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Comment on November 2025 Backlog Burner: Week 1 Discussion in ~games
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Comment on Paid e-mail providers - your experiences, how you use them and how I would use it in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentThat wouldn't be a problem, since the people that I want to access the calendar are "trusted" (they are family members, who should be trusted more than them?). Although in case of device...That wouldn't be a problem, since the people that I want to access the calendar are "trusted" (they are family members, who should be trusted more than them?). Although in case of device loss/unauthorized access, there could be damage done to the calendar. But hey, it's just a calendar, worlds isn't standing on top of that, is it? I could delete it and make a new one...
Thanks for checking it out.
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Comment on Paid e-mail providers - your experiences, how you use them and how I would use it in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentThis is the first time I hear about Radicale (I haven't really searched for something like that, though). I could probably run this on my own hardware, it could lower the requirements for the...This is the first time I hear about Radicale (I haven't really searched for something like that, though). I could probably run this on my own hardware, it could lower the requirements for the e-mail provider if I did.
I'm not entirely sure if I want to run another service myself, though. Especially if many e-mail providers already provide this as well and I'm gonna be paying for it no matter what.
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Comment on Paid e-mail providers - your experiences, how you use them and how I would use it in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentThanks for the reply. What I meant with sharing the calendar: Family calendar where everyone can see, add and remove events. In Google calendar I created one on my own account and added other...Thanks for the reply. What I meant with sharing the calendar: Family calendar where everyone can see, add and remove events.
In Google calendar I created one on my own account and added other people (accounts) as editors - I don't remember how it went on technical side, but that is the state it is in now. I would like to have this functionality on the paid service as well - people could access and edit selected calendar on my account from their own accounts.
I don't mean invites to events I plan, ie. for friends to come to have a party night, or read-only sharing of my calendar. But it is good to know I can send such invites.
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Comment on The day my smart vacuum turned against me in ~tech
Pavouk106 LinkWe've had Electrolux Pure i9.2 robot vacuum, it cost us around 500€ at the time. It was working well, I didn't even try to look at the traffic and was just happy to use it. It started to behave...We've had Electrolux Pure i9.2 robot vacuum, it cost us around 500€ at the time. It was working well, I didn't even try to look at the traffic and was just happy to use it.
It started to behave weird after say 10-12 months - it forgot to clean some rooms when I set it up just for a few rooms cleaning and not the whole house. I kept using it in that state until one day my patience ran out. That day I did reset and started over. The bloody thing couldn't vacuum the whole house to make a new map! It did a room or a few and then was happy with the result. I had to restart the mapping a few times until it got the whole house. Then I made rooms once again in their app to no avail - the vacuum did the same poor job forgetting a room here and a room there... One day it didn't even finish the living room! After doing half of it, it just thought "I'm done here" and happily went back to the dock. I did reset it once again and didn't bother learning the house again, using it just as is - vacuum the whole house. And it didn't do even just that, once again randomly ending the vacuuming as it decided...
I sent it for repairs, it was under warranty (EU 24 months warranty, thanks for that!). I included A4 letter that explained my thoughts (which I will shorten a lot here) - vacuum was great from the start, then likely got some automatic update that I didn't even know about and the service could probably see in their system if that is the case and since then it did poor job. I also mentioned that I wanted it back fixed and I would accept older firmware with inability for remote control (as connecting to wifi will download new firmware, of course). I also added my email address for additional communication if needed. I was really surprised when they returned the 500€ - no questions asked.
I bought heavily used Roborock S5 for 80€ and when it got home I flashed Valetudo on it right away, didn't even bother with Roborock app or whatever. This vacuum was 4 years old at the time, it did over 50000 square meters already before I bought it and was a bit battered - well, it was used for 4 years. But it does the whole house on one battery charge with 30-40% remaining, something the Electrolux Pure i9.2 couldn't do (and we had the highest battery option). This Roborock S5 with Valetudo is also easily integrated into Home Assistant which is what I use to set the vacuum up for cleaning. I still can't believe the luck chain of events - got 500€ back, bought used vacuum for 80€, flashed with Valtude, integrated to Home Assistant and it works perfectly fine!
I raise my middle finger to all corporations that are greedy and unable to make something that is actually good.
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Paid e-mail providers - your experiences, how you use them and how I would use it
I decided to spin off this topic based on the discussion in the Leaker reveals which Pixels are vulnerable to Cellebrite phone hacking. Since I kinda by chance got rid of my dependency on Google...
I decided to spin off this topic based on the discussion in the Leaker reveals which Pixels are vulnerable to Cellebrite phone hacking.
Since I kinda by chance got rid of my dependency on Google Photos (as I installed Immich on my server which does the same but on my own hardware) I decided I want to try and de-Google my life more.
