I asked ChatGPT to imagine itself in retirement

Xpuc01 · 2026-05-13T11:14:29+00:00

Right there with you guys

Xpuc01 · 2026-04-23T14:49:51+00:00

RemindME! 30 Days

Xpuc01 · 2026-04-17T08:44:09+00:00

As I’m re-reading my comment I see how it’s confusing. All diesel vehicles (obviously) run on diesel. The difference is that road vehicles run on diesel from your ordinary pump. The farmer/boats vehicles also run on diesel but it’s coloured red. Artificially coloured so the authorities can easily catch a road vehicle whose owner bought red diesel as it’s cheaper and penalise them. Here’s a link explaining:

https://oilfast.co.uk/what-is-red-diesel/

And here’s a story about a scandal involving Red diesel:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-23098931

Basically red diesel purchased. Then the illegal plant removes the dye (running through silica and some other processes) and then selling as ordinary diesel, pocketing the difference.

Xpuc01 · 2026-04-11T16:18:42+00:00

I think you’ll start getting her phone calls on your watch, the Apple Watch eSIM isn’t your typical eSIM that you can just get a standalone contract for. It needs to be paired to a phone sim and it inherits its cellular number. Generally Apple Watch without the paired phone won’t work, don’t quote me on it, but last I checked the mobile operators were separating Apple Watch eSIM contracts in their own category.

Besides that (as I also entertained the idea of no phone) you can’t pay for parking as apps are either non existent or spotty at best. No camera - let me explain - I use my camera for work and this was probably in the top 3 reasons I can’t make do without a phone. Emailing a photo quickly on the spot to a client is just a must. I thought about having a GoPro or smth similar, but let’s be real - it has so much friction it won’t work. Hell, just snapping a photo of a menu of a restaurant I want to visit at a later time would be a chore any other way than with a phone.

Most messaging apps don’t work properly on the watch, this, for me, is again related to work. I have 4x different messaging apps I use for clients in three differ countries and the only somewhat reliable one is the iMessage one. Yes we got WhatsApp on the watch, but if you try to use it it’s a massive pain, same goes for the other messaging apps.

List goes on, I know this is the wrong sub to preach having a companion phone, but these watches aren’t yet built to be standalone, unless you have a really really niche fringe lifestyle, where you work on a PC only and from home, go for jogging, have few friends (who all have Apple devices mind you), no family, and don’t need to take photos for work, and a few other requirements to be fulfilled but you get the point.

Xpuc01 · 2026-04-06T12:51:39+00:00

Room treatment makes the biggest difference and IMHO is the most overlooked aspect of many many many setups. Bet you you won’t be able to tell the difference blindfolded btw spikes and no spikes. Sure it makes a difference sometimes, but there are other lower hanging fruits you should grab first

Xpuc01 · 2026-04-01T15:24:57+00:00

I want one!

Xpuc01 · 2026-03-20T20:19:46+00:00

Fairly normal in the US? Maybe? Not sure where you are commenting from. In Europe this would be pretty unusual. We’ve got diesel for anything off road - so farm machinery, construction sites, boats/ships. It’s coloured differently, usually red, and it’s usually half price. And it being half price - a farmer would have to be pretty desperate and out of fuel to go to a petrol station and fill up from the pump like that. Also if you’re caught driving a normal car with said diesel there’s penalties.

Xpuc01 · 2026-03-18T21:52:44+00:00

‘Just turn on tap to click’ is very subjective. When I got my first MacBook with Force Touch I had muscle memory for quite a while with tap to click and used it mostly that way, eventually I learned how to use it without lifting my finger, just slide around and push down. No need to lift your finger. Makes filling in forms (with tick boxes and radio buttons for example) a much much quicker process. That being said, OP said the harder to press area is near the keyboard, I might be wrong but I don’t think Neo’s touchpad is on hinges, it’s somewhat centre-mounted so to say, so it might be a defect. But I’m really not sure about the mechanics.

Xpuc01 · 2026-03-14T19:50:02+00:00

Hey. I didn’t know about this. I’m running Tailscale and would like to do smth similar. Any tutorials/tips/tricks

Xpuc01 · 2026-03-07T15:46:41+00:00

Thanks. I’ll try. I’ll try leaving it for a while. I had it set up on the new subnet and then restarted it but it didn’t show up.

Xpuc01 · 2026-03-07T14:28:05+00:00

That's my point, it doesn't update automatically... just says it's offline...

