How does one actually get laptops from local electronics recycling? I keep reading about getting EOL equipment but details on how to actually get one’s hands on such equipment are scant.

Is it possible to post multiple images as an album? I took several photos, including some up close, but when I made the post I could only figure out how to post a single image.

Yup, I’ve settled on pyracantha. Thanks for chiming in!

Today I Learned, thanks for the info!

Beelink ME Mini

Would something like this be suitable as a NAS + Jellyfin + Home Assistant box?

I got into my new network share, albeit not anonymously, but that’s okay. Thanks for chiming in.

Gotcha. FWIW I got in after following the instructions in the “Optional” paragraph about setting up users for authentication - I added a Linux and Samba user called shareuser, set the new user as the owner of /mnt/ShareDemo, and updated the config.

Thanks for confirming my suspicion. This was really going to eat at me if nobody else chimed in, so you really saved me from questioning my own sanity.

Gotcha - thanks for clarifying. I tried logging in w/ login and password of guest, but that didn’t work, either. FWIW I successfully authenticated after following the “optional” part of the tutorial (created a new user shareuser, made it the owner of /mnt/ShareDemo, and updated smb.conf).

Based on non_burglar’s and frongt’s comments, I think I’m willing to file this experience under either incomplete or incorrect tutorial. Importantly, I have learned something about setting up a local Samba share, so I thank you for helping me.

This helped, thank you!

What has me scratching my head is that in the tutorial I was reading from, it mentions setting up users but very explicitly labels that section as “Optional.” Anyway, I got in after following the instructions in that paragraph - adding a Linux and Samba user called shareuser, setting the new user as the owner of /mnt/ShareDemo, and updating the config. Unlike in the tutorial, I kept browseable = yes so that I can still browse to the folder in my file manager.

valid users = shareuser
public = no
writable = yes
browseable = yes

Sorry, I’m trying to understand your comment. Are you suggesting I put something else in place of nobody:nogroup when I set ownership of the ShareDemo folder, or is the issue that I have to actually create a user called nobody and a group called nogroup? Or should I create a different user and group specifically for this samba share? Thanks.

That’s pretty slick.

What are the HDDs plugged into? Would you mind posting some photos of the back?

How might cat and/or tee fit into one’s coding workflow? Is it basically cat for displaying what’s been saved and tee for writing changes to a file?

Have you checked proton db to see what other gamers are saying about these two games?

One thing stack exchange moderators got right is they required posts with links to include at least a snippet of info from the linked page for exactly this reason.

Okay, thanks for chiming in. Because I also game on PC, I think I’ll scrap the AI server idea and stick with a desktop workstation that will do both gaming and AI tasks.

ETA good point about being able to remote into the desktop workstation from other devices.

Gotcha, so for AI and gaming (dual purpose), I may as well incorporate both into one rig (a desktop workstation) is what you’re suggesting, right?

Piefeddites

game-changer

pun intended

Cool idea, although I thought part of the draw of all these various fediversal services was that they could interact with each other natively via the Activity Pub protocol.

CAM-Gerlach’s diary entry about options for tagging sidewalk connector stubs was a very interesting read. I appreciate how they recognized the need to balance pragmatism/ease of mapping and interpreting versus technical correctness (two often opposing goals).

I also appreciate that they took the time to post their analysis on their OSM diary so that it can be indexed by search engines and everyone can benefit from it instead of being locked behind membership of OSM’s Slack workspace.