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chaospatterns

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  • Python needs an actual default function

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  • a> bash doesn’t have a main function either and no one is fucking complaining.

    I don't complain about Bash's lack of features because I choose not to write Bash scripts and instead use saner languages.

  • At Amazon, Some Coders Say Their Jobs Have Begun to Resemble Warehouse Work

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  • I used to work in Amazon (left after 10 years because it wore me down), but it wasn't that compartmentalized.

    I'm sure there were some teams that were like that but I could easily find another team, open a ticket, get a response and see their on calls investigate the issue. It was often times possible to look at their service metrics and source code to see if I could find the problem myself.

    Support just can't share that info because they don't know what is considered a trade secret or internal detail vs what is public.

  • Energy usage clamp meters

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  • I've used Brultech in a house before. It's not very user friendly to setup having to download some different firmware flashing tools and configure everything in a brittle web UI that only allows one browser tab at once. But it does have Ethernet, comes with a variety of different CT clamps. The donut style CT clamps are very compact making it easy to fit them into a electrical box. Don't use the built-in one, use the HACS integration. The different sizes make me think that the Brultech is probably more accurate than the Emporia with only a single size.

    I ended up going with Emporia Vue2 for my own house given the complexity and my house layout not really permitting the Brultech's install.

  • Home Assistant - Deprecating Core and Supervised installation methods, and 32-bit systems

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  • Containers can provide SBoMs too and in comparison to HA OS, which is what the comment was referring to, container and core give you better control over the application allowing for more security mechanisms. Comparing container vs core for security is interesting cause container gives you some security features for free like seccomp, cap drops, namespacing, etc. which you don't get for free with core.

    I find the claim that core is more secure than a container because it has an SBoM as dubious, but maybe you're talking generally about containers vs distro package managers, which is a different point, but SBoM isn't the only thing that makes some secure/stable.

  • Home Assistant - Deprecating Core and Supervised installation methods, and 32-bit systems

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  • Nope. Docker and Home Assistant OS will be the only supported installation strategies

  • Why Balcony Solar Panels Haven’t Taken Off in the US

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  • No, it's electrical code. Standard outlets can't be used to supply power because it means you have a plug that has exposed wires commonly called suicide wires. While these balconey top solar likely use grid following so it has to detect a grid voltage, the electrical code doesn't consider it AFAIK. This rule is for safety and because it would only power half your house because there's only one leg per 110 outlet.

  • Became a part of a micro HOA and looking for banking options

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  • First thing you should do is read the bylaws. There should be some that define how the HOA should operate when it was incorporated. You don't want to break any bylaws. For two units I doubt it's that big of a document. You also should also get organized about all docs and record keeping especially if you have any sort of finances.

    My understanding thus far is that we should build up our funds and then put some of that money in CDs and brokerage accounts, eventually

    I don't know how much big of a budget you're going to have, but with larger HOAs like mine, we have operating costs and reserve expenses both with their own accounts. Reserve is for long term expenses like you need a new roof. Operating for paying things like shared landscaping. Reserve studies can help you identify how much time until you need to replace the roof or the siding or whatever other things are common with your building.

    Don't invest in the stock market, but at a certain account size CDs for long term investments are a good idea. We use that to help offset dues increases.

    It doesn't have to be complicated but you are technically running a business.

  • Denmark rethinking 40-year nuclear power ban amid Europe-wide shift

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  • Is it different than how a country would protect other infrastructure like government buildings, hospitals, other electrical grid infrastructure, dams, etc.?

  • Fwupd 2.0.9 Released With Firmware Updating Support For Intel Arc Battlemage

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  • My Framework laptop uses fwupd for all the firmware. I was pleasantly surprised when I plugged in my Logitech receiver and it told me there was an update for the receiver.

  • The Beauty Of Having A Pi-hole · Den Delimarsky

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  • Different Operating Systems call it different things. Windows calls it Alternate. Even if it was only used when the primary was down, DNS doesn't provide any sort of guidance or standard on when to switch between primary and secondary. Is one query timeout enough to switch? How often do you reattempt to the first DNS server? When do you switch back? With individual queries, you can timeout and hit another NS server, but that's a lot easier at an individual level than to infer a global system state from one query timing out.

  • The Beauty Of Having A Pi-hole · Den Delimarsky

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  • And what do you set that secondary DNS entry to? Operating systems may use both, so you need the secondary to point to a pi hole or else you're letting ads through randomly.

  • That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing

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  • Its not difficult for technical people like you or me, but my friend who just wants to watch their favorite show on my Plex on their TV won't know how to traffic engineer the traffic over a Tailscale network to my network. My mom won't be installing Tailscale on her laptop and phone.

  • That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing

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  • With Plex, you're getting the easy ability to grant access to users. You get a single pane that can search across multiple Plex instances, and NAT traversal/port forwarding. Jellyfin makes you figure that out yourself.

  • Update policy?

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  • There's no guarantee bugs get fixed in a newer version, but there's a higher chance of a software feature working if it's been out for awhile with a few patch releases than it is for a brand new feature to work day one on a YYYY.MM.0 release. Home Assistant generally holds new features for those YYYY.MM.0, but patches get backported.

  • Hundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphones

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  • Past vulnerabilities doesn't mean there is active mpdern vulnerabilities especially ones in widely tested operating systems that's exploited by as many apps as people claim are listening when security researchers also regularly reverse engineer and analyze the source code of popular apps to figure out what they're doing. You can decompile Android apps pretty easily to see what they're doing. Some are obfuscated so it takes some effort.

    Its one thing to claim there's some a system level bypass for the icon that the NSA uses to spy on its enemies, it's another thing to claim that it's being exploited on a wide scale by a tech companies on different apps, iOS and Android, multiple versions/devices.

    The reality is that we leak tons of info through other mediums that are easier and cheaper to collect than through microphones.

  • Update policy?

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  • update 2.1.3 once update 2.1.4 becomes available

    I wouldn't use that policy because what if 2.1.4 includes a fix for an issue in 2.1.3?

    My update policy is wait until a month comes put, then update to the newest previous month's version. Patches for bugs go into mainline and are backported so this minimizes bugs in the new features.

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  • Here's a good reason why you should run an ad blocker. Block the Google Analytics script from loading entirely.

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  • Google Analytics gives you insights on what pages people visit, how long they spend, what kind of browsers and devices they use. That can give them data on what pages are important to customers and what screen sizes to support

    I'd rather they self host this data vs use Google Analytics, but there are benefits.

  • Firefox, VLC, Gimp, KeePass, LibreOffice among open source software endorsed by French Government

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  • They started charging money for Docker Desktop for companies and they have been adding pull limits on Docker Hub.