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  • Plex’s price hikes prove I was right to switch to Jellyfin

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  • Jellyfin does not handle NAT punching automatically to point that a non technical user can install an app on their TV, see one or more libraries, and connect to my server across the Internet. This is the biggest problem that Plex solves compared to Jellyfin. I can't expect my parents to install Tailscale or make any changes to their network.

    That being said I use Jellyfin. I just don't share it with my friends.

  • NutriTrace v1.0.0-rc.20 — Google Health migration, Resilience, Split Recipe

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  • Does it support Health Connect so I could import from other services or just Google Health? I've used Samsung Health for long time and want to move to something open.

  • Motherboard sales are now collapsing amid unprecedented shortages fueled by AI

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  • Do people still use PS/2 ports?

  • Maryland Becomes First US State to Ban Surveillance Pricing for Groceries

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  • Surveillance pricing usually makes people think per-person pricing, but the law goes further than just that.

    I worked on an electronic shelf label project at a (now defunct) retail project. I'm less worried about them trying to target prices per user while in a store because there are some difficult hardware and software challenges trying to show a price to one person (like what if two people are looking at it.) Showing a per-user price per app is trivial. There's also laws in most states that require you to pay the price shown on the price tag and trying to target per person risks failing that, though that depends on state enforcement. The system I worked at linked the prices to the point of sale system to ensure you paid the lowest price shown on any price tag in the last few hours (though that was company policy to make complying with the law easier.)

    What I am worried about is prices dynamically changing based micro trends like water getting more expensive on warm days. Some people might say that increase prices means increased supply to meet that demand, the real risk is retailers being able to micro optimize prices to better capture consumer surplus as profits. A consumer is un-prepared for that and the consumer will not benefit.

  • How the Heck does Shazam work?

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  • Forgejo v15.0 is available

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  • 15.0 adds support for OIDC tokens being handed to Actions workflows compatible with GitHub Actions. I was excited to upgrade because I wanted to continue doing cosign Docker image signing, but then I found out that the Cosign transparency log doesn't support Forgejo. Looks like I need an alternative.

    My next biggest problem is the Actions workflow itself. I setup Docker in Docker, but turns out there's a bit of work in preparing the runners to be on par with what I used on GitHub.

    Otherwise, I've found Forgejo to be quite good and almost all my private repos are moved over.

  • tech never works for long

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  • Home Assistant and local, cloud-free protocols and devices are great

  • Privately Funded Seattle Waterfront Trail to Soft Launch Friday [The Urbanist]

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  • I just ran down this stretch the other day. The area down by the sculpture park looks like it got a big make-over with new landscaping and I think it'll look great.

  • The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't

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  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Impact Z-Wave in North America

    Why A Backup GPS Proposal Could

    www.forbes.com /sites/paullamkin/2026/03/10/why-a-backup-gps-proposal-could-silence-the-smart-home/
  • Firefox @lemmy.ml
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    Installing every* Firefox extension

    jack.cab /blog/every-firefox-extension
  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    2026.4: Infrared never left the chat

    www.home-assistant.io /blog/2026/04/01/release-20264/
  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    My Journey to a reliable and enjoyable locally hosted voice assistant

    community.home-assistant.io /t/my-journey-to-a-reliable-and-enjoyable-locally-hosted-voice-assistant/944860
  • Web Development @programming.dev
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    The 49MB Web Page

    thatshubham.com /blog/news-audit
  • Seattle @lemmy.world
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    Sound Transit Reveals New Cost-Saving Measures for West Seattle Link

    www.theurbanist.org /sound-transit-reveals-new-cost-saving-measures-for-west-seattle-link/
  • Programming @programming.dev
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    Building a Procedural Hex Map with Wave Function Collapse

    felixturner.github.io /hex-map-wfc/article/
  • Linux @programming.dev
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    Who Writes the Bugs? A Deeper Look at 125,000 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities

    pebblebed.com /blog/kernel-bugs-part2

  • Home Assistant 2026.3: A clean sweep

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  • I wish I had some water meters that I could monitor to take advantage of the Energy dashboard, but sadly I don't have a submeter I can access.

    Home Assistant just keeps methodically getting better!

