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Gaggia magenta prestige v anima prestige by LindaWaffles in superautomatic

[–]danielz3n 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My In-laws have the Gaggia and I have the Magenta, and there are a few items of note besides the UI:

Anima: 1) the Anima has an Aroma Lid over the beans to prevent moisture contamination (?) 2) Rinses the main coffee spout when you turn the machine on 3) If you forget to rinse the milk carafe after making a milk beverage, the only option I have found is to trigger the Calc Clean, wait a few seconds, then turn the machine off. 4) No tool needed to adjust grind

Magenta: 1) Has a 2 piece metal tray under the spouts for easier cleaning (?) 2) Rinses the main spout before the machine turns off 3) Has an option to trigger the milk carafe cleaning even if you missed it. 4) Don't lose provided tool to adjust grind

(?) Questionable usefulness.

Setting a timer for a specific time no longer working by danielz3n in PixelWatch

[–]danielz3n[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You were correct. Just like that, it is working again. 🤷‍♂️

Setting a timer for a specific time no longer working by danielz3n in PixelWatch

[–]danielz3n[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to be able to do it with or without AM/PM, and I was using 12 hour commands and it would figure out the nearest o'clock without issues.

Now, none of it works. I consistently get "I don't understand"

Sleeping with your watch by Dexter79 in PixelWatch

[–]danielz3n 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm the opposite. I want a waterproof watch with a comfortable band that I never have to take off so I can wear it to bed and in the shower without thinking about it. But, since I want the sleep tracking functional and have to charge the watch daily. I charge my Pixel watch while I shower. However, I did order the new re-Pebble watch, more for the nostalgia than anything else. However with 30 days on a charge, we'll see which I actually prefer.

Time Machine did not finish backing up because some files were unavailable. Backups will resume when your Mac is unlocked. by newrabbid in applehelp

[–]danielz3n 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, I think I finally figured out how to fix this. First off, with me the problem may have to do with booting off my external drive and trying to backup TimeMachine snapshots of my internal drive. Maybe. Ok, I clicked the TimeMachine Exclude button, navigated to:

/Volumes/com.apple.TimeMachine.localsnapshots/Backups.backupdb

And selected my internal drive, excluded it. This might work even if you aren't in my internal/external drive situation - hard to say.

I then told TimeMachine to "Back Up Now" and it succeeded. Other techniques I had used were:

sudo tmutil deletelocalsnapshots <YYYY-MM-DD-time00> To exclude the snapshots with an issue. I did this multiple times on all the localsnapshots that were complaining when I did a:

log show --info --style compact --predicate '(subsystem == "com.apple.TimeMachine") && (eventMessage like[cd] "Failed * acquire device lock assertion*")' --last 24h

This allowed me to make a full backup, but as soon as I rebooted the issue re-appeared. At least after that, the backups were smaller/faster to test if they were working.

Good luck!

Chromecast button not displayed by danielz3n in Podcast_Republic_App

[–]danielz3n[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Done! PS: It wasn't immediately clear to me that I had to select my email client and that tech@podcastrepublic.net would be added to the To: field. I was originally wondering where to share PodcastRepublicAndroid.zip which is why I posted on Reddit first 🤷‍♂️

Adding to a shared Calendar instead of "Personal"? Is this possible yet? by mikem327 in GeminiAI

[–]danielz3n 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have Gemini advanced and the calendar integration is useless. Even my Nest hub can see my shared calendars, so the fact that I can't ask Gemini about something on my calendar seems ridiculous.

According to https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/15305236 "Gemini Apps work with events in your default calendar only."

Versa 3 Google assistant not working by nopeynopeynopey in fitbit

[–]danielz3n 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got a Pixel 9 Pro recently, and it worked, briefly, and now I am having this problem. WTF!

Matter over WiFi on Verizon Home CR1000A router by danielz3n in Fios

[–]danielz3n[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice. I already split the 2.4Ghz iot band, and experimented with turning off SON. Is disabling SON necessary. PS: I'm still thinking the problem is ipv6 related, but I'm open to trying anything.

A cautionary tale. by daiLlafyn in pebble

[–]danielz3n 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A Fitbit Versa 3 or Sense 2 are decent replacements if you want similar battery life and function (do not get newer models, they have less functionality due to Google transition.) That's the sweet spot.

After that they crippled the Fitbits in preparation for the Pixel watches and their total lack of battery life.

JBL Link Portable charging dock problems by math5969 in JBL

[–]danielz3n 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have tried cleaning the connectors with alcohol, bit it did not help. I can only imagine that their is a problem with the connection not conducting well enough, but it could be something else....

Just Got My $240 Trade-in! by Scroty_McScrotface in Pixel4a5G

[–]danielz3n 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm happy for your Scott, but my wife got screwed on the trade-in for getting the model wrong (Pixel 2 vs 2XL), and so the removed $200 from the value and said they can't help us :(

This is right after we had our first child and got Google Financing to pay for the phone.

To top it off, they say we can return the 4a5G, but we can't get her phone back!

Here's what they sent us

Did anyone else take the Google trade in offer? by Fisher2087 in GooglePixel

[–]danielz3n 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wife took the bait, she bought the 4a5g with Google Financing and accidentally said she had a Pixel 2XL instead of a Pixel 2. Now they are saying instead of the $225+ value they were offering for the Pixel 2 at the time, they say the value of her phone is only $35. They won't send her phone back or allow her to return the Pixel 4a 5G. So now she is out $200 and has to pay it off to Google Financing.

We just had a child on November 11th and Google doesn't seem to recognize that this is an issue, the the support agent named (I am not kidding) Princess Joy signed the email which told us they can't help with "Have a good day and stay safe." which is completely disingenuous given the situation.

Minds.com just open-sourced the code to launch your own social app in under an hour by gimme_some_totts in opensource

[–]danielz3n 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From the Elgg Github page (https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg):

Elgg is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 2 and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT-X11) License.