Of course. That made the data less useful as AI training fodder.

I hope he will make a fortune from any lawsuit against them.

I think it is important to also include hardware in this group, as hardware for selfhosting is different, both from user PCs as they are discussed elsewhere, and from large, professional hosting hardware, which is usually outside the range of selfhosters.

I support striking that part from rule 3.

Lets say a good number of people here.

It’s not intelligence, either. It’s all just LLMs, parrots with a huge and mostly stolen dictionary.

There are companies dealing with used and refurbished hardware. There are loads of PCs around that are not bloated enough for Win11, but still make good home servers. Depending on specs and prices, buy more than one for extra RAM, a second SSD, and spare parts.

There is one point that the statistics don’t grasp: the question whether a ban is used to “hold someone accountable” or because the mod just did not like a certain opinion or person.

The original statements stand. This statistic is solely about the amount of banning, not about the quality.

There are companies selling off PCs that are “too small” for Win11, really cheap. More than sufficient for a NAS. You might even get a bunch of them, chose the best mainboard/case/PSU set, put the others in storage, and get all the RAM and HDD in one box.

But because any non-white is a fentanyl-trafficker in their eyes…

It is not per se “locking out other devices”. More likely, it does only know it’s own devices and how to use them.

Nonetheless, when my gazillion IoT devices talk v4, having v6 only on the server that controls them does not really help.

The IPv6 stack is bigger than the IPv4 one, which is an important point for embedded systems and IoT devices.

I’m hosting on an desktop PC. Basically my old machine, but freshly installed with Ubuntu server and a few HDDs added.

Have you tried dating in the real world? There is no need to upload your face…

Just another reason why you don’t provide online platforms with such pictures.

So, me having started with Slackware and a 0.97 kernel should be enough to have earned my retirement.

Side note: Forget Google Translate. Better try deepl.com instead.

CC TLDs usually ask for proof of residence.

When there were ISP-owned routers, I just set a private router on the inside. As long as their box does their job, mine did work for me.

Not really. It means I have access to devices and tools I simply could not afford as a hobbyist. It means I can go to trade fairs and seminars paid for by my boss. It means I can get materials for my hobby at large customer discount prices.