bdonvr
@bdonvr@thelemmy.club
Administrator of thelemmy.club
Nerd, truck driver, and kinda creeped that you’re reading this.
- Comment on Also, in my state, all the drivers are the worst 1 day ago:
Nah. The state I used to live in I wouldn’t say either of those things.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
This isn’t that odd. My father was deployed in the military when I was born
- Comment on Man accidentally gains control of 7,000 robot vacuums 3 days ago:
It could even grab metadate of every traffic in your wifi
Nah it’s on a separate vlan
It probably has a temperature sensor (knows when you open your windows). It probably has a movement sensor hence beeing able to grab vibration data…like do you walk around, when, how much, more than one person.
To what end?
It could also act as part of a DDoS attack or be used as a domestic ip proxy.
Maybe. Being a major brand I’m sure some network nerds would notice these kind of packets at some point. But that’s probably the most realistic.
- Comment on Man accidentally gains control of 7,000 robot vacuums 3 days ago:
This is why mine has no camera
Go ham. Most data you’re getting out of me is my floor layout lmao.
- Comment on Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras 4 days ago:
I mean you wouldn’t be destroying them. I’m sure it would be a marginally lesser charge but no doubt you’d get charged eventually.
- Comment on Is Reddit banning posts with "join-lemmy.org"? 1 week ago:
No, you should have stopped using that dump years ago.
To be fair advertising Lemmy/Piefed is one of the few good uses of reddit
- Comment on Welp straight to the bin 1 week ago:
Yeah. Works for pepper not for salt.
- Comment on Server upgrades complete! The Lemmy Club is now hosted in Canada 🇨🇦! - plus, we're moving away from Cloudflare. 1 week ago:
Yes, this was implemented a while ago. Click your profile name at the top right of the site (or the hamburger menu on mobile). Then click settings, then scroll down to Import/Export Settings. Click “Export”. A file will download.
Then on your new account do the same but this time click Browse and select the file you downloaded, then Import.
It won’t move upvote/downvote records, DMs, etc. It will move subscribed communities, block lists, saved posts, and user settings.
Thanks for the interest!
- Submitted 1 week ago to announcements@thelemmy.club | 9 comments
- Comment on The Lemmy Club will be going down at 01:00am EST (06:00UTC) on Feb 15 for server upgrades. We are currently expecting up to 3 hours of downtime. 1 week ago:
Happy cakeday!
- Submitted 1 week ago to announcements@thelemmy.club | 4 comments
- Comment on I have a rasberry pi 5 collecting dust, what are some neat useful things i can do with it? 1 week ago:
Check out docs-os.mainsail.xyz
If you have a 3D printer where you just take an SD card out, put it in the computer, put your STLs on, put it back in the machine, then print… You’ll like this. I have my Pi set up with MainsailOS and what it does is basically control your printer. It even integrates into my slicer so I just slice my file then hit print and it starts immediately over WiFi.
If your printer is WiFi connected already this may be less useful but Klipper is pretty powerful for tuning and stuff so it’s still a benefit.
- Comment on I have a rasberry pi 5 collecting dust, what are some neat useful things i can do with it? 2 weeks ago:
Do you have a 3D printer?
- Comment on My feelings on the Super Bowl 2 weeks ago:
My team hasn’t gone to the Superbowl in its 25 year history so like, nah Pats fans deserve more suffering.
- Comment on Veganuary 2 weeks ago:
And a bit of lime juice for acid will make it taste great and round out a few more vitamins.
- Comment on My feelings on the Super Bowl 2 weeks ago:
It’s also a very valid answer to a football fan. There’s two camps, Patriots fans and literally every other fanbase going for the Seahawks.
- Comment on me, being surprised at how good radishes are 2 weeks ago:
Oh fuck is this the quarterly Lemmy obsession with some food product
- Comment on So how would you handle this? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah at best you’d start a fire at the roof. Wouldn’t do anything to the pole
- Comment on Man posts his incorrect opinion online 2 weeks ago:
I feel like the US is very split on this.
Personally I have all hard floors and don’t care if someone has shoes on, but personally shoes in the house feels weird to me.
- Comment on The developers of PEAK, explaining how they decided on pricing for their game. 2 weeks ago:
8 bucks is definitely 10 bucks in my book. 6.99 is 5 but above that and I start thinking 10.
- Comment on The search thing in Google photos is beyond useless 2 weeks ago:
Sight I get that just not sure why cats are the 2nd best Gandalf (with tits).
- Comment on How come decades in the 1900s look fairly well differentiated but from like 2004 on feels like a giant run on? 2 weeks ago:
I feel like the 00s and 10s and 20’s all had pretty distinct aesthetics, music, etc as much as the 1900s decades.
- Comment on The search thing in Google photos is beyond useless 2 weeks ago:
I don’t have Gandalf with tits in my photo library but if I did I’m sure my Immich search would bring it up.
- Comment on [thelemmy.club] The server is now back online. Sorry for the interruption! 3 weeks ago:
Your boss called and said I had to ban you, sorry.
- Submitted 3 weeks ago to announcements@thelemmy.club | 2 comments
- Comment on Server upgrades complete! 3 weeks ago:
Netcup. And yeah, I know. If I could find a decently priced Canadian provider it would be nice.
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- Comment on lightbulbs 3 weeks ago:
loss of Internet connection
No. They aren’t controlled via Internet (they can be, but it’s not vital). You have Zigbee switches that control them through radio. Or you control them with your Zigbee controller which is hooked up to your network, but works locally so even if your Internet is down it works on LAN.
voltage drops/brown outs/black outs … They all turn on the full brightness for “safety”
Depends on the brand. Some do this. Most do out of the box but you can go into the settings of your Zigbee controller and disable that. I’d read reviews first.
Also Phillips Hue is actually a Zigbee bulb, which can be used with non-Hue Zigbee controllers. If I’m reading right this setting can be configured. community.hueessentials.com/t/…/720
- Comment on lightbulbs 3 weeks ago:
Brand/model isn’t important.
You’ll need a HomeAsstant controller. You can buy one premade premade or you can look up tutorials and make your own with a raspberry pi or old laptop or PC. Then you’ll need a ZigBee controller, this is a radio that will talk to your smart lights and other accessories.
You then get ZigBee compatible lights. Phillips Hue is the top of the line but so stupidily expensive I’d never recommend it. Innr makes good ones at half the cost. ThirdReality makes decent ones too for even cheaper.
You’ll probably also want some ZigBee switches to have physical controls for your lights instead of just by phone. They make models that replace your actual light switches. Or, if you rent like me and can’t modify that, you can get battery powered ones that stick on the wall. Battery life is like a year or more so not too bad.
That’ll do it. You can also use HomeAssistant now that you’ve got it. It’s a home automation software that’s open source and locally controlled. You can hook up much more than your lights. Smart plugs, your TV, 3D printer, fans, cameras, tons of sensors, your thermostat, robovac, etc. Then make automations that connect them. For example my living room ZigBee switch, one press up toggles the main lights. Double press for the lamp. Hold down and it turns off all lights and the TV. Some lights like my closet light are controlled by a door sensor instead of a switch, so they come on automatically. Some people prefer motion sensors so all lights are automatic. Turn off stuff automatically when you leave, etc.
- Comment on lightbulbs 3 weeks ago:
Imagine having both
ZigBee baybeee. Fully local, offline, forever. Nobody can stop them working.