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DeltaTangoLima

@ DeltaTangoLima @reddrefuge.com

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Just an Aussie tech guy - home automation, ESP gadgets, networking. Also love my camping and 4WDing.

Be a good motherfucker. Peace.

  • TikTok must face U.S. lawsuit over the platform's viral “blackout challenge” that several parents blame for their children’s deaths, an appeals court ruled

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  • My own belief is that all social media is a cancer, and to be avoided entirely. I'm able to do that for myself, but I'm also realistic about the chances of keeping my kids away from it. So, I focus my energy on trying to equip them with the mental skills to neutralise the toxic aspects of social media.

    For my 9yo, that means teaching her to employ natural skepticism and critical thinking. I'm also trying to drum into her the understanding that social media is inherently untrustworthy and unreliable, and exists solely for the benefit of the corporations that run it.

    That said, I've blocked Tik Tok on my home network, much to the older kids' chagrin. They have to use mobile data if they want to access that shit on their phones.

  • Chromecast / Firestick Self Host Replacement

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  • The casting bit is the missing piece for me.

    I've built a RasPi with Kodi for our caravan, to use Plex and stream our free-to-air TV here in Australia (using Musk's space innernets). I just miss being able to cast from my phone, for the occasional thing I can't do with a Kodi add-on.

  • TikTok must face U.S. lawsuit over the platform's viral “blackout challenge” that several parents blame for their children’s deaths, an appeals court ruled

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  • Shit like this is why I intend to keep my (currently) 9yo as far away from social media as I can, for as long as I can. This fucking terrifies me, as it should any parent.

  • What is your "I could have been rich" story?

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  • Here in Australia, it's costing our family of five about $100k a year to live, excluding our mortgage. 4% return ($80K) is conservatively realistic here (for low risk investment), and still isn't enough.

    Like I said, while it would've set me up with a house and no debt, I'd still have to work to pay for the cost of living.

  • What is your "I could have been rich" story?

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  • In my mind, rich means not having to work again. A couple million doesn’t even get close, sadly.

  • EE warns parents against giving children under 11 a smartphone

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  • Well, at least where I live, phones are banned in schools. So that’s a good start.

  • EE warns parents against giving children under 11 a smartphone

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  • This is odd advice, when you consider many kids in the same age group probably have access to (or own) a tablet device of some sort. The only difference with a smartphone is the ability to call and text, and portability while staying connected (assuming many tablets aren't 4G/5G capable).

    Or am I missing something here?

  • What is your "I could have been rich" story?

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  • Nearly 30 years ago, I worked for a tiny li'l anti-virus software company that got acquired by one of the big boys, and everyone's performance-based options they were holding were suddenly worth a lot. Being hungry for career growth at the time, I'd left the company and forfeited those options. Less than 6 months later, they announced the sale of the company.

    My options woulda been worth a few million at the time, maybe double that in today's money. Importantly, it would've set me up with a nice house, car, etc, without any debt, in my early 20s.

    Not rich, but certainly comfortable.

  • BMW Adaptive Suspension Can Be Added via Subscription. Suspension As A Service (SAAS)

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  • I paid a subscription fee for the option

  • BMW Adaptive Suspension Can Be Added via Subscription. Suspension As A Service (SAAS)

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  • I'm starting to really hate this timeline. Might be time to pick another door.

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    How do you handle backup?

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  • RAID5 and unlimited downloads on my 1Gbps fibre. All I backup is my library metadata itself, using a 2N+C strategy.

  • Entity control from iOS widget

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  • It possibly would, but I don't have any Homekit devices, and I just feel hat this is a simple thing a home automation app should offer, it's almost conspicuous by it's removal/absence.

  • Entity control from iOS widget

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  • Yep, that's it. One of my most frequent uses of this widget was to turn the kitchen light off - the teenagers are forever walking in to the kitchen while we're watching TV in the loungeroom nearby, then forgetting to turn the light off when they leave again.

    Having a quick access widget for it just made it such a non-issue for me to turn it off. No fumbling and swiping for the app, and no interrupting what we're watching to issue a voice command.

  • Entity control from iOS widget

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  • Disappointing that, if this was a thing, they removed it. Seems like the very definition of regression to me.

    At least I know I'm not imagining it. Or that I'm not the only one. ;) Cheers!

  • Entity control from iOS widget

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  • Nah - not a widget per light. Per my OP, I had a widget that had a number of lights on it. The number varies based on widget size. I think mine had about 12 entities on it.

  • Entity control from iOS widget

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  • So you can't possibly conceive that a single finger tap on a home screen widget to control a light is far simpler, and takes less effort, than having to open the app each time, potentially scroll to the location of the entity you want to control, then tap?

  • Entity control from iOS widget

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  • Yep, but I'm talking about widgets that you place on your phone's home screen - not in the app directly.

  • I love piracy and seeders

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  • Name the band? Maybe some of us can pitch in.

  • What movie from your past are you completely nostalgia blind too?

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  • Oh man - hard disagree on this one for me. Still rates up there as one of the best adventure franchises of all time. We rewatch the trilogy as a family at least once every year or two, and always (re)notice awesome little easter eggs each time.

    Plus, entirely safe for family viewing. It's getting harder and harder to find movies series like that where the teenagers will still enjoy it, and the young 'un can get into it.