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[0.00 --> 4.32] Well, here we are, fresh back from Denver. We're joined by Brent again, who's still hanging around.
[4.56 --> 6.52] And Chris, hey, hi, how are you doing, gentlemen?
[7.12 --> 8.74] Hello. Hey, Brent, thanks for coming in again.
[8.96 --> 10.36] Hey, thanks. It's good to be here.
[10.40 --> 14.46] You're like our de-Google correspondent, and we're going to be talking a lot about that this week.
[14.76 --> 15.44] Beep-de-beep, beep-de-beep.
[15.50 --> 16.34] Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep.
[18.38 --> 22.52] Yeah, well, my dumbass mentioned de-Googling just the week before.
[22.64 --> 26.36] We're taking a massive trip, and I'd have zero hours to actually do any prep for the episode.
[26.96 --> 33.50] Luckily, the audience saw fit to write in with about 800 emails telling us all the different ways that they're doing it.
[33.56 --> 37.20] So we're going to come across some of those later on in the show.
[37.72 --> 39.40] But in the meantime...
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[51.14 --> 52.88] I followed through on my challenge, Alex.
[52.88 --> 65.00] I de-Googled my map experience, which was crazy because we are on the road, and I was navigating Denver and now Colorado Springs for the entire time, the duration of this challenge.
[65.36 --> 69.06] So I will report back on my results when we get to the feedback.
[69.50 --> 73.84] But I think we should start with this news story that, I don't know, it's kind of a bummer, actually.
[74.24 --> 75.64] I was really sad to see this, yes.
[75.64 --> 83.84] Back in episode 33, we did a review of the Helios 64 Ultimate Arm-Powered NAS.
[84.64 --> 88.70] And unfortunately, the Cobalt team today have announced on their blog that they're pulling the plug.
[89.20 --> 90.50] Yeah, no more.
[90.60 --> 94.28] They're not even going to do the next batch that there's already orders in the pipeline for.
[94.36 --> 96.50] They say it really comes down to just two key points.
[96.50 --> 103.88] There's ongoing difficulties with manufacturing and procuring parts and costs of getting higher and higher.
[104.56 --> 105.42] That's been a problem.
[105.50 --> 107.52] And they say, number two, they made a rookie mistake.
[107.70 --> 109.12] They stretched themselves too thin.
[109.64 --> 112.92] They essentially went into the Helios 64 while just being a three-man show.
[113.12 --> 115.14] And they should have brought more people on board.
[115.42 --> 116.36] And they burned out.
[116.36 --> 123.62] You know, we got a really interesting insight into this manufacturing difficulties during our System76 factory tour last week,
[123.82 --> 131.88] where Jeremy, who is the guy that designed some of the firmware chips and some of the firmware itself for the launch keyboard,
[132.04 --> 139.34] was saying that they had to redesign on the fly two or three times some of the circuitry in that keyboard
[139.34 --> 142.36] because parts would go out of stock within hours.
[142.36 --> 149.88] And that he decided in the end to go ahead and order several, you know, hundred units of the parts they needed
[149.88 --> 155.20] before he'd actually finished the firmware so that it didn't go out of stock before he finished writing the code.
[155.38 --> 161.72] So if that's what System76 are up against, then they're probably a much larger player in this space than COBOL.
[162.60 --> 164.94] I can only imagine some of the issues that those guys are having.
[165.20 --> 169.36] It's a shame, though, because I think there's a lot of passion for an ARM-powered NAS,
[169.36 --> 172.88] specifically for those of us who are looking for low-power solutions.
[173.54 --> 177.18] We had some hopes that Helios was going to produce that for us.
[177.44 --> 180.96] Well, I think this speaks to some motivations that I've been feeling lately,
[181.12 --> 185.12] particularly after the last week getting the tour of the factory and seeing all the CNC machines
[185.12 --> 187.22] and all the powder coating stuff.
[187.40 --> 191.56] And, I mean, if ever you get the chance to be in Denver and do a tour of System76,
[192.44 --> 194.08] I'm not affiliated with them in any way.
[194.20 --> 195.86] You know, they're not a sponsor of the show or anything,
[196.36 --> 198.22] although they do sponsor other JB shows.
[198.22 --> 199.62] Just Coder, but yeah.
[200.12 --> 201.42] Oh, just Coder. That's right.
[201.88 --> 203.74] I mean, you know, maybe we should have them sponsor this show,
[203.82 --> 207.86] because those Thaleoses would make great NASes, so maybe they should be.
[208.70 --> 211.20] It was a truly inspirational experience for me.
[211.24 --> 216.40] So I'm sat here thinking, okay, COBOL, who was my hope, my light in this space,
[216.46 --> 218.20] has just bowed out.
[218.30 --> 223.16] Maybe Alex should start a company and build the ultimate NAS.
[223.36 --> 224.68] You know, maybe I should do that.
[224.68 --> 226.98] I think you've got a little bit of experience, Alex,
[227.08 --> 229.96] and some trials and tribulations that you've gone through already,
[230.08 --> 231.20] so maybe you're perfectly suited.
[231.46 --> 234.16] You could prototype 3D print the enclosure.
[234.52 --> 236.26] Well, you know, that was one of the things that struck me.
[236.32 --> 239.26] I know this is turning into a System76 factory tour recap,
[239.56 --> 242.70] but this is one of the things that struck me most during that tour, actually.
[242.78 --> 245.50] I asked them, you know, do you use 3D printing for your prototypes?
[245.94 --> 249.16] And they were like, well, no, it's just easier to do it in metal, isn't it?
[249.52 --> 250.36] And I'm like, is it?
[250.36 --> 251.96] Yeah, they used to.
[252.20 --> 253.48] Back in the day, they did.
[253.68 --> 256.40] I think one of the realities is that it's, with the equipment they have,
[256.44 --> 258.12] it's faster to make it out of metal.
[258.30 --> 260.88] It is really, you know, I think the reason why you keep coming back to it, Alex,
[260.94 --> 266.40] is because it is so hard to appreciate the amount of work that goes into manufacturing,
[266.68 --> 268.08] and that's an obvious thing to say.
[268.50 --> 273.80] But when you go to the factory, and you see every little thing they had to consider,
[273.80 --> 277.90] and when they're bringing things in as a block of aluminum,
[277.90 --> 280.76] and what's coming out on the other end is a keyboard or a case,
[281.44 --> 286.04] you really have no idea how intricate that process is until you see it.
[286.52 --> 290.54] And I think that's what is probably, I mean, that's what's resonated with me and stuck with me,
[290.56 --> 292.10] and I got to imagine probably for you, too.
[292.66 --> 296.16] Yeah, well, one example was Carl, who is the founder of System76.
[296.58 --> 300.40] I was just stood next to a shelf with loads of different parts in it,
[300.40 --> 304.26] and I picked up, like, an innocuous little nameplate, you know,
[304.28 --> 306.28] about the size of a dog tag or something like that,
[306.62 --> 310.22] and he jumped straight into a five-minute discussion telling me about all the different,
[310.38 --> 312.80] you know, reasons why they pick that particular size,
[313.26 --> 315.58] how it goes through their laser etching machine,
[315.74 --> 318.20] and how they're considering doing direct engraving instead,
[318.32 --> 319.12] and all that kind of stuff.
[319.14 --> 323.50] And I'm like, wow, if that's the amount of thought that goes into a nameplate,
[323.50 --> 324.92] or a serial number plate,
[325.80 --> 330.38] this is going to be a big mountain to solve if I want to try and do it myself.
[330.68 --> 332.44] That's what I take from it.
[332.48 --> 335.02] You take from it, hmm, maybe Alex could make a Nash.
[335.06 --> 335.72] That could be cool.
[335.82 --> 338.80] I take from it, oh, my God, I would have to build a factory,
[338.80 --> 340.70] and I would have to learn all this stuff.
[341.12 --> 342.70] Oh, well, that sounds fun, doesn't it?
[342.96 --> 344.18] Daunting, but fun.
[344.66 --> 346.88] Yeah, if I had another life,
[347.52 --> 350.60] if I had, like, you know, another hundred years,
[350.68 --> 352.74] I definitely would get into it for sure.
[353.20 --> 355.46] But you manufacture stuff every week as well,
[355.50 --> 357.04] and you ship podcasts every week.
[357.04 --> 361.46] Okay, you're not manufacturing aluminium into, you know, computer cases,
[362.00 --> 364.68] but you ship and manufacture stuff just the same.
[364.92 --> 366.02] That's true, and there have been many times
[366.02 --> 367.82] when we refer to our production pipeline
[367.82 --> 369.42] as kind of a manufacturing pipeline.
[369.66 --> 374.92] And if one component is delayed or, you know, gets out of order,
[375.34 --> 376.46] it does cause a jam up.
[376.54 --> 379.10] There is a lot of that kind of building tech around that.
[379.18 --> 381.20] Maybe that's why I don't have the appetite to do it again,
[381.20 --> 383.34] but I definitely would sit here and encourage you.
[383.64 --> 385.12] I'll be customer number one.
[386.92 --> 387.80] I'll be number two.
[388.28 --> 390.68] Well, there's a lot of roadblocks to overcome,
[391.30 --> 393.58] but if I could just bring it back to Cobol for a minute,
[393.84 --> 395.80] you know, one of the things I picked up on in my review
[395.80 --> 398.56] was that the product wasn't 100% finished,
[398.62 --> 400.32] and I've got to believe that with this news
[400.32 --> 403.56] that some of the issues that were present with that NAS now
[403.56 --> 405.10] will never be solved.
[405.24 --> 407.24] You know, things like the backplane breaking,
[407.24 --> 410.24] some of the plastic tabs, you know,
[410.28 --> 411.64] the power connector and data connector
[411.64 --> 413.82] on three of my hard drives, it turned out eventually.
[414.74 --> 417.06] Problems with the two and a half gigabit network adapter.
[417.70 --> 419.20] There was a bunch of other stuff as well.
[419.36 --> 420.82] You know, you can go and listen to episode 33
[420.82 --> 421.84] if you want the full review.
[422.52 --> 424.74] Well, I worry now this means that some of this stuff's
[424.74 --> 425.84] never going to get fixed.
[426.48 --> 427.32] Do you think you killed them?
[427.46 --> 429.24] Do you think that bad review killed them, Alex?
[430.36 --> 431.26] You murdered them.
[431.74 --> 432.76] Oh, don't say that.
[432.82 --> 433.82] I mean, I didn't mean to.
[433.88 --> 434.94] I was just trying to be honest.
[434.94 --> 438.26] It was presented in a way that I felt was constructive
[438.26 --> 439.44] to say that there are these,
[439.92 --> 441.52] it's a very promising piece of hardware.
[441.64 --> 444.26] I mean, the aluminium chassis was really lovely.
[444.90 --> 446.78] There was just a couple of key things that let it down,
[446.84 --> 448.52] you know, in terms of manufacturing tolerances
[448.52 --> 449.88] and a couple of firmware things.
[450.04 --> 452.28] But overall, they did a really great job.
[452.32 --> 455.70] And I wish there was some way we could tell them that,
[455.74 --> 458.00] you know, even though we weren't 100% positive,
[458.00 --> 459.82] it was just because we loved the idea,
[459.92 --> 462.06] not because we didn't want them to carry on and succeed.
