text
stringlengths
7
369
• The speaker's decision to unsubscribe from Spotify and promote decentralized solutions for podcast hosting
• The impact of Spotify on the podcast industry and the decision to cancel it
• The issue of COVID misinformation spread by Joe Rogan and Neil's ultimatum
• The importance of owning one's own digital content, including music, due to potential platform changes or deletions
• A tool called LiDAR and a plugin called Automatic Music Downloader that download lossless audio from Deezer
• The ethics of using this method versus piracy and the value of paying for a $15/month subscription to Deezer HiFi
• Plexamp as an alternative to Spotify, its features, and user experience
• The speaker discusses their positive experience with Plex Amp, a music player that provides tailored recommendations based on user behavior
• Comparison of Plex Amp with Finamp, an open-source alternative, which is considered less effective but still offers the ability to use Jellyfin as a backend server
• Promotion of Linode.com, a cloud hosting service, and its benefits for hosting various services, including Nextcloud
• Discussion of Google's announcement to shut down free G Suite accounts unless users pay for them, causing upset among some listeners who rely on these accounts for personal and business use
• Discussion of Google's surprise at how many users were affected by their recent shutdown announcement
• Criticism of Google's handling of user data and metrics on active users
• Mention of class action lawsuit against Google for the shutdown
• Announcement of a new survey to gather information from affected G Suite users
• Benefits and drawbacks of using non-Google services, such as ProtonMail and FastMail, for email hosting
• Discussion of self-hosting and limiting exposure to Google services
• Comparison of de-Googling options, including Lineage OS and F-Droid for Android replacement
• Criticism of Google's data mining practices
• Public safety announcement: Let's Encrypt is revoking SSL certificates
• Tailscale sponsorship and promotion of their zero-config VPN solution
• Update on the host's dad moving to a new location with limited internet speed
• Exploring options for improving internet connectivity at the host's dad's house
• Rural Norfolk mother-in-law uses EE 4G mobile broadband with a fixed antenna for reliable internet
• Comparison of EE's 4G and 5G plans, including limited bandwidth quotas on 4G plans
• Discussion of multi-WAN connections and the potential benefits of bonding multiple internet sources
• Overview of PepWave/PepLink routers and their ability to bond multiple connections over a VPN
• Concerns about Wi-Fi range and limitations with consumer-grade Wi-Fi devices
• Review of Speedify's internet bonding capabilities, but concerns about paid plans after initial free allocation
• Hardware and software bundles for US users
• Cellular signal improvement options, including MiFi devices and external antennas
• Concerns about EE solution's modem limitations
• Potential solutions for improved connectivity, such as replacing EE router with better hardware
• Starlink availability and potential use cases
• Mini DV camcorder issues and efforts to find suitable hardware
• Issues with importing mini DV tapes from Europe due to NTSC/PAL format differences
• Discussion of using HDMI capture devices and USB adapters to import the tapes
• Mention of region locking and PAL/NTSC formats
• Exploring options for digitizing the tapes, including purchasing a mini DV player
• Talking about encoding options (H.264) and plans to use M1 Macs for video encoding
• Discussion about computer systems and CPUs
• Comparison of Apple M-series chips with Intel cores
• Mention of iStat's visualization limitations for neural and efficiency cores
• Plans to host a meetup in Raleigh, NC in the spring
• Idea of having a central operation hub in Colorado or other location
• Discussion of future meetups and events
• Discussion about better weather at a different location
• Feedback and links to previous topic
• Self-hosted website URL (selfhosted.show)
• Specific episode link (selfhosted.show/63)
• Contact page URL (selfhosted.show/contact)
• End of podcast, thanking listeners
[0.00 --> 4.52] I know this is going to seem like a dumb question, but do you have rats in North Carolina?
[5.52 --> 7.72] Not that I've seen, but I imagine so.
[8.56 --> 9.26] I don't really know.
[9.32 --> 14.56] I don't know what the rat territory is, but I do know they are in the Pacific Northwest.
[15.10 --> 18.14] And some RVs fall victim to rats.
[18.20 --> 19.02] It's like disastrous.
[19.64 --> 21.94] Are these the culprits for the footprints on your suspension?
[22.72 --> 24.14] No, that I think was a raccoon.
[24.14 --> 29.10] But I'm thinking critters are a problem here in the Pacific Northwest.
[30.00 --> 43.86] So I ordered a suite of these really high-powered outdoor noisemakers that just, they're hypersonic frequencies, but I think they kind of sound like birds to the critters, like hungry birds.
[44.38 --> 46.70] And they flash lights and all this kind of stuff.
[46.92 --> 50.28] But they're just so loud that I think they also bother Levi.
[50.44 --> 51.78] And so I thought, here's what I'm going to do.
[52.16 --> 53.78] There's a home assistant solution for this.
[53.78 --> 60.96] I got myself a series of outdoor Z-Wave smart plugs and a couple of indoor ones.
[61.00 --> 61.86] I'll have links in the show notes.
[62.70 --> 67.50] And I set these up so that when we leave, the noisemakers automatically turn on.
[67.68 --> 70.48] And then when we arrive back, they automatically turn off.
[70.52 --> 72.66] And that way, we don't worry about bothering our dog Levi.
[73.48 --> 77.46] And, you know, I'm not getting blasted myself with ultrasonic noise, I guess.
[77.46 --> 79.06] That's great.
[79.18 --> 82.42] I mean, I remember as a teenager, they used to play in the shopping center near me.
[82.58 --> 83.90] I suppose you call them a mall here, don't you?
[84.38 --> 85.08] The shopping mall.
[85.34 --> 90.46] They used to have these high-pitched kind of things that used to go back up and down.
[91.66 --> 96.22] To this day, I think I can still hear quite a lot of high frequencies considering how old I am.
[96.68 --> 97.66] They just drive me crazy.
[97.74 --> 101.00] There's a house across the road that has one for the deer that run through our neighborhood.
[101.30 --> 101.82] Oh, yeah?
[102.14 --> 103.44] You can get them for deer, huh?
[103.84 --> 104.16] Yeah.
[104.82 --> 106.36] I mean, I assume that's what it's for.
[106.72 --> 108.76] Yeah, I've seen them for deer on the front of cars.
[109.26 --> 115.20] Yeah, I can feel like a real weird pressure on my ears, but I don't hear anything.
[115.36 --> 120.28] But then it has like this test mode that puts it into human hearing, and it's loud.
[120.48 --> 121.14] You can hear it.
[121.30 --> 121.42] Yeah.
[121.58 --> 121.84] Yeah.
[122.06 --> 124.88] So I thought, okay, let's just turn those suckers off.
[124.96 --> 125.92] But I don't want to remember.
[126.12 --> 128.34] I don't want to have to, you know, think about it.
[128.70 --> 129.48] I want to just be sitting.
[129.54 --> 131.32] I will be home and have Levi get a headache all of a sudden.
[131.32 --> 132.86] So I thought, let's do it based on location.
[132.86 --> 134.60] Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
[136.34 --> 137.38] So far, so good.
[138.14 --> 138.54] Absolutely.
[139.34 --> 142.48] Now, should we talk about the hoopla with Spotify this week and Neil Young?