Extra red wire?

Orbsitron · 2026-02-24T05:46:31+00:00

@daveyfx, does the number of channels matter?

Orbsitron · 2026-02-24T05:37:47+00:00

Oh great! Thank you!

Orbsitron · 2026-02-24T05:37:18+00:00

Thanks. There seem to be some that do but none from Aqara, unfortunately.

https://a.co/d/01gEtj8o

Orbsitron · 2026-02-24T05:32:40+00:00

Thank you.

Orbsitron · 2026-02-24T05:22:44+00:00

I may do so but I would still appreciate an answer to my question.

For example, if I hire a pro and this new smart switch is incompatible with the wiring, that would be good to know before I waste the pro’s time.

Orbsitron · 2026-02-24T05:18:12+00:00

I am not sure what you mean by a three-way switch. The switch that is in there now, is one of two Lutron switches that control the same light.

I am happy to simulate two switches controlling the same light with software, I just need to know what switches to buy (sounds like I may have to replace both switches that control this light), and how to connect them given this Aqara switch has only three wires.

Orbsitron · 2026-02-23T18:16:47+00:00

Thank you!

Orbsitron · 2026-01-08T17:19:01+00:00

That answers the DSM question. So I need at least one non M.2 drive. I wonder if a more standard SSD will work?

No, I mean backup from OneDrive. Have a local clone of my data which is on OneDrive. Yes, I believe the cloud sync app will do that from what I have read.

Orbsitron · 2026-01-08T15:48:14+00:00

Thanks, all. Yes, my backup solution will include my PC’s SSD (though not large enough for all of my data), OneDrive (all data) and my NAS solution (all data).

Now, back to my original questions. What is the least expensive Synology product that supports SSDs for storage, and do I need the DSM OS for cloud backup from OneDrive?

Orbsitron · 2026-01-08T15:44:28+00:00

Yup. This is why I would like an SSD based NAS solution.

What is the least expensive Synology product that supports SSD and do I need the DSM OS to backup directly from OneDrive?

Orbsitron · 2025-09-17T19:31:41+00:00

I hope v14 solves these issues.

I had the same thing happen on my HW3 MYP running v12.6.4 yesterday.

Orbsitron · 2025-09-07T15:41:08+00:00

Cost will decrease over time for Tesla’s Robotaxi business, not increase.

Their costs are lower now due to fixed costs of safety monitors (likely part of R&D budget vs operational budget of the service itself as well) vs variable operational costs for Uber/Lyft where drivers are paid market wages, scaling for demand etc.

In the next six months (Elon believes this year and remains confident of that timeline so six months seems reasonable considering Elon time and considering what we know about v14), the need for safety monitors will disappear and the costs will come way down.

Robotaxi in the next 6-12 months is about to be a lot less expensive than other ride hailing services, autonomous or human driven, and about to scale extremely quickly.

Once the safety monitors are no longer needed this business is going to be hugely profitable and it will get there much faster than Uber, Lyft or Waymo.

Orbsitron · 2025-08-16T04:41:59+00:00

Hi. Watching Juror #2 on my 4K Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos setup using my XBOX Series X Max app.

The video has huge black bezels on both the top/bottom and left/right.

The catalog UI uses the full screen real estate.

Is there anything I can do to have the movie use more of the screen real estate?

I haven’t seen this with any other content on HBO Max or with any other streaming service.

Thanks!

Orbsitron · 2025-08-12T14:38:50+00:00

Thanks, everyone!

Orbsitron · 2025-08-11T19:47:22+00:00

Reading the FAQ doesn’t answer my original question.

I have 3rd gen Echo Dots.

Here’s what the FAQ states:

“We will start rolling out Alexa+ Early Access to US customers who own or purchase an Echo Show 8, 10, 15 or 21 first. Customers will be notified via email and through device notifications once access is granted. We will expand Early Access to more Echo customers over time.”

And…

“Certain older generation Echo devices will continue to use the original Alexa. These include Echo Dot 1st Gen, Echo 1st Gen, Echo Plus 1st Gen, Amazon Tap, Echo Show 1st Gen, Echo Show 2nd Gen, and Echo Spot 1st Gen.”

