What first world problem did you have today?

[lxskllr]

This is a combined FWP & RFWP. The cable the new phone came with has two small ends. WTF am I supposed to do with that?! While I was digging in a drawer for a different cable, I found $500 I forgot about. Didn't find the other cable though :^/

 

[IronWing]

The only way I'm getting $500 out of my drawers is to allow someone else to do the digging.

 

[sdifox]

The only way I'm getting $500 out of my drawers is to allow someone else to do the digging.

You hide money in your underwear?

 

[Red Squirrel]

This is a combined FWP & RFWP. The cable the new phone came with has two small ends. WTF am I supposed to do with that?! While I was digging in a drawer for a different cable, I found $500 I forgot about. Didn't find the other cable though :^/

I wish all phone makers could agree to a single cable standard for both ends and stick with it. Regular USB for the end you plug in to a power source and USB C on the phone end seems to be the most common sense approach.

Then there's apple at the other end of the spectrum, sniffing glue and inventing their own weird cables every time they release a new phone.

 

[sdifox]

I wish all phone makers could agree to a single cable standard for both ends and stick with it. Regular USB for the end you plug in to a power source and USB C on the phone end seems to be the most common sense approach.

Then there's apple at the other end of the spectrum, sniffing glue and inventing their own weird cables every time they release a new phone.

Apple is on Type C now...

 

[Red Squirrel]

Apple is on Type C now...

Oh wow really? I'm surprised they finally listened. I know the EU was trying to pressure them into doing that but didn't think it would go anywhere.

 

[VashHT]

The EU forced them to, it wasn't by choice.

 

[snoopy7548]

' My old service is Walmart using the Tmobile network til Nov, which is when the switch to Verizon is mandated. '


I'm still on TracFone/AT&T and have no idea what I'll do.

Check out US Mobile. I left Tracfone for them earlier this year and couldn't be happier. Unlimited talk/text and 2GB of data per month for $10/month (taxes/fees included). I'm in the Verizon network, but I think they just added AT&T.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

I apparently live in a dictatorship after today's Supreme Clerics' 6-3 ruling. That's gotta qualify as a first world problem.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Check out US Mobile. I left Tracfone for them earlier this year and couldn't be happier. Unlimited talk/text and 2GB of data per month for $10/month (taxes/fees included). I'm in the Verizon network, but I think they just added AT&T.

My problem is that I get very little VZW signal. Some, but not much. And I haven't been able to find a cost effective booster.

TF sent me a VZW Sim card, but I couldn't keep a signal and my battery use went nuts (from 5 or 6 days to less than 3) trying to stay locked in. Almost no LTE so I couldn't browse by phone at all.

 

[sdifox]

I apparently live in a dictatorship after today's Supreme Clerics' 6-3 ruling. That's gotta qualify as a first world problem.

That is definitely third world problem.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

That is definitely third world problem.

How so? US and US allies are the first world.

 

[sdifox]

How so? US and US allies are the first world.

not with that judiciary you ain't. Banana Republic Numero Uno!

 

[SteveGrabowski]

not with that judiciary you ain't. Banana Republic Numero Uno!

That's literally the definition of what first world means: the US or an ally to the US in the cold war. Nothing mutually exclusive about first world and banana republic.

 

[highland145]

Whhhaaaaa

 

[MrSquished]

That's literally the definition of what first world means: the US or an ally to the US in the cold war. Nothing mutually exclusive about first world and banana republic.

Well we definitely have a kangaroo court now. That's definitely a solid step in the direction of third world problems. We like to consider the first world being free and Democratic Nations with respectable judicial systems. Well now we have a kangaroo court and the Trump party trying to work on the whole still being Democratic at all part.

So we're definitely on the way to having third world problems. The things we are seeing now with the Trump party and the Trump supreme Court justices, They are destroying some of the main reasons we were considered first world in the first place

 

[sdifox]

That's literally the definition of what first world means: the US or an ally to the US in the cold war. Nothing mutually exclusive about first world and banana republic.

You have no idea how big a hit to the US's international reputation this is. You have lost the "moral highground" so to speak.

Criticizing Xi Jinping would be pure hypocrisy now.

The US government had plenty of practice overthrowing governments it does not like. I just didn't think it would overthrow itself.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

I sort of fell into the rabbit hole of 'smart' outlets. They work OK. I can control them from a mobile device without active internet, but none of the scheduled triggers (Dusk/Dawn, etc,) work without internet. They need to get that from 'Home', wherever that is. They don't seem very 'smart' in that regard.

So, now I want to add a stand alone firewall to block some devices from the web. But I won't be able to block those since they need to phone home for the schedules.

