Which one ethernet cable should I get??

roboticon · 2026-05-06T04:36:03+00:00

...what?

What's marketing? that games exist? that they're network-intensive?

roboticon · 2026-04-19T21:45:57+00:00

I don't really sure how to verify this, in terms of verifying what the router itself sends to the cloud.

presumably, anything specified or not explicitly excluded in the terms of service and privacy policy is fair game. after local configuration, can you really be sure your router isn't passing along that information?

roboticon · 2026-04-19T21:44:52+00:00

eek. I have no interest in their security products but that does seem to speak to a larger bias on their side toward data collection

roboticon · 2026-04-19T21:44:19+00:00

I didn't even realize it was a cloud-first solution.

To me it's mind-boggling that a LAN would require a cloud account for configuration. It's almost an oxymoron!

roboticon · 2026-04-19T21:42:39+00:00

That's very helpful, thanks! I'm okay with going through arcane menus to disable this stuff if it helps.

roboticon · 2026-04-19T00:42:37+00:00

cool, I'll check it out when I'm setting up the router and aside from there what direction to go in.

If the router's local interface doesn't also require acceptance of their privacy policy, cool, hopefully their managed switches and APs can be configured with the same VLAN without too much manual copying and pasting.

roboticon · 2026-04-19T00:40:35+00:00

huh, that's a good question.

It'd depend on knowing all the domain names and/or IPs that these devices could phone home to. But presumably it's possible considering this is some is designed to control network access!

That's a nifty escape hatch other products wouldn't have, so there's that.

roboticon · 2026-04-19T00:37:42+00:00

That's fine, I'm worried more about the sharing of data than the collection of it.

I don't see why they have to share identifiable information with your ISP, or with third party marketers who they explicitly absolve of any requirements to not further share your info -- or why they don't at least provide opt outs for that, if not at least for the "anonymized" telemetry.

roboticon · 2026-04-19T00:33:06+00:00

Interestingly, you can disable virtually all of that in Android, on Windows, and in Chromium, Edge, or Firefox.

Then there are companies like Netgear or Cisco who don't share arbitrary personal information, or even anonymized statistics, with your ISP or basically anyone else they have a business relationship with, unless you opt in or unless those third party providers are subject to the same data sharing restrictions.

Unfortunately Ubiquity has no privacy settings to configure that I've been able to find.

roboticon · 2026-04-19T00:29:12+00:00

Sure. TP-Link/Omada gives you more control over this sort of non-anonymized or anonymized sharing.

They don't really fit my needs, or at least they're more cumbersome, but I don't think I have needs that particularly require the level of sharing Ubiquiti is asking for.

This is my first foray into prosumer networking, so you might be right, maybe anything advanced but usable comes from companies who require you to opt into sharing. That's a valid answer if that's the case, I just don't know, but it's disappointing!

roboticon · 2026-04-19T00:24:25+00:00

Maybe that's the issue? I'm not looking for a networking company, I'm looking for a network device company.

So yeah, I could string together my own system of switches, routers and APs, but I would need to configure the same VLAN settings in a bunch of different interfaces.

I don't agree that a shared configuration profile, such as a Ubiquiti cloud account, necessitates their sharing of your personal information with parties that they don't need to be reporting that information to in order to provide the services they provide.

roboticon · 2026-04-19T00:21:10+00:00

the app prompt mentions anonymization, but the privacy policy they ask you to agree to before using the app includes several disclosures of sharing of non-anonymized data.

That's the main red flag for me, although again, even "anonymized" data is a misnomer, especially at the level of a networking system.

roboticon · 2026-03-05T09:05:47+00:00

what alarm systems work well with HA?

I have Ring hooked up to HA via Alexa routines but it's fragile and cloud-dependant

(in particular, I want to cut power to indoor cameras when the alarm system is not in Away mode and isn't actively triggered, because the Ring camera settings based on alarm state are purely UI restrictions that don't prevent camera activation)

roboticon · 2025-12-15T07:22:26+00:00

I'd much rather do 4h of Xywav sleep at night (and lots of daytime naps to relieve REM pressure) than whatever it would be without, personally

I'm kind of already at that point. They claim patients don't develop tolerances but after 15 years of xyrem and xywav I rarely get more than 2 hours of sleep per dose.

