That, is a pretty good deal. Better start picking up some MD1200s!

I agree, I’d be picking up a bunch of those, if that were the case.

esp32-c6 (supports zigbee), is pretty cheap.

Yes.

What will realistically happen?

Nothing. Companies will just spend a hair more money finding ways to circumvent the new taxes. And, if the new taxes were not easily circumvented- they would just relocate the company to another country with lower taxes.

In the end, the consumer is paying the taxes, and not the company itself, either way.

Anti-DDOS, eh?

You lost me there. There is no self-hosted anti-ddos solution that is going to be effective… Because any decent DDOS attack, can easily completely overwhelm your WAN connection. (And potentially even your ISP’s upstream(s) )#

Not a clue.

Maybe they like the pretty dashboard pihole has.

I use vlans to work with it.

unbound as a DNS filter and resolver

Its… worked as a recursive resolver, with filtering/blacklist features for years now?

high uptime, doesn’t many anything.

SSDs are rated by how much data can be written to them, as flash as finite write-endurance.

I cannot confirm, nor deny.

But, I will say, once upon a time, before the days of netflix, if you wanted to watch things, you needed to spend a fuckload of money, to watch it on cable, with commercials every 10 minutes… or, you drove to a blockbuster. So, you either did that, or you obtained the movie/tv/etc, via a torrent.

Then, netflix came along, gave you a ton of content, at a reasonable price. And- then, there wasn’t really much of an advantage to obtaining media via other alternative means. So, netflix took over by storm, and piracy went way down.

Then, everyone wanted a piece of the action. So, then Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus, HBO+, ESPN+, (And insert 50 other network-specific streaming services) jumped into the fray. Then, they all made exclusive streaming contracts. So, if you watch a handful of things, you would need a handful of streaming service subscriptions.

And- again, the alternative option of piracy, became the better option, as you can watch whatever the f- you want, WHENever you want, without having to pay for 50 different subscriptions every month, just to watch a TV series, which they decide to cancel after the 2nd season.

Do you justify?

If the fucking scumbags didn’t get greedy in the first place, we wouldn’t be in this situation. But, no, everyone wanted an extremely generous piece of the pie, and now everything has went to shit again. Fuck those guys. Isn’t like the actual actors/writers staring in movies gets any of the money anyways.

7zip is the way.

Unless, I am working in linux. Then tar+gzip.

Unless, I am doing backups or ZFS. Then, LZO typically, due to speed and minimal overhead.

Funny note- the way we actually get things to near absolute zero, is by shooting it with lasers.

depends.

In the middle of angry-programming? The linkin park will be turned up to 80%. I want to make sure Chester’s screams wakes the dead.

Business as usual? around 20%. Enough to drown out external noises.

Yup, vanity plates are pretty commonplace. Most cars still have a dealer’s vanity plate on the front because they never removed it, or put something else there.

Front plates are only required in a few states.

flashing tail lights instead of any indicators (we call them blinkers, the orange lights on the corners of cars) was surprising

We don’t require dedicated turning signals in the rear of the vehicle. As long as you have a flashing red or amber indicator at the REAR, and amber at the FRONT, that meets the requirements.

Basically- as long as the car behind you can easily, visually determine that you intend to turn.

All of them weren’t registered

All cars MUST have a displayed license plate at the rear of the vehicle. The only exceptions to this- are temporary dealer plates (which are only good for a month), while you get your permanent plates.

Failure to properly display the license plate is a ticketable offence. Not, serious enough to send you to jail, but, you will pay a fine over it. And- enough tickets, and you lose your license.

OP just needs to visit their local tag office. Will take around 5-10 minutes depending on the line, and everything will/can be solved.

Nothing more is needed.

won’t that make it a criminal travelling interstate to commit a crime, and that be a federal matter?

Unless they are committing federal crimes, motor-vehicle related infractions are regulated by the individual states.

You yanks tend to have a lot less regulation than us, whether it is lack of necessary indicators

All vehicles are required by law to have functional front, and rear turning indicators. (And, a horn. And lights. And seat belts.)

or lack of a need to put number plates at each end of your car.

All vehicles are required to have a rear-mounted license plate. Some states, also requires a front-mounted license plate.

Bring it to your local tag office.

They can run all of the details, and most of the time get you sorted out.

I pay for the subscription solely for the purpose of supporting it. Most of the functionality it offers, just isn’t useful to me.

And, the best part- Home assistant keeps getting better and better!

I am still using a DIY/homemade one I made back in 2020ish.

https://xtremeownage.com/2020/07/29/diy-garage-door-opener-home-assistant/

Still works perfectly. Less than 20$ of materials total. 100% local control. Locally compiled, open source firmware.

Would recommend.