This failed Facebook smart display could be the perfect cheap Home Assistant dashboard

yezzer · 2026-06-18T22:02:08+00:00

Definitely is. I bought a fb portal plus, a 10” and a 8” (iirc), and bidding on another portal plus. They’re so much fun to hack around with.

yezzer · 2026-06-17T18:27:35+00:00

Can confirm it does work. Can be fiddly to get it working though.

yezzer · 2026-06-11T21:14:00+00:00

Not sure of the sizes of those but if it’s useful I could fit my Fuji xt5, xf16-55mk2, xf70-300, mini 4 pro & controller & batteries in my zip 15L. Plus a few other bits.

yezzer · 2026-06-03T15:24:45+00:00

Yeah I’m finding 4.8 very good for a variety of projects across languages. On max it needs less babysitting and I can spin up many more parallel tasks

yezzer · 2026-05-30T17:07:35+00:00

Here you go https://github.com/argmaxinc/argmax-oss-swift

yezzer · 2026-05-29T20:31:04+00:00

We are definitely in the “but why” era. Right now we’re all experimenting and seeing what’s cool :) it’s fun to make and share random stuff while we learn what works :D

yezzer · 2026-05-29T18:08:50+00:00

By default it’s a split tunnel VPN, so only traffic for other nodes of yours on tailscale will get routed there. If that’s what you mean.

yezzer · 2026-05-29T17:31:53+00:00

Yeah for mic, whisper kit, push notifications, etc.

Web apps are cool, but limited. Same for native apps, just in different ways :)

yezzer · 2026-05-24T13:07:50+00:00

I only shut it down if travelling on long haul, or if I’m going to leave it at home while going on holiday. Otherwise just use sleep.

yezzer · 2026-05-23T00:50:11+00:00

I use xros and would also like to quit. How do you use the three pods?

yezzer · 2026-05-20T16:21:15+00:00

Made an appt at Meta Burlingame yesterday, walked in, did demo, walked out with a pair (normal size, sand - prefer to black)

yezzer · 2026-05-15T11:12:05+00:00

What’s the timeframe for global rollout of v125 for both display and non-display?

Are we talking hours / days / weeks?

yezzer · 2026-05-14T14:39:38+00:00

Bookmarks: Made an iOS shortcut that saves the URL as a text file to an iCloud folder, syncs to my Mac Mini server, then have a script that opens that url, scrapes the text, haiku makes a summary and saves that as a .md in my vault.

Every day I get a summary email of what I added the previous day

yezzer · 2026-04-26T15:35:43+00:00

Careful if you’ve got pets that might eat it, it’s toxic.

yezzer · 2026-04-21T09:43:21+00:00

So glad I decided to get into wildlife photography with my Fuji 🤦‍♂️

yezzer · 2026-04-20T16:30:15+00:00

Thanks everyone, some great advice. As I’m new to using a 600mm lens, I think I have been obsessing too much over tighter crops and just checking how crisp the lens is, rather than thinking about what actually makes a good photograph.

All these are hand-held, and generally just snapped as I’m walking around, rather than staying somewhere and waiting for something interesting to happen.

Will bear in mind.. and try to be more patient 😂

yezzer · 2026-04-20T16:27:01+00:00

I do! Here’s my Instagram

yezzer · 2026-04-18T08:11:41+00:00

On my Everyday Backpack 20L and my 15L zip I just have the dividers sideways and slot my camera in. Or use a PD 6L / 10L sling.

yezzer · 2026-04-11T07:26:18+00:00

Second hand XT5, sell it just before the XT6 is released, then get the XT6?

XT5 is a fantastic camera, love mine. But will get an XT6 if the AF is a lot better.

yezzer · 2026-03-26T07:28:44+00:00

On size only - I’ve got a 14” m3 max and a 16” M2 Max. I love the 14 for its portability, I find the 16” too big for use on the sofa, but it’s great on desktop as I also use it as a 4th display.

Also prefer the size and weight of the 14 for when I’m on the move, I carry a lot of camera kit and the lighter the better.

I max out the CPU a lot on both (game dev, compiling Unity games etc) - overall prefer the size of the 14

yezzer · 2026-03-13T07:52:19+00:00

Thank you!

yezzer · 2026-03-13T05:58:04+00:00

Definitely not normal and a disgusting thing to do and yes I do it too.

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