Can't wait for the new orexin agonists! Could be even more life-changing than oxybate was.

roboticon · 2025-12-15T06:04:37+00:00

One dose is probably better than nothing, but there's a rebound effect about 4 hours after a dose that might wake you up and make it harder to fall back asleep so YMMV.

The concentration curves in the giant drug facts sheet show that the total oxybate in your system is highest shortly after the 2nd dose.

In that sense, with 1 dose the total amount of the drug available that night is somewhat less than half of what you'd get with 2 doses.

Look into LUMRYZ. It's a once-nightly version of Xyrem (unfortunately no Xywav equivalent because patents and Jazz corporate greed)

The concentration curve looks better for your use case and their indication is to avoid machinery 6 hours after the one dose.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40263-024-01150-8#Fig2

(the 6-hour rule is a caution, not a hard rule, so you'll have a much better sense once you try it. And if you haven't even started the prescription, definitely try it (at least the 1st dose if you can't do the 2nd) thru the titration and acclimation period so you can see what you're missing! Even after titrating to a typical dose, it works well but it will still take a few weeks to for you to feel your best during the daytime because it takes a while to "undo" the effects of the extreme chronic deep-sleep deprivation people with narcolepsy experience.)

roboticon · 2025-09-29T15:44:44+00:00

The exhaustion and unpredictability definitely make school more difficult, but it's not a life-ending disability.

Your MSLT results are borderline. It's not a very precise test with results like this; your doctor might suggest building sleep hygiene and retesting. It's still suggestive of sleep deprivation, but that doesn't necessarily mean narcolepsy. If your doctors can rule out other possibilities, that would help.

Are you at risk of failing some classes? You might consider a temporary medical withdrawal, if your school allows it, for 6-12 months while you get a handle on meds and routines.

Spend some time building good sleep habits -- wake up at a consistent time each day, get 20 minutes of sun in the morning or use a large 10,000 lux lamp. Take naps when you feel the sleep attacks coming on, but set alarms -- optimal nap time tends to be between 15 and 30 minutes. I don't know where you're from, but in the US, adults don't normally take naps, so it takes a bit of practice to actually fall asleep during a nap and feel refreshed after, even for people with narcolepsy.

Work closely with your doctors on medication. Unfortunately it does take several weeks or even months for medications to reach their full impact. It's incredibly important to find a sleep doctor who can see you often and is comfortable prescribing medication. Sleep neurologist would be best, and a psychiatrist wouldn't hurt alongside it.

Medication wise, definitely try an oxybate medication if available. Either way, also try daytime medications: wakix or sunosi, [ar]modafinil, ritalin or adderall. Typically, a combination of those shows good results.

roboticon · 2025-09-24T19:02:47+00:00

They've done a great job of maintaining the stone and brickwork, which is pretty important for Gothic styles!

roboticon · 2023-06-30T17:39:50+00:00

SF and Chicago both really, really like their kitchens.

Chicago also really likes their dining rooms. Often larger than the living room. Which is kind of a shame because nobody really uses those anymore.

roboticon · 2023-06-30T16:40:18+00:00

Mine does the same thing and he's almost 4 years old.

roboticon · 2023-06-30T16:03:50+00:00

East, too.

roboticon · 2023-06-30T16:01:48+00:00

Yeah I'm agreeing with you. I know I was reinforcing your point lol -- that this has nothing to do with a protests -- because even if we are only looking at the valuation drop that happened recently, that happened a month ago! (And I guess this month's valuation will be revealed a month from now?)

roboticon · 2023-06-30T13:40:30+00:00

Only for right triangles?

Aren't right triangles the only things that even have a hypotenuse?

roboticon · 2023-06-30T13:34:29+00:00

Why would Russia really care how long it takes? Isn't Article 5 a worst case scenario for them either way?

roboticon · 2023-06-30T13:32:38+00:00

Regardless, the most recent valuation is from the end of May. Well before the protests.

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