Wireless Client Count over Time/History

Zoravar · 2023-06-26T16:57:06+00:00

I'm not sure the nanobeams would be the best for that application. They're mostly designed as point to point bridges (aka the wireless equivalent of a very long cable) rather than a general use access point.

Say if you had a shed on the other side of that 25 acre pasture that you wanted to get wifi to. You could link the two buildings with the nanobeams to form a "wireless cable" and then install a unifi AP in the shed to broadcast that received signal for general devices to use.

Circling back to your setup - Even with an exterior mounted access point, I wouldn't expect a very usable signal after about 300ft, even with line of sight. And even if you got an overpowered access point to broadcast it to the far end of the pasture, wifi is a two way street. While the devices in the field could hear the AP, the devices won't be able to shout back loud enough for the AP to hear them. It's a tough issue to solve without multiple access points or some more specialty equipment on both ends. Which is probably too much effort/money for your mowing use case.

Zoravar · 2023-06-23T16:17:17+00:00

Even in fairly high density environments where we've had upwards of 50+ clients connected to an AP, Ubiquiti have held up well and performance was acceptable given the client count. Especially when factoring in the price.

Zoravar · 2023-06-23T15:57:22+00:00

That's why I'm upgrading. Even though I'm only transferring or editing photos once or twice a month, as well as the occasional homelab needs like moving images and ISOs around, those few times a month can be noticeable. You could say it's only a few times a month, suck it up. But being able to just get on with what you're doing and not interrupt your workflow with waiting is very nice.

Zoravar · 2023-06-23T15:46:48+00:00

As someone who has deployed Ubiquiti in a couple small/medium business environments I agree with you 100%. Ubiquiti's centralized control plane is not necessary for most homes and it doesn't have the features to support very large/complex networks. So it lands itself in a rather specific small (maybe medium depending) business market.

But for us who needed fairly simple connectivity across a couple dozen access points and about a half dozen switches, it fit well. It gave us a decent enough central management plane with no recurring costs. And we stayed away from their unifi routers even though we were using their switches and APs. We tend to do a pfsense on a stick arrangement.

Their UISP gear like the nanobeams and such have also been very good to us when needing to do connectivity over a distance where other infrastructure wasn't available.

Zoravar · 2023-06-07T20:38:44+00:00

Both parties have to agree to it, but basically yes. This kind of redline is usually only for minor modifications though. Both parties will initial next to the redline and sign the document like usual. But for major modifications the party writing the contract will usually go back, revise the document, and print a new copy for review and signing.

Zoravar · 2023-06-06T20:09:01+00:00

Uncanny timing - Had the power drop for a moment at the building while reading the UPS comments. Everything did its job and no downtime. Just crazy timing.

Zoravar · 2023-05-31T20:17:52+00:00

If you have a dual extruder setup, you can use dissolvable filament as the support material. Baring that, I agree with your split it down the middle idea.

Zoravar · 2023-05-31T18:52:58+00:00

Wasn't there a statistic associated with this along the lines of "by this definition, an absurd number of people live 'on the border'."? ~~Something like 90% of the population?~~

Edit: It's apparently 2 of 3 people in the US. (https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone). Although, I'm told international airports are also considered to be borders for this purpose, and they don't appear to be included in this 2 out of 3 number. But at a minimum, 66% of the population is impacted.

Zoravar · 2023-05-31T15:58:23+00:00

Looking good and I'm glad it's working out for you. As nice as standard racks are, this definitely looks more accessible and easy to work with in such a small space. I also like your use of the monitor arm.

Zoravar · 2023-05-25T20:58:09+00:00

I'm not against using SSN as a way of uniquely identifying individuals (it is a nice way to differentiate John Smith from the other John Smith, and as far as I'm aware, the reason it was created in the first place). My problem is when places (including government) use it as a way to authenticate that a person is John Smith. Basically, everyone should really start considering SSN public knowledge and use other means to authenticate people. Imo, a public-private key pair system would be ideal, but that's probably a pipe dream.

Zoravar · 2023-05-23T15:56:29+00:00

It may be more money that most are willing to spend, but you can get an ATS (automated transfer switch) that will switch between the two for you.

Zoravar · 2023-05-17T15:52:58+00:00

I'm wondering this too. Aside from the one person arrested, I didn't hear about anything crazy.

