard drives. (Check this.) Regular backups of the containers. One offsite backup. Once all the above is done: ...

Mindfulness: I learnt something interesting recently (from the internet though, so who knows how true this actually is): we humans spend majority of our time in the past or the future, but not in the present. I think some proportion of the remaining time, maybe a big proportion at that, goes into mindlessly browsing the internet, watching entertainment, etc., so quite possibly we don’t spend any meaningful time in the present moment. I have observed this happening to myself: my kid would be playing around me, I wouldn’t have my phone with me and assume that I am living in the present, but then suddenly I realize I don’t even know what the kiddo is doing or how he is expressing himself. That was because my mind was wandering somewhere else. This where the idea of mindfulness comes in. I don’t fully grok it right now but think it’s a way to live in the moment. So far, I’ve only thought about getting rid of my phone but that isn’t sufficient. What happens if I keep it aside? If I get bored or my mind wanders away, that’s great but what if that happens so much that I never enjoy the present? Intentionality: ...

Install luci-app-https-dns-proxy from OpenWRT’s list of softwares. To use a custom URL (instead of one of the preconfigured ones), do the following: Add the following to /etc/config/https-dns-proxy: config https-dns-proxy option bootstrap_dns '1.1.1.1,1.0.0.1' option resolver_url 'https://serverless-dns.express6872.workers.dev/1:IAAoAA==' option listen_addr '127.0.0.1' option listen_port '5055' option user 'nobody' option group 'nogroup' /etc/init.d/https-dns-proxy restart

It’s almost midnight and here are couple of things on my mind. (No, I am not drunk right now!) I bought a Facebook Portal recently and I thought I’d make it my primary entertainment device. It was a bad decision. One, the device can only serve two purposes: WhatsApp and Plex. Nothing else works, no smart device stuff, no Netflix etc. Two, I don’t want an “entertainment device”. I’d rather spend time building or learning things. Even if I think I want some entertainment, it’s probably temporary and I don’t need a dedicated device for that. I should share my work publicly. It’s easy to feel that I only know the basics that everyone else can quickly learn for themselves. However, that’s not the right way of thinking. Luck = [Doing Things] * [Telling People]. And, even if I screw up, what’s the worst that could happen? Another way to look at this is that the world only advances if we share our expertise and experience with others - in some way, we owe that to the world.

# Space usage docker system df -v # Other resource usage docker stats

Redfin listing of the place My notes from our first visit to the house: Nice porch on the back. Nice community. Upgrades, lot of. Good hardwood on ground floor. No backyard, but who cares. Just one common bathroom upstairs. Central AC.

I usually run unprivileged LXC containers on Proxmox (as opposed to privileged ones). I did the following to make Jellyfin hardware transcoding work inside the container: cat > /etc/udev/rules.d/99-intel-chmod666.rules << 'EOF' KERNEL=="renderD128", MODE="0666" KERNEL=="card0", MODE="0666" EOF # Reboot Proxmox host once. Add the following to the /etc/pve/lxc/xyz.conf file: lxc.cgroup2.devices.allow: c 226:128 rwm lxc.cgroup2.devices.allow: c 29:0 rwm lxc.mount.entry: /dev/dri dev/dri none bind,optional,create=dir lxc.mount.entry: /dev/dri/renderD128 dev/renderD128 none bind,optional,create=file (Another resource that looked promising was this, which talks about some kind of user mapping from inside the container to Proxmox, but I found the above easier.)

Thanks so much for reaching out. I’m always interested in hearing about new and exciting opportunities out there. As a software engineer, I’m sure you can imagine that I get a very high volume of recruiters reaching out on LinkedIn. However, often times, incoming messages represent a poor fit and hoping on a call would be a waste of time for both parties. I would love to continue the conversation with you, but before I do, I’d like to level set around the level of seniority that you’re looking for. ...

Experian In order for us to find out if Experian’s database contains credit information about your minor child, you will need to write to us with all of the following: Printed form with the information provided above A copy of your driver’s license or another government issued identification card, such as a state ID card Proof of your address, such as a copy of a bank statement, utility bill, insurance statement A copy of your child’s birth certificate Proof of guardianship, if not named on child’s birth certificate A copy of your child’s Social Security card Mail this form to: ...

If I want to run some Nextcloud commands inside the Docker container, here’s how I can login from the host into the container with the right user privileges: docker exec -it -u 33 docker-nextcloud_app-1 bash Or, to run a command as root from outside: docker-compose exec nextcloud_app whoami Resources: Guide on how to run OCC commands inside the installation here. Some configs here are set through Docker environment variables and I found it difficult to tweak them after the first installation. Something to keep in mind. Docker documentation here.