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forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 12:20 AM

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lol kale and cheeseburger.. the lady here would be like so you want grass clippings on your burger.. coming right up

dull chasm Jun 29, 2020, 12:20 AM

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i thought about that ....but left it alone

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lol we have bahia will that do

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i am dying here ....this could go on for hours

tidal bronze Jun 29, 2020, 12:25 AM

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@dull chasm still picturing you in short shorts and boots. Yep this can go on for hours. 😂

dull chasm Jun 29, 2020, 12:26 AM

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if that happens you better check who and what they spiked my drink with

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i prolly havent worn shorts in at least a year

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more my style

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rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 12:33 AM

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https://tenor.com/view/what-the-fuck-wtf-blink182-gif-4982401

Tenor

dull chasm Jun 29, 2020, 12:33 AM

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lol you having a bad hair day ?

rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 12:38 AM

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no, I was looking at those rats nests of telco wires.

tidal bronze Jun 29, 2020, 12:47 AM

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i prolly havent worn shorts in at least a year
@dull chasm now I am worried about you. 🙄

rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 12:50 AM

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I only wear shorts unless I'm at work, which hasn't been for months.

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or when the wife makes me. 😛

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 12:55 AM

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@dull chasm is two toned. one color up top and another from the waist down

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when he needs to hide from the police he just simply takes off his pants and stands behind a sign thus only showing his lower half and they know it's not him cause that dude is an albino

rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 12:59 AM

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@forest edge @dull chasm is the popo, he doesn't have to worry about that.

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 1:00 AM

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you obviously never seen super troopers

dull chasm Jun 29, 2020, 1:00 AM

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yall are too damn funny

rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 1:01 AM

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it just happens.

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 1:16 AM

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What is this crap!

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Posts worldwide except Western Australia

rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 1:22 AM

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LOL

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they don't like your island

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has anyone used one of these 6s lipo batteries with their TS100?

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says 22.2v, that should safe since it can go up to 24v

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 1:32 AM

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I'm on the same continent as the seller

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Should be okay

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Your voltage will go up to like 28v when they're fully charged with no load

rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 1:34 AM

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well that's odd

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d'oh

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 1:34 AM

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But I think 6S is okay for ts100

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https://oscarliang.com/ts100-soldering-iron-power-supply/

Oscar Liang

Oscar

Power Supply for TS100 Soldering Iron - Activating God Mode! - Osca...

I recently found an awesome power supply for the TS100 I’ve to share with you guys! When I first got the TS100, I was powering it with a 4S LiPo. The performance was okay, I wasn’t blown away by it. That’s because at 16V, you are only using 45% of the power. To get the …

rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 1:34 AM

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yeah I saw that haha

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 1:35 AM

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However, you probably want to use a half-charged pack, because the TS100 is only rated for up to 24V. A fully charged 6S battery is 25.2V, so it may or may not damage your iron. I tried powering it with fully charged 6S battery a few times in the past and it didn’t get damaged. This is not an encouragement, it’s still safer to follow the spec. 🙂

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It's like any device, technically outside the rated range. May or may not cause short or long term damage

rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 1:36 AM

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I mean, the custom firmware at least has a setting for 6s

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 1:37 AM

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It's a roll of the dice

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If you want mORE POWAR without using a regulator,

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your choice

rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 1:37 AM

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yeah

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could go 5s

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 1:37 AM

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The 'recommended' input is 19v

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so a charged 6S is already pushing it quite alot

rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 1:38 AM

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5s is 18.5v

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but then it will go up to something higher when full charge eh?

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 1:38 AM

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It would but it should be okay if it's not over 24v for long periods

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I'd just use what packs you have on hand

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Will you do much field soldering?

rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 1:41 AM

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I don't have any packs on hand lol

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I dunno yet, but I wanna get the biggest battery I can safely use

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 1:41 AM

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I would just use a power supply for home

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and get a TS80p for the field

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Field soldering with TS100 is really just for guys who have drone packs already

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TS80p you can get a PD2.0 battery pack and use it to charge your laptop as well. Will get used a lot more

rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 1:42 AM

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I mean it came with a brick for home

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got ya

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wonder how hot the ts80 gets

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 1:43 AM

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I wouldn't buy lipos just for a soldering iron

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They're very dangerous

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The TS80P is out

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30w on a PD2.0 supply, but much more power to the tip per watt than the TS100

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So probably same or better real world performance than a TS100 on a 19v powersupply

rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 1:44 AM

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they claim it will go to 750f also

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 1:45 AM

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It's usually more about how much it can delivery to do the joint rather than the peak temp unloaded

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It doesn't take much to get a soldering tip up to a high temperature

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But can it maintain a working temp for a few seconds or more when soldering a large part, and keep it stable. That's what's important

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Think thick cast iron pan with a good burner vs a thin cheap aluminum pan with a tiny burner

rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 1:46 AM

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are the tips the same as the ts100 that you know of?

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 1:47 AM

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Both can get very hot,

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No the tips are different

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They're shorter though, which is better

rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 1:47 AM

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yeah I see that now

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 1:47 AM

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I'd just get a D25 tip for the TS80/TS80p

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Chisel tips are your best all rounder by far

rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 1:47 AM

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eh, not gonna buy one of those unless I can sell the ts100 or something lol but yes, I love chisel tips

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I don't even know what the conical ones are for, they seem pointless unless its something super tiny

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 1:48 AM

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If you don't need portable soldering I'd just stick with the TS100

rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 1:48 AM

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I mean thats why I got the ts100 lol

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 1:48 AM

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They have their uses but it's unlikely you'd ever need a conical

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LIPOs take a lot of care,

rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 1:49 AM

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suck

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 1:49 AM

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You have to store them in a fireproof enclosure, partially discharged

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and regularly charge and discharge them

rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 1:50 AM

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those ts80p tips are crazy expensive lol

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$30 for a tip? pishaaww

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 1:50 AM

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I'd get a kit with the d25 tip

rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 1:51 AM

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yeah

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I think ima put my ts100 up for sale

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somewhere, haha

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then maybe I look at the ts80

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 1:51 AM

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Get the ts80p

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Having two soldering irons isn't too bad either

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That's why things like this exist

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rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 1:57 AM

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Does the ts80p need the stupid extra ground wire?

green inlet Jun 29, 2020, 1:59 AM

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Lipos only need to be partially discharged for long term storage. One of the benefits of lipos is their shelf life. I also agree, if you can use something other than a lipo, you prob should. Seems like a good 123 pack should be sufficient.

rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 2:17 AM

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Never heard of 123 pack

green inlet Jun 29, 2020, 2:24 AM

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Same thing that most power tools run on. A123s. Very stable battery and probably around the voltage you are looking for. For a while, people were buying used cordless drill batteries, tearing them apart and building their own packs. Sure a YouTube search would produce a how to.

rain swift Jun 29, 2020, 2:26 AM

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Oh yeah

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I seen some of those

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20v dewalt batteries and stuff

modest valley Jun 29, 2020, 2:29 AM

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An efficient and dynamic timer configured with Node-RED for the Home Assistant
https://github.com/orickcorreia/timer-homeassistant

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GitHub

orickcorreia/timer-homeassistant

An efficient and dynamic timer configured with Node-RED for the Home Assistant - orickcorreia/timer-homeassistant

green inlet Jun 29, 2020, 2:31 AM

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A123s or LiFePO4s aren’t as volatile as lipos but have all of the same benefits.

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 3:03 AM

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You could also use one of your drill batteries if you get a battery breakout for it

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https://www.stlfinder.com/model/dewalt-battery-adapter-nJ6DQN0x/7764531/

STLFinder

Dewalt Battery Adapter - STLFinder

Summary
This is a simple adapter I made for my Dewalt batteries. When wired up and attached you have ~20V of power to do with as you wish. Personally I use it to make my TS100 soldering iron or DPS adjustable PSU portable.
I used a set of blue Blade connectors as the contact...

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 5:50 AM

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@clear ferry didn't know you made it on to Tosh.O https://youtu.be/DSRhKQGcDKs?t=67

YouTube

Tosh.0

How to Pass Time in Quarantine - Tosh.0

From breaking pencils to building sex toys, Daniel has looked into the many ways people pass the time.

