64： Analysis Paralysis _transcript.txt

[0.00 --> 4.00]  I went to the dentist this week for the first time in about 15 years.
[4.34 --> 5.92]  Oh, that sounds rough.
[6.14 --> 7.68]  It was not pretty.
[7.90 --> 8.32]  No, no, no.
[8.32 --> 11.80]  I came home with a fat lip or a pair of fat lips like a flowerpot man.
[13.02 --> 15.88]  I want a selfie next time that happens.
[16.48 --> 21.84]  I took a funny video, which I might share with you, but it's definitely never to be published to the public.
[22.20 --> 23.92]  I definitely would never do that.
[24.14 --> 24.42]  Yeah.
[25.04 --> 25.48]  I don't know.
[25.54 --> 28.36]  So I had this horrible cleaning procedure done.
[28.42 --> 29.48]  It wasn't that bad, actually.
[30.00 --> 32.30]  I'd psyched myself up that it was going to be awful.
[32.76 --> 40.44]  And in the end, you know, I was laying back in the chair and there was a TV on the ceiling and I watched some like Dwayne the Rock Johnson skyscraper movie.
[40.74 --> 41.76]  And I don't know.
[41.78 --> 42.50]  It wasn't so bad.
[43.30 --> 49.20]  You know, my daughter recently went in and they gave her like goggles to have video screens in them.
[49.62 --> 49.80]  Yeah.
[49.94 --> 51.24]  What are we doing here, boys?
[51.64 --> 52.18]  We need goggles.
[52.18 --> 52.78]  I know, right?
[52.86 --> 53.24]  Oh, my God.
[53.34 --> 53.94]  Hold your breath.
[54.18 --> 58.12]  No, they got like screens in them and she's like watching a movie while they go to town on her mouth.
[58.12 --> 60.08]  That's the way to do it.
[60.38 --> 60.90]  I know.
[61.16 --> 61.42]  VR.
[61.42 --> 66.08]  If they just gave me a little happy gas while I'm at it, we got ourselves a deal.
[66.44 --> 68.20]  That's VR, happy gas.
[68.26 --> 69.62]  I'll be in that dentist seat anytime.
[70.54 --> 71.74]  I don't know how I haven't told you this.
[71.82 --> 73.48]  I bought a Valve Index last week.
[74.00 --> 74.62]  You what?
[74.92 --> 76.00]  And I haven't told you.
[76.52 --> 77.34]  You what?
[77.42 --> 78.22]  Have you hooked it up?
[78.34 --> 79.16]  Speaking of VR.
[79.30 --> 79.48]  Yeah.
[79.62 --> 80.24]  Yeah, I have.
[81.06 --> 82.40]  What's your first impressions?
[82.94 --> 84.70]  Beat Saber is my new favorite game.
[85.28 --> 86.52]  Have you played Beat Saber?
[86.96 --> 89.06]  No, but if I got VR, I would.
[89.30 --> 94.68]  If I got a Quest, which I know is not nearly as awesome, could we still hang out in the same places?
[95.04 --> 95.72]  Is that a thing?
[96.12 --> 97.54]  I don't know.
[97.64 --> 100.34]  I mean, I run the game from Steam on Windows.
[101.06 --> 101.08]  Yeah.
[101.08 --> 108.12]  Yeah, I think anything on the Quest runs from Mark Zuckerberg's bedroom, but I'm not sure about that.
[108.78 --> 111.92]  Well, including the building access systems.
[112.60 --> 113.00]  Right.
[113.28 --> 114.08]  Oh, too soon.
[114.40 --> 118.76]  I got big dreams, though, of us hanging out in a virtual studio while we're doing these shows.
[119.14 --> 119.40]  Yeah.
[119.50 --> 121.26]  Something really sweet.
[121.26 --> 125.92]  Like the coolest studio you ever saw on MTV Cribs or whatever, virtually.
[126.46 --> 130.48]  And then we'd have this ginormous stadium that the live audience could hang out in.
[130.48 --> 131.50]  All in VR.
[131.90 --> 137.12]  Well, SteamVR has this, it's sort of like the holodeck brought to life.
[137.36 --> 138.74]  It is awesome.
[138.96 --> 149.64]  So you load up SteamVR and you put the headset on and you're stood in this kind of feng shui room with concrete and wood and glass and birds flying.
[149.64 --> 155.42]  And you're on the top of this mountain and you just feel like you've just transported yourself.
[155.42 --> 160.98]  It's a bit like that scene in The Matrix where they open the door and suddenly they're in a completely different part of the world.
[161.72 --> 163.04]  It's pretty amazing.
[163.20 --> 166.32]  And the immersion is very, very impressive.
[166.32 --> 171.16]  So the Index has a couple of headphones that kind of fold down.
[171.28 --> 174.70]  They don't touch your ears, but they sound really pretty good.
[174.74 --> 179.76]  It's like a pretty solid set of open back headphones that you're wearing.
[180.30 --> 186.68]  And the nice thing is it means my wife and I, we can share the headset without needing, because, you know, I prefer in-ear headphones that go in my ear canal.
[186.82 --> 188.98]  She prefers like AirPod styles that don't.
[188.98 --> 194.88]  And so we always had to have two sets of headphones if we wanted to share before, but with the Index, we don't.
[195.92 --> 201.16]  And you just hook it up to your PC and does the rest, huh?
[201.38 --> 201.58]  Yep.
[201.80 --> 204.68]  A USB port and a display port is all you need.
[205.08 --> 215.68]  See, I'm trying to, if I get into VR, I'm trying to figure out if that's the route I want to go or if something like the Quest is the route I want to go where there's, if I want, there's no PC at all.
[215.68 --> 219.98]  And it's portable, which might make it easier for the kids to use too.
[220.40 --> 226.40]  You do need a good amount of space for the Index, you know, sort of six feet by about 10 feet.
[227.12 --> 228.34]  Oh, yeah, sure, sure.
[228.74 --> 228.94]  Yeah.
[229.14 --> 233.52]  So that would sort of be a studio device, whereas the other one might be better in the RV.
[233.88 --> 236.38]  Yeah, I could see it, you know, in the room behind you, the studio.
[236.76 --> 238.32]  It would probably fit in there just fine.
[238.68 --> 241.84]  I mean, you know, mostly I just want to play Super Mario.
[241.84 --> 245.82]  So if I could just get Super Mario working on these things, I'm set.
[246.48 --> 251.94]  I did have a moment, though, where I loaded up Microsoft Flight Sim and I was sat in the cockpit.
[252.00 --> 253.02]  I've got a joystick.
[253.42 --> 253.70]  Oh, yeah?
[253.86 --> 254.78]  Several years ago.
[255.22 --> 262.32]  Flight Sim in VR and I'm flying and I came into one of these scenarios they set up for you, like a sightseeing scenario.
[262.32 --> 268.72]  And I was transported instantly to this plane flying over Loch Ness in Scotland.
[269.62 --> 275.44]  And I looked down and I thought to myself, I stayed in that caravan site as a kid.
[276.90 --> 277.34]  Wow.
[277.82 --> 280.32]  And I then looked it up on Google Maps afterwards.
[280.32 --> 282.16]  And I was like, holy crap, I was right.
[282.26 --> 283.62]  That was the caravan site.
[283.74 --> 288.12]  And, you know, there was the Jacobite steam train going along the bottom of the campsite and all that.
[288.12 --> 288.56]  Huh.
[289.10 --> 292.80]  So the graphics in Flight Sim are truly remarkable.
[292.80 --> 299.58]  And I was quite struck by it because I remember thinking the first Flight Sim I played was probably MS 2002.
[300.76 --> 302.56]  I think Concorde was in that one.
[302.74 --> 306.00]  And I remember, I think it was just before Concorde was retired.
[306.82 --> 308.52]  And, you know, I lived in the south of England.
[308.68 --> 310.18]  Concorde used to fly over my house every day.
[310.28 --> 311.38]  It was awesome.
[312.14 --> 315.86]  And I just remember thinking back then, oh, these graphics are amazing.
[315.86 --> 317.82]  How could they possibly get any better?
[318.48 --> 327.34]  And then I was struck wearing the VR headset as I flew past Ben Nevis, you know, at the same height as Ben Nevis, the tallest mountain in the UK.
[328.14 --> 332.98]  And I sort of looked to my side and I was like, huh, there's a mountain there and there's the campsite there.
[333.00 --> 338.64]  And I was sort of moving my head around in real time thinking, wonder where we'll be in 20 years.
[339.04 --> 339.70]  Oh, no kidding.
[340.00 --> 347.30]  I've heard, though I've never seen it, but I've heard that the team also really nailed the Pacific Northwest because obviously Redmond, their hometown area.
[347.30 --> 347.98]  Oh, sure.
[348.10 --> 351.96]  So if you want to fly around my neck of the woods, I guess it's supposed to be pretty accurate.
[353.00 --> 359.56]  Yeah, they use this photogrammetry thing, which is based on the famously good Bing maps.
[359.56 --> 366.74]  Although actually it is pretty impressive, like the 3D modeling and stuff of certain cities is truly spectacular.
[367.32 --> 374.00]  There's a few things like bridges over the River Thames, for example, that are definitely in need of some work.
[374.00 --> 379.18]  But they're issuing patches all the time and it's improved hugely since launch.
[379.34 --> 386.08]  So, you know, if you have a VR headset, you're thinking about buying one, I would say Flight Sim is probably a must play.
[387.08 --> 387.18]  Huh.
[387.70 --> 390.08]  Well, now you've really made me want one, Alex.
[390.08 --> 390.38]  I'm sorry.
[390.38 --> 391.04]  You know, you do that.
[391.10 --> 393.20]  We do these episodes and I'm like, I got to get that.
[393.44 --> 395.30]  It's easy to spend other people's money.
[395.44 --> 396.00]  I'll tell you that.
[396.68 --> 399.24]  You know, I think we have a theme, though, today that could save people some money.
[399.24 --> 405.60]  But I was about to say, you know, we're on the topic of gaming and a listener wrote in with a project called RetroNAS.
[406.16 --> 413.06]  And I thought with the Steam Deck coming out soon that we might see a resurgence of handheld gaming, of retro gaming.
[413.38 --> 419.80]  You know, people playing Mario Kart on handhelds as well as, you know, Grand Theft Autos and all sorts of cool stuff.
[419.94 --> 426.60]  I know the Steam Deck can play some AAA titles, but I doubt that will be the primary use case for a lot of folks.
[427.22 --> 427.98]  Oh, really?
[428.36 --> 428.64]  Hmm.
[429.24 --> 429.64]  Okay.
[430.44 --> 432.90]  I do like the idea of getting some of my retro games on the deck.
