Zikeji

@Zikeji@programming.dev

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do NOT buy Creality⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a CR-10 vSomething a while back. Never really knew the version because it seemed like amalgamation of all their revisions.

  I spent more time calibrating and dialing it in than actually printing. That was the first and last Creality product I owned.

  I currently have a P1S but with the anti-consumer show they’ve been putting on if I do have to replace it I think the only printer I’d consider is something Prusa. Even though I’ve never had one, my first printer was a crappy Prusa clone that still was easier than anything else I’ve had aside from the P1S.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where did this mic come from and how to make it go away? [Android]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you rebooted the phone recently?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ring calls off partnership with police surveillance provider Flock Safety⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, that’s the capacity I’m using it in. I don’t have the Coral accelerator. I was trying to convey that pretty much any old PC and work for this with that one addon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ring calls off partnership with police surveillance provider Flock Safety⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Just to add on to this:

  Frigate is a open source solution that’ll take any RTSP capable camera and give it super powers. All those AI features the companies like Ring and Nest advertise, but locally. Sure, there is a learning curve - but it isn’t atrocious. And you’d need local hardware, but if you have a PC you could throw a $110 Coral USB Accelerator and get all this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does most American's give shit to the French when if not for them we would have lost the revolution?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah this is news to me. Apparently I’m supposed to give French people shit? Sounds like a hassle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rechargeable electric arc lighters kinda suck for the average person, and will typically end up as e-waste.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My sister uses a variation of this closer to a traditional lighter with a long neck to light her candles. It’s rechargeable, and she’s been using the same one for over a decade.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man posts his incorrect opinion online⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What does it mean the US is shoes on? In my entire life the only family I know of that did that was a hoarding family with layers of filth on their floor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A new quest appears...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn that’s new since I was messed with this. They even have MQTT! Thanks for pointing that out. I’ll have to switch over lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you know your boss is an insane moron⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a similar experience. I’d clock in from the mobile app while walking into the office, this way I could more efficiently make my morning rounds by starting from the entrance instead of going to the onsite terminal.

  They pulled me in, showed me security footage alongside the time clock timestamp showing me clock in a full what, 15 seconds before I enter the building? Said I was stealing time and wrote me up. Put it “on the record”. And required I use the physical terminal to clock in unless make an oncall visit to the datacenter.

  My daily routine changed from finishing the daily rounds efficiently in under 10 minutes to clocking in, going to the break room, getting a coffee, sitting down at my desk for half an hour catching up on work email and whatnot, then finally getting to the morning rounds, but I’d be extra thorough with the checks, so it’d take about half an hour instead of 10 minutes. Gotta be extra careful right?

  For context that was the time I worked IT and morning rounds was checking each device in the building that wasn’t employee equipment, so the TVs with their signage, clock in terminals, printers, etc. I’d come in at the rear entrance and could hit each checklist item without backtracking before finishing up at my office.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A new quest appears...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t consider that similar.

  My current workflow I use the Sleep as Android app, I click “Start sleep tracking” and the lights go off (+ other stuff). When the app wakes me up the lights come on. The app has support for Tasker’s plugin system, which makes it easily possible. I could use Automate, another proprietary app, but prefer Tasker thanks to the support I received from the dev (in fact I’ve received good support from both Sleep and Tasker).

  If I was to switch to a physical setup that required an NFC tag, I’d probably still use Tasker to initiate sleep tracking in Sleep as Android.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A new quest appears...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  HO? DJ you mean HA or something else I’m unfamiliar with? I didn’t see any option in the companion app or when creating and automation to trigger based on an Android intent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A new quest appears...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Take it a step further with Tasker and your sleep taking app. Lights go off when I start sleep tracking, lights come on with alarm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re describing a sense of nostalgia. And no, I don’t consider it immature.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ring Cameras Join Flock and Amazon to Now Create Direct Data Access for ICE⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s an archive link in case anyone else refuses to give Substack views due to their affinity for Nazis: archive.is/ns4Yq

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Verizon carriers start switching to 365-day device unlock policy, up from 60 days⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, I wouldn’t call it’s premium. Unlocked is closer to MSRP, whereas carrier locked is being subsidized by the carrier and whatever requirements they have in place. You’ll usually end up paying more in the long run then if you went with unlocked and a MVNO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do old people still remember their childhood? Do people just start losing their memories and their sense of self as they get older?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Like usual with us humans and our fickle minds, YMMV.

  There are many factors that can impact this, though I would clarify - you aren’t losing memories, they’re there, just harder to access. You aren’t losing your sense of self, it’s evolving - who you are as a person is constantly changing.

  For me personally, as someone with aphantasia I’ve never really been in touch with my memories in the first place. I’ve been very much a “in the moment” person - despite that my past experiences do define me, even if I don’t know why.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Warning: Stripe Asks For ID Verification⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The US government does not force us to use a KYC (ID verification / know your customer) provider, at least - not a basic web hosting provider. That could change whenever though, and I’m not sure if Racknerd has any special circumstances.

  As for why would a company do this - to prevent fraud and abuse. If a customer signs up and uses a stolen credit card, who do you think is on the hook for that loss? Not the victim, not the bank - us.

