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  • I'm aware, but that's not what this article is about.

  • Well I'm not your boyfriend but I'd enjoy the act of sharing my knowledge and exploring distros with my partner much more than her telling me she went online to talk to a bunch of strangers about something I have an interest/knowledge of.

    Also be aware that if this is your first time installing a new os you should assume you will lose all the files on your computer in the process, back up what you care about.

  • If you have a job or are student you'll know that using Linux usually results in a direct increase in corporate tech support battles.

  • If your doing this for him then why not just ask him to help you choose a distro and show you how it works?

  • Not really. Their messaging is always to prioritise personal safety.

    It's great that old mate managed to get the gun and I salute him for his bravery but if that shooter had been a bit more aware or if he'd slipped or lost his grip then he may well have died of lead poisoning.

    Vicpol or any organisation is never going to advocate for a member of the public to put themselves in danger. They won't tell him off but they certainly won't encourage it.

  • It might be dumb but its true. why do you think their advice during a home invasion is to just leave asap?

  • It's that...real?

  • I wouldn't be surprised that a country in a literal fight to the death against what should be the third super power is a slightly better breeding ground for innovation and hard work than Raytheon/LockheedMartin deciding what incremental improvement they can drip feed the pentagon to min/max their effort to profit ratio.

  • They have to stop letting yoda have the final say on head lines.

  • It's probably not but if all the system admins are using vault warden at home then they may consider using vaultwarden at work and that would cost bitwarden money.

  • People got tired of having to stab bosses so we invented labour unions

  • It should probably be mentioned that these houses have only one or two tiny windows, walls that are up to 2m thick, two layers seperate layers of sone wall and a White domed roof, to reflect the sun's heat.

    The fact that walls are made of stone is the least important factor in insulating these homes.

    I'd say the roof is the most important part. For some reason we are obsessed with dark roofs, at least in the west. The dome is also innovative as it greatly reduces how much of the roof is ever perpendicular to the sun and this reduces how much uv energy is absorbed.

  • It analyses your shit and cross checks against the Bristol stool chart.

    It then has either Metamucil or a block of cheese delivered to your house as needed.

  • This is a guide for getting the rstp back for some of the wyse cameras. I haven’t used it myself https://houndhillhomestead.com/using-wyze-cam-v3s-with-frigate/. Someone else recommended thingno which I have read works but also haven’t tried.

    One of the reasons wifi is discouraged is for anyone who lives in an apartments or even units, the wifi channels often very crowded. If you live in your own house it’s less of an issue but they still generate continual traffic. Having to punch through a few walls, as they will probably have to do if you are sitting them up outside, will have an effect too. As will the weather.

    There are many tricks to running cable between floors. If you have down lights you can pop them out then use a bit of yellow tongue to poke between the holes, running the cable from light to light. most modern houses use pozi trusses for floor support and they have many openings for running services.

    Or if you own the house just cut a few holes in the plaster. Patching and painting one ceiling not that big of a job and you’ll be able to use the same cameras for years and years instead of replacing when the battery dies.

  • If you get a PoE switch many cameras are designed to be run off of the power it can supply over an Ethernet cable. So you just have to run the Ethernet cable (pretty easy).

    Also you can get splitters that will break that PoE cable into one Ethernet and a 12v barrel jack for cameras that are not designed to use PoE directly.

    I can’t stress enough how much better a direct connection is than wifi, but understand that sometimes it is the only option.

    Other benefits include simply unplugging the camera from the switch if it freezes up as this effectively switches it off (this can be done remotely if you have a managed switch.) and obviously higher quality, more stable streams.

    Have a look through the frigate documentation before buying a device to run it. It needs some kind of gpu to process the frames for object identification. The most economical one in my opinion is a something intel 8th gen or higher like a hp elite desk mini pc that has a 2.5in sata slot with the igpu and ideally a proper spinning hdd for the recording as it is constantly being written to and an ssd will burn out faster.

  • If you want a local camera system you need a NVR (Networked Video Recorder). These have Ethernet ports and’s you connect security cameras to them over Ethernet, they record, store and allow you to view the footage.

    A DVR does the same thing but will use a video signal to record, maybe coax or component. These are getting a bit old and also have lower limits on how far the video signal can travel than an NVR but work and are cheaper, many offer network access to view the cameras and recordings.

    If you are looking at budget options you can use the software FrigateNVR. It is an open source NVR software designed to work with any camera that uses standard protocols (and many that don’t thanks to the active community). Including wireless cameras although everyone in the community recommends avoiding wireless cameras unless have no other options.

    You will be able to use your wyze cameras will frigate.

    Almost all IP Cameras, especially the cheap one are considered compromised and open to easy hacking. It is important to isolate them on their own VLAN, if you really care about privacy so they can only talk to your NVR.

    It is important to remember security cameras are cameras and need light to perform, especially in the dark. If you need a camera to perform in no light situations you either rely on its own lights which will illuminate maybe 5-10m, and external light source like a flood light or you have a larger camera sensor that can drink in the ambient light for decent quality (this last option will only come from a camera that costs 200-300USD.

    A cheap 4k (8mp) camera will perform worse in low light than a cheap 6mp as they often have the same size sensor.

  • “No evidence of arterial narrowing”

    Well now I know she’s lying

  • Phew, luckily I was a crossfit, Linux using, raspberry pi owning vegetarian. And I made sure everyone knew it so I wasn’t associated with those crossfit, Linux using, raspberrypi owning vegans!

  • This guy?