I’m older - I had 2 kids in the '90’s. I wouldn’t now. My oldest had 1 so far - doing their bit to counter the apparently inevitable slide into the future portrayed in the move Idiocracy.
GreatBlueHeron
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Third place behind 2023 and 2024.
GreatBlueHeron@piefed.caOPto
homeassistant@lemmy.world•How to switch a 5V led lamp?English
1·5 months agoI’m aware of Shelly and similar products. they are way overkill for this lamp - it’s literally 1 LED and was powered from USB before I modified it to run from a 5V wall wart. I’ve ordered a few ESP32 boards to play with. I’m pretty confident I can power my lamp from one because one of the tutorials I found for new users was literally making a light switch. The tutorial used a LED for proof of concept and said to replace the LED with a relay to switch a real light.
GreatBlueHeron@piefed.cato
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•[Solved] need help with Immich and SMB shareEnglish
2·5 months agoI know I can go read, or experiment, but I’ll ask anyway - does Immich gracefully handle changes to the external library after the initial import?
Edit - after posting I realised I’m not talking about an external library, but I hope my question makes sense?
I use it for my photos, but I have no specific needs - android app and desktop browser work for me. I’m looking to move my wife’s photos over but she needs R/W access to the photos on desktop (probably via a SMB share) for Photoshop etc. Can Immich handle that?
GreatBlueHeron@piefed.caOPto
homeassistant@lemmy.world•How to switch a 5V led lamp?English
3·5 months agoyeah, this isn’t a “real” salt lamp - the LED generates no heat. I have seen it dripping in particularly humid weather, so I won’t be putting the esp32 (or whatever I end up doing) anywhere near it.
GreatBlueHeron@piefed.caOPto
homeassistant@lemmy.world•How to switch a 5V led lamp?English
21·5 months agoI have a bit of an aversion to smart plugs - they seem like a bit of a kludge. I totally understand there are lots of cases where there’s no other option, but I don’t think this is one. I’m also looking to learn about esp32 and I’m just sanity checking that this is a reasonable thing to do with one.
GreatBlueHeron@piefed.cato
Canada@lemmy.ca•Canadian snowbirds plan to ditch wintering in the U.S. over economic tensions: surveyEnglish
3·5 months agoI feel there must be some error in translation somewhere. The way I’m reading it, 26% of Canadians spend their winter in the US. That can’t be right! Even 26% going for a short holiday there sounds ridiculously high?
GreatBlueHeron@piefed.cato
China@sopuli.xyz•China added almost one billionaire a day in 2024English
3·5 months agointeresting how different Russia is in the two sources
GreatBlueHeron@piefed.cato
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•People who have permanently moved to another country, what gave you the opportunity and was it worth it?English
25·5 months agoI was able to move to the country my wife grew up in - she, as a citizen, sponsored my visa. We moved from an area with relatively high real estate cost (sold for over $1mil - we had a mortgage, but also significant equity) to an area where it’s much, much, cheaper (bought for about $100k currency corrected) so we could retire early - we’re both ~60.
GreatBlueHeron@piefed.cato
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Immich finally goes stable, a talk with the teamEnglish
5·6 months agoI know what futo is, but I don’t understand what you’re asking for here?
It’s a hard choice - I don’t like Google, but they’re good phones. I really wanted to get something other than a Pixel when I got the battery “recall” for my 4a. Ended up with a used 8 Pro.
I must be still half asleep because I can’t make sense of that.The article says:
Position 1 - Geographic Region: 1-5: North America 6-7: Oceania 8-9: South America A-H: Africa J-R: Asia S-Z: Europe Position 2 - Country Code: Within North America (1-5): 1,4,5: United States 2: Canada 3: MexicoHow can any VIN then begin with “5Y”? Their dictionary does not assign a value to “Y” in position 2??
The irony here is that, to me at least, someone that is comfortable being themself is generally much more attractive than someone trying to look good for the sake of looking good.
GreatBlueHeron@piefed.cato
Canada@lemmy.ca•Canada never stopped arming Israel despite pledge to halt new permits, report saysEnglish
10·8 months agoThis makes me so mad. If we can’t do anything to actively help stop the genocide, the very least we can do is not be complicit!
GreatBlueHeron@piefed.cato
Canada@lemmy.ca•Conservatives Speak Out In Support Of Convoy OrganizersEnglish
8·8 months agoSo, we’re on a boat. It starts leaking with these mysterious finger sized holes. Most people start sticking fingers in holes to stop the water, but there are a bunch of people that are worried their finger might get stuck, or a fish might come and bite it or divine intervention will save the boat - and they decide not to stick their finger in a hole, and just for good measure some of the people that won’t stick their finger in a hole go and make a few new holes. You think that’s ok? For a bunch of people to, not only not contribute to saving everyone, but actually make the situation worse? And for there to be no consequences??
GreatBlueHeron@piefed.cato
Canada@lemmy.ca•Conservatives Speak Out In Support Of Convoy OrganizersEnglish
15·8 months agoI guess it comes down to your definition of “forced”. People were forced to get the vaccine in the same way they are forced to not walk around with a gun indiscriminately firing bullets - you’re welcome to do it in the privacy of your own home (as long as your home is big enough that the bullets won’t leave it) but if you want to participate in a society then you are forced to follow some rules.
GreatBlueHeron@piefed.cato
Canada@lemmy.ca•Conservatives Speak Out In Support Of Convoy OrganizersEnglish
17·8 months agoOK, I’ll bite. I read the WestJet article. The person won their case because the judge decided WestJet didn’t believe they were serious in their religious basis for their exemption request and therefore didn’t consider options to give the person work in another role that wouldn’t be impacted by their lack of vaccination.
This in no way supports your position that the mandates were somehow illegitimate.
GreatBlueHeron@piefed.cato
Buy Canadian@lemmy.ca•CNBC Went To Canada To See The U.S. Product Boycotts — And What They Found Was StrikingEnglish
17·8 months agoIt’s not about the taffis for me, it’s about supporting a fascist oligarchy. When that changes (both the fascist, and the oligarchy), I’ll start buying from them again. I’m not young and I don’t expect it to happen in my lifetime.
GreatBlueHeron@piefed.cato
Google Pixel@lemmy.world•Mandatory software update to reduce the battery capacity for affected Pixel 6a phones being pushed outEnglish
4·8 months agoWhen this happened to my 4a I considered a used 6a as an upgrade - glad I didn’t!




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