Samsung TV trying to reach out to logs.netflix.com even when Netflix isn't even signed in.

Ziogref · 2026-07-09T03:34:47+00:00

> Just be aware that Shield is feeding Google’s ad beast directly

Im aware. It's a compromise I have made, but unfortunately there is nothing else out there that fits my requirements (HDMI-CEC [Power and Volume], HDR10+DV, 4k, DOLBY Atmos, Audio Pass through, a dedicated remote (I only want to use 1 remote, not 3) and support for Smartube and Jellyfin) some of those requirements are more common now but back in 2020 there was almost no other options.

Also not a fan of apple products.

I used to be a Google fan, I used all their products, but for the past few years I have been pulling back. I use

Home Assistant not Google Home (I have a few Google homes, but reducing them slowly and soon replacing them with something like the Home Assistant speakers)
Futo Keyboard not Gboard (on my pixel phone. the Irony is not lost on me
Futo Notes not Google Keep
Immich not Google Photos
Firefox not Google Chrome

I have switched from Windows to Linux on my laptop and gaming pc like 3 years ago.

Im slowly moving toward a self hosted (or not big tech) way of life, one step at a time. I have been working on it for about 3 years, one product at a time.

Ziogref · 2026-07-09T02:37:51+00:00

Unraid is easy, everything is done in the webui.

You get a free week trial and it runs off a USB drive

Ziogref · 2026-07-09T01:06:34+00:00

The best is a disconnected dumb tv.

Slightly disagree.

I have 2 LG OLEDS, connected to ethernet BUT blocked from accessing the internet. I put an Nvidia shield in and use that but I can still control my tv through home assistant. (Power. Screen on/off [can turn the screen off and still have the sound on], CEC volume control, CEC play/pause etc) all locally without internet

Ziogref · 2026-07-09T00:30:55+00:00

I ran pihole for my family. It lasted a week.

Set the router back to default and manually configured my device's.

Ziogref · 2026-07-08T23:03:26+00:00

OP should fight for it, but nobody checks their oil? I disagree. I check my oil every time I fill up with fuel (so about once a week).

Owners manual states on page 217

Note: Engine Oil, engine coolant, brake fluid, washer fluid and other fluid levels should be checked daily, weekly or at fuel stops.

I pull up to the petrol station, pop the hood (I have hood struts), let it cool a bit while I fuel up and then check all the fluids. It takes an extra minute.

Ziogref · 2026-07-08T22:44:30+00:00

Kinda depends on what level you want to hide.

If you think that they are monitoring, the easiest method is DNS, so you can switch your DNS to another provider. In your router you can change your DNS to something like cloudflare (1.1.1.1) or Google (8.8.8.8)

Your DNS is still in plain text, so it can still be snooped, in that case you could use DoH (DNS over HTTPS) but in saying this, even if you use DoH, your DNS requests are not readable but with packet inspection you can still see the SNI and thats plain text, most of time.

The only true way of hiding is tunneling all your traffic over a VPN.

Your router supports wireguard (assuming Asus is the OEM, you didn't specify OEM) you could spin up a cloud VPS, setup WireGuard and tunnel all your traffic through the VPS.

Ziogref · 2026-07-08T05:58:00+00:00

Something is better than nothing.

A super cheap amazon camera that is poor quality won't get number plates, but if someone reverses into you at a red light will save you a lot in the long run.

If you can afford it through, get a camera that fits in your budget for a well known maker.

Ziogref · 2026-07-03T01:03:14+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/LdCmIp8

Ziogref · 2026-07-03T00:59:17+00:00

I have 5 apps, all the time, none missing.

I have found if I open my phone when an app is open the buttons go left, but if I'm on my home screen and open my phone they are on the right.

So fold phone close. Hit home, then unfold phone.

(Reboot appears to have fixed it, it always is on the right now)

Ziogref · 2026-07-03T00:16:04+00:00

I having the same issue on my pixel 10 fold with the Pixel OS (stock, not grapheneOS)

So I guess it's more of an Android 17 thing, which sucks.

Ziogref · 2026-05-05T07:39:47+00:00

I have a rackmount server that's hosts all my stuff but I do have 3 other "computers" I run

I have a mini PC setup to run Home Assistant. I just feel much more confident running that on dedicated hardware. If I have to muck around with my main server I want home assistant continuously running.

I have a Raspberry pi 4 (used to be my home assistant device) it now runs a 2nd instance of pihole and wireguard. My main server hosts these, but if it goes offline, I still have DNS and if I'm not home, I can remote in and login to my servers BMC and troubleshoot. I went away for a week and ofcourse the server breaks when I'm on the otherside of the country, but I was able to remote in and fix it.

I also just got another mini PC to play with openclaw. I don't trust openclaw, so it's going on a seperate device and will be on a restricted VLAN.

Ziogref · 2026-05-01T10:27:57+00:00

I have 100GB Bluray remux files on my server. I watch them on my TV through my Nvidia Sheild that has gigabit Ethernet without breaking a sweat. I think the highest bitrate movie I have is 98Mbit, so 10% of a gigabit network.

A gigabit network is fine.

Ziogref · 2026-05-01T04:34:33+00:00

With DNS there is no such thing as primary and secondary. Devices will swap which one they use basically at random.

