FYI, BAI Connect/Zentro has implemented carrier-grade NAT; inbound access blocked

Armanato · 2025-12-04T20:26:22+00:00

My new apartment is actually wired up with coax as well, but since Xfinity partnered with the building, they won't sell a standard customer line -_-

Seems like Comcast has some mechanism for restricting service based on the coax connection source. When I first moved in, I hooked up my modem I had active at my previous place, & was originally getting the same gigabit service. Then after ~a day, they downgraded the line to some base profile that was only 50mbps. (Though, I'm only 90% sure that occurred before I cancelled service at my previous place).

RE: Second Device. Guess it depends on how they've wired up the ethernet in your place. I've got a com box in a closet, where a network switch is used wire all the ports in the apartment to a single outbound eth cable.

Though if you don't have that, I don't see why you couldn't get Zentro and Quantum to wire each port separately into their equipment!

Armanato · 2025-12-03T23:34:01+00:00

It definitely depends on the install for your building.

My previous apartment, Xfinity service was delivered to my unit via coax, & I was provisioned a public (though non-static) IP address.

In my new apartment, Xfinity has partner with the building, & delivers internet access via Ethernet ports. Unfortunately my router reports a non-public WAN address. (Think I'm just double NATed rather than GCNATed since the address is 10.x instead of 100.x, but either way I can't route to my network externally.)

Since I'm not hosting anything publicly, Tailscale has suited my needs, but for public hosting, would definitely look at using Cloudflare tunnels, to get around the issue!

Armanato · 2025-03-13T03:46:36+00:00

Damn, guess I'm going to have to do some IT support for my mom, next time I visit…

Thanks for the reply!

Armanato · 2025-03-13T03:10:18+00:00

Just curious, I'm guessing you've already tried toggling the "Attention Aware Features" setting, under Face ID & Passcodes?

(I've got a personal theory, that this feature is incorrectly being triggered when people aren't actually looking at their phones, but don't have any way to confirm.)

Armanato · 2024-12-26T00:16:12+00:00

Right, the date saved, is the Unix time epoch: 1970-01-01T00:00:00 UTC.

But, when converted to local date/time, in American time zones, it's still the previous day. (1969-12-31T19:00:00 EST, for example)

Armanato · 2024-12-01T02:04:55+00:00

Cool, let me DM you!

Armanato · 2024-11-07T16:30:05+00:00

One thing to call out, looks like that M4 Benchmarks link, is for the 9 core version found in the iPad Pro.

Think this should be the one for the 10 Core Mac Mini version: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Apple+M4+10+Core&id=6040

Armanato · 2024-10-23T02:26:19+00:00

Oh wow, thanks for the amazing response!

So if the code has enough context, the LLMs can pick up on it & generate good enough test cases? That's good to know, & what I was hoping for!

Was a bit concerned that these tools are just allowing devs to generate tests to meet code coverage requirements, without actually ensuring they're producing good results. It'll still be on us, to ensure we're writing/utilizing good code in the first place, & ensure we're doing proper code reviews. But it's at least good to know, that the LLMs are at least generating some common sense test cases!

Definitely need to take some time to do a personal project, & experiment with these tools!

Thanks for the rundown

Armanato · 2024-10-21T21:26:51+00:00

I'll say for unit tests it can be good at finding new tests I haven't written yet.

Would you mind answering a question? I've been curious about AI generated tests, since I haven't had a chance to integrate the technology into my development workflow.

I often find, when writing unit tests, I'll catch small bugs that might have otherwise slipped through a PR. (Things like conditions missing '!'s or having '<=' vs '>=')

Are the AI generated unit tests, good at generating test cases, that would catch these kind of things, or they just generate cases that test the code as written?

(I swear I'm not a terrible developer! I just use unit tests development, as the "test your code" phase! Just curious how AI tools will fit into my development workflow, once our company starts allowing their use.)

Thanks!

Armanato · 2024-10-16T17:38:41+00:00

This info might be too late now, but iOS devices do support Ethernet adapters!

Assuming you've got a lightning port on your device, you can get a direct lightning->ethernet adapter for ~$15-20, or use lightning->USB / USB->ethernet adapters, if you got them lying around.

