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931.
by pkulak 4y ago
Sure, but you didn't tell me that "no one in my technical circle has proprietary "smart" home automation devices". ;)
932.
by pkulak 4y ago
Home Assistant almost goes without saying at this point.
933.
by pkulak 4y ago
Amazon is almost more of a logistics company than a tech company. I'd bet they own more square feet of infrastructure than any auto company.
934.
by pkulak 4y ago
This is what I've moved to: https://www.navidrome.org/
935.
by pkulak 4y ago
I would like to do something like this, but it would mean moving the smart bits from my switches to my bulbs, which I'm just not really willing to do. Right now, if I take a hammer to my Home Assistant server, all my lights still turn
936.
by pkulak 4y ago
I don't have an misconceptions about flac, lol.
937.
by pkulak 4y ago
You still have the FLAC. That’s kinda the point of downloading it. Plus the CD, which is uncompressed FLAC.
938.
by pkulak 4y ago
Also probably assuming gas. Induction would take another 90% off.
939.
by pkulak 4y ago
If you're inclined to self-host (or can just run a Docker-compose anywhere on your network), MiniFlux is amazing.
940.
by pkulak 4y ago
Of course you can.
941.
by pkulak 4y ago
This seems so far in the other direction that the same criticisms no longer apply. It would be like being against LCD screens in cars, and then complaining that Boeing's new 787 has flight displays.
942.
by pkulak 4y ago
I'd argue in spite of its doors. A long-range EV in the most popular segment, a full decade before a single competitor? That thing could have had a single door on the front, like the BMW Isetta, and it still would have sold like mad.
943.
by pkulak 4y ago
I guess if you like that look. I don't; not really. The photos from my phone are fine. If taken in really good light, they are actually pretty good. But they are always processed to within an inch of their lives.
944.
by pkulak 4y ago
Elon is the PM from hell. Has some shower thought and starts throwing tickets on everyone's board 45 minutes later. This is why the Model X has those silly doors.
945.
by pkulak 4y ago
Except that by that logic, the hood release should be a giant red button in the middle of the dash.
946.
by pkulak 4y ago
You’re mad that Toyota didn’t include an extra WiFi radio in your car, so that you can be more conveniently distracted by text messages and speed trap warnings, in the same thread where everyone else thinks that electric starters ruined car
947.
by pkulak 4y ago
Except that I open my glove box twice a year and turn the wheel slightly more often than that.
948.
by pkulak 4y ago
For me it's having just one thing I own not be disposable, and built like it. My favorite watch has a sapphire crystal and ceramic dial. I bash that thing into walls and doorknobs constantly and after many years I still can't even
949.
by pkulak 4y ago
Yeah, it's all encrypted and immutably backed up to rsync.net at 1am every night. Gimme some credit. ;)
950.
by pkulak 4y ago
It's not about cost. I'm privileged enough to not have to worry about a couple dollars one way or the other per month. It's about owning my own photos. It's about knowing that if Google gets some bug up their butt and sh
951.
by pkulak 4y ago
I bought a Synology and moved everything to their Photos app. It’s really good. But if there was something better I could always mount the SMB share into a Docker container of whatever that is. It’s nice to own my own shit again after 20 ye
952.
by pkulak 4y ago
Just yesterday I needed to know what model of TV I owned, and rather than try to crawl behind it with a flashlight I searched for the BestBuy order confirmation in my email from years ago. I do that kinda thing all the time.
953.
by pkulak 4y ago
If you use tar.gz the split is at 50 gigs. That seems perfectly reasonable to me.
954.
by pkulak 4y ago
I'm not telling you what emotions to have, just observing the world around me.
955.
by pkulak 4y ago
Worth it. Love that movie.
956.
by pkulak 4y ago
It's just too old for people to be outraged about still.
957.
by pkulak 4y ago
This is the big benefit of companies like System76 that disable this for you.
958.
by pkulak 4y ago
Wait, what are you configuring? Just install Fedora or Ubuntu, install your favorite IDE, and go.
959.
by pkulak 4y ago
All the "loft" apartments that everyone used to love were converted industrial, if I remember right. I'm hoping this all leads to some new kind of housing term that isn't normal residential (it's nearly impossible t
960.
by pkulak 4y ago
Learning how to write is _really_ important.

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