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sharklasers123··on Box of Secrets: Discreetly modding an apartment intercom to work with Apple Home
I did similar in my apartment in Amsterdam but a little more low-tech. I soldered the relay on an Esp8266 directly to the unlock button on the intercom PCB in my apartment. Worked flawlessly for years
sharklasers123··on Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun
The use of a phone number rather than a username seems like a BIG downside. I’ve moved countries several times and as a result been forced to change my number several times. This causes a huge headache with any service that relies on phone numbers, especially two-factor etc. Phone numbers should be thought of as ephemeral while usernames can persist.
sharklasers123··on How when AWS was down, we were not
Is there not an inherent risk using an AWS service (Route 53) to do the health check? Wouldn’t it make more sense to use a different cloud provider for redundancy?
sharklasers123··on Peter Thiel sells off all Nvidia stock, stirring bubble fears
- SoftBank Vision Fund Founded 2017 [1] - Nvidia Founded 1993 [2]

Strange definition of “early backer of Nvidia”.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoftBank_Vision_Fund [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia

sharklasers123··on Cows get GPS collars to stop them falling in river
Pretty awesome tech, virtual fencing with noise and vibration, assume this is using https://www.halterhq.com. It can even be used to get them to walk to the shed for milking, or virtual break fencing