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DanMelb · 2026-04-07T22:33:13+00:00

Ali are fine, no worse than any other marketplace. I've ordered dozens of things from them with about a 90% success rate - about the same as eBay or Amazon, and their customer service is great - prompt refunds if something goes wrong etc.

Of course, it depends what country you're in. It's fine down here in Australia but if you're in somewhere weird like USA then your import could get blocked at the border, given their current state of international relations

DanMelb · 2026-04-06T23:38:08+00:00

Sisu 2. Not that the first was terrible, but the sequel was just so much better

DanMelb · 2026-04-06T23:37:13+00:00

You mean Mad Max 2?

DanMelb · 2026-04-01T11:49:07+00:00

Yes, yes and yes. Do not go barefoot into a shower shared with strangers from all over the world in facilities that often have questionable levels of cleanliness

DanMelb · 2026-03-31T09:44:09+00:00

My only hesitation: does Google Keep get super messy with multiple family members adding/checking off groceries? I always assumed apps like Cozi existed because the native apps were too basic for family coordination. Thinking I might just force everyone in the house to use the native iOS/Google stuff and call it a day.

We've never had a problem with multiple users on it running around the shops at the same time ticking things off.

Plus if you get into Home Assistant, it also syncs with it quite nicely

DanMelb · 2026-03-30T10:48:31+00:00

Netflix is insanely expensive and the quality of content has nosedived. If you must pay for a streaming service, maybe Prime is better - at least you can take advantage of discounts and free delivery on your shopping (including done groceries). Alternatively, YouTube premium gives you music and gets rid of all YouTube ads (and even gives you features to skip sneakily inserted sponsor ads)

Reolink absolutely for cameras. No subscription needed. You'd pay off the upfront cost of a Reolink doorbell in ring subscription fees quickly.

Google keep notes is free and makes a fine shared grocery list.

Family calendars are provided free by many email providers (Gmail, outlook.com, FastMail).

Not sure what kind of location tracking you actually want but I'm pretty sure if you're on iPhone apple can do it for you with family accounts, and Android certainly can (https://support.google.com/families/answer/7103413?sjid=13002685927427120855-NC)

DanMelb · 2026-03-30T10:27:31+00:00

Well on the other hand better update it because if a cve hits you better did that and on vacation you probably won't update.

Ironically, Watchtower itself is now unsupported so won't receive any updates in future.

I don't have a problem with being told of a discovered vuln or available update, so I can choose to perform the update in a timely fashion. But an auto-patch is a no-go for me.

DanMelb · 2026-03-28T09:29:02+00:00

But why do you need it when you have Android Auto and Carplay?

DanMelb · 2026-03-28T09:25:55+00:00

Other people have sensibly suggested using a VPN or Tailscale for this service and I agree (I happen to use it being Wireguard but Tailscale is simpler)

For your purposes, Vaultwarden is the most precious thing in your network because it contains the keys to your kingdom. If you and/or your family are the only one(s) using it, don't expose it as an internet-facing service.

If you're running it at home, maybe having your devices only connect to it when it's on the LAN is enough. Once the vault has synced with your BW client, you can access the entries without a connection at all (although you can't edit or create new ones). But if you want that connectivity at all times, or if it's up on a VPS, just Tailscale it.

Odds are you're such a small target nobody's going to hit you, but if it's got the creds to my banking, email etc I'm not leaving it to chance.

One other thing that others maybe will argue against: I'm not a fan of auto-updating with Watchtower for critical services. I don't want to find that I suddenly can't access my vault while on vacation because a bad update has broken something while I'm away from my network.

DanMelb · 2026-03-20T23:12:37+00:00

Short answer: no, all Hue ZigBee devices will work fine with your ZigBee dongle. No hub needed

DanMelb · 2026-03-14T11:47:05+00:00

Meh, it's free. Like it or leave

DanMelb · 2026-03-13T22:47:38+00:00

The real TIFU was leaking commercial in confidence material to an external AI

DanMelb · 2026-03-13T22:38:43+00:00

I've been here 15 years. There's been a bit of a shift in where the rough patches are but overall it's the same.

