Recent content by HavocXphere

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    Home Assistant

    In that case you're probably gonna have to roll the dice. There is no certainty in this I've literally got smart plugs that work...but if I go back to my amazon order history and buy it again I'll get one that doesn't cause manufacturer changed what's inside but kept the model number
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    Home Assistant

    You'd need to check the specific devices. Google usually has the answer
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    Things that irritate you - Part 2

    Muscles hella sore from 10km trek today (after jogging 2 days ago). Wish I actually had one of these definitely totally designed for muscles contraptions. (note blurred out bottom left lmao)
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    Reserve Bank governor on diversity in South African schools

    Why is the res bank commenting on schools??? huh? Every second day isn't fast. There is a reason why "five o'clock shadow" is a thing. Some people shave twice daily
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    Man Uses Lamborghini Exhaust to Cook World’s Most Expensive Skewered Meat

    That's why dyno tuning place have a bunch of fans everywhere...cars are counting on there being airflow if the engine isn't idling
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    What is your monthly usage and ISP?

    Dunno probably around a TB. Mostly linux ISOs up over torrent...yes actual linux ISOs not "linux ISOs"
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    Fight over R339,000 crypto graphics card order in South Africa turns ugly

    Brutech sound like cowboys. Upfront payment is already harsh...but then not returning it when you fail to hold up your end of the bargain...jirre.
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    Crypto Assets a Great Concern, Says Ireland’s Central Bank Enforcer

    That's how investments that aren't simple interest bearing tend to work yes...
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    Things that please you...

    Part of a general push to self-host where viable out of principle. Picked gitlab over gitea etc because I've done CI+docker registry stuff in GCP before and gitlab appears to support those kind of setups better. ...however haven't gotten round to setting up the CI & registry (cause https within...
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    Things that please you...

    Managed to set up automatic mirroring of my local gitlab instance into GCP source repo as backup. Was a lot more fiddly than expected because I opted for hard mode - implement it as an ansible script that builds an LXC, sets up git & SDK in it, authenticates against gitlab (ssh) and...
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    SA vs UK IT salaries

    Even the comments on this are feeling like groundhog day now
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    Things that please you...

    Improved internet throughput by disabling router QoS...hadn't realized how much of an impact it was having...extra 300 megs
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    Things that irritate you - Part 2

    People smoking on their balcony & it wafting into my place Genies need fuel though. Realised you (thankfully) probably misunderstood me. By pre-covid I meant a year ago, rather than me actually catching it. i.e. Just unfit AF at the moment
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