That’s annoying. If you can’t turn the fan off, then I think you need to look for convection oven recipes specifically. But I think they’re not too hard to find.

Playing roms on a Switch means you’re NOT emulating, that’s the reason people jailbreak them. Plenty of Switch games run like crap on a Steam Deck, and the more demanding games are difficult to get running at all via emulation.

I’m not saying a jailbroken Switch is the best option, I’m just saying there are pros and cons. Honestly, I’d recommend OP get a cheap desktop PC with a budget GPU instead of a Steam Deck, unless they need it to be portable. It would perform better for emulation.

Patreon?

Looks like it’s not really designed to be self hosted yet. So, if you’re self hosting, Immich is still probably the way.

That makes me nervous. We keep seeing evidence, again and again, that “anonymized” data is actually pretty easy to de-anonymize if you have enough of it. So I’m really not a fan of companies selling “anonymized” user data unless they transparently specify EXACTLY what data they’re selling.

I’ll stick with Plex for now because it’s so easy for others to use, but the moment I smell smoke, I’m heading for the door. I’ve already got Jellyfin installed and connected to my library, I just haven’t bothered to set up a reverse proxy for remote access yet.

Sure, the sky is the limit. You could also just get a motherboard, processor, and power supply, plug everything in and shove it in whatever container you want.

The biggest thing to worry about is DIMM vs SODIMM. The latter is much smaller, and probably what most mini PCs will use. So if you have full sized DIMM RAM, you might have trouble finding a mini PC that will work.

And even if it is the right size, you’ll still want to make sure that your motherboard supports your specific RAM clock speeds.

Plenty of barebones mini PC’s that you can get for relatively cheap (under $200 or even close to $100). “Barebones” is a good keyword to search for because that means it doesn’t include RAM and a drive.

Look for an N100 or N200 processor if you want something that’s very small and power efficient (but it won’t be powerful enough for many games). Or, look for whatever fits your budget.

Edit: Oh! And make sure whatever you get is compatible with your RAM! What type of RAM do you have?

Right, but it’s best to call that “source available” so the pedants don’t crucify you 🙄

Right, it’s trying to highlight unread comments but it’s bad at doing that job. Lol.

No

I just bought an RX 6600. Far from their most powerful GPU, but it feels good being on Team Red again. Having an AMD processor with an Nvidia GPU made me feel dirty.

American “cheese product” can fuck right off. Gouda melts just as well and actually tastes like…you know…cheese.

It’s all we talk about here lol

Horny nerds

I’m sure many have that fantasy. I’d guess that others understand that it’s just a tease, and have enough disposable income that they don’t care. Same as strip clubs.

There are software solutions for this: https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/a09g6q/for_pc_players_who_like_to_stream_videos_while/

Torrents still work, they’ll just be a little slower and you won’t be able to seed much at all. If you’re using public trackers it works fine. But if you want to use a private tracker that forces you to maintain a ratio, you’ll run into problems.

Behold! I have the answer, at least if you’re willing to use Qbittorrent and the PIA app: https://www.reddit.com/r/PrivateInternetAccess/comments/81n70q/help_with_port_forwarding_on_qbittorrent/jr2mptg/

This is an AutoHotKey script that runs at boot. It basically babysits the Qbittorrent port for you, making sure it matches your randomly assigned PIA forwarded port. I’m guessing this is also possible using a different VPN or torrent client, but you’d have to find your own script for that. Also, make sure to bind Qbittorrent to your VPN interface: https://www.reddit.com/r/VPNTorrents/comments/ssy8vv/guide_bind_vpn_network_interface_to_torrent/

P.S. I should point out that port forwarding on your VPN isn’t TOTALLY necessary…but if you don’t forward ports, your download speeds will be slower and you’ll barely be able to seed at all (this is known as a “dick move” and it will get you banned from private trackers).

P.P.S. I should ALSO point out that your forwarded port does not change very often if you keep your VPN connected! So you don’t actually NEED this little script, you could just check the port once a week and make sure that Qbittorrent matches it. For example, I’ve been on the same port in PIA for at least a month now, and I’ve definitely rebooted my PC a couple times for updates. So it seems that the PIA app often just reconnects to the same server and uses the same port, but YMMV.

Yeah pirating games is way sketchier than pirating movies. I used to do it when I was a kid, but nowadays I know enough to avoid random .exe’s. That’s basically just volunteering to be a part of a botnet.

Also, most of the games I’m personally interested in are online multiplayer titles. Playing pirated games online can be very difficult or basically impossible, depending on the game.

Game piracy certainly isn’t dead, but there are valid reasons that it’s less popular.