synestine

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You just gotta think different in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
[–] synestine@sh.itjust.works 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

SSHFS uses SFTP which is built into SSH, so no server to install. Its not as fast as NFS, but requires no setup. For something small like a home lab, that is a big advantage.

The Pebble Has Been Brought Back in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] synestine@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Dozens? Name three, and be sure to include number of aps in each ecosystem.

I'm sure there are dozens of Chinese smart watches, but most that I've seen are white-labels and sorely missing an ecosystem.

The Pebble Has Been Brought Back in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] synestine@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

Methinks you underestimate the complexity.

And all the other watch makers I've looked at are not doing, or even considering, what Pebble did.

The Pebble Has Been Brought Back in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] synestine@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 weeks ago

Because good software is hard. The PebbleOS is a gem, and no, no one could in 9 years.

The Pebble Has Been Brought Back in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] synestine@sh.itjust.works 23 points 4 weeks ago

Google dumped the Pebble OS code on GitHub when this whole "rePebble" thing (not Rebble) started. Now there's a new phone app coming out soon (or out now, depending on your platform and abilities) that handles old and new Pebbles and modern phone platforms.

None of this is from Google.

Plex is locking remote streaming behind a subscription in April in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] synestine@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

True, but there's not much one can do about others' stubbornness. I've been using cheap Android boxes with Kodi or the JF client installed. They make sense to my non-techie family. Dedicated boxes are better (something that can run CoreELEC, OpenELEC) but those are harder to find.

Plex is locking remote streaming behind a subscription in April in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] synestine@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Because that basically requires transcoding for modern codecs. H265? Transcode. Subtitles? Transcode. The JF client on the same hardware can usually direct play.

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HA Doorbell (sh.itjust.works)
 

Until recently I had been using an EZVIZ DB1C doorbell. I researched before I got it, and it worked immediately when bought. Then the company started playing dirty pool. Over the next two firmware updates (WIth nothing in the notes beyond "bugfixes and imrprovements") they stripped out the ability to use a local RTSP stream then they stripped out the ability to use their Windows-only software to even re-enable any functionality. Then they jerked me around for over a month before they finally copped to what the company had done.

And of course there's no way back to a working firmware.

I know people have mentioned Reolink and Amcrest before, but those models are no longer available.

Is there anything in the way of wired, mechanical-bell compatible doorbell cameras that work with HomeAssistant?

I'm so sick of companies that sell you one thing, then strip out the functionality that made it useful, shoving you into their cloud/app shit or leaving you stranded on whatever firmware the thing came with.

GRR