About Tosh.0:
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clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 6:11 AM

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thenk

fading zodiac Jun 29, 2020, 7:10 AM

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Morning

rare condor Jun 29, 2020, 9:17 AM

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Morning Mate, Fair Dinkum its going to be a good day!?

fading zodiac Jun 29, 2020, 9:38 AM

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Github acting up?

rare condor Jun 29, 2020, 9:39 AM

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its ok on my end

fading zodiac Jun 29, 2020, 9:45 AM

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They are investigating

quaint nova Jun 29, 2020, 10:01 AM

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Nice

scenic radish Jun 29, 2020, 12:51 PM

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n 🧊

wet pilot Jun 29, 2020, 12:57 PM

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8" fire tabs are $30 off in the US today

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 1:24 PM

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@green inlet nah, not all of the same benefits

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they have a far lower C rating

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 1:50 PM

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most power tools are still Lithium Ion, not LiPo due to this

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 2:07 PM

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Yeah LiPos can discharge a shitload

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But that means they can discharge a lot at you

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You'd be mental to own LiPos if you're not running a drone or similar

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 2:08 PM

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https://batteryhookup.com/products/spim08hp-3-7v-8ah-200a-lithium-ion-w-cell-holder

Battery Hookup

SPIM08HP 3.7v 8ah 200a LITHIUM ION W/ CELL HOLDER

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hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 2:08 PM

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:eyes off new Roborock LiPo vacuum cleaner:

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 2:09 PM

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I've got several thousand Lithium ion batteries

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 2:11 PM

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Need some uranium batteries

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125000kwh/kg

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But are you mental?

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 2:11 PM

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it makes my car go

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zoom zoom

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 2:12 PM

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last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 2:13 PM

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that's some sweet ass carpet

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as long as you're not being a bellend, Lithium batteries aren't any more inherently dangerous than other chemistries

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 2:14 PM

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:/

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I disagree

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RC forums are full of reports of spotaneous combustion

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 2:15 PM

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see clause about "not being a bellend"

unreal orbit Jun 29, 2020, 2:15 PM

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*what is being labeled as spontaneous

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 2:16 PM

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Not being charged, cut in half with a drop saw,

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 2:24 PM

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08fqxzh

BBC

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Absolute Zero

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss absolute zero, the lowest possible temperature

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This show has a lot of great episodes

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 2:25 PM

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Dewar?

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I just met 'er

main ibex Jun 29, 2020, 4:33 PM

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Hey all, could anyone help me find a HAss compatible WiFi water temperature sensor?

scenic radish Jun 29, 2020, 4:47 PM

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@main ibex #hardware-archived would be a good place to ask

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 5:17 PM

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decisions decisions

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do I ghost this meeting my manager threw on my calendar because I told him I'm pissed he's ignored all my advice or no?

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 5:18 PM

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Attend and see if you can arrange for a bus to be placed above his head?

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 5:19 PM

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"hey, I'm letting this guy who's repeatedly shown he's inexperienced and makes bad decisions run this project that's critical to the company retaining a client"

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"you should definitely NOT do that"

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"I'm doing that, also, you have to take over all of the stuff he was supposed to do"

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 5:24 PM

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Maybe a mere bus is insufficient 🤔

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 5:26 PM

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bendy bus?

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 5:28 PM

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That, or maybe an APC?

scenic radish Jun 29, 2020, 5:28 PM

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Bendy bus is best bus

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 5:28 PM

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If that fails, try a steam roller

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 5:28 PM

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A R T I C U L A T I O N

scenic radish Jun 29, 2020, 5:28 PM

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F A R T I C U L A T I O N

unreal orbit Jun 29, 2020, 5:29 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/deeznuts-gotem-deez-nuts-gottem-gif-4649117

Tenor

Deez Nuts Got Eem em

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midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 5:47 PM

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are there people here that did their PhD?

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 5:54 PM

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nah, I'm dumb

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 5:59 PM

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i mentioned that you dont have to be a big brain to do one

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 6:01 PM

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yeah, see above

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my wife did her JD

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my mom did her PhD

tidal bronze Jun 29, 2020, 6:19 PM

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@last dirge dump a few on BTC

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 6:19 PM

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eh?

tidal bronze Jun 29, 2020, 6:20 PM

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At least few hundred. 😀

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 6:20 PM

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here we go

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 6:20 PM

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it's back over 9K tho

tidal bronze Jun 29, 2020, 6:21 PM

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Just $100 if you feel like it and forget it.

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 6:21 PM

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interesting that after the contracts expired, pretty much nothing happened

tidal bronze Jun 29, 2020, 6:22 PM

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😀

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 6:41 PM

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Cryptocurrency 🤢

orchid rose Jun 29, 2020, 6:50 PM

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Currency 🤢

unreal orbit Jun 29, 2020, 6:51 PM

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🤢 🤢

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 6:52 PM

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🤢 face

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 6:54 PM

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Speculative investments 🤢

scenic radish Jun 29, 2020, 6:54 PM

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🟢

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 6:56 PM

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🟩 💚 🍏 🥬

scenic radish Jun 29, 2020, 6:57 PM

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Hi Thomas

low harness Jun 29, 2020, 6:57 PM

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45 minutes! #bestdaddyintheworld

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scenic radish Jun 29, 2020, 6:57 PM

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Amazing, what product do you use in your hair?

low harness Jun 29, 2020, 6:58 PM

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Fabric softener

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 6:58 PM

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And how did you shrink the kid 🤔

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 6:58 PM

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Barbie had her vegan hippie period, then rediscovered meat

low harness Jun 29, 2020, 6:58 PM

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Ah, that’s the hard part.

scenic radish Jun 29, 2020, 6:58 PM

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Lol

low harness Jun 29, 2020, 6:58 PM

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Luckily, there’s an entire documentary on the subject, Tinkerer.

scenic radish Jun 29, 2020, 6:59 PM

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Heh

unreal orbit Jun 29, 2020, 6:59 PM

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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids?

low harness Jun 29, 2020, 6:59 PM

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From -89, I think.

scenic radish Jun 29, 2020, 6:59 PM

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Sounds about right

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Yep, 1989

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 7:01 PM

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Don't forget Look who is taking then

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 7:02 PM

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ah the 80's... good times man

tidal bronze Jun 29, 2020, 7:02 PM

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@clear ferry did you miss out on speculating when it was $20 LMAO

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Sounds like you did

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 7:03 PM

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I miss out on all speculation because it is all fabricated bullshit peepoLaptopHappy

tidal bronze Jun 29, 2020, 7:03 PM

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I know case sour grapes. 😂

unreal orbit Jun 29, 2020, 7:03 PM

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All currency value is fabricated tbf

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 7:04 PM

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but other currencies you can hold in your hand

unreal orbit Jun 29, 2020, 7:04 PM

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I can also hold shit in my hand

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doesn't really mean anything 😉

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 7:05 PM

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means you havve shit in your hand

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 7:05 PM

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takemymoney

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:05 PM

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What alarms do people usually go with when they set alarmed to true on their home assistant

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 7:05 PM

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alarms

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:06 PM

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Haha

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Hello Internet can I buy one alarms please

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 7:07 PM

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People have alarms?

tidal bronze Jun 29, 2020, 7:07 PM

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@forest edge so you hold things in your hands in rural areas ? 🤔

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:07 PM

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Only if you have smart houses 🏘️

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Otherwise what's point

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 7:07 PM

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@tidal bronze of course.. how else does food reach our mouths?

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 7:08 PM

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Alarms in Ireland was a pita, every house had them, noone maintained them, two went off in my neighborhood every day

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:08 PM

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Haha yeah on uk I think it's same

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 7:08 PM

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not gonna eat it off the ground.. pshhh that's norwat barbaric

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:08 PM

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They don't really do anything just make noise

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 7:09 PM

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In Norway atleast half of houses have them, but probably only 10% ever turns them on

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 7:09 PM

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then why have them

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:09 PM

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An alarm went off on some house in my street and all I could think was why won't they turn it off after 3 hours

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Very annoying

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:09 PM

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Here, it's less than 25% that turn on their alarms if they have them, probably less than 10%

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 7:10 PM

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Because people believe they need them, even though we have maybe 30 break ins per year in the country

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:10 PM

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I'm from Liverpool, UK..

