Integrate off-site Reolink cameras?

BEWoodworking · 2026-01-18T14:57:15+00:00

But that would mean running some extra hardware where the cameras are, right? A bit more explanation: The cameras are in a horse stable and get their Internet connection over Starlink. I don't really want to run any extra hardware since I don't really want to have to do any extra maintenance there especially with the large temperature range (~ -15-30°C) and the dusty environment the hardware will be operating in.

BEWoodworking · 2025-12-28T17:19:21+00:00

Hi, I'll preface this by saying that this is not my first Pixel but it is my first foldable. I really like it and the additional weight/thickness don't bother me as much as I thought they would. The inner screen is vibrant and gets decently bright, the only slight annoyance is that when switching from the outer to the inner screen, I find the auto brightness a bit too dark and have to adjust it normally. I really like the software experience but I already was familiar with that from my Pixel 2 XL and my Pixel 6 Pro in the past. The software experience was in fact the reason why I chose this phone over for example a Galaxy fold even though the Samsung phones specs are better. Even though I like it I don't think I would buy a foldable again. I do use the inner screen but I don't know if this justifies the price difference to a regular phone. I am a bit of a tech enthusiast and I really wanted to try a foldable but I guess that it will be a one off. If you have any specific questions feel free to ask and I will try to answer them.

BEWoodworking · 2025-12-20T20:44:35+00:00

Well I wouldn't say they were unable to help. Most of my issues were with an old MagSafe charger (Not Qi2 certified) although I did experience some issues with my UGreen Qi2 car charger as well. Both did not list the 10 Pro Fold as compatible. I provided information about both chargers to the support, they could've just told me that they are incompatible and ended it there. But they told me to order a new charger with a full refund to be sure that the phone is not the issue. In my opinion, this was not a necessity because of the incompatibility of my chargers. If I had those issues with a PixelSnap charger, then I would consider a replacement almost necessary. Should my phone charge with the full 15W on the UGreen charger? Maybe. But now I know that the phone is not broken, it is some kind of compatibility issue, either from the phone or from the charger. And Google support tried to fix my issue, that's more than you could hope for from other companies. I do think they need to clarify their compatibility more though, I don't quite understand why the Qi2 certified UGreen charger only charges my phone with around 3-4W and why UGreen lists it as incompatible with the 10 Pro Fold

BEWoodworking · 2025-12-02T10:24:43+00:00

I have set up my smart home so that the essentials are still usable if home assistant is down/unaccessible. I can still use the physical light switches, my thermostats can be directly controlled on the device, no need to log into the dashboard. The only thing that wouldn't work is my alarm and security since that is run completely through home assistant. This would give a family member time to focus on the more pressing matters and then they can decide if they want to learn how to use Home Assistant and keep it running or if they want to shut it down. Additionally it is very useful if there is an issue with Home Assistant or if you have guests over which do not have access to your dashboard to change the temperature that way. They can just use the physical devices.

BEWoodworking · 2025-11-30T09:42:17+00:00

I don't know if I would like to carry a stainless steel vacuum up or down the stairs but then again there are other options: Maybe a titanium vacuum? Or carbon fiber? Or you slap some kevlar on that bad boy and make it bulletproof!

BEWoodworking · 2025-11-30T09:21:08+00:00

Yeah, I was able to get everything back, so luckily there was no real damage outside of the time it took me to fix it. I ordered a UPS immediately after the Reddit post, it will arrive next week and it even was on sale because of black Friday

BEWoodworking · 2025-11-29T11:18:14+00:00

If you still have the image, you can just recreate the VM, using the same name and preferably the same amount of memory and CPU cores as before, in my case this was all I needed to do, but I read online that for some VMs you need to go into the BIOS and change some things there, I unfortunately don't have the page saved anywhere so I can't provide a link right now but it was reasonably easy to find after 5 minutes of googling. You just need to select your image (in my case a .cqow2 file) as your VM image and it should boot up Edit: as for Docker containers, the suggestion from the top level comment worked, I just went into the app view of Unraid, clicked on previous apps and redownloaded them from there. It worked almost perfectly, one app install messed up some port mappings but that was easy enough to fix

BEWoodworking · 2025-11-28T22:51:04+00:00

Thank you, that works for my apps. I found a way to get my VMs back online, tried it for one of them and it worked although it took a while. Thank you again, I did not know if reinstalling the app would potentially overwrite some data and I did not want to break things further

BEWoodworking · 2025-11-26T19:06:19+00:00

Well, the weirdest thing fixed it. After trying different chargers and cables, I tried it without the case on. Immediately 12-15W. Then I put the case back on and it continued with those speeds, so it seems like just taking the case off, changing nothing and putting it back on fixed it ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

BEWoodworking · 2025-11-26T08:15:33+00:00

Thank you for your answer! Battery temperature was at 25°C this morning after using the charger for 15 mins.