[432.96 --> 433.66]  So you're right.
[433.82 --> 437.16]  I will be getting like a Super Nintendo emulator on that.
[437.16 --> 444.64]  One handheld device that can play Nintendo games, Sega games, PC games, anything you can think of pretty much.
[445.04 --> 446.70]  Because it's just a computer, right?
[446.74 --> 450.46]  It's just a laptop, essentially, in a little handheld Switch-sized device.
[450.46 --> 459.18]  And wouldn't you think within a short period of time, the Linux community is going to have re-spins of Steam OS with emulators baked in and whatnot?
[459.18 --> 462.90]  The community for this thing is going to be bonkers.
[462.90 --> 465.42]  You think how big it is for the Switch.
[465.42 --> 468.04]  Now, the Switch is a lockdown platform.
[468.04 --> 473.82]  Think how big it's going to be for the Steam Deck that is free and open and running Linux, baby.
[473.82 --> 475.38]  I mean, how cool is that?
[475.80 --> 480.30]  It might be the most exciting thing that's happening on the Linux desktop at the moment, period.
[481.18 --> 481.86]  Yeah, it could be.
[481.94 --> 482.20]  You're right.
[482.24 --> 483.72]  Because it's also a plasma desktop.
[483.72 --> 486.02]  So anyway, we were talking about RetroNAS briefly.
[486.40 --> 491.56]  And this is a project which allows you to use any kind of Linux computer.
[491.56 --> 500.76]  So a Raspberry Pi, an old PC, a VM, whatever it might be, as a network storage device for different gaming consoles and emulators.
[501.70 --> 506.70]  And at first, I was like, isn't RetroNAS basically just Samba?
[507.02 --> 510.56]  Like, what is this project doing that a network share wouldn't do?
[510.60 --> 512.42]  And it turns out, actually, it's doing loads.
[512.42 --> 525.02]  So a lot of these older consoles require things like Samba version 1 and Apple file protocol and all sorts of stuff that's been a long time deprecated for security reasons.
[525.52 --> 530.92]  And so what RetroNAS does is it very clearly states, we are doing stuff that is insecure.
[531.34 --> 532.10]  Here be dragons.
[532.50 --> 539.26]  But what they're doing is they're actually serving games up over the network using all these old protocols to all these old game consoles.
[539.26 --> 546.54]  And one example, we have several links in the show notes of the project founder, his YouTube channel, Dick Freaks.
[547.10 --> 560.74]  There's one example here where he's actually loading up games and ripping ISOs from his PlayStation 3, storing the ISO on his NAS, and then streaming the ISO back to the PlayStation without the disc in it to play it offline.
[560.74 --> 564.04]  And basically DRM freeing the game forever.
[564.42 --> 565.62]  Oh, that's the dream.
[565.98 --> 577.04]  You know, when the very first Xbox came out, I got on board that hacking train as fast as possible because you could get the games on the hard drive and avoid having to fetch the disc and the load times.
[577.04 --> 586.24]  This sounds like the sweet spot because you could get a Pi powered NAS and then you could go pick up a used PlayStation, like a PS3 right now.
[586.28 --> 587.18]  How much could that be?
[587.72 --> 590.98]  And you could basically have trouble free appliance gaming.
[591.44 --> 593.28]  100, 150 bucks, something like that.
[594.28 --> 594.50]  Yeah.
[594.60 --> 595.02]  You know, it's funny.
[595.06 --> 596.02]  I don't even think retro.
[596.60 --> 600.86]  When you know, when you say retro gaming, I think even older than that, but I guess that is retro.
[601.08 --> 604.10]  PS3 is 10 years ago, maybe more.
[604.10 --> 607.42]  So the list of consoles that supported, there's quite a few.
[607.58 --> 613.62]  So MS-DOS and clones like FreeDOS and PC-DOS, Windows 95 and up.
[613.80 --> 616.26]  We've got Apple GS and classic Mac systems.
[617.60 --> 619.62]  Atari ST is supported.
[620.06 --> 622.22]  Amiga's, the Nintendo 3DS.
[622.64 --> 625.60]  So it's pretty cool to see a Nintendo console on this list.
[625.92 --> 631.44]  The PS2, the PS3, Xbox 360, as well as many more are planned in the future.
[632.16 --> 632.92]  That is pretty neat.
[632.92 --> 639.08]  You know, I know I'm a bigger retro gamer than you are, in part because I've just never really moved on.
[639.88 --> 644.26]  But also, I like retro gaming for the exact reason you don't like it, Alex.
[644.94 --> 647.96]  I so rarely have any time to play.
[648.92 --> 654.66]  And games like Mario are so easy to pick up and play for 15 minutes and then put down again.
[654.66 --> 664.18]  And so I've kind of been biased towards some of the older Marios because I can load them up on low power devices and they're great for road trips.
[665.14 --> 665.18]  Yeah.
[665.24 --> 675.34]  I mean, I still play an awful lot of some of my favorite older games, retro games, but I've always been a PC gamer first rather than a console guy.
[675.34 --> 685.38]  My kind of god tier list of games is Factorio, Open Transport Tycoon, or the original Transport Tycoon I did use to play before Open TTD.
[685.82 --> 689.22]  Roller Coaster Tycoon, SimCity 4 is great.
[689.88 --> 691.98]  I'd say those four are probably my top ones.
[691.98 --> 697.64]  As far as PC games go, I've always, always preferred games that support some kind of LAN play.
[698.30 --> 705.56]  I don't generally finish games, but if I can co-op or group play a game, I will finish that thing all the way to the end every time.
[705.64 --> 706.74]  I love that kind of stuff.
[706.94 --> 711.18]  And I've done some of these early games that required IPX.
[711.18 --> 725.16]  I want to say the first StarCraft I played wasn't over TCP IP on a LAN, but I want to say it was over NetBui or IPX or something that's just totally not even supported anymore.
[725.30 --> 726.44]  Showing your age there, bro.
[727.66 --> 728.40]  I know.
[728.62 --> 729.60]  You're right, actually.
[730.02 --> 730.20]  Right?
[730.32 --> 739.26]  Do people even know the struggles that we had to deal with with NetBui and the pain that Microsoft inflicted upon the networking world back in the day?
[739.26 --> 740.34]  No, nobody even cares.
[740.34 --> 743.44]  I don't even remember a time before TCP IP, I'm afraid.
[744.06 --> 745.38]  Yeah, and then WINS came along.
[746.26 --> 749.02]  WINS was just supposed to solve it, but they had to have their own thing.
[749.08 --> 750.24]  They couldn't choose to use DNS.
[750.62 --> 751.66]  Oh, my goodness.
[751.74 --> 752.48]  You got me all upset.
[753.22 --> 756.54]  The very first game, I think there's two that come to mind.
[756.58 --> 759.60]  The very first games I ever played, there was Stunt Car Racer.
[760.42 --> 765.50]  My nan had a computer with a five and a quarter inch floppy bay in it.
[766.10 --> 769.04]  That was on a, I can't even remember what the OS was.
[769.04 --> 770.78]  There you go, it was that long ago.
[771.12 --> 778.12]  But then the next one, the first game that I ever had really of my own besides Lemmings at school was Monster Truck Madness.
[778.12 --> 779.86]  Oh, okay.
[779.86 --> 783.92]  The first game I really saw take off.
[784.76 --> 785.46]  Oh, my God.
[785.46 --> 786.26]  I'm doing it again.
[786.36 --> 787.14]  This is your fault.
[787.46 --> 788.56]  It was Oregon Trail.
[789.08 --> 791.42]  Oregon Trail was really big when I was in school.
[791.42 --> 797.24]  And, you know, we had just green screens, green and white monochrome type screens, but it was green.
[798.10 --> 807.52]  And I remember playing Oregon Trail on that to the point where, and it was a buddy and me and we'd play on it and then we'd leave it on and it burned in on the school screen.
[807.94 --> 810.42]  The CRT guy Oregon Trail burned in on it.
[810.42 --> 811.02]  Oops.
[811.38 --> 811.74]  Oops.
[811.94 --> 817.34]  I remember seeing that like betting screens in the UK used to have like CFAX pages.
[817.56 --> 823.20]  I don't know if you know what CFAX was, but it was like a version of the internet before the internet, but it came through the TV.
[824.04 --> 826.02]  I don't know a better way to describe it than that.
[826.10 --> 826.86]  It was kind of fun.
[826.96 --> 829.18]  Like everybody knew their favorite page number.
[829.42 --> 834.36]  Like 606 for me, for example, was like now and next on the TV channels.
[834.36 --> 837.42]  Like it came out with a little like end curses style display.
[837.56 --> 838.50]  It was pretty cool.
[838.58 --> 839.32]  Now I think about it.
[839.58 --> 840.92]  Yeah, that sounds really rad.
[841.16 --> 845.30]  Anyway, all the betting shops, they used to be like sports scores on CFAX as a whole section.
[845.76 --> 850.68]  And, you know, they used to have these CRTs burned in with these CFAX logos and stuff.
[851.22 --> 851.64]  Oh, yeah.
[852.12 --> 852.32]  Yeah.
[852.32 --> 855.44]  The CRT burning thing was real in the library in the school, too.
[856.14 --> 862.46]  And, of course, the other game that was a hit back in the day was Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego.
[862.76 --> 863.26]  It's coming out on.
[863.26 --> 863.62]  Yes.
[863.62 --> 864.80]  Oh, I do remember that one.
[865.14 --> 866.64]  Played that on DOS all the way into Windows.
[866.76 --> 870.02]  I played that from the text era into the graphical era.
[870.30 --> 871.12]  I was so young, though.
[871.12 --> 876.64]  I didn't really know where any of the places were or how to even pronounce like Budapest.
[876.74 --> 878.22]  I remember I was like, where is that?
[878.24 --> 879.02]  That's miles away.
[879.08 --> 879.46]  It's hungry.
[879.64 --> 880.14]  Goodness me.
[881.28 --> 883.40]  You know, it'd be fun to fire that up again, though.
[883.60 --> 888.12]  The nostalgia factor helps make up for the lackluster graphics.
[888.12 --> 897.54]  I don't mind a game with low graphics because I can play it on a computer and the computer won't turn into a ball of liquid metal on my lap.
[897.88 --> 898.38]  That's nice.
[898.50 --> 898.68]  True.
[899.22 --> 899.48]  Yeah.
[899.72 --> 900.20]  Very true.
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[1067.98 --> 1073.60]  So our very own, the orange one, is going to be hosting this weekend a Matrix setup party.
[1073.80 --> 1084.28]  So for those of you who aren't quite sure what Matrix is, we're talking about the messaging system, not bullet time, bullet dodging, dodgy reboot matrices.
