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  • I third this! I saw title and came to say.

    It’s actively being developed still, I get emails like once every 1–3 weeks, sometimes more. Sometimes less.

    I use docker desktop for this. I also lowkey learned how to set up a multi-database for this at one point, but kinda stopped after I got it working. More to see if I could.

    I also tried bare metal building this, but had shit luck. It’s been a couple years though. Docker just makes it easy as hell.

    I still keep all the originals separate just in case, and the tool can help you make multiple copies too (like PDF-A). I’ve never needed to go back and use those though, as Paperless just works so well once you get the hang of it and how you want your data stored.

    I picked a structure that kind of lets me find stuff easily even if the tool is not running (like just by folder structures).

    I’ve yet to make this online available for obvious reasons. But it would be nice to be able to pull up pretty much any document you need, any time.

    Any suggestions on safe web access quickly from a phone might be helpful (WireGuard maybe?) if you have them.


  • I’ve been using Plex many years. I abandoned it about 1-2 years ago when they began their enshittification journey. Now I see they are continuing to double down on being assholes.

    They do not need any more resources to allow people to use what already exists. Most people run their own servers, and, they track all that by the way. Hence why people moved away from it.

    Don’t give them your money. Let them rot. They fucked their user base who built them.




  • Same, but likely you can demonstrate knowledge and understanding. We have some support from India, and it’s like… really hit or miss. One guy might know a lot (then leaves to better paying job). Otherwise with the low salary the quality is barely acceptable. Difficulty communicating, and often simple computer tasks are still elusive. So if you have and can demonstrate good knowledge and experience of the technologies, you can get a foot in the door.

    Never ever stop self-educating in your field.


  • Have to chime in. I never completed my CS degree because it got too expensive, and I have natural aptitude for computers. I ended up having to work to survive before I could even get the degree. Literally if I hadn’t taken loans at the time I would have been on the streets. I’m sure it’s harder now than when I did it in 2006.

    The degree may have kept me from better jobs, but I kept applying out of my league because I have experience (work) and knowledge (professional and self-taught) which you can’t fake. Someone eventually gave me a chance. Now I work there full time with benefits and I still never finished my degree. It was years of struggling. I even re-trained in medicine at the time and still had trouble getting PAID.

    So my original like 40ishK is now 60K, and no degree. Cool! Right? That was only for 2-3 years of school. If it had actually been affordable instead of a pig slaughter for cash, I would have got the degree.

    Hindsight, it was good experience learning in college. Not worth the cost though. Especially if you can’t finish. The majority of the money went to tuition, required multi-$100 books, gym fees (forced to every student), parking fee which didn’t guarantee parking availability, and many many other nickel-dime expenses they strong arm students over (fees). I didn’t have time to work as a full time student so whatever was left, went to rent. Food. Electric.

    It’s very hard to do this without support from family, and inflation and everything else is worse today. So yeah.

    Learn from my experiences if you can. Maybe it can all be worth it for me, if someone does just that. Bless you all and your journeys.













  • bean@lemmy.worldtoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEt tu, Guinnéss?
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    1 year ago

    Purely curious myself, I asked GPT4 for you. This is the response:

    Here’s how the prices compare per liter:

    •	6x500ml at £7.99: £2.66 per liter
    •	4x440ml at £4.50: £2.56 per liter
    •	12x330ml at £15 (Buy One Get One Free): £1.89 per liter
    

    The 12 pack of 330ml stubbies (with the Buy One Get One Free offer) offers the best value at £1.89 per liter.