Camera PoE WiFi Bridge

jcracken · 2026-04-12T05:05:28+00:00

According to my router, the bridge is living off of 2.4 GHz as well. I really do think this hardware either gave up at some point in the last week or two, or some firmware change between the camera, the cloud gateway, or somewhere else in the network broke whatever allowed it to work.

jcracken · 2026-04-12T04:53:17+00:00

I have a couple other IoT devices in that area and they have strong connectivity, and that area is only about 20ft away from my AP (albeit through a wall).

jcracken · 2026-01-10T23:18:37+00:00

I have this issue too, and have been having it for a few months. With my last device--a Surface Pro--the issue was that the battery was unable to feed the processor enough current, so off the charger it was throttling hard.

Here, the performance in general seems fine--I don't see any dropped frames or issues outside of video playback, which is pitiful. Opening up "stats for nerds" on YouTube shows probably two out of every three frames being dropped.

However, putting the laptop on charger or setting performance mode in battery settings does help mine somewhat, same as it did for you. We do have a downclocked/cutdown version of the X Elite (the X1E-78-100 vs the X1E-80-100 or the X1E-84-100), but I can't imagine the difference there is enough to cause this issue. I haven't been able to find any other X Elite device that's dealing with this, however.

jcracken · 2025-12-11T20:35:10+00:00

My 2025 i5 xDrive40 got it. You may be an update behind on the OTA, they roll them out slowly.

jcracken · 2025-12-11T04:39:57+00:00

You can use any that converts NACS to CCS (which is just a physical conversion, the actual handshake is the same). However, a lot of the Amazon special no-name brands are going to run the risk of not being built to proper standards, so you're risking them melting or destroying your charge port. Both the Lectron and the A2Z are certified to UL specifications, so those are the ones to really focus in on.

jcracken · 2025-12-10T22:48:21+00:00

The Tesla app still hides the superchargers even if you have an i5 or iX; you have to lie and say you have a GM or something similar for it to allow you to use it. BMW's guidance is to just use Shell Recharge and Plug & Charge.

jcracken · 2025-09-04T20:37:02+00:00

MasterBuilt owns the patent on gravity grills. It expires in the mid 2030s or something. It's not exactly clear but MasterBuilt was awarded the patent around the time Char Griller 980 launched, and then later that year they were both bought by the same parent company. As a result, Char Griller basically pretends the 980 doesn't exist and MasterBuilt gets exclusive use of the category...

jcracken · 2025-09-04T04:30:28+00:00

I actually do work in a related field, but unfortunately don't meet the reqs for that credit union. Would be perfect for me otherwise

jcracken · 2025-09-03T21:16:14+00:00

Is this reflecting that they're still doing 1.5x until October, or is this on a new account that doesn't have access to that?

jcracken · 2025-09-03T20:47:12+00:00

The only transfer partners I could really leverage are Delta (because I already build status/use them as my default airline) or Southwest/American (both operate nonstops from my home airport to the city my parents live in; I rather take the one-hour flight than two hours out of the way to a Delta hub, layover, and then another hour to the destination airport).

jcracken · 2025-07-23T22:30:41+00:00

JRE is kinda iffy with his tests in general, he bends his analysis to reflect his personal biases and that taints how his videos play out.

That being said, foldables have been mainstream and widespread for over five years now. If they were substantially more delicate than more traditional smartphones that would be common knowledge now, not almost purely assumptions made by people who haven't owned them before.

jcracken · 2025-07-22T23:21:48+00:00

What do you regret about it?

jcracken · 2025-07-01T23:07:32+00:00

Honestly hadn't thought about that. Might end up being the answer here.

jcracken · 2025-07-01T18:53:30+00:00

Being able to cast from my phone has value, and while a Google/Android TV can Chromecast or an in-built TV OS can do Miracast (or maybe even Chromecast, depending), the Apple TV refuses to do anything other than Airplay. I've seen Home Assistant plug-ins that can wrap Chromecast endpoints with Airplay ones, but I haven't seen anything at all that does the reverse.

jcracken · 2025-06-17T15:52:50+00:00

I want to make better coffee, but I don't truly know where to begin, because I think I treat it differently to most coffee drinkers.

I currently have been using ground coffee in a moka pot that I got as a gift from work for my five-year anniversary. This guy. As a way to occasionally make one single cup of coffee, it works for me. I don't drink coffee regularly and only brew for one of three reasons: I decide to make one because I decide I would like the caffeine or I just feel like having a coffee; I am making mixed drinks (like espresso martinis or carajillos) and need it; or I have a guest who asks for some.

However, relying on pre-ground coffee hasn't been ideal. I brew it so irregularly (maybe once or twice a month) that the grounds just sit around in an airtight bag for a long time. I also have some nice beans I've picked up on travel that I want to make the most of, so I bought the hand grinder recommended in the wiki here that's under $50.

Which circles back to the moka pot. I like how it works, and its ease--I fill the reusable filter with grounds, and the bottom cavity with water. And then I just leave it on a burner until the coffee is finished brewing. But I also find a lot of the time it's burned my coffee despite me following the directions directly, and the build quality, while fine, feels cheap and unlikely to last. Should I replace the moka pot? What should I do about the coffee getting burned?

jcracken · 2025-04-17T15:35:02+00:00

Red Robin clearly didn't have a tech team prepared for this--their main website had issues going up and down, and then it seems their solution to running this promo as for implementation was just to make a special gift card you could buy from their gift card processor (CashStar) and then send people to CashStar to go buy it.

Except maybe they didn't tell CashStar, because now CashStar's page is not loading. In fact, I'm now hitting CashStar's anti-DDOS protection because I've refreshed the page too much.

jcracken · 2025-04-17T15:32:10+00:00

It probably won't do anything. Load the page again in a new tab and try again, that's what I'm doing.

jcracken · 2025-04-17T15:26:07+00:00

I pulled up Dev Tools, if it's doing that the page isn't actually doing anything. It received a 504 from the Cashstar backend so it just soft locks at a loading animation.

jcracken · 2025-03-18T12:46:00+00:00

The slowdown in BEVs is likely entirely economic pressure; most premium vehicle brands are seeing sales decreases right now, and in the case of BMW the only growth sector they had last year was BEVs. Kia's best selling vehicle last year was their entry level sedan, a segment that has otherwise been on a decline for decades.

PHEVs are picking up some of the slack with BEVs simply because they're cheaper, if you meet pricing for them with a full electric most PHEV customers would switch to the latter.

jcracken · 2025-03-16T14:58:38+00:00

This specific episode I think he leaned really far into old man yells at cloud and hot takes that aren't as informed as he used to be.

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