As expected, the case against the SPLC brought by the child rapist cheerleaders at the DOJ begins to fall apart.

You didn’t mention it can also recognize and identify wildlife, trash cans, lawnmowers, license plates, delivery truck companies, and even faces.

I’ve been using Frigate for years. The built in object detection (without subscription) is excellent and very near 100% accurate. Initial setup was somewhat of challenge though. It’s free (donations encouraged) or a low cost subscription for more advanced detection.

As interesting as this is, users are still subject to the whims of a corporation that can completely change their policies each time a new executive is hired.

There’s a graveyard somewhere for apps and services that were free or low cost (and without ads) until the company decided to change their model to restrict or eliminate free usage. Teamviewer, Dropbox, RealVNC, Google Drive, Amazon Prime (ad free) Videos, Duolingo, Youtube, Zoom and Evernote are examples that lots of individuals use.

I’ve personally been bitten by this often enough to avoid any corporation’s “free” service whenever possible.

If you’re not dealing with CGNAT, Dynamic DNS (DDNS) is relatively easy to set up, doesn’t require a VPS and is designed specifically for dealing with changing IP address endpoints.

Instead of connecting using your (sometimes changing) IP address, you use a URL that dynamically updates when your IP changes. For instance, with DDNS you would access your home network using mynetwork.ddnsservice.com. The DDNS service returns your current IP and your connection can complete. Most routers have built DDNS clients that update the DDNS service when your home IP changes.

There are various DDNS services out there, but I like DuckDNS. It’s free (or you can choose to donate), easy to set up and has worked flawlessly for me for years.

That was my plan, but since GrapheneOS is based on Google’s Android 16 code I’d expect it to have the same bugs.

Not surprised Apple’s market share is improving.

I bought a Pixel 10 and Google’s software quality control is laughable. Ridiculously simple things just don’t work properly. For instance Google has broken Bluetooth for some common devices, USB won’t connect at all to some computers, and audio players are killed to save battery even when the phone is plugged in.

Never thought I’d consider an Apple but an Iphone my will be my next purchase.

For years there were opinion pieces in publications about how much better renting is than buying. Financial experts made the case that the expense of purchasing and maintenance weren’t worth any benefits of ownership, especially in the long term. After dealing with big rent increases, insane landlords, and apartments being shown while I was living in them I wasn’t convinced. When adding in the relative stability in the of costs of ownership I always thought those experts were full of crap.

Turns out none of those articles took sudden increases in property values and rent into account. Trying to rent an apartment for someone on a moderate fixed income in my area has become damn near impossible. Rents have gone up ~60% in 5 years far exceeding the COL increases most people see from retirement income or even the raises they may be getting from their employers if they’re working.

Buying a home was one of the best financial decisions I’ve ever made.

Battery charge limit will allow you to set it to stop charging at partial charge. Doing so greatly increases the battery lifespan and can reduce possible fire risk even further while still leaving far more backup time than a UPS would provide.

See if that laptop model allows you to limit the battery charge. If the battery’s still holding a charge, isn’t swollen, and is kept at room temperature you have about a 1 in a million chance of a battery fire.

Parking your car in your garage has hundreds of times more fire risk.

Try testing TLP in battery mode even if you’re not using a laptop. You can configure all kinds of things to your liking with it.

I tried it out a few years ago and none of my server apps showed any noticeable decrease in performance with it running, but my power monitoring plug did show a reduction in power consumption. I ended up leaving it enabled all the time.

Putin’s lackey just needs an excuse to follow his boss’s orders.

Haven’t tried that yet. For now I’ve blocked most of Roku’s BS with Adguard Home.

Roku is every bit as bad. They bricked all customer’s previously purchased TVs by implementing a new user agreement through their UI without warning. It couuld not be bypassed. Opting out required first opting in, agreeing to those new terms and then mailing a letter within a very short window with explicit, detailed requirements.

My next TV won’t be connected to the Internet and definitely won’t be a Roku or Visio product.

This is the best flan we’ve ever had. It’s also the best our friends in Mexico have ever tasted. They had thirds.

I set up KeepassKC with Syncthing temporarily years ago while looking for other options. To my surprise it’s worked so well there’s been no reason to change to anything else.

The database file is always backed up to multiple devices. With Syncthing file versioning turned on older backups are available if that file gets corrupted, but in 8+ years I’ve never had to use one of those older backups.

Initially I was using Syncthing discovery servers which allowed syncing from anywhere, but I’ve since moved away from that. Now everything is run locally and I use Wireguard to connect to my home network when I’m away.

I’d get that old Pi running with a cheap SSD, set up Wireguard (or just use the Syncthing discovery servers), put it on a shelf and forget about it. It’ll probably run for years with minimal attention.

Officers who falsify charges should be in jail, but in the U.S. wearing a badge gives criminals almost complete immunity to the law.

The only reason Microsoft is doing anything is their enterprise customers have had enough of their BS.

HP is a garbage company. My laptops typically last until the hardware is well past obsolete, but not HP’s crap. My HP X360 laptop’s motherboard failed completely and the hinges just fell apart for the 2nd time. This POS didn’t last for 3 years of occasional use. Never again.

Many of the prominent https VPN protocols are for evading the great firewall of China. OP had that as a requirement

OP said exactly the opposite. Where the fuck do you get this stuff?