[1084.28 --> 1084.68]  Matrixes.
[1084.68 --> 1085.20]  Matrixes.
[1085.28 --> 1085.48]  Whoa.
[1085.84 --> 1086.36]  Matrix-i.
[1087.32 --> 1087.88]  Matrixes.
[1088.38 --> 1088.86]  Matrixes.
[1088.92 --> 1089.76]  I like matrices.
[1090.36 --> 1091.90]  I think that sounds better to me.
[1092.24 --> 1112.82]  Well, if you're not sure what one of those is in the chat context, come along this Sunday, the 13th of February at 12 p.m. Eastern, and we will take you through, or certainly the orange will take you through, how to set up Matrix and Element and all that kind of good stuff and try and figure out exactly what decentralized chat is all about.
[1112.82 --> 1114.60]  I mean, that's pretty exciting.
[1115.12 --> 1122.12]  You know, Matrix has so much damn potential, but it needs more users and the chat clients just need more time.
[1122.12 --> 1126.32]  We have a Matrix server at colony.jupiterbroadcasting.com.
[1126.42 --> 1136.32]  And one of the things you can do is you can self-host your own Matrix server at your own domain, and then you can come join and hang out on our Matrix server using the account from your server.
[1136.82 --> 1139.00]  You also could just create an account on our server.
[1139.12 --> 1140.52]  We have that open to the public as well.
[1140.52 --> 1143.50]  But I kind of love it because I can go hang out.
[1143.96 --> 1150.12]  Like, I'm in a Red Hat Matrix room, and I'm in there as chris at jupiterbroadcasting.com, right?
[1150.18 --> 1154.50]  Everybody knows it's me, and it's my domain, and it's all – I love that aspect about Matrix.
[1155.00 --> 1157.78]  It's also – it's a Slack killer.
[1157.78 --> 1171.10]  It integrates with Jitsi, and it'll do video conferencing and screen sharing, and you can have individual channels, and you can have spaces that are groups of rooms and individual channels, all in different kind of categories.
[1171.80 --> 1174.24]  So we have, like, a self-hosted channel.
[1174.42 --> 1176.96]  We have a couple of them on our Matrix server.
[1176.96 --> 1179.66]  And we have a channel for each one of the shows.
[1179.90 --> 1185.38]  We even have a channel for cryptocurrency, all on our Matrix server that's sort of like how we do it on Discord as well.
[1186.02 --> 1189.46]  And then the last thing I'll just say about Matrix, because the orange one could probably tell you way more.
[1189.82 --> 1195.54]  The last thing I'll just say is they offer this technology called bridging, and it's hit and miss.
[1195.90 --> 1198.68]  But one platform it's actually pretty good bridging with is Discord.
[1199.10 --> 1201.24]  So you can bridge some of the rooms.
[1201.24 --> 1204.32]  And this is how, theoretically, we may want to do it one day.
[1204.32 --> 1212.86]  We could bridge the SSH feedback room on Matrix with the SSH feedback room on Discord, right?
[1212.88 --> 1214.80]  You just bridge, like, a couple of the rooms together.
[1214.88 --> 1216.92]  Not all of them, but, like, a couple of them.
[1217.26 --> 1219.58]  And that's totally something we might be able to do one day.
[1220.22 --> 1227.40]  And Matrix has bridges for lots of other services, pretty much anything you can think of, with various success.
[1227.40 --> 1236.78]  And hosting a Matrix server that has lots of users is kind of a complicated thing that we're always tweaking with, even just this week.
[1237.14 --> 1242.10]  Wes and I are troubleshooting a few things on our Matrix server, which has always been an educational process.
[1242.46 --> 1248.66]  So I would totally say it's worth checking out, because even if you don't do anything with Matrix, it's probably something you should know about.
[1248.66 --> 1250.16]  But that's just it.
[1250.42 --> 1258.12]  So I came into the chat room a couple of weeks ago and said, hey, I want to go to the Fosdem talks, because they were running that through Matrix this year.
[1258.52 --> 1259.28]  What's an element?
[1259.52 --> 1260.24]  What's a Matrix?
[1260.58 --> 1261.62]  Like, what's a riot?
[1261.86 --> 1264.08]  How do all these different things plug it?
[1264.54 --> 1267.18]  It's really quite confusing, to be honest with you.
[1267.82 --> 1268.38]  So, yeah.
[1268.46 --> 1271.54]  This Sunday, 13th of February at 12 p.m. Eastern.
[1272.30 --> 1276.62]  Ironically enough, we're going to host this on the self-hosted Discord server.
[1276.78 --> 1277.46]  I thought so.
[1277.66 --> 1277.90]  Okay.
[1278.94 --> 1279.88]  Hey, you know what?
[1280.14 --> 1284.66]  I totally acknowledge Discord is way simpler and has much simpler onboarding, too.
[1284.70 --> 1286.54]  So it's easier for the admins and the users.
[1287.16 --> 1291.34]  Matrix is just, it's self-hosted and it's decentralized, and I find that extremely appealing.
[1291.88 --> 1293.24]  There'll be a link in the show notes.
[1293.30 --> 1294.12]  Don't worry too much.
[1294.32 --> 1299.54]  Now, did you see this week that Nabu Casa have increased their prices by 30%?
[1299.54 --> 1300.02]  Yeah.
[1301.60 --> 1303.34]  So, hmm.
[1303.88 --> 1309.86]  I have mixed reactions, because I have been recently going through a period of reducing
[1309.86 --> 1313.58]  all of my subscriptions and trying to minimize how many subscriptions I have.
[1314.14 --> 1318.52]  And they've gone and raised the price right as I'm doing the math on absolutely everything.
[1320.10 --> 1325.32]  I've decided to stick with it, because I think they've already made some of the infrastructure
[1325.32 --> 1327.40]  improvements that they claim the money's going to go to.
[1327.40 --> 1331.24]  I think that's already been done, and I've already noticed things are better.
[1332.18 --> 1338.64]  And to be honest with you, I almost feel like I should be giving them more money, you know,
[1338.66 --> 1340.04]  because I use the hell out of Home Assistant.
[1340.36 --> 1346.10]  So what they're doing is they're taking the $5, the optional $5 a month subscription for
[1346.10 --> 1349.66]  Home Assistant that you can pay to enable some cloud features, remote access, that kind
[1349.66 --> 1350.00]  of stuff.
[1350.00 --> 1353.52]  They're taking it from $5 to $6.50 per month.
[1353.78 --> 1358.50]  They've also introduced a new annual tier of $65 a month.
[1358.92 --> 1360.74]  $65 a year, I mean.
[1361.58 --> 1361.68]  Right.
[1361.82 --> 1362.88]  $65 a year.
[1362.96 --> 1365.36]  And these prices all seem really quite fair to me.
[1365.62 --> 1368.20]  And if they had another tier, I may even...
[1368.20 --> 1371.74]  Or if they had some sort of annual donation drive or something like that.
[1371.74 --> 1376.04]  Because I get utility out of Home Assistant in my RV and in my studio.
[1376.42 --> 1381.02]  And I use it here in the studio to help control and manage lighting.
[1381.44 --> 1384.76]  When I get here and I get to work, Home Assistant manages that.
[1384.86 --> 1387.20]  And Home Assistant manages the lighting in my office as well.
[1387.20 --> 1391.40]  Like you say, I don't really want to see the price go up.
[1391.60 --> 1394.82]  But also, now I stop and think about it and talk through it with you, I sort of think,
[1395.34 --> 1398.04]  yeah, $6.50 for the amount I use something.
[1398.20 --> 1402.98]  I mean, every day, multiple times a day, I'm opening that app or doing something.
[1403.28 --> 1405.40]  And it's a huge part of my life.
[1405.40 --> 1410.58]  And I think future houses, like the house my dad's buying, I mentioned on the last episode,
[1411.04 --> 1413.52]  we're talking about temperature sensors and lighting.
[1413.52 --> 1418.80]  And, you know, it's going to be the heart of everything, you know, around houses and RVs.
[1418.98 --> 1421.56]  And I do for the next 10, 20 years.
[1421.68 --> 1423.98]  So I want to see this project succeed and stick around.
[1424.24 --> 1429.62]  And if $6.50 a month is the price to do that, then make it sustainable, then great.
[1430.82 --> 1431.60]  You know what?
[1431.66 --> 1438.42]  If they had a plan that was $9 a month, that it let me connect two Home Assistant instances,
[1438.52 --> 1439.50]  because that's a problem.
[1440.64 --> 1443.22]  Like, how do I do this when I have two different Home Assistants
[1443.22 --> 1444.46]  in two different locations?
[1444.46 --> 1449.30]  And I'd like them both to be on the cloud, but I don't want, on the Nebukasa cloud,
[1449.36 --> 1451.50]  but I don't want to have two different Nebukasa accounts.
[1451.88 --> 1452.76]  Nebukasa Platinum.
[1453.70 --> 1455.20]  I just don't really bother with one of them.
[1455.26 --> 1456.50]  But yeah, exactly, exactly.
[1457.14 --> 1460.44]  Also, noteworthy, they've hired two more individuals.
[1461.56 --> 1464.20]  Working on different aspects of Home Assistant,
[1464.32 --> 1467.12]  including one's going to be working on more like YouTube channel stuff
[1467.12 --> 1469.46]  and some Home Assistant front end.
[1471.22 --> 1472.36]  I'll be frank with you.
[1473.10 --> 1475.88]  It's probably the old man in me.
[1476.58 --> 1479.10]  I have been doing internet content for 15 years,
[1479.24 --> 1483.48]  and I never like it when projects directly get into content creation.
[1483.48 --> 1487.62]  There is a space for it in terms of how-tos and guides,
[1487.62 --> 1490.62]  and if they're done correctly, I think they're useful.
[1491.56 --> 1494.64]  But a lot of times it creates an echo chamber.
[1494.90 --> 1496.42]  It's a hard thing to kind of wrap your head around,
[1496.50 --> 1501.50]  but there's a long-term effect when the project sort of becomes the source of the content creation.
[1501.82 --> 1503.38]  It kind of has a knock-on effect,
[1503.74 --> 1506.98]  a kind of an ecosystem effect on the places that cover it,
[1507.08 --> 1509.26]  usually for the negative, unless they get it just right.
[1509.44 --> 1509.84]  We'll see.
[1509.84 --> 1512.32]  It's a weird use of the funds, too, but we'll see.
[1513.06 --> 1516.96]  What if rather than directly putting out content under the Home Assistant brand,
[1517.70 --> 1523.72]  this person almost becomes a consultant for other YouTubers to reach out to directly?