[462.64 --> 463.26] I agree completely.
[463.26 --> 466.52] And they don't completely close the door in their blog post.
[466.60 --> 468.10] We'll have that linked in the show notes if you want.
[468.16 --> 469.78] They do kind of leave it cracked a little bit,
[469.82 --> 470.76] like maybe it'll come back.
[471.14 --> 474.10] But I wanted to shift gears and talk about something
[474.10 --> 476.12] that could solve a big problem for me.
[476.20 --> 478.30] I actually went out and I pre-ordered
[478.30 --> 481.14] a bunch of Wyze 3 cameras a long time ago.
[481.18 --> 483.74] And I have a box of Wyze 3 cameras
[483.74 --> 485.36] that I haven't installed
[485.36 --> 489.30] because they do not yet have an RTMP firmware
[489.30 --> 491.72] or an RTSP firmware for Wyze 3.
[492.06 --> 493.92] But Alex, I think you've solved that this week.
[494.14 --> 495.86] Yeah, I don't know where I came across this,
[495.98 --> 497.76] but I found a Docker container
[497.76 --> 500.62] that is called Docker Wyze Bridge.
[500.84 --> 502.12] Link in the show notes, of course.
[502.48 --> 504.08] And essentially what this does
[504.08 --> 507.62] is you give it your Wyze username and password
[507.62 --> 509.86] and it goes and sort of acts as an intermediary
[509.86 --> 512.18] between the Wyze API and the cameras.
[512.18 --> 514.80] And somehow it hooks into the local feed
[514.80 --> 516.00] on the cameras on your LAN
[516.00 --> 520.22] and then presents you with a normal RTSP stream.
[520.44 --> 522.26] So I've just got that feeding into Blue Iris
[522.26 --> 524.28] and it just works.
[524.78 --> 525.52] That's fascinating.
[525.78 --> 528.18] And yeah, it can actually do both.
[528.26 --> 530.52] It can pull from the Wyze servers
[530.52 --> 531.68] using your credentials.
[532.24 --> 534.00] Or with your credentials, it can use that.
[534.10 --> 535.88] There's a library that the app uses
[535.88 --> 538.50] and it essentially does a discovery on your network.
[539.22 --> 541.04] And the Wyze app does this as well.
[541.04 --> 544.24] And if it detects the camera, it uses LAN mode
[544.24 --> 546.10] and it just does that locally
[546.10 --> 548.20] and avoids the cloud relay.
[548.92 --> 551.02] And you can also in your Docker Compose,
[551.10 --> 553.30] there is an environment variable you can pass through
[553.30 --> 555.82] that says LAN underscore only that says,
[556.00 --> 557.84] don't even try the remote thing.
[558.30 --> 560.66] Only stream if you can locally detect them.
[561.06 --> 562.72] And that was the piece I was curious about.
[562.78 --> 563.84] That's why I dug into this.
[563.92 --> 566.04] And that means I could absolutely do this here in the RV,
[566.22 --> 567.94] which means I could replace these Wyze cams
[567.94 --> 568.88] that have been giving me trouble.
[568.88 --> 570.20] The version two was good,
[570.20 --> 572.20] but just didn't have enough horsepower,
[572.44 --> 574.26] didn't really work so great at night.
[574.58 --> 576.14] And the Wyze 3 solves those.
[576.60 --> 578.54] And with this Docker Wyze bridge,
[578.58 --> 581.32] which seems to have a decent community around it as well
[581.32 --> 582.50] and some active development,
[583.10 --> 585.54] I think my problems have been solved.
[585.82 --> 587.46] And I'll give this a go, I think,
[587.48 --> 589.28] once we get back into our home base.
[589.28 --> 591.14] So far as I can tell,
[591.24 --> 593.56] it only works on the V3 cameras.
[593.80 --> 596.92] So I've got a couple of V2s flashed with the RTSP firmware
[596.92 --> 599.02] and a couple of V3s.
[599.12 --> 601.24] And the app will, in its logs,
[601.36 --> 603.58] show me a bunch of errors for the two V2 cameras.
[604.04 --> 605.68] I don't know if that's because I'm running the,
[605.74 --> 608.60] you know, custom firmware or whatever it is.
[609.30 --> 612.56] But the performance with the V3s is great.
[612.66 --> 614.74] We've been using it as a baby monitor for my daughter.
[614.74 --> 617.16] And the night vision on there is just,
[617.50 --> 618.66] it's like daytime.
[618.94 --> 619.86] It's wonderful.
[620.44 --> 621.78] They blew it out of the park with the night vision.
[622.00 --> 623.48] It's tricky with the firmwares.
[623.62 --> 625.22] So this is an issue.
[625.34 --> 626.30] And I'm glad you brought it up
[626.30 --> 627.68] because we need to mention this on the show.
[628.28 --> 630.06] And they have it on their GitHub page.
[630.20 --> 635.24] There is a slightly older version of the firmware for V2
[635.24 --> 637.24] that is compatible with the bridge.
[637.38 --> 640.16] But if you use the latest firmware for V2,
[640.68 --> 641.56] it doesn't work.
[641.56 --> 646.82] And that actually holds true for some instances of the V3 model too.
[646.90 --> 648.22] So there's a version that does work
[648.22 --> 649.92] and there's a version that doesn't work with the V3
[649.92 --> 651.90] and the pan camera as well.
[652.28 --> 653.92] Anyways, the links in the show notes,
[654.02 --> 655.40] you do need to check into that
[655.40 --> 659.34] because I may have a really old firmware.
[659.60 --> 660.60] And so I'm going to have a hard time
[660.60 --> 663.12] getting just the right compatible firmware in some cases,
[663.26 --> 665.20] but they have all the information you need.
[665.92 --> 668.80] Back in episode 48, we talked about the Pi KVM,
[668.80 --> 671.36] you know, that wonderful Raspberry Pi
[671.36 --> 677.22] that captures HDMI and basically acts like a BMC KVM type thing.
[677.64 --> 678.44] Well, good news.
[678.62 --> 682.34] Their version 3 hat has finally entered Kickstarter mode.
[682.86 --> 684.52] It is a little pricey.
[684.78 --> 688.24] So the main hat, which doesn't include a Raspberry Pi,
[688.80 --> 690.12] costs $145.
[690.52 --> 693.38] So by the time you've added a Pi as well and a case,
[693.38 --> 696.02] it's going to be north of $200.
[697.20 --> 699.16] But you do get a lot of useful stuff in there,
[699.22 --> 702.34] like a USB-C bridge and CSI, you know, cables,
[702.44 --> 703.18] all that kind of stuff.
[703.94 --> 706.82] Now, Wendell's done a video about this on his channel on YouTube.
[707.20 --> 707.86] So if you're curious,
[707.90 --> 709.80] you can go and find out more about it over there.
[710.72 --> 712.12] I do wonder about the price.
[712.14 --> 713.04] And what do you think, Chris,
[713.24 --> 715.06] at that sort of $200 level?
[715.06 --> 717.56] Is that too much?
[718.40 --> 720.10] So it looks like right now on Kickstarter,
[720.50 --> 723.90] it's $145 and you'd get it by October 2021,
[724.20 --> 725.72] which seems pretty reasonable to me.
[726.28 --> 731.42] The price is, yeah, it feels high for a hat.
[732.10 --> 734.72] Now, I think the price is a little more reasonable
[734.72 --> 736.16] if you make the assumption
[736.16 --> 738.54] that just about everybody already has a Raspberry Pi 4
[738.54 --> 740.80] that would want to use something like this, right?
[740.80 --> 743.40] If you're going to use a Raspberry Pi-powered
[743.40 --> 745.92] keyboard video mouse switcher,
[745.92 --> 748.80] you probably already got a couple of Pis laying around.
[749.26 --> 749.98] So I don't think,
[750.18 --> 751.50] I think you just kind of null that out
[751.50 --> 752.90] because that's already a sunk cost.
[753.00 --> 754.62] And so it really is just the $145.
[755.30 --> 758.34] Now, you tell me, Alex, like how solid is this?
[758.40 --> 760.60] Is this, are you still using it?
[760.66 --> 763.72] Is it worth $145 now that you've used it for a bit?
[764.84 --> 768.72] I'm thinking I probably couldn't get a good KVM at that price.
[769.18 --> 769.92] I probably couldn't.
[770.02 --> 772.50] So I'd have to go with your word though,
[772.50 --> 773.14] if it's worth that.
[773.44 --> 775.86] Well, I'll tell you what I'm comparing it to in my mind, at least.
[775.92 --> 779.40] And that is a motherboard with IPMI built in.
[779.78 --> 783.34] So I'm actually going back to England in a couple of weeks
[783.34 --> 786.44] to go and introduce granddaughter to grandparents.
[786.96 --> 788.32] So hello, if you're listening.
[789.12 --> 790.38] And as part of that, I was thinking,
[790.48 --> 791.82] well, it would be nice to upgrade my,
[791.98 --> 794.26] you know, nearly 10 year old server in England
[794.26 --> 795.78] with a slightly more modern motherboard
[795.78 --> 797.90] and a slightly more modern IPMI implementation
[797.90 --> 799.42] that isn't based around Java.
[799.42 --> 805.64] And an eighth gen motherboard costs me around $150,
[806.28 --> 808.72] give or take, depending on the features that I want.
[809.06 --> 811.56] And I was looking at some ASRock rack stuff,
[811.80 --> 814.96] which thanks to, you know, the current chip shortage
[814.96 --> 818.70] seems to be in the $300, $250 to $300 range.
[818.70 --> 821.40] And so if I look at that and think,
[821.52 --> 826.48] I've got a built-in IPMI directly on the motherboard
[826.48 --> 829.56] that I know is going to be absolutely rock solid
[829.56 --> 831.64] versus an external device,
[831.74 --> 834.68] which in my experience has been good,
[834.76 --> 836.38] but it's still an external device.
[836.50 --> 837.82] And, you know, it's another power supply.
[837.98 --> 840.44] It's another operating system to keep updated,
[840.68 --> 841.52] et cetera, et cetera,
[841.52 --> 844.18] which in some respects could be a good thing.
[844.18 --> 846.00] In other respects could be a bad thing.
[846.72 --> 848.68] So the cost is kind of a wash, you know,
[848.72 --> 850.56] it's about the same to get a built-in
[850.56 --> 852.36] versus this external unit.
[853.88 --> 855.46] Probably just go for the built-in one,
[855.60 --> 856.58] to be honest with you.
[857.36 --> 861.06] Except for the fact that this Pi version
[861.06 --> 862.98] using the HDMI switch,
[863.14 --> 865.54] which is linked in the blog post in episode 48
[865.54 --> 868.38] that I talked about in that episode,
[869.00 --> 870.78] I've actually got three devices
[870.78 --> 873.08] hanging off this single Pi.
[873.08 --> 875.10] And that has actually worked really, really well.
[875.30 --> 877.66] So if you're able to spit that $150
[877.66 --> 879.74] between three devices,
[880.18 --> 882.68] suddenly that tips the scales quite a bit.
[883.30 --> 883.50] Hmm.
[883.92 --> 885.38] I also could see some value in there
[885.38 --> 886.96] if you needed to add it to devices
[886.96 --> 888.86] that IPMI wouldn't be an option.