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:10 PM

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30 break-ins per hour?

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:10 PM

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Its more common here i imagine

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Haha

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:10 PM

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I've been to Liverpool more than once, it's not the worst place by far 😄

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:10 PM

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Its lovely really

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:10 PM

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some people can advice me to do a phd?

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 7:10 PM

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Could have been Birmingham

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:11 PM

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or should i get working experience instead

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:11 PM

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Slough...

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 7:11 PM

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@midnight adder school 🤢

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:11 PM

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uni 😉

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:11 PM

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Yes to either/both

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I mean... it really depends on your goals

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:11 PM

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i want my own company

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and be in a leading role of a company\

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:11 PM

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Just go do social studies phd

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:11 PM

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Experience trumps PhD

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:11 PM

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Will be really helpful

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:11 PM

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what does that mean trumps?

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:11 PM

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Wins over

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:11 PM

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Like Donald trump

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:11 PM

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social studies is not my cup of tea

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mr meme

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:11 PM

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😋

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:12 PM

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I know many folks who own/run their own business, none have PhDs

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:12 PM

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yeah often thats the case

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:12 PM

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Whats your cup of tea

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:12 PM

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petrol

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:12 PM

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Early Gray

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:12 PM

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98

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:12 PM

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Do a petrol phd

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:12 PM

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I'll leave that typo, it's funny 😄

unreal orbit Jun 29, 2020, 7:12 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/star-trek-tea-earl-grey-hot-gif-11927010

Tenor

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:12 PM

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aight i know enough lool

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people here using 3d printers?

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im looking for one

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😉

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:13 PM

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If i was you and I'm not id do a stem degree

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Ideally computing

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:13 PM

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stem degree

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that does mean?

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:13 PM

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Science, tech, engineering or maths

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:13 PM

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ah

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but i got my masters in mechanical engineering

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soo well im kinda into that stuff already

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:13 PM

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Mine touched most of those, while giving me a degree in none 😄

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:14 PM

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Haha 😄

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:14 PM

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(technically Science, but ...)

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:14 PM

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I'm a late bloomer im 30 and only graduated 2 years ago

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:14 PM

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im terribly young..

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:14 PM

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Dropped out of college too many times

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:14 PM

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23 about to finish masters

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:14 PM

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I graduated by the skin of my teeth, and with a lot of support

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(and luck)

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:15 PM

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give me some wise life lessons @calm crow

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:15 PM

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Same really

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:15 PM

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It's made pretty much no difference to me

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:15 PM

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Some life lessons

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:15 PM

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yeah

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dont hang myself

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?

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:15 PM

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Hmm if I could go back to being 23

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:15 PM

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laugh

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:15 PM

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PhDs and Masters are things you should do if you enjoy them, or if they're critical to your path

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:15 PM

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well masters is

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phd is nt

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isnt*

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:15 PM

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Running/owning a business... not really critical to any path

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:16 PM

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Yeah a PhD is only really worth it if you wanna be lecturer pr researcher

unreal orbit Jun 29, 2020, 7:16 PM

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If you want to own your own business then you'll probably be better off with independent study than getting a PhD

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:16 PM

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Or like gathering letters

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:16 PM

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thats what i feel yeah

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:16 PM

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You've got master's, you should gather some experience

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:16 PM

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i got like 13 months work experience

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🤓

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:17 PM

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Good news, that only increases with time 🙂

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:17 PM

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You're 23 now..
In 4 years time if you did phd..

Its better to go for a job with some good quality experience than a phd

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:17 PM

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okay i lost

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i need to work

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i will earn more as well

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so i can buy more smart home stuff

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:17 PM

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Its better to have experience under your belt in 4 years time..

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:17 PM

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i see

unreal orbit Jun 29, 2020, 7:17 PM

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Some PhD programs are paid. Just depends on your field

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:17 PM

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mine is as well

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difference is 10k a year from working

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so it doesnt earn amazingly well

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:17 PM

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A lot of people do phd alongside their job

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:18 PM

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uhhhhh

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is that feasible with a 40hr phd

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:18 PM

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Same for Masters, and the likes

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:18 PM

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Yeah

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:18 PM

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I've a member of my team who's just finished their Masters, while working for me

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:18 PM

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hmm okayy

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:19 PM

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My math's teacher was studying their PhD whilst teaching college

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If you really want something you'll put in the effort to work and study

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I had my son first year of uni as well as work part time

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Study on bus to job,
Sleep / nap on break
Study during night with baby

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Absolute nightmare

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:22 PM

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i see i see

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i want my baby before i want kids

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:23 PM

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Usually the case

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:23 PM

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baby:

📎 Porsche911TurboStest.png

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:23 PM

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Oh haha

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:23 PM

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thats what i told my gf

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she was fine with it

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:23 PM

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Yeah get job security

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:23 PM

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😛

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 7:24 PM

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lol, kids

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:24 PM

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I'm just hoping they're into programming

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They do python when they in year 6

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:25 PM

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i wish i did

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i still need to learn it

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:25 PM

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Python is good

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 7:25 PM

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@clever mortar they got double-decker bendy busses?

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:25 PM

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I enjoy it

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 7:25 PM

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nothing good is built with python

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pfft

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:26 PM

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Haha whaaaa

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:26 PM

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Don't think I've seen any of those in the UK @last dirge

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:26 PM

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every code is roughly the same

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dont at me

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:26 PM

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@midnight adder what

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 7:26 PM

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except PHP

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it's just crap

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:26 PM

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python C++ all roughly same

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atleast thinking

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:26 PM

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Html is my favourite programming language

brisk glen Jun 29, 2020, 7:27 PM

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when you say dont @ me... everyone wants to

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 7:27 PM

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I have one childhood friend with a PhD, he loves his job, but he didn't get to working until he was 31, by then I already had 11 years relevant work experience in my field, and no degree takemymoney

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:27 PM

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@brisk glen that's true

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 7:27 PM

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@clever mortar trying to position that bus to fall on the manager

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:27 PM

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I have one childhood friend with a PhD, he loves his job, but he didn't get to working until he was 31, by then I already had 11 years relevant work experience in my field, and no degree :takemymoney:
@clear ferry working experience >>> PhD?

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:27 PM

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Airdrop FTW 😉

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 7:27 PM

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For me, yeah

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:28 PM

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Tbh I bet 11 year experience would probably be better in some circumstances

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 7:28 PM

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unemployment office doesn't care how many degrees you've got

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the great equilizer

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:28 PM

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Haha

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 7:28 PM

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He's in marine biology, and has written a few papers, but that is just circlejerking pepeL

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:29 PM

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Uni can't prepare you for real experience

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:29 PM

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Other than getting drunk

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:29 PM

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Haha

midnight adder Jun 29, 2020, 7:29 PM

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i dont like alcohol

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🤔

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:30 PM

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I went to my first job expecting great structure,
Agile development, team building

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In reality old language, waterfall structure

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And meetings every day

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 7:30 PM

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Yeah, I have a lot of childhood friends with masters, probably 1/10 work within their field, and most of them work menial jobs like gas station attendees and logistics

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:31 PM

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Id like to do masters but id do it part-time...

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 7:31 PM

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I considered doing it while working a few years ago, but meh

calm crow Jun 29, 2020, 7:31 PM

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Haha yeah

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I like my free time

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No more assignments, dead lines and gradings

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3:59pm I save work and go do dad things

polar sapphire Jun 29, 2020, 7:33 PM

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A video tour of my Motion-AI solution using Home Assistant https://youtu.be/NxUJEsBlktg

YouTube

David C. Martin

Motion-AI Tour

A tour of Motion-AI in operation.

▶ Play video

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And a video HOWTO for installation, etc.. https://youtu.be/0dlx24lL_H8

YouTube

David C. Martin

Motion-AI Soup to Nuts

Installation of Motion-AI from start to finish. HOWTO for Ubuntu VM on Virtualbox; automated Home-Assistant installation and configuration; addons for MQTT and MOTION. Including YOLO4MOTION for annotation of motion detection events.http://github.com/dcmartin/motion-ai

▶ Play video

scenic radish Jun 29, 2020, 7:36 PM

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Might wanna share this on the forum @polar sapphire , it'll just get buried here

polar sapphire Jun 29, 2020, 7:36 PM

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where?

