Totally

Also, now leaving a system running for months on end without windows updating on its own is possible.

Cost

The physics of the space scenes in the Expanse is mostly accurate, but I don’t work there :(

I didn’t know about IKEA batteries, will check these out.

Do you use rechargeable batteries?

Trader Joe’s stuff is hard to find emulated else where.

Nice. I’m running bodhi on an older i3 Asus. Works great. Have fun

You can get a car, just don’t connect your phone to it.

The Red Rising series is worth it.

The latest tvs the boot pretty fast, when you turn them on for the first time just don’t agree to the policies and it’ll be a dumb tv.

The other option is a computer monitor.

My Sony TV allows for a default input on boot. Wish it allowed a default App on boot…

I feel like there is a limitless supply of the people you are waiting to fade away.

TrippleDent Gum!

The used market is going to be full of gas cars for a longtime. Look there of you need gas otherwise go electric if you can.

Beans help with protein

Yes, nothing will be better, but you should enjoy what you like. Just don’t go crazy

Yeah, really need traffic data with route alternative.

I ended up going with a synology Nas as i didn’t need high performance CPU and wanted a turn key solution. For what you get hardware wise, its low value, but if you factor in software and support, it works out to OK value.

You mentioned your parents will be using this. What services are you hoping to host? Outside network access is another rabbit hole.

Check the hardware requirements of the services you plan the host, but from what ir sounds like, you would likely be better served with decent pc 8th gen Intel with the storage in a 4 bay NAS or internal to the PC.

I suggested 8th gen Intel as a min for video transcoding (if needed)

I liked the movie The Arrival with Charlie Sheen

Running on a synology, but it’s not cheap. I like having direct access to my stuff if I can. Next step is cloud backup of my local , i think borg or something is very popular.

I’m going to say that self hosting becomes a fun hobby once you get your core services running. Core in this case means the services that are bringing you into selfhosting.