using a meshVPN like tailscale or netbird would another option as well. it would allow you to use proper backup software like restic or whatever, and with tailscale on both devices, it would allow restic to be able to find the pi device even if the other person moved to a new house. (although a pi with ethernet would be preferable so all they have to do is plug it in to their new network and everything would be good. if it was a pi zero then someone would have to update the wifi password)

its cheap when you consider the desk could still be fully functional 100 years from now. good luck getting a chromebook to last even a quarter of that

i would argue that its important to keep things the way they are now. just imagine what would happen if these rabid gropers cant get their fix. they might actually start assaulting real people and then we would be in a right mess

i used the xiaomi mijia 360 back when i was doing mapillary a few years ago. it was cheaper than the gopro as i remember.

it was a bit finicky to use overall but it got the job done at the same time. its not standalone camera like the gopro so you have to keep it connected to the app while youre using it. the app was very basic and whether they have kept it updated and working with the latest android is something you would want to check. the xiaomi desktop software that you use to convert the images to flat photos would crash after doing a few hundred so you have to manually restart the process a few times to get all of them converted.

heres an example of what the quality is like. this is on a monopod sticking out the back window of my car, with the 2 lenses pointing to the left and right side of the car

you can add 3 friends on the free tier of tailscale. might work for some people but others might have to pay for tailscale.

does anyone know is it possible to get around issue by running headscale yourself? can you add as many friends as you like then? maybe something like netbird might be a better option since its fully self hosted?

it might not cost plex much but from the average joe's point of view they might not want to mess around with this stuff, or might have never even heard of DNS or proxies in the first place so those types of people might be more inclined to pay for a feature that does all that for them. thats what plex could be hedging their bets on

i only found this 2 days ago but i seems like what youre after. its like a more modern version of wallabag

https://github.com/omnivore-app/omnivore

im counting 4 now, maybe there are more? seems a bit odd to have so much work done on creating the same thing, and relying on people emailing things that are missing and just hoping someone will update their sites. at least isthisfrom.eu has their data on github so you can update it yourself

Keepass. ill skip the obvious and just mention the really neat features that other server/cloud based password managers dont or cant have.

• on desktop, you dont need any browser extension to fill in passwords since the "autotype" feature in keepassXC handles that. this means your browser has no to access your database at all. any password manager thats connected to your browser in any way is a huge security risk imo.
  (i would recommend this extension that changes the window title though)

• you can have 2 databases open at the same time (in keepassXC and keepassDX at least), which means you can have important logins in one and everything else in the other one. if you ever get annoyed having to unlock your vault using a really long master password just so you can autofill some crappy forum password then you might get why 2 databases is a good idea!

• you can fill in login details for desktop programs. (maybe others do this now but they didnt when i switched to keepass years ago)

Aegis authenticator. its been years since ive used google's authenticator app so maybe its improved now, but it used to be very spartan. it showed you your OTP codes and thats about it.

Aegis lets you add an icon to each entry and the different sized text makes things a lot easier to read. the visual timer is much clearer as well and the text turns red when its close to running out.

you can also backup your codes so if you lose your phone its no big deal. you can unlock the app with your fingerprint. you can tap on a code and then have it add that to the clipboard and then go back to the previous app

yea lemmy/reddit definitely seems like more of a sweet spot. with twitter/mastodon or anything that has a "say something" text box right in your face on every page, you are going to end up with a lot of noise, because most people just dont have interesting things to say most of the time

its been almost 20 years now that people have been using smartphones where touching the screen is the only way you can do anything. when you notice fingerprints on your phone's screen you just wipe them off. why would that suddenly be an issue when it comes to laptop screens?