[889.30 --> 890.04] Like, you know,
[890.08 --> 892.44] I'd love to have console-level access
[892.44 --> 893.90] to my studio machines right now
[893.90 --> 894.68] while I'm remote,
[894.76 --> 895.50] while I'm here in Denver.
[895.92 --> 896.98] For your other Raspberry Pis?
[897.36 --> 898.20] Yeah, that too.
[898.40 --> 899.34] It would be a great way
[899.34 --> 901.22] to get console access to my Raspberry Pis.
[901.22 --> 902.00] Oh, okay.
[902.58 --> 903.02] All right.
[903.08 --> 904.66] Now you're making me think
[904.66 --> 906.08] maybe I should back this.
[907.60 --> 908.42] Damn it, Alex.
[908.74 --> 910.62] Well, now I've actually been in Lady Dupes.
[911.52 --> 913.42] I've seen how you cool your
[913.42 --> 914.72] air quotes server cupboard.
[916.74 --> 917.70] It's pretty cool.
[920.04 --> 921.50] Hey man, I just got to get airflow.
[921.70 --> 922.48] That's all that matters.
[922.58 --> 923.80] I just got to get airflow.
[924.42 --> 926.92] How hot was it in the RV
[926.92 --> 929.08] whilst you were parked at System76 last week?
[929.18 --> 930.40] A hundred and seven?
[930.72 --> 931.92] Yeah, it was a hundred and seven.
[932.04 --> 933.58] I think the hottest we ever got in here,
[933.62 --> 934.58] though, was actually Nebraska.
[934.78 --> 936.64] I think it got near to 120 in here
[936.64 --> 937.72] while we were recording.
[938.12 --> 939.40] Which actually, it was impressive
[939.40 --> 940.90] because the server, quote,
[941.10 --> 942.64] room was the coolest place
[942.64 --> 944.02] in the whole RV at that time.
[947.22 --> 949.50] Leno.com slash SSH.
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[954.84 --> 955.96] Hey guys, guess what?
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[964.02 --> 965.90] because Linode helped make that possible.
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[968.58 --> 969.52] who went over to
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[974.96 --> 977.10] they've been independent since 2003.
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[984.22 --> 985.56] at cloud computing.
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[1010.18 --> 1011.04] an impossible task.
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[1027.54 --> 1028.46] all gets uploaded
[1028.46 --> 1029.64] to those buckets.
[1029.96 --> 1031.02] And then our next cloud instance,
[1031.12 --> 1031.72] what we put on there,
[1031.78 --> 1032.90] also saves to their S3
[1032.90 --> 1033.96] compatible object storage.
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[1058.42 --> 1058.88] out there.
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[1060.72 --> 1062.26] to go with a multi-cloud strategy.
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[1065.86 --> 1067.40] or maybe you want something
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[1068.90 --> 1070.26] and then network them
[1070.26 --> 1071.54] using something like Nebula.
[1072.08 --> 1073.06] Linode can be part
[1073.06 --> 1074.16] of that strategy as well.
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[1075.48 --> 1077.48] reunion road trip possible as well.
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[1086.44 --> 1087.36] to try the service out.
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[1088.40 --> 1089.38] for what it's capable of.
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[1098.50 --> 1099.84] Here's an email from Hans.
[1100.28 --> 1100.88] Hans says,
[1101.00 --> 1101.64] Hey guys,
[1101.82 --> 1103.66] you touched upon password managers
[1103.66 --> 1105.30] and Bitwarden in episode 51.
[1105.50 --> 1106.02] Like Brent,
[1106.02 --> 1107.66] I'm using KeePass XC.
[1108.60 --> 1109.48] Good choice.
[1109.48 --> 1110.82] What I like about it
[1110.82 --> 1112.18] is that it's easy to back up
[1112.18 --> 1113.20] because the whole database
[1113.20 --> 1114.46] is just a single file.
[1115.02 --> 1115.86] Currently sync it
[1115.86 --> 1116.74] between my devices
[1116.74 --> 1118.60] via self-hosted sync thing instance
[1118.60 --> 1119.96] running on an ARM board
[1119.96 --> 1121.58] in our laundry room.
[1122.06 --> 1122.86] Laundry room servers.
[1123.00 --> 1123.36] Very nice.
[1124.04 --> 1124.76] That being said,
[1124.86 --> 1126.38] this setup is a few years old
[1126.38 --> 1127.92] and if I would start from scratch
[1127.92 --> 1129.68] or if I had to share the password
[1129.68 --> 1130.42] with other people,
[1130.58 --> 1132.16] I'd definitely give Bitwarden a look.
[1132.72 --> 1133.74] One thing I wonder though,
[1133.84 --> 1135.32] when you host your passwords
[1135.32 --> 1136.98] in a more complex application
[1136.98 --> 1137.74] like Bitwarden,
[1138.04 --> 1139.82] are you taking any extra measures
[1139.82 --> 1141.16] to secure your servers?
[1141.80 --> 1142.82] I suppose it's reasonable
[1142.82 --> 1144.42] to trust the security
[1144.42 --> 1146.60] of Bitwarden itself,
[1146.78 --> 1147.54] but if an attacker
[1147.54 --> 1148.94] would gain access to your server,
[1149.10 --> 1150.32] would it be easier for them
[1150.32 --> 1151.04] to do harm
[1151.04 --> 1152.58] as compared to what you would
[1152.58 --> 1154.12] just host an encrypted
[1154.12 --> 1155.78] KeePass database file to?
[1156.40 --> 1157.76] Thanks and keep on going.
[1157.96 --> 1158.14] Hans.
[1158.54 --> 1159.34] Well, I think it depends
[1159.34 --> 1161.38] on how open your server is.
[1161.50 --> 1162.74] If it's connected to the internet,
[1162.90 --> 1163.46] you've got to assume
[1163.46 --> 1164.16] at some point,
[1164.64 --> 1164.90] you know,
[1165.02 --> 1166.54] it's possible it might get
[1166.54 --> 1167.36] compromised.
[1168.52 --> 1170.40] But it speaks to a larger
[1170.40 --> 1172.60] philosophy that I tend
[1172.60 --> 1173.42] to subscribe to
[1173.42 --> 1174.24] with this kind of stuff
[1174.24 --> 1176.00] of don't be the tallest nail.
[1176.42 --> 1176.56] You know,
[1176.74 --> 1178.54] take some basic precautions.
[1178.74 --> 1180.10] Have things like fail to ban
[1180.10 --> 1182.50] installed on your SSH logins.
[1183.04 --> 1184.26] Open as few ports
[1184.26 --> 1184.86] in your firewall
[1184.86 --> 1185.92] as you possibly can.
[1186.38 --> 1187.84] Use something like WireGuard
[1187.84 --> 1188.60] or TailScale
[1188.60 --> 1189.48] or something like that
[1189.48 --> 1190.30] to actually connect
[1190.30 --> 1191.40] to the service in question
[1191.40 --> 1192.98] so that all the data
[1192.98 --> 1194.28] that travels between
[1194.28 --> 1195.28] everything is encrypted.
[1195.28 --> 1196.72] You know,
[1196.76 --> 1198.20] and use things like SSH keys
[1198.20 --> 1199.10] instead of passwords.
[1199.40 --> 1200.54] Just those things alone
[1200.54 --> 1201.08] are going to make you
[1201.08 --> 1202.26] more secure than the average
[1202.26 --> 1203.30] server administrator.
[1203.92 --> 1205.00] Vault Warden is the new
[1205.00 --> 1205.92] hotness these days.
[1206.04 --> 1207.70] Bitwarden RS is the old name.
[1208.10 --> 1209.58] And I do agree with everything
[1209.58 --> 1210.56] you just said, Alex.
[1211.12 --> 1212.32] Don't be the tallest nail.
[1212.42 --> 1213.00] But also,
[1213.28 --> 1214.44] consider the security
[1214.44 --> 1215.22] of the box
[1215.22 --> 1215.80] if possible.
[1215.90 --> 1216.94] Limited internet access.
[1217.42 --> 1217.86] And also,
[1218.08 --> 1218.82] keep in mind,
[1219.38 --> 1220.76] Bitwarden is using
[1220.76 --> 1222.22] local encryption.
[1222.22 --> 1223.68] So it encrypts
[1223.68 --> 1224.54] and hashes your data
[1224.54 --> 1225.82] on your local device
[1225.82 --> 1227.06] before it sends it
[1227.06 --> 1227.92] to the cloud server,
[1228.06 --> 1229.46] even if it's their service
[1229.46 --> 1231.22] or your self-hosted service.
[1231.54 --> 1232.42] So that gives you
[1232.42 --> 1233.60] some peace of mind
[1233.60 --> 1234.30] knowing that the data
[1234.30 --> 1235.18] that's at rest
[1235.18 --> 1235.66] on the server
[1235.66 --> 1236.28] is encrypted.
[1236.84 --> 1237.14] Now, Alex,
[1237.18 --> 1237.68] you mentioned
[1237.68 --> 1239.10] being a shorter nail.
[1239.98 --> 1241.60] Have either of you
[1241.60 --> 1242.84] in all of your years
[1242.84 --> 1243.86] encountered situations
[1243.86 --> 1244.96] when you were
[1244.96 --> 1245.82] one of the taller nails
[1245.82 --> 1246.84] and ran into issues?
[1247.62 --> 1247.86] You mean,
[1247.90 --> 1248.80] like had a server compromised?
[1249.06 --> 1249.44] Basically,
[1249.52 --> 1250.14] that's what I'm asking.
[1250.14 --> 1250.58] Yeah,
[1250.70 --> 1251.70] it's never very exciting.
[1252.28 --> 1253.44] It's usually like
[1253.44 --> 1254.12] a server gets turned
[1254.12 --> 1255.50] into an FTP box
[1255.50 --> 1257.44] or somebody gets a process
[1257.44 --> 1258.20] on your machine.
[1258.30 --> 1258.40] I mean,
[1258.42 --> 1259.18] I think I've had
[1259.18 --> 1260.32] maybe a client or two
[1260.32 --> 1261.30] that that's happened to.
[1262.16 --> 1263.38] It's never anything
[1263.38 --> 1264.48] more exciting
[1264.48 --> 1265.06] than somebody trying
[1265.06 --> 1265.84] to mine crypto
[1265.84 --> 1266.80] or something these days.
[1267.86 --> 1268.98] Can I admit something
[1268.98 --> 1269.62] to you both?
[1269.92 --> 1270.38] Oh, yeah.
[1270.62 --> 1271.64] I used to run
[1271.64 --> 1273.32] remote desktop
[1273.32 --> 1274.38] open to the internet
[1274.38 --> 1275.36] with the password
[1275.36 --> 1276.16] 22.
[1277.76 --> 1279.08] You maniac.
[1279.08 --> 1280.88] for like three years.
[1281.02 --> 1282.18] And how'd that go, Alex?
[1283.42 --> 1283.82] Well,
[1284.10 --> 1285.40] it didn't end well,
[1285.82 --> 1286.06] Brent.
[1286.32 --> 1287.54] It didn't end well at all.
[1287.80 --> 1288.18] No.
[1289.76 --> 1290.52] What happened?
[1290.72 --> 1291.08] Tell us.
[1292.08 --> 1293.42] They decided
[1293.42 --> 1294.96] to wipe my hard drives.
[1295.46 --> 1296.12] Oh, no.
