In terms of heat, what kind of room do you have it in? Somewhere with good natural airflow, or away in a closet somewhere?

Just on floor in garage upside down so the laptop air vents face up, nothing special at all but main thing not in my office heating up the joint 🥲

The only thing I don’t like with these articles is that they always focus on the USA, I want way more info on data centre builds in Europe, power usage and renewable energy plans

The UK for example is emitting as much co2 as it did in 1886, an absolutely amazing achievement

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-co2-emissions-per-country?country=~GBR

I seriously doubt that data centres are going to meaningfully impact that

I actually wonder if RISC-V might overtake ARM in the linux world, the chinese are throwing a lot at it and I’ve seen very little out of ARM, I expected Linux to go the way of Apple where x86 is phased out and ARM is phased in because who wouldn’t like a lower power, cheaper CPU? or like wayland overtaking X.org but I just don’t see any great leap by desktops or laptops towards it, x86 has remained solidly in place outside of Pi like devices

Unfortunately I made the mistake of not backing it up, and when the external drive died I lost my data

😢 yeah good point, I’ll look at getting it to backup my main 2tb

You’re based in Brissy or further north in Qld, right? What kind of thermals does your system have, and what’s the room it lives in like?

Logan city! Was going to take a picture but it’s just a bunch of cables running along the side of my garage, the NBN conveniently comes into it far away from everything (I assume the only other front of house option (the kitchen) was out of consideration) can’t really say what temperature, it would def be mostly ambient temperature with a bit of extra heat coming from the solar battery when it’s charging but for the most part prob ambient outside temp

The laptop itself looks to sit around 50 degrees most of the time but this is pretty low power:

afaik the temperature being hot isn’t an issue, computer components (and most components in most things) prefer a stable high temperature 24x7 over going cold then hot all the time.

I think a mini-pc is a pretty solid choice regardless, I’ve had a 1ru rack server that was loud as fuck, fkin like 10 40mm fans! absolutely not worth it, and have friends who keep their servers/even old desktop PC’s running 24x7 in their bedrooms, these things are heat generators and in brissie if you don’t have a good aircon/airflow your room will got hot as shit and the fans will increase in speed so it’ll be either noisy and hot or both

100%, thinkcentres are the most well supported of the major brands iirc

the battery is a nice little in built UPS feature, bit underrated if you get a second hand laptop with a working battery

China’s emissions may be dropping? Doubt it

You’ve seen the sheer mind blowing stats though yeah?

Almost three-quarters of all solar and wind power projects being built globally are in China, says a new report that highlights the country’s rapid expansion of renewable energy sources.

China is building 510 gigawatts of utility-scale solar and wind projects, according to data from the Global Energy Monitor, a non-governmental organisation based in San Francisco.

That compares with about 689GW under construction globally, GEM said. A rough rule of thumb is that a gigawatt can potentially supply electricity for about 1mn homes.

https://www.ft.com/content/e51744d9-e585-4622-91f9-e1f57c0269d9

they’re expanding number of cars on the road every year

EV’s and NEV’s?

China produced some 17 million EVs in 2024 or around 70% of all EVs built globally (and that number is expected to grow this year

Around 11 million didn’t leave the country

https://insideevs.com/news/783051/chinese-ev-export-numbers-2025/

They are nearly single handedly powering the renewables revolution

in recent years they’ve been pushing to increase their population

Population doesn’t correlate with co2 usage

https://ourworldindata.org/co2-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions

So after months of dealing with problems trying to get the stuff I want to host working on my Raspberry Pi and Synology

I take it ARM still not there package wise? Sucks to hear, I was really hoping we’d be further along by now

i just use a second hand laptop I got from “hock and go” down on gold coast, it has an ethernet port :O AMD stuff, I always generally stick with AMD for graphics as a lot of people complain about nvidia on linux, when I was in the store looking at them all did some pretty extensive searching on network driver compatibility, it has been a complete bitch in the past to deal with (ESPECIALLY wifi drivers), it seems to be a bit better these days

got it home, stuck a 2tb sata ssd in it, installed just regular ubuntu 24.04 lts, works well, i have the desktop version installed but 99% of the time I’m just sshing in

use it for immich and qbittorrent and a few other things

Works well enough for me, even though this might be the highest idle cpu usage I’ve ever seen (it’s not a fast cpu):

Btop: https://files.ikt.id.au/6c8kwp.png

My other servers are idling at like 0.1:

Htop: https://files.ikt.id.au/4uvrht.png

But I haven’t noticed any issues outside of immich taking longer if I go like, recheck all photos or starting up services, not a problem for me

was interested in this as well: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/934940

Seagate Expansion External Hard Drive HDD 24TB US$309.02 (~A$478.61) / 28TB US$353.02 (~A$546.76) Delivered @ B&H Photo Video

But haven’t dealt with USB attached storage before, I assume it would be fine but I’ll wait till I’m a bit closer running out of space

$ df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2       1.8T  164G  1.6T  10% /
/dev/sda1       1.1G  6.2M  1.1G   1% /boot/efi

China’s emissions increase every year and that’s going to continue I guarantee it

I’m very against China personally because of their awful government and I don’t want my purchases going towards their giant co2 pile but being fair

China’s emissions may be falling - here’s what you should know

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gdd6jdm42o

and on top of this do we count the fact they absolutely dominate solar and battery sales helping reduce the wests emissions? For example Australia has the cheaper batteries rebate:

https://aussie.zone/post/28121407

Which has seen a whopping

This is expected to:

• help over 2 million Australians install a battery by 2030

• deliver around 40 GWh of additional storage capacity.

