This is the first time I'm exploring this, but I think you're wrong.
On Mastodon you can:
- Control who's following you (also block)
- Set your post to appear only to your followers (link)
So post visibility is not something you set per profile, but per post. But you have an effective tool to decide who you let in AND remove on the way.
Yeah, I was also wondering about the transcoding. And thanks for the power draw comment, great to know. Sounds manageable.
I still think you should give this one a try. Unless, you're goal is not like having an actual solution, but doing this project as a hobby, and throwing some money at it. Which is also fine, I've done the same before.
Testing one or two of these media severs will cost you some hours of your time. Anything other will take much more time, effort and money.
Peripherals are one thing, handling concurrent streams, transcoding... is another one.
So in theory, a Pi can be kept alive with a power bank, but OP is expecting (as I understood) multiple hours of streaming (with "local" only access) , which includes the above tasks for multiple concurrent streams. How big of a power bank we're talking about and how long will it last?
As others already wrote, I would go with the Plex server at home and using the "Download" feature to have some content available offline for the times you don't have internet. You can actually set a limit for the size of the download library and individually set video and audio quality for the files.
Seen raspberry pi mentioned some times, I don't have one, so maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think there would be an easy way to power it up on a train for example.
You're absolutely right. To be honest, I wasn't going to contribute to the main topic of the discussion. Just remembered this sunlight-as-a-service concept from some weeks before, felt it had a legitimate connection to this topic and wanted to share because it's just so bonkers.
I wouldn't be sure we can't. Just have to find the right "angle":
https://futurism.com/the-byte/startup-space-mirror-sunlight-night
It might be the remastered version. I get your point, and the graphics in AW2 were top notch, but as someone who's not a huge fan of the horror genre, I kind of felt nostalgic for the original game. Wasn't that frightening 😀
I would say in that case of making the best use of all their offerings (mail, drive, calendar) Proton unlimited is the way to go: https://proton.me/drive/pricing I made the switch a year ago from a Google and I'm happy with Unlimited.
But they also have a free tier, good enough to try everything out. Plus individual subscription options for every one of their products (for example Drive Plus).
Can confirm, seen it live. As soon as LogSeq was open on both devices it threw an error.
Funny, but partly because I don't even know how would I even be late from a league.
There's always a chance with these cases. But I don't think the Steelers are that bad. They already had a pretty decent roster last year which they manage upgrade in important places (Patrick Queen for example) and don't forget that Tomlin is universally liked between players. Even with everyone putting them 4th in the AFC North, they still have a pull.
Reminds me of: https://youtu.be/3uxDYuMECVs
I'm not familiar with such solutions, but I wouldn't get your hopes high, as Google Docs is not a collection of publicly available files (like YouTube), rather files closed behind different accesses.
Based on this, depending on how a file is shared with you, you could be asked to authenticate yourself somehow. Without the deeper understanding of your situation, I can only think of one solution: downloading these files with manipulating the links, like this for example (if they are public): https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9045392/getting-the-download-link-for-a-public-google-docs-file?rq=1
If they are not public, I think you still have the chance to do this, but I can't see any steps around authenticating with Google in their own site. And then download the file.
Just check what privileges these apps ask for when you're installing them. They could get infinitely more data then "just" the ones tied to the conversations.
So once again my point is that, if their app is not touching my phone, that's one bullet dodged.
Inception. I actually slept through it 2 times, so maybe I do have some connection with the movie :D I liked the visuals and the music, but I couldn't get on with the story, it felt too complicated/boring to me.
Not sure if you haven't read my comment, or just didn't get the jist of it: the point is that you can use the service without installing their crappy app.
Just from Google Photos or IRL? 😀
Not the solution you looking for as I feel, but I leave it here for others to discover: With a home server and proper technical knowledge you can use WhatsApp via Matrix: https://matrix.org/ecosystem/bridges/whatsapp/
This is something I discovered way before, when I was trying to ditch Facebook Messenger. I felt like there's absolutely no chance to convince everyone around me to use Signal, so even not having the app on the phone looked like an OK option.