[1297.06 --> 1297.94] Oh, that sucks.
[1298.06 --> 1298.58] That sucks.
[1298.68 --> 1299.36] I suppose maybe
[1299.36 --> 1300.00] that's better than
[1300.00 --> 1301.20] using it for something nefarious
[1301.20 --> 1301.92] or maybe they did
[1301.92 --> 1302.64] and then they wiped it
[1302.64 --> 1303.44] so there's no track.
[1303.52 --> 1304.14] So maybe they did
[1304.14 --> 1305.08] do something nefarious.
[1305.26 --> 1306.08] I have no idea.
[1306.08 --> 1306.50] I mean,
[1306.52 --> 1307.04] if your password
[1307.04 --> 1307.56] is 22,
[1307.80 --> 1310.22] maybe old Alex
[1310.22 --> 1311.14] didn't know how to check.
[1313.06 --> 1313.42] Yeah.
[1313.52 --> 1313.72] I mean,
[1313.74 --> 1314.36] back in the day,
[1314.50 --> 1316.54] that was something
[1316.54 --> 1317.90] you just didn't really think of
[1317.90 --> 1318.74] way back in the day.
[1318.82 --> 1319.32] Things were just
[1319.32 --> 1319.92] on the internet.
[1320.10 --> 1322.14] When I first got exposure
[1322.14 --> 1324.12] to TCP IP networking,
[1324.68 --> 1325.82] everything had a public
[1325.82 --> 1326.56] internet address
[1326.56 --> 1327.32] on the network.
[1327.72 --> 1328.84] And it wasn't until
[1328.84 --> 1330.18] sometime later
[1330.18 --> 1331.36] that we had firewalls
[1331.36 --> 1332.12] and NATs.
[1332.20 --> 1333.04] And so for a short period
[1333.04 --> 1333.30] of time,
[1333.34 --> 1333.90] you could basically
[1333.90 --> 1334.80] connect to everything.
[1336.30 --> 1337.58] There was some crazy stuff
[1337.58 --> 1338.32] we did back then.
[1338.88 --> 1339.58] I didn't want to put you guys
[1339.58 --> 1339.98] on the spot,
[1340.08 --> 1341.00] but I would be curious
[1341.00 --> 1343.14] about how to go about
[1343.14 --> 1344.30] detecting some of this stuff,
[1344.54 --> 1344.76] you know,
[1344.78 --> 1345.62] even from a most
[1345.62 --> 1347.00] very basic level.
[1347.68 --> 1348.00] Hmm.
[1348.18 --> 1348.42] Well,
[1348.48 --> 1348.82] I mean,
[1348.82 --> 1349.24] I'm sure Alex,
[1349.26 --> 1350.10] you probably have a few ideas.
[1350.26 --> 1351.18] My first couple
[1351.18 --> 1351.78] that come to mind
[1351.78 --> 1353.40] would be know what processes
[1353.40 --> 1353.94] should be writing
[1353.94 --> 1354.58] on your box,
[1354.72 --> 1355.60] check your logs.
[1355.96 --> 1356.46] I mean,
[1356.48 --> 1358.16] almost every single time
[1358.16 --> 1359.70] that a client machine
[1359.70 --> 1360.10] or something
[1360.10 --> 1361.56] was behaving poorly,
[1362.24 --> 1363.18] I could almost immediately
[1363.18 --> 1364.14] just suss it out
[1364.14 --> 1364.84] by running top.
[1365.10 --> 1365.54] I mean,
[1365.58 --> 1365.90] really,
[1366.18 --> 1366.40] because,
[1366.54 --> 1366.64] you know,
[1366.70 --> 1367.52] you know what that machine
[1367.52 --> 1368.40] is supposed to be doing.
[1368.60 --> 1369.58] And if there's some process
[1369.58 --> 1370.50] going crazy on there
[1370.50 --> 1371.34] that has nothing to do
[1371.34 --> 1372.28] with the responsibilities
[1372.28 --> 1373.18] of that box,
[1373.28 --> 1374.38] you got a pretty good idea
[1374.38 --> 1374.98] of what it is.
[1375.66 --> 1376.56] And then you look
[1376.56 --> 1377.18] at your logs,
[1377.26 --> 1377.42] right?
[1377.42 --> 1378.96] You look at the active users
[1378.96 --> 1380.42] that are logged onto the system
[1380.42 --> 1381.96] and you kind of start
[1381.96 --> 1382.62] tracing it back.
[1382.70 --> 1383.22] Usually you'll look
[1383.22 --> 1383.80] at the process
[1383.80 --> 1384.32] and there'll be like
[1384.32 --> 1386.08] some weird path
[1386.08 --> 1386.64] or URL
[1386.64 --> 1387.86] for a process
[1387.86 --> 1388.72] that looks normal,
[1388.82 --> 1389.92] but it's in the wrong place
[1389.92 --> 1390.68] or it's being run
[1390.68 --> 1391.56] by the wrong user
[1391.56 --> 1392.92] and you kind of track
[1392.92 --> 1393.54] it back from there.
[1394.40 --> 1395.44] Depends where
[1395.44 --> 1396.98] your expertise lies.
[1397.48 --> 1399.12] If you're a networking guy,
[1399.38 --> 1400.24] you could use something
[1400.24 --> 1401.32] like Snort,
[1401.84 --> 1402.64] which is essentially
[1402.64 --> 1404.52] a packet filter
[1404.52 --> 1405.78] and it looks for certain
[1405.78 --> 1406.80] patterns of packets.
[1406.96 --> 1407.12] Yeah,
[1407.16 --> 1408.50] or bandwidth charts as well.
[1408.58 --> 1408.72] You know,
[1408.74 --> 1409.34] that sometimes
[1409.34 --> 1410.32] will be an indication
[1410.32 --> 1410.98] something's up
[1410.98 --> 1411.40] as you'll see
[1411.40 --> 1412.22] your bandwidth usage
[1412.22 --> 1412.86] spikes up.
[1414.14 --> 1415.14] And would you guys say
[1415.14 --> 1416.02] that containerizing
[1416.02 --> 1417.24] some of your services
[1417.24 --> 1418.14] is a way to
[1418.14 --> 1419.06] help this situation?
[1419.06 --> 1421.56] No.
[1421.94 --> 1422.30] No.
[1424.72 --> 1425.08] No,
[1425.18 --> 1425.38] I mean,
[1425.40 --> 1425.62] really,
[1425.68 --> 1425.96] in a way,
[1426.02 --> 1426.70] it makes it worse.
[1426.84 --> 1427.56] I think it makes it worse
[1427.56 --> 1428.74] because there's more processes
[1428.74 --> 1429.80] and more things going on
[1429.80 --> 1430.96] on a box in some cases.
[1431.48 --> 1432.18] But you do have
[1432.18 --> 1432.76] better security
[1432.76 --> 1433.58] in terms of networking
[1433.58 --> 1434.22] control
[1434.22 --> 1435.70] and process isolation
[1435.70 --> 1436.84] and the ability
[1436.84 --> 1437.68] to just destroy
[1437.68 --> 1438.20] a container
[1438.20 --> 1439.00] and recreate it
[1439.00 --> 1439.46] if something did
[1439.46 --> 1439.88] go sideways.
[1440.02 --> 1440.36] So it's,
[1440.68 --> 1440.96] I mean,
[1440.96 --> 1441.40] it's a mix.
[1441.48 --> 1442.28] I think it's good and bad.
[1442.40 --> 1442.74] But I'm sure,
[1442.82 --> 1442.96] Alex,
[1443.00 --> 1443.58] you must have thoughts.
[1443.66 --> 1444.24] You must have thoughts.
[1444.58 --> 1444.70] Well,
[1444.88 --> 1445.52] containers good,
[1445.60 --> 1446.40] everything else bad,
[1446.52 --> 1446.76] right?
[1446.76 --> 1447.52] That's my viewpoint.
[1447.52 --> 1451.56] But I think containers
[1451.56 --> 1452.66] are better in this situation
[1452.66 --> 1453.40] because let's say
[1453.40 --> 1454.82] you've got an NGINX web server
[1454.82 --> 1456.44] listening with your
[1456.44 --> 1458.46] vault warden behind it
[1458.46 --> 1459.88] or whatever the web server is
[1459.88 --> 1461.18] that's exposing your passwords
[1461.18 --> 1462.38] to you.
[1462.90 --> 1464.46] If somebody was to compromise
[1464.46 --> 1466.46] something in that code
[1466.46 --> 1468.04] and do a buffer overflow
[1468.04 --> 1468.76] or do something
[1468.76 --> 1469.76] that meant they could get
[1469.76 --> 1470.56] something out of memory
[1470.56 --> 1471.30] that they shouldn't
[1471.30 --> 1473.58] and extrapolate some data
[1473.58 --> 1474.94] that they shouldn't get,
[1474.94 --> 1476.98] the blast radius of that
[1476.98 --> 1477.80] is going to be limited
[1477.80 --> 1478.76] to the scope
[1478.76 --> 1480.32] that that container
[1480.32 --> 1481.48] has access to.
[1482.22 --> 1483.72] And so running things
[1483.72 --> 1484.22] in a container
[1484.22 --> 1485.20] is more secure
[1485.20 --> 1486.74] simply by virtue
[1486.74 --> 1487.26] of the fact
[1487.26 --> 1488.46] that you are scoping
[1488.46 --> 1489.48] what that container
[1489.48 --> 1490.44] has access to
[1490.44 --> 1491.60] on the host system.
[1492.36 --> 1492.38] Yeah,
[1492.46 --> 1492.68] I mean,
[1492.68 --> 1493.32] it will have access
[1493.32 --> 1494.24] to any of the data
[1494.24 --> 1495.02] that the container
[1495.02 --> 1495.78] has access to
[1495.78 --> 1496.92] which is likely
[1496.92 --> 1497.64] important data
[1497.64 --> 1498.72] but it's contained
[1498.72 --> 1499.84] to that region.
[1500.06 --> 1500.94] That's inherently more safe
[1500.94 --> 1501.84] than say running Apache
[1501.84 --> 1502.92] or NGINX on a box
[1502.92 --> 1504.02] and you pop Apache
[1504.02 --> 1505.20] and now you've got
[1505.20 --> 1506.08] access to anything
[1506.08 --> 1506.98] on that host
[1506.98 --> 1508.12] that Apache had access to
[1508.12 --> 1509.18] which if you're lucky
[1509.18 --> 1509.80] is not much
[1509.80 --> 1511.22] but sometimes
[1511.22 --> 1511.74] is way more
[1511.74 --> 1512.30] than it should be.
[1512.74 --> 1513.56] So yeah,
[1514.40 --> 1516.24] it's going to be different
[1516.24 --> 1517.04] every time too.
[1517.30 --> 1519.08] There's not a one-size-fits-all solution.
[1519.24 --> 1520.50] It's trying to make sure
[1520.50 --> 1521.18] you're secure
[1521.18 --> 1522.24] and monitoring
[1522.24 --> 1523.74] in multiple locations.
[1524.96 --> 1526.30] We got a lot of email
[1526.30 --> 1527.98] about people's Wi-Fi systems.
[1528.10 --> 1528.72] We got some people
[1528.72 --> 1529.80] who love mesh setups,
[1530.26 --> 1531.24] some people who hate
[1531.24 --> 1532.16] mesh setups
[1532.16 --> 1533.62] but we got one email
[1533.62 --> 1534.56] in about a
[1534.56 --> 1536.54] free mesh wireless solution.
