[-] Sleepkever@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

I have been using a MacBook trough work for 7 years now and I think I actually clicked shutdown once this year too keep the battery at ~80% during my 1 month holiday. Otherwise I maybe reboot it once every month or two to fix some weird homebrew upgrade issues. And that's it. The thing is just "on" in deep sleep, forever.

If the Mac mini's behave similarly to the MacBooks, the standby energy usage is so low it's probably easier to just keep it in on/standby/sleep all the time and just wake it by keyboard or mouse. And because Apple develop their own hardware, standby and sleep actually work reliably. So they probably intend for you to only use that power button for a hard reset. Even shutting it down and moving it, plugging the power back in wil probably start it up again. Just like opening the lid on my shutdown MacBook also boots it before I even touch the power button. Even a keypress or mouseclick will probably turn the damn thing on.

Yes it's an odd design choice, but in regular day to day use it probably won't matter. Especially if you realise that its not a windows machine that needs to shutdown or reboot often.

[-] Sleepkever@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

Well you say that but their pit wall on Friday said otherwise Mercedes F1 pit wall with blue screens of death

[-] Sleepkever@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

The breaker only sees the current flowing through the breaker though. Not the additional current provided by the solar panels since those don't flow through the breaker. So it will pop later then that the cables are rated for, therefore introducing an overheat and fire hazard.

[-] Sleepkever@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

Yep, I'm not exactly sure on the technical details but it works with multiple inverters. Otherwise having a street full with solar panels on every roof would still be a hazard if the power went out at a distribution junction for said street and repairs would have to be made.

If there is no powerplant feeding some energy, all inverters should shut off. Fixed installs and plug and play variants alike. I'm actually amazed that there are parts in the world where this isn't common.

[-] Sleepkever@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

The cables in your walls are designed for a certain maximum current before they start to heat up. This current is limited by your breaker.

Now if you introduce a plug in solar setup your current is limited by your maximum breaker capacity + whatever your solar setup can generate.

So if I'd use the specs from the article and apply it to a normal dutch home situation: 16A breaker, + 800W at 230V, which means ~3.5A = 19.5A max. which is probably still fine for short durations.

But now some genius doesn't read the fine print and hooks up 2 or 3 on the same circuit. There is no electrician that tells him that's dangerous because it's all self installed and he doesn't know any better. And all of a sudden you are up to 26.5A and you got glowing, smoking wires in your walls...

[-] Sleepkever@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Wait so someone corrects you on a fact, not even providing his own opinion on said fact. Just simply stating a correction. And that is what is wrong with lemmy?

You might want to start your own non-federated echo chamber...

[-] Sleepkever@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

And let's not forget: it's full AAA price, but it feels like a finished game without hidden microtransactions for cosmetics or DLC that actually should have been part of the main game. Mod support is also free which is apparently not a given. Looking at you Bethesda with the starfield rumors.

Gameplay is modeled to be enjoyable instead of a time sink just to get you to play more.

You can play co-op with friends if you want but it doesn't force you to always be online.

Actually, the more I think about, it's sad how low a bar we have set for new games these days. And the worst part is, most new games can't even pass this...

[-] Sleepkever@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

The biggest red flag is probably that they claim to just be the WireMin protocol, but haven't published any protocol specifications. In the spirit of open and unmoderated communication I would hope they would at least publish their protocol specifications, even if they won't opensource their own client for it.

[-] Sleepkever@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Honestly the default config is good enough to prevent brute force attacks on ssh. Just installing it and forgetting about it is a definite option.

I think the default block time is 10 minutes after 5 failed login attempts in 10 minutes. Not enough to ever be in your way but enough to fustrate any automated attacks. And it's got default config for a ton of services by default. Check your /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf for an overview.

I see that a recidive filter that bans repeat offenders for a week after 10 fail2ban bans in one day is also default now. So I'd say that the results are perfect unless you have some exotic or own service you need fail2ban for.

[-] Sleepkever@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

You think they can't earn money from users that are not logged in? Sweet summer child.

They will still show ads on the search page. The dirty affiliate redirects they will think off will still work in their browser. You are effectivly using a software platform they have total control over. Offcourse they are going to find ways to earn money.

It's like saying Facebook can't track me because I'm not logged in. Or Google Ads don't earn money from me because I'm not logged in.

[-] Sleepkever@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

One thing to remember is that the Voltage needs to be exact, but the supplied Amperage can be equal or higher then the original power supply.

So if you are trying to replace an originally 12v 400mA power supply you can also go with a 12v 500mA or 1A (1000mA) power supply. But 12V 200mA probably won't work and for example 19V 400mA might outright destroy your device.

[-] Sleepkever@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Exactly. They are being transparant, it looks like it will be an opt-in when the time comes and are already telling you why they are collecting data. Now if they will tell you exactly what data they will be collecting in a short way before asking approval this is a textbook example of how analytics data collection should be done.

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