I was thinking about using my own domain to send e-mail from, but since I don't run e-mail server myself and I don't even want to - because of security reasons from multiple directions - I would like to use some paid e-mail service provider that would host the e-mail for me and I would append my domain to it.
I probably know technicalities on how to do that - through setting DNS MX record on my domain provider and pointing it to my e-mail provider. But I don't know which provider to choose.
I would like to sync my contacts (not through import/export feature via .vcf file, rather automatic synchronization like Google/Microsoft/Apple accounts do), I would like to sync calendar and have the ability to share it with other people (can be another account on the service if not outsiders) and of course e-mail, preferably one that doesn't rely on their own app so I can use ie. Thunderbird.
I would like to kindly ask anyone here in audience to share their experience with their providers, if you use some. It would be great if you used the service as I would do or if you could try my proposed usage on your account.
Thank you all who respond to me. I may have questions if you do :-)
I know about Fastmail which is appealing for not being US (things are kinda unsettling there right now), for having contacts, calendar and plenty space, but isn't exactly cheap - not expensive though. I know about Tuta, which is cheaper for 1-3 accounts but not for 4 and above, it has less space (still enough) but I don't know about contacts there at the moment. I found this Wikipedia comparison page and had a look there, but I would like to hear personal experiences and thoughts.
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Comment on Leaker reveals which Pixels are vulnerable to Cellebrite phone hacking in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentIt looks nice. The price is great, actually. And even with two people, the price is lower than Fastmail, that was mentioned already. I also like them being stationed in Germany, I believe in EU...It looks nice. The price is great, actually. And even with two people, the price is lower than Fastmail, that was mentioned already. I also like them being stationed in Germany, I believe in EU laws more than US ones (Fastmail is Australian, I know, but servers are placed in US).
I do have question, actually. Can you sync contacts between your Tuta and your phone so they show up in your contacts app? Better yet, do they sync automatically? With images, birthdays, mail addresses (geographical, like street and town), multiple phnes and e-mails?
I ask because when I finally go for it, I want to sync up everything - e-mail, calendar and contacts.
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Comment on Leaker reveals which Pixels are vulnerable to Cellebrite phone hacking in ~tech
Pavouk106 (edited )Link ParentI'm not that much technically advanced in the "how to" as well, but if I understand ut right then: you register domain (and pay for it) you find some e-mail provider (it can even be free one if...I'm not that much technically advanced in the "how to" as well, but if I understand ut right then:
- you register domain (and pay for it)
- you find some e-mail provider (it can even be free one if you they do this stuff and you are ok with their licence/conditions; to my limited knowledge it can be even Google), in this case say FastMail
- you find and follow the provider's guide on how to "attach" your domain to their service
- the above step will probably include going back to where you bought your domain and set up DNS MX record so that incoming e-mail knows that it should go to your e-mail provider
You can still run your own server in your garage and have it act as ie. webserver or VPN server (to access your home LAN) or whatever and the MX record will still point e-mail to your provider, not to your server.
I did this once over the phone with one of my not-that-technical friend and we made it work. From thix experience I believe everyone can do it, maybe with a little bit of help from somebody who knows or at least can do technical stuff to some extent.
I will likely look a bit into FastMail a try it out. I'm not sure I will jump into it, as every such service is a step into unknown - Are they trustworthy? Are they gonna be around 10/years from now?/Can i download all my data from them if I want to stop using them? Are there gonna be problems with sending/receiving e-mails (ie. are they trustworthy for other e-mail providers so that e-mails from their servers won't end in spam)?
There are many questions to be asked and hopefully replied to (probably by yourself after your own research) before making decisions.
As I said, I will look into FastMail and probably try it out somehow. Probably with my own domain, if applicable. I can report back after that, but it will take time (dedication). Likely not this year, sorry.
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Comment on Leaker reveals which Pixels are vulnerable to Cellebrite phone hacking in ~tech
Pavouk106 (edited )Link ParentI took the first step already, even though I didn't know it at the time. I installed Immich on my server as I wanted to backup photos from my phone. And I was very surprised to find out that it is...I took the first step already, even though I didn't know it at the time. I installed Immich on my server as I wanted to backup photos from my phone. And I was very surprised to find out that it is basically Google Photos but on your own hardware - it does automatic upload to the server which in turn runs machine learning to find people and objects on the photos so you can run search on them. It works great and runs on your own hardware.
There may be problems with syncing from outside of your LAN and you can't use search when you are not connected to the server, but these are just minor things for me as I run my.own OpenVPN server and can connect via that.
I'm moving away from Google Photos, that I know for sure. I also want to move from Gmail, that would be the hardest one as I used it for last 20 years and I have it integrated too much. The main problem is that I don't know where to move. I have my own domain and I want to utilize it, but I don't want to self-host this particular service.
