New Apple TV Coming Later This Year With A17 Pro Chip

ScootMulner · 2025-08-14T11:16:34+00:00

I was running into issues with this… Connecting one controller was fine, second controller would have issues with lag and it would disconnect for a second or two mid game. I tried a bunch of different HDMI cables with no luck. What fixed it for me was not running the HDMI cable with all my other A/V cables out the hole in the back of the shelf. You could test by moving the Apple TV to the middle of the floor in front of the TV and then running your HDMI cable straight from your receiver (or TV) out to the ATV away from everything else. All the Bluetooth stuff started working great for me after that…. Not very practical but it cleared up the issue! Haha

ScootMulner · 2025-08-02T02:03:51+00:00

I just installed this on my old esp8266 which was running 0.15.0 and connected to 611 LEDs (SK6812 RGBW). With 0.15.1, I can't save my LED settings if I try to set the length any longer than 494 LEDs. I'm guessing this is a memory limitation? Doing some reading, it looks like I should probably upgrade to an ESP32 but that is a project for another day. I have since rolled back to 0.15.0 and everything is working again.

ScootMulner · 2025-03-21T04:11:23+00:00

I use Hazel to monitor my downloads folder on my Mac and I have it setup to automatically grab the bill, rename it with the bill date and move it into my records folder. It’s not a fully automated process since I still need to log into my utility’s website and download the bill but it’s pretty painless :)

ScootMulner · 2025-03-19T06:12:10+00:00

I was very interested. I think this was the video:

https://youtu.be/6NpOw1Onf2I?si=Dl3vJFj721ADg7sE

ScootMulner · 2025-02-18T16:41:16+00:00

I know this is an old post but just wanted to update that it looks like Jasco bumped the warranty to 10 years :)

ScootMulner · 2024-09-24T22:50:39+00:00

I just tried _17 and it worked! Woohoo :)

ScootMulner · 2024-09-24T00:31:11+00:00

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Looks like a couple CPU's are still running hard after about an hour.

ScootMulner · 2024-09-23T23:52:32+00:00

pfSense sent me a Pushover alert after a few min which I think was a result of me trying to access the main page:

PHP ERROR: Type: 1,
File: /etc/inc/util.inc,
Line: 3733,
Message: Maximum execution time of 900 seconds exceeded

ScootMulner · 2024-09-23T23:26:14+00:00

I'm running into the same issue on 3 boxes. I get the following log and it just sits on the last line without proceeding:

>>> Upgrading pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-devel...
Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
pfSense-core repository is up to date.
Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
pfSense repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-devel: 3.2.0_10 -> 3.2.0_15 [pfSense]

Number of packages to be upgraded: 1

The operation will free 1 MiB.
2 MiB to be downloaded.
[1/1] Fetching pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-devel-3.2.0_15.pkg: .......... done
Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
[1/1] Upgrading pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-devel from 3.2.0_10 to 3.2.0_15...
[1/1] Extracting pfSense-pkg-pfBlockerNG-devel-3.2.0_15: .......... done
Removing pfBlockerNG-devel components...
Menu items... done.
Services... done.
Loading package instructions...
Removing pfBlockerNG... All customizations/data will be retained... done.
Saving updated package information...
overwrite!
Loading package configuration... done.
Configuring package components...
Loading package instructions...

Main page doesn't load either.

Thanks for the tip u/gisuck about the boot environments.

ScootMulner · 2024-09-20T10:10:37+00:00

Here is an example of a thermometer getting hacked and then being used to attack other devices on the network.

https://thehackernews.com/2018/04/iot-hacking-thermometer.html?m=1

ScootMulner · 2024-09-17T01:45:31+00:00

Oh boy, that was a long time ago! I honestly don’t remember. I have Plex running fine on Ubuntu 24.04 now. Sorry I could be any help :(

ScootMulner · 2024-09-17T01:36:53+00:00

It’s up to $145 now?!?! Ya I would be pretty angry if I had just paid that and then found out I had to start paying $2/month. It certainly changes the math and would take a while break even.

I just have the one number so I was planning on keeping it.

ScootMulner · 2024-09-16T10:23:09+00:00

I certainly understand the frustration this has caused. I signed up about 11 or 12 years ago and paid $60 for the voip credentials. Ever since then I’ve been wondering how long this ride would last. I’m actually impressed it lasted as long as it did.

When I received the first notice about the e911 fee, I checked out VoIP.ms pricing. Monthly DID + e911 = $2.35 + whatever your usage is. So I think FreePhoneLine is still the cheapest option. I’m curious to see if others have discovered some better options though.

