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The Future is NOT Self-Hosted in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] th3raid0r@tucson.social 5 points 3 days ago

I didn't get the vibe that he didn't enjoy it. More that he figures that a typical person wouldn't enjoy it. And that I would agree with.

The Future is NOT Self-Hosted in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] th3raid0r@tucson.social 13 points 3 days ago

Hi! This is what I'm trying to do with tucson.social. Wish the city would get back to me. I don't want to own/operate Tucson.social alone perpetually. Lol.

It would allow me to expand to a lot more community services outside of social media, chat, and Meetup platforms.

There's dozens of us! Dozens!

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Looking to get politically involved in Tucson? Start here (takeactiontucson.org)
 

Take Action Tucson is your Central Hub for Tucson Activism.

If you are a part of this organization please reach out to me. I'd like to have a deeper partnership with them.

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Temporary Rule - Any Articles referencing "Deporting" a U.S. citizen shall henceforth be required to use the term "Exile" in the title. (tucson.social)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by th3raid0r@tucson.social to c/tucsonpolitics@tucson.social
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This is pissing me the fuck off.

So let me make this utterly clear - henceforth any news article title that is erroneously using "deport" must be re-titled to use "exile" at the very least.

I'll do my part by editing the titles for any newsbot postings since that's all automated.

Language is important, deport has a very specific meaning. You cannot deport a citizen to a different country. The word the media seems to have difficulty using is "Exile" and "Salvadoran Death Camp".

So, I, as server admin will do it for them - because I'm not a fucking spineless coward.

Need good solutions for sharing photos with family in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] th3raid0r@tucson.social 0 points 1 year ago

The best "bang for the buck" in your use-case is to use Nextcloud - Nextcloud Talk is your Jitsi replacement, and the files feature can be extended with the Nextcloud Photos plugin (https://github.com/nextcloud/photos).

As for your domain question:

  1. You should use any computer you'd like that meets the Nextcloud recommendations, the key is of course isolating this machine on your home network so any "funny business" stays on the server. You can do this with VLANs or an entirely separate LAN connected to a different WAN (ISP).

  2. Many places, I like porkbun.com for real custom domains for cheap, but for your use case, you might be able to use a Dynamic DNS provider for free. It just likely won't be an easy to remember URL (or at least, as easy as a root domain only). If you have a newer ASUS or Netgear router/modem they both have Dynamic DNS built in and you can select from a few different providers that have both free and paid tiers. ALSO it might be better to use Google Domains (now squarespace domains) since, IIRC, many DynDNS configs for routers support Google Domains too. Cloudflare can also be a decent registrar, and I'd recommend using them if you use any other cloudflare services (see below).

  3. Other things to consider: Your ISP may block port 80, meaning lots of issues. If this is the case, you might want to use a tunnel of some sort. Cloudflare has a great solution here. Even if they don't block port 80, they may aggressively throttle and shape your incoming traffic - causing issues. Again, the tunnel is a good solution here. And, of course, your upload bandwidth matters a lot, you'll need something around 100Mbps upload for a decent experience when accessing your stuff over the internet. The 30Mbps that's typical of DOCSIS modems won't cut it. Outside of these concerns it's all about making sure you isolate your server from your "home stuff" to keep things secure.