I think we both understand the intention behind my statement

Do you honestly encrypt your porn? Why? (Assuming it’s legal)

I’m not in IT but used to work with a very old terminal based data storage and retrieval system.

If the original programmers had implemented a particular feature, it was very easy to enter a command and have it spit out the relevant info.

But as times changed, the product outgrew its original boundaries, and on a regular basis clients would ask for specific info that would require printing out decades worth of data before searching and editing it to get what the client wanted.

I can not tell you how many times I heard the phrase, “Can’t you just push a button or something and get the information now??”

The thing that infuriated me the most was the idea that somehow we could do that, but didn’t want to, as if there was some secret button under the desk that we could push for our favourite clients. Ugh.

I’m not in IT and had no prior experience.

I bought a used Dell Optiplex for cheap and used installation guides provided on the websites of the services I wanted to install (pihole, jellyfin, home assistant etc)

This is by far the easiest method to get started. Learn by doing.

Make all your services LAN only to start; don’t open anything up to be accessed outside your home network until you know a bit more, as making it secure requires a bit more time and knowledge.

Hot tip: use chat gpt to help you. If something doesnt work, feed the error messages to it and it will explain why and give you the commands to fix them.

Odoo might have bits you want/need. Linux based.

What’s a “hacker mindset” and why do you need one to use this app?

Update: The homepage explains “hacker mindset” by linking to the wiki article for hacker lol

Good bot

Upvoted for the pic. Did you draw that? Looks cool :)

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predicting

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Whenever I’ve gone too far forwards

Counterpoint: spicy pillows

I was going to host pihole on an old android until I noticed it getting quite warm while continuously connected to power. Realised I didn’t know the lifespan of the battery and didn’t want it tp start a fire.

Its so exhausting having to train chat gpt to be condescending and to close all my threads as duplicates though