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• Alex has a solar-powered podcasting setup with an 8 kilowatt system
• The system can run everything, including AC units and servers, solely on solar power for about two hours
• Alex is considering adding a battery solution to store excess energy
• He's interested in building his own batteries from old electric car batteries using a DIY approach inspired by YouTube videos
• Discussion of ZigBee technology for monitoring the solar setup and its use on Mars
• Alex's solar system includes 24 panels from SolarEdge, with online monitoring and local communication through ZigBee
• The speaker has issues with remote desktop control on their machines, specifically with TeamViewer
• They have to reboot a machine remotely, which triggers an admin detection feature in TeamViewer that locks them out for 15 minutes
• This creates a time crunch as they are trying to go live and can't access the stream despite giving it extra time
• The speaker considers buying a commercial license for $670 to bypass the issue
• They decide to purchase the license, feeling frustrated but ultimately wanting to get the show on the air
• Issues with TeamViewer license activation
• Alternatives to TeamViewer for remote access
• Introduction to Rust Desk as a potential replacement
• Features of Rust Desk, including open-source client and server components
• Limitations of the free demo server and cost of paid options
• Potential for community development of a self-hostable Rust Desk server
• Performance comparison between TeamViewer and the open-source spec implementation
• Discussion about VNC performance issues and its inclusion in the spec implementation
• Spec implementation's features and user interface for remote support
• Comparison to UltraVNC and its RDP support
• Limitations of the spec implementation, including no Wayland support on Linux
• TeamViewer's strengths and weaknesses compared to the spec implementation
• Discussion of drive shucking and current storage market
• Cryptocurrency and Chia coin affecting hard drive availability and prices
• Host's plan to buy storage drives in bulk
• Failure of two Seagate drives despite burn-in tests
• Data protection measures, including SnapBread and ZFS
• Promotion of Linode.com for web hosting and cloud services
• Successful setup of FileRun on Linode using one-click Docker deployment
• The host discusses Linode and its $100 credit offer for trying out their virtualized cloud computing system.
• A controversy surrounding Home Assistant developer Frank's request to not have his package repackaged on NixOS.
• Discussion of the complexities of open-source licensing and intellectual property.
• Analysis of Frank's responses in GitHub, which were perceived as short, hostile, and snippy by others.
• The host questions why Frank is concerned about support requests when it seems unlikely that users would contact him directly for help.
• Concerns about Home Assistant's GPL licensing and potential conflicts with its use of open-source code
• Paulus deleting a thread on the topic and "cleaning up" the conversation in the forum
• Fears that the core developers, particularly Frank, are burned out and not able to handle community engagement
• The issue going public beyond the Home Assistant community, including Hacker News, Reddit, and internal team Slack discussions
• Discussion of potential scenarios: Home Assistant becoming a commercial product or burning out and abandoning the project
• Mention of other projects that have made similar transitions (e.g. MB)
• Analysis of the differences between open-source development and corporate communication, where emotional attachment and petulance are not publicly visible
• The concept of a "halo engineer" who has too much knowledge and power
• Concerns about reliance on one person for Home Assistant project's success
• Discussion of ESP Home, its features and recent updates (version 1.19.0)
• New tools and improvements in ESP Home, including command line experience and tooling
• Attribute saving feature in ESP Home from Home Assistant entities
• Tasmota release 9.5.0 with breaking change affecting MQTT Discovery Protocol
• Cloud Guru sponsorship announcement for Podman containers on Linux course
• Discussion of feedback and social interactions without social media
• Discussion of a tech solution for managing relationships and projects through contact management
• Introduction to Monica, a self-hosted customer relationship management system
• Use of Monica for tracking friend's details and setting reminders
• Water cooling of Raspberry Pis in an RV server seat without cutting holes
• Exploring water cooling as a heat sink option
• Electrical system issues with Victron equipment and batteries generating heat
• Discussion about designing a project that combines water cooling with air circulation and fan usage
• Mention of an upcoming episode milestone (50) and possibly dedicating time to the project
• Introduction of an app called Tiny Home, a simple static homepage generator
• Explanation of how Tiny Home works and its features
• Brief mention of Google Photo alternatives and a previous podcast on the topic
• Contact information for the show hosts and a call-out to cloudfree.shop customers about new smart plug availability
[0.00 --> 1.54] I'm not sure what it is about you today, Alex.
[1.58 --> 3.00] You just kind of have a glow about you.
[3.00 --> 7.22] This episode of Self-Hosted is brought to you by the sun.
[8.22 --> 10.14] Solar-powered podcasting.
[10.18 --> 11.22] That is awesome.
[11.34 --> 11.72] Yeah, man.
[12.10 --> 12.40] Wow.
[12.64 --> 18.30] Yeah, and you've got quite the solar setup, I mean, compared to the one that I have on my RV roof, which is a lot smaller.
[18.90 --> 20.36] You've got a lot more roof to work with.
[20.38 --> 22.64] I don't have a need to drive it down the road, do I?
[22.74 --> 25.52] So, yeah, I've gone for an eight kilowatt solar system on my roof.
[25.96 --> 26.46] That's great.
[26.56 --> 29.78] And so it actually means, like, legitimately, it's running everything.
[29.78 --> 44.62] On a day like today in the middle of June, when the sun is beating down real hard all day, I can actually run both my AC units, all my servers, the fridges, the TVs, everything, 100% on solar for about two hours.
[45.28 --> 50.94] And I know something that's on your mind is, like, eventually putting some sort of battery solution in there.
[51.36 --> 53.08] There's, of course, reasonable solutions.
[53.08 --> 61.48] But if you could just Star Trek Q style, snap your fingers and have a battery solution materialize out of thin air, what would be your ideal setup?
[61.94 --> 63.64] You know how I like to make stuff.
[63.64 --> 70.98] I've been watching videos of this guy called, I think, is it Jerry Garcia or something like that on YouTube for years.
[71.32 --> 77.78] And he builds his own batteries, power walls, out of old electric car batteries.
[78.60 --> 78.72] Yeah.
[78.80 --> 79.50] That's what I want to do.
[80.00 --> 80.16] Yeah.
[80.16 --> 86.86] I just think that'd be the coolest thing in the world because cars need a very high peak voltage to accelerate the mass of the vehicle.
[87.40 --> 91.66] Whereas a house is a much more constant, much less peaky load than that.
[91.72 --> 98.42] So you can get away with old, air quotes, dead car batteries that are actually suitable for houses.
[98.42 --> 102.44] You know what I didn't even appreciate earlier is that you had your air conditioning going.
[102.70 --> 109.44] Two units as well because I live in one of these crazy big American houses that has a unit per story.
[110.90 --> 112.12] That's so cool, though.
[112.20 --> 117.08] I mean, you're, like, not even hitting, like, the power grid to run air conditioning.
[117.38 --> 118.50] That's awesome.
[118.62 --> 118.76] Yeah.
[119.28 --> 124.94] At one point today, the solar was reporting 6.4 kilowatts of power.
[125.16 --> 127.26] So 6,400 watts, I suppose.
[127.26 --> 130.72] I dream one day of building a big array.