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CurbsTickle

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CurbsTickle ,

Just get one of those costume tattoo sleeves for like $5

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PoE Single Board/Micro/Mini Computer/Server

I have an 8gb Raspberry Pi 4 that has been a workhorse for years. I keep it for my not intense but essential networking purposes, NetBoot.xyz, Homepage, etc., because I can run it over PoE (edit: Power over Ethernet), so it is always on as long as my network is up....

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CurbsTickle ,

You can have it set more intelligently than on/off.

For example, what I have (I'm excessive btw, so this is just one option) is a light sensor that tells me how light it is outside, and then combine that information with sunrise/sunset times.

I use that to set the color of the lighting (circadian lighting style), the light level, and a ramp time to the max brightness I'd want. For rooms where there is good daylight coming in, if the light coming in from daylight is bright enough, the lights lower their brightness (daylight harvesting approach).

This isn't in every room at the moment, as some of my lights are not RGBW LEDs. Those with regular white LEDs just dim.

Is it perfectly set for your eyes? No, but you can tweak it. My wife likes it bright than me, so I set values that I could tolerate for a nice compromise.

No RGB? Then drop the circadian lighting, keep the rest.

No light sensors? There are some APIs available out there for solar radiation values you can use (openweathermap for example). Less accurate, but probably close enough for what you want.

TL;DR version: add more conditions, and get what you want.

CurbsTickle ,

Now tell everyone how banning a device which can't be used for car thefts, will somehow help with car thefts.

I think we'd all like to know.

Or, you know, it's incredibly stupid to ban. But what do I know? Other than that you can't use a flipper to steal a car of course.

Disney+ has started cracking down on password sharing in the US (www.engadget.com)

Disney+ started getting strict about password sharing in Canada last year, and now it's expanding the restriction to the US. According to The Verge, the streaming service has been sending out emails to its subscribers in the country, notifying them about a change in its terms of service. Its service agreement now states that...

CurbsTickle ,

Confirmed

I've got... A rather large storage pool.

My media server also handles family movies, including VHS from the 80s I've converted and cleaned up.

Server itself is a cheap off lease dell micro I bought several years back for $125, added a $50 nvme SSD, and the igpu has been chugging along transcoding beautifully since.

Same system also runs a separate book/comic/etc service, backup DNS, a generated kid safe "channel" that is available on the media server, all my dslr photos are on there, etc, etc.

Which then for what is crucial to me gets a local and a remote backup.

At this point I've saved money over paying for subscriptions, and I use it for a whole lot more (so even more savings on top).

CurbsTickle ,

Just wanted to add onto your comment for clarity for others, the multiple servers are not redundancy so much as first come first serve, which is why your comment of multiple pi-holes is important.

If you were to list a pihole and say Google DNS as primary and secondary respectively, you may have some DNS queries responded to by Google. Negating the point of having a pi-hole or similar DNS service locally.

A secondary can be a docker container, another physical pi-hole (even a zero-w, which I personally don't recommend being your only way to manage DNS, but is fine when you just need to do some maintenance on the primary).

CurbsTickle ,

It is entirely the case.

DNS queries will go to all on the list, and use whatever responds first.

If you are seeing occasional ad leaks, this is why.

CurbsTickle ,

I'm so confused by the one person replying to you with 5 slight variations of the same comment....

CurbsTickle ,

Kavita is also my solution.

OPDS (by user to boot), fast, clean, and with a pretty decent web reader option if you want it. Comics, manga, books - all in one.

CurbsTickle ,

Every time, without fail, though I haven't decided what I want to do with them yet.

CurbsTickle ,

I'd say the main reason is companies are profiting off the work of others. It's not some grand positive motive for society, but taking the work of others, from other companies, sure, but also from small time artists, writers, etc.

Then selling access to the information they took from others.

I wouldn't call it a right wing position.

CurbsTickle ,

That isn't remotely similar...

The IRS takes a portion of income. This is taking away someone's income, then charging access to it.

Like it or not, these people need money to survive. Calling it right wing to think these individuals deserve to be paid for someone taking their work, then using it for a product they sell access to, is absolutely insane to me.

CurbsTickle ,

One is a percentage of income that everyone pays into.

The other is stealing someone's work then using that person's work for profit.

Recognizing that stealing someone's work is not a right-wing position.

How is this complicated?

CurbsTickle ,

So... You think their art or writing was created by what then? Magic? Do you think no time was expended in the creation of books, research, drawings, painted canvases, etc?

Do you think they should starve because we currently live in a world driven entirely around money?

I don't get your point even remotely.

CurbsTickle ,

You realize it wasn't just massive corporations that had their works taken, right? And that is a key reason why so many people are concerned about an AI/LLM company taking the work of others, and using it for their own profit?

Thinking this is limited to NYT or Getty is ignorant at best.

Not to mention the migration of that goal post.

CurbsTickle ,

People don't like the article (and it's click bait headline). Not the subject itself, and not you.

Take a breath.

CurbsTickle ,

I don't know what you're missing here - the headline, which you didn't create, is misleading. People don't like misleading headlines because it's giving the wrong impression of a successful mission.

You are taking this personally.

Yes, you do need to take a breath. Enjoy your day.

CurbsTickle ,

Just sort by new in this thread. You'll see them.

CurbsTickle ,

Yup, sent an email and left a message, calling out Haier, GE, Fisher Paykel, etc as not on my list anymore due to this behavior.

I'll call it a win when it's fully resolved though.

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