I use nextdns on my network and there’s a filter there for smart tvs. Samsung seems to want to call home the most.

The Pixel Buds don’t ship with a cable either.

Ha. That’s my bad. I didn’t even read the firewall rules listing 22/SSH. I agree on not opening 22 to the world. It just invites bots throwing passwords at it.

I just read Minecraft in the original post which from reading runs from 25565 which I wouldn’t worry about. If OP needs 22 for admission I’d either whitelist it or use a VPN/Tailscale.

I love my bed. I do though sit on the floor in the lounge. I vary better the floor and the sofa. I find it comfortable.

I think it stemmed from when I was younger. My mum was quite obsessive with being tidy. To not mess up the sofa and cushions,.I’d just sit on the floor.

I live in the UK where generally our lounges are carpeted so it’s not a solid floor. Our weather is typical crap though so it’s due to being hot.

More effort than I would consider. I’d just allow all traffic incoming on that port. I’d only consider whitelist if someone was giving me grief. Even then that would be after blacklisting an IP wasn’t solving my problem.

I have a couple of services, including nginx (a website) that run though a Cloudflare Tunnel. No need to open up ports and certificates are automatically managed.

https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/

I also use ddclient to update my own personal domain with my internets dynamic IP (no need for a dynamic DNS provider). I have to do this as I host Jellyfin and Cloudflare don’t support streaming through their tunnels. So yes this is exposed to the internet. It does sit behind a caddy reverse proxy though.

I also run a wireguard VPN so that I can dial in when out the home. Im in Spain next week so can use that to get BBC iPlayer etc. The wireguard uses an address that is dynamically updated by ddclient (domain is hosted by Cloudflare)

Emails I don’t bother self hosting. I actually pay for simplelogin and send emails there via aliases. They then route to a single Proton email address.

Now?

I use PipePipe too. Also has SponserBlock inbuilt. Make sure you enable it though.

Alternatively, Firefox and uBlock Origin works.

Doesn’t work for YouTube

I’d have thought Google is more invasive than Apple? I say this as an Android user…

Room 237

Chris Froome did it first

https://youtube.com/shorts/7LvfJC0OHpU?si=E3npdNDOAPPS0RZF

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Moon Patrol on the Atari 2600 (Emulated on my Steam Deck). I’m not giving away my age by posting this at all…

hilarious? 🤔

Wonder if it’s a region thing. Not there for me either (UK).

They should update the Chrome extension to tell people to download Firefox instead

I swear I read about how some companies have managed to come up with some break through to charge or increase battery capacity every few months, yet these are never make it to market.

No idea why Samsung is seen as the best manufacturer of Android phones. Bloated crap.

I have a Pixel 8 and don’t have connectivity or overheating issues. I say this as it’s 38°C right now 🥵

The lack of being able to use extensions in Firefox on iOS is a deal breaker for me.