I've got a Home Assistant server hooked into homekit with voice (via an Apple HomePod). I can say something like "turn on home theater" and it will turn on the receiver, TV, and Apple TV, and will set the receiver to the Apple TV's input.
Then, other automations. Like, I've got a Lytmi Fantasy 3 Pro light strip behind my TV, and when I launch video (via streaming, plex, whatever) on the Apple TV, it will automatically turn off the living room lights except for the color strip. Then if I stop or pause the video, it will turn them back on. Stuff like that.
Only drawback is the TV doesn't do wake on LAN unless you use the ethernet connection. If you want it wireless, you gotta use CEC instead, but that's not too big a deal.
It's blocked at my router. I've had two routers the past few years, an ASUS AX5700 (RT-AX86u) and a NETGEAR AXE7800 (RAXE300). Both allow for blocking a device from internet without blocking LAN access. So you give it an IP on your network, and then just block it from internet. I use the Netgear currently and have the ASUS as a backup device.
I don't know if it's true, but I've read that some TVs will scan and seek to connect to open networks if it's not connected at all, so I figure that way it's totally blocked, and I still have access to its APIs for Home Assistant and Homekit use.
So glad I blocked my LG C1 from the internet ages ago. Haven't received updates in forever, don't care. It's a TV, it shows pictures. I even still have it LAN enabled so it can be controlled via Home Assistant automations, it just can never leave the home network, and that's how I like it.
I can't even remember how long ago I set it up to do this, I think it was when I heard rumor they'd be including ads in the UI, maybe 2023 or so.
There was nothing euphemistic about my previous comment. I linked details on Obama’s record on immigration policy. He didn’t all keep his promises on immigration and his track record on it was mediocre and with a high number of deportations. That’s not the same thing as having kids in cages (again, that was Trump term 1), or anything like the atrocities we’re seeing today from ICE’s thugs.
Please, source your statements if you’re going to be this wrongly argumentative about it. Otherwise this isn’t a discussion worth continuing.
While Obama’s legacy on immigration was mixed and not exactly great, his administration did make a point to keep families together and not isolate children from their relatives.
The fact that we see so many people having regret is a good thing. I'd rather have people that realized they fucked up then people that are doubling down and defending everything Trump is doing.
And that’s why it’s not funny, but the suffering has to continue. The person in this article and many who support Trump will not see reality for what it is until it hits home and affects them dramatically.
It sucks, but there’s a lack of empathy in this cohort that means they’ll never understand the consequences of what they’ve done unless they’re directly impacted by it, and only for a prolonged enough duration for it to sink in and become a long term pattern instead of a “one-off” experience.
If you want to help, donate to your local food bank. Nobody can save these people from themselves, but you can at least ensure that they don’t starve long enough to maybe turn things around.
Dude, Dollar Tree was awesome back in the day. In the early 2010s I got a complete set of dishware there, plates and bowls for $1 each, and the reason they were there was that the ceramic glaze wasn't "perfect." I couldn't tell, I just had some cool looking plates and bowls that lasted me nearly a decade before they finally got scratched and scuffed up enough to bother replacing. Money well spent.
You could get actual glass mugs for a dollar. Bars of Jergens soap for sensitive skin were like $0.70 a bar. All kinds of actually decent kitchenware and housewares stuff for dirt cheap. Was an absolute life saver at the time.
I just need Jellyfin to fix their subtitles issues on Apple TV and I'll be all set. Swiftfin needs some work yet, though I'm told the fix is in the pipeline for release soon^(TM) (probably by Q1 next year?).
Non stick make food go hot but food no stick. Doesn’t last very long but it’s very easy to clean. If you really love eggs they’re a necessity.
Hard disagree. Eggs are the first thing I ever learned to cook, and I can make them consistently how I like them, every time... or I could, until I started using non-stick pans. For a few years I struggled to make a proper egg and couldn't figure out why. Switched back to stainless steel pans, perfect eggs every time.
I really, really don't like teflon/PFAS/whatever non-stick pans. Just plain steel or cast iron for me. The consistency matters, and I just can't get that from non-stick coated pans.
Non-stick is terrible for anything that needs real frying, because the non-stick coating breaks down at high temperatures (generally manufacturer recommendations are to keep the pan under 400f / 204c. I've had the coating start browning and changing at lower temperatures than that.
I have cast iron pans, but I can't be bothered to maintain them so they mostly sit in the cabinet. I need to sand and re-coat mine currently, as they've got some rust spots, and I don't really use them.
I swear by steel pans. They work great on any stove type (gas, electric, induction, doesn't matter), have enough heft but are lighter than cast iron, and they can handle high heat and even be baked so long as the handle is also steel. The trick to stainless is making sure it's hot enough for water to dance on, and nothing will stick. I tend to use a bit of oil and then a bit of butter when cooking in them and they're practically non-stick that way anyway, just give it a rinse and wash while it's still hot and everything comes right off.