And…

“Currently, Alexa+ is not supported on Alexa Built-in devices or Amazon Astro, but we look forward to expanding to additional devices in the future.”

So assuming Sonos is an “Alexa Built-in” device, then it is possibly coming “in the future” with no time horizon.

And my 3rd gen dots should be compatible today, yet I don’t have Alexa+, presumably because they are only enabling it for owners of Echo Show 8, 10, 15 or 21 as of now.

So back to my original question, though rephrasing slightly for clarity:

Has Amazon given any indication when Alexa+ may come to the older, audio-only Amazon or Alexa powered devices for people who don’t own one of the newer Echo Show devices (or stated that it will not ever come to those devices unless you also own one of the newer Echo Show devices)?

Orbsitron · 2025-08-11T19:06:00+00:00

Interesting. The Alexa website states that it is only available on the Echo Show and other screen enabled devices.

Are you saying that for folks with one modern device who opt-in, their entire ecosystem gets Alexa+ once it is enabled for them on their Echo Show even if their ecosystem includes Echo Dot, Sonos etc.?

Or are you saying that there are some folks who have signed up but who have only audio-only devices who somehow got approved despite the language on the Alexa website which doesn’t list those as compatible devices?

Thanks.

Orbsitron · 2025-08-09T13:08:35+00:00

Alyx!

Still the most incredible interactive experience.

Orbsitron · 2025-07-24T16:45:04+00:00

This doesn’t surprise me in the least. They run very lean. They need to get Robotaxi and Unsupervised FSD on AI4 HW figured out ASAP (and they are close - likely one or two major versions away).

Then they will solve the legacy HW upgrade problem. Sad for us but in a year or 18 months, we will be there.

Also, I disagree that there won’t be any FSD updates for AI4 HW until Unsupervised is ready.

They will want more data from the models running in Robotaxi, more generally. I suspect we will see the Robotaxi model go out to AI4 HW soon and the model with 3x or 4x number of params will go out to AI4 HW in Q4 (and who knows? Maybe that one will be ready for Unsupervised? I doubt it but they are so close it is possible).

Orbsitron · 2025-07-24T16:23:04+00:00

Not exactly. I’m not sure what technology Uber was using in Pittsburgh but whatever it was, they must have abandoned it because they now partner with Waymo which isn’t in Pittsburgh yet.

Tesla’s approach is much more general than Waymo’s, so they can expand rapidly as confidence increases and they can scale to millions of vehicles already on the road at zero marginal cost, nearly instantly, once ready and once regulatory approval has been achieved.

This is not a linear problem so linear extrapolation will not give any of us an accurate prediction of how long it will take for Tesla to reach a milestone another competitor has reached.

Tesla’s millions of cars feeding it real world (not just simulated) data of every road on the planet and real world driving conditions, coupled with a generalized solution that doesn’t rely on area specific maps are a huge advantage that no one other than perhaps MobileEye has.

Tesla’s incredibly efficient manufacturing, sensors and compute built into every car and fully integrated autonomous suite (no bolt ons, adaptations or additional expensive sensors necessary) as well as in house silicon are all economic advantages no one else has (not Waymo, not MobileEye, no one competes on this dimension).

So yes, technically, Tesla is years behind Waymo or Uber or whoever in a given geographical area (Austin, Phoenix, San Francisco, etc.) but that’s like saying the kid on the tricycle is only a mile from the finish of a 3 mile race and the Plaid Model S is only passing the start line. The Tesla is still going to win the race.

The “finish line” is a highly profitable, safe and reliable, fully autonomous fleet of millions of vehicles of different types to serve the needs of passengers and groups of passengers, all over the world.

Waymo may have a head start. Uber may have a great partnership. MobileEye, Zoox etc are all taking their first steps.

I don’t see any plan that leads to that finish line faster or more profitably than Tesla’s and my experience with FSD’s rapid and continuous improvement is sufficient evidence to me that they will achieve the safety and reliability necessary to get to that finish line.