[1536.78 --> 1537.16] It's at
[1537.16 --> 1538.74] freemeshwireless.com.
[1539.14 --> 1540.12] It's an open source package
[1540.12 --> 1541.18] that you load
[1541.18 --> 1541.80] onto hardware
[1541.80 --> 1543.54] and then we got some people
[1543.54 --> 1544.34] that said don't do it.
[1544.44 --> 1546.22] Just deploy multiple APs.
[1546.36 --> 1547.34] So I'm still collecting
[1547.34 --> 1548.20] information
[1548.20 --> 1549.00] and taking it all in
[1549.00 --> 1550.02] and I got a few devices
[1550.02 --> 1550.90] to research too
[1550.90 --> 1552.10] so I wanted to say
[1552.10 --> 1552.76] thank you to everybody
[1552.76 --> 1553.80] who sent in suggestions
[1553.80 --> 1555.12] for different Wi-Fi setups.
[1555.66 --> 1555.96] Wow,
[1556.54 --> 1557.50] there's a lot out there
[1557.50 --> 1558.40] including some of you
[1558.40 --> 1558.72] who said,
[1558.78 --> 1559.08] you know what,
[1559.10 --> 1560.02] just stick with Unify.
[1560.20 --> 1560.64] It's fine.
[1560.96 --> 1561.40] It's fine.
[1561.40 --> 1562.34] Well, okay,
[1562.34 --> 1562.84] just one guy.
[1564.52 --> 1565.46] And several folks,
[1565.58 --> 1565.78] Brent,
[1565.86 --> 1566.76] were happy with your
[1566.76 --> 1567.82] recommendation of checking
[1567.82 --> 1568.72] out Microtik.
[1568.98 --> 1569.90] It's almost like I know
[1569.90 --> 1570.30] something.
[1572.92 --> 1574.14] At the meetup in Denver,
[1574.32 --> 1575.54] several of you let me know
[1575.54 --> 1577.64] that you are massive fans
[1577.64 --> 1579.02] of cloudfree.shop
[1579.02 --> 1580.00] and they are sponsoring
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[1587.88 --> 1589.10] Also,
[1589.54 --> 1590.50] those of you in the UK
[1590.50 --> 1591.54] who have let me know
[1591.54 --> 1592.52] that you wish
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[1607.04 --> 1607.70] or a pound
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[1610.62 --> 1611.40] are owned
[1611.40 --> 1612.08] and operated
[1612.08 --> 1613.64] by a couple of our listeners,
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[1615.80 --> 1617.00] and check out
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[1619.80 --> 1621.28] We had a lot of emails
[1621.28 --> 1623.36] in regards to de-googling
[1623.36 --> 1625.02] and it really ran
[1625.02 --> 1625.96] the whole spectrum.
[1626.12 --> 1626.52] We're going to try
[1626.52 --> 1628.38] to get to some of them,
[1628.88 --> 1629.76] but legitimately,
[1630.04 --> 1630.16] Brett,
[1630.20 --> 1630.84] you saw the list.
[1630.92 --> 1631.56] There's just no way
[1631.56 --> 1632.00] we could read
[1632.00 --> 1632.64] all those emails.
[1633.06 --> 1633.24] Yeah,
[1633.30 --> 1633.86] you gave me
[1633.86 --> 1634.82] a little sneak peek
[1634.82 --> 1635.72] at just the number
[1635.72 --> 1637.06] of the sheer number of emails.
[1637.08 --> 1637.50] I just scrolled
[1637.50 --> 1638.16] through the list.
[1638.44 --> 1638.46] Oh,
[1638.58 --> 1639.38] we did our best,
[1639.64 --> 1640.06] but we've...
[1640.06 --> 1640.88] It's a lot of email.
[1641.36 --> 1641.62] Yeah,
[1642.36 --> 1643.10] but Dustin was one
[1643.10 --> 1644.40] of the first to write in
[1644.40 --> 1645.40] and Dustin was at
[1645.40 --> 1646.00] the Boise meetup
[1646.00 --> 1646.36] with us,
[1646.44 --> 1646.60] Brent.
[1647.16 --> 1647.56] He says,
[1647.62 --> 1648.60] on today's self-hosted,
[1648.62 --> 1649.16] you guys talked
[1649.16 --> 1649.98] about de-googling.
[1650.44 --> 1651.38] This is my journey
[1651.38 --> 1651.94] and it has been
[1651.94 --> 1652.70] for two years
[1652.70 --> 1653.12] and I'd say I'm
[1653.12 --> 1654.24] about 90%
[1654.24 --> 1655.44] of the way there.
[1655.92 --> 1656.48] Dustin goes on
[1656.48 --> 1656.64] to say,
[1656.72 --> 1657.28] this includes
[1657.28 --> 1658.18] replacing G Suite
[1658.18 --> 1658.94] for my podcast
[1658.94 --> 1659.86] and I've also gone
[1659.86 --> 1660.46] with the model
[1660.46 --> 1661.52] of self-hosting
[1661.52 --> 1662.24] when it makes sense.
[1662.68 --> 1663.50] So here's what he's done.
[1663.60 --> 1664.00] For mail,
[1664.12 --> 1664.48] contacts,
[1664.56 --> 1665.14] and calendar,
[1665.56 --> 1666.06] he switched
[1666.06 --> 1666.78] from G Suite
[1666.78 --> 1667.68] to Fastmail.
[1668.08 --> 1669.48] For notes and docs,
[1669.54 --> 1670.70] he's using Joplin,
[1671.30 --> 1672.12] using Nextcloud
[1672.12 --> 1672.70] to sync it,
[1673.10 --> 1674.30] for photo sync,
[1674.36 --> 1675.26] he's using Nextcloud.
[1675.62 --> 1676.28] For his phone,
[1676.36 --> 1676.78] he's gone with
[1676.78 --> 1677.96] the iPhone SE 2020,
[1678.26 --> 1678.80] so he's not dealing
[1678.80 --> 1679.44] with Google there.
[1679.90 --> 1680.44] For DNS,
[1680.72 --> 1681.78] he's using NextDNS.
[1681.86 --> 1682.50] We got another vote
[1682.50 --> 1683.56] for NextDNS as well.
[1684.10 --> 1684.98] For maps,
[1685.34 --> 1686.32] he's using a combination
[1686.32 --> 1687.36] of Apple Maps
[1687.36 --> 1689.02] and the OpenStreetMaps
[1689.02 --> 1690.46] app on the App Store.
[1690.98 --> 1691.82] And for the browser,
[1691.98 --> 1692.50] he's sticking with
[1692.50 --> 1693.56] Firefox and Safari.
[1694.28 --> 1695.30] And for his Chromebook,
[1695.40 --> 1695.52] well,
[1695.54 --> 1696.32] he's replaced that
[1696.32 --> 1698.04] with the ThinkPad X260
[1698.04 --> 1698.62] with Arch
[1698.62 --> 1699.88] and now Fedora on there.
[1700.10 --> 1700.96] He's still working
[1700.96 --> 1701.74] on the home assistance.
[1701.74 --> 1702.54] He's going to maybe
[1702.54 --> 1703.60] consider the HomePods
[1703.60 --> 1705.26] and look at Mycroft.
[1705.58 --> 1705.92] He says,
[1706.00 --> 1706.56] Google Photos
[1706.56 --> 1707.20] has been working great
[1707.20 --> 1708.04] for my wife,
[1708.30 --> 1709.70] but I'm not using it.
[1710.12 --> 1711.04] And he's using
[1711.04 --> 1711.68] FreeTube
[1711.68 --> 1713.50] to bypass YouTube,
[1713.50 --> 1714.36] but it has been
[1714.36 --> 1715.10] a bit of a challenge,
[1715.18 --> 1715.58] I suspect.
[1716.28 --> 1717.40] Some good tips there,
[1717.48 --> 1719.04] although Fastmail
[1719.04 --> 1720.76] isn't self-hosting.
[1720.84 --> 1721.34] It is,
[1721.54 --> 1721.80] you know,
[1721.80 --> 1722.88] having somebody else host it.
[1722.90 --> 1723.28] But if you're going
[1723.28 --> 1724.08] to have somebody host something,
[1724.20 --> 1725.54] email's a good one to do.
[1726.22 --> 1727.32] Don't really do.
[1727.66 --> 1728.22] Don't do.
[1728.50 --> 1729.38] Don't do email.
[1730.48 --> 1731.10] What I noticed
[1731.10 --> 1731.78] from that feedback
[1731.78 --> 1732.82] is that it took him,
[1733.44 --> 1733.66] well,
[1733.98 --> 1735.06] he's on a two-year journey.
[1735.50 --> 1735.98] And so,
[1736.24 --> 1736.52] gentlemen,
[1736.86 --> 1738.42] what does that tell you
[1738.42 --> 1739.62] about what you've just got on?
[1739.86 --> 1741.50] That Alex has really,
[1741.60 --> 1742.34] really gotten us
[1742.34 --> 1742.82] into something.
[1742.94 --> 1743.58] What have I done?
[1744.08 --> 1745.42] I've opened Pandora's box
[1745.42 --> 1745.66] here,
[1745.74 --> 1746.02] aren't I?
[1747.32 --> 1747.76] Oh,
[1747.76 --> 1748.36] man.
[1749.48 --> 1750.06] All right.
[1750.16 --> 1750.36] So,
[1750.46 --> 1751.18] Carson and others
[1751.18 --> 1752.52] wrote in about maps.
[1752.68 --> 1753.24] Carson says
[1753.24 --> 1754.52] he settled on HereMaps
[1754.52 --> 1755.34] as a replacement,
[1755.54 --> 1756.80] wego.here.com.
[1756.80 --> 1758.22] A lot of people wrote in
[1758.22 --> 1759.16] about open street maps.
[1759.32 --> 1759.42] Brent,
[1759.48 --> 1760.40] that's what you use?
[1760.76 --> 1760.94] Yeah,
[1761.02 --> 1762.50] that's what I have been using
[1762.50 --> 1763.58] until all these suggestions
[1763.58 --> 1764.18] came in.
[1764.40 --> 1765.16] And I,
[1765.78 --> 1766.10] well,
[1766.76 --> 1767.76] maybe I'll keep that
[1767.76 --> 1768.52] until we talk about
[1768.52 --> 1769.60] the maps a little bit more.
[1769.78 --> 1769.90] Well,
[1769.92 --> 1770.56] I want to talk about it
[1770.56 --> 1771.22] right now because
[1771.22 --> 1772.52] that's the route
[1772.52 --> 1773.34] I decided to go
[1773.34 --> 1774.00] during a
[1774.00 --> 1775.50] freaking road trip.
[1775.76 --> 1776.96] And I even really
[1776.96 --> 1778.12] briefly tried Waze,
[1778.20 --> 1778.62] even though I know
[1778.62 --> 1779.18] it's owned by Google,
[1779.22 --> 1779.76] I just wanted to
[1779.76 --> 1780.66] just do a comparison.
[1781.04 --> 1781.92] And Waze actually
[1781.92 --> 1782.98] screwed us up the worst
[1782.98 --> 1783.88] out of all of them
[1783.88 --> 1785.12] during the middle
[1785.12 --> 1786.26] of Denver rush hour.
