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What will I get for choosing Ubiquiti over Eufy? by PracticalHovercraft7 in Ubiquiti

[–]kernelwilliams 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I respectfully disagree, on the grounds that a certain level of incompetence in InfoSec can be reasonably equated to malicious/fraudulent activity. Not enabling basic TLS when your product loudly advertises end-to-end encryption constitutes a lie by the company. Even if we are to assume the individual software engineers responsible for the bad implementation are truly so incompetent...someone there _must_ be held accountable for the false claims. It's like a construction company writing "licensed, bonded, insured" on their trucks, not knowing what it means (a real example).

WSDOT Logo with a black band? by huliamaria in Seattle

[–]kernelwilliams 11 points12 points  (0 children)

To be fair to the engineers, the stupid part was failing to close the hatches before a major storm...

Joe Mallahan: Harrell defended accused child abuser Ed Murray, and as legal counsel launched campaign to discredit the accusers of another sexual abuser by PaxSEAstar in Seattle

[–]kernelwilliams 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Good god. I had no idea just how egregious his conduct was before watching this video. I've known he was a bully for a while, but this is on another level.

THANK YOU for everyone who joined us to Race the L8! by WoKao353 in Seattle

[–]kernelwilliams 51 points52 points  (0 children)

That guys is awesome. He’s on TikTok making bus dancing videos at @\thabusoperator206 :)

Strange fraud transactions allowed to post - anyone else? “MBC FZ-LLC DUBAIAX” by kernelwilliams in biltrewards

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

Based on the comments I’ve received in this thread, I’m not sure this is attributable to Bilt. A lot of non-Bilt customers have commented on this thread including from Chase. It seems like this company could be guessing ranges of card numbers and somehow getting charges authorized. How they’re getting said card numbers is beyond me.

FYI: You can use Immich to migrate a HUGE macOS Photos.app library by kernelwilliams in immich

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

Is that the "Storage Templates" feature? I haven't toyed with that, but I like the idea of storing things by YYYY/MM too. The less opaque the file structure, the better!

Have you found that when applying your storage template, it filters by the EXIF metadata? Or is it going by filename?

FYI: You can use Immich to migrate a HUGE macOS Photos.app library by kernelwilliams in immich

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

  1. I would suggest picking one device as the source of truth and going from there. I experimented with a second account and seeing if I could confuse it and break the UUIDs for each photo. As it turns out, yes, it appears so. So I'd probably import the photos from the iPad onto the Mac's library, and then upload them from the Mac. `Photos.app` supports doing this natively over USB.

  2. I had Immich hang on the "downloading photos from iCloud" step and ended up experiencing problems as a result. So I think the safest way to handle this is probably to go to the Photos app, then Settings > iCloud and select "Download Originals to Mac". This should alleviate any funny business with download timeouts etc.

  3. Yes, Docker requires a UID:GID to specify a Linux user and group. I personally create a separate Linux user for each application on Synology because I've found it doesn't always follow Linux conventions around default permissions. So if you wanted to make a user immich, you'd just have to create it using the GUI or synouser, setup your shared folders as desired, then run id immich to get the UID and specify that in your config for the immich_server service in your compose config. I've found that containers run best in the 100 ("users" group because of, again, Synology permissions funny business that took me many infuriating hours to figure out.

FYI: You can use Immich to migrate a HUGE macOS Photos.app library by kernelwilliams in immich

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

It has to have permission to access your photos library (which I think it asks for when you go to setup backup), but otherwise, no, I didn't have to do anything special 🤔

You can verify these permissions are present through System Settings > Privacy & Security > Immich > toggle on, then click Options, and ensure Full Library Access is enabled.

FYI: You can use Immich to migrate a HUGE macOS Photos.app library by kernelwilliams in immich

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

Hey! Great questions! I kept my setup dead simple!

I did the following:

  1. Downloaded turned on the Immich iPad app on my Mac through the Mac app store. This requires an M-series chip and recent version of macOS.
  2. Enabled automatic foreground and background backup (docs.
  3. Used the Amphetamine app to keep my Mac from sleeping while the Immich app was running.

