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epiecs

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About epiecs

Network engineer, webdeveloper and teacher. Likes motorcycles and tinkering.

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    Comment #48176911

    A free option worth checking out: https://github.com/0xCUB3/wBlock . I have been using it on my mac and my mobile devices and it syncs up nicely and seems to perform well :)

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    Comment #47751981

    A backend for an open source bbq thermometer firmware that a mate and I wrote last year for a product that was discontinued ( https://github.com/epiecs/free-grilly ). The github re…

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    Comment #47243586

    I had the same issue. The fix for this is to order directly from Apple and then to choose the “English (US)” keyboard layout. That way you get the ANSI layout :)

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    Comment #46942555

    The problem is that right now I have to choose the lesser of 2 evils. I hate what W11 has become. I only use it for games at the moment and the only reason is that some games Apex/…

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    Comment #44110724

    But you turn the steering wheel the other way. Normal motorcyle left goes right. Sidecar right goes right ^^

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    Comment #44104406

    Indeed. I never really used AI until recently but now I use it sometimes as a smarter search engine that can give me abstracts. Eg. it's easy to ask copilot: can you give me a list…

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    Comment #44049656

    If your electrical installation allows it: You can connect your ev plug before the battery so that it does not drain the battery. You can do this by placing the fuse/connection bef…

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    Comment #43970553

    It's the same when you drive a motorcycle with a sidecar. The way you drive it is just completely the opposite of driving a normal motorcycle. FYI: I have both and the first time I…

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    Comment #43324975

    Can you recommend a blocker? I have one (adblock pro), but I cant seem to find where to update the lists and sometimes YT does weird things :)

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    Comment #43251580

    I can recommend Zotero. You also don’t have to pay for storage if you have a server/device that is webdav capable. I connected it to my Synology nas and the setup was trivial.

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    Comment #42610802

    https://www.budgetbytes.com/ . All the recipes are easy enough and most of them do not require any special spices etc. They also offer mealplans for an entire week but iirc that is…

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    Comment #42338782

    Good question actually! There are multiple layers that add to the security: - Your login session as a user is normally valid for a day (~10 hours). But a pimmed session that gives …

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    Comment #42337508

    You use PIM: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/id-governance/privil... Basically you are eligible for your admin roles but you have to activate them first. Usually there are …

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    Comment #42337485

    Same here. We had a very fragmented landscape (multiple idp tools, some tools using internal users,...). We consolidated everything to entra (450 apps and counting) and everybody c…

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    Comment #42265257

    You can also just setup a pihole adblocker on a vm. It has a local dns feature as well (that is nothing more that a textfile containing all your local records). Super easy to setup…

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    Comment #38190265

    They can just pay for home assistant cloud?

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    Comment #38190249

    I was just going to comment this. The device is network connected anyhow. So just open up the local api.

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    Comment #35913692

    Learned Python a few years back; after being a long time php dev. The named parameters and the *parameter expansion felt so nice in Python and it irked me that we didn't have that …

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    Comment #32280697

    My birthday is in a few hours. And I just feel the same, I just get melancholic. I just don’t like celebrating my birthday but as my wife told me; a birthday is not just about me. …

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    Comment #31723692

    2 adults, 1 kid, belgium. One adult is always WFH (we alternate). Average of 13KWh per day. There is a server rack running in the basement though 24/7 but its optimized (nucs and r…

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    Comment #30875974

    I saw the author looking for the hdmi pinout. For anyone who wants a quick reference you can check this website: https://pinouts.org/

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    Comment #30715089

    It does. It even has webdav sync for the past few months. Just subscribe to their testflight app and you can test the beta right now :)

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    Comment #30715072

    If you have a synology nas you can also easily install the webdav server and use that :)

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    Comment #30237151

    I use the CRG9. Combine it with the ms powertoys and you’ll be a happy camper. I divide mine in 3 where i have vscode in the middle and 1 column left and right. I do reccomend gett…

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    Comment #29882156

    I have everything in zotero synched via webdav to my synology nas. All my bookmarks and docs. Zotero also keeps an offline copy + its as easy as clicking the button in whatever bro…