Yeah, it’s not really built out yet. Zigbee is good enough, thread is supposed to make it better but I’m good with what I’ve got in hue - for now at least.

Isn’t IKEA’s new line thread?

The reason people suggest avoiding wifi is more than just having the isolated network. Between the protocol requirements, the possibility of network congestion, and the high probability of overlapping wifi network signals, it can make them unreliable or just a bit slower than you’d expect a light to work.

Thread enabled devices can make this better, apparently; if I was in the market for bulbs outside of my current zigbee setup I would want Thread. Zigbee is excellent so far for me

Personally, I’m very happy with my Hue lights, but not super happy with the price; I only get them on sale. One aspect that is not discussed enough, in my opinion, is the quality of light (CRI, dimming depth, colour intensity), which hue is great at imho. The new hub does some nerdy stuff for motion detection if you have multiple bulbs in a room which is interesting, though I haven’t looked into it much.

That’s also an outlook that needs to change. The billionaires want to keep you just happy enough and just nihilistic enough that you don’t revolt.

Very good point. That’s the “it couldn’t happen to me” attitude which is just ignorant.

Feasible

The number of people who think that healthcare in the USA is just about perfect is evidently quite high - or the situation would change. So, it probably is easier than you think. There’s a lot of healthy people out there.

Sure.

If it feels good you’re fine. It felt freaking awesome when I was recovering from a herniated disc as prescribed by a physiotherapist. Lying that way is at least as effective as “decompression” from a chiroquacker. I can’t imagine why it would be harmful.

If you’re scrolling and your neck isn’t supported your neck muscles will not thank you.

I don’t believe for a second his family is holding the bag.

https://xcancel.com/hkashfi/status/1995109785679573167

I think there’s reasonable high and low bounds as you say, but i think there’s a lot of factors as others have said. Income, culture, and cost of living are big factors. If you live in the USA and basically need to do a weekly shop at Costco for a family of 4 you need a lot more space than a single person who is able to eat out for nearly every meal in a dense urban area with affordable and moderately healthy street food (so a tiny hot plate suffices as a kitchen). But a family of 4 living in an urban area with lots of shops might do the groceries on the way home from work several times a week and then the refrigerator doesn’t need to be enormous.

Lifestyle plays into it as well. If you have a serious hobby you need space for it - whether it’s sewing, machining, fitness, or gaming. If you live on a rural property, you need space to keep chickens and a lawn tractor and a lot more necessities than someone in a flat in London.

Thanks for sharing this. I just listened through the whole album alongside your commentary. I haven’t listened through before, or don’t remember it. Fantastic.

Oh yeah I’ve read about some of this. Insane!

If you’re wondering why all the places to legally dispose of a body need a death certificate, this article right here is why.

Also:

Hard SPF and DKIM enforcement helps.

It’s not laws that prevent disclosure. It’s laws that require it

states that do not currently mandate salary disclosure in job postings

other states with active pay transparency laws will not be considered at this time

I just learned about this yesterday. Haven’t found out if my previous backup solution also has become encrypted. The cloud backup, I understand. But… I don’t have much going on there that’s sensitive. Family locations? I guess…

I’ve pushed the limits of the SAF a few times.

Noting that I could buy a new NAS every year with what we save on not Netflix is helpful occasionally.

It’s cheaper to build a new server. Cloud… just isn’t cheap. Makes sense for accounting purposes and business reliability standards to a degree but not much for home use.

This happened to me:

1. I need a server for my Linux ISO backuos
2. i want to be able to automatically turn in a thing but only when it needs to be on. I guess i need Homeassistant.

Now my whole family relies on this underpowered house of cards.

“Good” software based RAID (unraid, zfs, etc.) needs reliable access directly to the drives. Usually, USB attached storage doesn’t meet this criteria.

Not using RAID is risky unless you’re very confident in your extensive backups (which you should have anyways).

Personally I have been using a mini PC running TrueNAS with a JBOD over USB3.1 for years and have had some hiccups but nothing catastrophic, but I’m migrating it soon to a device I can use SATA.

Hardware raid is typically not a great idea because you’re usually tied to the chip.

More like “What the Irish government did (to drive the economy forward without thinking about long term impacts to services and reliance on robber barons)”

They created a tax haven which created some jobs but doesn’t really capture on the value creation.