[1786.26 --> 1787.00] It had me get off
[1787.00 --> 1787.46] the highway
[1787.46 --> 1788.76] to bypass the traffic.
[1789.18 --> 1789.88] And then I got off
[1789.88 --> 1790.18] the highway
[1790.18 --> 1790.74] and I was stuck
[1790.74 --> 1791.38] in more traffic.
[1791.54 --> 1792.00] And then it did
[1792.00 --> 1792.70] a quick update
[1792.70 --> 1793.04] and it said,
[1793.20 --> 1793.76] get on the highway.
[1794.28 --> 1794.36] Yeah,
[1794.42 --> 1795.18] it felt to me
[1795.18 --> 1796.28] like an attempt
[1796.28 --> 1797.58] at a Dukes of Hazzard
[1797.58 --> 1799.04] style walk around
[1799.04 --> 1799.70] the traffic,
[1800.04 --> 1801.26] but it didn't work
[1801.26 --> 1802.04] out too well for us.
[1802.88 --> 1803.28] Oh,
[1803.52 --> 1803.88] goodness.
[1804.30 --> 1804.80] So I know
[1804.80 --> 1805.24] a lot of you
[1805.24 --> 1806.02] wrote in with
[1806.02 --> 1807.26] the apps that you love
[1807.26 --> 1808.22] and I tried them
[1808.22 --> 1809.64] and boy,
[1809.70 --> 1810.30] do they stink.
[1810.44 --> 1811.08] Magic Earth
[1811.08 --> 1812.16] was one that I liked
[1812.16 --> 1813.82] and that uses
[1813.82 --> 1814.64] open street maps
[1814.64 --> 1816.04] with a proprietary GUI
[1816.04 --> 1816.70] on top,
[1816.88 --> 1817.68] Magic Earth,
[1818.02 --> 1818.40] have a link
[1818.40 --> 1819.22] in the show notes.
[1820.12 --> 1822.28] But they all have
[1822.28 --> 1823.52] one critical flaw.
[1823.70 --> 1824.44] Even Apple Maps
[1824.44 --> 1825.44] has this critical flaw
[1825.44 --> 1826.62] and it's search.
[1827.88 --> 1828.68] For example,
[1828.78 --> 1829.80] I'm here in Colorado Springs
[1829.80 --> 1830.82] and I searched
[1830.82 --> 1831.66] for Pikes Peak,
[1831.78 --> 1833.52] which is a very popular
[1833.52 --> 1834.38] tourist destination.
[1835.56 --> 1836.82] Apple Maps sent me
[1836.82 --> 1838.36] in the wrong direction.
[1838.46 --> 1838.80] They sent me
[1838.80 --> 1839.80] to some like business
[1839.80 --> 1840.42] that was named
[1840.42 --> 1841.08] Pikes Peak
[1841.08 --> 1841.84] that was like
[1841.84 --> 1842.90] 10 miles
[1842.90 --> 1843.66] in the wrong direction,
[1843.96 --> 1845.42] literally the opposite direction.
[1846.86 --> 1848.20] The Magic Earth
[1848.20 --> 1849.40] using open street maps
[1849.40 --> 1850.50] wanted to send me
[1850.50 --> 1851.22] to a location
[1851.22 --> 1852.78] 5,200 miles away
[1852.78 --> 1853.88] from my current location.
[1854.44 --> 1855.64] I was 25,
[1855.84 --> 1856.50] 30 minutes away
[1856.50 --> 1857.08] when I started
[1857.08 --> 1857.90] from Pikes Peak
[1857.90 --> 1858.78] and after I was done
[1858.78 --> 1859.22] trying to use
[1859.22 --> 1860.02] these other nav apps,
[1860.14 --> 1861.42] I ended up an hour away
[1861.42 --> 1863.24] and I was really bad.
[1864.00 --> 1864.44] Eventually,
[1864.56 --> 1865.00] what happened
[1865.00 --> 1866.00] is my wife
[1866.00 --> 1866.56] looked it up
[1866.56 --> 1867.20] on her phone
[1867.20 --> 1867.98] on Google Maps
[1867.98 --> 1870.08] and got an address
[1870.08 --> 1871.44] and then telegrammed it to me
[1871.44 --> 1872.22] and then I put that
[1872.22 --> 1873.28] into Apple Maps
[1873.28 --> 1875.48] and manually did it that way.
[1875.48 --> 1875.94] You're an animal.
[1876.78 --> 1877.16] Yeah,
[1877.20 --> 1877.60] it was interesting
[1877.60 --> 1879.12] because she kept using
[1879.12 --> 1880.12] Google Maps
[1880.12 --> 1880.88] during this.
[1881.30 --> 1882.12] Anytime I drove
[1882.12 --> 1882.90] or anytime I was looking
[1882.90 --> 1883.50] anything up
[1883.50 --> 1883.88] or looking,
[1884.00 --> 1885.28] I used anything
[1885.28 --> 1885.98] but Google Maps
[1885.98 --> 1886.48] and she stuck
[1886.48 --> 1886.96] with Google Maps
[1886.96 --> 1887.38] so I was always
[1887.38 --> 1888.20] comparing the two
[1888.20 --> 1890.14] and they clearly
[1890.14 --> 1891.64] have the superior
[1891.64 --> 1894.02] search.
[1894.72 --> 1895.16] However,
[1896.32 --> 1897.00] Apple Maps
[1897.00 --> 1897.86] surprised me
[1897.86 --> 1898.34] and I looked
[1898.34 --> 1899.10] into the privacy
[1899.10 --> 1899.82] and security
[1899.82 --> 1900.54] of Apple Maps
[1900.54 --> 1901.24] because that was
[1901.24 --> 1901.84] really what part
[1901.84 --> 1902.36] of this was about
[1902.36 --> 1903.38] was reducing
[1903.38 --> 1904.20] my cloud footprint
[1904.20 --> 1904.70] with this.
[1904.98 --> 1906.28] The thing I liked
[1906.28 --> 1906.94] about Apple Maps
[1906.94 --> 1907.54] is surprisingly
[1907.54 --> 1908.04] you don't even
[1908.04 --> 1908.62] have to be signed
[1908.62 --> 1909.80] into any Apple ID
[1909.80 --> 1910.30] or iCloud
[1910.30 --> 1910.94] to use it.
[1911.52 --> 1911.92] The data
[1911.92 --> 1912.86] that they do collect
[1912.86 --> 1913.84] is associated
[1913.84 --> 1914.60] with a randomly
[1914.60 --> 1915.68] generated identifier.
[1915.96 --> 1916.46] They reset
[1916.46 --> 1917.66] like every few minutes
[1917.66 --> 1919.06] and it is not tied
[1919.06 --> 1919.68] to your Apple ID.
[1920.42 --> 1921.34] They convert
[1921.34 --> 1922.64] precise locations
[1922.64 --> 1924.22] into less exact locations
[1924.22 --> 1925.34] before they store them
[1925.34 --> 1926.46] and then they apply
[1926.46 --> 1927.34] that to your current
[1927.34 --> 1928.02] device location
[1928.02 --> 1928.58] information
[1928.58 --> 1929.16] and origin
[1929.16 --> 1930.68] within 24 hours
[1930.68 --> 1933.24] and any of the
[1933.24 --> 1934.32] personalized features
[1934.32 --> 1935.56] like where your car
[1935.56 --> 1936.08] is parked
[1936.08 --> 1937.26] or suggested
[1937.26 --> 1938.54] departure times
[1938.54 --> 1940.52] your favorite locations
[1940.52 --> 1942.06] any of that kind
[1942.06 --> 1942.36] of stuff
[1942.36 --> 1943.04] that you generate
[1943.04 --> 1944.18] it's all stored
[1944.18 --> 1944.70] on device.
[1944.82 --> 1945.52] They don't send it up
[1945.52 --> 1946.14] to the Apple servers
[1946.14 --> 1946.42] at all.
[1947.24 --> 1947.66] It seems to me
[1947.66 --> 1948.28] the way they've
[1948.28 --> 1949.04] defined how
[1949.04 --> 1950.00] Apple Maps works
[1950.00 --> 1951.24] is sort of
[1951.24 --> 1951.90] their privacy
[1951.90 --> 1952.96] first approach
[1952.96 --> 1954.08] that they've been
[1954.08 --> 1955.00] sharing
[1955.00 --> 1956.26] throughout the years.
[1956.50 --> 1956.66] Yeah.
[1956.78 --> 1957.40] I'm not going to say
[1957.40 --> 1958.02] it's perfect.
[1958.26 --> 1958.98] But it feels like
[1958.98 --> 1960.00] they got most of it right
[1960.00 --> 1961.54] considering all of the
[1961.54 --> 1962.76] sort of technical stuff
[1962.76 --> 1963.66] that has to happen
[1963.66 --> 1964.60] to get you around
[1964.60 --> 1965.58] on a Maps app.
[1965.76 --> 1967.82] Or another way
[1967.82 --> 1969.18] is it feels like
[1969.18 --> 1970.04] they designed a product
[1970.04 --> 1971.40] to say screw you
[1971.40 --> 1971.82] to Google
[1971.82 --> 1972.84] on data collection
[1972.84 --> 1973.56] and stuff like that.
[1973.62 --> 1974.14] And did it work?
[1974.54 --> 1974.76] Well,
[1974.94 --> 1976.26] the display
[1976.26 --> 1977.28] is probably the best.
[1977.36 --> 1977.82] The other thing
[1977.82 --> 1978.18] that I found
[1978.18 --> 1979.20] surprisingly good
[1979.20 --> 1981.48] is the voice routing.
[1981.82 --> 1983.42] It has really good
[1983.42 --> 1983.82] clear,
[1983.98 --> 1984.94] like very clear
[1984.94 --> 1985.58] about which lane
[1985.58 --> 1986.02] to be in,
[1986.10 --> 1986.98] which isn't too uncommon.
[1987.72 --> 1989.32] And it's very clear
[1989.32 --> 1990.44] about intersections.
[1990.78 --> 1992.10] And here in the
[1992.10 --> 1993.28] Colorado-Denver area,
[1993.46 --> 1994.78] they stack the intersections.
[1995.16 --> 1996.46] So you drive
[1996.46 --> 1997.12] through an intersection
[1997.12 --> 1998.56] and then three
[1998.56 --> 1999.44] or four car lengths
[1999.44 --> 1999.78] later,
[1999.88 --> 2001.24] there is another intersection.
[2001.88 --> 2002.54] And so when you look
[2002.54 --> 2003.14] on a map,
[2003.26 --> 2004.04] you're not really sure
[2004.04 --> 2004.72] like what light
[2004.72 --> 2005.36] to turn on.
[2005.52 --> 2006.96] And the voice prompt
[2006.96 --> 2007.70] is very clear.
[2007.80 --> 2008.26] It'll say,
[2008.26 --> 2009.96] go through this light
[2009.96 --> 2011.06] and at the next light,
[2011.52 --> 2012.12] take a left,
[2012.38 --> 2013.38] be in the middle lane.
