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It's interesting to me that this is the current lay of the land. I've been to MNE many, many times and in my day it was a common belief that it was a favorite haunt for wealthy individuals who weren't able to get into the EU proper (and places like Monaco, Cannes, etc.)

I rolled my own system, initially with MotionEye, and then rolled over to Frigate. I appreciate the extra object detection feature in MotionEye, whereas MotionEye really only records on, well, motion. Even with two 720P streams, I'm able to do motion detection and object recognition on an ancient Core2Duo Mac Mini, no TPU.

No data leaves my LAN unless I want it to.

The most painful part of the whole process was the YAML files for Frigate.

Facebook Marketplace and Groups have nearly killed off hobby forums and Craiglist. I have an account for that purpose specifically. I don't even have a single friend on FB and it seems to really bug them -- I get a prompt to befriend at least one person from a list when I log in.

> 2. Thots. Maybe because I'm a male between 25-50 or something, but even though I subscribe to 0 people on Instagram that qualify as thots, my feed started getting filled with women using Instagram to advertise their OF/services. Usually these seem cross-recommended as related to comedy shorts, cosplay/gaming, or cars, but aren't really any of those things.

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS. I have consistently resisted ever following, or even looking at the profiles of obvious IG thots and yet recently, because my IG account only follows a handful of others and runs out of content quickly, IG has been FILLING my feed with IG models. Not just one, not just a few, like a healthy amount of scrolling is required to get beyond them to other types of sponsored content.

I cannot for the life of me figure it out. I'm sure something I did or revealed has tagged me as "likely to find this content captivating" but I don't and I wish I could flag it as such. My best guess is that because I follow some "BRO" accounts (qualified captain, i70 things, etc) and happen to fall in gender/age pairing where that kind of content is a reliable draw, they'll keep trying.

I mostly maintain my account to follow hobbies and local businesses, but I'm about to shitcan it for the second or third time.

I want to be a Barista FIRE - meaning, I actually enjoy talking to other humans and performing a task in exchange for money. I don't want that to dominate my personality and I don't want to NEED that job. In my later years, I hope to be lucky enough to work for fun and not to survive.

That's what I'm aiming for. Full-on retirement seems boring.

This. Leadership may very well ignore or overlook your perspective, but make sure that your concerns are documented as risks or assumptions somewhere. Businesses almost always CYA, you should, too.

I can appreciate your point, but you have to also consider that a characteristic of Apple is the sheer size of the business. Apple can afford to be more conservative with their business plans because they can weather storms more readily.

If Apple failed to plan for a huge economic event that let competitors gain some ground, they can survive that misstep because they have such a huge moat. Conversely, if Apple did over-hire, they can also survive that climate due to their size and stay the course while others falter.

If you're captaining an ocean liner (Apple) you don't worry too much about 5-10' seas and 10 knots of wind. If you're captaining a 50' yacht (eg. all the mid-sized SaaS businesses announcing layoffs) you definitely pay attention to that sea state.

If I read between the lines, you're suggesting that I abuse the system and request my data be deleted anyways? No thanks.

I could imagine that certain people would have a risk profile that might necessitate this kind of behavior -- but that kind of person wouldn't turn around and blog about it 1.) calling attention to it 2.) giving Disney more pieces to the puzzle if they were motivated enough to solve it.

You're right - the average person doesn't need to have that kind of stance. Even if they were a real target, much higher value targets slip through the cracks all the time. We're not nearly as good at data processing as we think (yet).

I'm not a California resident so as far as I understand, that technique is not applicable in my use case.

On one end of the spectrum you have the people who don't give privacy any thought - they've downloaded and logged into every app under the sun and generally don't care that they're being surveilled. They mindlessly consume hours of curated TikTok videos and go about their day getting a barrage of targeted ads.

And on the other end, you have… this. Buying burner phones and wearing facepaint to avoid facial recognition at a theme park. Imposing that on your _family_.

As an academic exercise I guess it's interesting, but living this way must be truly exhausting. Me? I'll continue to be somewhere in the middle of these two polar opposites. I participate in society, but I don't willingly or knowingly give away more information than is required. I obscure or block what I can, but still sign up for and use accounts that can be tied back to me. I consider success as making it difficult to tie my data together - either such that I don't fit the majority pipelines and need extra attention, or I break hamfisted techniques altogether.

I have three different Sonicare toothbrushes in my house, ranging from 2 years old to probably pushing 5 years old. They've all been flawless - even the one my kiddo uses and abuses.

"White gas" used for cooking stoves (think Coleman stoves, laterns, etc) used to be unleaded, additive free gasoline. It's not gasoline now (according to wiki: cyclohexane, nonane, octane, heptane, and pentane.) Naptha also works in those stoves but doesn't last as long. Apparently you can still run the stoves on gasoline if you'd like.