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Comment on Leaker reveals which Pixels are vulnerable to Cellebrite phone hacking in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentI recently bought used Pixel 6a with number one thing in mind - GrapheneOS. And after checking the phone actually physically works I flashed the GrapheneOS on it right away. I'm also deep into...I recently bought used Pixel 6a with number one thing in mind - GrapheneOS. And after checking the phone actually physically works I flashed the GrapheneOS on it right away.
I'm also deep into Google ecosystem, hence why I installed Google Play and through it some Google apps and many other that are available via Play. I also installed F-Droid and where applicable, I run apps from F-Droid.
The OS itself is just Android as you likely know it. You could try going without Google Play, but you may need your banking app, sync contacts, calendar and whatnot from Google, install that app you paid for etc.
Until I set up my own calDAV (or whatever) server for my contacts and calendar and until I find some reasonable (even paid) e-mail provider (I have my domain), I won't uninstall all the Google crap.
Why I went Graphene then? Well, I'm a masochist, I try to do things the harder way... After inial setup (mainly the right permissions for all the Google crap) it runs just fine and I'm not flashing factor original image back into my Pixel 6a.
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Comment on November 2025 Backlog Burner: Week 1 Discussion in ~games
Pavouk106 Link ParentWow, it's nice to see original Fallout mentioned! It is very different game to what we are used to now, it plays slow, it doesn't track the prpgress of ypur quests (like if you had a journal to...Wow, it's nice to see original Fallout mentioned!
It is very different game to what we are used to now, it plays slow, it doesn't track the prpgress of ypur quests (like if you had a journal to look into as remainder) and is quite hard and unforgiving.
It is great game!
But you have quite a lot of great games in that list.
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Comment on Timasomo 2025: Final Updates in ~creative.timasomo
Pavouk106 Link ParentIs the showcase also on tuesday/wednesday? I need more time :-DIs the showcase also on tuesday/wednesday? I need more time :-D
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Comment on Josef Průša awarded Medal for Merit by president of Czech Republic in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentThat's just how internet is today. It is sad. At least (thanks to EU I think) we know how many "partners" there are and we can opt-out.That's just how internet is today. It is sad. At least (thanks to EU I think) we know how many "partners" there are and we can opt-out.
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Comment on Josef Průša awarded Medal for Merit by president of Czech Republic in ~tech
Pavouk106 LinkI'm sorry, there is no english source at the moment. I would also like to say that many great people were awarded by the president for various contributions to Czech Republic (as a country,...I'm sorry, there is no english source at the moment. I would also like to say that many great people were awarded by the president for various contributions to Czech Republic (as a country, history, international credit etc.). The ceremony was held on 28th October - the day of independent Czechoslovak state (establishment).
I picked Josef Průša out of many people because I think many people recognize him arpund the world.
There were also medals given in memoriam to people helping hide Operation Anthropoid participants and to the resistance people from world war(s), medal for 10 year old boy for saving his unconcious grandfather from the river and many research and technology related awards.
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Josef Průša awarded Medal for Merit by president of Czech Republic
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Comment on Supermarket rewards card- yes or no? in ~finance
Pavouk106 LinkThey do it in Czech Republic as well. My take is to buy elsewhere in small shops. There is nothing that supermarkets have that small shops don't, maybe you have to visit two or three to get all...They do it in Czech Republic as well. My take is to buy elsewhere in small shops. There is nothing that supermarkets have that small shops don't, maybe you have to visit two or three to get all you need, but with supermarkets having high prices for non-owners of their tracking cards these small shops often come to the same or even lower price. And sometimes they have goods that supermarkets lack. I'm not even talking about supporting ypur smaller shop...
People started to shop at large in supermarkets and abandoning small shops but maybe their time is coming back.
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Comment on Not sure if coincidence or I should give up (on USB flash drives) in ~tech
Pavouk106 LinkI bought 64GB Kingston HyperX mayn years back, it is USB3.something and can do write 170MB/s sequential and read at double that. This is why I paid extra, the true performance and also.longevity....I bought 64GB Kingston HyperX mayn years back, it is USB3.something and can do write 170MB/s sequential and read at double that. This is why I paid extra, the true performance and also.longevity. But they don't make them anymore.
Nowadays I would buy NVME SSD and enclosure. That would make it perform absolutely great while also making it reliable. It is costly, true. But you get what you pay for.
If you want to go cheaper, I would think about usinf microSD card permanently inside a USB-stick-like reader. That way you can control speed and reliability (by buying cheaper or better cards). The least reliable part would likely be the reader though. Also not cheap as USB sticks, but once again it hase its pros.
Still, NVME + enclosure FTW.
