I never let mine on the internet and use lan only using Orca slicer too so I don't have to worry about Bambu Studio pushing an update to it which probably wouldn't be an issue cause it was always garbage at connecting via lan anyway.
Depends if you're actually contagious during that time or not. That was the big thing with COVID you can be contagious days before having symptoms. Where as SARS you would be symptomatic before you were contagious.
Servers have their place in a home lab but it's not if it lives in your office. 64GB in a server doesn't make sense though. You can get more than that in a MS-01 at probably a lower price and lower power use.
Yeah I run Orca for my A1 because Bambu Studio is awful about connecting to it in LAN mode. Orca can connect and my home-assistant can connect but they can't figure out how to get their own damn software to. Most likely to force you to use cloud.
On a king I still find that it sags a lot in the middle of the edges even with the corners tied. So we got the magnetic fasteners (like on anti theft clothing tags) to pin the middle.
Add in the small space requirement. I did some hydro in about an 1m^2 space and it was enough for a few salads a week.