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  1. Comment on Dear Nintendo, please bring back the Wii Remote in ~games

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    Just get a second hand Wii and soft mod it. Nintendo is going to be milking this rerelease cow like it’s nobody’s business.

    Just get a second hand Wii and soft mod it. Nintendo is going to be milking this rerelease cow like it’s nobody’s business.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Is OpenWRT worthwhile at home? in ~comp

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    That’s good to hear! I’m moving house today, so I might just pry open that box full of network toys if I still have some oomph left tonight.

    That’s good to hear! I’m moving house today, so I might just pry open that box full of network toys if I still have some oomph left tonight.

  3. Comment on Is OpenWRT worthwhile at home? in ~comp

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    Hehe, you lied 🤥 But that’s good news, thanks for helping me on my way!

    Hehe, you lied 🤥 But that’s good news, thanks for helping me on my way!

  4. Comment on Is OpenWRT worthwhile at home? in ~comp

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    With the APs I already have, the house is already covered. Ideally a router would be as bare bones as possible. The Cloud Gateway Ultra instead of the Dream Router would do this, no?

    With the APs I already have, the house is already covered. Ideally a router would be as bare bones as possible. The Cloud Gateway Ultra instead of the Dream Router would do this, no?

  5. Comment on Is OpenWRT worthwhile at home? in ~comp

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    So Unifi Controller on a local machine to manage the APs, but does that router really need to be from Ubiquiti? I was planning to use the router from the ISP to do DNS, DHCP, etc.

    So Unifi Controller on a local machine to manage the APs, but does that router really need to be from Ubiquiti? I was planning to use the router from the ISP to do DNS, DHCP, etc.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Is OpenWRT worthwhile at home? in ~comp

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    I just bought 2 APs without realizing I would still need a router of some sort. Then to also find out it needs to be a Ubiquiti one to be able to use all the Unifi features. It seems this should...

    I just bought 2 APs without realizing I would still need a router of some sort. Then to also find out it needs to be a Ubiquiti one to be able to use all the Unifi features. It seems this should also be possible with an Linux server on the network, instead of using a Cloud Gateway. Have any experience with that?

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Is OpenWRT worthwhile at home? in ~comp

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    The Ubiquiti stuff seems nice and I have finally committed to replacing my APs with their stuff. I haven’t been able to set it up yet, but have good hopes that it will be miles better than the...

    The Ubiquiti stuff seems nice and I have finally committed to replacing my APs with their stuff. I haven’t been able to set it up yet, but have good hopes that it will be miles better than the Apple stuff I have currently.

    I used OpenWRT, I’m guessing, between 2005 and 2007. It was a lot of fun soldering a new serial port to a device to be able to access the console. What it got me back then was a cheap, open, embedded Linux server that could also be a NAS. Now, with all the beefy embedded hardware like the Raspberry, I don’t really need OpenWRT anymore. The router can just be a router.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on Weekly thread for casual chat and photos of pets in ~life.pets

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    Rats are amazing. My pet rat would open part of his cage at night and roam my bedroom while I was asleep. He would chew some cables here, buttons on a remote there, and then climb into his cage...

    Rats are amazing. My pet rat would open part of his cage at night and roam my bedroom while I was asleep. He would chew some cables here, buttons on a remote there, and then climb into his cage again. He’d close the section and in the morning I would pull my hair out trying to figure out when he would’ve chewed up stuff the day before. It took me quite a while to figure out how that smart asshole got out of there.

    That PVC tubing looks like the perfect tunnel system. It will be slippery for large sections of incline. One way to counteract that is to drill many holes into it, creating some claw grips. Although that will also create places where they’ll easily start to chew the plastic. Thinking about it more, that would be my main concern with PVC, that they’ll find a way to ingest a lot of plastic.

    4 votes

  9. Comment on Give us your hot takes on the latest Nintendo Direct in ~games

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    Oh dang, shots fired!

    Oh dang, shots fired!

    2 votes

  10. Comment on Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 getting rerelease on Nintendo Switch, bundle for $70 or standalone for $40 each in ~games

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    Good thing the Wii does 480p, so that shouldn’t be a problem then.

