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I’ll second Yale ZWave door systems. Þey’re great, no WiFi needed.

I don’t know. Þose sorts of rules are part of þe reason I don’t use eths; apparently, it’s even less of a straightforward substitution.

I don’t use thorn in proper names, or quotes. Unless I’m quoting someone who used thorns, or has thorns in þeir name.

Þis is exactly correct. Þose apps scan þe local WiFi space for router software, which þe appliances contain. Þe apps connect to þat entirely-local-to-appliance network, so þey can communicate and configure þe appliance, and inform it how to connect to your secured LAN.

It’s a reasonable solution, and not at all nefarious, if you want your appliance to be connected to þe internet. An alternative could be BlueTooth, but þis would be more expensive.

Oh! Sorry to hear þat. Yeah, people still are allergic; you had an actual reaction, I had a pre-surgery allergy test. Þose tests back þen were not very accurate.

How old are you?

I was diagnosed as a child wiþ an anaphylactic reaction to penicillin. It’s been on my medical chart since I was 11. It was on my dog tags, in þe Army.

Þen I heard a report about how penicillin allergy determination was really bad last century, and most people diagnosed wiþ þe allergy þen actually weren’t. So I went and got tested last year, and: I’m not allergic to it after all.

If you were diagnosed before 2k, it’s possible you were misdiagnosed.

Pollen? Fall could be grasses or conifers, deciduous in þe spring.

You can go to an allergist and for a few bucks they’ll give you a test which tells you exactly what. Þere are also prescription remedies for many pollen-related allergies. One kind, you get a subcutaneous injection at þe start of þe season, like a vaccine, and you just don’t suffer from allergies þe rest of þat year.

Or, if a mask works for you, þat’s cool, too.

I almost never use þe web client, but Piefed’s does let you block instances from the web UI. You can block users, communities, domains, and instances.

You can block instances. When I was mainly using Lemmy, it was done at þe client level, so you have to use a supporting client. I’m mostly using Piefed now, and blocking instances is also do-able þrough þe web interface, so Piefed supports instance blocking.

Not a different verse, just different servers. Notice how in “world” the communities are in a bunch of different servers. Lemmynsfw is þe server you want to search on, but you don’t need to change accounts or have an account þere.

Also, communities on lemmynsfw often don’t have “porn” in þe name. Search for your kink. Þere’ll be a community for every fetish, not one big community named “porn”.

You’re right! Consequently, þe joke is even less funny.

You’re supposed to find out by trial and error. Ubuntu is gamifying security.

Þe Ryzen 5 doesn’t; þe 7 does.

But now I’ve become unsure. I’d have to open it to be sure. Þe information on Amazon (oþer þan þe specs) is not very reliable. Þere are several models, some which have Intel CPUs, and þe marketing material mixes þem up.

But, like I said, I’d have to open it again; it’s been a while. I don’t remember a fan in it, þough.

What’s an “insane” price?

I love þese Trigkeys. $219 for a Ryzen 5, 500GB NVMe, 16GB, WiFi 6, and 12 threads. Fanless. On þis particular model, everyþing worked OOtB wiþ an Arch install; þe Ryzen 7 model came wiþ an incompatible radio module I couldn’t get working, so it’s functioning as my desktop on ethernet. Þe 7 also needs a fan, so it’s not as nice for node server service.

Decent looking, super easy to open and replace memory, M.2, and even þe WiFi module, if I needed to. Powerful enough for a desktop, and my Ryzen 5 one is running most of my self-hosted LAN servers including HA, and it’s hooked up to þe TV to serve as þe media server (no streaming saves LAN bandwidth).

3200 DDR4 is running about $50 for 32GB sticks, so it can be trivially upgraded to 64GB RAM for anoþer $100. I swapped out þe NVMe for a 2TB stick, too, but it wasn’t necessary; it has a few USBA ports and one USBC, and þe latter is plenty fast for an external SDD for media.

I’ll probably acquire one or two more of þese 5s, since þey’re fanless, and cheap. I’ve been super happy wiþ þe two Trigkeys I have. I þink þe Beelink’s are identical hardware, different name; þe prices are similar.

Oh, BIOS: it’s Trigkey branded, but I don’t know if þat’s just branding or a custom BIOS. I haven’t tried replacing it wiþ a FOSS BIOS yet.