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TedZanzibar

@ TedZanzibar @feddit.uk

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  • Long-lasting trauma not included

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  • I feel like this is the wrong way around. It should say that five lights are included but show pictures of four.

  • What is the most controversial TV finale?

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  • Controversial as in it ruined an otherwise great show? Dexter.

  • Thoughts on Philips Hue Lights

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  • I have a mix of normal Hue bulbs and some Innr brand GU10 (spotlight) bulbs. The difference in quality of light from both brands is quite noticeable, with Hue being far and away better in terms of colour blending and accuracy. There's a reason the Hue bulbs are 2-3x the price of the competition

    That said, I've had multiple Hue bulbs either outright fail or one LED die so that it still works but the colour is completely wrong. It's frustrating for bulbs that are supposed to last decades but maybe the latest generation are more robust.

    They're also regularly on sale for Black Friday and the like, so I'd advise planning your purchases around those events.

    I wouldn't worry about leaving them on. Standby power draw is very low and I think even at maximum output they use about 7W each. It's just not a big deal.

  • jotty·page - Checklists & Notes made it easy

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  • It's more like £150/year, but it's charged every 3 years. Still very expensive compared to .com for sure!

  • jotty·page - Checklists & Notes made it easy

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  • This looks really good and I'm enthused with how responsive you're being, will definitely give it a try.

    It is a bit of a shame you didn't call it Jott as jo.tt is available as a domain, but then the tt TLD is pretty expensive so maybe not!

  • Which game would you erase from your memory, in order to experience it fresh once again?

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  • Just a shame the sublime platforming had to be continuously interrupted by repetitive fights! Still, I want to play it again now.

  • Which game would you erase from your memory, in order to experience it fresh once again?

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  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. A game of pure charm.

    I used to habitually replay it every Christmas until one year it just felt too janky. They were supposed to be remaking it but the expected release date came and went without a word and now it's just vaporware.

  • What are you all using for a 2FA token manager?

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  • It's niche but I like to point it out whenever I get the opportunity: if your workplace uses Bitwarden Enterprise, every licensed user gets a free family plan that can be linked to any account. I haven't personally paid for BW for years.

  • Why do our away missions always end up in caves?

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  • Caves with suspiciously flat floors, too.

  • Pure magic!

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  • Does anyone else use their steam deck as a PC? How's it?

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  • Bit late with a reply but I bought one with this use case in mind, thinking it could be a cost effective family PC, but immediately fell foul of the lack of proper user switching. You can sign in to different Steam profiles but on the desktop everything runs under a single predefined user with admin rights. Fine for a single person but no good for a family needing multiple distinct user profiles and access controls.

    I've installed Windows as a dual boot setup but it makes the whole thing much more of a faff, so it doesn't get used. It's back to being exclusively a handheld gaming machine.

  • Recomend a Mini PC to host home assistant on

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  • This is the sort of nerdery I'm here for! Pray tell, how would you go about using those temperature glyphs with a phone keyboard?

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    Do I need the ISPs home router?

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  • This right here. In the UK we have a little box (ONT) where the fibre comes into the home that essentially acts as a modem and converts the fibre to ethernet and back again and then they provide a separate wireless router that plugs into it. Other than for my current ISP where I had to specifically request that they enable bridge mode (which they did for free), I've never had any issues plugging my own router into the ethernet side of this box.

    If your ISP's wireless router plugs directly into the fibre then you should be able to request that it's set to bridge mode so that it becomes just a dumb ONT box like we have here. Albeit a large and clunky one.

  • A domain I like has expired, how do I go about registering it for myself?

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  • Contacting the registrar is worth a shot and could be your best bet. I recently did a similar thing except the expiring domain was on a pretty obscure country-TLD with only one registrar. They told me how long the grace period was and then I setup a script to check the availability every minute and alert me when it came up.

    Probably not feasible with a .com or similar but they might be able to help in some regard. Edit: though having read about drop catching, that's definitely your best bet if it's likely to be sniped!

  • What's your most pointless or silliest automation?

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  • My fancy toaster came with dire warnings to not leave it plugged in when it's unsupervised, presumably because the cut-off on the mechanical timer can fail. Instead I plugged it into a smart socket with an automation to kill the power if there's a continuous draw for more than 4 minutes.

    Not for fun but probably my most pointless. Other than when I was testing it I don't expect this automation to ever fire.

  • introducing copyparty, the FOSS file server

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  • This is very impressive and I'm highly likely to give it a whirl. My question is, though: would it be something that my very non-tech savvy wife could use?

    Eg. I'm thinking setup the app on her phone with a default location and when she asks me for a file I can just tell her that I've "put it in the app", and she'll be able to easily retrieve it. Also same thing but vice versa, though the video seems to cover that via the Android share menu...

    Again, super impressive. Good job!

  • Angela Rayner: I’ve taken all sorts — but we won’t legalise cannabis

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  • I did not know that, though unless we've got a real dodgy doctor somewhere I doubt the entire town has a prescription.

  • Angela Rayner: I’ve taken all sorts — but we won’t legalise cannabis

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  • Ah yes I forgot about Canada. I tried to be unambiguous but I am in the UK, and I just meant that the people in my town seem to believe that since the laws have largely changed over there then that somehow also applies to us. Everybody's so blasé about using it and the cops don't care so we should just tax the stuff already.

  • Angela Rayner: I’ve taken all sorts — but we won’t legalise cannabis

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  • Everybody in my town seems to think it's legal ever since most of the US legalised it. The smell of weed is everywhere and I've seen numerous people casually smoke it in the street. The police don't seem to care, so they may as well just make it official and start reaping the tax benefits.

    Edit: Just to be clear, I am in the UK.