I'm happy for the one dev who's been lone rangering as I hope it means he's finally getting paid, but the pressure is going to be on to get an ROI.

Perhaps, but I probably wouldn't use a VC-backed industry "disruptor" as my leading indicator.

They mention mini splits, which could very well be installed in addition to or even in lieu of a traditional central HVAC.

I _constantly_ try to evaluate where I stand with people. If they bought the most recent round of drinks, the next one is on me. If we split dinner, I'm thinking about how their total averaged out compared to mine. If I paid for something, I'm thinking about how much I add to their ledger. I have a "disadvantange" threshold of ~$100 where I won't say anything, but if the imbalance continues to tilt in their favor and they don't do anything to correct it, I might start insulating myself from their financial involvement..

I'm sure most people don't care about it as much as I do, but I have this deep-seated need to make sure I'm as square with as many people as I can be and I expect the same from everyone else. It's not just about being owed, it's about owing, too. I wish I knew where it came from. I wish I was better about just letting it go.

They've expanded their areas of product focus - I agree that as they've done that, some of their refinement has slipped. They're not bad by any stretch, but some of that "it just works" magic is looking a little threadbare these days.

Can confirm - I use a Mac Mini with a Core2Duo as my main server to run DNS blocking, motion cameras, home automation, etc. It's great - my idle load is using less than 20W and its cool and quiet. It no longer runs new versions of MacOS, but it's been running debian for years now with ZERO problems. My only cost of ownership was replacing the ancient 5400RPM spinning disk as a preventative measure.

A fair few of these are right hand drive, which is, to put it lightly, a huge pain the rear to deal with. LHD versions are bananas expensive.

It's probably both - there isn't a lot of margin in something like a base model vehicle compared to its upmarket family and not a lot of people come in looking for a vehicle with manual crank windows and a stick shift (I WOULD) so they aren't flying off the lot.

At this risk of sounding like a "BUT BOTH SIDES" argument - both sides of the major two parties have elements of undesirability. I register as an independent. I vote for representatives that I feel best convey my hope, dreams, and views into the halls of power. Often, those candidates self-identify as liberals. Sometimes, they identify as Republican. Either way, the faster we can get away from having politics be a team sport and have people think for themselves, the better off we'll all be.

I'll just hold my breath for that moment.

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Indeed - and it can help reduce evaporation, too. It's just that in some instances, some algae growth and some evaporation might be desirable.

Adguard(DNS) OpenMediaVault(Storage) Motioneye (Cameras) Nextcloud (Cloud Drive/etc) Wireguard (VPN) and NextPVR (OTA TV)

Edit: On 2012 Mac Mini. I'd like to get a USB Coral and switch to Frigate at some point.

I know of at least one company local to me who is actively trying to recruit ex-twitter staff. They'll be fine. We'll all be alright - we're in for a bit of a bumpy patch, but the industry over-hired, we let too many people hang out on the roof, and we need to redistribute. This is a perfect example of why having many employers of different industries and sizes is better for the ecosystem than having 10 mega employers.

The article mentions that the water helps regulate the solar array temperature, ostensibly because the water is used as a heat sink. Does the thermal equation even out such that the body of water temperature is not dramatically impacted? Example: If the solar panels are absorbing sunlight before it can reach the water, the water would be colder. But, if the solar panels are using the water as a heat sink/cooler, the water temp could be brought up in temperature.

And what about the blockage of the light? That will inhibit growth of algae and plants underwater.

I can see how this might be super useful for man-made bodies of water (for drinking, runoff, etc) but it seems it might be a bit impactful on natural bodies of water.

Just scrolled through the dates (https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/756639798240652690) and it doesn't appear available for a single night through 2024.

So... yeah, calling bullshit on ya, Brian.

I'm with you - I don't need (or even want, really) my room cleaned every day. It's friggin annoying. I always happen to be needing to access the room when housekeeping is in there. Just come once every 3-5 days if it comes to that, thanks.

I think this a pretty excessive hike, and told them as such. I readily admit that I consume a lot of Youtube - it's replaced a lot of my other content (cable, etc) and I'm willing to pay for it. But this is a pretty big step. It'll be over $300 USD/ year, in fact.

When they biffed the Google Play Music -> YT Music transition, I tried to cancel but the ads - oh, god, the ads. They were TERRIBLE and I've only heard they've gotten worse.

Ugh. I really like compensating content creators more than they get from ad rolls, but this has me real torn. There are, of course, ways to pay less via other countries portals, but I expect those loopholes to be closed shortly. I primarily consume on iOS mobile devices, so ad-blocking is tough (though Vanced is A+ if you're an Android user).

Seriously! As a motorcyclist (and cyclist) with a keen interest in not dying, I'm always looking for additional ways to be seen and predictable. This image should have been in the blog article, full stop. How is it _so_ buried?