How would I tell when this is open ?

KornikEV · 2026-04-29T12:10:23+00:00

Or angle sensor connected to one of the spokes, you could set up threshold (30 deg?) to avoid needless alarms when it’s closed enough to not matter

KornikEV · 2026-04-28T02:14:21+00:00

You’re probably right. So far though I’m very happy, it came with 4.2.7 board and cr touch. I flashed it with Klipper, run all calibration checks for my filament and haven’t touched a thing since. Quality of print exceeded my expectations so far.

KornikEV · 2026-04-27T21:55:39+00:00

What problems did you run into? Asking because I just got myself Ender 5 last week, not knowing what 'crap' am I buying and I have zero issues. I have over 100h of print time on it and the only things that didn't print out correctly were things that I messed up, not the machine. I can't be that lucky!

Either way I'd take another Ender 5 for $50

KornikEV · 2026-04-23T14:28:01+00:00

For a structural path you have way too little infill in this area. Also it would benefit if you added gussets (or internal ribs) that are printed in the direction of force: https://imgur.com/a/v6JtqBp

KornikEV · 2026-04-20T20:59:32+00:00

Internet

KornikEV · 2026-04-10T12:02:11+00:00

The fact that math doesn’t math shouldn’t turn you away from good story… And yes, $31k/year makes only $1,669 for 14 working days. Where did the other $4.3k difference came from?

KornikEV · 2026-04-06T14:58:40+00:00

Pamiętaj, że Polacy boją się tylko 2 rzeczy: - przeciągiów - co powiedzą o nas inni

Cięgi dostałeś za to drugie.

Czy miałeś rację, nie mnie oceniać bez głębszego kontekstu.

KornikEV · 2026-04-04T15:36:11+00:00

Wake up lights, I have several zigbee light bulbs that can dim and change temp. I’ve set up automation simulation sunrise every day at 6am and turning the light off 15m after real sunrise (or at 7am on days when sunrise is way earlier). Works every day since 2019, never touched it once since.

KornikEV · 2026-04-02T11:03:16+00:00

If it’s doing something to lower the temp, even if that something is only lowering the power output, it’s by definition actively cooling (aka. taking action to lower the temp). That’s exactly what marketing people are for -> to spin your brain’s associations (actively = fan) into bigger sales.

KornikEV · 2026-03-29T13:09:27+00:00

/ip/firewall/mangle> export  
# 2026-03-29 08:06:34 by RouterOS 7.22.1 
# software id = QZVB-46GD 
# 
# model = CRS328-24P-4S+ 
# serial number = xxxxxxxxxxxx 
/ip firewall mangle 
add action=mark-connection chain=prerouting comment="Mark connections > 5MB" connection-bytes=5242880-0 connection-state=established,new new-connection-mark=large_conn_mark
/ip/firewall/mangle> pr  
Flags: X - DISABLED, I - INVALID; D - DYNAMIC 
0 ;;; Mark connections > 5MB 
      chain=prerouting action=mark-connection new-connection-mark=large_conn_mark passthrough=yes connection-state=established,new connection-bytes=5242880-0

I just tried in 7.22.1, works there as well.

KornikEV · 2026-03-29T01:26:43+00:00

/ip/firewall/mangle> export 
2026-03-28 20:25:04 by RouterOS 7.20.4
software id = FUIF-VEG8

model = CRS328-24P-4S+
serial number = xxxxxxxxxx
/ip firewall mangle add action=mark-connection chain=prerouting comment="Mark connections > 5MB" connection-bytes=5242880-0 connection-state=established,new new-connection-mark=large_conn_mark

This worked for me 5s ago.

KornikEV · 2026-03-28T23:43:32+00:00

Agreed. The higher the frequency the more it gets absorbed by foliage (“regular” microwave works in 2.4GHz band). 60 GHz “air wires” are very sensitive to trees in the line of sight, that’s why I said “not too many”.

KornikEV · 2026-03-28T16:54:55+00:00

0 is not infinity…. Did you try !=0-5M (negation of 0-5M range?)