    Good thing the Wii does 480p, so that shouldn’t be a problem then.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 getting rerelease on Nintendo Switch, bundle for $70 or standalone for $40 each in ~games

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    It certainly won’t do 4K. Does your TV have component or composite inputs? Otherwise there are plenty of HDMI converter options, and even a hard mod to add HDMI to the Wii itself. Other option...

    It certainly won’t do 4K. Does your TV have component or composite inputs? Otherwise there are plenty of HDMI converter options, and even a hard mod to add HDMI to the Wii itself. Other option would be to pick up a second hand 1080p TV, which are dime a dozen and practically free.

    1 vote

  12. Comment on Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 getting rerelease on Nintendo Switch, bundle for $70 or standalone for $40 each in ~games

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    Second hand Wiis are easily found. Picking one up is a great way to play Wii and GameCube classics.

    not really available elsewhere

    Second hand Wiis are easily found. Picking one up is a great way to play Wii and GameCube classics.

    4 votes

  13. Comment on Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 getting rerelease on Nintendo Switch, bundle for $70 or standalone for $40 each in ~games

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    This is what I don’t understand. You can pick up a Wii, hook up an external drive and soft mod it. You’ll get to play all the great Wii games for next to nothing and sell the setup when you’re...

    This is what I don’t understand. You can pick up a Wii, hook up an external drive and soft mod it. You’ll get to play all the great Wii games for next to nothing and sell the setup when you’re done. I hate this rerelease, low effort approach that is especially prevalent with recent consoles.

    3 votes

  14. Comment on The sunscreen scandal shocking Australia in ~health

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    That was an interesting and fun thing to watch, thanks for sharing!

    That was an interesting and fun thing to watch, thanks for sharing!

    3 votes

  15. Comment on The sunscreen scandal shocking Australia in ~health

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    On the northern hemisphere we’re at the end of summer. Most people will have used their fair share of sunscreen to avoid getting a sunburn, but now it turns out that the country known for their...

    On the northern hemisphere we’re at the end of summer. Most people will have used their fair share of sunscreen to avoid getting a sunburn, but now it turns out that the country known for their religious use of sunscreen is in the middle of a scandal over false SPF claims. I’m pretty shocked to see this article pop up. I thought sunscreen was a solved problem and most, if not all, sunscreen brands could be trusted. And this happening in Australia, where sunscreen is more scrutinized, makes me wonder if the store brand stuff I’ve been using is even doing anything. It also makes me angry because it’s the stuff we use to keep our kids safe and give them a good, healthy start in life. I’m curious if this will lead to more lab tests in the EU and other parts of the world.

    22 votes

  17. Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk

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    All sounds like you are killing it! Great to have options to choose from. Give us an update when you’ve decided which team to join and why, I’m curious where you’ll land.

    All sounds like you are killing it! Great to have options to choose from. Give us an update when you’ve decided which team to join and why, I’m curious where you’ll land.

    2 votes

  18. Comment on Does anyone have a digg invite code I can get ? in ~tech

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    @babypuncher already helped me out. Thanks for offering!

    @babypuncher already helped me out. Thanks for offering!

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Thinking about my next (career) move in ~life

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    For me personally, I have to hard disagree. That little voice is my only recipe for a sustainable existence. I tried not listening and building on what I already had, and that totally burned me...

    After 1-2 years of any new thing, the little voice wants yet another new thing! That little voice is not the recipe for a sustainable existence.

    For me personally, I have to hard disagree. That little voice is my only recipe for a sustainable existence. I tried not listening and building on what I already had, and that totally burned me out and pushed me into depression multiple times.

    I’m probably just lucky, but I don’t think the job/career/hobby hopping has had a negative effect on where I am now. I have a comfortable life, so living this way doesn’t necessarily mean a difficult existence. But again, I may be the outlier here. I think you make good points!

    3 votes

  20. Comment on Make new friends here! in ~life

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    Did you work out before or did you go from not working out at all to finally working out?

    It only took 40 years, but I'm finally working out consistently for the first time in my life.

    Did you work out before or did you go from not working out at all to finally working out?

    3 votes