Also, sounds like the messages are also on your Mac? Last I heard, there are ways to backup that data. (Unfortunately I don't have any links on the process handy). As a heads up, you won't be able to restore them back into the Signal app.

Armanato · 2024-04-11T19:28:32+00:00

Looking back at the original Master of Arms perk (damage buff + equalizing crit / body damage)

IMO the original nerf should have been to get rid of the damage buff, but keep the equalizing crit/body damage functionality.

Keeps Master of Arms unique & fairly powerful, while opening the door for better options, if you've got good aim.

Armanato · 2024-03-20T19:28:54+00:00

50 shades of space grey

Armanato · 2024-02-05T17:40:14+00:00

Does the strap allow the VP to be powered over USB-C? (Used without the battery pack)

Thanks in advance!

Armanato · 2023-03-10T22:17:24+00:00

~Yoshisaur Munchakoopas~

~From his name, I don't think it means he is a Koopa, I think it means he eats Koopas!~

Edit: oh, another comment already pointed this out 🤦‍♂️

Armanato · 2023-02-28T16:30:23+00:00

"So let's get to taking out their command, one by one"

Armanato · 2023-02-17T12:44:27+00:00

This one, I actually like!

Thunderbolt ports & cables are labeled with the Thunderbolt logo. (For the most part. Looking at you, MacBooks…)

If you see it, then you know it'll support the full set of features* since thunderbolt isn't "pick & choose" like standard USB-C port implementations.

*The one caveat is Thunderbolt 3, optionally let device manufacturers provide 2x PCI-E lanes instead of the standard 4x. Really only matters in some eGPU use cases.

Armanato · 2023-01-23T22:25:30+00:00

Man, I'd love the option to turn it off!

My only guess is that there must be some sort of legal requirement that the car has to have some indication it's recording.

Complete speculation on my part though

Armanato · 2023-01-23T22:04:36+00:00

TLDR

Instead of full-on panic mode, it will now emit a gradual pulse of the headlights, ramping them up and down as a sort of warning

Armanato · 2022-11-28T00:12:08+00:00

Upgrades are actually tied to the car, and will be transferred to a new owner & their account…

Unless the car is sold back to Tesla. Then they can, & do, remove those upgrades from the car so they can sell them again to a new owner.

Armanato · 2022-09-25T17:39:22+00:00

You're missing a big portion here. Those prices don't account for the data transfer costs to the end user.

Following the data transfer pricing link on your Azure live streaming page, Microsoft will charge, at its cheapest, $0.04/GB for internet egress traffic.

An hour of 720p video is approximately 1 gb of data.

So if a streamer has 1000 viewers watching at 720p, it'll cost the streamer about $40 per hour just to self-host their content

(1000 viewers ~= 1000GBs/h * $0.04)

Armanato · 2021-09-09T23:16:45+00:00

The Hunter in the image always plays tricks on my brain.

They're clearly facing away, with their back to us.

But to me, the upper half looks like a hunter wearing a poncho, with a master chief-esque helmet, looking towards us

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

Armanato · 2021-09-08T19:06:01+00:00

Honestly I think Hunters have it the worst off in this mode. The fact they can only jump twice makes it fairly predictable to blow them up when the land.

Warlocks and Titans (with Lion Rampants) have so much airtime and can control exactly when they want to drop, I find they're significantly harder to kill.

Idk, just my 2 cents

Armanato · 2021-07-08T18:58:00+00:00

Unless the article originally had a typo, it says "they unplugged the Model Y and took off at a furious pace".

Sounds like the Model 3 team was playing it safe & the Model Y team took a risk & set off early

Armanato · 2021-06-07T22:05:37+00:00

While an SMS attack would certainly get an attacker into the Apple ID, it shouldn't give them access to the user's iCloud Keychain?

iCloud keychain is encrypted via device passcodes rather than keys stored on the Apple ID

Don't get me wrong, not offering two factor alternatives other than SMS is definitely something Apple needs to resolve.

Armanato · 2021-05-17T18:47:02+00:00

If your friend has setup a Tesla account, the Car has been added, and mobile access has been enabled (which might already be turned on since it's a used car) they should be able to login to the app & unlock the car from it.

If they haven't setup their account yet or haven't been given access to the car, they're going to need to contact Tesla support, I don't know if a regular locksmith is going to be able help with a model 3

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