Some of the users can barely use computers and phones.

I kind of assumed this was a barrier. Hell, I don’t even have family using Syncthing unless I set it up for them.

Something to add that may help with the sync part (that doesn’t require effort on end users): if you self-host something, you can provide access to it via Tailscale with the Funnel option.

Tailscale is a virtual mesh network and typically requires the client on every machine. The Funnel option “funnels” public traffic into your Tailscale network via a hosted domain name provided by Tailscale.com. Since Tailscale.com exposes the entry point, then encapsulates that traffic into your network, you never have to open a port to the world.

Oh yea, I get the push for open source. It’s why I’ve tried 3 or 4 open source apps already - I really want to get away from OneNote (I’ve been using it for about 15 years, it’s a cluttered mess). It’s a great piece of software, but it requires either OneDrive or a SharePoint server to sync to mobile devices. To sync between PCs, you just need a shared folder - the app is smart about updates all on it’s own (at least for a few people).

Eventually I’ll settle on a replacement. And then do the work of transitioning all that data…Sigh.

This is tough.

I use OneNote as my notebook currently. It updates very fast on phone and pc. It’s not ideal for your use-case, perhaps. But you can share notebooks easily. (Though no Linux client, you can edit notebooks in a browser if they’re on Onedrive).

I also use a couple shopping list apps, my current go to is Anylist. I have a bunch of lists in there, and easily shareable, great for shopping with other people. But I also use it for packing lists, task lists, etc, and you can login via a browser, which works well. Sync is instant.

I’ve tried a few other notebook type apps (Joplin, etc,) and they all have their pros/cons.

Maybe hit the self-hosting community, there’s an ongoing discussion about notebooks.

There’s so much variability in tonal systems, I don’t think we can make any kind of claim about “natural”.

Western Europeans are used to an 8 tone system that’s been even tempered. Move away from that at all and it sounds weird to most people. Even what most people think of as classical would sound odd to them in their original un-tempered forms with contemporary instruments.

Hell, most people don’t know what to make of minor chords, let alone something like pentatonic systems or even more “weird” to us tonal systems.

Professor Greenburg discusses this in “How to Understand Great Music” (if I remember right), which is in many libraries (It’s a Teaching Company production, which are university courses on DVD). He’s a fantastic presenter, very honest and direct about how music has developed.

We do?

Man, how ideologically posessed can you be?

Hahahahahahaahahahaha… I actually laughed out loud.

Guess they bit off more than they could chew when they said all Jews must die and the state of Israel must be destroyed.

TIL in French it’s “circonflexe” and English it’s “circumflex”.

I’m guessin this is another Daniel Webster moment.

There aren’t any?

Got some stats on that, or are you just begging the question?

Edit: Maybe you mean to ask “why does it seem geniuses lack morals?”.

Well, it’s the truth.

See my Princess Bride quote above.

Life is hard. Painful for a lot of it. But that doesn’t mean don’t live a meaningful life.

I’d argue all the difficulty is what makes anyone’s efforts meaningful. If there were zero strife, what would accomplishment look like?

Philosophers have stated this far better than I can, since the beginning of recorded history in Sumer.

And if it seems things are tough today, read “Hard Times” by Studs Terkel.

(I’ve had chronic, frequently debilitating pain for 30 years. For the last year, just walking/standing has been very difficult. My grandparent’s generation had it even harder - I remember, and understand better now).

“You only get 60 years on the planet” by Brian Setzer is a kick.

Yep, you get about 80 years, with your body going to shit for 2/3 of it.

Get prepared, it’s the way it is.

“Life IS pain, highness, anyone telling you otherwise is selling something” - Westley, The Princess Bride

Also, “Hard Times” by Studs Terkel will offer some perspective.

pseudo feel-good tokenism bullshit

Brilliantly put. It’s downright insulting nonsense.

Haha, right? I could see it as a nickname with an in-group of buddies, especially for the short guy who is a social beast (I’ve worked for a couple).

As for under 6’…IIRC, 6’ and taller is like 14% of men? (Been a while since I read the stats).

Edit: 80-90% of adult American males are under 6’. The average height is 5’ 9’.

I’ve always been one of the smallest around… Never gave a shit after about 2nd grade - once you accept who/what you are, what other people do/say/think just doesn’t matter. This is “Growing Up 101” stuff.

Oh god, this kind of moral grandstanding is just cringeworthy, let alone as a false concern for others.

It screams “I need the approval of others or I feel bad about my genetics over which I have no control”.

If someone doesn’t like how I look, oh well, that’s life. Seems this is a lesson most people learn in grade school - some people aren’t going to like you, you’re not going to like some people.

Further, if we’re talking about physical attractiveness, that’s something all over the place, and something over which we have no control.

Attraction isn’t a choice - what you do about it is.

Huh?

I think OP’s point is he’s going to be running the server regardless, so why not recoup the heat.

Anecdote:

I have a server running 24/7 in my office, drawing 120 watts average (tested). Office is 10x10. It alone keeps that room 2-5 degrees warmer than the rest of the house. If I turn it off, room equalize to house.

As for comparison, those little square plug in space heaters consume 500 to 1500 watts, and you can see how much th heat.

1 watt = 3.4 btu

Depending on your use case, why not look to reduce power consumption? I’ve replaced that server with one that draws <20w at idle. That’s negligible.

Since it’s family, go Tailscale (mesh network).

There’s a couple ways to use it:

You can run the client on every machine, so they’re all members of your mesh net. Easily access any of them from anywhere, at any time, using whatever remote utility you choose: VNC, RDP, Dameware, etc. You can easily map drives too, since your on the same LAN. (Just turn off MagicDNS - it can interfere with local name resolution).

You can run it on a single device in each location, enabling Subnet Routing, and that device will route traffic into the LAN on which it resides. I use a Raspberry Pi W Zero for this, and it works fine. I can print, configure my NAS, cable modem router, from anywhere. Q

I run the TS client on anything that can, Disable MagicDNS, set the TS network metric to 5000 (this pushes it’s routing priority way down, preventing accidental routes over TS when I’m home), and enable it to run as a service.

Worst case, if someone doesn’t want to run the client, you can setup Reverse VNC using your Tailscale network with the Funnel option enabled. This Funnels traffic into your network via an internet-exposed interface hosted by Tailscale (you can also host it yourself on a VPS).