It seems like you might be describing two different beasts, which could be part of your difficulty:
A codebase that has “dozens and dozens of classes and header files” sounds like a back-end project (written in C or similar), where the end product is an EXE or server app. A codebase where you’d help by updating “placement of a button” is a front-end project (written in HTML or JavaScript), where the output is HTML.
If you’ve cut your teeth contributing to front-end projects, you’ll likely feel more at home contributing to projects where the output is a website. There is a vast difference between working on a project that uses NextJS and contributing to the NextJS engine codebase itself. Finding a project that is using a library you know would be likely much easier to contribute to than contributing to the library itself.
The Google Photos feature of finding photos of a specific person in your collection by their face is the key feature my wife really loves. Is there a self-hosted tool (ideally Synology NAS compaible) that gives similar functionally I could have more control over how it’s using/analyzing our photos, rather than needing to trust...
To “pirate” a digital item is to get access to something you’re not supposed to (e.g. software you’re only supposed to have if you buy a license to it). Downloading the image of an NFT is just fine as it’s public content. If you then claim that image is your creation (claim to be the artist) or profit of it (commercial use) that’s more drastic. For many NFTs the graphic attached to them isn’t the valuable part of the asset (e.g. the access it grants, or the voting power it authorizes, or how it interacts with a digital game/space is the key thing that only the owner can do); you having a copy of the thumbnail image doesn’t change the abilities the owner has (and therefore the value of the actual token).
That torrent is an “art piece” the creator made to raise awareness of NFTs. This video shows an interview with the artist who created that project: youtu.be/i_VsgT5gfMc
The first half of the video (and the overall reason for creating that torrent) is exaggerated and over-generalizes what NFTs are in order to claim “a problem” with them, but the second half does have a good discussion about the technology itself (educating users that scams exist in any technology, and because it’s new and different, there’s less guardrails to help users avoid scams automatically, so you need to be vigilant yourself).
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I have a synology NAS where I backup my photos to. What would be the most cost effective way to encrypt and back up this data without having to purchase another NAS and install it at a family member's house. It would be about 5 TB and would not touch the data unless my NAS completely takes a crap.
I’ll also vouch for Backblaze’s B2 plan; works well with Synology, and has great reporting options to let you know if you’re approaching your budgeted value, and web-based browsing tools to verify what data they got successfully sent to them.
How do you wrap your head around large established software projects in order to contribute to them?
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Looking for photo storage with face recognition
The Google Photos feature of finding photos of a specific person in your collection by their face is the key feature my wife really loves. Is there a self-hosted tool (ideally Synology NAS compaible) that gives similar functionally I could have more control over how it’s using/analyzing our photos, rather than needing to trust...
should you pirate an image or an nft
probably a stupid question but is it worth the hassle just for a webp image unless it is to piss of a company or a person then i see a reason why
Is an "everything" app the likely end state within the Fediverse?
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Cost friendly data backup
I have a synology NAS where I backup my photos to. What would be the most cost effective way to encrypt and back up this data without having to purchase another NAS and install it at a family member's house. It would be about 5 TB and would not touch the data unless my NAS completely takes a crap.