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You might try blending these two together https://hotkey404.com/how-to-turn-raspberry-pi-into-freepbx-based-gsm-gateway/

https://sysopstechnix.com/build-your-own-sms-gateway-using-raspberry-pi/

I suspect what you are looking for is a gsm gateway. There are many standalone implementations, some ready made, some a bit more DIY

Just so you know, you can run pi-hole as a container as well

About dhcp, I don’t know about unifi, but I guess in the firewall you can configure static dhcp leases. So son1 devices always get same ip. Then you can configure a hairpin port forwarding, so any requests for ports tcp/udp53 from his devices get forwarded to pi-hole. That is assuming that in the “general” dhcp config you assign an external dns.

Otherwise you could try creating two different dhcp pools, one with pi-hole (and make sure son1 devices get a static lease in there) and one for everyone else.

As a side note, I recommend looking into self hosting your piped instance, so even son2 can enjoy YouTube without all the ads! (And the tracking)

Borg from the server to the nas, aws glacier from the nas to offsite.

All of this

It depends A LOT what kind of IT career you do. If you are a sysadmin with a shitty manager/company you’ll hate it. If you do helpdesk you’ll hate the whole human race.

But you can become devops, SRE, cloud engineer, architect, so you get all the fun at tinkering without the bullshit (most of the time, no job is perfect).

If your phone is android (I think so) and your jellyfin server has a file share (easy to implement anyway) you can use material files (https://f-droid.org/packages/me.zhanghai.android.files/). It has an option to connect via smb.

When you are job hunting you don’t want privacy, you want your info (i.e. your cv) as widely distributed and known as possible. Create a dedicated gmail account.

The key is to keep your professional internet profile andnl your private digital life separated.

Some days I’m a dumpster fire

I know bluebin, I know. We are all bluebin some days

Yeah when they removed wanking in the office it was bad.

https://youtu.be/VKH9ECC_Qa4

Why eject when you can recycle

I have zero remorse and can shut down empathy

Unironically, that’s a good use of chatGPT (and similar). Prompt like "Write an email about topic”.

Well sounds like he isn’t getting any anyway so might as well have fun with it.

It’s what all marriage counselors suggest really /j

‘You can’t give her that!’ she screamed. ‘It’s not safe!’ IT’S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY’RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE. ‘She’s a child!’ shouted Crumley. IT’S EDUCATIONAL. ‘What if she cuts herself?’ THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON.

Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

I’m seriously thinking of getting a usbC-ethernet dongle for my mobile, for when I’m at my desk.

I’ve recently discovered the documentary “the world at war” and these dull days are now much more interesting! 😁