pickdan
Re:Motion Sensors and Home Security Gadgets Without Cameras
on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @05:31PM (#48998655)
I recently tested all the IKEA matter devices, and running the latest firmware I find that the latency on the motion sensor is quite high and the detection range significantly changes based on the orientation of the sensor which is unusual. Overall the devices are good value, but I'd avoid the motion sensor at the moment.
Re:Indoor Wi-Fi Roaming with OpenWRT
on Thursday May 28, 2026 @01:33PM (#48312487)
There is a pretty interesting option "nrsyncd" that uses UPNP rather than having to add the 802.11k entries by hand/script. Seems to work quite well, takes a few minutes to gather the information about the other devices. https://github.com/Fail-Safe/nrsyncd/blob/main/README.md
Re:Microsoft turns 50: 4 employees recall their early years
on Friday April 04, 2025 @02:22AM (#43578894)
It's just a joke about the ridiculousness that large economy dominating companies can't possibly be replaced and will last forever. Thus, instead of modern companies they give the example of two titans of vintage corporate might (one from several centuries ago and one more recent, just a century ago) are used instead. Ah, Hubris.
Re:Apple needs a Snow Sequoia
on Friday March 28, 2025 @12:19AM (#43501491)
In all fairness, you do need to hold down the command key to show the file location in Sequoia. It is an interesting default behavior to pretend the files location doesn't exist, mobile-centric.
Re:USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021)
on Monday April 04, 2022 @11:56PM (#30915144)
Although this solution doesn't really solve any of the fundamental issues with cable rigidity and easy to unplug usb-c/tb ports or the continuous "add another abstraction layer" problems of the ever expanding complexity of do everything on a single cable standard, OWC sells a ClingOn adhesive backed usb-c/tb lockable connector which prevents my cables from unplugging constantly when the wind blows and triggering the "why the hell does my accessory not work oh it's unplugged loop". For a mere $5 each!