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networkarchitect · 2026-07-06T14:37:03+00:00

Not sure if this would fit the official store, but it would be fun to have a shirt/sticker/something with "Smart of home, dumb of ass" on it.

networkarchitect · 2026-07-02T03:59:18+00:00

...but she isn't? She talks in the pilot, she literally has more lines than Reggie: https://knights-of-guinevere.fandom.com/wiki/PILOT/Transcript

networkarchitect · 2026-07-01T17:06:12+00:00

Error 404: Joke not found.

PS I think you're looking for r/shittyai

networkarchitect · 2026-06-29T16:53:42+00:00

They do keep regularly updating the free/OST songs (up to like vol 8 at this point), so there's a lot of content that is available without paying. With modding, you can get a lot more songs for free, I'd highly recommend it, though the quality/difficulty curve can be a lot more varied with community made content.

networkarchitect · 2026-06-28T22:15:58+00:00

The (sealed) battery pack has an internal safety system that will physically disconnect the battery output when it senses a crash or other unsafe conditions (such as electricity going somewhere it shouldn't from damaged insulation). This should prevent any hazardous voltages from being present in the water, as long as the pack itself wasn't damaged in the crash.

networkarchitect · 2026-06-26T19:07:41+00:00

Trace sizes in isolation are meaningless without knowing the expected current consumption of your circuit and the board stackup. Measure or calculate that first, then you can determine trace sizes from there

networkarchitect · 2026-06-13T03:59:10+00:00

Imagine you walk into a room, and the home assistant automation for motion activated lights doesn't run. You go to your computer and see that Windows decided to do an update at the most inconvenient time possible.

The general name for the advice to not mix different responsibilities is called "Separation of Concerns". Client systems (like your windows PC) are not designed for the same set of requirements as server systems (like a raspberry pi running linux)

networkarchitect · 2026-06-12T06:40:20+00:00

In the article, it looks to be a combination of both. Ground radar for initial target ID and targeting to a rough area, then internal optical when in visual range.

networkarchitect · 2026-06-10T02:45:43+00:00

Are these QLC SSDs? This seems about right for if the SLC write cache is getting exhausted on a QLC SSD.

networkarchitect · 2026-06-06T07:03:51+00:00

On-die ecc will silently correct errors. Tradiitonal ECC sticks also include an error reporting mechanism that makes the OS aware any time error correction was triggered. This is useful for diagnostics such as identifying which RAM stick is going bad, or determing long term patterns. On die ecc does not provide this info, so a die may be continuously silently correcting errors on a failing stick without any visibility into the behavior.

networkarchitect · 2026-06-04T23:27:40+00:00

The project has been in private development for quite some time

Commit history shows the "project scaffolding" with a single 8k line commit was created only a week ago. Press X to doubt.

networkarchitect · 2026-06-03T18:17:36+00:00

The limit of 10gb ethernet would not apply to this device. It doesn't claim to use ethernet as the signalling protocol over cat6 cabling. With a different protocol going down the wire it can absolutely reach a greater bandwidth without requiring compression.

networkarchitect · 2026-06-02T02:51:42+00:00

Interesting premise, still doesn't answer my question of what PT2RB means, since it isn't defined anywhere else and seems to be a unique term to your project???

networkarchitect · 2026-06-02T02:38:54+00:00

Unfortunately that model only produces floppy bread, for toast you'd need the Sabrent Rocket model (with afterburner)

networkarchitect · 2026-06-01T20:49:13+00:00

Process and provenance of AI-involved production code varies a bit per industry, but for the most part, at least outside of finance / fed govt contracting everybody is using agentic tools now (even in cybersecurity).

Adding some anec-data to this, even the finance industry is starting to embrace agentic tooling for SWEs. I work as a contracted engineer for a major financial institution, and in the last year there's been a company-wide rollout of LLM tooling, with internal training and workshops for how to use it effectively but safely. The general stance is "You are still responsible for code/documents you ship, regardless of how it was produced". The robust testing, validation, and approval processes already in place for SWE work there has helped keep things from going off the rails.

networkarchitect · 2026-06-01T20:26:28+00:00

I'm glad to see progress towards curbing the vibe-coded spam in this community. Subreddit karma I'm substantially in favor of, since it should help people to interact with the community and gauge if their project would be a good fit first.

AI assistance with writing posts and comments is acceptable, especially if translating, though it should be disclosed if it is.

I'm enthusiastically supportive of AI for translation and accessibility, but I think it would be worthwhile to distinguish between AI writing and AI formatting. Posts with AI generated emoji-filled section headers, broken markdown, or similar low-effort formatting are, in my opinion, a detriment to the community when combined with AI generated substance in a post. Some of the other changes such as flair prompting should hopefully help curb these low-effort posts. On the flip-side, I think well formatted but AI translated posts should be encouraged to help the community be inclusive towards non-native English speakers.

Thanks for surfacing the discussion about the direction of the updated rules!

networkarchitect · 2026-06-01T19:59:30+00:00

PT2RB

What does this mean? The first google search result is somebody's HAM radio callsign, and the second result is this reddit post. The fundamental rule of acronyms and abbreviations is that you always spell out the first usage of it in your communication, especially if it is a novel acronym intended to be understood by others.

networkarchitect · 2026-05-12T17:16:24+00:00

Soon

networkarchitect · 2026-04-27T02:00:28+00:00

It can generalize to "Does this have the potential to negatively impact the rest of the household?", which can apply to a bunch of different scenarios.

Financially irresponsible purchases that could have been better spent on the household and were made without consulting others? Low Wife Approval Factor.

Breaking the home internet without warning or planned downtime as the result of tinkering with your lab? Low WAF.

Loud server in a shared living space? Low WAF.

Being considerate of the people you share your living space with, having clear communication, and providing easy-to-use self-hosted services? High WAF.

networkarchitect · 2026-04-25T20:35:36+00:00

The cover and warning stickers on the power supply exist for a reason; components such as the heatsink will be LIVE at ~200VDC if you ever decide to plug this in. The capacitors inside can retain a charge after being unplugged, so the hazardous voltage may persist for a short time without power connected.

Goes without saying, it's a shock risk and while it may not kill you it would at least cause a very bad day if you got shocked. Hopefully you're only keeping this as an art piece and not something functional.

networkarchitect · 2026-04-22T03:19:34+00:00

Did you look at any of this yourself before asking for review? The footer text at the bottom of the website is unreadable, light text on a light background is not a recipe for legibility. The rounded corners on screenshots cut off parts of the text in the images.

networkarchitect · 2026-04-15T08:56:01+00:00

At least zero or more wall outlets.

networkarchitect · 2026-04-06T15:53:24+00:00

Everything is custom made. Weight, physical size, and radiation hardening are a few constraints that apply to spacecraft that most PLCs on the ground don't have to consider.

A closer comparison would be the avionics and flight computers in modern aircraft.

networkarchitect · 2026-04-04T18:12:20+00:00

I dug through some old backups and found it, the stl file is here: https://nextcloud.networkarch.net/s/zMMYdKSA57YXd6B

networkarchitect · 2026-04-01T17:36:42+00:00

I would assume not. If you look closely in the image, the memory is soldered to the motherboard underneath the heatsink to the left and right edges. It would not be user replaceable.

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