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Yeah, wasn't just me either. I had a chat to the guys at my company who are responsible for desktop/laptop support and they hate dealing…

Consumer mesh works most the time for most the people. If you want to do anything slightly out of the ordinary (tweak channel usage, TX…

I would consider a Dell for a cheapo desktop for relatives. I would not spend any of my own money on their laptops. I went through Dell…

There are SBC options that have 4-5 SATA expansion slots. You'd probably have to design your own casing though.

Microservers were amazing (up until the last gen which went way up in price).

Have an upvote for not using the pointless spelling affectation that Bosch markets.

Worth noting that the spec sheets for business level APs show signal sensitivity it different orientations. It's not just a uniform X…

FWIW, I have used ceiling mounted APs as wall mounted, and been quite happy with the results. I know that they're really designed for a…

I regard *all* cameras as untrustworthy, whether by design or by lazy development. Hikvision had hardcoded backdoors when I first started…

Agreed, that thread is mostly pointless. But there have been major security concerns with a whole slew of manufacturers, and iirc Hikvision…

And probably zero future BIOS updates...

1TB zero redundancy NAS sounds a bit limiting.

From what I have seen, Xiaomi stuff tends to be better than Anko. Often a *lot* better. KMart is basically a Taobao outlet these days. Just…

Hm... that word. I hadn't picked up on it. Don't buy an ecosystem- it locks you into one vendor and if they go titsup or EOL the gear (like…

Got to be the 600s? And not the slightly warmer 6xx from Drop + shipping?

> Can never be clean enough - you’re telling me you casually (or competitively) piss in your toilet, barefooted, then jump straight into…

Arrived. Good thing it wasn't the 12 week estimate.

Probably worth mentioning how tech-savvy or okay with fiddling around you are. IMO the 'best' system is something DIY based on any…

Good thing there are not many sub-12 month old babies on this forum (or are there?)

In that specific case, you are talking to someone with an overtly political username that clearly has nothing to do with Australia. Most…

Adulterated honey is cheaper to make than pure honey. I think that's what most people would be annoyed at- they are being told Product X,…

I've been running Eneloops for a decade, none have leaked. Ladda cells for the past 12 months, same. I've come across occasional mention of…

What is this, Comedy Friday? > For the price it's worth a try For the price, I'd prefer a KFC burger. 'Cause this thing is gonna do sweet…

So you'd be just as happy paying the same prices for honey as for high fructose corn syrup? Or surgar mixed with water? They're all sweet.…

Yeah, with that hacked around solution it's easier to just manually set the time! When I've been in countries with radio time, it's quite…

We have a Mellow. It's... okay. If I hadn't seen something better I'd be much more impressed. https://momomijapan.com/en-au - feels like…

Some people like fiddling with watches, some don't :) But a radio synched watch in most of Oz is fairly useless.

I've a radio synched watch, doesn't work in Sydney. I've looked into a DIY home transmitter, and to me it's really not worth the hassle…

Agreed. Low profile / flat ethernet cable will run under doors easily, or plastic raceways. Router in garage is just asking for bad wifi.