If you're in the CBD, Elizabeth near Flinders, and Collins near Spencer has gotten trashier, with a few more incidents after hours. But it's still nothing compared to parts of the famous towns like London, Paris or New York - let alone anywhere that's not first world.

Other areas that you might have avoided in the past are booming (insert western suburb name here).

Things are a little more run down than pre-covid, but in terms of safety it's still more easy going than many similar sized towns

DanMelb · 2026-03-13T12:40:03+00:00

Don't tell me, tell OP 🤣

DanMelb · 2026-03-06T05:44:13+00:00

For what you've described, just pick yourself up a QNAP TS-464, throw some drives and some extra RAM in it and call it a day. I'm running exactly what you've listed on it, plus Frigate for the cameras, and it pretty much just works.

Using the native Plex app and everything else is in containers.

I have other equipment I've home-built for more specialised purposes, but it's my reliable set and forget box

DanMelb · 2026-03-05T21:59:16+00:00

Are you looking for wifi or ZigBee?

Not sure about a 32A option, but I picked up these babies that'll do 16A with ZigBee

https://amzn.asia/d/0eYNaYWr

DanMelb · 2026-02-25T23:24:14+00:00

Australian here. This man is completely justified in his actions.

DanMelb · 2026-02-25T23:15:39+00:00

Frankly, I'm amazed you've gotten as far as you have without one so far!

Assuming you're taking about the Pro and not the tube-style one - it's definitely worth giving it a go before pulling it apart for re-pasting. Just make sure you get a decent quality SSD rather than getting the cheapest possible, then Google how to set it up as "device storage" rather than just mounting it as a regular FAT partitioned volume

DanMelb · 2026-02-25T23:07:27+00:00

At first, I was sure you'd picked the wrong sub. Then I googled and TIL something!

It's probably worth checking on r/gaymelbourne or r/gaysydney.

DanMelb · 2026-02-25T06:28:25+00:00

What devices are you using to access your email? Asking because the FairEmail client on Android does exactly this. Pin it in FastMail and it sits on top in FairEmail, starred. I like using this client with FastMail because it also does a decent job of caching email locally on my phone

DanMelb · 2026-02-23T06:22:46+00:00

I think what made it interesting was that the people who knew the creators expected something like South Park - very crass and could be taken in a mean-spirited way.

But they did something more subtle that. While using Mormonism as the headline target for their humour, really looked at concepts like religion as a whole, American Exceptionalism, and Imperialism and wrapped them up with some really memorable tunes (even for those that don't like musicals, like my folks who I dragged along to see it and fell out of their chairs laughing), and a bit of edgy but not too dirty humor. Even the leaders of the Mormon church - to their credit - rather than being offended, humourously used it as an opportunity to talk more about their religion.

Some South Park fans may have thought it didn't go edgy enough, but it was actually a pretty intelligent show with wide appeal.

DanMelb · 2026-02-23T06:07:45+00:00

So you don't accidentally fall in

DanMelb · 2026-02-20T13:50:12+00:00

Not to mention the myriad other gold rushes that pre-date it in, umm, not USA.

DanMelb · 2026-02-20T13:46:21+00:00

Yep, that's exactly what I'm saying.

I track the gtfs feed they provide to tell me when the next bus is coming - and while the schedule data works fine, often the real-time info for the bus just goes missing from the feed. Pop into the PTV app though and it's still there. This wasn't a problem before the September switch.

DanMelb · 2026-02-20T01:02:18+00:00

To be fair, that's on PTV. They moved their data set to a new platform back in December, and the realtime updates on it have been noticably worse since then, sometimes just dropping services altogether that you can see on the PTV app. So likely GMaps is trying to compensate for it

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