nicholasjarnold

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   by nicholasjarnold 3y ago

   ZWave is another option here too. I wouldn't recommend devices that don't have at least a "500 series"[0] chipset, but pretty much any device you'd buy today or moving forward will contain this or a newer chipset. [
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   by nicholasjarnold 3y ago

   Shelly devices are great. They have a "cloud" that you can optionally use, but the settings (at least on the switchable plug and the in-wall energy-monitoring switches that I have) default to that cloud connectivity being OFF. The
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   by nicholasjarnold 3y ago

   I've been using Privacy.com for this "create single use credit card" for years now. They make money via the interchange fees, afaik, and not by selling your data stream.
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   by nicholasjarnold 3y ago

   Commercial Chef makes a 600W model (CHM660B) with exactly this configuration. Not what you're looking for exactly, given the power, but maybe helpful to others who share your sentiment.
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   by nicholasjarnold 3y ago

   I suspect this is because with "smart stuff" we often have the associated cellphone app which gives <corp> much deeper insight into your life. This stream of data from your personal life and home can be monetized in various
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   by nicholasjarnold 3y ago

   Hugely popular original posting of this - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31261533
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   by nicholasjarnold 3y ago

   Schlage makes some that use ZWave Plus (500 series or better, didn't check the spec sheet). I have an older model that works nicely for this. https://www.schlage.com/en/home/smart-locks/connect-zwave.ht..
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   by nicholasjarnold 3y ago

   I wasn't aware of the purported regulatory radio limits on power, but I can report anecdotally that I found a huge jump in usability/signal strength/ownership satisfaction when I started replacing my old ZWave 1 stuff with th
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   by nicholasjarnold 3y ago

   As another sibling suggested you should seriously consider HomeAssistant here. A main selling point is it's ability to seamlessly integrate with an arbitrary mixture of Zigbee/ZWave/Matter/Kasa/<etc> devices u
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    by nicholasjarnold 3y ago

    Is it possible, as a licensee of the Rivian vehicle system, to disable the automatic OTA updates without having expert-level knowledge or tooling? Also, yes, I'm specifically avoiding using the word "owner" above for obvious
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    by nicholasjarnold 3y ago

    I used an attorney specializing in real-estate to represent our side of the house during my first home purchase. We subsequently reduced the bid by 3% with an explicit note about why (no buyer's agent commission to pay). The seller&#x2
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    by nicholasjarnold 3y ago

    I want to _strongly_ second this. After seeing some Ubiquiti gear in use in various enterprise settings almost a decade ago I personally investigated the brand for home use and bought into some of the WiFi gear for use in conjunction with t
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    by nicholasjarnold 3y ago

    Regarding usage of OpenStreetMap over Google Maps - assuming we're talking mobile usage - you might give OSMAnd[0] a try. I've been using it exclusively on a Pixel loaded with GrapheneOS for a few months now. I would never conside
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    by nicholasjarnold 3y ago

    Yep, I don't have the source to cite right now, but I recall reading research indicating that the important factor was 2 loving and supportive parents regardless of their sex or sexual orientation.
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    by nicholasjarnold 3y ago

    I read something along these lines in the past couple of years too. Seeing this comment here I've taken the liberty of finding something 'official' in this regard. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16876928&#x2F
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    by nicholasjarnold 3y ago

    TING[0] is another company offering fast fiber in CO, but it's only been rolled out to limited areas right now. I'm in downtown Denver and enjoy 1 gigabit symmetric fiber for $70/month ('unlimited' bandwidth, no por
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    by nicholasjarnold 3y ago

    Reasons other than "it helps me build a credit history": * you think you can make more money by investing your 30k and letting it grow and compound * you are very prudent with your cash on hand and would rather have immediate acce
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    by nicholasjarnold 4y ago

    dropped by to comment the exact same thing. good ole' /dev/*. make sure you're sending bytes to the correct one!
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    by nicholasjarnold 4y ago

    for the uninitiated - https://xkcd.com/327/ :)
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    by nicholasjarnold 4y ago

    > Companies are already bloated, imagine when they realize one overworked highly paid senior can replace 10 juniors. Yep. This is where I'm at in terms of personal armchair predictions of the future. I expect the labor market will b
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    by nicholasjarnold 4y ago

    Ah! Yes. Thank you. One thing I didn't mention is that I've seen this described by pro cooks like "you know when the pan is hot enough when water droplets don't merely boil off quickly, but instead dance around rapidly i
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    by nicholasjarnold 4y ago

    > “Oh boo hoo I have to scrub my stainless steel pan a little harder cause I don’t have a Teflon pan any more.” Stainless steel, while typically being derided by many home cooks for being "hard to clean", is actually quite plea
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    by nicholasjarnold 4y ago

    To add a counterpoint - I've heard senior executives remark about the likelihood that many of those let go are the not the employees that you really _want_ to pickup. The reasoning they've implied there is that these big companies
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    by nicholasjarnold 4y ago

    Same. This website is a great resource. I fully disassembled my (less than 7 years old!) Samsung front-load dryer to replace the drum belt at one point and the heating coil at another point by using this website and it's videos. Much e
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    by nicholasjarnold 4y ago

    Yes, I recall reading the same thing many years ago too. IIRC the results were specific to the United States and it was posited that this might be due to differences in US employees views towards work. We tend to overwork ourselves whereas
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    by nicholasjarnold 4y ago

    Same! I've been paid to produce and deploy software solutions for maybe slightly less time than you (under 20 years, more than 15). I technically still have a Twitter account that I literally never login to or interact with in any way.
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    by nicholasjarnold 4y ago

    Good point. I should have scoped my comment to only target projects which primarily require software engineering.
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    by nicholasjarnold 4y ago

    When this collapse in workforce population occurs perhaps firms will learn that they can survive and even thrive with much less "fluff staff" who mostly sit idle or contribute very little to the overall success of any given projec
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    by nicholasjarnold 4y ago

    > I must say I strongly dislike losing control over my own device. It feels dystopian to me. Even with a rooted device where perhaps you personally coded up the ROM you are still missing a piece which is the binary blob that runs the bas
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    by nicholasjarnold 4y ago

    So, to try and add some value to this conversation vs just reporting a personal anecdote... Do people here have suggestions for actually-good white-hat companies? Can you recommend companies that you've personally worked with who emplo