[1524.32 --> 1526.68]  If they want to create a video about a certain topic,
[1526.88 --> 1528.50]  they reach out to this person and say,
[1529.04 --> 1534.42]  how do I have all these sensors average and connect to a thermostat or something like that?
[1534.58 --> 1538.10]  I would just adjust that slightly to just say media outreach,
[1538.10 --> 1540.26]  because you've got a lot of people writing about Home Assistant.
[1540.42 --> 1542.36]  You've got a lot of people podcasting about Home Assistant.
[1542.96 --> 1545.96]  I would open it up beyond, you know what?
[1546.02 --> 1548.10]  Now that you say this, and again, we're talking through this,
[1548.20 --> 1550.08]  it's the limitation on YouTube.
[1550.58 --> 1554.56]  The YouTube community creates a distorted reality of the user base.
[1554.64 --> 1555.44]  It does this to Linux.
[1555.52 --> 1556.46]  It does this for any project.
[1556.56 --> 1559.86]  The YouTube audience doesn't reflect the entire user base.
[1560.62 --> 1562.82]  And so you want to get out to other media outlets as well.
[1562.82 --> 1565.92]  And there's going to be a lot of people as Home Assistant grows,
[1566.04 --> 1569.18]  they're going to want to learn and start writing about it or start podcasting about it.
[1569.44 --> 1573.44]  And so I think if they had somebody who was there to help those people get that stuff right,
[1573.46 --> 1575.56]  because a lot of times what happens is somebody will come along,
[1575.72 --> 1578.26]  they're going to start covering Home Assistant for the first time.
[1578.58 --> 1579.94]  They'll get something wrong.
[1580.82 --> 1585.46]  They won't understand what decision, you know, three years was made.
[1585.54 --> 1588.36]  And so they'll interpret something that happens today and they'll get it wrong.
[1588.44 --> 1591.12]  And they won't have the context because they're still learning.
[1591.12 --> 1594.94]  And that's just what happens and doesn't prevent people from making videos.
[1595.50 --> 1598.10]  And so if there was somebody at Home Assistant that had the time, the bandwidth,
[1598.36 --> 1604.12]  and the skill set to interface with those creatives and help guide them in the right direction,
[1604.48 --> 1605.48]  I could see that being useful.
[1605.72 --> 1608.54]  That could be a good use of time and money.
[1609.34 --> 1611.86]  Now, the other thing we should mention about the subscription price increase
[1611.86 --> 1617.46]  is that those changes don't come into effect for existing accounts for three months.
[1617.46 --> 1620.26]  So you get three months grandfathered in at the old price.
[1621.12 --> 1623.90]  Uh, before things start to go up.
[1624.34 --> 1627.50]  And just the last couple of notes about this Home Assistant release that came out,
[1627.54 --> 1631.06]  along with the announcement, uh, on February 2nd about the price increase.
[1631.18 --> 1634.50]  They now show the size of your backups in the backup view.
[1634.58 --> 1635.40]  That's a nice little tweak.
[1635.82 --> 1639.06]  Apple TV users, the integration has been updated to support OS 15,
[1639.06 --> 1642.38]  and now can also launch apps from Home Assistant.
[1642.80 --> 1643.00]  Ooh.
[1643.58 --> 1644.90]  That sounds kind of cool.
[1644.90 --> 1647.28]  If you think about like some automations or something like, you know,
[1647.28 --> 1650.78]  set up TV time and have it auto-launch Plex or Infuse.
[1651.30 --> 1653.86]  Yeah, because that extra click is real difficult.
[1654.40 --> 1655.26]  Oh, come on!
[1655.64 --> 1656.28]  Come on!
[1656.32 --> 1659.04]  You would be trying it if you hadn't got rid of your Apple TV.
[1659.22 --> 1659.56]  Come on!
[1659.58 --> 1660.12]  Oh, maybe.
[1660.96 --> 1661.32]  Maybe.
[1661.60 --> 1663.84]  I mean, I've been able to do it on the Shield for years,
[1663.90 --> 1666.06]  and I never have, so maybe not.
[1666.64 --> 1668.76]  I'm moving in the new house, Chris.
[1668.92 --> 1669.70]  You know what I'm saying.
[1669.76 --> 1670.20]  That's true.
[1670.34 --> 1671.42]  I do know what you mean.
[1671.94 --> 1675.08]  Google Assistant integration can now be set up to use local fulfillment.
[1675.44 --> 1675.78]  Hey!
[1676.08 --> 1676.40]  Oh!
[1678.00 --> 1679.86]  I am still waiting, though.
[1680.32 --> 1682.28]  I was just telling you before we started the show,
[1682.40 --> 1687.02]  I'm still waiting for updates on the Home Assistant Yellow or Amber
[1687.02 --> 1688.10]  or whatever they want to call it,
[1688.14 --> 1691.64]  and like when we can kind of expect that for those of us who threw some money in.
[1692.00 --> 1693.86]  Because I'm looking at my Home Assistant setup,
[1693.86 --> 1697.82]  and I'm thinking that's probably going to be the time I redo it
[1697.82 --> 1700.92]  is when I get that Home Assistant amber or yellow.
[1701.64 --> 1705.46]  And I'd just love to kind of know what kind of timeline I should be thinking of.
[1706.36 --> 1708.88]  The Home Assistant Burnt Sienna 2042 edition.
[1709.14 --> 1709.82]  That's what it will be.
[1713.58 --> 1716.00]  Talescale.com slash self-hosted.
[1716.06 --> 1718.70]  Go there to get a free personal account for up to 20 devices,
[1719.14 --> 1720.26]  and it supports the show.
[1720.36 --> 1723.16]  Talescale.com slash self-hosted.
[1723.16 --> 1725.92]  I probably don't have to tell you about Talescale,
[1725.92 --> 1727.98]  because you guys probably already know
[1727.98 --> 1730.10]  and just have been waiting for an opportunity to try it out.
[1730.16 --> 1731.30]  Well, this is it.
[1731.54 --> 1733.54]  You can get it set up on any device in minutes,
[1733.92 --> 1735.02]  manage firewall rules,
[1735.14 --> 1738.18]  and of course it'll even bust through that dreaded double gnat.
[1738.30 --> 1739.80]  I can tell you from experience,
[1740.24 --> 1741.98]  your devices connect directly to each other,
[1742.06 --> 1743.14]  not through Talescale,
[1743.46 --> 1746.96]  but directly to each other in a mesh wire guard network.
[1747.38 --> 1748.78]  It's so slick.
[1748.90 --> 1751.44]  And Alex and I are both daily users.
[1751.44 --> 1753.94]  I often will connect back to Lady Joops
[1753.94 --> 1756.48]  and manage something from the studio now.
[1756.64 --> 1758.76]  Like, getting in over a VPN
[1758.76 --> 1761.80]  was like the thing that was super hard for me to solve
[1761.80 --> 1762.94]  with my carrier gnat.
[1763.22 --> 1765.00]  And now it's like,
[1765.10 --> 1766.62]  I just pop onto each one of my boxes,
[1766.76 --> 1767.54]  get things started,
[1767.94 --> 1768.64]  get things thinking.
[1768.74 --> 1769.72]  It's so awesome, Alex.
[1770.38 --> 1773.44]  And that mesh network portion is so cool.
[1773.98 --> 1775.70]  So, you know, picture this, right?
[1775.70 --> 1779.98]  I wanted to back up about three terabytes worth of data
[1779.98 --> 1782.22]  to England, across the ocean,
[1782.52 --> 1785.04]  to that Synology box that I took back there
[1785.04 --> 1786.42]  to my mum's house a few months ago.
[1786.74 --> 1788.10]  She has a BT Home Hub,
[1788.38 --> 1790.38]  which is a famously crappy router.
[1791.04 --> 1791.96]  And, you know,
[1792.02 --> 1793.82]  I don't want to do port forwarding in there.
[1793.90 --> 1795.56]  I don't want to have to talk her through anything.
[1796.18 --> 1797.16]  So what did I use?
[1797.26 --> 1799.60]  I've been using Talescale for this for the last few months,
[1799.66 --> 1801.96]  and it's just been absolutely perfect.
[1802.58 --> 1804.30]  Every time I fire up Restic,
[1804.30 --> 1805.80]  boom, straight through the tunnel,
[1806.04 --> 1808.34]  it does the script I have, Talescale up.
[1808.52 --> 1810.68]  It connects through a dedicated IP address
[1810.68 --> 1811.86]  on a specific subnet.
[1812.22 --> 1814.06]  And using the magic DNS feature
[1814.06 --> 1815.38]  that's built right into Talescale,
[1815.52 --> 1817.44]  I don't even have to remember any numbers
[1817.44 --> 1818.42]  or anything like that.
[1818.46 --> 1821.44]  It's just boom, boom, boom, done, simple.
[1821.70 --> 1823.48]  And it's been so reliable,
[1823.62 --> 1824.96]  I almost forget that I'm using it.
[1825.44 --> 1825.98]  It's always up.
[1826.08 --> 1826.74]  It's always on.
[1826.96 --> 1829.20]  And I like the fact that every machine
[1829.20 --> 1831.26]  now essentially has a static IP in my brain.
[1831.58 --> 1832.80]  You know, it doesn't matter where I'm at.
[1832.80 --> 1834.96]  They all just have a static IP I connect to.
[1835.04 --> 1836.02]  I threw it on my iPad.
[1836.52 --> 1837.52]  I connect to LTE.
[1837.80 --> 1839.54]  I can get on my system super quick.
[1839.94 --> 1840.54]  I'd love it.
[1840.76 --> 1841.62]  You got to check it out.
[1841.70 --> 1842.84]  If you've been waiting to try it,
[1842.94 --> 1843.88]  this is your opportunity.
[1844.30 --> 1845.28]  You're going to be shocked
[1845.28 --> 1846.88]  how fast you're going to get this up and going.
[1847.10 --> 1849.52]  I mean, I even have it running on my Raspberry Pis.
[1849.78 --> 1850.46]  It's so great.
[1850.70 --> 1853.06]  Talescale.com slash self-hosted.
[1853.06 --> 1855.82]  Mike writes,
[1856.34 --> 1857.94]  I've been loving your show so far.
[1858.12 --> 1860.50]  You guys seem to have some pretty elaborate setups,
[1860.70 --> 1862.40]  which brings me to a question.
[1862.84 --> 1865.28]  As someone just starting out in the self-hosting world,
[1865.44 --> 1868.24]  how do you balance progress and perfection?
[1868.66 --> 1871.66]  I frequently find myself a roadblock in my setup
[1871.66 --> 1873.88]  because I feel like I need to be doing something
[1873.88 --> 1876.24]  the optimal way the first time.