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Comment on Tips/guides to turn my home into a smart home? in ~tech
Pavouk106 (edited )LinkI run Home Assistant at home. I run it from my x86 PC that acts as server for other services. You can get dedicated HA device thoigh and maybe you should if you don't already have some kind of...I run Home Assistant at home. I run it from my x86 PC that acts as server for other services. You can get dedicated HA device thoigh and maybe you should if you don't already have some kind of server running. Or maybe even if you have.
I bought Zigbee USB gate made by/for Home Assistant (called Skyconnect but I think they renamed it since - it's the same thing though). This acts as the first Zigbee access point in your network (kinda server, hub, host, whatever you call it) and you will connect new devices through this tonyour Home Assistant.
Then I got one of each these Zigbee devices: smart plug, thermometer and button. I got to know how HA runs, how you can do stuff based on inputs (be it temperature, button press or smart plug button press). Since then I have like 8 smart plugs, 4 thermometers another button, wifi speaker for doorbell and music, I have added my Kodi RPi4s to HA, all the phones in house, afded RPi4/that can control boiler for the house, pool pump (through temperature sensors, openweathermap and smart plug), RGB LED bulbs and other stuff.
You just have to start Home Assistant and start tinkering. Friend of mine did just that, he didn't buy any hardware and still managed to make it useful by scraping API of local.public transport and sensors from phone to make a route tomhome for him with calculated ETA. Since then he bought thermostazic valves for radiators, window sensors and other stuff and started automating the heating.
I did the same but I don't have central heating, so I made it work based on temperatures in rooms.
The options seem.to be endless, you can really make it whatever you want. The first useful thing I did was turn off bathroom radiator after one hour (for towel drying) - you pressed the button on smart plug, it turned on and HA kept time reference and turned it off after 1/hour elapsed. Easy and very useful.
Nowadays it automatically controls pool pump in the summer so it runs on summer days (I have solars connected to the hose) and cooling overnight if the temperature is too high (circulating through said panels in the night) and also running the pump if temperature outside drops near freezing (to prevent burstung the panels by running warmer water from pool through them) although this anti-freeze is there only for the end of season before I drain the system.
And HA also works as thermostat for the house boiler with multiple input temperatures.
Inhave door and window sensors but they are not in any automation right now, I just have them.
I have just thrown this out of my head. Feel free to ask anything.
EDIT: Oh, I have also Valetudo robot vacuum that integrated into HA (based on their own manual).
EDIT2: I also have 24x 1Gbit Mikrotik CRS-326 switch with router (I use it as a router) and I'm working towards having everything ethernet-able to be connected via cable.
I have already run around 400 meters of Cat5e cable, UBNT Tough cable or whatnot, and I have chosen this cable and standard over Cat6 or newer due to this cable having great shielding and seems really tough compared to Cat6 cable at the same price. Cat5e shpuld be able to run 10Gbit up to 45 meters or slower on longer distance, which is also what I wanted for the future.
For wifi I finally bought Ubiquiti Unifi APs, I have two indoor U6-Lite and one U6 Mesh outside. They are great devices! If you go for Ubiquiti, I would by their router Unifi Cloud Gateway Ultra, which I will likely be buying in near futurew leaving my Mikrotik as switch only. I like the idea of Ubiquiti one-router-manages-all (VLAN, RADIUS server, APs, VPN...). The Ubiquiti software for APs (you have to run one on your own or have their router) is free and great, wifi works flawlessly and is plenty fast for me. I should have bought them long time ago!
But Inwould go small steps, especially if you don't have really much spare time and quite high budget. I spent like 1000€ on my networking stuff (whoa, I didn't think that!), around 700€ on my server (some used parts, new PSU and new HDDs) and a few hundreds € on Home Assistant things. Say 2000€ total. And too much time.
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Comment on Tips/guides to turn my home into a smart home? in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentOnly non-battery powered Zigbee devices work as an active mesh points. Battery powered devices like sensors, thermometers and stuff are called end-point devices thus not working as repeaters....Only non-battery powered Zigbee devices work as an active mesh points. Battery powered devices like sensors, thermometers and stuff are called end-point devices thus not working as repeaters.
Usually smart plugs are routers and you will likely have enough of those.
Vindstyrka and Statkvind (air quality sensor and air purifier) from IKEA also works as repeaters.
I will write solo comment in a moment on what I did.
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Comment on How I reversed Amazon's Kindle web obfuscation because their app sucked in ~tech
Pavouk106 LinkWorld needs more people like this. If they are screwing us up, we should fight back.World needs more people like this. If they are screwing us up, we should fight back.
You can replay it in the CGA. The game offers various resolutions fot various quests and also various playstyles, it is worth replaying.
But if Fallout is worth replaying, what about Fallout 2? It is even bigger, more things to do, more ways to do them, again various playstyles and it's overall much better. You should play Fallout 1 before that though.
Save regularly.