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I didn't want to spam anyone

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:36 PM

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There's a Share my projects section

scenic radish Jun 29, 2020, 7:37 PM

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https://community.home-assistant.io/

Home Assistant Community

Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 7:40 PM

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pepeMLADY

polar sapphire Jun 29, 2020, 7:40 PM

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https://community.home-assistant.io/t/motion-ai-detection-and-classification-of-entities/208285

Home Assistant Community

Motion AI - Detection and classification of entities

motion Ã👁 - See more at Github This project is a demonstration and proof-of-concept for an AI assistants providing improved situational awareness from a collection of network accessible video cameras. Status Videos A Tour of Motion Ã👁 in action Installa...

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@clever mortar @scenic radish TYVM

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Someday I have to figure out how to package in HACS

clever mortar Jun 29, 2020, 7:44 PM

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Thankfully, there's a whole section in the docs on packages

last dirge Jun 29, 2020, 7:50 PM

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lol

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I blew up on that dude

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I drove the bus

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 8:15 PM

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State-by-state growth of daily reported new COVID-19 cases, in 3D: February 1st - June 27th [OC] - https://v.redd.it/ct80dpvyju751

State-by-state growth of daily reported new COVID-19 cases, in 3D: ...

Posted in r/dataisbeautiful by u/tylermw8 • 82 points and 10 comments

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 8:23 PM

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bad thing is, some of that isn't accurate

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 8:25 PM

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CatRee

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FAKE NEWS

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 8:26 PM

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many of the state governors had intentionally try and skew the numbers. like my state MO

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 8:27 PM

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So it should be more red

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 8:27 PM

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oh yea it is more red lol

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 8:27 PM

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https://media.tenor.com/images/8de5b143302b8cc75d9957b57fdcd617/tenor.gif

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https://media.tenor.com/images/aea875e12471fa0187738364ae6d42f2/tenor.gif

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 8:27 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/go-big-red-huskers-gif-15151613

Tenor

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 9:03 PM

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i like how the ecobee 4 is the only one that supports hvac accessories such as humidifiers yet it's the only one with built in alexa garbage

scenic radish Jun 29, 2020, 9:18 PM

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I think you can disable it

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But yeah, I always thought it was silly that it has that built in

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@forest edge

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 9:40 PM

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well i'm sure you can disable it but the fact it has it in it jumped the price an addition 100 bucks or so

clear ferry Jun 29, 2020, 9:40 PM

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🤢

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:14 PM

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I am in the HACS discord for a day now and still cant see other channels. I assume this is some sort of bot issue

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@forest edge This is the reason I stuck to the Ecobee 3 Lite

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I hate this whole "Stick Alexa in everything" movement

unreal orbit Jun 29, 2020, 10:16 PM

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You can try DMing Ludeeus if the channels are still locked

dull chasm Jun 29, 2020, 10:16 PM

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@light trout customer on aisle three ^^^^

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 10:20 PM

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@forest edge This is the reason I stuck to the Ecobee 3 Lite
@mild tapir the lite says it can't do hvac accessories tho

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:20 PM

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oh really? damn

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 10:20 PM

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yea you would think a $170 thermostat could do that considering the honeywell one i have costs less and can lol

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 10:21 PM

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I seems that when I use experimental features of k3s it seems less stable. Why could this be /s

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:22 PM

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k3s is pretty new too

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 10:23 PM

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I tried using dqlite, but then rancher seems to crash in an infinite loop. Not sure if it's relates but I think I'll just use postgres for now

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Not like my cluster is HA anyway when all the nfs backend is on one server

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:23 PM

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heh

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 10:24 PM

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If someone could make ceph viable for me at the small homelab scale that'd be great

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:25 PM

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It may be worth looking at other options rather than ceph

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 10:26 PM

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I know there's moose, lizardfs, plus 100 other options

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:26 PM

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gluster heh

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 10:26 PM

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At the moment I just have a mix of ZFS and mergerfs.

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:26 PM

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Ill be honest

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lizardFS is fucking fanstastic

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 10:27 PM

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Gluater uses bricks right? So you make bricks out of say an ZFS array etc then replicate across those?

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:27 PM

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I have a geo-redundant Tier 1/2 Hybrid storage up across 19 geographical locations

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yeah thats a simple way of describing it

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 10:28 PM

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you guys make your lives too complicated lol

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 10:28 PM

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I'll check out the distributed storage one day. But I don't want it to become a big blocker for me :D

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:28 PM

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I work in the field so I need to keep my skills sharp.

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So this is worth it for me

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 10:28 PM

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Absolutely

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:28 PM

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I have nearly 1/2 a Million USD in equipment in my attic running at this point

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Thanks to most of it paid for by work tho

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 10:29 PM

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I'll most likely be using aws managed services for most of my hopeful career,

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:29 PM

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You most likely will

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Everything is moving to that platform like its gold

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 10:29 PM

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So getting too stuck down on something I won't use for a while won't be too much an effective use of my time

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:30 PM

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I work in the field that designs systems like AWS so I have to be the one to foot the tech

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 10:30 PM

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Even Perth being 4000km away from Sydney, there's no real local providers of compute and storage

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Latency is a bitch

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:30 PM

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Latency is a tough bitch

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 10:31 PM

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Damn that speed of light. Plus VOP of only ~60-70% of vacuum irrc

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:32 PM

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Its not just the actual physical speed

#

BGP networks and such really add the visible latency

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I run Argo from Cloudflare and the layered on BGP and Path Optimizations that were added on my site are very very very noticeable

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Especially since my network is peered with Cloudflare at the IX

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It was amazing the diff

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 10:34 PM

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Still looking at about 200ms round trip from one side if the world to the other though, just through fibre let alone networks?

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:35 PM

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Australia seems to always eat the raw end of network latency

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and sometimes bandwidth

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I should check US < > Australia over Cloudflare latency

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They have their own Fiber laid down

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 10:36 PM

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Just my back on envelope calculations. 40000km is about 125ms at c irrc. Then x0.7 for VOP

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:38 PM

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Damn their landmasses and breaking apart

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shouldve just stuck together

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 10:38 PM

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Need some quantum entanglement QSFPs

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:39 PM

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CFP8 or OSFP. QSFP56-DD if you have to

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 10:41 PM

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I don't even have sfp+ in my lab ;)

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You should speak to @clear ferry about dollar value of home racks.

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:41 PM

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Heh

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I have 1PB of Flash Storage in my home rack

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Intel Ruler SSD's

#

At some point dollar value entered "low priority" for me

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That being said, my racks are made of wood

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rofl

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the wood reduces vibration and easily is mounted to the cross beams in my attic

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 10:43 PM

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you reminded me of recently getting my 3x 30kg rack packages to the attic nightmare

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then spending 4 hours setting it up

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 10:44 PM

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I had to put all my gear into a beaurea in the office just so I don't have to use wireless for my workstation

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 10:44 PM

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then another 8 hours cable managing and fixing everything

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 10:44 PM

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Being in a rental sucks

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:44 PM

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I had to consider it when building my house

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The front part of the top of my garage that leads into an attic from the outside is removeable

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It has a forklift fork ports just to lift and remove

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From there I can move shit in using a forklift

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 10:45 PM

#

and then figuring out why one of my unifi poe switches didn't like my lan cable that was plugged just fine for months and forcing constant reboots on the switch

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tl;dr i still haven't figured it out, i just plugged it into my XG switch

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 10:45 PM

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I'm trying to keep my rack under 200w

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 10:45 PM

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😐

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and it works fine

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:45 PM

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UniFi PoE killed all my TV's

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They tried to pull their damn T&C/ToS bullshit on me in the RMA

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too bad I have a very nice account balance labeled "Fuck you money"

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 10:46 PM

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did you leave PoE enabled on the TV lan ports and somehow it decided to push power ?

