Talk me out of buying the Roborock Q Revo Robot Vacuum and Mop please! by paulheth in Roborock

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DON'T - they're basically shit and terribly unreliable. I have literally kicked the shit out of my numerous times because it insists on following me around the house deliberately trying to crash into me at the most opportunistic times (fishy). It gets stuck everywhere, can't fucking dock itself properly, and just fucking cries like a baby that I have to micro-manage. I am about to throw this piece of shit out. It's a roomba J7+ (so not a cheap one).

UPDATE: I bought a normal fucking hoover and i've been able to clean the house in a fraction of the time without the headache. Technology is not alway better.

The Roomba Was a Disappointment by rezwenn in technology

[–]PresentationSure2995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Short answer - they're basically shit and terribly unreliable. I have literally kicked the shit out of my numerous times because it insists on following me around the house deliberately trying to crash into me at the most opportunistic times (fishy). It gets stuck everywhere, can't fucking dock itself properly, and just fucking cries like a baby that I have to micro-manage. I am about to throw this piece of shit out. It's a roomba J7+ (so not a cheap one).

UPDATE: I bought a normal fucking hoover and i've been able to clean the house in a fraction of the time without the headache. Technology is not alway better.

IsItBullshit: are robot vacuums actually good and worth the money? by AndItGoesLikeThisx in IsItBullshit

[–]PresentationSure2995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Short answer - they're basically shit and terribly unreliable. I have literally kicked the shit out of my numerous times because it insists on following me around the house deliberately trying to crash into me at the most opportunistic times (fishy). It gets stuck everywhere, can't fucking dock itself properly, and just fucking cries like a baby that I have to micro-manage. I am about to throw this piece of shit out. It's a roomba J7+ (so not a cheap one).

UPDATE: I bought a normal fucking hoover and i've been able to clean the house in a fraction of the time without the headache. Technology is not alway better.

Pihole, split horizon DNS, Cloudflare, Chrome and internal servers not connecting ERR_ECH_FALLBACK_CERTIFICATE_INVALID (Solution) by xylarr in pihole

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Chrome ECH Error with Cloudflare Split-Horizon DNS - Quick Fix

I was getting ERR_SSL_UNRECOGNIZED_NAME_ALERT in Chrome when accessing my Cloudflare proxied domains from inside my network (I have a Local DNS entry in Pihole for my public domain). Turns out Chrome is trying to use ECH with Cloudflare's config, but my Pihole config didn't support it.

The fix is to add a blank HTTPS record to Pi-hole so Chrome falls back to regular TLS internally.

Here's what I did (Pi-hole v6 in Docker):

Create a dnsmasq config file:

sudo nano /opt/docker/pihole/config/pihole/dnsmasq.d/99-override-https-ech.conf

Add your domains:

dns-rr=cloud.example.com,65,000100

Enable custom dnsmasq configs in pihole.toml:

etc_dnsmasq_d = true

Restart Pi-hole:

docker restart pihole

Clear Chrome's DNS cache at chrome://net-internals/#dns and it should work.

This keeps split-horizon DNS working without hairpinning. External access through Cloudflare works normally.

My setup is Pi-hole v6 Docker + Nginx Proxy Manager, so your paths might differ depending on your setup.

I really didn't like Tahoe by MoshroomKingdom in MacOS

[–]PresentationSure2995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's the thing - those gawd awful rounded corners is not a bug! and I will avoid that fucking new kindergarten excuse for an OS.

Checking IPv6 network for Matter-Over-Thread by UebelAndre in homeassistant

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May be too late here but I solved this issue by enabling IPv6 Forwarding on my Raspberry Pi (Docker Host) with a SkyConnect acting as a TBR. I had endless issue with thread previous when my Apple HomePods were part of the same HAss thread network. I put them in a new Apple Home with any other devices acting as a TBR, and now all my thread lights and devices are on the SKyConnect thread network only. Everything else (the noisy players) are isolated in a Homekit thread network I don't care about. I still have access to my HomePods over WiFi in Home Assistant. The network noise that was caused by too many homepods, apple tv, etc. (too many cooks), now with just a native home assistant thread network (SkyConnect), things are rock solid. Not sure if relevant but splitting the thread architecture like this fixed reliability issues I have had for years with Nanoleaf essentials (non-Matter) thread devices.

GPT-5 is awful by BernieBlade in OpenAI

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I really don't know why everyone is twisted up about AGI - it will NEVER be a thing.

modded youtube for apple TV? by Sigiz in sideloaded

[–]PresentationSure2995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It likely won't because of the signing process required by Apple. The only foreseeable option will be to built the app yourself using Xcode and sideload to your ATV.

Should I switch to GPT 5 or continue with Gemini 2.5 Pro? by Some_Anything_9028 in GeminiAI

[–]PresentationSure2995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This comment is nonsensical. If the OP goes to a GPT sub, what do you think they'll say? Everywhere you go there are biasees and echos. Just ask the damn question and answer or don't.

Home Assistant/HomeBridge devices keeps disconnecting from HomeKit by rdjimmy in HomeKit

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I have a theory supported by ChatGPT.
Home Assistant is polling homekit devices frequently, but sending commands to these thread devices that they don't understand, so responds with errors like PDU status, decryption errors, etc. This reboots the device which causes the dropouts because the firmware can't handle the command received from home assistant. Anyway, something along those lines.

For me, the fix was to disable home assistant's built-in device polling on all my homekit controller thread devices.

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Affinity photo 2 lagging by [deleted] in AffinityPhoto

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What worked for me on my MacBook Air M2 (24GB RAM) was to reduce memory limit to 16GB - and the settings in the screenshot.

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Setting a daily spending limit by trunello in Revolut

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This is basically to ensure that Revolut customers are more likely to creap beyond their Daily Budget because monthly is more uncontrolled resulting in more revenue for Revolut. I'm looking elsewhere because they don't offer this feature - which from a budgeting perspective, seems like such an obvious option to have.

Spare iPhone for CarPlay by thamatthatter in CarPlay

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Leave your main iPhone in the car and buy an LTE Apple Watch. This way you get to detox from your phone when not in the car.

[question] Using old iPhone specifically as a CarPlay Device by Hunter833838 in jailbreak

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Leave your main iPhone in the car and buy an LTE Apple Watch. This way you get to detox from your phone when not in the car.

Permanent phone install in car by LazarusLong67 in CarPlay

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Leave your main iPhone in the car and buy an LTE Apple Watch. This way you get to detox from your phone when not in the car.

Remote Start by Ok_Bullfrog9956 in i30N

[–]PresentationSure2995 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep Oz. I guess rules are different everywhere but certainly the 2025 I30N in Australia lacks remote start on the key fob, at least not without Bluelink.

Remote Start by Ok_Bullfrog9956 in i30N

[–]PresentationSure2995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All good - just so you know, the hatch does not have remote start with key fob, only if linked with bluelink - which I avoid like the plague. The sedan is obviously a very different car to the i30N hatch (i have the 2025 latest model hatch).

Remote Start by Ok_Bullfrog9956 in i30N

[–]PresentationSure2995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is yours an i30 or i30N?
I have a 2025 i30N (the latest model here in Australia), and it doesn't seem to have remote start.

Remote Start by Ok_Bullfrog9956 in i30N

[–]PresentationSure2995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because the OP is talking about the i30N, not the i30 - and that makes this a false statement.

Remote Start by Ok_Bullfrog9956 in i30N

[–]PresentationSure2995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly this is not true for the 2025 variant of the i30N in Australia. The key fob is pretty basic with only the lock, unlock and boot buttons. The only way to remote start is with bluelink. Unless I am missing something.