I’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.

I 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?

yeah, 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.

I 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.

I 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?

interesting how different Russia is in the two sources

I 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.

I 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: Mexico

How 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.

This 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!

So, 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??

I 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.

OK, 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.

It’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.

When this happened to my 4a I considered a used 6a as an upgrade - glad I didn’t!

I agree with what you’re saying, but I don’t understand the point you’re trying to make. Mastodon can be accessed by anyone with a browser. If the whole government made their Mastodon instance their official release channel then it would achieve your objective.

From my reading I believe the detection models (or whatever they’re called) won’t even install unless they find appropriate hardware?

I’ve also discovered that the “AI” detection for person, vehicle and animal built into my camera works amazingly well and I’m now using that. I’ve been told I can use Frigate as a “dumb” PVR to receive, store and display the events detected by my camera, so I’m reading up on that option now. Seems overkill, but might be worth it.

yep - I was still happy with my 4a until they killed its battery. I bought a used 8 Pro. That was about 3 months ago, and it still feels too big.