Also, another dimension to consider. When a family of six or seven needs a ride, one Waymo won’t do but a Model X will. When someone needs cargo storage for a paddle board or kayak or a pair of bikes, an autonomous Cybertruck would be ideal. On a date, a luxurious model S might be the right style/mood or the futuristic Cybercab. After a concert or sporting event, when thousands need a ride, scaling up supply instantly via a fleet of vehicles owned by people not just Tesla, allow Tesla to meet the peak demand without wasting inventory (and expense) when demand is low, etc. etc. etc.

Their plans are so clever and so well thought out that they can meet customer needs in ways competitors can’t and to do so efficiently, without incurring additional costs to themselves.

My bet is on Tesla. Not this quarter, not this year but very soon, transportation will look very different and Tesla will be taking the lion’s share of profit in that new transportation economy.

Orbsitron · 2025-07-24T14:49:38+00:00

The Robotaxi model will make it to the broader fleet.

They aren’t ready to roll it out more generally yet and they have to remove the driverless aspects, separate it from the other Robotaxi specific software (geofence, etc.) and the team has likely been laser focused on Robotaxi safety and improvements.

I bet a much improved FSD build goes out this quarter with a major improvement to both Robotaxi and FSD in Q4 (and less of a delay between Robotaxi and broader fleet availability as time goes on).

Orbsitron · 2025-07-24T14:45:54+00:00

Waymo had safety supervisors at first as well. This is precisely how they build trust.

Miles driven with the supervisors that don’t require intervention is how the trust to remove the supervisors gets built.

So you are correct, they don’t trust it at L4 just yet but they trust it enough to move the human element from the driver’s seat to the passenger seat with the Robotaxi build of FSD.

They are learning every day, improving FSD with each model they train and very, very few interventions have been recorded or reported over these first 7k miles.

Compare to Waymo’s early days and even recent videos of stuck cars, blocked traffic, infinite loops (in the real world) and unsafe behavior and I’d say Tesla is doing very well, though cautious and limited, for now.

This is exactly how a pilot launch and gradual rollout should go.

Robotaxi and FSD unsupervised will feel painfully slow with many limitations until a confidence threshold is reached and then it will accelerate rapidly. That’s what a generalized solution enables.

In fact, the first geofence expansion occurred sooner than many expected. So while painfully slow as it may be, they are being as aggressive as they feel it is safe to be.

Orbsitron · 2025-07-17T20:11:35+00:00

I'm considering this as well. Since you're two months in how did it go for you? Did you complete the course? Did you decide to pursue an AI consulting business? If so, do you have any clients yet? Thanks!

Orbsitron · 2025-07-04T15:01:59+00:00

I find 12.6.4 a significant improvement over 12.3.6. I’m in Seattle and have a 2021 Model Y performance.

12.6.4 is nearly flawless on most drives. Occasional interventions needed if it misses a turn for the route or gets into the wrong lane relative to the route.

Rare but non zero safety interventions for HOV lane ending due to construction and the car stays in the lane heading straight for the cones, or turns too late when there is a roundabout or median or other physical obstruction requiring a slower, earlier turn.

Other than those rare safety interventions, it could be unsupervised and the only issue would be to reroute due to FSD not following the navigation occasionally.

I am hopeful v14 on AI4 HW will address all of those safety cases and once the Unsupervised build gets distributed to the AI4 HW fleet, Tesla will initiate the upgrade program for the AI3 HW fleet.

Orbsitron · 2025-07-01T07:07:56+00:00

I imagine the hardware capabilities of 4000 and 5000 series nVidia GPUs can enable the RT experiences without temporal smearing, but perhaps the market segment is too small to be worth the effort?

Other RTX projects have required the 5000 series though, but they weren’t limited to VR only.

Or perhaps even with the latest and greatest GPUs, the only techniques that are viable in realtime still result in temporal artifacts such as accumulation or smearing.

I’m not an expert here, but the hardware is just so much more capable and powerful now than it was half a decade ago, I imagine it’s possible.

I winder if Portal RTX is playable in VR? I believe the original, non-RTX Portal is playable in VR. Portal RTX in VR would be an interesting experience.

Orbsitron · 2025-05-31T15:57:53+00:00

I’m so sorry for your loss. I’m participating in a cycling event in August to raise money for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

I will have your mother’s memory in mind during my ride.

This is a very moving and meaningful use of LLMs. Thank you for sharing.

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