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That's why I tend to prefer services that are single go binaries, for example.

For complex stuff like Immich, I'll use podman. But these days with uv, even managing python services with systemd is fine.

I use both Restic and Syncthing. I have considered putting encrypted backups on a cloud blob storage, but my preference would be to set up an offsite backup at a relative's house.

Fair, I just never use the web clients. I mainly use the Android phone or TV apps, which do support H.265. The Android TV subtitle support seemed ok, I think I did have issues with the Roku app and subtitles.

They might have to turn on/off some lights using the buttons on the smart switch, yes. Or maybe lose access to Jellyfin for a while. But on whole things have been pretty reliable.

Yes.

I run Adguard on my router, not on my server. I did write a subsequent post about the rest of the stuff I run on my router and my Proxmox cluster, but forgot to mention Adguard.

I considered KeePass+ Synching but tended to run into the same issues as with Owntracks - Android is hostile to always on background apps. Then when it came time to onboard my spouse, KeePass wasn't an option.

Do you not consider systemd services to be declarative/standard?

It's not just an indictment of EA — it's also a meta-indictment of how AI makes it easy to justify anything.

Maybe the EA folks have a ready answer, but as soon as they start taking about long termism, I wonder what crystal ball they have that lets them see the future with such clarity.

Do they weight the probability of trillions of future lives against estimates of species extinction due to, say, global thermonuclear war, or p(doom)? Or even without Armageddon, what if social or political changes mean humans decide to stop reproducing?

It feels like an easy way to justify anything by making one number really large.

My favorite wrong way is when someone completely covers a small item (ramekin, espresso cup) with a larger item (bowl, food storage container).

I do a ton of DIY work, from vehicle maintenance (eg valve adjustment) to plumbing, plastering, insulation, ventilation, carpentry, electrical, irrigation, etc.

"Hit that pipe with precise amount of force" is a good example. That works on a shop floor where there's room to operate or set up a jig. How is it going to work in tight spaces that aren't generalizable?

> This is exactly the part I’m afraid of. The political response of the displaced labor (which may or may not be violent / revolutionary), and the subsequent counter-response of capital… potentially using the very robots that displaced the jobs to begin with.

I get the fear, but at that point we're basically imagining that Terminator is a documentary. Given that the US has more civilian guns than people, and that private ownership of military grade weaponry is strictly controlled, I don't think street wars between private robot armies and folks in the bread line is a realistic outcome.

I think the "humanoid robot replacing all blue collar jobs" fear understates the amount of real world (i.e. visual, physical, sensory) data and tacit knowledge involved in many such jobs.

Driving shows it can be done, but even there it's taken years of highly directed research and investment, and driving (at least where Waymo operates) is still pretty well defined compared to plumber.

Such data can be gathered but the current methods of RLHF by paying white collar experts, accessing private datasets, etc. don't seem to really get at this.

I'm also continually surprised that people seem to think politics doesn't exist anymore. I find it exceedingly unlikely that massive amounts of people will simply accept this purported widespread unemployment without major political consequences.

Personality and habit. For me, being a graduate student for 7 years (masters then PhD) forced me to live simply. Those habits stuck with me through the next decade of good salaries. My spending went up from graduate student poverty, but I still saved and invested 50% to 70% of gross income. Now I probably have more than a lot of peers who started working well before me, but didn't save as much.

To your point, pay yourself first. Set up automatic investments. Find a fiduciary advisor if you must, but it's really not rocket science.

Netherlands, not Belgium. Though with the quality of US targeting, it's possible they might accidentally invade Belgium instead.