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I second that. Home Assistant "just works". I have had it running on this cheap used HP EliteDesk 705 G3 Mini Desktop for more than 4 years now without a hiccup and barely any maintenance or hygeing work on it. Just sitting in my tv stand and doing it's work.

https://homeautomation.substack.com/p/setting-up-home-assist...


Curious, do you do HA updates automatically, manually regularly, or “manually once a year or so”?


Not who you asked, but I do it “manually once a year or so” on a HA instance in a container running on unraid. It sometimes causes problems. Recently HACS (not a built-in part of HA but useful to get some extensions) broke on a HA update and I had to spend more time that I would have liked figuring out how to fix it. It involved running shell commands inside the container. Definitely not for anyone who isn't a techie.


Manual, would do it once a month or so. Hasn't broken ever since I have been running HA. I run the full Haas OS btw.


It used to be pretty bad about breaking things but I don't think I've had anything really bad happen in the past .. 4 years that wasn't my fault.


Having a computer engineering background, what motivated you to become a pilot and switch careers?


I had always been interested in aviation, and I was fortunate that I was in the right place at the right time after graduation to join an airline on a sponsored "cadet scheme".

I still (hopefully evidently) very much love software/engineering, but I guess I chose the path of "professional pilot, hobbyist engineer" over the alternative of "professional engineer, hobbyist pilot".


>> chose the path of "professional pilot, hobbyist engineer" over the alternative of "professional engineer, hobbyist pilot"

Both pay well for a job, but as a hobby the costs are very different ;-)


I loved programming before doing it as a job. Now, I really can't be bothered to program outside of work.

At what age did you make this change?

I love medicine, researching diseases I hear about and learning about the body is hobby for me. I would love to get into it but I am almost 40.


> I would love to get into it but I am almost 40.

You're young! Saying that as a fellow almost-40.


I'm surprised how wide the acceptance age range is for BA's program (18-55). Is it common for people to transfer from unrelated careers? Nice to know that door isn't technically shut for a while!


Looking at your projects, seems like you still have the hacker going in you! Saw Home Assistant one! Kudos!


Love Home Assistant! I have a screen on my split flap display that shows aircraft flying overhead our house (at very high level) - all fed by home assistant and various HACS addons.


I have been super happy downloading the free adguard dns profile on my iphone and blocking ads across the entire spectrum. Makes reading on internet so much better. Here is the link if anyone is wondering.

https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html


Thanks for sharing, good advice!


That's also my question.


Canadian here who have been using Wise! Amazing product and experience.


Their website has some odd price comparisons.

Wise claims a debit transaction on a $1000 to $1000USD would cost $15.

That’s an incredibly high rate for a debit txn.


What do you mean by debit transaction? An international bank transfer? There are many layers of fees that often get charged by banks: - You don't get the market rate - There's a percentage fee on the exchange - There's a fee to send abroad for the sender - There's a fee to receive from abroad for the receiver Not all charges necessarily apply but they often enough do. Try it out and you'll see.


Seems right. https://www.federalreserve.gov/paymentsystems/regii-average-...

Many consumers prefer durbin-exempt cards since they have more favorable terms. Average fee on durbin-exempt cards is 1.41%, and they are 38% of transactions.

Average fee on covered cards is 0.45%, and they are 62% of transactions.

Seems reasonable to me that Wise wants to make a profit on every single transaction. Probably would have issues with abuse from 1% debit cashback cards otherwise.


I also have Nextcloud running on docker using linuxserver.io image and the upgrade process is a breeze. I usually upgrade by running watchtower once a month to update my docker images.


Does anyone else find the irony in this statement from a company that is pushing for a Virtual Reality social world since almost the beginning?

> Our early analysis of performance data suggests that engineers who either joined Meta in-person and then transferred to remote or remained in-person performed better on average than people who joined remotely. This analysis also shows that engineers earlier in their career perform better on average when they work in-person with teammates at least three days a week. This requires further study, but our hypothesis is that it is still easier to build trust in person and that those relationships help us work more effectively.

> As part of our Year of Efficiency, we’re focusing on understanding this further and finding ways to make sure people build the necessary connections to work effectively. In the meantime, I encourage all of you to find more opportunities to work with your colleagues in person.


Does that mean MacBook microphone cannot work while operating in Dock mode?


Imagine how terribly it would work, given that the mic is adjacent to the speakers.


This is an interesting use case that is worth mentioning. This feature would make MacBook unusable for me unless I use a Bluetooth headset.


Yes, that is exactly what it means.


Yes, and it's incredibly annoying.


I guess this fits the situation: https://xkcd.com/1172/

It probably wouldn't work well due to the obstruction anyway.


No it doesn't. The sound plays just fine when the computer is closed, why would the microphone stop?

You are able to use an external monitor with your laptop closed, it's not an edge case to want to use the computer's mic in that case.


It's not just fine, it's degraded quality because these are directional beam forming microphones.


I can confirm I have noticed this so many times and decided to keep the Zoom app closed while not in a meeting.


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