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I've upgraded my Pixel XL every year from the 6 to the 9 (pro). Say what you will about that financial decision. Each year I've told myself I only did it because it was such a "great deal" either for the sale price on the pixel or the "boosted trade-in value" from the previous.

I thought it would be fun to look at the prices for each in the context of the others and see how they varied from year to year.

Each year I bought the XL model with the lowest storage space (except the 9 pro), and pro when it was offered. Only one of the years I received a promotional item and I'll note that. The total price is listed with tax.

Pixel 6 Pro 128gb

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10/19/2021
Total: $969
Trade-in: $175 (of two year old Pixel 4XL)
Pixel Buds A: $99 (retail)
Net: $695

  

Pixel 7 Pro 128gb

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11/7/2022
Total: $968
Trade-in: $500
Net: $468

  

Pixel 8 Pro 128gb

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12/26/2023
Total $753
Trade-in: $315
Net: $438

  

Pixel 9 Pro 256gb

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11/6/2024
Total: $904 (with "gold" play  points discou
  

I'm not great with Docker or networking, so when I picked up an n100 mini pc for self hosting I installed Ubuntu and Tipi to get started.

I used Tipi to install Immich and forwarded my ports, then setup cloudflare tunneling to expose it to the internet. Currently I'm migrating from Google Photos.

But since I'm new to this I'm worried about exposing Immich to the internet without really knowing what I'm doing. Any suggestions on ways to monitor my setup to make sure nothing goes wrong or gets hacked? Ideally any application suggestions would come from the Tipi app store but I'm willing to learn if there's no other option. Thanks!

I also reached out to them on Twitter but they directed me to this form. I followed up with them on Twitter with what happened in this screenshot but they are now ignoring me.

I was getting a trade-in quote of $250 for my 128gb 7 Pro last week, now it's up to $315. Not quite at the $500 I got for my 6 Pro this time last year though.

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The 45L was just too big. If that wasn't obvious.

For the record I'm 5'7'' 165lbs dude. I'm also a competitive powerlifter.

I filled my 45L backpack with a large and small packing cube and took it as my main bag on a 4 day international trip. Lugging it through the airport it became clear that it was way too heavy. I found myself jealous of my girlfriend's roller. Especially when standing around waiting to board the plane, I was in agony. I took it off when we were standing in one place, but then because of how heavy it was, schooching forward in line got awkward when I had to pick it up off the ground.

What's more, I didn't even use it fully expanded! Even the 35L mode with those packing cubes and everything else was too much. The bag itself weighs around 5lbs iirc, I think that combined with how dense and heavy the large packing cube full of clothes gets is what made the weight so unwieldy.

I wasn't a fan of the snaps either. Supposedly you can streamline the bag down from 35L

I wanted to find a way to attach it so it wouldn't flop around loosely. Most of the molle water bottle holder mounting points were too narrow. Eventually I found one made for a bike with a bunch of mounting points. It came with hook and loop straps but they wouldn't get tight enough and led to flopping. So I used zip ties. They worked wonderfully.

Then we'll argue about the answer in the comments

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