In grad school I picked up a free used HP LaserJet. It had Ethernet, and could use generic/off brand cartridges. Yeah it was big and noisy but it was an awesome workhorse and it Just Worked (with out-of-the-box CUPS/Linux support too, IIRC).
How the mighty have fallen.
Immich! It's an amazing self hosted Google Photos replacement.
Zigbee definitely fun with HomeAssistant. I have an SLZB-06M adapter which has PoE (important for me) and is a fairly "open" product (don't need to jump through hoops to flash firmware). I read somewhere that it may offer Thread support at some point but wouldn't count on that.
When I was in college, working for Google was a dream job for a lot of my friends. I have to think that hiring from that position is awesome
lots of really smart, motivated, enthusiastic grads, and you get to pick the best. I wonder if all that has changed?
Old article, and yes, "corporations are not friends" yada yada: https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-companines-that-havent-had-layoffs-job-cuts-yet-2023-1
If I'm ever in the market for another job and have the luxury of choice, the layoff question will be pretty high up.
Not a lawyer; would this likely stand up in court? Obviously I wouldn't risk it were I the dev, but just curious.
It's pathetic that I'll happily recommend my Emporia Vue2 energy monitor to folks running HA
not because it works out of the box, but because the company is aware of the community integration projects and seems ok with it, even if they don't actually support it. (ESPHome Firmware flash gives you local control
It's been pretty great!)
Not a lawyer; would this likely stand up in court? Obviously I wouldn't risk it were I the dev, but just curious.
As others have said, I'd play with routing/IP forwarding such that being VPN'd to one machine gives you access to everything
basically I would set it up as a "road warrior" VPN (but possibly split tunnel on the client [yes I know, WireGuard doesn't have servers or clients but you know what I mean]).
Alternately, I think you could do some reverse proxy magic such that everything goes through the WireGuard box
a.lan goes to service A, b.lan to service B, etc., but if you have non-http services this may be a little more cumbersome.
I'm really liking my orange pi 5 Plus. Wasn't able to get the 32GB version, but 16GB is realistically more than I need anyway.
Main bonus for me over RPi is the RAM and storage
SD, eMMC, and NVME. The dual NICs and extra efficiency cores are a nice perk, too.
Cannot recommend Immich enough as a self-hosted Photos alternative. Obviously not a drop in replacement, and if you don't want to self-host it's not really feasible. But it is just awesome.
On the other hand, a completely open ecosystem works well too
ARM for Linux feels exactly like ARM on x86/64 in my experience. Granted this is for headless stuff on an (RPi and Orange Pi, both ARM, both running Debian), but really the only difference is the bootloader situation.
I'm annoyed that the nice bike trainers don't generate power, or at least have the option to. My Wahoo shouldn't be drawing power from the grid, it should be supplying it!
Plate nuts are really useful, used them on vacuum systems in grad school. Once threaded by hand, you don't need a wrench for the nut end since the other nut prevents the plate from rotating. Made star-pattern tightening a large flange with cramped access relatively easy.
Can't believe I went through years of grad school with puerile labmates and never once heard (or used) that phrase...
But, perhaps like Roe vs. Wade, I think they want the (manufactured) constant fear of immigration looming over their voter base. I'd be willing to bet that many higher up R's know full well that immigrants play a vital role in the economy, and that the right-wing policies would hurt the country. But by all means, demonize and throw them under the bus in the name of activating your base.