[–] 2 points 1 month ago

Where should i buy my domain and are there any things i should be careful about?

not sure. i host at home and vpn in with tailscale

does the end of my domain (idk the specific name but .XYZ) matter at all?

shouldnt matter i believe?

I get that i should use a used PC (i have none lying around), but how old?

depends on what youre doing, but for simple file sharing and some small automations you could probably get away with a 10ish year old computer. i used a 2012 hp pc for many years. only replaced it abt a year ago.

Am i willing to self host too much stuff?

if your machine can handle it, who cares?

Can i use Gentoo, Devuan, or other non-systemd distros as an OS?

you can use anything you like. host everything on plan9 for all i care.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago*

    i got my crt tv hooked up, and got a mister fpga with composite output as well as an 8bitdo nes controller bluetooth boardswap.

    ive been playing ff1. dang that sucker is hard. i think next ill do Mother, then maybe sweet home

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    my steam machine for reference: waitlisted on 6/26, got the email to buy 9/7

    i suspect i lucked out and got it kinda early. havent seen much talk about it.

    i am not expecting to get to buy the frame until 2027, but maybe ill get lucky again.

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    I recently reinstalled my nixos (long story). but for some reason, tailscale refuses to install. when i reinstalled, i just copied over my configuration.nix to replace the default one from the install (not sure if that is part of the problem?). or maybe its just broken right now, and i need to wait it out?

    ...

    ok tailscale.com/net/tstun 0.034s

    ok tailscale.com/packages/deb 0.028s

    --- FAIL: TestGetList (0.00s)

    portlist_test.go:19: seek /proc/net/tcp: illegal seek
    

    --- FAIL: TestIgnoreLocallyBoundPorts (0.00s)

    portlist_test.go:40: seek /proc/net/tcp: illegal seek
    

    --- FAIL: TestPoller (0.00s)

    portlist_test.go:61: seek /proc/net/tcp: illegal seek
    

    FAIL

    FAIL tailscale.com/portlist 0.016s

    FAIL

    error: builder for '/nix/store/18r5bq5bx8n79mgpv69mnfjq8w7z05b0-tailscale-1.82.5.drv' failed with exit code 1

    error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/pd0225japsibj036hgfzj48q960wx8k4-system-generators.drv' failed to build

    error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/572pg1xc24wdd01v7cyvvrdijn7qb20y-system-path.drv' failed to build

    error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/hln81111gkd51fzm7napkb40wd3rx9ig-nixos-system-wwt-25.05.809261.7c815e513adb.drv' failed to build

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