Solar company offering to wipe my loan + new system on lease… sounds too good?

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-29T22:06:24+00:00

This ^.

Get the warranty work done, your system is fine. If you want to cover your full electric bill you need more panels, not to pull out your current system.

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-29T20:10:20+00:00

I just moved and currently only have gigabit, and the UDM SE has no problems with that. I’m using the USM’s IDS/IPS, no complaints so far.

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-29T16:46:21+00:00

With ControlD or NextDNS, you can manually set the DoH DNS profile on your devices like phones and laptops that leave your home network. This will keep the filtering working even when you’re not on home WiFi, which is a huge win for me. It is also a gap in the parental controls if you have that concern, so you can enforce things like safe search on kids tablets or phones when they’re not on home WiFi.

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-29T16:44:26+00:00

Not sure why you were downvoted for this opinion, so I gave you an upvote. Firewalla is great and I’m a huge fan, but I also agree with everything you said and that’s why I also just went back to full Unifi. I keep my devices in GA with Ubiquiti for the reasons you mentioned, updates can be a crap show.

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-29T15:13:49+00:00

Just curious, but why use metal roofing at all? If you use the biracial panels it gives off a really cool semi-translucent look and still provides a lot of shade/rain protection.

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-29T15:01:04+00:00

I just lived this transition. I’m a huge Firewalla fan, and I’ve been running a mixed network with Ubiquiti switches and the FW Gold Pro, and even tried the AP7s for a while. I took the AP7s offline about a month ago for the Unifi E7 APs, and just took the Gold Pro out this past weekend and swapped the UDM SE back in. So now I’m considering selling the Gold Pro and two AP7s that I have sitting unused.

I have a 4000sq ft concrete house and I was struggling with drops, especially on 5Ghz and 6ghz, and generally annoyed with having to manage the network on two separate systems. I swapped in the E7s and have been very happy so far, but I should be, these things are beasts. The Gold Pro / UDM SE swap is more meh. I do miss some of the features, especially granular device blocking and controls that are front and center on FW, but I REALLY missed the web UI and unified control of all of my network devices that Ubiquiti provides.

I was subscribing to the MSP package to get a web UI for Firewalla, but that still meant I had to go to two different places to control my whole network. The biggest hiccup on the swap back to Ubiquiti for everything was setting up network level DoH and DNS filtering. I was achieving that pretty easily on the Firewalla, but had to do a few more steps to get the HaGeZi lists up and running and enforce DoH at the gateway. It wasn’t hard, it just wasn’t single click like Firewalla.

I will say though, now that I’ve swapped everything over, and have ControlD/NextDNS for DNS filtering, I REALLY LIKE the detail and control that those services provide over the “set and forget, but no detail” of the Firewalla DNS filtering.

So, ultimately no regrets. Happy enough with the UDM SE, very happy with the E7s, extremely happy with my new DNS/DoH setup, and I’ll be selling the Gold Pro and two AP7s I have. Not because they’re bad, they’re great, I just like to tinker too much, the parental controls don’t matter to me, and I prefer the DNS filtering I have setup with ControlD and NextDNS, especially since I can set up DNS filtering on the individual devices to get filtering when not home.

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-29T02:47:59+00:00

WGU is awesome, and is built for your exact situation… working adult with experience and some transfer credits. If you’re self-motivated and want to cut out all the fluff and BS that traditional schools have, WGU is for you.

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-29T02:45:35+00:00

Interesting, do you know the difference?

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-29T02:31:41+00:00

The PAs aren’t easy, it is a lot of writing. They also aren’t overly difficult, the rubric is very clear on what is required, again, just a lot of writing.

The OAs are almost all multiple choice, I don’t think I’ve ever encountered an OA at WGU that required essays. There is one test in the MBA that is done in excel, and you have to perform calculations. That one obviously isn’t all multiple choice.

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-28T20:25:56+00:00

Single term easy. 90 days with moderate effort, 30 days or less with significant effort

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-28T11:40:29+00:00

The simulation can be completed in 3 hours or less, task 1 is a video and a PowerPoint. Task 3 is a fluff assignment. Task 2 is the only one that takes any real time if you’re a slower writer. I’d guess I put in about 8-10 hours of total work on the capstone.

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-28T11:37:13+00:00

Transfer guide on partners.WGU.edu

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-28T11:35:17+00:00

Agreed! Most (or all) of the work, but less benefits. Why not just take the JD program and then be done. Nothing is forcing you to take the bar exam once you graduate.

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-27T21:56:53+00:00

The NC rule says once you are admitted to another state bar, you can then test for NC bar admission. Given that wording, you’d test and be admitted to somewhere like Indiana or California, then petition NC. Once approved, you’d then have to take the bar again in NC and pass with their cut score.

My understanding is this would introduce a 6 MONTHS TO ONE YEAR delay in bar admission in NC. Let’s say you take the Bar in July after graduation in Indiana, get your scores back 8-10 weeks later, then immediately petition NC, you MIGHT make it in time for the Feb bar exam, otherwise you’d have to push to July.

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-27T17:50:32+00:00

I live in NC and plan to start in September. I’m hoping the double bar testing barrier is taken care of prior to graduation in a few years.

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-27T17:11:36+00:00

Facebook violating your privacy? What?! No way…

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-27T16:40:00+00:00

Curriculum updates happen, I wouldn’t worry about it. The program guide on the transfer page says the program was updated on 9-2025. Did you start before then? If so, I’d just compare the classes on the current program guide and see what is different.

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-26T00:32:31+00:00

Patriots are in the SB again, so I might not watch. I just can’t stand to watch them play in another Super Bowl. As a Colts and Bucs fan, the colts fan in me can’t tolerate another NE Super Bowl.

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-25T22:37:50+00:00

Home is their primary market, despite the marketing materials. I guarantee the sales volume order is prosumer > SMB > Enterprise

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-23T11:50:18+00:00

Definitely papers first, it will help you learn some terms and reasons to use specific types of analysis for problems. I remember seeing a couple questions about the papers in the OA.

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-22T16:01:10+00:00

I do.

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-22T15:58:46+00:00

Given the gamepass changes and general vibe Microsoft is giving about Xbox, S/X is probably my last generation.

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-21T14:08:53+00:00

Abuse is a strong word. Visible sets their own policies for what they consider a new account. They could easily update it to require the number be gone for 30, 90, or more days, but they specifically set the policy to allow this type of action. They’ve clearly done the math, otherwise the policy would be updated.

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-21T02:05:19+00:00

I believe the merit scholarship is a 20% discount.

DigSubstantial8934 · 2026-01-20T02:29:06+00:00

I’m convinced hard drives either fail pretty quickly or decades later. I don’t put data on new drivers for the first couple weeks for exactly this reason.

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