[1876.72 --> 1877.68]  And as a consequence,
[1877.98 --> 1879.24]  I just never do it at all.
[1879.24 --> 1883.38]  I can feel that for sure.
[1883.72 --> 1886.66]  Because when we decided to start this show,
[1886.82 --> 1889.28]  I also had been working on this concept,
[1889.42 --> 1891.52]  in part from a conversation we had with Wendell
[1891.52 --> 1892.60]  about craftsmanship.
[1893.04 --> 1896.84]  And I had decided that I wanted to take real craftsmanship
[1896.84 --> 1899.52]  in my self-hosted stuff that I do.
[1899.64 --> 1902.68]  And so I really got in my head with that for a bit
[1902.68 --> 1904.32]  and also sort of struggled with perfection.
[1904.58 --> 1905.98]  And that saying is so true,
[1906.04 --> 1908.44]  that perfection is the enemy of the good enough, really.
[1909.24 --> 1910.60]  And here's what I came to.
[1910.68 --> 1912.52]  And I wonder what you do, Alex, in this case.
[1912.52 --> 1915.90]  But what I realized about myself
[1915.90 --> 1918.82]  is that I'll get into something deep.
[1919.18 --> 1920.42]  I will become...
[1920.42 --> 1921.84]  I'm so smart, Alex.
[1921.92 --> 1923.54]  I have a galaxy-sized brain here.
[1923.64 --> 1926.16]  I will become so informed on a topic.
[1926.40 --> 1927.58]  It's unbelievable.
[1928.18 --> 1930.38]  And then I know all of it now.
[1930.60 --> 1934.00]  And I arrogantly assume that I will remember all of it.
[1934.00 --> 1936.18]  And then six months later,
[1936.18 --> 1939.22]  I have forgotten 98% of everything I learned.
[1939.32 --> 1941.08]  And I am a total smooth-brained idiot.
[1941.70 --> 1944.40]  And I realized that about myself
[1944.40 --> 1946.78]  and now have decided that I must document
[1946.78 --> 1948.30]  while I'm at peak knowledge.
[1948.46 --> 1949.54]  So I must document.
[1950.10 --> 1951.62]  And then I have also,
[1952.02 --> 1953.08]  if I hit a roadblock
[1953.08 --> 1955.04]  and I don't implement the perfect solution,
[1955.28 --> 1957.76]  I document what I thought I wanted to do
[1957.76 --> 1958.84]  and why I couldn't do it
[1958.84 --> 1959.64]  and what I did instead.
[1959.64 --> 1961.14]  So I can always work back
[1961.14 --> 1963.84]  if I ever want to revisit the project
[1963.84 --> 1964.46]  and get it right.
[1965.20 --> 1967.38]  You know, that was why I started LinuxServer.io
[1967.38 --> 1969.70]  was it was actually just my personal blog
[1969.70 --> 1971.80]  writing down how I compiled that kernel.
[1972.72 --> 1975.26]  I think I was doing Unraid on top of Arch
[1975.26 --> 1976.54]  or something back in the day.
[1976.76 --> 1979.80]  And documentation is just so important.
[1980.06 --> 1983.20]  But I was laughing so hard
[1983.20 --> 1984.06]  whilst you were saying that.
[1984.20 --> 1986.54]  Like, I'm the world expert on this topic.
[1986.54 --> 1987.76]  And then six months later,
[1987.76 --> 1989.32]  I can't remember any of it.
[1989.64 --> 1990.74]  It's so true.
[1992.88 --> 1993.24]  Yeah.
[1993.36 --> 1994.36]  And you just gotta like,
[1994.44 --> 1995.88]  you gotta like learn that about yourself
[1995.88 --> 1996.88]  if that's how you operate.
[1996.98 --> 1998.50]  And like the guys that are probably,
[1998.66 --> 2000.24]  you know, like really a level above us
[2000.24 --> 2001.50]  are the ones that retain it all, right?
[2001.60 --> 2002.36]  Those people.
[2003.02 --> 2004.96]  I don't know how people like Wendell do it.
[2005.00 --> 2006.92]  And you mentioned him in your little bit.
[2007.20 --> 2010.02]  And like he can just rattle off model numbers
[2010.02 --> 2011.54]  and serial and, you know,
[2011.58 --> 2013.92]  specific kernels and builds.
[2013.92 --> 2014.50]  And I'm like,
[2015.20 --> 2017.18]  how do you remember all that stuff?
[2017.18 --> 2018.24]  I can't even, you know,
[2018.24 --> 2019.98]  I bought a bag of pumpkin seeds
[2019.98 --> 2021.40]  to put in my banana bread this morning.
[2021.48 --> 2022.74]  I can't even remember where that is.
[2022.86 --> 2024.50]  It's been half an hour.
[2025.20 --> 2026.38]  How do you remember anything?
[2027.12 --> 2028.10]  It's really impressive.
[2028.50 --> 2030.28]  So I think if you document
[2030.28 --> 2032.62]  where the shortcomings were in your setup,
[2033.26 --> 2033.90]  and then you just,
[2034.12 --> 2035.96]  it kind of gives you permission to proceed.
[2036.02 --> 2036.70]  Because like, it's like,
[2036.74 --> 2037.56]  okay, I've written it down.
[2037.80 --> 2038.96]  I've captured my thoughts.
[2038.96 --> 2040.52]  And you'll also find that you think
[2040.52 --> 2041.66]  through things a little more clearly,
[2041.80 --> 2042.64]  at least in my case.
[2043.06 --> 2043.82]  And then you move forward.
[2043.82 --> 2046.08]  There is a phrase, isn't there?
[2046.12 --> 2047.94]  And this doesn't just pertain to IT,
[2048.22 --> 2050.00]  but it's analysis paralysis.
[2050.88 --> 2052.04]  And, you know,
[2052.12 --> 2054.28]  you can go down this rabbit hole with anything,
[2054.38 --> 2055.50]  you know, buying a car,
[2055.92 --> 2056.70]  buying a house,
[2057.16 --> 2058.78]  building some infrastructure
[2058.78 --> 2059.54]  for your home,
[2059.84 --> 2061.20]  self-hosted needs,
[2061.70 --> 2062.78]  whatever it might be.
[2062.78 --> 2064.24]  And at some point,
[2064.24 --> 2065.60]  you've just got to stick a pin in it
[2065.60 --> 2066.22]  and say, right,
[2066.84 --> 2068.08]  this is the way I'm going to do it.
[2068.44 --> 2070.24]  It might not be the best,
[2070.40 --> 2072.74]  most optimist way to do something,
[2072.74 --> 2074.80]  but at the end of it,
[2074.86 --> 2076.10]  you will have built something
[2076.10 --> 2078.48]  and you'll have gained some experience
[2078.48 --> 2079.92]  along the way of doing it.
[2080.34 --> 2081.50]  And, you know,
[2081.52 --> 2082.34]  in six months time,
[2082.42 --> 2083.54]  you may well decide,
[2083.68 --> 2084.54]  well, actually,
[2084.54 --> 2086.12]  I shouldn't have exposed
[2086.12 --> 2087.56]  that particular service
[2087.56 --> 2089.86]  over the internet without a password,
[2090.30 --> 2091.10]  for example.
[2091.84 --> 2093.52]  Maybe I should put it behind a VPN
[2093.52 --> 2094.96]  or put it at least behind...
[2094.96 --> 2096.04]  That sounds like a rough lesson.
[2096.32 --> 2096.98]  Right, exactly.
[2097.18 --> 2098.26]  But I mean, you know,
[2098.30 --> 2099.30]  I've admitted on this show
[2099.30 --> 2100.74]  before I ran remote desktop
[2100.74 --> 2101.72]  open to the internet
[2101.72 --> 2103.64]  and the password was 22.
[2104.10 --> 2104.52]  That was it.
[2104.58 --> 2105.40]  The numbers, 22.
[2105.98 --> 2107.20]  What could go wrong?
[2107.66 --> 2108.60]  What could go wrong?
[2109.16 --> 2109.82]  Bizarrely nothing.
[2110.14 --> 2111.36]  But I mean, a lot could have,
[2111.46 --> 2111.76]  you know,
[2111.82 --> 2112.46]  and nowadays,
[2112.70 --> 2115.00]  it makes me rather scared
[2115.00 --> 2115.64]  that I did that
[2115.64 --> 2116.70]  for as long as I did that.
[2116.76 --> 2117.10]  But anyway.
[2117.46 --> 2118.16]  Oh, man.
[2118.60 --> 2119.50]  So many things.
[2119.50 --> 2121.06]  So many things back in the day, Alex.
[2121.12 --> 2121.78]  So many things.
[2122.04 --> 2122.32]  You know,
[2122.58 --> 2123.94]  the internet was a different place back then.
[2124.94 --> 2125.80]  It truly was.
[2126.68 --> 2127.40]  Now, Mike,
[2127.40 --> 2128.66]  you've got to think about
[2128.66 --> 2131.04]  is there any value
[2131.04 --> 2132.28]  in just sitting there
[2132.28 --> 2132.98]  twiddling your thumbs
[2132.98 --> 2134.06]  thinking about stuff?
[2135.14 --> 2136.22]  Yeah, some.
[2136.60 --> 2137.38]  But there's going to be
[2137.38 --> 2138.30]  a lot more value
[2138.30 --> 2139.46]  in making mistakes.
[2139.70 --> 2141.32]  You'll learn to fail faster.
[2141.54 --> 2142.46]  You'll learn that,
[2142.58 --> 2143.50]  you know,
[2143.54 --> 2144.76]  this particular building block
[2144.76 --> 2145.94]  doesn't fit with that one
[2145.94 --> 2147.04]  and actually I need to do it
[2147.04 --> 2148.58]  this completely different way.
[2148.72 --> 2149.42]  And you'll just learn
[2149.42 --> 2150.64]  so much more by doing it.
[2150.70 --> 2151.36]  So my advice,
[2151.84 --> 2152.64]  such as it is,
[2153.14 --> 2154.18]  would be start small,
[2154.18 --> 2155.38]  solve a real problem
[2155.38 --> 2156.18]  that you have
[2156.18 --> 2158.12]  and then just start
[2158.12 --> 2159.04]  building on top of it.
[2159.12 --> 2159.96]  Maybe write a little bit
[2159.96 --> 2160.54]  of automation
[2160.54 --> 2162.02]  to do it as well
[2162.02 --> 2162.60]  if you want to
[2162.60 --> 2163.20]  once you've done it
[2163.20 --> 2164.10]  a few times manually
[2164.10 --> 2165.22]  and kind of got the hang of it.
