I think it is important to also include hardware in this group, as hardware for selfhosting is different, both from user PCs as they are discussed elsewhere, and from large, professional hosting hardware, which is usually outside the range of selfhosters.
I support striking that part from rule 3.
Lets say a good number of people here.
It’s not intelligence, either. It’s all just LLMs, parrots with a huge and mostly stolen dictionary.
There are companies dealing with used and refurbished hardware. There are loads of PCs around that are not bloated enough for Win11, but still make good home servers. Depending on specs and prices, buy more than one for extra RAM, a second SSD, and spare parts.
Please use the spoiler tag!
Use spoiler tags, please!
You know about spoiler tags?
Put it in spoiler tags, please!
Put it in spoiler tags, please!
Found it. I wonder what the designer did to make sure to have exactly one cow in there.
Try to order something from an American web shop as a foreigner…
Bonus points for ordering something that is embargoed. You have to fill out US customs forms threatening fire from hell if you enter wrong data, while at the same time not allowing to enter correct data.
OpenSCAD. Nothing for the faint of heart, you need to know what you are doing, but it is perfect for programmers like me.
It he prefers “eat the rich”, I won’t object.
Can be fixed with an angle grinder. Put the parts that are in the way on the back, and it’s flush with the length.
Nothing a sharp knife can’t fix.
There is one point that the statistics don’t grasp: the question whether a ban is used to “hold someone accountable” or because the mod just did not like a certain opinion or person.
The original statements stand. This statistic is solely about the amount of banning, not about the quality.
Just do the sensitive thing and drop GitHub.