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#31
Technology and Science / Re: IT Homelab
April 30, 2024, 10:18:28 PM
Have you thought about Airsonic instead of Subsonic? Airsonic forked when Subsonic went closed source and remains FOSS. Airsonic itself became Airsonic-Advanced which is still being maintained by kagemoni (I mention this as there is yet another Airsonic-Advanced fork which stopped being maintained). This is the latest:

https://github.com/kagemomiji/airsonic-advanced

I have it running on a Raspberry Pi4 behind a Caddy reverse proxy for remote access. App wise I use DSub on my Android phone - as you probably know there are quite a lot of apps that work with *sonic servers, but I like DSub as it runs with Android Auto in my car.

#36
We finished Avatar - The Last Airbender. It was OK - the visuals were quite stunning at times but the actual show I think is definitely aimed at children (I suppose the Nickelodeon link makes it obvious). There are 3 books in the original animated set and this last series was book 1 only and I believe Netflix has commissioned the other 2. Will I watch those? Probably  ;)
#37
Sport / Re: Football
April 25, 2024, 06:14:06 PM
Quote from: Thenop on April 25, 2024, 06:06:12 PMOur manager at Feyenoord is now being rumoured to be the next Liverpool manager. Not happy, obviously, but it is well deserved if he went. Let's see how he gets on then.
Mind you, nothing has been decided or signed.

Not a fan of the rumour mill at all, but this sounded credible considering the source here in the Netherlands.
The BBC are reporting on it too:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cnl4ql0p4pqo

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c72plnjy4qeo
#40
Avatar - The Last Airbender   I know the original has a sort of cult status but I haven't seen it, so I came into this new series cold. 4 elemental power controlled by 'benders'. Of course we need some malice and the fire benders are the baddies; but they are kept in check by the Avatar (who can bend all 4 elements). This new Avatar turns out to be a kid and it's his adventures we follow here. The story is good, so too are the action and effects. The script and acting are really poor though (maybe it's supposed to be like this). Everything looks clean and cartoonish (again maybe they where trying to do it like this) but I don't find it appealing at all. I'll stick with it as I rarely give up on a show no matter how poor.
#41
Other Music / Re: So what are you listening to?
April 23, 2024, 03:03:15 PM
#43
Finished Constellation last night. It ended suddenly with a few loose ends so hopefully it will carry on to anther series. It's a bit mind-bending and takes some concentration to try to know what's actually going on. Good though 8/10
#44
Moving Pictures / Re: Dune : Part Two
April 22, 2024, 07:27:05 PM
Just seen it - a brilliant movie, though I did prefer Part 1 a little more.
#45
General Discussion / Re: Retirement
April 22, 2024, 07:23:34 PM
I couldn't wait to retire either and luckily circumstances allowed me to quit when I was 54 (I'm 60 later this year). I have no regrets at all; similarly when I left the military after 26 years I didn't look back and while there were some elements I missed 26 years really is enough for anyone. 

Mine and my wife's pensions leave us quite comfortable and we haven't had to draw down on any of our savings but we won't be getting our state pensions for quite a few years yet.

I love being able to do anything I want to, when I want without getting up at 6am like I used to and going away for work to shitholes I would never have wanted to visit with people I would never have socialised with.