  Why would they use a stolen card if they’ll just end up getting their services cancelled one might ask - abuse. They’ll setup servers, create phishing pages, and immediately start sending out spam emails. Or distribute malware, or host illegal content, etc.

  This creates more work for us and negatively impacts the reputation of our network, and harms our legitimate customers.

  So yeah, if something so much as looks out of place on their order / information (such as using a VPN to place the order) we will usually start a ID verification. We’ll usually suspend them to lock them out while we wait on their response, or in extreme cases - immediately cancel and refund.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cheapest way to back up a *lot* of data?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is what I do - well, I back up there entire container. But functionally the same.

  There’s only a few pieces of media that I have backed up manually due to their rarity, but even those I don’t really care about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Warning: Stripe Asks For ID Verification⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I work for a hosting provider, not Racknerd though so I can’t speak to their processes. Main difference is that while we use Stripe, we don’t use their ID verification service (and no customers have reported that Stripe has forced them to do so).

  The post title is misleading. Yes, Stripe has an ID verification service, but Stripe isn’t what is requiring your ID. Racknerd is using Stripe’s ID verification feature against your payment because of some flag or policy on their end.

  Why take my money, charge for a year of service, and then send me a link to verify myself?

  This is standard operating procedure and happens in pretty much every industry that accepts online payments. Some flag, policy, etc. was indicated they need to take addition steps to verify you.

  The biggest issue here is with Stripe asking me to verify my identity, even though I’m not using their service. Yes, they might be legal, but their intrusive behavior in collecting people’s information is unreasonable and should not be tolerated.

  I’ll reiterate that Stripe did not arbitrarily force that on you, Racknerd did.

  In the future, I recommend avoiding services that require Stripe for payment verification. Though it seems impossible to distinguish between the transactions that requires it and those don’t.

  This isn’t useful advice. Racknerd forced the verification on you, not Stripe. I would recommend reviewing the terms of service and going from there. The hosting provider I work for explicitly mentions in the ToS that we may require ID verification. You can use nomenclature like that to a avoid a service, though Racknerd doesn’t mention it in theirs so YMMV. Research and accounts from other customers can be used as well.

  If the intent is to avoid ID verification, I would recommend ensuring the data you provide is accurate and up to date but there really isn’t much you can do outside of that. You can thank fraudsters and abusers for ruining that for you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does my ISP sometimes give one IPv6 and another with a different subnet?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah - yeah the /128 is what the ISP used to route traffic to your router. I believe that’s IPv6 PD (prefix delegation) - the router uses DHCPv6, gets given that /128 it’ll use for the ISP, then the ISP delegates the /64 (or other sizes) to the router.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does my ISP sometimes give one IPv6 and another with a different subnet?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If your ISP is doing to right IPv6 should be setup for SLAAC, in which case they would give you an entire /64. I don’t use OpenWRT, but I assume it’s showing you the IPv6 /64 for reference, and the /128 of the router in case you need to hit the router using it? If it’s SLAAC your client devices should be getting two IPv6 addresses as well. One is for privacy, that’s the one websites will see when you connect but can’t be hit, and the other is the one you would use to reach your computer from another device.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My friend is buying a new PC and he is deciding between air cooler and AIO, which should be get?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  An AIO or air cooler aren’t as impactful as the environment in my experience. Throw your computer in the corner of a room and that AIO ain’t gonna help.

  If you do go AIO, make sure you do it right.

  Either case, good airflow design does wonders - air cooled or AIO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was wondering why it was extra cold today. Makes sense now, thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Developer Accidentally Found CSAM in AI Data. Google Banned Him For It⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s also more distinct. CP has many potential definitions. CSAM only has the one I’m aware if.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A secret cord⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know if I were to setup the V2L feature on my car to power my home it would look like this (the manual way). But there would be a physical interlock that prevents mains power from being on while this is plugged in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Streaming like movies and TV, or like Twitch?

  And free as in the legal free ones, or illegal free ones?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Own domain for Jellyfin and privacy concerns⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Your connection being fine during downtime is a new detail not in your original post that changes the dynamics. That being said I believe my other response should be helpful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Own domain for Jellyfin and privacy concerns⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, it can’t hurt to cross it off. You don’t need to get a domain from a registrar that offers dynamic DNS, you just need to register a domain (or try another dynamic DNS like the other user suggested) and use a DNS provider that is free and offers an API. I personally use Cloudflare, there are plenty of guides for setting up a dynamic record on CF.

  For registering a domain you can use an affordable registrar, I’m a Porkbun customer - for a .com domain it’s like $11 for a year. No need to spend monthly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Own domain for Jellyfin and privacy concerns⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ha, if he said duckDNS I was going to recommend something more reliable like freedns.afraid.org.

  That being said, the description in his post doesn’t make it seem that way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Own domain for Jellyfin and privacy concerns⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Let’s back up some - a free dynDNS provider would not cause connection issues, unless DNS resolution itself stopped working - which is unlikely. It sounds more like the Internet you’re running off of itself has issues. What in particular is making you blame the dynDNS? Who is it?