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  • My Wago connectors arrived

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  • When I discovered wago connectors my smart home journey changed completely! Stupid wire nut connectors are so damn bulky and flaky when installing larger smart switches and relays. Wagos rock!

    Your next evolution involves ferrules. Get a ferrule kit and up your freaking stranded wire connector game!!

  • Trump, 79, Storms Off From Sit-Down After Melting Down at Reporter

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  • This is an unpopular take, but as he exited his interview with Welker he placed a very platonic hand against her shoulder (gently, not creepy as you would expect), amost as an apology or acknologment of her efforts after her admittedly aggressive questioning of him.

    I found this to very out of character for him and wonder if anyone else noticed it?

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    Parent company of Truth Social reports $400M loss

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  • The point of the company was not to profit but to broadcast the grift which is where all the money ends up. The "truth" loses money but the gaslit minions fund the idiot.

  • Classic eggs Benedict

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  • Sorry for the dis, but I hate new potatoes. Would have been much happier to see starchy spuds in some form...nice hash browns for example. My wife loves waxy taters and even made a tater salad last night with waxys...inedible to me. Nice brecky though even if the tater are inedible.

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  • I now follow the rules. Speeding, parking, etc. I am never going to be late to something. It’s honestly just easier if you don’t make waves.

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  • Also tall guy here. Realize that most back pain is actually inflammation. Yes, I have some blown discs in my lower back and I used to have to get shots in them to reduce the swelling. Manage your inflammation and you will have fewer troubles. Of course, you have to stop lifting those heavy things in a stupid way.

  • What unusual/uncommon item(s) do you always keep around for a perfectly logical reasons?

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  • The piddly light on my phone is no match for a real flashlight, though.

  • What unusual/uncommon item(s) do you always keep around for a perfectly logical reasons?

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  • Flashlights - I am never without one within reach.

  • Jaws drop at Trump DOJ prosecutor's 'unbelievable' courtroom admission: 'This job sucks'

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  • What sane firm would hire anyone who stays on to toe the line being fed out by this Justice Department? She could immediately about face and start supporting victims who have been disappeared...not much money in it but you can sleep at night.

  • Beige for dinner

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  • "Brown food tastes good!"

    • Anne Burrell, RIP

  • Jaws drop at Trump DOJ prosecutor's 'unbelievable' courtroom admission: 'This job sucks'

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  • lol...asking the judge to hold her in contempt so she could grab a few hours of sleep for a change. For me that would be a sign that I'm not going to work there any longer. She should get out and when they can't find anyone to argue the government's side justice will then prevail.

  • Which gift from a past Christmas do you still use regularly and enjoy?

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  • We normally don't gift unless an excellent idea comes up. We were struggling with our ice maker not keeping up (Ice water constantly, cocktails in the evening, etc) and my wife got me a countertop nugget ice maker (chewy ice). It is no good for daily ice water which needs big cubes to melt slowly but I turn that sucker on every day a 3PM and my evening drinks are much improved!

  • Good NAS solution for dummies / apple users?

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  • Fair enough, I knew my take wouldn't be a popular one here. In all fairness if you are using Apple products the iCloud sync brings all of the metadata with the data on every device that accesses it.

    While I don't have any illusions that Apple has my back they do have a lot invested in keeping people's trust in their ecosystem. The automated on-device CSAM scanning kerfuffle that they backed away from shows that they are sensitive to the threat of people leaving their walled garden.

    Another fairly easy to implement local solution that wouldn't be an admin headache is to put a Mac mini with a bunch of attached storage on the network and use it as a file server. I do that for my PleX.

  • Good NAS solution for dummies / apple users?

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  • This will be an unpopular suggestion here but why not just go all in on iCloud? It's reasonably inexpensive for not data-hoarding amounts of data, reasonably secure and E2E encrypted. Given the low cost, zero setup if they're already Apple people and lack of admin I think it is ideal for them.

    I pay for iCloud storage because I want HomeKit Secure Video cloud storage (I also have a local copy on disk).

  • Home Assistant vs. HomeKit Questions

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  • Regarding your myQ, get away if you can. You can find an inexpensive HK device from Meross that will likely work for you.

    If you want to use HA then you will end up migrating all of your HK devices to be paired with HA and then you can bridge them all (and more) back to HK so your family does not have to learn anything new.

  • Michelle Obama says the country is ‘not ready for a woman’ president | CNN Politics

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  • I think you nailed it here. Give the people a choice to vote for AOC and I think it will happen.

  • what everyday technology do you think future generations will find completely baffling?

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  • Holding a thing to your face to talk to another human will seem like cave-men aping for a mate in the future. If I forget my bluetooth headset in the morning my day is shot - I'm sure the future is much brighter.

  • Should I get rid of my VHS collection

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  • My response is likely to be unpopular but it's how I feel. I had ungodly gobs of physical media years ago - VHS, DVDs, BlueRay, CDs, etc. It got to where it was more of a hassle to dig through and find the item then slub it over to the equipment just to enjoy my media.

    I digitized everything and stuck it on a home media server. Now it's as simple as grabbing the remote and pick what I want and it's done. I'm much happier now.

  • For the first time I deliberately created my very own junk drawer

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  • Very nice but you realize it's going to grow, right? I recently repacked my junk armoire to make some space for actual clothes.

  • Getting a small chest freezer from a family member who just upgraded theirs. Tips on what to/how to store food?

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  • I can tell you from experience make sure that if the outlet you plug in to is GFCI protected have power loss alarm rigged up. Get a small generator for power outages. Nothing more frustrating than throwing away an entire chest of spoiled food.

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    rouxdoo @lemmy.world

    Put the squirrel trap out again

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    rouxdoo @lemmy.world

    Just clicked in because...