This is actually really funny
Kirk
XKCD 2501 applies in this thread.
OP, get CasaOS or Yunohost. Very very simple. Your laptop is fine (you'll probably want to upgrade the ram soon).
Falling asleep watching TNG or Voyager I can understand, but every moment of DS9 must be savored. You sir are worse than Gul Dukat.
What are you paying for BackBlaze and Cloudflare?
Ah ok, so ignoring Calibre for a moment, what's the difference between Calibre-Web and Calibre-Web Automated? The ReadMe does not contain a list of the differences.
This is explaining the difference between Calibre and Calibre-Web.
The person you replied to asked what the connection is between "Calibre-Web" and "Calibre-Web Automated"
The LinkedIn-styled writing here is hard for me to get through, but I think the general gist is that for profit platforms are easier to onboard which I agree with. This line stands out:
And what do we get in return? A worse experience than cloud-based services.
I have to disagree somewhat, it's a different experience that is absolutely more difficult in many ways, but for those of us who value privacy, control over our data, and don't like ads, the trade-off is worth it. Also it goes without saying that the usability of selfhosted apps has exploded in the past few years and it will likely become less and less of an issue.
I don't disagree, but OP didn't ask for trend predictions. Anyone who tries to convince you "things" are worse today than than they were in 1995 is either trying to gaslight you, or doesn't consider the experience of the LGBT community to be as equally valuable as everyone else.
Using recycled parts is the best advice. As you said, it's almost certainly overkill and the price can't be beat.
Unless you’re part of a marginalized group I suppose.
This is a pretty dismissive take. "Sure, things have improved for the blacks and queers, but what about us... uh, regular folk?"
Does it count as "a human" if it's a bot reposting human-made content for the 50th time?
That's a good quote, I know she didn't mean it this way, but it made me think of LLM chatbots. They have no substance beyond their power to convince. They're basically pure marketing machines.