[2165.72 --> 2166.50]  And after then,
[2166.58 --> 2167.76]  you'll be surprised
[2167.76 --> 2168.42]  within, you know,
[2168.44 --> 2169.18]  a few weeks
[2169.18 --> 2170.22]  just how quickly
[2170.22 --> 2171.70]  these things start to snowball
[2171.70 --> 2172.40]  and start to build
[2172.40 --> 2173.20]  on top of each other.
[2173.72 --> 2174.32]  You know,
[2174.62 --> 2175.60]  to tie it all together,
[2176.04 --> 2177.98]  if you wanted a project,
[2178.34 --> 2179.22]  if you've been wanting
[2179.22 --> 2180.30]  to get into something like this
[2180.30 --> 2181.30]  or take your skill set up
[2181.30 --> 2182.40]  to the next levels,
[2182.46 --> 2183.50]  you mentioned automation there.
[2184.18 --> 2185.10]  And the orange one
[2185.10 --> 2185.68]  is doing that
[2185.68 --> 2186.84]  get to know matrix session.
[2187.44 --> 2189.26]  There is a super popular
[2189.26 --> 2191.50]  deploy matrix on a system
[2191.50 --> 2192.38]  using Ansible
[2192.38 --> 2194.04]  going around right now
[2194.04 --> 2196.44]  that does a pretty good job.
[2196.52 --> 2197.60]  Wes and I were taking a look at it
[2197.60 --> 2198.52]  and we think we may actually
[2198.52 --> 2199.42]  use it in the future.
[2200.10 --> 2200.72]  And so that could be
[2200.72 --> 2201.50]  a great opportunity
[2201.50 --> 2203.02]  to combine your peanut butter
[2203.02 --> 2204.16]  and your chocolate
[2204.16 --> 2205.78]  and, you know,
[2205.94 --> 2206.80]  learn a little something
[2206.80 --> 2207.36]  about Ansible,
[2207.48 --> 2208.32]  learn a little something
[2208.32 --> 2208.84]  about matrix.
[2209.46 --> 2211.66]  I ate my first PB&J this week.
[2211.66 --> 2214.50]  your first?
[2215.20 --> 2215.88]  First one.
[2216.00 --> 2217.56]  I'm not even shitting you.
[2217.68 --> 2219.22]  Like, I've never had one before.
[2219.84 --> 2220.36]  All right.
[2220.38 --> 2220.60]  Okay.
[2220.64 --> 2220.84]  Okay.
[2221.32 --> 2221.88]  Tell me.
[2222.00 --> 2222.20]  Okay.
[2222.24 --> 2222.66]  Hold on now.
[2222.74 --> 2223.08]  Hold on.
[2223.42 --> 2224.46]  Tell me about the bread.
[2224.54 --> 2224.84]  I got it.
[2224.84 --> 2225.74]  We got to start at the beginning.
[2226.00 --> 2227.14]  What kind of bread was it?
[2227.26 --> 2228.06]  And where was it?
[2228.10 --> 2228.62]  Was it at home?
[2229.58 --> 2230.36]  Homemade bread.
[2230.58 --> 2230.78]  You know,
[2230.84 --> 2232.04]  after the pandemic,
[2232.26 --> 2233.48]  I'm a bread bro now.
[2233.48 --> 2235.56]  I'm a world expert
[2235.56 --> 2236.50]  on bread, you see.
[2237.16 --> 2238.18]  What kind of peanut butter?
[2239.10 --> 2239.46]  Jif.
[2240.54 --> 2240.90]  Okay.
[2241.14 --> 2241.82]  Crunchy or smooth?
[2242.14 --> 2242.50]  Crunchy.
[2242.74 --> 2242.86]  Yeah.
[2242.96 --> 2243.28]  All right.
[2243.36 --> 2244.08]  Now, did you have
[2244.08 --> 2245.54]  any problems tearing the bread?
[2246.80 --> 2247.16]  Tearing?
[2247.28 --> 2248.02]  Why do I need to tear it?
[2248.02 --> 2248.94]  Well, sometimes when you apply
[2248.94 --> 2249.52]  the peanut butter,
[2249.60 --> 2250.34]  the bread can tear.
[2250.42 --> 2250.82]  Oh, no.
[2250.82 --> 2251.80]  If you're a noob.
[2251.88 --> 2252.50]  It's proper bread
[2252.50 --> 2253.92]  with a good gluten structure, dude.
[2254.34 --> 2255.20]  Tell me about the jelly.
[2256.64 --> 2257.84]  It was grape jelly.
[2258.04 --> 2258.84]  It was very nice.
[2259.52 --> 2259.64]  Although,
[2259.96 --> 2260.98]  the English people
[2260.98 --> 2261.66]  are probably sat here
[2261.66 --> 2262.14]  going jelly.
[2262.14 --> 2263.50]  It's actually jam.
[2263.82 --> 2264.02]  You know,
[2264.04 --> 2265.20]  it's what we would call jam.
[2265.96 --> 2266.44]  I mean,
[2266.54 --> 2267.18]  grapes are right.
[2267.42 --> 2268.10]  Grapes are right.
[2268.38 --> 2269.02]  It's okay.
[2269.30 --> 2269.56]  So,
[2269.68 --> 2270.36]  how thick is the bread?
[2271.70 --> 2272.72]  About the thickness
[2272.72 --> 2273.32]  of a finger.
[2274.40 --> 2274.80]  Okay.
[2274.94 --> 2275.18]  All right.
[2275.22 --> 2275.32]  So,
[2275.32 --> 2275.78]  not too thick.
[2275.78 --> 2276.08]  Chunky.
[2276.20 --> 2276.66]  Not too thick.
[2276.86 --> 2277.34]  Nice crust.
[2277.34 --> 2277.40]  Now,
[2277.46 --> 2278.12]  what's your ratio
[2278.12 --> 2278.92]  of peanut butter
[2278.92 --> 2279.58]  to jelly?
[2279.88 --> 2280.70]  I just did
[2280.70 --> 2282.42]  one slice
[2282.42 --> 2283.30]  covered in
[2283.30 --> 2284.88]  a reasonable
[2284.88 --> 2285.30]  thickness
[2285.30 --> 2286.24]  of PB
[2286.24 --> 2287.50]  and then the other
[2287.50 --> 2288.18]  slice covered
[2288.18 --> 2289.58]  in a reasonable
[2289.58 --> 2290.42]  thickness of J.
[2291.56 --> 2292.12]  Slam.
[2292.14 --> 2292.76]  those bad boys
[2292.76 --> 2293.78]  together and...
[2293.78 --> 2293.96]  Now,
[2294.00 --> 2294.50]  I need to know
[2294.50 --> 2295.22]  what a reasonable
[2295.22 --> 2295.92]  thickness is
[2295.92 --> 2296.66]  because I actually
[2296.66 --> 2297.34]  go a little heavy
[2297.34 --> 2297.82]  on the jam.
[2297.82 --> 2297.98]  Oh,
[2298.08 --> 2300.04]  about 37 microns.
[2300.16 --> 2300.52]  I don't know.
[2301.38 --> 2301.74]  How do we measure this?
[2301.74 --> 2302.60]  Were they equally
[2302.60 --> 2303.42]  proportioned?
[2304.80 --> 2305.60]  It's important
[2305.60 --> 2306.14]  because you need
[2306.14 --> 2307.26]  slightly more jam
[2307.26 --> 2308.02]  to get the moisture
[2308.02 --> 2308.62]  ratio right.
[2308.76 --> 2309.12]  Oh,
[2309.22 --> 2309.70]  I see.
[2309.88 --> 2310.12]  Okay.
[2310.44 --> 2310.70]  Yeah.
[2310.78 --> 2311.30]  We don't have a
[2311.30 --> 2312.24]  standardized jam
[2312.24 --> 2313.02]  measurement system
[2313.02 --> 2313.58]  in this country,
[2313.64 --> 2313.78]  though.
[2313.88 --> 2314.12]  I mean,
[2314.58 --> 2315.18]  you like to measure
[2315.18 --> 2316.04]  things in feet
[2316.04 --> 2316.44]  and inches.
[2316.54 --> 2317.26]  Maybe we should say
[2317.26 --> 2319.16]  I scraped my jam
[2319.16 --> 2320.54]  in eight elbows
[2320.54 --> 2320.94]  thickness.
[2321.66 --> 2322.28]  You measure
[2322.28 --> 2322.88]  an American.
[2323.24 --> 2323.66]  What you do
[2323.66 --> 2324.80]  is just put
[2324.80 --> 2325.42]  some on there
[2325.42 --> 2326.44]  and then put
[2326.44 --> 2326.90]  a little bit
[2326.90 --> 2327.26]  to where it
[2327.26 --> 2327.82]  seems like too
[2327.82 --> 2328.82]  much and then
[2328.82 --> 2329.54]  that's just right.
[2329.68 --> 2330.02]  Okay.
[2330.82 --> 2331.56]  That's how you do
[2331.56 --> 2331.70]  it.
[2331.78 --> 2332.04]  Okay.
[2332.84 --> 2333.00]  So,
[2333.08 --> 2333.60]  what did you think
[2333.60 --> 2333.84]  of it,
[2333.90 --> 2333.98]  though?
[2334.32 --> 2335.12]  Consider it a beta,
[2335.26 --> 2336.60]  but don't consider
[2336.60 --> 2337.84]  it the final word
[2337.84 --> 2338.54]  on peanut butter
[2338.54 --> 2338.86]  and jelly
[2338.86 --> 2339.32]  because,
[2339.60 --> 2340.26]  let me tell you,
[2340.80 --> 2341.42]  you can really
[2341.42 --> 2342.08]  take those things
[2342.08 --> 2342.66]  up to 11.
[2342.86 --> 2343.12]  Like,
[2343.20 --> 2343.60]  there's some
[2343.60 --> 2344.54]  toasting techniques
[2344.54 --> 2345.08]  you can do
[2345.08 --> 2345.56]  and stuff
[2345.56 --> 2346.78]  that'll really
[2346.78 --> 2347.54]  take it up a notch,
[2347.54 --> 2348.32]  but what did you think?
[2348.60 --> 2349.78]  It's a delicious,
[2350.06 --> 2350.88]  delicious sandwich.
[2351.24 --> 2352.36]  It is a beautiful
[2352.36 --> 2353.78]  mix of sweetness
[2353.78 --> 2356.00]  and gooeyness
[2356.00 --> 2356.50]  and,
[2356.74 --> 2356.96]  oh,
[2357.58 --> 2358.26]  where has it been
[2358.26 --> 2358.82]  all my life?
[2359.56 --> 2360.26]  Budget friendly.