Plus, there are some foods you actually want to stick a bit sometimes, like when you're searing meats and later using the glaze from the pan for a sauce.
If you're using steel and accidentally leave it and stuff is stuck to it, no need to panic, just put some water in the pan, heat it up (preferably with a lid on), and once it's hot, everything should come off easily.
Edit - one trick to cooking with a stainless steel pan that I've found specifically when cooking with oil (olive oil generally) - When the oil becomes thin and moves around the pan easily you're generally good, but if you leave it sit on medium heat until the oil makes a sort of sine wave pattern where the edges of the pan start to curve up, you're set, nothing will stick.
It's often an upstream issue, and I'm not keen on people who suggest men in middle age (40s, 50s) should automatically jump to supplementing testosterone. I had low T for a while and it turned out it was due to a vitamin B deficiency (I'm a T2 Diabetic and my medication basically leeches vitamin B from my body, as well as blocking absorption). Started supplementing vitamin B and eating more foods with vitamin B and the next two tests over several months went from low, to the lower end of "normal" range, and seemed to be steadily increasing back to normal.
I watched that some time back when I was rehabbing with bands, and it's got a ton of resistance band exercises you can do for a full body workout. Find the motions that work for you and go for it.
Consider kettlebells as well going forward. I'm in my mid-forties now, and I lifted weights a lot between 30 and 40 to the exclusion of a lot of other options, and found over time the injuries and joint pain rack up. Over the last few years I've leaned into more cardio and kettlebell work for explosive movements and keeping a lot of that natural motion and mobility compared to static lifting. Heck, I even got back into playing Dance Dance Revolution (via ITGMania on PC and a cheap dance mat). It's a lot of fun, and somehow, my knees haven't murdered me in my sleep yet. 😂
It's crazy, isn't it? I went to a "good" school (non-public school, better education from elementary through high school) growing up and even then our home economics courses only taught us how to sew and make pillows and shit (I'm not entirely knocking it, I can stitch up and patch clothes). The only teacher who taught financial education was a substitute we might have seen for one lesson twice a year or something. I still remember him too, Mr. Roland. He called it his Roland-omics course.
It's been like... 25 years now or something. Mr. Roland, bro, sir, if you're still out there, thanks for the head start. I completely bombed financially in my 20s, but recovered in my 30s after bankruptcy, in part remembering and working on a lot of the stuff you taught, and I'm thriving now.
Like, a lot of people in the thread talk about how people overspend on vehicles. Okay, I don’t disagree: America could generally do just fine with less-extravagant vehicles. But…think about how many decades and how many marketing resources have been devoted to achieving that state. There are a lot of experts with a lot of data working very hard on that.
I mean, yeah. But... consumerism. It's literally the problem. People need to work on their susceptibility to this. Just because something is sold to you does not mean you have to buy it. I don't buy anything major without at least a few weeks to a month of research, and longer the more expensive it is. And I'll commonly wishlist something if I feel an overwhelming sense of desire to buy it and can't figure out why. Sometimes I legitimately want something, but other times it's just social or advertising pressure, memetic desire. I figure if I come back later and still want it, it's worth considering, but often it just gets removed from the list. The desire, the want is temporary. Marketing is very good at manipulating your base desires and making something seem like a need when it's far from it.
People and businesses will always be selling, always manipulating.You have to learn to curb your impulses and tame the monkey brain. There is a level of personal responsibility required.
I'm with you. I'm around $120-125k depending on bonuses. I could in theory make more, but I work remotely, have plenty of PTO, the job's pretty cushy for several months the year and only rarely super busy and stressful, and I'm already saving aggressively. I haven't capped off and could make more (heck, I'm not even senior where I am), but it would likely come with work life balance issues and a side helping of misery. No thanks.
Having enough money to live and thrive is important, but knowing when it's enough and enjoying your life outside of it is just as important.
I've got a Home Assistant server hooked into homekit with voice (via an Apple HomePod). I can say something like "turn on home theater" and it will turn on the receiver, TV, and Apple TV, and will set the receiver to the Apple TV's input.
Then, other automations. Like, I've got a Lytmi Fantasy 3 Pro light strip behind my TV, and when I launch video (via streaming, plex, whatever) on the Apple TV, it will automatically turn off the living room lights except for the color strip. Then if I stop or pause the video, it will turn them back on. Stuff like that.
Only drawback is the TV doesn't do wake on LAN unless you use the ethernet connection. If you want it wireless, you gotta use CEC instead, but that's not too big a deal.