  • Seattle @lemmy.world
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    Routle - Think you know bus routes in Seattle?

    www.routle.city /king_county_metro

  • Yet another reason to hate on the worse DB in existence

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  • What about throughput, latency, schema modeling, query load balancing/routing, confidentiality, regulatory compliance, operational tooling? How easily can I write a CRUD or line of business service using it?

  • Programming @programming.dev
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    SBOM - Sandwich Bill of Materials

    nesbitt.io /2026/02/08/sandwich-bill-of-materials.html

  • How's your HA voice assistant going?

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  • I use the HA Voice Preview in two different rooms and got rid of my Alexa Dots. I've been trying both speech-to-phrase and whisper with medium.en running on the GPU for STT, tried llama3.2 and granite4 for the LLM with local command handling

    I've been trying to get it working better, but it's been a struggle. The wake word responds to me, but not my girlfriend's voice. I try setting timers, and it says done, but never triggers the timer.

    I'd love to improve operating performance of my assistant, but want to know what options work well for others. I've been experimenting with an intermediary STT proxy to send it to both whisper and speech-to-phrase to see which one has more confidence.

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    How's your HA voice assistant going?

  • Kitchen remodel incoming, looking for advice

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  • I'd love for my HA Voice Preview to be sufficient to replace my Alexa/Google devices. I even unplugged my Alexa devices. However, it's been rough going for me. It never responds to my girlfriend speaking the wake word and doesn't set timers. There's a number of knobs that define how well it works including the physical hardware (there's obviously the Voice Preview, but also some community made versions with better mics,) wake word model, conservation LLM model and the speech to text model (whisper vs speech to phrase). If it works well for you, can you share your configuration you're using?

  • Home Assistant will create a device database

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  • That's the option to publish it. I was curious about the aggregated results.

  • Home Assistant will create a device database

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  • Is there a place to view the device database yet or is that coming soon?

    EDIT: Found it here

  • Stop using ridiculously low DNS TTLs | APNIC Blog

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  • Are you trying to make an offline website? If so, you could look into using a Service Worker which would give you full control over when the content gets refreshed.

  • Closing programs

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  • Windows has something called the ShutdownBlockReasonCreate API which enables apps with long running operations to prevent a shutdown to avoid corruption or losing work.

    Is there an equivalent for Linux? When used appropriately, it makes shut downs even more graceful.

  • Closing programs

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  • Going to a Protest? Don't Bring Your Phone Without Doing This First

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  • I thought this was using SDKs embedded in apps and advertising platforms. This is a different threat model. You need to block ads and prefer using websites instead of apps which have more access to device info like the advertising ID.

    If you've got an Android, go to Settings, search for ads, and find the advertising ID and delete the ID. It's a stable identifier that can be used to identify your phone.

    Switch to more private browsers like Firefox for Mobile and install uBlock Origin.

    EDIT: I'm not saying this will protect you against IMSI catchers or tower based drag nets. In addition to not bringing your phone, when you do go home you need an entirely different set of tools to protect yourself.

  • Programming @programming.dev
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    Worst of Breed software

    worstofbreed.net
  • Programming @programming.dev
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    Logging Sucks - A review of challenges with logging

    loggingsucks.com
  • Linux @programming.dev
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    Low FPS in Firefox on one monitor

  • Kubernetes @programming.dev
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    Kubernetes v1.35 Sneak Peek

    kubernetes.io /blog/2025/11/26/kubernetes-v1-35-sneak-peek/
  • Seattle @lemmy.world
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    Councilmember Rinck and transit leaders announce ‘Better Bus Lanes’ campaign - Seattle City Council Blog

    council.seattle.gov /2025/10/22/councilmember-rinck-and-transit-leaders-announce-better-bus-lanes-campaign/
  • Kubernetes @programming.dev
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    Kubernetes with 1 million nodes

    bchess.github.io /k8s-1m/
  • Programming @programming.dev
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    Your data model is your destiny

    notes.mtb.xyz /p/your-data-model-is-your-destiny
  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Nabu Casa - Ending production of Home Assistant Yellow

    www.home-assistant.io /blog/2025/10/15/yellow-end-of-life/
  • Seattle @lemmy.world
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    Sound Transit 3

    We Are Here Because No One Will Make A Decision - Seattle Transit Blog

    seattletransitblog.com /2025/10/04/we-are-here-because-no-one-will-make-a-decision/