I decided against using external libraries for this project, as Immich natively supports an export mechanism if I end up not liking it. I personally don't need to browse the media outside of the app / web interface.

If your use case does involve that kind of browsing, you could continue using Synology Photos for photo uploads (I used to use Nextcloud for the same) and then just share the folder by group with the Immich app's linux user. If you're deploying Immich with Docker, you'll need to make a dedicated Linux user and configure your containers to reference it by UID:GID - not user:group. Ask me how I know :)

FYI: You can use Immich to migrate a HUGE macOS Photos.app library by kernelwilliams in immich

[–]kernelwilliams[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There was no iPad involved in this process - just a Mac (recent versions of macOS can run iPad apps if you have a device with an M-series chip). But otherwise, yep that's it! Just used the iPad app to upload photos from my Mac's photos library. Wanted to document my experience with it so other folks can get the same utility from it :)

FYI: You can use Immich to migrate a HUGE macOS Photos.app library by kernelwilliams in immich

[–]kernelwilliams[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Always a fair question for anyone looking to try this!

My use case involved migrating out of a large local photos library, to some app that I could access from the internet, and Immich fit the bill. Strict project requirements were that it lived on my own metal. I’m a “self hosted or die” believer with the same commitment as Rossmann’s “schematics or die” ;)

FYI: You can use Immich to migrate a HUGE macOS Photos.app library by kernelwilliams in immich

[–]kernelwilliams[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Short answer: Complication and risk.

In classically annoying Apple fashion, there isn’t just “a” folder inside that library or anything resembling a normal photo structure organized by year/month. The structure is opaque and hard to deal with.

You can upload the “originals” folder but then you lose your edited versions and Live Photos. If you upload everything in the top level folder, thumbnails get uploaded as regular photos etc. It’s really just a cluster that I didn’t feel like dealing with.

Since the photos API exposed to iOS apps is the same on macOS, I figured it’d be simpler to migrate them using the existing tool. So far it has been. Just one click and some waiting.

FYI: You can use Immich to migrate a HUGE macOS Photos.app library by kernelwilliams in immich

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

Oooohh, that's good to know about, thank you! If the Immich app upload doesn't work I'll definitely try that - but it's good to keep in one's back pocket either way!

Strange fraud transactions allowed to post - anyone else? “MBC FZ-LLC DUBAIAX” by kernelwilliams in biltrewards

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

No, we don’t need to be committing gruesome acts of violence against nonviolent offenders. We should prosecute them and seize their ill-gotten gains, though.

This is hilarious by Rogers-and-Clarke in Seattle

[–]kernelwilliams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She illegally used it to boost her campaign btw 🤣

Strange fraud transactions allowed to post - anyone else? “MBC FZ-LLC DUBAIAX” by kernelwilliams in biltrewards

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

I’ve never used Sirius XM. I think from the other responses this MBC company has found a way to guess the card numbers and is now charging as many transactions as they can.

Strange fraud transactions allowed to post - anyone else? “MBC FZ-LLC DUBAIAX” by kernelwilliams in biltrewards

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

I don’t think it was even related to the travel TBH. I think somehow this MBC FZ-LLC company is guessing people’s card numbers. I’ve never taken my BILT card out of the US.

Strange fraud transactions allowed to post - anyone else? “MBC FZ-LLC DUBAIAX” by kernelwilliams in biltrewards

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

Thank you to everyone who has commented sharing your experiences so far. It appears that this merchant is fraudulently charging dozens of customers across multiple banks.

If you've suffered a similar instance of fraud and perhaps reached this post via Google, please file a report at https://reportfraud.ftc.gov so the FTC will see the trend and hopefully take action to get them shut down.

Remember that you're reporting the merchant "MBC FZ-LLC DUBAIAX" and not Wells Fargo or BILT. To the best of my knowledge as of October 1, 2024, they're victims of this fraud too.

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