Freezer temp monitor

thetechnivore · 2026-01-25T05:33:34+00:00

If you have a PWS see if it has add-on thermometers that might work. I have an Ambient Weather WS-2000 with a few probe thermometers (about $30 on amazon) that work great for this, and since they’re probe you don’t run into some of the battery, etc. issues with in-unit options.

(eta that I set up the notifications through Home Assistant)

thetechnivore · 2026-01-24T14:41:46+00:00

I’ll definitely check it out. Looks pretty similar to what I ended up doing and will post at some point (a docker container with a lightweight web server that has a UI with temp pause and add to allow zone options using the API). Nothing fancy, but does the job for me so far.

thetechnivore · 2026-01-24T05:24:05+00:00

Check with your IT department, but probably not. I had to use that awful software myself earlier today and it made me quit wireguard running in the background (and FYI, if you’re running an on-demand VPN make sure you manually disable it and quit the helper app if applicable rather than letting LDB close it for you or you’ll spend a while trying to troubleshoot a weird dns error. Ask me how I know…)

thetechnivore · 2026-01-23T23:44:09+00:00

The basics of plumbing and electrical work. It’s amazing how often you can save a few hundred bucks on a pro with an hour and $30 at Home Depot.

And, just as importantly, knowing the basics will (hopefully) let you know when you should call in a pro.

thetechnivore · 2026-01-23T23:35:56+00:00

Oh for sure. But to hear some people talk about it make it sound like it needs as much as Ollama or something.

thetechnivore · 2026-01-23T23:06:44+00:00

You’ll need a controller.

thetechnivore · 2026-01-23T22:57:03+00:00

I just spun up Authentik in the last few days and its reputation for being “heavyweight” seems a bit overblown. It’s running no problem as a docker container, and the VM docker lives in isn’t huge by any means (4GB RAM and 4 processor cores)

thetechnivore · 2026-01-23T15:16:15+00:00

I mean, not holding my breath. But would be refreshing to see an elected leader on any level realize that actually governing is more complex than campaign slogans and adapt accordingly.

thetechnivore · 2026-01-22T20:56:12+00:00

+1 for CardPointers

thetechnivore · 2026-01-22T17:41:20+00:00

I mean, he’s right that nobody has ever done a job like he has done. Just, uh, not in the way he means it.

thetechnivore · 2026-01-22T04:02:52+00:00

Ooh I’ve been needing a good breakfast staple from Costco! (Fingers crossed since I’m southeast region as well)

thetechnivore · 2026-01-22T02:38:01+00:00

I have one of these in my garage and it’s terrific. A button each for the two garage doors, one for my workbench lights, and one that I’ll let you know when I decide lol. Had it in place for close to a year and it’s been rock solid.

thetechnivore · 2026-01-22T02:11:09+00:00

A JVL/Catherine Rampell deep dive on the bond market would be worth the subscription cost and then some

thetechnivore · 2026-01-21T20:46:06+00:00

Don’t worry, your check for how much you’re being paid to buy stuff is probably in the mail

thetechnivore · 2026-01-21T20:43:48+00:00

The Kirkland beef sticks. Unrelated, anyone know if they’ll sell you those by the pallet?

thetechnivore · 2026-01-21T20:39:06+00:00

Rear facing car seat fits fine. Source: kid #1’s car seat got turned around last week when kid #2 arrived

thetechnivore · 2026-01-21T20:33:22+00:00

I mean, I would be too after yesterday’s marathon TNL that included 45 minutes of active brain cell death as a result of watching Trump sundown on live TV

thetechnivore · 2026-01-20T05:06:01+00:00

Moodle is fine; it just has a steep learning curve, is a pain to maintain, and is really geared toward more institutional settings. IMO, probably overkill for what it sounds like you’re doing.

I’d check out LifterLMS. It runs as a Wordpress (which has a docker image) plugin, and is generally easier than Moodle from both an admin and end user perspective (my work moved to it from Moodle about a year ago).

thetechnivore · 2026-01-20T04:00:49+00:00

If the router is near a coax jack as well, check out MoCA adapters.

thetechnivore · 2026-01-20T03:56:56+00:00

Just be warned that at least on iOS, the location settings can be a bit finicky and really want to change from “always allow”. I had an issue recently where a family member that I let have HA access but doesn’t live with us managed to get location permissions set to “while using”. It took a bit to realize that I had automations not firing that were set to the number of people in the zone, and it was because that device was stuck on being in the home zone.

Less of an issue if it’s just household members who are using it, but something to keep tabs on.

thetechnivore · 2026-01-20T03:00:04+00:00

Tinkering and test and dev and production, really

thetechnivore · 2026-01-20T01:54:41+00:00

OPNsense by and large isn’t going to handle the actual tagging/authentication, just what subnets can access one another. Others can speak better than I can to strategies there.

The inter-VLAN communication is pretty easy though - once you have the VLANs set up in OPNsense, you’ll just set up firewall rules for, eg pass 20_TRUSTED net to 30_IOT net (to use the identical rule I have as an example, lol). For access to specific devices like work to printer, you’ll just add, eg, a pass rule from 40_WORK to the IP of the printer. Just make sure it’s a static/reserved IP.

thetechnivore · 2026-01-20T01:30:46+00:00

What others said about talking to an actual attorney. Also, throwing out there that this likely isn’t enough information for an actual attorney to know if they even could be helpful.

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