sneak @sneak@sneak.berlin

it used to be that a macos would continue to work right if you blocked configuration.apple.com (apple's remote feature flags api, as far as i can tell). now if you block that, you won't even see the current software updates available on m1.

all consumer electronics should support zigbee for pushing any/all buttons/selectors on them. all monitors should expose each input selector as a zigbee button, brightness up/down, etc.

https://youtu.be/om5cqQ6Ztgs

raspberry headphones

https://hometechhacker.com/my-9-favorite-home-assistant-automations/

so despite home assistant suggesting that you can install it using a docker container, one of the main value-adds, "addons", does not work unless you install their custom distro on bare metal or in a VM. cool. ugh.

now macOS is asking me for an apple id login to "Update Apple ID Settings", because "Some account services will not be available until you sign in again."

I never signed in. I don't use an Apple ID. What account services does it think I want?

the home assistant web interface phones home for all sorts of crap back to the mothership

shoutout to traefik which defaults phone-home to false and requires opt-in consent to enable its bundled surveillance.

police murder a hundred people a month in the USA.

in 44 hours in california, 19 people were killed in mass shootings.

in those same 44 hours in california, 90 people died of covid.

i'm actually proud of the fact that i don't own an rj45-db9 serial console cable any longer.

remember kids: linux is only free if your time is worthless

just told someone born this century about rj45 to db9 serial cables. "for historical reasons, they are baby blue"

holy fucking shit i just bought 160 8TB sata disks for $1800

zfs about to get reallllll up in here

is there a foss clone of report-uri.com that i can selfhost?