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:46 PM

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It was an update that reset all PoE settings

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and for some reason it maxxed out the ports

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like wtf

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 10:47 PM

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must have been a while ago? I don't think I ever had that kind of update on my switch

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 10:47 PM

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sorry but that is kind of funny

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 10:47 PM

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but only have this switch for like 1.5 year ~

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 10:47 PM

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why would you havve tvv's on a poe switch anyways?

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 10:47 PM

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why not

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:47 PM

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Because there is PoE Devices on the switch

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 10:47 PM

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just asking for trouble

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 10:47 PM

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why have 2 switches when you can have 1 doing the job

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for both

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less watts

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 10:48 PM

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Just asking for unifi for follow standards

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:48 PM

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But it wasnt the switch itself that caused the issue

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It was the Inwall AP's

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 10:49 PM

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trusting your personal equipment to a company and assuming they care is a huge mistake

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:49 PM

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Ubiquiti cant even figure out IPv6 properly. So I doubt they can ever figure this shit out

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 10:50 PM

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I dunno, I am pretty happy with my ubiquiti shit, but then again this is first time I ever had any type of issue with their hardware

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:50 PM

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Ive started yeeting all my UniFi equipment

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I got some C-260's and C-250's and said fuck it.

#

yay total overkill

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forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 10:52 PM

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weird they actually put "radio" on that lol

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 10:53 PM

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hm? thats AP

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Arista I guess

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:53 PM

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Yup

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Their EOS Platform is fantastic

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OVH Paid for it so I can test and toy with it before we move their entire infra to it

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Cisco was shit in comparison

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heh hope they aint expecting any of it back >:D

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 10:57 PM

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at least ax already 😛

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but then again, enterprise equipment is gonna always win over ubiquiti, that's not really their market I think 😛

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 10:58 PM

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They are trying to move to enterprise market

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Hospitality is their largest rn

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Minus their Wisp

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I honestly wouldnt even use them for Hospitality as insecure as their shit is

#

They really are prosumer at best

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 11:00 PM

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well that's how I am treating it

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 11:00 PM

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Ubqiuiti always puts "enterprise" on their marketing

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I have a chuckle

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:00 PM

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Ubiquiti also puts "secure" in some datasheets

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And I lose my shit

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 11:00 PM

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Most secure unhackable

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:01 PM

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"Enterprise Ready"

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"IPv6 Supported"

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"Enterprise Grade Security"

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Pfft

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 11:02 PM

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well it runs fine for my home needs KEKW

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:02 PM

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Oh yeah for home use sure

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As long as you are ready to tinker with it in some cases

#

But beyond that?

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Eh

#

Some places that installed it in stadiums and such are already pulling it

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 11:04 PM

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well I had one of their newer P2P radios installed recently

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2 days later I got it pulled down coz it was shit

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😄

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the old one runs better than new one kekw

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:05 PM

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Another issue I really have is their damn abuse of GPL too

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I really cannot support such a company if they are pulling such bullshit

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 11:07 PM

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had cisco/linksys all my life. never had any issues on a consumer end

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 11:07 PM

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also their camera security line is kinda a joke to me as well, who puts a NVR product with no option of redundancy in it 😐

#

chinese brands do that

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:<

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:07 PM

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And the fact their cams condense inside the lense

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leaving water and smudges

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 11:08 PM

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I read on that

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but apparently a lot of them defog after time?

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:08 PM

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I have one.

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It doesnt matter

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itll leave calcium deposits

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And it refogs

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Oh yeah I also bricked the cam by restarting it

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and it refused to ever work again

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Instead it shows a SQL dump in the UI

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like a broken webpage

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 11:09 PM

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well either way I am sticking with synology for my NVR

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just not sure what I should get as cameras in close future

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:10 PM

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Dont forget what they did to the NVR offering before

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How they EOL'd it overnight then put ads in their software

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to get people to move

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Then refused refunds to even those who had bought it the day before

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 11:11 PM

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its like they are trying to push too many markets at once 2082_intslRengeShrug

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:11 PM

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There is a MAJOR lack of communication between product dev teams

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And the level of mismanagement is insane

#

Right now they are on track to lose tons of money due to their abuse of GPL in court

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There is concern growing that it may coffin the company

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 11:12 PM

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ah didn't they recently said they are cancelling 24V PoE in their switches, backlashed into new device lines wont have 24V PoE

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isn't like half of their line is using 24V PoE tho

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:12 PM

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Yes it is

static schooner Jun 29, 2020, 11:12 PM

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most has moved to 48v support

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they made a running change

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:12 PM

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Expect them to EoL that stuff in the same week/day

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Honestly fuck passive PoE

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Its a disaster waiting to happen

static schooner Jun 29, 2020, 11:13 PM

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don't know if you guys are still talking about Unifi or Synology

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:13 PM

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UniFi

static schooner Jun 29, 2020, 11:13 PM

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I do hate the 24v passive-only devices

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:13 PM

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Synology I have 0 complaints when it comes to NVR use.

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So dont expect me to say shit about them

static schooner Jun 29, 2020, 11:14 PM

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I have 2 AP-LR pucks that are 24v only

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I just had to use an adapter today because I forgot about that and the passthrough from the 8port Unifi switch didn't work

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:15 PM

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There is a bug with the Hybrid PoE for Passive PoE and af/at PoE on UniFi Switches.

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I forget the port #'s but if you run Passive on one and af/at on another, itll rapidly switch back and forth on those ports from passive to af/at breaking the devices at the other end

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but ONLY if you run it on specific port numbers in that setup

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Ubiquiti's response so far has been "We cannot reproduce" and removing the threads from their forums

static schooner Jun 29, 2020, 11:17 PM

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I used to visit their forums often until they change the software and completely screwed them up.

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now I can't figure out where to go, so I just don't

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:17 PM

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Ive been banned for talking about the lawsuit they are in.

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So I dont visit them anymore

static schooner Jun 29, 2020, 11:17 PM

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they apologized for the garbage that they are now, but I don't see that they've done anything to fix them

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just happened overnight

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:18 PM

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I fear they may not know how to fix them

static schooner Jun 29, 2020, 11:18 PM

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they used to have a pretty active beta forum and I think it just fell apart with no notice

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 11:18 PM

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I DEED IT PogChamp

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mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:18 PM

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If you go on the UI discord, you can find a rank called "Happy Helperton"

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 11:18 PM

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( rgb gradient representing colors of the lights used in the room )

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:19 PM

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Whats funny is, those in that rank are actually against Ubiquiti Devices

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If you start ranting and arguing with the fanbois, you may find yourself added to thank rank and find a secret channel pop up

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Im banned on that discord too because I got doxxed and refused to play along with their bullshit. They are all toxic af on there

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 11:21 PM

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is there a place where you are not banned 🙄

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:21 PM

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I say "doxxed" but if you lookup Rouing you will find my info but they were using it to try to harass me and my parents

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@honest flame Here.

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heh

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 11:22 PM

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😄

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:22 PM

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I speak my mind and have no shits to give about other peoples feelings. Ill dish out truth regardless of how people stand on it.

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That rubs a ton of people the wrong way

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 11:22 PM

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looking up Rouing will be hard, Routing makes sure of that 😄

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typos everywhere

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:23 PM

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put it in quotes and you will find my github which has my real name. From there its pretty easy to go forward.

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 11:24 PM

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On side not google has been dumb with quote searches recently for me idk

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In past I could find shit ez

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now its like either 0 results or you just end up with millions of you don't even know what

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:24 PM

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Google has gotten worse imho

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Like its so hard to find stuff that used to be easy

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Ever sense they tried shoving ML on everything like their Gboard keyboard for Android and Google Assistant its just gotten bad

honest flame Jun 29, 2020, 11:25 PM

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maybe its just amount of data flowing in with the rapid growth is making stuff worse

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:25 PM

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I think it may be partly due to misinformation campaign floods too

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Google is starting to become a shadow of what they used to be

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Ive really been making efforts to move away from google on everything

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The last thing I need to do is move my mail server away from G-Suite

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Which is a PITA in its own way but should be made easier with containers

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The only real worry is keeping it 100% uptime since email is so uber critical

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 11:32 PM

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I think every company that reaches a certian peak starts to go to shit to a degree or full blown

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profits outweigh the desire to make a decent product and all that jargon

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:32 PM

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AT&T is a great example of this

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They just made their deathbed recently

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 11:33 PM

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i dunno about deathbed. company has been around long before any of us lol

mild tapir Jun 29, 2020, 11:34 PM

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They cant deploy IPv6 across their entire infra properly is one example. There is problems in the core infra that is way to costly to fix

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But the lack of IPv4 has made that stupid levels of critical

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Then there is the fact they are losing tower contracts and T-Mobile/Verizon is buying them up

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AT&T TV is a failure

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HBO MAX wasnt doing as well as they wanted so they are handing it out for free to AT&T Customers who use them as an ISP

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The only thing thats really holding them up is the fact they own so much of the old Telephony Switching networks

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But Bandwidth.com and other VoIP providers are eating far into their profit margins on that too

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Top it all off, their 5G deployments are very underwhelming

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If ENUM and e164.arpa DNS actually makes a proper move into the US, they are dead.

