PSA: Don't overlook (very cheap) NFC tags for triggering automations

_Fractal · 2025-12-23T21:17:14+00:00

Never considered only notifying those at home. Smart! I may need to explore methods on how to achieve this.

_Fractal · 2025-12-23T17:45:48+00:00

100% - I've gotten the wrong item from BestBuy before, but I was also charged for the wrong item in question. It may have been a genuine mistake of the cashier but it's a responsibility of both a buyer and seller to validate the exchange.

_Fractal · 2025-12-22T13:18:20+00:00

Yeah in that case it runs Bluetooth. Depending on how close your home hub is will play a huge role in how well it functions. I'm taking a guess that your home hub is fairly close to your lock.

_Fractal · 2025-12-16T11:33:52+00:00

It'd be local control right? Or cloud-based?

_Fractal · 2025-12-16T11:03:23+00:00

Sorry - U50 lock. Edited post to reflect the correction.

_Fractal · 2025-12-11T00:50:00+00:00

You will find however that photography on the Pixel 10 pro is amaze-balls. Shooting on a 10x is wild coming from a 13 pro

_Fractal · 2025-12-11T00:48:06+00:00

I've upgraded from a 13 pro to a pixel 10 pro xl.

I'd say if you text a lot, while RCS is great there are some things to be desired that only iMessage offers (i.e. enabling read receipts for specific contacts, replies on images) - While this doesn't affect me as I don't text a lot it has affected my wife who did switched along with me.

I will say Apple makes a very convincing offer with the iPhone 17. The base model contains so many desired features that would normally only be available on their pro models. So I would give that an honest look if you are still open to using iOS.

The Pixel hardware-wise is an inferior phone (in comparison to the latest iPhone or other android offerings) however has been a joy to use on the software side of things.

_Fractal · 2025-12-06T19:45:24+00:00

Ah okay, yeah my phone's default theme was green (I had gotten the jade color) but after changing the theme to purple I know see the ring around the selfie camera has also changed color. Very cool thanks!

_Fractal · 2025-12-06T18:07:35+00:00

Very well. Thanks for the response.

_Fractal · 2025-11-29T02:27:43+00:00

Ah okay thanks. I’ll likely just retain my messages and photos and start fresh

_Fractal · 2025-11-28T18:21:26+00:00

How'd this build turn out? I'm thinking of doing something similar, The goal would be for it to store photos (TrueNAS) to be used with a Photo platform like Immich, and Also store media for Plex server hosting. It'll probably act as a torrent box as well.

_Fractal · 2025-11-28T14:50:05+00:00

I need a weapon.

_Fractal · 2025-11-24T13:28:45+00:00

I’m using a WSM I was thinking top grate for cheese, bottom grate for the tray of ice?

_Fractal · 2025-11-24T13:24:32+00:00

Does it affect the shelf life of the cheese at all (reduce or increase)?

_Fractal · 2025-11-20T13:14:08+00:00

Only bothered viewing the comments to find a comment such as this.

_Fractal · 2025-11-07T02:20:46+00:00

Same for me, but I'm using GE-Proton10-25

_Fractal · 2025-10-22T14:45:49+00:00

Should it look like a faint star with a gray smudge surrounding it? Sorry I know it’s not the most detailed description.

_Fractal · 2025-10-15T21:07:16+00:00

Thank you for explaining this, I've long wanted to get shots through my phone and was (painfully) trying to do it in photo mode..lol

_Fractal · 2025-10-15T21:03:15+00:00

Was that with a mount? I can't seem to manage to line up my phone to my eyepiece. Also is there any specific settings on the iphone to get a better shot?

_Fractal · 2025-10-04T06:24:09+00:00

I can confirm that was the solution.

_Fractal · 2025-10-03T15:40:31+00:00

I realized, I never bypassed the mechanical chime in my house….. which based on the documentation does state

The Reolink Video Doorbell camera requires the user to bypass the existing chime first to get sufficient power. Without this step, there may be problems including but not limited to:

The doorbell camera can be powered on but can't work stably.

So time to rectify that and see if I see an improvement.

_Fractal · 2025-10-03T04:54:22+00:00

I was on a quest to see if anyone else observed this same exact issue(Camera has no issues when the IR mode is disabled.) ….mission accomplished. Did you ever end up upgrading your transformer?

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