The plugin AutomaticShutdown (https://plugins.octoprint.org/plugins/automaticshutdown/) is great if you want to turn off your Printer after your print is finished. In my case I have the Octopi, the printer and a LED-lamp attached to a Fritz!Dect 200 remote controlled powersocket and configured it to turn itself off when the powerconsumption sinks below 12 Watts for 5 Minutes. So if the print is finished the autoshutdown-plugin shuts down the OctoPi. The socket detects the lower powerconsumption and shuts off itself off after the specified time… Save some energy here…
Continue reading...February 2022
Running your own matrix-server
Matrix is an open standard and communication protocol for real-time communication. In short: something like Signal, Threema or WhatsApp. With one exception: while the former are centrally managed via a company Matrix Servers are federated: Everybody can run a Matrix server. Furthermore every server is able to communicate with any other matrix server. Like e-mail servers. Signal cannot (yet) talk the Threema and vice versa. Matrix has even been chosen by the german army to be there messenger of choice for obvious reasons: The army can run their own servers and is independent from others running servers for them (that...
Continue reading...Invidious – alternative youtube frontend
Youtube is a great source for music and videos. Nobody will doubt that. However there are “flaws” like user-tracking and annoying advertisement. Therefore Invidious is a great tool. It provides a alternative frontend to youtube without any of the flaws. It can be installed on your own vps. You can find the source on github: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious Please feel free to use my invidous instance on https://video.arvidortwig.de
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