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They are doing everything they can to block that

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Reason being is because if you have 2 VoIP Systems (PBX) and they support e164/ENUM DNS Lookups, they will just go SIP <> SIP instead of going over PSTN resulting in AT&T getting 0 monies

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Dead.jpg

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 11:40 PM

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bright house which owned HBO (dunno about max) got sold when bright house sold everything they had including time warner etc

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people who were already rich just wanted to get richer

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@scenic radish debating getting the wyze scale if I do then that means I'm kind of forced down the app bs but would make getting the wyze sensors alittle more justifiable for me. wonder if they will get the scale in HA so you can watch yourself get fatter over time

static schooner Jun 29, 2020, 11:53 PM

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I got tired of that shit from my Withings scale. Stupid graph

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I think it only goes up

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 11:53 PM

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lol

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the wyze scale is actually a good price. 20 bucks for all the smart crap it does

static schooner Jun 29, 2020, 11:53 PM

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wow, that's way cheap

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 11:53 PM

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hell similiar ones are 60-70 bucks right now

static schooner Jun 29, 2020, 11:54 PM

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Wyze has built their whole business on good stuff for insane prices

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 11:54 PM

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I dunno about "good" per say lol but they certianly managed to make cheap hardware work lol

static schooner Jun 29, 2020, 11:54 PM

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free cloud

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 11:54 PM

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I wish they had local option like shelly

static schooner Jun 29, 2020, 11:55 PM

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they're knockoffs, but practically disposable

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 11:55 PM

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but between alternative firmwares and hacks you can get local lol

static schooner Jun 29, 2020, 11:55 PM

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yep

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helps that they're knockoffs

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 11:56 PM

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are they knockoffs or is the other stuff knock offs of it

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 11:56 PM

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Just give me a scale that can output a digital signal of the weight

scenic radish Jun 29, 2020, 11:56 PM

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wonder if they will get the scale in HA so you can watch yourself get fatter over time
@forest edge hopefully 😂

hushed basalt Jun 29, 2020, 11:57 PM

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And let us take it from there with an esp

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 11:57 PM

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you can do that now @hushed basalt

static schooner Jun 29, 2020, 11:57 PM

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the cameras are from a Chinese company, and that's where the hacked RTSP firmware came from

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Daihua or something

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 11:57 PM

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any scale with a lcd can be piped

static schooner Jun 29, 2020, 11:57 PM

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but they did the firmware themselves

forest edge Jun 29, 2020, 11:58 PM

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@static schooner interesting. wonder if the new outdoor cam they just made a video describing their design process etc is the same lol

static schooner Jun 29, 2020, 11:59 PM

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they've gotten bigger and might have changed their plans. The $20 cameras were how they got their start, tho

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:07 AM

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Real cameras aren't that much more expensive

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I'd rather get a dahua with poe, automatic IR filter, etc

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You can probably get them for $50-$60USD

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All cameras are compromised

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Just have to treat them as such

green inlet Jun 30, 2020, 12:13 AM

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The Wyze 2 has 30’ night vision. I agree POE would be nice along with a wired connection.

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:13 AM

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If it doesn't have a physical IR lens that moves in/out it's always going to be disadvantaged to a real camera

green inlet Jun 30, 2020, 12:13 AM

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I don’t like wireless cameras but I haven’t had any problems with it dropping off the network

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:14 AM

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Filter I should say

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:14 AM

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I go with Hikvision PoE Cams and use Custom Firmware myself

green inlet Jun 30, 2020, 12:14 AM

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I have Hiks on the exterior

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:14 AM

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I've used hikvision too

green inlet Jun 30, 2020, 12:14 AM

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What firmware are you using

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:14 AM

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I think dahua have better imagers though

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:14 AM

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ipcamtalk forums give great firmware

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:15 AM

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Sony cmos sensore. 👌

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:15 AM

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Beyond the firmware that gets released, you also have all the tools just to modify the firmware if there is no custom one for specific devices

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:15 AM

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Sony knows what they're doing when it comes to sensors

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:16 AM

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Top it all off, I keep the cams on their own vLAN and only allow the NVR to talk to that vLAN. No internet access

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:16 AM

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Yeah that's a given

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:16 AM

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So its not really too much of an issue

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:17 AM

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I need to set up pfsense or similar

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I just need to figure out which 1 of 1000 intel quad nics to buy off eBay

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:18 AM

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If you can, go 2x dual nic cards

static schooner Jun 30, 2020, 12:18 AM

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make sure what you get supports AES-NI

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:18 AM

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Most quad nics are bridged dual nic controllers

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which add another layer that causes pain

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:18 AM

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Interesting

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I can probably get away with 1 x dual nic

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The computer I'm putting it in has an onboard intel NIC

green inlet Jun 30, 2020, 12:18 AM

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You are talking about custom firmware for the Chinese hiks

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:19 AM

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And I only have single WAN atm. 80mbps woooh

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Used to be 8Mbps 24 months ago

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:19 AM

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And if you wanna check an alternative for pfSense, there is OPNSense which isnt so politicized and doesnt have a mouthy idiot running it.

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:20 AM

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I've been told to use opnsense

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It's probably what I'll use

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:20 AM

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I use it

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Its pretty great. Sure there isnt some of the bleeding edge and new features like pfsense has

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but they make sure the shit works before release

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:21 AM

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You don't want bleeding edge for a router haha

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:21 AM

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Yeah.

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@green inlet Yes.

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Usually I order them from Alibaba or Aliexpress. Sometimes a proper distributor

green inlet Jun 30, 2020, 12:22 AM

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Auh, ok. I just got the US version. I was like, “I never heard of custom firmware for hiks” 🤔. That makes sense though

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:23 AM

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The US versions have custom firmware tools too. Dig around google, you will find the forums that focus on them

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Sometimes its to add new features, improve issues, block china, etc

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Similar to that of BIOS mods

green inlet Jun 30, 2020, 12:24 AM

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I have been thinking about replacing my 2142s.

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I am pretty happy with the latest firmware from hik

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:25 AM

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You don't think I'm better off with a quad VT for the virtualisation

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:25 AM

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Exact opposite

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Quad Nics have so many issues with virt

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Thanks to that damn PCI Bridge controller

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:27 AM

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Hmm

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See this is why deciding is so overwhelming

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:27 AM

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What is your budget?

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:27 AM

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Plus Australia's ebay market for this stuff is buy it "cheap" from china and wait 2 months or buy it expensive from AU

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$50-100 AUD

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For used

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:28 AM

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What is going to be your hypervisor?

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IE: ESXi, KVM, Proxmox

midnight adder Jun 30, 2020, 12:29 AM

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Is it possible to run home assistant on windows VM

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:29 AM

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Proxmox

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@midnight adder , yes but I wouldn't

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:30 AM

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X520-T2's are great

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:30 AM

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Aren't they space heaters

midnight adder Jun 30, 2020, 12:30 AM

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Well my raspberry pi’s micro SD broke and won’t work so I have no other choice

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:30 AM

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I have an x520 sitting in a box in the garage lol

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:30 AM

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Yeah they kinda are, but not as much as people make it out to be

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:31 AM

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I don't have any sfp+ switching gear yet either. Soon....

