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Introduction Given what’s happening in the world right now, I really want to minimize my reliance on US-based services and Big Tech (“Les GAFAM” for French readers), even more so than a few months ago. Here’s a quick summary of what I use and do in an effort to become independent from those corporations. Almost everything mentioned is FOSS (Free and Open-Source Software). This is mainly addressed to tech-savvy people, but it can give you some ideas to get started if you’re not one (yet) :). Each solution will be attributed a “pain level”, which rates how painful the setup was for me, with my knowledge at the time. It’s therefore entirely subjective and is mainly just for fun. Feeling interested but lost? Feel free to reach out! See about page. ...

Got word of a GitS art exhibit/sales event taking place in Paris thanks to a friend. Couldn’t miss it for anything! I went there with a friend, came back two days later with a camera, and the following day with three other friends… Am I obsessed with the franchise? Yeah, maybe. The artworks are a creation of GAAAT, a Tokyo-based art gallery. The event is hosted by the DANAE gallery, from October 2nd to October 9th, and is the result of a partnership with La Méduse Violette. It was supposed to end on the 5th, but was extended thanks to its popularity. ...

Music Jungle/DnB The “Yeah! Whoo!” heard in many Jungle and Drum & Bass songs come from the “Think Break”, sampled from “Think (About It)” by Lyn Collins (1972). Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex “take a little end” plays towards the end of the flashback section in episode 11 of 2nd GIG, according to tvtropes. “Dew” plays in episode 17 of 2nd GIG according to a comment thread in this YouTube upload. It starts around the 2:40 minutes mark, although it’s an instrumental version. ...

Hi there, my name is Anh Minh. I’m a tech enthusiast, basshead, IT engineer based in Paris. I currently manage vSphere virtualization infrastructures on Cisco UCS and Dell hardware. I love all things FOSS, self-hosted, drum & bass, dubstep and the likes. In case you’re curious, here’s what I use to run my home server: Minisforum B550 AMD Ryzen 7 5700G 32 GB or RAM GTX 1080 (slowly dying) RTX 2080 Ti GL.iNet Flint2 (2.5G links to my ISP and server) Want to reach out? Feel free to send me a DM on Discord at Miminepho or an email, contact at ampho.fr. ...