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Dave

@ Dave @lemmy.nz

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Aotearoa / New Zealand lemmy.nz

4h ago

Overseerr & Jellyseerr to merge into Seerr
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Dave @lemmy.nz 4h ago
Ah right, that makes sense!

5h ago

Overseerr & Jellyseerr to merge into Seerr

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Dave @lemmy.nz 5h ago

I could have sworn I read this announcement a couple of months ago.

6h ago

What are some Fediverse server hosting tips?

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Dave @lemmy.nz 6h ago

Your instance would have private/public keys for communicating with other instances. By changing software, all that is gone, and you might find other instances rejecting your federation activities, this is doubly true if you used the same username, because they would already have a record of that user with a different public key.

I'd suggest using a subdomain or a new domain, re-using a domain for a different Fediverse server is likely to have issues. A subdomain would be treated as a different domain so would be fine.

This is also something to know for a different scenario: taking your lemmy instance and changing the domain but keeping the content is likely to break federation as well.

12h ago

Home renovations

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Dave @lemmy.nz 12h ago

Ok but for real, that wouldn't work, right? How would them holding it complete the circuit? The circuit is just gonna be from one screw to the top of the pole back through another screw, not the part the person is holding.

2d ago

negotiating rule

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Dave @lemmy.nz 2d ago

Just to be clear, how long is this line in terms of distance? It sounds like a lot of running.

2d ago

DIY

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Dave @lemmy.nz 2d ago

Is that a normal place to put the cooler on intel systems?

3d ago

I have a rasberry pi 5 collecting dust, what are some neat useful things i can do with it?

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Dave @lemmy.nz 3d ago

Well I don't know if dependent is the right word. I'm fully aware that Home Assistant is something I play with for fun.

I can check the app and see how much power my solar has generated today, how hot my water heater is, or see what temperature it is inside or outside. None of that is helpful for anything other than for fun.

Though it can do thinks like automaticaly bump up the target temperature of my hot water when the solar is making too much power in order to store that energy as heat, which is pretty cool (and might save me money).

What can I say, this is some people's idea of fun. I got security cameras (that I can view through home assistant) and put them not pointed at entryways or windows because I don't care about security, I pointed them at areas where the dog is and the kids play so I can play with object and facial recognition, all locally processed.

It's ok to not think it's your idea of fun, but if anyone uses home assistant in a way that they rely on rather than just for the fun of playing with the technology then I'd love to hear what that use is!

3d ago

Thank you North East Ohio Regional Sewer District

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Dave @lemmy.nz 3d ago

Yeah, I didn't think about this before but I guess you need to be careful if you have water from a bore hole. I didn't realise that safe distance was only 30m! But I'm also under the impression that septic systems are quite carefully designed, not just a big hole soaking blackwater into the ground.

Everyone I know on septic systems gets their water from rainwater (something we get a lot of here) so contamination isn't a problem.

3d ago

Thank you North East Ohio Regional Sewer District

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Dave @lemmy.nz 3d ago

Interesting! They make a good point that you normally have most of the infrastructure needed because you're already treating wastewater. They mention a couple of additional things thatmight happen before reintroducing into the drinking water system but all in all it does sound pretty feasible!

Now I know what to search for, I found this. It seems it's not that common yet but there is growing interest in it. Interestingly Oregon isn't mentioned.

3d ago

Thank you North East Ohio Regional Sewer District

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Dave @lemmy.nz 3d ago

I guess the difference is that it's presumably quite diluted by the river, rather than directly feeding waste water back to the drinking water pipe.

3d ago

Google Fused Location Services?

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Dave @lemmy.nz 3d ago

Ah so it falls back to GPS, and doesn't pick up the micro-g location.

I have this setting disabled on my phone and it works pretty quickly. But GrapheneOS has options like using proxied Apple location servers which I guess is what mine falls back to.

You don't have the ability to choose other location servers in your phone's settings?

3d ago

Google Fused Location Services?

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Dave @lemmy.nz 3d ago

What happens when that's disabled, does it use your devices geolocation?

3d ago

Do you send Valentines day gifts to anyone other than your significant other/partner/spouse?

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Dave @lemmy.nz 3d ago

I don't even send one to my significant other/partner/spouse.

3d ago

Thank you North East Ohio Regional Sewer District

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Dave @lemmy.nz 3d ago

Well I was thinking there's a big difference between what is safe to release into the environment (solids removed, UV treated to kill germs, maybe some other stuff) vs safe drinking water. But I guess waste water is mostly just water - not mostly urine. So maybe it's not as big of a gap as I assumed. After all, they pump water in from rivers and lakes for filtering and treatment before putting it in the pipes, maybe it isn't that big of a difference after all?

3d ago

Thank you North East Ohio Regional Sewer District

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Dave @lemmy.nz 3d ago

We are, but even simply desalinating water is very expensive last I heard. To turn sewage into drinking water sounds like it would be even more expensive. I know they drink recycled pee on the ISS but that's cheaper than launching water up all the time.

3d ago

Thank you North East Ohio Regional Sewer District

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Dave @lemmy.nz 3d ago

Woah, they take wastewater and turn it into drinking water? Is that common? I would have thought it would be cost prohibitive.

3d ago

Klarna for rent

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Dave @lemmy.nz 3d ago

People get paid in the US either monthly or biweekly.

Ah, this is different than the other comment implied. They said:

I tend to forget that salaries are paid weekly in the US. Then this makes at least somewhat sense.

3d ago

Klarna for rent

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Dave @lemmy.nz 3d ago

You said it makes sense that in the US people get paid weekly (and pay rent monthly) so having a service that lets you pay rent off each week makes sense.

I'm asking why in the US people don't pay rent weekly. Where I live it's the most common way of doing it.

3d ago

Klarna for rent

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Dave @lemmy.nz 3d ago

But then why isn't rent paid weekly?

Where I live, weekly or fortnightly pay is more common than monthly, and rent is almost always paid weekly.

3d ago

it's been a week

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Dave @lemmy.nz 3d ago

I thought it might be that. I just didn't want anyone to get the impression you use your phone less because it can't do as much! I still use mine too much 😅