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:31 AM

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There is Copper versions

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the fiber is X520-DA2

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Copper is T2

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:31 AM

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I'd rather stick to sfp+/fibre for when I do go down that route

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:32 AM

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A man of culture I see

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:32 AM

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Probably DACs for the rack then multimode to rooms is my rough plan

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:32 AM

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I run Multimode to my rooms myself. I use Cisco PCIe Cards for the PC's tho.

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:32 AM

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10g over rj45/cat6 is like trying to shove a giant square peg into a tiny round hole

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:33 AM

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and Cat7 tech isnt properly ratified

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:34 AM

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I just don't see the point in trying to force copper to do something it's not good at

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When fibre is so cheap and easy

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Plus I doubt most domestic cat6 installs are up to spec either

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:34 AM

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For me its > fiber is cheap

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I run Active Fiber connections to every house in this neighborhood. It actually costs less than copper

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:35 AM

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I miss splicing. I haven't done it in 10 years

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:35 AM

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I provide 1 Gbit network to everyone in the neighborhood for "free" as its in the HoA Costs.

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:35 AM

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Fibre can be fiddly as fuck to joint though

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:36 AM

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Yes, it can be

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:36 AM

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The fusion splicing is the easy bit

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It's more cutting tubes open and making sure your strands are all the right length without breaking one and crying

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:37 AM

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Luckily since I am not running passive, if some idiot cuts a line in the easement, it doesnt kill the whole block 😐

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:37 AM

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By active do you mean it's not multiplexed?

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So not GPON

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:38 AM

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Correct

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This also allows me to up a persons connection to 10Gbit easily

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or more

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The downside is, lots of switching gear

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:38 AM

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I never touched GPON stuff. I was out of telcos before australia started rolling out their GPON

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But they changed to vdsl2. Stupid fucks

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:39 AM

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Active networks is just P2P unlike running 8-16 houses on one line

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Also no need for the splitter

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:41 AM

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Yeah I get the upsides,

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What sort of cabling did you use

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:42 AM

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Armored

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Everything is Singlemode too

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:47 AM

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As in did you run individual patch leads to each house

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:48 AM

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Yes.

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:48 AM

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Was that easy to fit

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:49 AM

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Extremely. As they build houses, new fiber is laid. Everything is laid out before houses are even given a foundation

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This gives lots of room to work with in the easements

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:52 AM

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My friend is building a shed

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I told him to run fibre at the same time as they run the electrical

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:53 AM

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Y e s

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:53 AM

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Even though I know he won't

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Some people you can't help

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Then he'll have no wifi range in his workshop where he spends most of his time but oh well

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:54 AM

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What is this common sense you speak of?

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:55 AM

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I can't even get people to understand what devops is

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Like experienced developers who think DevOps is just using kubernetes

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:55 AM

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.>

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<.<

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Fucking ugh

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:56 AM

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Trying to talk to them about one piece flow or what continuous learning actually means

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Or what kanban actually is

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:56 AM

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Some people I work with just think CloudOps == AWS or Azure only.

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:56 AM

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"devops engineer" wtf is that

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Azure is big here :'(

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 12:57 AM

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Honestly it just shows how much they are involved in the actuality of their job and not just the surface BS companies spew

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 12:59 AM

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Have you read The Goal by Goldratt

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It's very much "my technique is the panacea to all problems" but it still has some interesting insights

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:05 AM

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No but I should looking at it

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:05 AM

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It's what The Phoenix Project was "inspired" by

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Ie phoenix project just changed the character names and plot to IT instead of manufacturing

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But it's still worthwhile reading both

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The basic theme is that in a system there's only one or two components that actually set the entire throughput of the system. And any "optimisations" done to other components will not actually have no benefit but actually make things worse.

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Theory of constraints, that's goldratts technique.

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:09 AM

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I just purchased the ebook. I know what ill be doing tonight

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:09 AM

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I should learn about six sigma. i don't have any knowledge of it.

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Do you know any six sigma?

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So much to learn. So little time. I'm trying to study for aws cert dev, rebuild my homelab and create a side project, plus general research

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:14 AM

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Ah the 6 Sigma.

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Back to the basics

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:15 AM

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I hear that's more applicable for the high volume industralised scales you operate at

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Nothing I'm anywhere near haha

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:15 AM

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Some of the process designs I have made are based around it.

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:15 AM

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You might want to download the sample of Goldratts book about Critical Chain Project scheduling.

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:15 AM

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Its very applicable at mass scale

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Another name for it I believe is "DMAIC cycle"

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At least thats what I called it in my Powerpoints 🤣

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:17 AM

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Yeah I've seen that DMAIC show up in a lot of forms

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:17 AM

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Tools and techniques. Mindset and Culture. Process and Methodology.

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:17 AM

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I'd definitely look at Critical Chain when you get a chance.

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Like everything there's good things to take away and a handful of bullshit

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A lot of these 'gurus' have blindspots which they by definition can't see themselves

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:18 AM

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As per usual.

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:19 AM

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Which is why diversity of experiences & backgrounds in teams/orgs is great.

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Imagine filling an entire company of /r/homelab users 😄

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:19 AM

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Whew

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Diversity is great. I aim for it. But they need to be capable of working together

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and not circlejerking

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:20 AM

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Or a whole company of Comp Sci grads with no business/real world experience

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Which is how a lot of companies exclusively hire :/

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:20 AM

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Oh so like Discord

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I hire lots of people without degrees tbh

forest edge Jun 30, 2020, 1:21 AM

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no circle jerking? where's the fun in that?

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:22 AM

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Its fun online

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Its not fun in the meeting room

forest edge Jun 30, 2020, 1:22 AM

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you obviously never shot a spit wad

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:22 AM

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https://tenor.com/view/abort-mission-press-button-press-it-gif-13456843

Tenor

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I'm so well versed in the theory side of things but I'm itching to actually do something practical

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Can't wait till I actually get to work in a team with people

forest edge Jun 30, 2020, 1:24 AM

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https://i.imgur.com/RnCuOEY.jpg

Imgur

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:24 AM

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Im finally happy to not be working under C-level leadership that is not so fucking toxic

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As insane and crazy as it is to say this

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"I can actually hire females now"

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That is a sentence that should have never exited my keyboard

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@forest edge Thats a top sekret picture of the inside of an Amazon Board Meeting! Where did you get that?!

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:33 AM

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Can actually hire females now?

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:34 AM

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Oh boy

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So I was pressured to not hire females over fear of pregnancy. Yes literally.

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Since it costs Amazon money

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Even if they were way more qualified than anyone else

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:35 AM

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oofph

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:35 AM

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I totally said fuck that and hired them anyways because bruh, wtf

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I even got written up for it

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:35 AM

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Then got written up haha

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:36 AM

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Yeah I am so happy to be out of that toxic shithole

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Even if they paid more

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My soul and morals does not have a dollar value.

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Even if it wouldve made me homeless, fuck that.

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:37 AM

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Remind me not to become Bezos when I'm a rich and successful startup founder

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:38 AM

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gladly

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:38 AM

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Just seems a false economy

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To treat your employees like shit

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:38 AM

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Majority of my team now is Female. By a 7:1 ratio.

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Not because "hire more females" either

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They were more qualified.

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:39 AM

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What's better, 10 rockstar employees who are top of their field and love working there, or 100 burnt out dispoable interns and inept management

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:39 AM

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Simple as that

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Ill gladly take the 10

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But most wont

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:40 AM

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Most businesses are run fucking horribly

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2/3rds of the human power is spent putting out fires or just being useless paper shufflers

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In lean they talk about non-value adding and value adding activities.

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Most of the places I've been in have atleast 70% of the NVA

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:42 AM

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NVA's are the first thing to go in my teams

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Minus the single chore runner I have

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Who runs chores for everyone in the team

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But hes paid 23/hr to just do small shit so im sure hes very happy to do so

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:43 AM

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It's more about the actual tasks than the individuals

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:43 AM

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You mean things like rubber stampers and the such?

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:44 AM

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So oversimplified example, a coffee shop barista. value adding is pouring coffee into a cop and handing it to the customer

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Non value adding is cleaning filters, walking around the kitchen to get stuff, pressing buttons, paperwork, e

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everything that is an activitiy that doesn't directly contribute to adding value to the product/service

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:44 AM

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Ah!

