My solution for a power efficient setup was to split it up: all the services I use but don't need all the time, like jellyfin for example, I host on my nas. I only turn that on when I need it.
The stuff that's running all the time, like home assistant, addblocker, etc, I run on a raspberry pi.
Might not work for everyone, but I'm happy with it.
I do exactly the same. I do not have a lot of data I feel a need to backup. I have a nightly job that zips and then encrypts my data, then rclones it to off site storage.
From what I read it slow growing and pretty manageable as far as cancer is manageable of course.
Hope he'll make a quick recovery, and start growing that magnificent beard back.
You can see them bouncing so much on onboard shots, especially on high speeds. It can't be good for your spine long term. Hope they can come up with a general fix.
I guess you mean how affordable? Wage vs costs? In my experience for most of western Europe: you can buy something if you're well paid, have 2 years of salary in your bank account to bridge the mortgage gap, and a ton of luck.
Yeah sorry, I wasn't aware the AI wars already spread into marketing-land