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Updated the blog to Ghost v6

Now to figure out why ActivityPub does not work... Update: Figured out ActivityPub issue... Could not run it locally because I need split DNS to run this from behind my silly domestic modem, so I ended up switching to Ghost's own AP coordinator. I'd have to

Podcast Episode 87: Age and Identity Verification, Censorship, and Authoritarianism

In today's episode we touch on topics of Age and Identity verification online, whether or not it's the job of the Government to protect people from "harmful" opinions, whether they are even capable of doing it and how these kinds of solutions might look

Podcast Episode 86: Socialization, Browser Wars, Paid social media

In today's episode we talked started chatting about making friends online through video games. I had a chance to talk about the UK situation with their Age verification guidelines (which we will be greatly expanding on in an upcoming episode, so stay tuned). Mo brought his gripes with

Podcast Episode 85: AI and Authoritarianism

Pardon the delay in releasing the episode, things have been a bit hectic with home renovations, but we should be back for the regular schedule... 🤞 In today's episode a large chunk was dedicated to a discussion about how AI can aid censorship regimes, whether the AI should be

Podcast Episode 84: Romantic notions in dev...

In this episode we discuss several (repeating) themes. I posit that there are no more romantic notions about software development. It's mostly known, and mostly trivial and/or tedious. Actual discovery is reserved for a small few, and most devs are just there in the pixel mines, chipping

Podcast Episode 83: Carnivore vs Plant based

The final episode in our little 🥩Carnivore diversion🥩. Going to back to more techie things next episode... In this episode we look into origins of peoples ideas about stuff. Have you ever asked yourself - "This opinion that I have, where does it come from? Did I come up

Inkbird Sensors have been replaced

I finally had enough with all the battery swapping I had to do on the 4 sensors that I had, and Switchbot sensors are currently on sale with 15% off coupon on Amazon (non-affiliate link). So I bought a 3-pack and a 1-pack, to fully replace the Inkbird sensors. They

Adding a Coral TPU to my NVR (ProxMox LXC)

After getting an IP camera and flashing it with open source firmware it only makes sense if I start recording the feed into some sort of NVR and also expose it to my HomeAssistant. Browsing around one inevitable lands on Frigate, which is an Open Source NVR. What's

Flashing a Eufy C-120 Security Camera with custom firmware

Liberate your IP camera and unlock RTSP/ONVIF and other goodies with a custom open-source firmware. Abysmal state of consumer IP cameras As a home automation enthusiast, it was only a matter of time before my interest in security cameras was piqued. I started looking into the possibilities and realized,

Inkbird Sensors

I'm using a handful of Inkbird temperature/humidity sensors for my home automation, and I have to say that I'm quite disappointed with their battery life... They always drain the batteries in a matter of weeks... I still don't understand why, but they all