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:45 AM

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It's a bit fuzzy, and obviously there will always be a ratio of NVA

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:45 AM

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Cost Buckets and Profit Creating Buckets

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:45 AM

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But a lot of people get stuck into being 'active/busy'

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"We've been working so hard, we must be productive"

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:45 AM

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Many IT types are NVA in that regards. The key issue with that is they are critical to upkeep

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:45 AM

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But if you define things into NVA/VA, you can see how much waste you really have/can cut out

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The point isn't that, NVA shouldn't exist,

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It's more, it forces you to honestly assess things and how much they 'cost',

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:47 AM

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Yeah, I use PowerBI to sort those kinds of things. This is why tracking hours is critical

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:47 AM

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Like from a customers perspective, they don't care if you have to do paperwork to order more coffee beans and milk, have meetings and interviews with staff, clean the floors, etc etc

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These are all things that need to be done but only when you increase the VA components is when you actually add more value to the customer

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:48 AM

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Its hard to find a good balance

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:49 AM

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Value-Added: An activity is value-added if a customer is willing to pay for; it changes form, fit or function of a product or service; it converts input to output; it is not waste.
Non-value Added (NVA): sometimes called Type II NVA. These activities are unnecessary: they provide no value for internal or external customers, and can be immediately eliminated.
Business Value Added (BVA): sometimes called Type I NVA. These activities provide no value to customers (as defined above), but are necessary given current process limitations. Common examples are inspections, management approvals, most quality assurance activities; technical support activities.

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This is a good summary, much better than mine 😄

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:50 AM

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Ah yeah. NVA is basically scrubbed unless its a BVA in my teams

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Tons of our BVA's are automated anyways because we are automation engineers heh

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Not like it really matters for me anyways as our products/services have yet to become customer facing

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Were just eating money with 0 profit gains as it is

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:54 AM

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You've read lean startup right?

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:54 AM

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The Lean Startup? yeah. Its one of the reads I highly recommend.

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:54 AM

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👍

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I'd have a peak at Critical Chain as well if you haven't

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The whole book is basically about projects and why they always fail/overrun

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:55 AM

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https://www.amazon.com/Critical-Chain-Eliyahu-M-Goldratt/dp/0884271536

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This one right?

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:55 AM

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That's it

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A total tangent but have you read Turn The Ship Around by David Marquet

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:56 AM

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man your library must look like mine

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:57 AM

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Turn the Ship Around! is the true story of how the Santa Fe skyrocketed from worst to first in the fleet by challenging the U.S. Navy's traditional leader-follower approach. Struggling against his own instincts to take control, he instead achieved the vastly more powerful model of giving control. Before long, each member of Marquet's crew became a leader and assumed responsibility for everything he did, from clerical tasks to crucial combat decisions. The crew became fully engaged, contributing their full intellectual capacity every day, and the Santa Fe started winning awards and promoting a highly disproportionate number of officers to submarine command.

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I assume you've read it then?

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:57 AM

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Yeah. I have quite a few ebooks that are based on such topics. Business Development, Design, Management, Leadership, etc

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:58 AM

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Hit me with some of your recommendations

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:58 AM

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Some of them are pretty..... misguided tho.

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 1:58 AM

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Even though I'm so time poor to read atm haha

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 1:58 AM

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Since you read some Goldratt, Theory of Constraints is a great one

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https://www.amazon.com/Lean-Sigma-TOOLBOOK-bolsillo-100-herramientas/dp/0071441190/ and since you mentioned the 6 Sigma, this is a great starter to learn about it.

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https://www.amazon.com/Project-Product-Survive-Disruption-Framework/dp/1942788398/ This is another good book I push alot.

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https://www.amazon.com/Accelerate-Software-Performing-Technology-Organizations/dp/1942788339/ And because you mentioned DevOps and how people dont seem to understand it... here you go

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 2:01 AM

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Cheers, I've sent samples to my kindle

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Only about 16 books on my sample list to read.

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 2:01 AM

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2me4meirl

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 2:01 AM

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Need to take a 16 hour flight to read, oh wait

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 2:02 AM

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Hahahaha!

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 2:02 AM

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Plus they all have wifi now, distractions whelp

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In Deep Work by Cal Newport he talks about a guy who had a manuscript to write and a deadline

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 2:02 AM

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I try my best to be an efficient leader while also being fair.

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I dont like to turn my team into pack mules.

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 2:02 AM

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So he took a business class flight to japan, stopped at the airport for a couple of hours and then turned around and flew back

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And smashed it out

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 2:03 AM

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If you have a problem at home to solve, you should not be at work

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Go home, fix your shit, and come back.

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 2:03 AM

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I assume running off to take your kids to the doctor wasn't a thing at Amazon

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 2:03 AM

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How to get fired at Amazon

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 2:04 AM

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Your wife is in labour, not you. Keep working.

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 2:04 AM

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Oh

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My

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God

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I had a VP tell that to one of my Engineers

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 2:04 AM

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Lol

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 2:04 AM

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I straight up barged into his office

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and ripped him a new asshole

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I was outright screaming

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I straight up embarrassed his ass.

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Honestly, where Amazon fucked up with me is thinking that I cared about money

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Im sorry, i have 40 Million USD to my fucking name. You need me, I dont need you.

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I got to use that exact line one time. It was amazing how effective it was

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I was left alone for about 2months before another stupid leadership person came into play and started pushing me around thinking this was the only way I had to survive

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Suddenly I quit and left him with 0 fucking documentation on the way out.

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Literally gave me a boner

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I dont work for the money. I work to play with new tools and equipment + increase my contact circle.

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thats literally it

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99.9% of people dont have that luxury but I dont let that turn me into an inhumane asshole either

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 2:09 AM

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Have you read Mr Money Mustache

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 2:09 AM

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Ive had that sample sitting in my e-reader

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The PDF

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 2:10 AM

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I'm not sure about a pdf, I've only ever looked at his blog

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You're probably well beyond his basics by now,

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And he seems like a bit of a jerk, but he's what I push people towards who have high salaries and no savings

rare condor Jun 30, 2020, 2:11 AM

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40Mil...

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 2:11 AM

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40 Million Liquid. Assets and Investments far exceed that

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Ive been playing around with shit loads for a while now.

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rare condor Jun 30, 2020, 2:13 AM

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k

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 2:13 AM

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high salaries and no savings
@hushed basalt This is so painful

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How such people can be so.......

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ugh

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I dont understand how people can assume they can spend all their money and have nothing to fall back on

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COVID-19 has literally RUINED people like this

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And they wonder why

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 2:14 AM

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https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2011/10/22/what-is-hedonic-adaptation-and-how-can-it-turn-you-into-a-sukka/

Mr. Money Mustache

What is Hedonic Adaptation and How Can it Turn You Into a Sucka?

In writing this blog for you, Mr. Money Mustache actually has three major goals: To make you rich so you can retire early. To make you happy so you can properly enjoy your early retirement. To save…

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When my wife and I were both working we were saving over 50% of our take home pay, and I wasn't even earning that much

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I picked a hell of a year to change careers though :/

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I'll probably start leveraging my networks for some freelancing,

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 2:16 AM

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Make sure to setup an LLC to operate out of

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 2:17 AM

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ah limited liability corporations, all the reward with little risk.

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 2:17 AM

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Either play the game or get eaten by it

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 2:17 AM

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Yep 😦

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 2:17 AM

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😐 As much as I would like to change the playing field, I am currently still powerless to do so

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 2:17 AM

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I still think people are responisble for the actions of their corporations, but alas

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Like ethically, you shouldn't be able to say "I was just maximising returns for shareholders" or "It's just business"

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Eventually you end up at Bezos, or get eaten by someone like him

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 2:19 AM

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I made it clear to OVH when they begged me to come on; Ethics is a massive priority. If I see a single bit of giving up on that, I am gone and so is the rest of my team.

hushed basalt Jun 30, 2020, 2:19 AM

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👍

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I need to study :/

mild tapir Jun 30, 2020, 2:20 AM

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I am human and so is the rest of my team.

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And we are just as human as you are

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If you got a problem with that