I’m looking for door & window contact sensors and motion sensors to replace an old Simon 3 ADT security system. I’ve read a lot of posts and such and I’m still having a hard time picking out sensors that will work with an existing Smarthings v2 Hub (currently used for lights) and eventually Home Assistant once life calms...
I moved off a Synology NAS to a self-managed machine and one thing I still struggle to replace is something like a synology drive. Here are my requirements:...
I’m no expert. I want to include that disclaimer up front.
Nextcloud with block storage on btrfs with snapshots seems like it could work for you. No idea about VFS though. I’ll leave that question for someone more knowledgeable. The “drive” portion of Nextcloud is quite decent. I regularly use it to pass large files between my phone (Android), laptop (Linux) and gaming desktop (Windows).
If enough people vote third party, it’s supposed to pull the big two towards them to recapture those voters. If the Dems aren’t courting these voters, it’s their fault and an indication that they can’t be trusted to represent us. Instead, they ignored us completely and will continue down the same bullshit paths that brought us here. If we don’t vote third party, nothing will change because the Dems view us as suckers who will fall in line. That’s why they shamelessly did Bernie dirty. Biden and the Dems have been flopping around their hardon for Israel while it’s obviously splitting their base. It’s almost like they want to lose.
Having said all that, I may vote for Biden this time anyway because I told myself long ago that I would vote for the first prez who rescheduled or legalized cannabis.
"Just to meet business-as-usual trends, 115% more copper must be mined in the next 30 years than has been mined historically until now," the study said.
Agreed. I love trains and it frustrates me to see them bungling the implementation. When they try, they always seem to make the same mistakes trying to bring it to my area.
To see meaningful ridership out here, the train needs to go fast enough to negate the penalty you get at the other end when you have to go from the station to your destination. They wanted to run them at ~55-70mph here, with a few stops between major cities, to parallel a freeway that is 65-75mph. Drive 1 hour (1:10 with parking) or spend 2 hours going to the station, riding a slow train, then going from the station to where you are going? I hate cars, but as someone who only gets a handful of hours to myself after sleep, work, and chores, I’m going to save my time and pick the car. If they ever build the train, as it is planned right now, it’ll just be another commuter train that’s only really used at rush hour when the roads are jammed rather than an all day all week car replacement solution that I can ride to Sunday night dinner at a friends house as easily as a 6am meeting.
Interestingly, a similar problem as with bike infrastructure. The infrastructure isn’t useful until a lot of it is built and it connects everywhere (and timetables get shorter for trains). The infrastructure won’t pass public opinion until it’s proven to be useful to people. I will always vote yes on funding these projects even if I think they will bomb because it puts us a little closer to the peak of that hill. Its still frustrating though. We could easily do like we did with the freeways if we just decided it was worth building.
Ya know, I’ve been saving better than most my age. 401k, savings account, emergency fund, investments, crypto, etc. and I keep being reminded that no matter how much I save, I’ll still never achieve the American dream without help.
I wish to solve CAPTCHA with bicycles, motorcycles etc. in a manner consistent with chaotic good alignment, benevolence, humanitarianism, etc. Shall I select squares that include riders/passengers but not also their conveyance? Was reminded of my uncertainty about this when reading this recent post by @Wilshire to the Technology...
Something that stuck with me from at least a decade back was multimodal transit, aka cars that can become trains and vice versa. Imagine driving your low speed cargo pod car thing to the local train station and hitching together with a bunch of others before making the hour trip to a neighboring city on rails at high speed only to split up automatically at the other end and continue to your separate destinations. Its a combination of the efficiencies of transit and the freedoms of an individualized last mile solution. It reduces the need for freeways without hurting mobility at the origin/ destination.
I have the 4.0 EQ and love it. It’s no electric motorcycle, you do have to pedal, but if feels incredibly natural and it’s light enough to keep going when the battery dies and not feel like a wheelbarrow full of lead bricks. 9/10 with 1 point docked because the way the charge cord sticks into it is dumb and makes the $100+ power adaptor susceptible to damage.
Yeah, I think the main difference with the 5 is the carbon fork and the bike can do some assist adjustments where it will increment the assist up or down based on how far you tell it you are going to make sure your battery takes you the whole way, or to keep your power/heart rate or something at a set value. I don’t need that stuff, but I did find my butt determined a suspension seat post was the single biggest improvement to the bike.
I’ve probably had the seat post for about a year. I had one before on my father’s bike which I rode from time to time, but it seems they’ve come a long ways since then. When I put one on the Turbo Vado I fell in love with it. I used to stand up for big cracks in the sidewalk or when dropping off pavement onto a dirt path, but now I just float over all those little obstacles while continuing to pedal and without transferring a bunch of shocks straight to my sit bones. It’s an odd feeling at first, but I don’t feel like I gave anything up for the extra comfort: not speed, not weight, not handling… it just isolates me from small to medium sized bumps. I did have to move my rear reflector a little bit and I moved my second taillight to an under seat mount so it wouldn’t interfere with the seat post. Installation was DIY and my post came with a few extra springs to tune it to the rider’s weight.
I bought a mid drive with a small motor because I wanted to put in some effort. If I had gone in with the idea that I was going to buy an electric motorcycle with pedals, I’d also be disappointed at the current crop of ebikes. There are some gems out there, but a 250w hub isn’t going to do mush for you unless you already live somewhere nice and flat.
The Weeping Angels apparently originated with Steven Moffat seeing a statue of a weeping angel in a structure in a cemetery and returning later to find out it was gone. At least according to this RadioTimes article. They first appeared in 2007 in the episode Blink....
