https://terminaltrove.com/new.xml

This gives basically no headaches at all. I am running this schema on all my Linux devices. And swap is done using a swapfile instead of a partition. This way, you can easily increase it later on.

Ohh, SQLite isn’t “one” db. SQLite is file-based. I.e. a database in e.g. PostgreSQL (containing several tables, views, indexes, etc.) would translate to one SQLite file (e.g. mydatabase.db3 or myappdata.sqlite). And each app has its own file/database. If the file corrupts, then it’s only affecting that specific app. (However, SQLite is pretty robust.) And since these are just files, you can backup them together with the application. No need to export data or shutdown the database first.

There are smart valves. You can just unscrew/unclip the existing dumb ones and replace them with smart ones. They usually even report the temperature (well, near the radiator - so you might want to get extra temp sensors for the other end of the room).

Unless you share the boiler’s output with someone, I’d be surprised if you didn’t have access.

But still, if you don’t want to mess with the electrical connections, manipulating the radio waves works just fine. :)

Whenever it is supported, yes. I’m a huge fan of SQLite.

Very happy with it. I’m running it with an SQLite database, so no extra database server is needed. And I’m using Elk as a frontend for when I don’t feel like using an app.

On the receiving end of this controller, there’s probably just a relay shorting 2 wires from the boiler together - like the Honeywell BDR91.

So, you could just replace that by some Shelly switch and wouldn’t have to use the proprietary radio protocol.

On a sidenote: Those room controllers usually “learn” how long it takes to reach the target temperature (as this can be vastly different between summer and winter) and move the starting time accordingly. So they reach the target temperature at the programmed time. At least the more expensive ones do. You’d have to do something similar in your automation if you want that comfort. (Unless HA already has some code for that…)

This is what I’ll replace my DS415+ with, too, once it dies. The TerraMasters are basically bog-standard Intel NUCs with a storage adapter. And there’s HDMI output and an internal USB drive which you can just replace (or overwrite) and install OMV or TrueNAS or whatever.

This is because they own the gameplay

Do they, though? They create the world, but the player is the one controlling the action.

someone reading a book out loud publicly

If I publicly read a book, I replay the contents verbatim. Basically an exact copy. But playing a game IMHO is more like fan-fiction. I’m making my own story and thus there should be no way to get any legal case against showing/publishing this to others.

That being said, if you monetise your videos and make money from them, it becomes a whole different story.

Wait, until they find out about Supermarionation…

I’ve recently watched this video on YT about some guy that replaced all his social interactions with AI models for for a while. And he, too, said that his ChatGPT “best friend” was too friendly and later in the test preferred some Character.AI “dominatrix” model instead.

In Paris, France, government officials went around the inner city area and forcefully removed all unofficial key safes from buildings. That’s how all cities should handle this.

However, some years ago there was a news story going around about one person that owns various different places in Berlin, all listed under different names on AirBnB and that person barely visits those places as he has cleaning people do everything in between bookings. They only pocket the huge amounts of money while doing nothing. And the description to find the door key was like “find the public bicycle rack and look for the broken bike with a pink frame, the key will be under the saddle” and there were specific instructions to not talk to anyone in that building. So they definitely knew that this was kind of a grey area…

Yep, the one time I’ve tried to use AirBnB I had booked a nice place way in advance only to get it cancelled a few weeks later b/c the owner apparently needed it for something else. Or realised there was an event during that time where he could get more money.

Contrary to that, when the hotel we had booked for some time during Covid realised they weren’t open for the public yet, they moved our booking to a nearby higher tier partner hotel and they then even upgraded us. You won’t get this with AirBnB, I guess.

But how is it deemed illegal when Nintendo “loses” pre-release games in the wild and somebody “finds” it and shows it off on YouTube? Game reviewers are bound by NDAs and have contracts with Ninty - but these “criminals” don’t. So what’s the crime here? Publishing something Ninty didn’t want to get out yet? And how is this copyright infringement when he never stated that he’s made a Mario game? Or is trying to sell Mario-themed stuff? It’s an official game from Ninty, so what does this have to do with copyright? Where did he copy it?

Same with the “circumvention” … if you can easily make a copy of the key from your own device - which you’ve legally bought and where you only need a paper clip to do it - what are you circumventing then? If you buy a lock, it usually comes with the keys on a keyring that’s “locked” to the loop. Is removing a key from that keyring also “circumventing” then?

The big problem here is that most people doing law have no idea about the technical stuff. And until that changes we’ll see lots of these ridiculous claims going through.

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Wasn’t there something a few months ago about Microsoft handing out secret API calls to developers of other antivirus products so they can quietly disable Defender during the installation of their product? Some guy had this reverse engineered from an installer…

Got my Steam Deck a month ago, got Citron working yesterday and might put my (unpatched) Switch into storage soon…

Yeah, but if your dream second hand laptop has everything but USB-C charging, you can easily get such adapter and basically make it USB-C charging capable. 😉

About the last bit: There are these now. Available for all usual laptop plugs and voltages. Much easier to carry with you than a separate AC brick.