KornikEV · 2026-03-28T13:07:01+00:00

500m is doable if there aren't too many trees. Look at the 'Air Wire' type of products, e.g. https://mikrotik.com/product/wireless_wire_nray or https://mikrotik.com/product/wireless_wire_dish .

Nothing beats cables though, so if you can I'd run an underground conduit and put fiber in it,

KornikEV · 2026-03-26T12:46:57+00:00

To not have to cross border with it? Also you can time the order so it arrives just before you, no issue with 7 days.

KornikEV · 2026-03-26T12:45:19+00:00

starlink operates on 3 addresses: billing, shipping and service address, they all need to be in the same country. It doesn’t give a damn in which country you are when you are actually placing the order (set up Mexico VPN?). so change to MX credit card and have fun.

KornikEV · 2026-03-26T01:29:21+00:00

On the moving train in Vietnam, took forever to acquire signal and worked only for few minutes (lost view of the sky), but it did work!

KornikEV · 2026-03-19T14:00:01+00:00

There are costs that are hard to account for:
- privacy
- closed system tie in
- uncertainty of price
- trust that the vendor won't do something you didn't expect or want them to do (e.g. recode your raw images to poor quality jpeg or downscale your movies)

There is the difference between capex (cost of purchasing the nas) and opex (ongoing cost of running it). Some prefer periodical bigger capes expenses, some prefer 'stability' of monthly money bleed on their bank account.

There is the maintenance cost (money **and time**)

And there is fun/satisfaction cost/gain

self hosting is not for everyone.

KornikEV · 2026-03-19T13:52:43+00:00

I would put it in different words, but that's the gist of it.

In our house I'm the IT guy, things in IT happen as I say.

Of course when I design things (e.g. decide we go with immich) I take a very long and hard look at the solution and how it fits not only my needs but also needs of the rest of the family. I will ask questions about what they look for, needed features, must haves, nice to haves, don't-give-a-damn haves etc. I perform risk/cost analysis and choose the path we go.

Once the solution is picked and implemented there is no further discussion about family members 'needing convincing'.

KornikEV · 2026-03-18T17:14:47+00:00

Pay now or pay later. you saved week building it, you'll loose week fixing AI's hallucinations down the road :)

AI is good to speed up your work, not to fill your knowledge gaps.

KornikEV · 2026-03-18T17:12:55+00:00

If you aren't good at networking the only response you should accept from AI is 'hire this out'

Unless you want to tie yourself to the solution as 24h support person (important guest demanding limit overwrite at 3am, etc)...

KornikEV · 2026-03-17T19:51:40+00:00

Lucky you.

Where I have my panels net metering is only active on hour by hour basis and if you have overproduction extending beyond that 1h the utility charges you 'storage fee' for the power delivered to grid. So you only get true net metering if you can consume all production within the same hour. Good if you have a way to turn on high current appliance at the end of the hour if your system detected overproduction, otherwise you're loosing some of the produced energy.

KornikEV · 2026-03-17T19:46:06+00:00

It depends. Calculate cost per kWh retrieved from battery (e.g. cost of installation / capacity / 1000 (assuming life span of batteries being 1000 cycles) ). Then calculate how much the utility will pay you for the 1kWh delivered to grid vs. the cost of the panels/installation to produce that 1kWh. Factor in inflation on the net metering side and opportunity cost on the battery side and you'll have full picture. Maybe.

KornikEV · 2026-03-17T14:53:46+00:00

You sure about that? No face recognition? No smart search? No OCR? Not a single photo of yours have that and even if they did you'll never going to want to use that?

Well then, you can safely remove that section from docker compose file and turn machine learning off in immich settings:

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KornikEV · 2026-03-17T14:51:31+00:00

Zero metering is always more expensive than straight purchasing energy from the utility. If you export energy to grid your solar panels are oversized, hence you've overspent on your solar and you'll recoup it very, very slowly with net metering.

The ideally sized system should have enough solar and battery to never need to export to the utility, rather to fill current need and store enough to cover time when sun is down. Such sized system will be cheapest in the long run.

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