[2014.06 --> 2014.88] And when you're,
[2014.88 --> 2015.50] when you're new
[2015.50 --> 2016.40] to an area
[2016.40 --> 2017.08] and it's dark
[2017.08 --> 2018.18] and you're coming up
[2018.18 --> 2018.96] on two intersections
[2018.96 --> 2019.40] and you know
[2019.40 --> 2020.42] you've got a left turn
[2020.42 --> 2021.50] or a right turn,
[2021.64 --> 2022.66] that kind of clarity
[2022.66 --> 2024.52] just makes it low stress.
[2024.62 --> 2025.28] Then additionally,
[2025.52 --> 2026.76] they tie in with the watch
[2026.76 --> 2027.78] so it taps your arm
[2027.78 --> 2028.92] when you need to turn.
[2029.36 --> 2030.62] And when you were driving,
[2031.00 --> 2031.68] I was able to just
[2031.68 --> 2032.36] look at my watch
[2032.36 --> 2032.78] and tell you
[2032.78 --> 2033.62] what the next turn is.
[2033.84 --> 2033.92] Yeah,
[2033.96 --> 2034.64] that was really handy.
[2034.92 --> 2036.36] I will admit that
[2036.36 --> 2037.56] halfway through the trip,
[2037.56 --> 2038.46] I kind of gave up
[2038.46 --> 2039.12] on my phone
[2039.12 --> 2040.30] and my map app
[2040.30 --> 2040.74] because,
[2041.08 --> 2041.18] well,
[2041.22 --> 2041.82] we were doing this,
[2041.86 --> 2042.52] this experiment
[2042.52 --> 2044.84] and my methods
[2044.84 --> 2045.32] were failing.
[2045.70 --> 2047.30] So you were in the nav seat
[2047.30 --> 2048.42] and you were helping me out
[2048.42 --> 2049.22] and that actually
[2049.22 --> 2049.92] worked out all right.
[2050.16 --> 2050.54] I think I'm going
[2050.54 --> 2051.14] to stick with it.
[2051.34 --> 2052.14] I don't think I'm after the,
[2052.26 --> 2052.46] I mean,
[2052.48 --> 2053.38] I said I'd do it for two weeks
[2053.38 --> 2053.82] and I think I'm going
[2053.82 --> 2054.48] to stick with it.
[2055.20 --> 2055.86] I'll let my,
[2055.98 --> 2056.14] you know,
[2056.18 --> 2056.90] my wife will still have
[2056.90 --> 2057.80] Google Maps as a backup,
[2058.08 --> 2058.76] but for me,
[2059.16 --> 2060.22] I'm uninstalling Google Maps
[2060.22 --> 2060.64] off the phone.
[2061.26 --> 2061.58] Wow.
[2061.80 --> 2061.92] Yeah.
[2061.92 --> 2063.14] So that's quite a success.
[2063.34 --> 2063.52] Yeah.
[2063.58 --> 2064.92] It's not open street maps,
[2065.14 --> 2066.12] although I am playing
[2066.12 --> 2066.74] with those still
[2066.74 --> 2067.58] and I do really like
[2067.58 --> 2068.28] the way Magic Earth
[2068.28 --> 2069.18] displays things.
[2069.76 --> 2070.96] So for some circumstances,
[2070.96 --> 2071.68] like if I already know
[2071.68 --> 2072.30] the address
[2072.30 --> 2073.28] and I'm not searching
[2073.28 --> 2073.92] up something,
[2074.66 --> 2075.88] they may have a place still.
[2076.24 --> 2077.62] But I,
[2077.70 --> 2078.28] I was,
[2078.46 --> 2079.42] I was pretty impressed.
[2080.20 --> 2080.76] You know,
[2080.82 --> 2081.76] if you only could have
[2081.76 --> 2082.24] one app
[2082.24 --> 2083.82] and you didn't care
[2083.82 --> 2084.80] about Google tracking you,
[2085.20 --> 2086.26] I'd probably still suggest
[2086.26 --> 2086.98] you use Google Maps.
[2087.84 --> 2088.40] You know,
[2088.52 --> 2088.78] I,
[2088.96 --> 2089.40] for the trip,
[2089.48 --> 2091.18] used the same app
[2091.18 --> 2091.86] that I've been using
[2091.86 --> 2093.24] for probably the last two years
[2093.24 --> 2094.36] since I've tried this
[2094.36 --> 2095.58] de-googling a while ago,
[2096.06 --> 2098.06] mostly successfully.
[2098.58 --> 2100.14] And so I'm on Android
[2100.14 --> 2100.92] and I've been using
[2100.92 --> 2102.38] OpenStreetMap,
[2102.46 --> 2103.44] the OSM,
[2103.60 --> 2104.46] and plus.
[2105.64 --> 2106.32] There are things
[2106.32 --> 2106.94] I love about it
[2106.94 --> 2107.88] and things I hate about it.
[2108.32 --> 2109.14] The one thing,
[2109.22 --> 2110.20] you mentioned search.
[2110.72 --> 2112.22] I find it's great
[2112.22 --> 2113.28] if you know
[2113.28 --> 2114.00] approximately
[2114.00 --> 2114.84] where you want to go.
[2115.00 --> 2115.70] If you're trying to find
[2115.70 --> 2116.70] an exact business
[2116.70 --> 2117.82] or even
[2117.82 --> 2119.06] an exact address
[2119.06 --> 2120.46] on a popular street,
[2120.92 --> 2122.86] it's not necessarily
[2122.86 --> 2123.46] going to have it.
[2123.52 --> 2124.26] It might have some
[2124.26 --> 2125.16] of the street numbers,
[2125.60 --> 2126.76] but certainly not all of them.
[2126.82 --> 2127.68] I found that to be
[2127.68 --> 2128.52] a little bit frustrating,
[2128.80 --> 2129.02] but
[2129.02 --> 2131.40] it gets me there.
[2132.06 --> 2132.88] I will say
[2132.88 --> 2133.84] 90% of the time
[2133.84 --> 2134.52] it works for me,
[2134.60 --> 2135.82] but I like getting lost
[2135.82 --> 2136.60] in new cities,
[2136.76 --> 2137.58] so maybe that's
[2137.58 --> 2138.44] a unique approach.
[2138.86 --> 2139.48] Well, there's that
[2139.48 --> 2140.34] if you don't mind getting lost.
[2140.42 --> 2141.00] That's a feature.
[2141.42 --> 2142.16] Yeah, for Brent.
[2142.64 --> 2143.48] The thing I liked
[2143.48 --> 2144.58] about the OpenStreetMaps app
[2144.58 --> 2145.56] is that you could download
[2145.56 --> 2146.52] your maps offline.
[2146.70 --> 2147.24] Hold on a minute.
[2147.50 --> 2148.04] Hold on a minute.
[2148.96 --> 2149.68] OSM and Plus
[2149.68 --> 2150.84] is $25.
[2152.04 --> 2152.74] That's quite a lot,
[2152.80 --> 2153.06] isn't it,
[2153.06 --> 2153.46] for an app?
[2153.76 --> 2154.20] Well, you know,
[2154.30 --> 2156.42] it's not $25 for me
[2156.42 --> 2157.26] when I get it from
[2157.26 --> 2157.96] F-Droid.
[2158.62 --> 2159.78] Ah, there you go,
[2159.82 --> 2160.12] you see.
[2161.70 --> 2162.44] I've been using
[2162.44 --> 2163.04] ViewRanger
[2163.04 --> 2164.40] for quite a number
[2164.40 --> 2164.72] of years.
[2164.78 --> 2165.68] Whenever I take a hike
[2165.68 --> 2166.50] or something like that,
[2166.60 --> 2166.88] I actually,
[2167.14 --> 2168.24] this is a very
[2168.24 --> 2169.12] long-term usage
[2169.12 --> 2169.62] for me
[2169.62 --> 2170.92] from back
[2170.92 --> 2171.58] when I lived in England.
[2171.58 --> 2173.52] It supports things
[2173.52 --> 2174.76] like Ordnance Survey Maps
[2174.76 --> 2175.66] and you can download
[2175.66 --> 2177.16] US Geological Survey Maps.
[2177.26 --> 2178.02] You can buy them
[2178.02 --> 2179.58] and actually buy the tiles
[2179.58 --> 2181.00] directly in ViewRanger.
[2181.54 --> 2182.78] They're changing their name
[2182.78 --> 2184.10] to Outdoor Active
[2184.10 --> 2185.96] so you can find them
[2185.96 --> 2186.92] at ViewRanger.com.
[2187.22 --> 2188.20] I've found that one
[2188.20 --> 2188.62] pretty good.
[2189.18 --> 2190.02] Brent there mentioned
[2190.02 --> 2190.70] F-Droid.
[2191.16 --> 2192.44] We got several people,
[2192.62 --> 2193.42] including Ross,
[2193.48 --> 2194.36] who wrote in and said,
[2194.48 --> 2195.58] I like the Aurora Store.
[2196.00 --> 2196.68] It's an alternative
[2196.68 --> 2197.90] front-end for Google Play
[2197.90 --> 2199.14] which keeps your data away
[2199.14 --> 2200.08] while giving you access
[2200.08 --> 2200.78] to those apps
[2200.78 --> 2201.54] that are exclusive.
[2202.98 --> 2203.46] He's like,
[2203.50 --> 2203.98] that's the only way
[2203.98 --> 2205.08] I could get the Starlink app.
[2205.96 --> 2206.64] I will admit,
[2206.78 --> 2208.24] I have Aurora Droid installed
[2208.24 --> 2209.00] and I prefer it
[2209.00 --> 2209.48] over F-Droid
[2209.48 --> 2210.50] most of the time.
[2210.80 --> 2211.16] It has a few
[2211.16 --> 2211.92] little tiny bugs,
[2212.04 --> 2212.58] but I didn't know
[2212.58 --> 2213.28] that was a feature,
[2213.46 --> 2214.20] so that's great to hear.
[2214.62 --> 2215.80] Ross says that he switched
[2215.80 --> 2217.14] to ProtonMail from Gmail
[2217.14 --> 2218.66] and I've used ProtonMail
[2218.66 --> 2219.48] and I like it a lot.
[2220.72 --> 2221.68] So there's something there.
[2222.46 --> 2223.30] There was also,
[2223.56 --> 2224.90] a lot of people wrote in
[2224.90 --> 2225.88] about their different approaches
[2225.88 --> 2226.94] to contact syncing
[2226.94 --> 2227.76] and Brent,
[2227.80 --> 2228.30] did you cover
[2228.30 --> 2229.06] in last week's episode
[2229.06 --> 2229.60] how you do that?
[2229.78 --> 2230.32] I think I did,
[2230.38 --> 2231.00] but I'll do it again.
[2231.34 --> 2232.30] I'm using NextCloud
[2232.30 --> 2233.08] for contact syncing
[2233.08 --> 2234.16] and I've found that
[2234.16 --> 2235.50] to be pretty bulletproof actually.
[2235.66 --> 2236.66] I was worried at first
[2236.66 --> 2237.82] when I did it a while ago
[2237.82 --> 2239.36] because contacts
[2239.36 --> 2241.44] is arguably the thing
[2241.44 --> 2242.46] that's most important to me
[2242.46 --> 2244.12] getting all of that right
[2244.12 --> 2245.32] and it's been bulletproof.
[2246.20 --> 2247.04] Well, Dale writes in,
[2247.14 --> 2248.66] I just listened to episode 51
[2248.66 --> 2250.46] and I think Brent mentioned
[2250.46 --> 2251.12] NextCloud.