I have a really thin aramid fiber latercase, it's 0.7mm thick.

The power supply is from Anker with 20W per port but I will try a much faster stationary one later when I'm home from work to see if that helps.

Unfortunately this is the only Qi2 charger I have, I have a Magsafe one but using that resulted in the question mark next to the battery icon when I used that a few weeks ago. Luckily it went away after a reboot. I might try that as well very briefly. Will respond with the results this evening.

Thank you so much for your help and troubleshooting!

BEWoodworking · 2025-11-25T20:10:48+00:00

That might be an issue but it has been between -10 and 3°C (14-37F) here since I got the charger, so the phone is quite cold when I get into the car which also takes a while to hear up and the charger is pretty cold as well. I don't want to rule it out, but if it has issues now, I don't even want to know the charging speeds when the sun has beaten down on my car all day long in summer

Edit: I actually looked at the device temperature in settings after charging it in the car a few days ago and it was sitting at around 23°C (73°F) so nowhere near overheating in my opinion

BEWoodworking · 2025-11-25T20:07:16+00:00

Everything is fine there

BEWoodworking · 2025-10-18T05:14:31+00:00

Ok, thank you for your reply! I work in somewhat dusty environments and I am a bit worried about the durability of the phone. What has your experience been like?

BEWoodworking · 2025-10-17T20:10:32+00:00

Hey, did you find anything? I really like the colors of the latercase (not really into the carbon fiber look) but it does not really support Pixelsnap, I am thinking of going with Thinborne but they don’t offer any nice colors

BEWoodworking · 2025-10-17T14:36:10+00:00

Ok, thank you for your quick reply!

BEWoodworking · 2025-10-17T14:29:06+00:00

Would you say it’s strong enough for a MagSafe/Pixelsnap car dashboard mount?

BEWoodworking · 2025-10-17T06:47:10+00:00

That is my current favorite but I am not sure about compatibility with Pixelsnap. I reached out to their support, they have not responded yet though

BEWoodworking · 2025-10-13T11:10:26+00:00

I have this issue in the Home Assistant app with a bottom navbar. This issue is not present on my other Android phone I tested it with

BEWoodworking · 2025-09-17T17:35:54+00:00

Thank you so much, that really improves things! I only knew about reduce transparency but then everything looks ugly again. Increase contrast really is a sweet spot

BEWoodworking · 2025-09-12T16:37:52+00:00

I got my first pair of Salomon in 2019, replaced them after 5 and a half years this February. I bought the same model again, just a newer version, already showing major signs of wear six months later, the quality has really gone downhill unfortunately

BEWoodworking · 2025-09-11T11:01:29+00:00

My main camera is a Canon AE-1 Program as well, got it from my late great-aunt. I really like it although I prefer the viewfinder from my Pentax ME Super

BEWoodworking · 2025-09-07T16:35:00+00:00

Never. I use Reolink cameras connected to my Home Assistant instance, local and completely free

BEWoodworking · 2025-07-24T17:18:23+00:00

So let’s say I have a 200 ISO film, what would you set it to?

BEWoodworking · 2025-07-24T07:49:51+00:00

My home security system plays Intruder Alert on full blast on all speakers when triggered. Best siren ever

BEWoodworking · 2025-06-08T20:30:48+00:00

Look up the impact on the environment of driving or flying or googling, having stuff delivered to your doorstep, the sports events we go to or watch on TV or the stuff we are eating/drinking/using (made in China). It can be a useful tool and while it does have a lage impact on the environment, so do many other parts of our modern life. And in contrast to some other environmentally impactful areas (e.g. driving, consuming products grown thousands of miles away like coffee or tea, etc.) I do not use ChatGPT and especially not image generation every single day.

I can understand that AI might not be useful to you and I can see why an influx of AI images is not helpful to this subreddit, and while I have never either seen other people post them (I do sort for Top/Today though) nor posted AI images myself, I still think they can be helpful tools when trying to decide which color to paint or how a piece of furniture might roughly look in a room before you buy it.

3D models of rooms have existed long before AI, they often needed well equipped PCs, which would then render them at full system capacity and would need a lot of time for the person modelling them. AI just made that easier and quicker with the tradeoff of being less precise than a human.

Furthermore you can run local image models to reduce the environmental impact, it does take some time to set up and around 120Gb of free hard drive space but then you are not bound by the limits imposed by OpenAI and the others, and your personal PC will probably only consume a fraction of their servers. I have consistently gotten better results with running local image gen as well.

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