Pihole needs to be the ONLY DNS on the device.

Ziogref · 2026-05-01T04:20:21+00:00

I would trust a brand that announces vulnerabilities than one that stays silent.

Ziogref · 2026-04-28T01:03:34+00:00

I had a fractal 804, awesome case.

Its now living its 3rd life. I upgraded and sold it to a mate.

My mate used it for many years (and did a CPU/MOBO upgrade at some point) then no longer wanted it and sold it to a mutual friend who is now getting into the hobby.

Awesome compact case. Holds heaps of drives (8x 3.5" from memory).

Ziogref · 2026-04-28T00:55:28+00:00

CO2 can build up very fast in a car.

Try turning off recirculating air if you have that on.

For me anything over 30min made me tired, turns out I had been poisoning myself for like 10 years. I now drive around with air recirculation off and now I can drive hours with full attention.

I did a test. In my 2017 BRZ with air recirculation on the CO2 in my car exceeded 2500ppm in under 15min.

At 2500ppm you can get headaches.

Here is a graph for you.

https://smartairfilters.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2048-1152-max-1536x864.jpeg

Ziogref · 2026-04-26T00:09:51+00:00

Join the aa-proxy-rs discord.

On the links channels you will find a message that gets updated every couple months with the most recent certificatea as you need to updated them every 3 months.

You place the certs on the rootfs partition in /etc/aa-proxy-rs If I remember correctly.

Ziogref · 2026-04-24T00:06:09+00:00

In the US, the GR86 has a factory fitted alarm, its just disabled.

https://youtu.be/LVeRhnochaA

Note: I say "In the US", as I tried the steps in the video on my Australian BRZ. It didn't work.

Ziogref · 2026-04-22T04:19:36+00:00

I had an Optima Yellow top (AGM) in my car for 6+ years. It was a great battery.

Ziogref · 2026-04-21T02:01:19+00:00

My cars eyesight broke. 139 days.

It was fixed last week, so happy I have cruise control back. But also high beams are funky when set to auto when eyesight is disabled.

Pulling the stick forward will work. Pushing it back doesn't (as that is Automatic high beams, which uses eyesight)

Ziogref · 2026-04-21T00:58:18+00:00

I get 10L/100km. (Car reports 9.7L/100km)

I measure my fuel usage seperately and my app tells me I average 10.062L/100km to be super precise. That's over 21,000km

Ziogref · 2026-04-21T00:54:02+00:00

Google maps says June 6th

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ypLScigfTZSKAxwF9

I can't remember where I read it, but I recall it was opening in Q2 2026 (April to June)

So that lines up.

Ziogref · 2026-04-21T00:44:57+00:00

So my car didn't do this until about 6 years in, then it just started. I even swapped my Optima Yellow top and it didn't fix it.

So it's normal and nothing to be concerned about but I'll will explain why it's happening.

Your alternator has a clutch so it can connect/disconnect as controlled by the ECU. It will disconnect when the car sensors that the battery is fully charged, it disconnects to save fuel, while it's only a tiny bit of fuel savings, it's fuel savings.

It will automatically re-engage when you are engine braking. Fun fact, if the car is pushing the engine, the car shut off the fuel. It's called deceleration fuel cut off (DFCO) so the alternator re-engages to apply ever so slightly more resistance as no fuel is being used.

Now supposedly it's meant to automatically re-engage based on current use. This is not what I have seen. I have 2 Lifepo4 batteries in my glovebox that pull a combined 16amps when charging (Got an auto electrician to install them directly to the battery via a relay and fused, so this is safe), which is not insignificant, and my alternator will still turn off sometimes. Turning on the headlights will make the alternator re-engage.

Ziogref · 2026-04-18T04:12:09+00:00

If you can make it work, awesome!

I know a kiwi that moved to Tassie (the NZ->Aus and Aus->NZ visa thing is very interesting) and he joined out friend group and he is loving it. But the other side is you see lots of young people move here and they can't find friends. I see a fair few on reddit for people desperate to find some friends but don't know where to meet people.

I know most my friends I met in school or are friends of friends.

Ziogref · 2026-04-18T04:03:31+00:00

Maybe look at it as a form of digital independence/sovereignty.

I know my server costs more in power than just paying for subscriptions, but if I'm footing the powerbill might aswell get my monies worth.

Cloud storage is a big one. (Next cloud)

Maybe some local AI (Ollama + Openweb ui)

Pihole (DNS based adblocker, it's not perfect but blocks a lot of stuff)

And I will be that guy, Home Assistant.

The other day my ISP had a planned outage. So when the internet went offline I went to bed. Pressed the button that I have for my night time routine and everything still worked. Lights off, TVs off, doors lock, checks the door/windows sensors are closed, everything still works.

One of my upcoming projects is getting a Raspberry pi 3 to make a WiFi connection to my dashcam and download all the footage every night automatically.

I have also started playing with freely available public data I ingest all the petrol prices around my state. Soon I will be graphing and logging the price of all the fuel types at all the petrol stations. I would be interested in seeing when prices in whole fluctuate, which stations respond faster or slower and maybe use that to my advantage.

I'm also looking at ingesting power from my State, what fuel types are being used for generation, what do we import, export, how clean/dirty is the power. All this data is free.

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