dmtalon @ dmtalon @infosec.pub

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Like a tiny proprietary connector, not Molex, not SATA. So the power supply had a single line running to the spinner HDD (standard SATA), and then piggy backed off that to the optical drive was this little connector. Kind of looked like a 4pin fan connector size. I didn't bother investigating after my plan to just disconnect the optical drive was thwarted

<sigh>

Part of my Christmas gift to my father this year was getting him a SSD, and install Linux on his PC, that doesn't support Windows 11. But his Dell was very not friendly for upgrading. It has a proprietary PSU with only the connectors needed to run the one HDD and Optical drive (also a non sata connector).

I had a plan in case there were issues, and had enough spare parts to build him a nicer used PC. It's also an upgrade for him as his Dell was a 6th gen i5, now he's got a 7th gen i7 :) and more ram.

But I built it, and installed Fedora 41 KDE on it. He started setting it up here over the holidays then took it home and set it up there. He's not run into any "problems" he hasn't found solutions for. Mom is still using the Dell but Dad hopes he can eventually get her moved to the Linux box.

I used to run ESET and really liked them 'back in the day' and glad to see them looking out for people.

I was just responding to the comment about why people would pet an elephant over a lion or bear.

If I was told I had to Walk into one of two rooms, both having completely wild animals, I'd pick the elephant over a lion or bear 100% of the time

My point was a response to the comment I replied to saying he didn't understand why people would pet an elephant but not a lion or bear

Of course literally all large wild animals are dangerous and I wasn't disputing that one bit!

Ya, I'm not walking up to an elephant either.

My aunt owns a herd of Hyland cows (which have huge horns) and they are not aggressive at all but can accidentally hurt you with them.

Well, there is a pretty big difference between a carnivore/omnivore and a herbivore animal when it comes to how dangerous they are to other animals including humans.

But certainly not "safe" since they're so huge, powerful and wild animals.

So, my current whole house audio is powered by Chromecast Audios. Unfortunately they no longer make them. But you can still get them new off eBay. I know because I just bought 5 more (unopened from Japan) as part of finishing our basement

Mine feed two 12 channel (six room) amplifiers. I've got a mini in each room whose default speaker is the associated CCA and it works great. I have speaker groups so I can ask "hey Google, play music in the basement" and all rooms play.

Previously I used casatunes. They don't do this anymore, but I bought a PCI card from them (it was a sound blaster hardware) but it was a 6 channel sound card and associated software that ran on windows IIS. It allowed both hardware and software streaming. I liked it but it never supported Google music and eventually I switched to the CCAs

Maybe, just maybe let us uncheck some of those expensive channels we don't want or need?

All we managed to do was move cables infrastructure to the Internet. Still the same BS packaged overpriced garbage.

My dad's bringing his PC to my house when they visit for Christmas so we can setup Linux as a dual boot for him to see if he can switch from Windows 10 to Linux instead of buying a new PC

Ya, the amount of people outside bicycling, hiking, rafting I saw out there was awesome!

I got to experience Japan too, but I was even younger but 6' tall. So my experience there was mostly around how I could see over everyone :)

I switched over to Actual last month, and am not looking back. I will miss the native android app, but it is an otherwise direct replacement. I was using YNAB4, and had forever.

Anecdotal story about Colorado.

I visited CO a couple of times a while ago for work. I was in my mid 30's (2007) and fairly fit. I left Cincinnati Airport surrounded by overweight people all around me where I felt pretty good about myself. I arrived in Denver, and suddenly felt like I was on the less fit side of the spectrum.

It was VERY obvious the change. It was not something I noticed / thought about in Cincinnati, but it hit me like a ton of bricks when I landed in CO.

I've talked about that experience through the years. I have to watch what I eat, and work to be 'as fit' as I am, it definitely does not just come natural or anything remotely like. I drove around / hiked pretty much every moment I was not working and both trips were amazing. Such a beautiful state!

Easiest to work backwards. Pick out some devices you're interested in and google "device home assistant".

You can get a lot of different stuff working with HA with different methods/radios. I use Z-Wave, Zigbee,MQTT, and matter devices.

What radio you have connected to your Home Assistant could be your limiting factor. I have HA on a Raspberry PI and use an Aeotec Z-Stick and Conbee II connected to it. There's probably better stuff out there now.

Are phone manufacturers running different voltage batteries?

insert shocked face here

I left Strava when they adjusted their 'freemium' model and hid a number of things behind a paywall. Now I just use Garmin Connect, for tracking my stuff and an 'athletic' social circle of friends via connections/news feed.

Does that remove any on device AI the pixel camera does? Or is it just an uncompressed version of the same photo?

oh great, she's back... It was nice not seeing stories about here on here / in the news for a while

I am on the latest patch, and am not yet seeing this :(