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Rescued my wife today

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I still love maps. Still use them because ....... I know it better than route planners and they never run out of batteries. It also still amazes me how navigation tells me it's still 40 minutes drive. 2 seconds later I take a turn and divert from the projected route and .... 38 minutes drive left. (I know ... vectoring math)

My oldest don't need a map. If she's been somewhere once she guides her mom to and from without hesitation nor mistake.

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Rescued my wife today

One time my wife called me from her car while I was at work. I answered and all I heard "WHERE AM I AND HOW DO I GET HOME". (think nokia 2110 era) I knew she had visited a friend and figured she took the scenic road home like I often do. Just a few short questions and I knew where she was and tell her the easy way home. Kids still talk about it, they are amazed it worked.

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Self-hosting Doesn't Actually Save You Money, And The People Who Promise It Does Are Setting Beginners Up To Quit

For me it's about ownership and control. The things I really need (mail server, webserver for my own purposes) can really run on a raspberry pi. Done that for years.

Today it's proxmox on a lenovo thinkcenter M710. One VM internet facing, one VM internal only (like home automation, nagios4 core, syslog to psql + grafana) way cheaper than a vps in the cloud.