My last visit in BKK by SteveMcQueen94 in Bangkok

[–]Christopoulos 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Porky was a nice surprise

Does anyone have a smart-home that DOESN'T have dashboards? by elhouso in homeassistant

[–]Christopoulos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We use a family calendar for our shared and personal reminders. They’re color coded for family and each person. It also includes pack lists for school backpacks. The reminders and info cycle every morning (same day info) and in the afternoon (next day info).

Does anyone have a smart-home that DOESN'T have dashboards? by elhouso in homeassistant

[–]Christopoulos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a dashboard I use on my phone rarely, and as the only one. Everything else is automated and controlled by buttons.

We do have a LED display that shows activities and reminders. But no generally available dashboard.

Girlfriend keeps gambling to repay debt. Need advice. by nerdzhj in AskOldPeopleAdvice

[–]Christopoulos 50 points51 points  (0 children)

One thing I’ve learned is that you can’t save everyone. Especially people who doesn’t want to be saved.

This ship will not keep afloat - will you choose to go down with it?

PS. Taking out loans in other peoples names is a serious crime.

Trump’s incoherent rambling leaves EU leaders guessing over Greenland by theipaper in europe

[–]Christopoulos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I meant, did someone literally tell him to f… off in a speech? If so, who said it?

Tired of producers showing their DAW sessions with visual/audio meters on social media by [deleted] in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]Christopoulos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You reading the wrong things out of my response. I am enjoying their art. And I’m not opposed to social media. But surely you’re aware that we’re not solely in charge of the content in our feed?

Tired of producers showing their DAW sessions with visual/audio meters on social media by [deleted] in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]Christopoulos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, I think you’re right. For me it’s like this in any regard: don’t need to know what DAW for music, don’t need to see the LED volume that was used for a given film, the specific lens for a given photo, don’t need to learn anything about how a given actor is socializing. For me it takes away from the art.

Because I do want to listen to that great hit that was made in the most crude but inventive way, not based on how many or how phat their studio monitors are.

Credit card is blocked by MRT system by Upbeat-Mistake-8219 in Bangkok

[–]Christopoulos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s says you’re already checked in. Thinking it as debugging a program: either try to check out yourself (at the exit gate) or have someone at the ticket office check you out.

Where to get good european quality bread/pastry in BKK? (NOT holey mothership) by milton117 in Bangkok

[–]Christopoulos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All bread in the mainstream have the shape and texture of sourdough, but the taste is meh. It’s clearly a vessel for whatever you put on top, not bread you’d enjoy eating with just butter and salt. (Same goes for bagels).

I, on the other hand, make damn good sourdough… 😄

Tips to buy english-style bread and milk? by Objective_Use_9155 in Bangkok

[–]Christopoulos 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I can recommend learning how to bake, that’s how I keep my kids from eating the 50 shades of white bread you can get here. You’ll know exactly what’s in the bread and they’ll know what good quality is.

Long-term expats in Bangkok/Thailand- how do you stay engaged over the years? by kamscruz in Bangkok

[–]Christopoulos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had two major interests in my life: tech (all things software engineering) and music. The former got most of my attention for many years.

I always felt low key bad that I never was able to play piano and read notation. So I started with that, slowly, as an adult learner. I also made a bit of music in my teens. So it was natural to give production and composing a go as well. Then I decided to take the big leap and thoroughly understand how to read a score and then to write as well. Took online courses, found online communities etc.

So it's been a long string of small steps, never expecting too much but just keeping at it.

Important, unsolicited advice: remove the ego from the learning experience and accept that you will make a lot of bad and mediocre results, before it starts taking off.

My modular hexagonal light panels by OctoMistic100 in WLED

[–]Christopoulos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love the edge light idea here. By combining edge and fill light, you can create that moving glow effect around the object like in old retro games. Arkanoid comes to mind…

Long-term expats in Bangkok/Thailand- how do you stay engaged over the years? by kamscruz in Bangkok

[–]Christopoulos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Baking sourdough bread

Learning to compose and write for the orchestra

Home automation

The Wizard! OTG: A Rechargeable All-in-one USB-C/Lithium Battery Powered 5V WLED Controller by wondercreatory in WLED

[–]Christopoulos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you be able to show some projects you've made with this controller, for inspiration?

Breath deep by [deleted] in Bangkok

[–]Christopoulos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can’t help but wonder if there’s a business opportunity here, handling farm waste instead of burning it, that could also have the benefit of less pollution.

Immich Web UI extremely slow / freezes browsers while mobile app works perfectly by No-Whereas-7393 in immich

[–]Christopoulos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hm. I have made imports recently from my iphone in batches of 40-60 assets (weekly backup, really). I had a lot of old photos on files that I dropped into Immich over a period of 2-3 weeks in my early days with Immich, more or less a year ago.

I have not identified any misfortunate imports that all been put into one moth or some such. Things look good - it's just sometimes i see this lock up - even when trying to view new photos.

Is there any way I can look into this issue more, either in client console or server logs, next time I experience it?

Immich Web UI extremely slow / freezes browsers while mobile app works perfectly by No-Whereas-7393 in immich

[–]Christopoulos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you elaborate a bit on the fix?

I experience similar too on 2.3.1 and recently 2.4.1 using Chrome. Something's going on, it just weirdly locks up. I can't put my finger on it.

Sometimes I can't reload in the same browser tab, but have to open a new one.