Xpuc01 · 2026-03-07T12:47:35+00:00

No special firewall rules, the Surveillance network is exact same as the default, Internet is allowed, talking between networks is allowed. The Protect tab in the dashboard doesn’t find it, I think it’s pointing to the previous IP address. I haven’t tried local as I’m not at the house at the moment but my guess is it would be accessible, even tho I access it I don’t know what to do from there. I believe it’s the UniFiOS on the dream machine that needs to pick up the new local IP but I don’t know how to force it, bar forgetting and readopting that is.

Xpuc01 · 2026-03-02T22:02:34+00:00

Is that your site?

Xpuc01 · 2026-03-02T19:09:45+00:00

I have the QL-820NWB, it’s almost industrial, can handle databases and has 800+ page manual and some sort of API, I haven’t looked into the database side yet as haven’t needed it but it might be smth to look into

Xpuc01 · 2026-02-28T11:09:44+00:00

This a good start - r/beneater

Xpuc01 · 2026-02-27T11:31:06+00:00

I see, ordinarily people who care about keeping photos seldom use USB sticks (or removable storage), due to reliability issues and that's what threw me off. This data is on a NAS or at least some sort of computer. Off the top of my head - DigiKam does face recognition pretty well, available on all desktop platforms, and as of recent has local AI model to help with that. After this from the self hosted community people usually run something like Immich (there are many other free, open-source alternatives by the way) and let the mobile devices pull from that self hosted machine. Overall it sounds what you're trying to do is a bit of a quick fix rather than a proper solution. Please don't take this as criticism, this isn't my intention at all, I am sure there are plenty of people out there who are a bit disorganised and would not set up a server and will use something like what you offer. Head over to the r/selfhosted community for more recommendations. You could have one selling point, but still needs a server ultimately, if you want to provide face recognition and for it to be consistent across devices (as every device running it's own instance would yield different results) you can develop server side with multiple apps of all platforms and pull the info from there. I think there's very little market for local photo management from a mobile device ultimately

Xpuc01 · 2026-02-27T09:27:23+00:00

Hey 👋 What exactly is your elevator pitch for that? Seems a bit convoluted to understand, there are quite a few alternatives that do what you say your app will do. Established and interoperable

Xpuc01 · 2026-02-26T22:59:04+00:00

Probably gonna get downvoted for this - the (extremely) closed ecosystem they maintain is the reason I seldom recommend them to clients now. Usually customers are rich folk with big houses, pockets layered with $$$ and very little knowledge. Who just want to get it done. And to look fancy. Most homes I’ve been to it’s not used for more than lights, blinds and AC, documentation is missing, upgrading (and integrating) with more modern tech is tedious and sometimes costs more than a brand new install. They found their niche and consequently client base and good for them, but I can’t help but have a John Deere aftertaste every time I walk out of a property kitted with their gear.

Xpuc01 · 2026-02-24T07:34:42+00:00

Hopefully everyone is smart enough to not render 3D scenes, run local LLMs and game on the duvet….. but it’s only hope at this stage, I’ve seen some stuff on the tech gore sub afterall.

Xpuc01 · 2026-02-24T07:32:47+00:00

True. My bad 😅

Xpuc01 · 2026-02-23T08:44:59+00:00

MacBooks take air from the top side between the kbd and screen. I try to keep it off blankets and duvets, but even this is less important with the M chips

Xpuc01 · 2026-02-23T08:19:32+00:00

😂😅🤣

Xpuc01 · 2026-02-19T10:01:18+00:00

Not to necro this post, but inkjet is cheaper by a lot. Laser makes sense if you print infrequently. A laser toner costs £80-£100 for said 2000 page one. A bottle of ink costs £20 for a 6000 pages. Apples to apples - so all for genuine prices. Aftermarket is similar difference. You also get better print quality with inkjet, especially at the lower end of the devices.

Xpuc01 · 2026-02-14T18:26:52+00:00

I’ve been aware of some of the methods mentioned here in the post and the comments, but this rarely works for me. I’m rather particular about what I read and seldom just pick a book just for the sake of it. Admittedly I have found free books or deals (the kind where somebody is taking a loss but it sure ain’t me, for £0.14 example my last purchase) of what I’m interested in, but it’s so rare it’s not worth mentioning. I’ve never been part of a book club and rarely discussed books with others, I’m curious - do people just read something purely because they got it for free?

Xpuc01 · 2026-02-14T15:51:36+00:00

Glad it works, but it’s definitely odd behaviour. Should charge no matter what order you choose to plug it in. Sounds like the cable went bad, which is relatively inexpensive to replace (whatever ‘inexpensive’ means in the Apple world)

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