[2360.38 --> 2360.64]  Yep.
[2360.72 --> 2361.52]  Quick to make.
[2361.62 --> 2361.90]  Yep.
[2362.02 --> 2362.58]  You could take
[2362.58 --> 2363.56]  the loaf
[2363.56 --> 2365.22]  and the peanut butter
[2365.22 --> 2366.06]  and the jam
[2366.06 --> 2366.74]  and you can just
[2366.74 --> 2367.58]  bring it to work
[2367.58 --> 2368.52]  or bring it with you.
[2368.70 --> 2368.94]  I mean,
[2369.02 --> 2369.32]  it's just,
[2369.42 --> 2369.68]  the porter,
[2369.78 --> 2370.14]  it's just,
[2370.20 --> 2370.62]  it's great.
[2371.10 --> 2372.04]  Kids love it too.
[2372.48 --> 2372.68]  So,
[2372.74 --> 2373.14]  anyways,
[2373.76 --> 2374.40]  moving on.
[2374.64 --> 2374.86]  I just,
[2374.96 --> 2375.44]  that's amazing.
[2375.58 --> 2376.38]  Thank you for sharing that.
[2376.80 --> 2377.34]  That was great.
[2377.80 --> 2378.68]  I'm still trying
[2378.68 --> 2379.30]  to assimilate
[2379.30 --> 2380.26]  into your culture.
[2381.02 --> 2381.38]  Yeah.
[2381.86 --> 2382.40]  I mean,
[2382.42 --> 2382.90]  I don't know
[2382.90 --> 2383.80]  what you haven't done yet.
[2383.86 --> 2384.54]  That's a big one.
[2384.62 --> 2385.14]  I wish I could have
[2385.14 --> 2385.76]  been there for that.
[2385.80 --> 2386.44]  I didn't know.
[2386.72 --> 2387.40]  Had I known,
[2387.48 --> 2388.34]  I would have been there.
[2388.70 --> 2389.32]  But I'm sure
[2389.32 --> 2390.04]  we'll find some others.
[2390.36 --> 2390.54]  Well,
[2390.56 --> 2391.08]  I've never bought
[2391.08 --> 2392.08]  any tactical pants.
[2392.18 --> 2393.12]  I've still got to do that.
[2394.02 --> 2394.38]  Okay.
[2394.56 --> 2394.90]  All right.
[2394.90 --> 2395.60]  That is something.
[2395.96 --> 2396.64]  You're going to love
[2396.64 --> 2397.44]  tactical pants.
[2398.38 --> 2399.16]  It's all about
[2399.16 --> 2400.60]  the phone storage capacity.
[2400.78 --> 2400.98]  Okay.
[2401.78 --> 2402.60]  You ever wanted
[2402.60 --> 2403.38]  to have your wallet
[2403.38 --> 2404.26]  in your pocket
[2404.26 --> 2405.54]  and not even feel it?
[2406.62 --> 2407.30]  Tactical pants.
[2407.54 --> 2408.06]  Well,
[2408.22 --> 2409.12]  my wallet is about
[2409.12 --> 2409.76]  the thickness of
[2409.76 --> 2410.62]  three credit cards
[2410.62 --> 2411.16]  as it is.
[2411.80 --> 2412.14]  Oh,
[2412.20 --> 2412.34]  yeah.
[2412.42 --> 2413.02]  Yeah.
[2413.02 --> 2413.64]  You've worked on it.
[2413.66 --> 2413.86]  Good.
[2413.98 --> 2414.18]  Good.
[2414.80 --> 2415.06]  All right.
[2415.06 --> 2415.26]  Well,
[2415.32 --> 2416.52]  Luke liked it last week
[2416.52 --> 2417.84]  when we talked about
[2417.84 --> 2419.44]  self-hosted music options,
[2419.44 --> 2419.90]  but he says,
[2419.90 --> 2421.22]  I just wanted to add one thing.
[2421.76 --> 2422.66]  The Subsonic compatible
[2422.66 --> 2423.84]  clients are a lot more
[2423.84 --> 2424.96]  polished than the
[2424.96 --> 2426.26]  Jellyfin ones.
[2427.42 --> 2428.08]  So he says,
[2428.14 --> 2428.94]  check those out.
[2429.08 --> 2429.72]  There's some shims
[2429.72 --> 2430.44]  that let you use the
[2430.44 --> 2431.40]  clients with Jellyfin
[2431.40 --> 2433.52]  on iOS or Android
[2433.52 --> 2436.40]  and gives us a couple
[2436.40 --> 2437.02]  of links that we'll
[2437.02 --> 2438.14]  toss in the show notes.
[2438.26 --> 2438.74]  You know what?
[2438.74 --> 2440.84]  I have good memories
[2440.84 --> 2442.06]  of Subsonic,
[2442.12 --> 2443.00]  and I know that that's
[2443.00 --> 2443.52]  gone a couple of
[2443.52 --> 2444.22]  different directions
[2444.22 --> 2445.58]  over the years,
[2445.72 --> 2447.08]  but for just a brief
[2447.08 --> 2447.64]  period of time,
[2447.70 --> 2448.44]  I had Subsonic
[2448.44 --> 2449.22]  downloading all of
[2449.22 --> 2450.00]  my podcasts,
[2450.40 --> 2451.64]  and then I was
[2451.64 --> 2452.52]  streaming them
[2452.52 --> 2453.24]  using apps
[2453.24 --> 2454.20]  from the Subsonic
[2454.20 --> 2454.54]  server,
[2454.74 --> 2455.16]  and so I could
[2455.16 --> 2456.02]  kind of keep
[2456.02 --> 2457.38]  my play position
[2457.38 --> 2458.46]  synced across
[2458.46 --> 2459.32]  all my devices
[2459.32 --> 2459.90]  using that.
[2460.16 --> 2460.88]  It was so great.
[2460.88 --> 2462.74]  Now Sam writes in,
[2462.76 --> 2463.28]  and I think this is
[2463.28 --> 2464.06]  a question for you,
[2464.14 --> 2464.32]  Chris.
[2464.52 --> 2465.38]  My partner and I
[2465.38 --> 2466.32]  are about to embark
[2466.32 --> 2467.48]  on our first ever
[2467.48 --> 2468.58]  week-long road trip
[2468.58 --> 2469.46]  around the north
[2469.46 --> 2470.32]  coast of Scotland,
[2470.76 --> 2472.02]  the Scottish 500.
[2472.70 --> 2473.66]  We've rented a van
[2473.66 --> 2474.56]  conversion for it,
[2474.60 --> 2475.62]  and we'll be out of
[2475.62 --> 2477.38]  reliable cell service
[2477.38 --> 2478.18]  for much of it.
[2478.86 --> 2479.38]  I've got about
[2479.38 --> 2480.40]  three weeks of time
[2480.40 --> 2481.32]  and a drawer full of
[2481.32 --> 2482.16]  Raspberry Pis and
[2482.16 --> 2483.18]  USB hard drives.
[2483.60 --> 2484.42]  Do you have any
[2484.42 --> 2485.60]  recommendations for a
[2485.60 --> 2486.34]  quick and dirty
[2486.34 --> 2487.74]  mobile media server
[2487.74 --> 2489.40]  to keep us entertained
[2489.40 --> 2490.42]  in the evenings after
[2490.42 --> 2491.52]  a long day's drive?
[2492.96 --> 2493.24]  Hmm.
[2493.64 --> 2494.50]  So you're going to
[2494.50 --> 2496.20]  need mobile power,
[2496.44 --> 2496.80]  so you're probably
[2496.80 --> 2497.20]  going to want to
[2497.20 --> 2497.76]  look at one of
[2497.76 --> 2498.76]  those Yetis,
[2499.14 --> 2500.22]  or not Yetis,
[2500.28 --> 2500.86]  what do they call it?
[2500.86 --> 2501.42]  The Blue Yeti?
[2501.80 --> 2502.14]  Jackery.
[2503.02 --> 2503.92]  Jackery's another one,
[2504.00 --> 2504.18]  yep.
[2504.26 --> 2504.96]  There's several of
[2504.96 --> 2505.84]  those portable power
[2505.84 --> 2506.14]  units.
[2506.22 --> 2506.68]  You're going to want
[2506.68 --> 2508.72]  something that is
[2508.72 --> 2509.42]  easy for you to
[2509.42 --> 2510.04]  charge while you're
[2510.04 --> 2510.74]  driving, like you
[2510.74 --> 2511.40]  could plug it into
[2511.40 --> 2512.08]  the cigarette lighter
[2512.08 --> 2512.72]  while you're driving,
[2513.44 --> 2515.32]  and then I assume
[2515.32 --> 2515.88]  they have them over
[2515.88 --> 2516.58]  there, and then you
[2516.58 --> 2517.46]  just run it over,
[2517.54 --> 2519.18]  you know, you have
[2519.18 --> 2519.84]  full charge, and you
[2519.84 --> 2520.30]  just run it while
[2520.30 --> 2520.62]  you're parked.
[2521.42 --> 2522.12]  And then I think
[2522.12 --> 2522.66]  you're also going to
[2522.66 --> 2526.80]  want a LTE router,
[2527.22 --> 2528.72]  like the, I can't
[2528.72 --> 2529.72]  remember what we've
[2529.72 --> 2530.34]  recommended before,
[2530.40 --> 2531.02]  you probably do,
[2531.16 --> 2531.88]  Alex, that little
[2531.88 --> 2534.18]  Slate router that
[2534.18 --> 2534.72]  we've recommended
[2534.72 --> 2535.54]  before that you can
[2535.54 --> 2537.12]  actually use to do
[2537.12 --> 2538.84]  Wi-Fi and also
[2538.84 --> 2539.88]  manage the LTE
[2539.88 --> 2540.40]  connection.
[2540.40 --> 2541.60]  The GLI net.
[2542.42 --> 2543.70]  Yes, thank you,
[2544.02 --> 2544.36]  because you're going
[2544.36 --> 2545.04]  to need networking,
[2545.28 --> 2546.60]  and then you could
[2546.60 --> 2547.52]  connect the Raspberry
[2547.52 --> 2549.02]  Pi directly to the TV
[2549.02 --> 2551.16]  using HDMI out if
[2551.16 --> 2551.90]  you're adventurous
[2551.90 --> 2554.76]  like that, or you
[2554.76 --> 2555.38]  could get something
[2555.38 --> 2556.44]  like the Fire Stick
[2556.44 --> 2557.66]  or some of the other,
[2557.76 --> 2558.36]  or maybe if you already
[2558.36 --> 2560.36]  have a set-top box at
[2560.36 --> 2561.00]  home, you just bring it
[2561.00 --> 2562.64]  with you, and you'll
[2562.64 --> 2563.24]  need something to get
[2563.24 --> 2564.20]  the picture onto the
[2564.20 --> 2565.00]  TV, and that's it.
