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    Car Rental Company charged a customer $277 for Gas in a Tesla

    So if you don’t return the vehicle with a full state of charge, you pay a surcharge. Seems perfectly reasonable. :rofl:
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    LPR Dashcam

    Not sure it can read LPs, but I have one of these for each vehicle. Means I have to strictly obey traffic laws or risk incriminating myself. :eek: https://wolfbox.com/products/wolfbox-g850-rearview-mirror-backup-camera-dash-cam You can pick them up on the jungle web site for ~$120
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    DHCP or static?

    +1 DHCP Static Mappings. Works automagically! Take less than 2 minutes to restore a pfSense configuration file to a new appliance.
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    Fed up homeowner confronts car thief in his driveway

    Could have turned out even worse for the driver if the homeowner had been packing and chose to defend himself when run over. Lesson #1: Don't leave your vehicle unlocked and make sure key fobs are not within RF range when in the house.
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    Getting ads all the time

    Welcome to the dystopian future predicted by the movie Idiocracy
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    Suggested vent for closet - if your closet gets too hot

    I just put all my kit (IT gear, AMP, speakers, etc.) on a wire rack behind a curtain in my poor mans home theater. The acoustically transparent projection screen automagically rolls down from under the header.
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    O.J. Simpson died.

    The Goldman family filed claims against OJ in Palm Beach County after the civil suit victory. The public documents included OJ's social security number. I often thought of giving it to the Nigerian Prince who said I inherited several million dollars.
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    Why do Amazon delivery drivers lie?

    Who doesn't?
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    Why do Amazon delivery drivers lie?

    Same problem. It's either packages or food that gets delivered to the wrong house between myself and my neighbor the next street over. Before I point them to my neighbors house, I always ask what the food order is and if it is pre-paid. :D
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    D-Link NAS devices have backdoor accounts...

    Yet people continue to expose their devices directly to the internet. :facepalm: https://www.shodan.io/search?query=d-link
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    Why do about half the cars have their headlights on today?

    Those look like fake foam bricks https://www.amazon.com/Promotional-Brick-Squeezie-Stress-Reliever/dp/B0124TWPVQ
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    Why do about half the cars have their headlights on today?

    Bigger question. Why do people drive at night on the free/express-way with their lights off? Is this a new TikTok challenge thing? Or are they just too senile or stupid to notice?
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    Searching for a router that has a common DHCP and supports VLAN

    Sounds like you need to dump the prosumer grade routers for open source enterprise class firewall software from pfSense - World's Most Trusted Open Source Firewall. Runs on almost any x86_64 hardware (including virtualized, but not recommended) with Intel NICs. You can pick up a used...
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    Hack required - how to unscrew screw when allan key doesn't grip

    1. Can't tell from the picture, but it looks like a Torx, not an Allen. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-1-4-and-3-8-in-Drive-Torx-Bit-Socket-Set-11-Piece-HTXBS11PCSR/203559459 2. Liquid wrench https://www.homedepot.com/p/Blaster-11-oz-PB-Penetrating-Oil-16-PB-DS/310486628 3. I've used...
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    TeamViewer, ZeroTier and TailScale - Remote Connection To BI Server

    +1 Tailscale I actually run Tailscale on my pfSense firewall. You can even configure an Apple TV 4K (tvOS 17+) as a Tailscale exit node and sub-net router.
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