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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • Logitech G305 that’s still going after buying it about 5 years ago. But as others have said it’s not gonna be BIFL.

    Some tips though:

    1. Cables. Avoid them. They’re the first thing to break on most of these because the copper wires snap from bending. If you’re worried about latency then get one with a 2.4Ghz wireless mode, which will have similar latency to a wire. Side note, replaceable wires can work here i spose!

    2. Batteries. Wireless mice will of course need a battery, but ones which take AA or AAA are best since you won’t be out of pocket if the battery dies and you can’t find replacements.

    3. Rubber. Avoid. It’ll likely break down from your hand oils before the mouse does, leaving you with a sticky mouse which wont be fun to use.

    4. Holes. Avoid. Sure it makes the mouse “lightweight” but it’ll also be harder to avoid dust and other grime getting into sensitive parts.




  • idk what resolution you use for streaming but my raspberry pi 4B runs plex at 1080p just fine as long as it isnt using x265/AV1 (but on jellyfin you might be able to use the Pi’s GPU for transcoding).

    I use nextcloud too but it’s a tiny bit slower than I’d like, but that’s likely a wifi issue i think.


    Literally any PC on Amazon for $200 CAD, then add your own SSD. I’d say 8GB of RAM but that’s just for cache, youll rarely go over 4 in general use.

    That, or a raspberry pi 4B/5 which runs you about $150 once you get a case, power supply, powered USB dock for sticking SSDs into (just for safety since technically the pi’s USB ports cant handle certain SSDs power reqs.) and then stick SSDs into that.

    Use dietpi (dietpi.com) for setting up your services and it’ll run nice and smooth for anything not H265, which might be annoying but Plex and possibly jellyfin let you transcode stuff in the background which is nice.



  • I’d keep the physical library around and just digitize as and when she asks for specific stuff. You’ll probably never back up half the library. That or stick it on a HDD out of the way and transfer the few she wants, then tuck the drive in a draw forever in case she wants something else.

    Jellyfin must have a feature like Plex where certain user accounts can have certain libraries attached? You could use that to avoid having to look at those crappy movies in your library.

    I don’t really have much of an issue with family recommendations but I do tell them that the space isn’t unlimited so if they don’t watch something they asked for I’m likely to remove it for something we WILL watch. In your case, you could at least have leverage to get her to narrow down what needs hosting and what doesnt.