The Cheaper Home Batteries Program has been an unprecedented success. The program has brought down the cost of installing a solar connected battery. This has made it possible for more Australians to maximise cheap and clean solar energy, and participate in the energy transition.

Since launch, the program has:

• supported delivery over 160,000 battery installations across Australia

• added over 3.6 GWh of capacity to the energy grid

• purchased over 21,000,000 small-scale technology certificates.

How much do you want to bet of those 160,000 batteries 95%+ are from China?

How much of Europes emissions reductions are coming from Chinese made renewable solar panels and batteries?

https://www.solarquotes.com.au/battery-storage/reviews/best/

on it 😂

no shit

them saying that the us gov influenced the report is pretty damning into the independence and reliability of the report tbh

there’s no banning or blocking of social media sites

amazing work!

No, it’s account based, in a lot of cases changing your DNS won’t change the server you end up with at Youtubes or whoever

Age-restricted platforms are expected to take reasonable steps to:

• find existing accounts held by under-16s, and deactivate or remove those accounts

• prevent under-16s from opening new accounts

• prevent workarounds that may allow under-16s to bypass the restrictions

• have processes to correct errors if someone is mistakenly missed by or included in the restrictions, so no one’s account is removed unfairly.

Does every Australian now have to prove their age to use social media?

For example, if someone has had an account since Facebook started in Australia in 2006, Meta could reasonably assume they are older than 16 so no further check is needed.

https://www.esafety.gov.au/about-us/industry-regulation/social-media-age-restrictions/faqs

Platforms then use a variety of signal’s to detect if someone is under 16:

DNS has nothing to do with it

How are they going to enforce any of that on a company with no office in Australia? Answer: They can’t.

Then how am I still able to access youtube, facebook and all the others without needing to give them my ID?

You think youtube and facebook don’t have offices in Australia?

That’s a lot of text just to say “I’m an idiot who loves bending over for the government”.

I’m simply telling you what the government is telling social media companies that allow Australian users to create accounts on their websites

You can change your DNS all you want mate, I’m just saying it won’t make a difference

Then how am I still able to access youtube, facebook and all the others without needing to give them my ID?

DNS translates domains like youtube.com into IP’s like 1.1.1.1, this has no bearing when you make a social media account in Australia:

It’s not a ban, it’s a delay to having accounts.

This means there will be no penalties for under-16s who access an age-restricted social media platform, or for their parents or carers. However, age-restricted social media platforms may face penalties if they don’t take reasonable steps to prevent under-16s from having accounts.

https://www.esafety.gov.au/about-us/industry-regulation/social-media-age-restrictions

As of 10 December 2025, Facebook, Instagram, Kick, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, Twitch, X and YouTube are required to take reasonable steps to prevent Australians under 16 from having accounts on their platforms.

If you have an australian account registered with those websites and they suspect you are under 16 you will have to verify your id

As explained here the platforms will need to check:

https://aussie.zone/post/27246692/20254931

How can under-16s be stopped from finding a way around the age restrictions?

Platforms may assess age-related signals which can help work out if someone is under 16. These signals can include:

how long an account has been active

whether the account holder interacts with content targeted at children under 16

analysis of the language level and style used by the account holder and the people they interact with

visual checks, such as facial age analysis of the account holder’s photos and videos

audio analysis, such as age estimation of the voice of the account holder

activity patterns consistent with school schedules

connections with other users who appear to be under 16

membership in youth-focused groups, forums or communities.

Platforms may also use location-based signals which can help work out if an account holder usually lives in Australia and could be using a VPN to pretend they don’t. These signals can include:

IP address(es)

GPS or other location services

device language and time settings

a device identifier

an Australian phone number

app store or operating system or account settings

photos, tags, connections, engagement or activity.

Evidence of these age and location signals is expected to trigger the age assurance process, or review of an account if it has already been checked.

https://www.esafety.gov.au/about-us/industry-regulation/social-media-age-restrictions/faqs

On top of this there are plenty of services that block VPN’s, most famously Netflix.

So yeah, changing one aspect of your account while leaving all the others won’t get around the ban

Edit: Nice alt accounts, loser.

This is my primary account and always has been? What’s with the loser? Why so cranky?

that is not how the social media ban works…

simply that these platforms usually get boosted by Reddit doing a scandal

Then the question is, why is it when users come from reddit they don’t hang around? they don’t tell their friends, hey this is a place that’s awesome!

Every bit of decentralised user friction is friction that centralised platforms don’t have

I’m very happy piefed is tackling some of these bits of friction but more is needed.

just look at the stats ??

False dichotomy. Lemmy is already usable

By whose standard?

If Lemmy is usable why is it dying?

what’s a higher priority: be usable enough to attract users from other platforms or be so decentralised you can’t tell which community to post in?