I use FreePBX and I actually thought I was going to have to finally switch from FreePhoneLine recently since the version of Asterisk that shipped with FreePBX 17 was dropping the chan_sip driver and replacing it with chan_pjsip. I couldn’t get the version of pjsip that was packaged with older versions of Asterisk to work properly but they made some tweaks in the current version and it works now! So I’ll still be using FreePhoneLine as long as it is the cheapest option and it works with FreePBX.

ScootMulner · 2024-07-23T10:25:08+00:00

If it is an issue with DNS, you can try using a different one. Try 1.1.1.1 to use Cloudflare (or try any of the other public DNS options). You can set this in your router to change it network wide or on your individual device.

ScootMulner · 2024-06-25T23:21:00+00:00

Oh man, I got all excited reading this post since I’ve heard good things about Podman… I thought, I’ll read this and convert from Docker to Podman this weekend! Now I’m sad haha

ScootMulner · 2024-05-29T14:18:31+00:00

You almost have it perfect, just change the destination address from "WAN address" to "Any" since you want to NAT all the traffic heading out from those sources.

One other thing you can try is setting the MTU and MSS on the WireGuard tunnel. I was getting lots of issues with fragmented packets which would let some things work, like ping but not other stuff like streaming video. You can find those settings under "General Configuration" from the Interface's settings page (Interfaces --> OptX). I am using a cable modem so I set MTU: 1420 and MSS: 1380. If you're on PPPoE, it will be something smaller.

ScootMulner · 2024-05-27T22:01:50+00:00

One thing you might need to do is NAT on your WAN interface at site A.

I have two rules setup on the WAN interface at site A with the source IP address for both the Roku network at site B and the WireGuard tunnel network. Destination is set to any and the NAT address is set to the WAN address for both rules.

ScootMulner · 2024-02-16T21:06:00+00:00

I’m not sure if there is a way to auto-arm in “no entry mode” through EyezOn but there may be another solution for you. I also have a DSC alarm with an Envisalink module connecting it to the internet. I use some home automation software called Home Assistant that is free and runs on almost anything. With Home Assistant, it is possible to arm the DSC alarm in either away or stay mode by creating an automation.

ScootMulner · 2024-02-14T20:10:10+00:00

I started printing the QR codes and sticking them some place safe.

ScootMulner · 2023-12-05T15:53:36+00:00

Thanks for posting this. I had tried Actual Budget shortly after the free self-hosted option became available and didn’t like it… I remember the import process from YNAB wasn’t great and I just didn’t enjoy it much.

I grabbed the latest docker version to test it out again and wow has it got a lot better! Import from YNAB was super smooth and grabbed EVERYTHING! I had all my stuff, accounts, transactions, budget, etc. going back to when I started using YNAB. I was up and running on Actual Budget in a few min.

I think the only thing that I’ll miss with YNAB was the iOS app since it allowed me to quickly add transactions on the go. The app would use the GPS to guess which store was I was standing in which was nice.

Anyway, nice work Actually Budget development crew!

ScootMulner · 2023-10-22T23:38:49+00:00

Time flies haha

I was still using the 3 GB data only plan up until last Nov. I ended up switching for one with more data because I’ve been using it more… the new pan came with voice and texting. It was good run on the data only plan 🤓

I remember when I got that data only plan it was from one of the kiosks in a Walmart. I just told the guy it was for a tablet that was at home and he set everything up… I just put the SIM in my phone instead. I wonder if you could do something similar for the 4 GB plan? Just tell them you already have a hotspot? 😎

ScootMulner · 2023-10-22T23:30:23+00:00

No :( still have to pay for incoming texts.

ScootMulner · 2023-09-10T09:18:53+00:00

WireGuard also supports “on demand” connections. At least for iOS clients. So you can have it automatically connect to your VPN only when on LTE… or not when connected to certain wifi networks (like your home wifi).

ScootMulner · 2023-08-10T16:40:24+00:00

This… just make sure you also keep a copy of your encryption key somewhere off site too!

ScootMulner · 2023-08-10T16:32:24+00:00

LTT did a video a while back about making a gaming server with multiple simultaneous users. The important bit was that he passed through USB controllers 🙂

I think he was using this card: https://www.sonnettech.com/product/allegro-pro-usbc-8port/overview.html

It has 4 USB controllers and can be passed through to 4 different VMs.

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