[2251.54 --> 2252.46] Yes, confirmed.
[2252.66 --> 2253.64] We just had that confirmed
[2253.64 --> 2254.02] by Brent.
[2254.10 --> 2254.44] Thank you.
[2254.98 --> 2256.20] And I wondered if any of you
[2256.20 --> 2258.06] have heard or used Etsy Sync,
[2258.10 --> 2260.16] that's E-T-E-Sync.com.
[2260.54 --> 2262.12] It's a self-hostable project
[2262.12 --> 2263.24] whose value proposition
[2263.24 --> 2264.18] is secure,
[2264.40 --> 2265.42] end-to-end encrypted
[2265.42 --> 2267.44] and privacy respecting sync
[2267.44 --> 2268.20] for your contacts,
[2268.42 --> 2268.84] calendars,
[2269.02 --> 2270.24] tasks and notes.
[2270.66 --> 2271.56] I've been using it
[2271.56 --> 2272.88] for about two years now
[2272.88 --> 2274.24] and more recently
[2274.24 --> 2274.94] I've been using it
[2274.94 --> 2275.84] on my GNOME desktop.
[2275.84 --> 2276.98] I pay for them
[2276.98 --> 2277.90] to manage the hosting
[2277.90 --> 2278.42] and syncing
[2278.42 --> 2279.30] but you could absolutely
[2279.30 --> 2280.14] host it yourself.
[2280.58 --> 2281.58] Highly recommend it.
[2281.70 --> 2282.46] Thanks for the great show
[2282.46 --> 2283.04] and all the best.
[2283.30 --> 2283.52] Dale.
[2284.58 --> 2285.72] E-T-E-Sync.com
[2285.72 --> 2286.44] We'll have a link to that
[2286.44 --> 2286.92] in the show notes.
[2286.96 --> 2287.64] I looked at it
[2287.64 --> 2289.00] before the show
[2289.00 --> 2290.40] and it's a solution
[2290.40 --> 2291.34] that really is kind of
[2291.34 --> 2292.94] targeted at just
[2292.94 --> 2295.02] a end-to-end
[2295.02 --> 2296.40] encrypted sync
[2296.40 --> 2297.82] of contact calendar
[2297.82 --> 2298.48] task notes.
[2298.60 --> 2299.38] Like it just solves
[2299.38 --> 2300.02] that problem.
[2300.20 --> 2301.26] That's what they focus on.
[2301.54 --> 2302.54] And they've got apps
[2302.54 --> 2303.66] in the Apple App Store,
[2304.14 --> 2304.62] Google Play,
[2304.62 --> 2305.72] they're on F-Droid too
[2305.72 --> 2307.20] and of course
[2307.20 --> 2307.88] you can get it
[2307.88 --> 2308.36] on your desktop.
[2308.90 --> 2310.32] It looks pretty legit actually.
[2310.54 --> 2311.54] I think I just decrypted
[2311.54 --> 2312.62] what their name means.
[2312.76 --> 2313.48] E-to-E-Sync
[2313.48 --> 2314.36] is end-to-end sync
[2314.36 --> 2314.88] isn't it?
[2315.08 --> 2316.74] Ah, I was wondering.
[2317.08 --> 2317.42] Duh.
[2318.58 --> 2319.42] It's one of those moments
[2319.42 --> 2320.02] you figure it out
[2320.02 --> 2320.38] and you're like
[2320.38 --> 2321.48] oh I feel like a dummy now.
[2323.18 --> 2324.18] You know if I could
[2324.18 --> 2325.00] mention one thing
[2325.00 --> 2325.80] about Nextcloud
[2325.80 --> 2327.74] on Android at least
[2327.74 --> 2328.66] that made it
[2328.66 --> 2330.28] possible for me
[2330.28 --> 2331.42] and integrates it
[2331.42 --> 2332.34] at a system level
[2332.34 --> 2332.94] everywhere
[2332.94 --> 2334.58] is this little app
[2334.58 --> 2335.68] called DevX5.
[2336.06 --> 2337.46] It takes the Nextcloud
[2337.46 --> 2337.96] syncing
[2337.96 --> 2339.64] which is CalDev
[2339.64 --> 2341.00] and CardDev
[2341.00 --> 2341.96] and just
[2341.96 --> 2342.70] sort of
[2342.70 --> 2343.42] makes that
[2343.42 --> 2343.96] available
[2343.96 --> 2344.90] at a system level
[2344.90 --> 2346.10] in the same exact
[2346.10 --> 2346.60] places
[2346.60 --> 2347.42] and ways
[2347.42 --> 2348.20] that all of the
[2348.20 --> 2349.08] Google stuff
[2349.08 --> 2349.62] appears
[2349.62 --> 2350.70] so it's just seamless.
[2351.16 --> 2351.60] So that would be
[2351.60 --> 2352.30] a huge recommendation
[2352.30 --> 2352.88] from me.
[2353.04 --> 2353.88] Say it again for me.
[2355.02 --> 2355.54] DevX5
[2355.54 --> 2357.06] available in F-Droid
[2357.06 --> 2358.20] and maybe
[2358.20 --> 2359.10] in other stores.
[2359.20 --> 2359.70] Can you put a link
[2359.70 --> 2360.22] in the show notes
[2360.22 --> 2360.76] for us Brent?
[2361.24 --> 2361.86] Oh probably.
[2362.56 --> 2363.26] So what did you guys
[2363.26 --> 2364.10] think of the meetup?
[2364.56 --> 2365.18] It was pretty cool
[2365.18 --> 2366.14] to meet some of our
[2366.14 --> 2367.06] listeners huh?
[2367.34 --> 2368.18] Yeah we saw
[2368.18 --> 2369.16] a Chris and the Badger
[2369.16 --> 2369.70] shirt there
[2369.70 --> 2370.80] which was exciting
[2370.80 --> 2371.24] because I hadn't
[2371.24 --> 2371.86] considered that
[2371.86 --> 2372.48] somebody would get
[2372.48 --> 2372.96] a shirt with the
[2372.96 --> 2373.54] intention of bringing
[2373.54 --> 2374.08] it to the meetup.
[2374.18 --> 2374.68] That was great.
[2374.90 --> 2375.68] That was Optimus Grey
[2375.68 --> 2376.36] rocking the Chris
[2376.36 --> 2376.92] and the Badger.
[2377.44 --> 2377.88] Yeah I thought
[2377.88 --> 2378.52] that was super cool.
[2378.62 --> 2379.28] He posed for a picture
[2379.28 --> 2379.88] with us and we had
[2379.88 --> 2380.44] to stand on the
[2380.44 --> 2381.28] correct sides as well.
[2381.38 --> 2381.72] You know I was
[2381.72 --> 2382.50] on the Badger side
[2382.50 --> 2382.96] and you were on
[2382.96 --> 2383.56] the Chris side.
[2383.84 --> 2383.98] Right.
[2384.04 --> 2384.60] My daughter thought
[2384.60 --> 2385.48] it was so cool
[2385.48 --> 2386.10] that people wanted
[2386.10 --> 2387.02] to take selfies
[2387.02 --> 2387.76] with us.
[2387.86 --> 2388.06] So I was like
[2388.06 --> 2388.96] really that's the
[2388.96 --> 2389.66] thing you think
[2389.66 --> 2390.24] is cool?
[2390.50 --> 2390.80] Alright.
[2391.20 --> 2391.60] Okay.
[2391.94 --> 2392.44] Well I thought
[2392.44 --> 2393.42] the free donuts
[2393.42 --> 2394.12] were pretty cool.
[2394.36 --> 2395.10] Linode put on
[2395.10 --> 2396.04] a heck of a show
[2396.04 --> 2396.52] for us.
[2396.78 --> 2397.54] Yeah you know
[2397.54 --> 2398.62] Brent and I
[2398.62 --> 2399.30] and Wes went
[2399.30 --> 2400.30] to grab those donuts
[2400.30 --> 2401.04] and that was
[2401.04 --> 2401.64] quite the journey
[2401.64 --> 2402.08] because it was
[2402.08 --> 2403.44] 150 donuts
[2403.44 --> 2404.62] and it was in
[2404.62 --> 2405.50] downtown Denver
[2405.50 --> 2406.80] during Friday
[2406.80 --> 2407.42] rush hour.
[2407.54 --> 2407.90] I don't know
[2407.90 --> 2408.42] what we were
[2408.42 --> 2408.80] thinking.
[2409.80 --> 2410.62] And so at a
[2410.62 --> 2411.16] certain point
[2411.16 --> 2412.12] I saw a little
[2412.12 --> 2412.86] bit of Canadian
[2412.86 --> 2414.06] road rage emerge
[2414.06 --> 2414.60] out of Brent
[2414.60 --> 2415.44] when this truck
[2415.44 --> 2416.92] Brent had gotten
[2416.92 --> 2417.46] into a battle
[2417.46 --> 2418.04] with a truck
[2418.04 --> 2418.40] downtown
[2418.40 --> 2419.86] and he had
[2419.86 --> 2420.18] to kind of
[2420.18 --> 2420.56] cut in front
[2420.56 --> 2420.94] of the truck
[2420.94 --> 2421.64] because a lane
[2421.64 --> 2422.14] was ending
[2422.14 --> 2422.80] and the truck
[2422.80 --> 2423.54] driver never
[2423.54 --> 2424.16] forgave him
[2424.16 --> 2424.74] for it.
[2426.00 --> 2426.72] Does Brent
[2426.72 --> 2427.40] get angry?
[2427.82 --> 2428.12] I mean
[2428.12 --> 2428.96] disgruntled?
[2429.28 --> 2430.14] I got slightly
[2430.14 --> 2430.72] more aggressive
[2430.72 --> 2431.42] in my driving.
[2431.70 --> 2431.98] Oh wow.
[2432.28 --> 2433.06] It was one
[2433.06 --> 2433.82] of those situations
[2433.82 --> 2434.34] where you just
[2434.34 --> 2434.88] got to get over
[2434.88 --> 2435.30] and you got to
[2435.30 --> 2435.62] do everything
[2435.62 --> 2436.10] you can
[2436.10 --> 2437.06] and it wasn't
[2437.06 --> 2437.60] too bad
[2437.60 --> 2438.40] actually I thought
[2438.40 --> 2439.52] but that truck
[2439.52 --> 2440.28] decided to
[2440.28 --> 2441.94] very aggressively
[2441.94 --> 2442.74] pass us
[2442.74 --> 2443.18] on the right
[2443.18 --> 2443.78] hand side.
[2443.92 --> 2444.12] You had to
[2444.12 --> 2444.94] work at it too.
[2445.14 --> 2445.46] Oh yeah.
[2445.46 --> 2446.88] and promptly
[2446.88 --> 2447.82] cut us off
[2447.82 --> 2449.30] again on the
[2449.30 --> 2449.70] left hand side.
[2449.70 --> 2450.24] We're just trying
[2450.24 --> 2450.76] to make a donut
[2450.76 --> 2451.06] run.
[2451.62 --> 2452.58] I don't think he
[2452.58 --> 2453.22] realized what we
[2453.22 --> 2453.66] were trying to
[2453.66 --> 2454.08] accomplish.
[2454.38 --> 2454.72] I know.
[2454.96 --> 2455.28] I know.
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