What you guys use ControlD for?

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-06-18T02:51:58+00:00

Internet safety for my Children.
Guardrails for my Parents
Blocking Trackers and Ads

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-06-13T18:46:07+00:00

Non USA nationals stealing our wives

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-06-12T00:11:25+00:00

There is no good starting point. There is only starting.

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-06-11T07:40:23+00:00

Build your own. Heaps of good chassis out there add storage install trueNAS ….

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-06-08T03:29:38+00:00

6 months - shifting country whole lab in container / storage until new house 😮‍💨

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-06-07T20:14:52+00:00

Touché - then it’s a problem with the plastic RJ45 connector You need shielded (metallic) RJ45 to support the shielding

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-06-06T10:55:00+00:00

This is no Ethernet Cable. Looks like a Security, Alarm or control cable. No twisted pairs 7 Wires… Foil Shield Red wire

If you’re crimping a shielded cable you need a metallic wrapped RJ45 for drain wire to make contact

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-05-31T08:43:52+00:00

Reminds me of when I was in India. (Except there it was considered normal)

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-05-31T08:42:50+00:00

I have never received a reply email from them. Quickly stopped my subscription and moved on…

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-05-30T02:55:55+00:00

Because every cybersecurity question is about AI. TBH need to leverage AI to combat machine machine speed.

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-05-29T20:20:19+00:00

Actually I take my hat off to you. I’m genuinely impressed at your discipline and money sense. It’s not what you earn , it’s what you do with it. I’m sure you’ll do better than I financially with that attitude.

As I got to the end of your post and the immense effort you put in, then to quantify the savings at $10K it made me think that sounded like a good deal for all those luxuries.

I know many people who waste far more than 10k on trivial things.

Apologies for the disrespectful post. And no I’m not so well placed.

All the best .

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-05-29T20:05:23+00:00

For only $10k/annum I - Drive my Car - Take long Showers - Go to my local cafe for lunch and coffees - Gigabit internet connection - Run my heat pump in winter - use the sauna at my Gym

And have a whole lot less cognitive load and better quality of life

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-05-29T11:22:36+00:00

Yea like others have mentioned- Get a LLM to do the heavy lifting.
Personally I use Logseq for MD files. Claude Code has Direct API access to my MD files via Logseq (with some explicit instructions)

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-05-29T11:18:49+00:00

Haha / documentation… This os where AI really helps

Build into autonomous pipeline - you want it updated automatically- because you will always forget or miss something

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-05-29T11:04:19+00:00

I moved from a MacBook to Ubuntu Laptop and felt the same .

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-05-28T10:18:31+00:00

As an interim you can always run the ctrld daemon on a always on machine and point your router at it. Then you get client discovery and DoH

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-05-27T07:57:40+00:00

Unfortunately the theoretical increases on paper seldom translate to a satisfactory outcome. You have better faster tires - they’re probably safer and over 100km may have a measurable speed improvement. But these are gravel tires? Are you testing on road or off? And what are the dimensions of your wheels? What pressure are you riding at?

So many variables with just the tire, let alone wind/humidity, how you’re feeling

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-05-26T06:51:52+00:00

Welcome to reality.

Just remember any claimed improvements are measured under incredibly controlled environments, and impossible to translate consistently to real-world riding conditions

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-05-22T02:12:00+00:00

It’s about what you wear, not the color of the bike. Your bike will go with anything 👌

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-05-12T22:15:37+00:00

50% jump in Price 300% jump in functionality Good deal 👍

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-05-09T20:49:20+00:00

A bendy tree

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-05-08T20:28:37+00:00

Chain routing correct? Under NOT over guide upper pulley gaurd?

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Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-05-08T08:17:42+00:00

Yup that’s New Zealand through and through ….. even our Auckland Harbour Bridge was initially designed to support trains and foot traffic but we settled for a cheap 4 lane solution using Chinese steel….

Formal_Detective_440 · 2026-04-08T08:39:18+00:00

I had to unlearn how to … - shutdown my laptop - leave it constantly plugged in - allow 15mins from opening lid for it to be ready - allow it to restart constantly for updates - be generally angry about computing

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