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    Stick Pose

    Time to look for a new residence. Just sayin.
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    My next house I’ll look to get one of these.
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    Good luck to those in Beryl’s path. I’m in pretty good shape. All underground utilities. House is on critical infrastructure part of grid. Fiber to the house, so no intermediate points of failure. IT infrastructure on UPS. JIC I installed a portable generator back feed interlock and bought...
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    This Can sell well??

    A well scored one of these taped to the inside of the window might "sell" better.
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    Rio Wifi Router "bulletproof security?"

    Another sham KS company. I couldn’t find anything in the FCC database, so it’s likely rebranded kit run by a couple of business/marketing types with no engineering background. Any site making those claims and includes seals of US government agencies should be avoided.
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    How do I setup my VPN so I am not just pointing it to my house from my laptop (remote)? Help me make this secure (OpenVPN to view my QNAP from laptop)

    You have to configure OpenVPN on your Asus router to route all traffic through your home network. It's a fairly common request. Search the OpenVPN forums for others who have had success. https://forums.openvpn.net/viewtopic.php?t=27767 Disable UPnP on your firewall and QNAP, and don't...
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    How do I setup my VPN so I am not just pointing it to my house from my laptop (remote)? Help me make this secure (OpenVPN to view my QNAP from laptop)

    @user33432 Speaking from prior experience, QNAP QTS is by far the most insecure system, but as long as you don't expose it directly to the internet or use their remote cloud access you are generally more secure. It does not protect against an insider threat from a computer on your local LAN...
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    Porch Pirate - Police Deterrent Program . . .

    I imagine an ED 209 would be a more effective deterrent.
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    Prank Robbery - Just too stupid to live!

    The average IQ of the human race just ticked up a few points.
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    Garage Door opening or closing to trigger alert

    Tilt sensors are battery operated and rely on wireless communication. Not to mention, it may not detect the garage door partially open (jammed or manually released from track) A magnetic door position sensor wired to an input zone on a home security panel is more reliable...
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    Neighbor's House got Toilet Papered

    What a waste of what looked like 3 ply. P.S. Need to ban pajama pants in public.
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    Doorbell camera with phone app and no subscription?

    Ring doorbells are junk potato cameras. I have 2 wired 2K and 1 wired 4K Lorex video doorbells. If you can wait, you can pick them up for half price during sales events. Local SD card recording and push notifications on a single device with two way talk...
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    Time keeps moving 1 hour ahead

    It’s a glitch in the matrix.
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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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    Garden Explosion

    I would have soiled my underwear.
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    Does anyone LiveStream their camera on youtube?

    Many moons ago, I spun up a Linux VM instance to YT live stream an old camera pointed outside during a hurricane. I think I earned $2 in ad revenue, which I had to pay income tax on. :(
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