Raspberry pi/small NUC with a screen, in a digital kiosk mode. Just load a static html file with some js to update the clock. No keyboard, no touch input, no way to break it. Connect to it via ssh over tailscale or wireguard VPN to update the HTML with the notes you’d like to display. This way if internet goes down, the clock still works and whatever was displayed wrt messages stays displayed, and you don’t have to worry about the increased overhead of home assistant changes or updates breaking things. It will remain consistent since it’s just HTML and js. If you want less technical family members to be able to update the display…idk, seems like a headache.

Easier ci/cd integration and viewing diffs from my phone on the toilet. Nothing I can’t do with regular git, it would just take more effort.

Is there a reason I shouldn’t use gitea locally?

I’ve used almost all the addons I have on desktop for years with an extension collection and FF nightly.

Navidrome, symfonium, lidarr+soulseek, npm, and for scrobbling I use multi-scrobbler hooked into maloja.

Host your own it takes a minute to do with docker compose.

I use newpipe x sponsorblock, invidious, and pinhole as well, but it’s worth pointing out to those unfamiliar- pihole does nothing for YouTube ads. Pihole is great for sites that add google ads or random junk to their pages, it has no ability to block ads that come from the same domain as a sites content because it is DNS based.

I’m not condoning or promoting piracy here (that’s against the rules, innit?)

Before flaming you should check which community you’re posting to.

Two- with hot sauce in the middle, so you know which one broke.

Privacy concerns are a major issue for many people when it comes to using AI language models

Most of these site uses OpenAI’s free API

Free ChatGPT Sites: (No signups, logging in) Note: Always use VPN when accessing these site for privacy.

This author has no clue how any of this works.

Unfortunately most use Libby/Overdrive which puts DRM on the books and only lets you read through their clunky app or kindle.

Scanning isn’t a problem, it’s when someone gets in and sets up a c&c client that you’ve got issues. If you have open ports and out of date software, or bad password practices, it’s only a matter of time before someone turns automated port knocking into embedding malware in your printers and IOT devices.

I watched an over the air TV show recently, and they rolled an ozempic ad every single break. I would rather watch an hour of the save the children or ASPCA ads to be honest.

Be thankful you don’t have the drug ads. They’re an infestation down here. The companies advertise the crap out of a drug that costs the patient 3-4k+/mo, it enters the doctors subconscious so they’re more likely to recommend to the patients, pharma company makes bank, the lawsuits roll in right around the time the copyright on the brand name ends (they’re all shit drugs and barely more effective than placebo, yet with knarly side effects), they close it down and let the generic manufacturers fight it out while they pump the next shit pill or shot. Rinse and repeat.

Sports betting needs to go too, but I bet they’ll just move those into shows like big tobacco did.

I’m not a UI designer

You are now!

For 25 hits and 5 grabs a day, yes

Drunkenslug is still doing signups

As others have suggested I would stick to internal only until you’re comfortable. Dealing with automated port scanning from all over the globe is a nightmare if you aren’t running a tight ship, and a collasal headache to deal with if they get in. I started with pihole, jellyfin, and some other simple docker services. Check out linuxserver.io if you go the docker route, they have good prebuilt compose files for you to use and the community has good info on their forums. You don’t need a domain but it’s preferred if you want to host something public-facing. Make sure you have fail2ban configured if you open stuff up to the web, it makes dealing with the automated attacks easier.

I’ll do you one better, shoot a BFG to kill a docker container. https://github.com/gideonred/dockerdoomd

If you have more than one VPS to manage or multiple people that need access via SSH, you may want to look into using SSH certificates instead of keys. Keys get messy when you have to wrangle a lot of them and it’s a real pain in the but if you need to revoke multiple. It does require more than just generating a key pair and giving it to the server to trust though.