I run my home automation network entirely offline, so anything that needs the internet doesn't get added to my cart. I just do not trust the security of these IoT vendors at all, and refuse to have their nonsense cluttering up my limited network bandwidth and causing unknown problems.

(Edit: maybe not obvious, this is in the "smart bulbs" product category. Regular bulbs are still much more common on store shelves, because why fix what isn't broken? Most people don't need to automate their light bulbs.)

The best mitigation for this conflict seems to be those knitted blankets with the enormous holes. Terrible heat retention, and they're pretty heavy. That got the job done during a Texas summer on more than one occasion.

What the devil is taking so long? I'm sure there's some technical reason that the check isn't more instant, but gosh it is frustrating every damned time.

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Right this second I'm looking for an alternative to After Effects that runs on Linux systems, as kdenlive has some limitations with its layering implementation. I'll probably give Blender and Godot both a whirl, as I want to get more comfortable with those tools for future projects.

(As an added bonus, the data stream from the loyalty program is attractive to marketing teams. Want to not be tracked? Higher prices for you!)

So far, I have been utterly incapable of getting my iPad to do anything remotely similar. It can run syncthing, technically, but not in the background. Apps don't have a shared filesystem structure, so it's difficult to get anything else set up to "save within my shared folder" in a way that would work, and that disregards that the syncing cannot occur when anything else is open. There's all sorts of cloud backup options, but those require the internet and even when they're working, there's this awkward import/export flow that adds friction to the whole dance.

In isolation this would just be a small papercut, I guess, but these sorts of limitations are all over iOS. It's just terribly hostile to anyone not fully committed to the Cloud-first, Apple-hardware ecosystem. Android doesn't care, and doesn't have to care, because it lets me run the software I want. It's a really small set of programs too, at the end of the day. (Firefox with real extensions is the other one.)

The school thing is different, but also hardly unique. A school issued macbook is often similarly locked down and unusable as a dev machine, due to the student lacking permissions to install anything the school deems dangerous.

For verification you generally want the Redump database, which has checksums for most disc-based console releases. Unfortunately they seem to be offline at the moment, or I'd share a canonical link. Look around for that.

Remote: Preferred

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Technologies: C, C++, Rust, JavaScript, Python, Lua, 6502, Verilog

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Github: https://github.com/zeta0134/

Email: zeta0134 at reploid dot cafe

Hello! I'm an experienced systems administrator and software engineer, with primary experience in the web hosting space and lots of secondary experience poking around low level hardware. I took a sabbatical to do NES development and start my own business, and now I'm re-entering the workforce. (The business is doing fine, but my first game isn't ready to sell just yet.) It looks like lots of AI stuff happened while I was out!

I love deep technical dives. My professional background favors web hosting with an emphasis on docker and kubernetes, but I'm open to explore. I've worked in customer facing technical support roles, and I do rather miss the human interactions. I'm comfortable on most Linux systems, with strong RedHat and SUSE experience in particular.

I've found that I rather enjoy working with assembly languages. I've picked up enough Verilog to simulate custom cartridge hardware (via FPGA) and do lightweight audio synthesis. If I return to college, it'll be to pursue an Electrical Engineering degree. For now, it remains a delightful fun hobby.