StreetComplete is also a great way to add to OSM in a convenient package. Check it out if you're interested in contributing:
FippleStone
joined 2 years ago
Whenever I get worried about new technology I think of the Luddites, then I am less worried
You should be able to, ahem, find some convinent ROM collections on most torrent indexers. A standard NES game is only ~128kb, so the whole library of games is only like 750mb. It scales exponentially with every generation as data storage improved, so the SNES library is 2gb, the N64's is 5gb, and the PS3's is 20tb. I find that I really don't need the full library of a consoles releases available, so I usually only choose maybe a hundred or two that I'm interested in, there's only so much time in the day. If you don't need a handheld device I can recommend modding your ps3, it can emulate most anything, the hombrew scene is active and there's been a lot of support for it, plus for the majority of consoles it's a full custom firmware solution, so it's a pretty seemless experience once you set it up. Plus with the internal hdd there's plenty of space for stuff. Pretty much everything up to last gen is easily pirateable, so have fun with it, it's easy once you get the hang of it.
RIP giraffe woman, gone but not forgotten
I would definitely recommend consumer grade hardware for a small home server, I ran older server gear (dual e5645+42GB ram) and found it to be loud and power hungry, especially at idle. Moved over to only slightly newer consumer stuff (i5-3470+8GB ram) and it still did what I needed it to, without costing $40AUD a month to run.
8GB of RAM is perhaps a bit limiting at times but I've not yet run into any critical issues because of it. I wouldn't want to try simultaneous, high bit-rate transcodes on it but aside from that it's been fine for my use case.
Damn good bot
Plenty of tutorials out there, you can have a google for one that you like. It's pretty simple though, just download a .iso of the distro you want to try, and then flash it to a thumb drive using, I'd suggest, Rufus. Balena Etcher is another good option.
Oh for sure, the US is totally cooked when judged by most important metrics
I think it's a little buffer to make sure the actual blocks on the disk exist and line up with the partition start, but definitely don't quote me on that
But just to note, this doesn't work if your ISP places you in a double NAT situation by using carrier grade NAT
Prey tell, where did you get from?
Someone's running a Bell 103 for laughs