Fellow noob here, lots of great suggestions already. I agree with the “find a specific idea and start there” so you can be vested in what you need to learn.

I suggest starting with an old raspberry pi or other old hardware that may not get the job done, but fiddle with it toward your goal until you prove you can do it. It’s so rewarding!

Once that’s done, move on to getting whatever hardware you need to execute the vision well. Mechanics don’t start learning by working on a Ferrari!

I agree, these helped me a ton. I’m still a noob but message me if you can’t find links with what u/lemmyingly said

I’m patiently (cf impatiently) awaiting the arrival of an Aoostar WTR Pro and components to build my first NAS and full Arr stack for Linux ISO’s.

I completed a proof of concept and learning a month ago on a Pi 5, and I can’t wait to get my hands dirty with something more real!

I’ll take any advice anyone throws my way :D and thanks to this community for the learning and inspiration since I joined Lemmy!

This is correct! Massive quality of life improvement

I second the Tailscale recommendation. It was easy and has spoiled me. I notice immediately if I’m browsing my phone at work and I’m not connected to my pihole lol

Yeah I definitely have to agree there. I don’t want to side blindly with a manufacturer, but I like how you said it about the YouTubers being just as susceptible as anyone else to falling for hearsay.

I will try a third party toner on my Brother when it finally needs a refill to see. Looks like I’ve been running the newer firmware a long time but haven’t had to refill toner since well before. Might as well be moot with how rarely I print lol

According to Brother and covered list in Arstechnica, it’s not true.

I know we shouldn’t take the manufacturer at their word, but reading the Ars comments, there’s a lot of reasons why third party toner would cause problems on their own and Brother can’t support trying to fix another company’s product in their own.

Yeah, if you select or tap the map portion, it expands to full screen.

Holy shit! Putin’s butt plug learned to use a computer! Are you OK??

Same!

Also curious in case I need to plan a transition

Upvote for a fellow Leeja Miller fan

Oh foul accursed thing! What demon from the depths of Hell created thee?!

What horrible people and a horrible employer. I hope you’re some place incalculably better now!

One of the best channels out there

I only hate Musk and love Star Trek. Does that mean I’m not a true Lemmy?

“Wake up…and smell the ashes.”

Loved Age of Mythology! A lot of those still get stuck in my head more than 10 years later