[2565.22 --> 2566.14]  So you'd need power,
[2567.56 --> 2569.18]  networking, and a way
[2569.18 --> 2570.08]  to get it on the TV,
[2570.08 --> 2571.12]  and then for the
[2571.12 --> 2572.40]  Raspberry Pi, what I
[2572.40 --> 2573.14]  would recommend, since
[2573.14 --> 2573.90]  you're only going to use
[2573.90 --> 2574.64]  it for a road trip,
[2574.64 --> 2575.88]  it's not like it's
[2575.88 --> 2576.64]  going to be like
[2576.64 --> 2577.10]  you're set up for
[2577.10 --> 2578.94]  five years, load the
[2578.94 --> 2579.48]  thing up with some
[2579.48 --> 2580.56]  USB storage on a hub.
[2581.20 --> 2581.96]  It works.
[2582.16 --> 2583.12]  I know it's crazy, but
[2583.12 --> 2585.18]  you can take a USB
[2585.18 --> 2586.60]  hub, you can plug a
[2586.60 --> 2587.66]  couple of like one
[2587.66 --> 2588.74]  terabyte disks or two
[2588.74 --> 2589.58]  terabyte disks in
[2589.58 --> 2590.70]  there, and then like a
[2590.70 --> 2591.70]  maniac, what you do
[2591.70 --> 2592.52]  is you just use
[2592.52 --> 2594.42]  ButterFS on those
[2594.42 --> 2594.92]  because it's a
[2594.92 --> 2595.46]  Raspberry Pi, you're
[2595.46 --> 2595.96]  not going to want to
[2595.96 --> 2597.00]  use ZFS, trust me,
[2597.46 --> 2599.40]  and you can just join
[2599.40 --> 2599.92]  those two disks
[2599.92 --> 2600.52]  together as one
[2600.52 --> 2600.82]  volume.
[2601.52 --> 2601.94]  So if you've got,
[2602.02 --> 2602.78]  say, for example,
[2602.78 --> 2605.00]  two one terabyte
[2605.00 --> 2606.80]  external disks, I
[2606.80 --> 2607.74]  recommend SSDs if
[2607.74 --> 2608.20]  you're in a van,
[2608.96 --> 2610.52]  it'll show up as a
[2610.52 --> 2611.24]  two terabyte volume,
[2611.66 --> 2612.72]  and you could get
[2612.72 --> 2613.78]  those off Amazon or
[2613.78 --> 2614.40]  if you maybe already
[2614.40 --> 2614.94]  have them, something
[2614.94 --> 2615.86]  like that, and
[2615.86 --> 2616.40]  that'll work great.
[2617.10 --> 2618.46]  What about even more
[2618.46 --> 2619.34]  simple than that, just
[2619.34 --> 2619.80]  a laptop?
[2620.22 --> 2620.82]  Yeah, and especially
[2620.82 --> 2621.28]  if you don't have a
[2621.28 --> 2622.28]  TV in the van, right?
[2622.74 --> 2623.48]  Or a tablet.
[2623.76 --> 2625.00]  It's got speakers, it's
[2625.00 --> 2625.76]  got a battery in it
[2625.76 --> 2627.46]  already, you won't
[2627.46 --> 2628.28]  need any networking.
[2629.68 --> 2630.02]  Well, if you've got
[2630.02 --> 2630.80]  an iPad, too, you
[2630.80 --> 2631.38]  could do like the
[2631.38 --> 2632.38]  Plex sync thing.
[2632.78 --> 2633.86]  Yes, Plex sync.
[2634.04 --> 2635.14]  Does the iPad support
[2635.14 --> 2636.38]  playing videos back
[2636.38 --> 2637.30]  from USB storage?
[2637.68 --> 2638.46]  I would imagine it
[2638.46 --> 2638.94]  will, right?
[2639.96 --> 2641.02]  You could use Infuse
[2641.02 --> 2641.82]  on the iPad to do
[2641.82 --> 2642.00]  that.
[2642.12 --> 2642.34]  Yeah.
[2643.00 --> 2643.82]  Lots of options.
[2644.74 --> 2644.90]  Yeah.
[2645.04 --> 2645.76]  And the speakers on
[2645.76 --> 2646.62]  the iPad Pro are
[2646.62 --> 2647.78]  particularly good, I
[2647.78 --> 2648.16]  must say.
[2648.24 --> 2648.46]  Yeah.
[2649.16 --> 2649.86]  Really depends on
[2649.86 --> 2650.22]  what you already
[2650.22 --> 2650.70]  have.
[2651.34 --> 2651.94]  Depending on the
[2651.94 --> 2652.36]  heart, because you
[2652.36 --> 2653.22]  could, depending on
[2653.22 --> 2653.88]  what you have, if you
[2653.88 --> 2655.52]  got the pies, I mean,
[2655.56 --> 2656.04]  really, if you got
[2656.04 --> 2658.10]  two pies, you could
[2658.10 --> 2658.88]  have one be the
[2658.88 --> 2659.96]  NAS, and you could
[2659.96 --> 2661.72]  have one set up as,
[2661.72 --> 2663.46]  you know, connect
[2663.46 --> 2664.14]  to a television
[2664.14 --> 2665.38]  playing the videos.
[2665.72 --> 2666.46]  Not everybody's a
[2666.46 --> 2667.40]  double pie-wielding
[2667.40 --> 2668.36]  maniac like you,
[2668.42 --> 2668.62]  Chris.
[2669.46 --> 2670.36]  Some of us are.
[2671.74 --> 2672.14]  Yeah.
[2672.22 --> 2672.56]  Well, he says he's
[2672.56 --> 2673.26]  got a drawer full,
[2673.50 --> 2674.32]  actually, right?
[2674.48 --> 2675.44]  So, or she, they
[2675.44 --> 2676.28]  say they got a
[2676.28 --> 2676.66]  drawer full.
[2676.74 --> 2677.38]  He does, in
[2677.38 --> 2678.14]  fairness, say that
[2678.14 --> 2679.86]  in the question.
[2680.62 --> 2681.44]  So, I actually
[2681.44 --> 2683.34]  kind of feel like I
[2683.34 --> 2684.42]  might consider then
[2684.42 --> 2685.70]  setting up like a
[2685.70 --> 2686.34]  Kodi or something
[2686.34 --> 2687.22]  like that on a
[2687.22 --> 2687.82]  Raspberry Pi.
[2687.82 --> 2690.70]  So, I mean, unless
[2690.70 --> 2691.20]  you already have a
[2691.20 --> 2692.72]  set-top box, then
[2692.72 --> 2693.28]  I'd probably go that
[2693.28 --> 2693.46]  route.
[2693.82 --> 2694.22]  Thanks for the
[2694.22 --> 2694.64]  question, though,
[2694.64 --> 2694.78]  Sam.
[2695.94 --> 2696.68]  Lots of feedback
[2696.68 --> 2697.54]  this week, so thank
[2697.54 --> 2698.08]  you all very much
[2698.08 --> 2698.84]  for writing in.
[2699.48 --> 2700.20]  Several more of
[2700.20 --> 2700.98]  you wrote in about
[2700.98 --> 2701.96]  the East Coast
[2701.96 --> 2703.06]  Spring Meetup that
[2703.06 --> 2704.32]  I kind of floated as
[2704.32 --> 2705.38]  a vague idea in the
[2705.38 --> 2706.02]  last episode.
[2707.00 --> 2708.04]  So, enough of you
[2708.04 --> 2708.68]  wrote in that I
[2708.68 --> 2709.26]  think we're actually
[2709.26 --> 2709.92]  going to do this.
[2710.88 --> 2711.60]  Provisionally, I'm
[2711.60 --> 2712.42]  thinking somewhere
[2712.42 --> 2713.30]  around the start of
[2713.30 --> 2714.62]  April in Raleigh.
[2714.86 --> 2716.40]  I'm not entirely sure
[2716.40 --> 2717.36]  when, what type of
[2717.36 --> 2717.94]  food we'd have,
[2718.04 --> 2718.78]  probably like a
[2718.78 --> 2719.44]  brewery where we
[2719.44 --> 2719.94]  can all just go and
[2719.94 --> 2720.78]  get snacks and beers
[2720.78 --> 2721.26]  and that kind of
[2721.26 --> 2722.34]  thing, and be
[2722.34 --> 2723.90]  outside so it's all
[2723.90 --> 2725.40]  safe, right, in
[2725.40 --> 2726.00]  these times.
[2726.48 --> 2727.58]  And, yeah, so just
[2727.58 --> 2728.30]  keep an eye out on
[2728.30 --> 2729.38]  the Meetup page for
[2729.38 --> 2729.54]  that.
[2729.60 --> 2730.20]  I'll obviously announce
[2730.20 --> 2730.94]  it in the show as
[2730.94 --> 2732.28]  well and see if I
[2732.28 --> 2733.10]  can't convince a
[2733.10 --> 2733.96]  certain Mr. Fisher to
[2733.96 --> 2734.80]  fly out as well,
[2734.88 --> 2735.10]  maybe.
[2736.12 --> 2736.60]  I imagine it's
[2736.60 --> 2737.82]  pretty nice there in
[2737.82 --> 2738.06]  April.
[2738.82 --> 2739.22]  Apart from the
[2739.22 --> 2739.36]  pollen.
[2739.54 --> 2740.38]  The pollen can be
[2740.38 --> 2740.90]  pretty bad.
[2741.66 --> 2742.58]  I don't know if
[2742.58 --> 2743.20]  that gets me too
[2743.20 --> 2743.40]  bad.
[2743.62 --> 2743.84]  It's beautiful
[2743.84 --> 2744.20]  weather.
[2745.28 --> 2745.54]  Yeah.
[2745.76 --> 2746.74]  Oh, like a
[2746.74 --> 2747.54]  self-hosted fest
[2747.54 --> 2748.06]  kind of thing,
[2748.60 --> 2750.02]  which normally in
[2750.02 --> 2751.04]  April, like I'm
[2751.04 --> 2751.64]  gearing up for
[2751.64 --> 2752.44]  Linux fest, but
[2752.44 --> 2753.28]  there's no Linux
[2753.28 --> 2753.94]  fest this year.
[2754.12 --> 2754.54]  Yeah, that's what
[2754.54 --> 2754.94]  I'm thinking.
[2755.20 --> 2756.18]  We need our Linux
[2756.18 --> 2757.56]  meetup in April.
[2758.50 --> 2758.74]  Yeah.
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