You could install ZoneMinder and set it up with your webcam. It will do recording and basic motion detection. You don’t have to mess with any docker stuff, it just needs a recent version of Debian or Ubuntu. If you want to access it from a phone, I would suggest using the zmNinja app since the web UI sucks on mobile.

Some actual CCTV IP cameras would be better than a webcam if you can still find any that provide an RTSP stream and don’t require any of that cloud crap.

I didn’t even know it was still around. I stopped using it when microsoft bought it.

One way to find a private tracker is to monitor /r/OpenSignups. I would suggest using the RSS feed so you can get notified of new posts. Most trackers are only open for a short time. Don’t bother with the new trackers that constantly pop up, they don’t have enough users to maintain a good ratio easily. Be sure to get into TorrentLeech next time they open signups, that’s a good general purpose tracker and it’s very easy to maintain your ratio there.

Another way is to get into MyAnonaMouse, Orpheus, or Redacted through an interview and use the invites forum to get into other trackers.

There are unofficial qBittorrent search plugins for some private trackers. If you can’t find a plugin for the tracker you want, you could always use Jackett.

Torrent Galaxy has been rather unreliable since it changed owners. I would keep an eye out for open signups on any decent private trackers.

If you buy something DRM free, you must keep an offline copy. They can take away the option to download it, but they can’t prevent you from playing the copy you already downloaded.

Even S3 cold storage is expensive when you have tens of terabytes to backup. If you pay for a year or two of that, you could have bought more hard drives to back it up on.

Without Vulkan, many games will not run well, if they run at all.

It’s very expensive, but it would probably be the best option when you can’t use heat.

That sub was banned. There is r/OpenSignups though. You can monitor the rss feed if you don’t want to go on reddit.

If the VPN is free, then you are the product. They are collecting and selling your data. They may even be routing other peoples data through your internet connection.

Use it for a firewall / router, but don’t bother with WiFi. There are no antenna connectors, so it probably doesn’t have a card installed and normal WiFi cards make terrible access points anyways.

If you want to use OPNsense, make sure the NICs are supported. If it has Realtek NICs, you will probably have to use a Linux based firewall.

Tapes are how you back up large amounts of data. A small tape robot can handle petabytes.

A used SAS card can be found on ebay for $20-$30. You just need a PC with an open 8 lane PCIe slot and a few drive bays. An older 6gbps card is fine for a few mechanical hard drives.

Is your GPU reducing the VRAM frequency when it’s idle?

If the vertical timing is different between the monitors, the VRAM will have to run at maximum speed all the time and that can add 20 watts or more to your idle power consumption.

TVs that do anything more than displaying a signal exactly as it’s input shouldn’t exist.

Sometimes that works, it depends on how the server is set up. For DNS blocking, you just switch to a different DNS server or run your own DNS resolver.

A larger battery generally works fine with an older, dumb UPS. You will just have to connect an external charger if the battery gets deeply discharged. Adding a cooling fan to the UPS would be a good idea since it will be running for a longer time though.

I would suggest building a PC with a Ryzen 7800X3D or a 9800X3D if you can find one in stock and an RX 7800 XT GPU.
Prebuilt desktops are really overpriced if you want something high end and there is very little customization available.

Solder one on an old laptop power brick or get an adapter to run it from a 20V power tool battery.

It also has a normal power jack, so you don’t have to use USB.