I figured this may lead to an interesting discussion in the comments.

How has your use of Technology changed in the past year? I’ll start.


  • Due to the rise of streaming services and Sony/discovery removing content from libraries, I downloaded all my iTunes purchases onto a 2TB SSD (which I’ll soon need to get another).

  • Like many, I’ve stopped using Reddit outside of Google search.

  • I’ve reduced my subscriptions to just two. (Apple One and Google One)

  • I’ve purchased DVDs/Blu rays of my favorite uncensored shows (Family Guy and American Dad) and ripped them and watch them through Cloud storage (Google Drive via Infuse for Apple platforms, and Kodi for Windows)(I’ve also purchased MakeMKV just because it is so damn useful)

  • I’ve used Google App Scripts to bypass some Gmail limitations to make filters that I otherwise couldn’t. For instance, in Outlook.com, you can block email addresses and domains before you have ever gotten an email from them. In Gmail, you can’t. The best you can do is create a filter that deletes them. In my case, I’ve created a Google App Script that runs every hour and looks for (@.mil) domain emails and marks them as spam. (I am in college, and I fucking hate that they give my email to recruiters.)

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    10 months ago
    • Switched from Gmail to Fastmail
    • Set email aliases for all registered services
    • Started hosting stuff myself
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      10 months ago

      what are you hosting for yourself? I’m always looking for new services to add to my homelab.

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        10 months ago

        currently not much, and none of the *arrs, since I have my own app built for streaming

        • vaultwarden
        • adguard
        • filebrowser
        • photoprism, but thinking about switching to immich
        • authelia, maybe switching to authentik