Yes, I’m several years into my de-googling process and a solid email client is not something I’m worried about. K9 is great and, as Thunderbird, we can only hope that it gets better.
I live in the suburbs. Luckily, my city has a somewhat good trail network that can take me 10-15 miles to downtown and I only have to cross a handful of roads at grade. There are places I can’t easily get to with a bike, but the number of places I can get to is much larger than I had thought. A lot of these paths and routes weren’t known to me because they run along creeks and drainages where I can’t see them easily from the road.
On a recent weekday during evening rush hour, I found myself speeding down the freeway at a whopping 5mph wishing I had ridden my bike.
To be fair, there are a lot of places in the suburbs that aren’t bikeable at all, but I think people would be surprised.
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that across all political and social groups in the United States, there is a strong preference against living near AR-15 rifle owners and neighbors who store guns outside of locked safes. This surprising consensus suggests that when it comes...
We’ll do anything to avoid admitting that maybe our land use/ urban design philosophy is flawed and leads to dangerous streets and roads. I’ve been on and off about putting a tile or an airtag on my bike simply because no one else needs to have my location data, especially if they’re allowed to sell it. Would hate to see it mandated. Its bad enough that I’m not really able to leave home without my phone nowadays.
I wish more people, more ordinary non-Lemmings, understood this.
Even if you can’t get everywhere with a bike, you can definitely go some places. Last year, completely on accident, I went a whole month only using my car twice. 90% of my trips were to the grocery store and other close-by destinations.
Electric cars are just an evolution of the status quo designed as a pressure valve to prevent the momentum for real change from building up.
I don’t use dailies either. I use monthlies to track my shorter term goals or incremental steps for my long terms. My sections tend to be something along the lines of "what changed, what is my current standpoint, how does this affect my strategy, what did I do well, what did I not do well, did I do anything memorable? " My monthlies quote my annuals so I always read through them prior to writing anything down. My annuals quote my “core principles” which is a list of things I value most in life.
I feel like anything shorter than a month goes better in my task app or on my calendar.
But that’s just me. I’m also curious what others have to say.
Sketch AF, you’ll never catch me on something like this. Follow it 2 blocks east and a merge from another major road flows right across it. Follow it 2 blocks west and the whole mess goes under a diamond freeway interchange. This should have been sidewalk-level for sure.
Feeling Overwhelmed Picking Door Sensors
I’m looking for door & window contact sensors and motion sensors to replace an old Simon 3 ADT security system. I’ve read a lot of posts and such and I’m still having a hard time picking out sensors that will work with an existing Smarthings v2 Hub (currently used for lights) and eventually Home Assistant once life calms...
Update: IRS successfully launches their own free Direct File - now ALL of my fellow 'murcans are eligible for 2025 (sh.itjust.works)
Source...
Self-hosted alternative to synology drive?
I moved off a Synology NAS to a self-managed machine and one thing I still struggle to replace is something like a synology drive. Here are my requirements:...
Reminder... (lemmy.world)
US can’t meet EV copper demand, study finds (www.eenews.net)
"Just to meet business-as-usual trends, 115% more copper must be mined in the next 30 years than has been mined historically until now," the study said.
Consumers are so demoralized by inflation and high rates they've given up on saving for the American Dream and are spending money instead, economist says (fortune.com)
Solving CAPTCHA for 'Bicycle' -- Include Rider?
I wish to solve CAPTCHA with bicycles, motorcycles etc. in a manner consistent with chaotic good alignment, benevolence, humanitarianism, etc. Shall I select squares that include riders/passengers but not also their conveyance? Was reminded of my uncertainty about this when reading this recent post by @Wilshire to the Technology...
Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand (newatlas.com)
Looks like they could totally fit a bike rack on these things too!
Does Lemmy have a bump system?
By bump system I mean someone interacting with a post causing that post to move higher in the main feed....
Specialized Turbo Vado SL 5.0 EQ review | Urban Electric Bike of the Year winner (www.bikeradar.com)
I tried to ride Trek’s new ebike up the steepest hill in Seattle — and it didn’t go as planned (www.tomsguide.com)
Did the premise of an entity approaching you only when it's not being viewed originate with Doctor Who's Weeping Angels?
The Weeping Angels apparently originated with Steven Moffat seeing a statue of a weeping angel in a structure in a cemetery and returning later to find out it was gone. At least according to this RadioTimes article. They first appeared in 2007 in the episode Blink....
Thunderbird for Android / K-9 Mail: April 2024 Progress Report - The Thunderbird Blog (blog.thunderbird.net)
'Pretty remarkable': UBC study finds e-bike rebates led to decreased car use (bc.ctvnews.ca)
Study reveals "widespread, bipartisan aversion" to neighbors owning AR-15 rifles (www.psypost.org)
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that across all political and social groups in the United States, there is a strong preference against living near AR-15 rifle owners and neighbors who store guns outside of locked safes. This surprising consensus suggests that when it comes...
Bike brands start to adopt C-V2X to warn cyclists about cars (arstechnica.com)
Grocery stores promoting gas discounts are not helping the transition away from gas vehicles
Large grocery stores around here offer cheaper gas if you shop at there store. This can be up to a dollar a gallon off.
Dear Daily Notes Users: What do you put in there? (kbin.melroy.org)
Honestly curious, as someone who keeps hearing a lot about "my daily notes" but who personally doesn't use them....
BlackberryPi Handheld (cdn.hackaday.io)
hackaday.io/project/195587-blackberrypi-handheld...
These Could Be the Worst Bike Lanes in the United States Right Now (momentummag.com)
Listen, it's dangerous out there at the best of times especially given the examples of the most dangerous and worst bike lanes to follow