The click bait is strong with this one.

This sounds petty but I like talking illicit substances on occasion. Generally, these are only paid for in cash, I know some people take bank transfers but I don’t want a paper trail leading in either direction.

“hmmm sounds good but it would cost more money soooo…No” - The gubbermint, probably

But for real, they’ve been doing all this in Europe and north America for decades. Very frustrating as a carpenter interested in building science to see all this online but most people in Australia not wanting to spend the money and even if they did, there’s almost no one supplying the appropriate materials. It’s only recently that uPCV windows have become locally available, before that you had to ship them over form Poland yourself. This would kick start the shit out of the passive house industry.

head over to !selfhosted@lemmy.world and watch any perceived savings evaporate into thin air. along with your spare time… seriously, its great.

Really? Anything? Do you care what they had for breakfast? Or if they went to the dentist? Would it matter if their partner had a hip replacement?.

I think it was a slow news day wherever the author works.

Clearly I pisstake by the embassy, and a good one at that.

Does your “old computer” have usb3 or usb c? If not you’ll find it very slow to access all that data over usb 2

You’ll be better off trying to get a proper network attached storage (NAS) rather than an enclosure. Either buy a pre-made one or make one out of parts. That way you can use the network speeds. Or you could get a usb3 pcie card, they are very cheap these days.

Can you just give gluetun the wrong info for you vpn server and see if transmission still works?

No idea but there are new and exciting torrent technologies being worked on all the time. Things like DHT nodes or turning off anonymous mode can affect speeds. Your other clients may have different settings enabled or disabled or may not have implemented new protocols.