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I'm an English teacher who wanted to "cut the cord" wherever I could, so I started learning about domain hosts, containerization, .yaml files, etc.

Since then, I've been hosting several pods for file sharing and streaming for many years, and I'm currently thinking about learning kubernetes for home deployment. But why?

If you aren't in development, IT, cyber security, or in a related profession, what made you want to learn this on your own? What made you want to pick this up as a hobby?

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[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The diversity represented here is interesting to me. Surgeon, teachers, musicians, mechanics, etc. Fascinating.

[–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A 21st century bum with a bindle full of salvaged ram?

[–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago

Now Playing: Bad Religion - 21st Century Digital Bum

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I currently grow weed, train dogs, and build custom computers. The last one has become all but impossible though. Dunno what you'd call me.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I currently grow weed

Cannabis will grow just about anywhere. However, to make it do magic, it takes skill.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It's just fancy/finicky tomatoes, when you get down to it. Lol. The "skill" is owning a moisture and pH meter, and reading the soil/ hydroponic pH a couple times a day. I've all but automated the process at this point, at least from clone to bud stages. Getting clones to root, and trimming the buds is basically all I have to monitor any more, but that did take like 3 years of tweaking to setup.

Oh, and I grow indoors. My grow rooms could easily be used as electronics clean rooms without much modification. I set them up that way to keep out insects. Specifically spider mites. Needless to say, I can also control the temperature, humidity, and lighting of those rooms.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I grow a few tomatoes myself. Not quite the operation you have going tho. After doing a significant amount of research, I have found that is does great for my seizure condition. One of the terpines of cannabis is Linalool, and it is an effective anti-seizure med. So, I grow strains that are high in Linalool. After a seizure, it makes for a better rescue med than Ativan. In all honesty, tho I think cannabis gets over hyped a lot, it has made a demonstrable positive difference in my life. It isn't a panacea drug, but is definitely has many medical use cases. It's a shame here in the US that rich, white, racist, capitalist's legislation from 100 years ago, still bogs down it's legalization.