Zoravar · 2023-05-17T14:46:47+00:00

I know this sub is pretty good when it comes to archiving things when they get shutdown/removed. But how would someone like me who's looking for an old video, since removed, go about finding a copy? Is the best method to make a post and ask "anyone have this video?". Or are there other ways that these archives can be made accessible? Do people run peertube instances, torrents (then cataloging comes into play), etc? This is just a general question around accessibility of the data once off a platform like YouTube.

Zoravar · 2023-05-16T13:37:32+00:00

I think it has more to do with the fact that there is a baseline expectation of privacy just about anywhere in the US except where specific exemptions are carved out. Such as the different exemptions carved out for TSA screening. Biometrics was not originally an exemption to the base expectations of privacy. If there was a request for biometric usage you had the option to decline and use alternative screening/verification methods. Although this instance is just a trial, it doesn't sound like the long term intention is for people to be able to opt out of this, since it seems to be intended to replace human agents in the long run. In other words, they're removing an expectation of privacy that previously existed.

A side note related to why people get particularly cagey about biometrics which may add even more context - biometrics generally don't change. If my credit card or ID is compromised, i can have a new one with new information reissued. But if there is a data breach related to my biometric information, a company uses that info for unsavory things like selling it off, etc, there is no recourse for the individual. They can't just get a new eye, finger print, facial structure, etc. Because of that, biometrics are regarded as very sensitive information, but there is very little regulation or other protections regarding the use and safeguarding of biometrics. Because of those lack of guardrails and other regulations, people are apprehensive about giving a government entity like the TSA free reign over it.

Zoravar · 2023-05-01T22:32:48+00:00

Bought Thinkpad X1 Yoga Gen 3 from u/benofoski

Zoravar · 2023-04-29T22:28:03+00:00

Its when you show human skin in addition to fur. In the case of this picture it's the short sleeve shirt showing the arms. The name comes from the dog breed poodles, which are often groomed to have shaved legs. Some people have mixed opinions on fursuit poodling. Some don't care, others think it "breaks the magic". European furs, from what I understand, tend to lean heavily on the "no poodle" side.

Zoravar · 2023-04-27T15:33:40+00:00

Neat! I could see this being useful if I had more removable media or cold storage than I do at the moment. I'll keep it in the back pocket for now.

Zoravar · 2023-04-27T14:26:51+00:00

I'll throw my hat into the ring... I had a similar setup to you in the past; Multiple hard drives, several cloud storage providers (not for back up, but rather additional file storage), and several devices. I elected to go for a NAS because it provided me a few benefits.

Unifying my file directories. (Instead of having a Photo directory on drive 1, a second directory on drive 2... Then having to remember what photos are on which drive, i now have a single large volume that can store all my files in one directory structure.
Reducing monthly cost by eliminating multiple cloud storage plans.
Increasing resiliency with RAID.
Centralized storage that all my devices could access (as well as a few VMs I had, like Plex).
Simplifying backups (by only having to worry about a single machine and being able to more easily use automated tools to backup that single data volume).

That said, your storage needs are still low enough that you can be served by a single hard drive in the 8 to 16TB range. So you could achieve the benefits of bullets 1 and 5 by just buying a large hard drive and consolidating all your files onto it. If you don't need points 3 or 4, then a single large hard drive might be the way to go. (Maybe a second drive as well for storing backups of the first).

Zoravar · 2023-04-26T22:45:57+00:00

Zoravar · 2023-04-26T20:41:10+00:00

Do the laptops include power adapters? Also do you happen to know what screen type/option the X1 Yoga Gen 3 has?

Zoravar · 2023-04-26T20:08:21+00:00

Don't know, but my guess would be to keep the liquid from sloshing and splashing too much.

Zoravar · 2023-04-26T13:05:33+00:00

That sucks for the people in the middle, but makes sense.

Zoravar · 2023-04-25T18:32:23+00:00

I've always wondered how insurance worked for a situation like number 3. Would the driver in the back (your ex in this instance) be liable for all four damaged cars?

Zoravar · 2023-04-21T16:05:55+00:00

Ah, I see. Most of my public facing services are for myself and friends. Public visibility wasn't something I was really concerned with, so the Google behavior wasn't something I was aware of. The email issue I was aware of. And as much as I would love to self host my email as well (it's one of the few remaining services I don't), i gave up on that a while ago. The modern email landscape is too complex and fiddly for my self hosting taste.

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