The other devices I want to block are a variety of cameras. But in order for them to stay on proper time, they need to sync to a time server out there somewhere. I'm hoping maybe I can allow that only somehow, but not full web access. Or maybe a sync to something local somehow.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Not a fan of the consumer smart stuff due to the high dependence on phone apps. Phone apps are planned obsolescence, as you have to rely on them always being available on the store and be compatible with the devices. Ex: they can easily pull the app, or update it in a way where old devices are no longer supported, etc. I wish they would design these things to just act as a web server that accepts basic json commands or something, or even just telnet. I want to be able to control that stuff from a local server with my own code and just have a web interface I can connect to from any device using just a web browser and non proprietary protocol.

Been looking at a chip called the PIC18F97J60. It's basically a microcontroller with ethernet phy. I might design my own platform around that chip, as I really do want to automate more things around the house. Right now the only thing I'm automating is my hvac, and I have a separate control board for monitoring a few things like AC power fail, hydrogen, battery voltage, mouse traps etc. Everything is hard coded so not really easy to expand. With the new platform I would build it out in a way where it's super modular. Just plug the module into an ethernet port and it shows up as a new device. Then can setup rules and such.

 

[MrSquished]

Not a fan of the consumer smart stuff due to the high dependence on phone apps. Phone apps are planned obsolescence, as you have to rely on them always being available on the store and be compatible with the devices. Ex: they can easily pull the app, or update it in a way where old devices are no longer supported, etc. I wish they would design these things to just act as a web server that accepts basic json commands or something, or even just telnet. I want to be able to control that stuff from a local server with my own code and just have a web interface I can connect to from any device using just a web browser and non proprietary protocol.

Been looking at a chip called the PIC18F97J60. It's basically a microcontroller with ethernet phy. I might design my own platform around that chip, as I really do want to automate more things around the house. Right now the only thing I'm automating is my hvac, and I have a separate control board for monitoring a few things like AC power fail, hydrogen, battery voltage, mouse traps etc. Everything is hard coded so not really easy to expand. With the new platform I would build it out in a way where it's super modular. Just plug the module into an ethernet port and it shows up as a new device. Then can setup rules and such.

Your weird fantasies about smart home stuff is just bonkers. Yeah sure don't go with a Kickstarter smart stuff but to say that about multiple well-established smart product companies? Yes the first thing they're going to do is not support the app so that's how they're going to keep customers and attract new ones.

 

[sdifox]

I sort of fell into the rabbit hole of 'smart' outlets. They work OK. I can control them from a mobile device without active internet, but none of the scheduled triggers (Dusk/Dawn, etc,) work without internet. They need to get that from 'Home', wherever that is. They don't seem very 'smart' in that regard.

So, now I want to add a stand alone firewall to block some devices from the web. But I won't be able to block those since they need to phone home for the schedules.

The other devices I want to block are a variety of cameras. But in order for them to stay on proper time, they need to sync to a time server out there somewhere. I'm hoping maybe I can allow that only somehow, but not full web access. Or maybe a sync to something local somehow.

Look into HomeAssistant. It doesn't need to run in online mode, other than checking for updates of course. And it's free. I have it running as a vm.

 

[snoopy7548]

Maybe I'm going crazy, but it seems like my fridge is running non-stop when I know it has cycled off for fairly long periods. It's still cold and not making any weird noises, so I don't know.

 

[lxskllr]

Maybe I'm going crazy, but it seems like my fridge is running non-stop when I know it has cycled off for fairly long periods. It's still cold and not making any weird noises, so I don't know.

Maybe the dehumidifying cycle? Make sure everything's sealed appropriately, and nothing's keeping the door open, or something in the seal.

 

[jmagg]

Maybe I'm going crazy, but it seems like my fridge is running non-stop when I know it has cycled off for fairly long periods. It's still cold and not making any weird noises, so I don't know.

On my bottom freezer Whirlpool, when I noticed it running abnormally long, it turned out to be the mainboard (twice)..What i've learned is that if the freezer gets progressively colder, and the fridge progressively warmer, the mainboard function for defrost has failed or is failing. If you need a jackhammer to get the ice cream out of the container, it might be the defrost function on a bottom freezer.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Went to my off grid property but with a friend. Friend had to be back in town by a certain time so just felt rushed the whole time, didn't really get anything done that I wanted to. I keep trying to convince him to just come with his own vehicle but his wife runs the show in the household, and she's the one that needs the vehicle, even if it just stays in the driveway the whole time. This is why I normally go alone, and also why I'm single.