Notices by SamuelJohnson (samueljohnson@mstdn.social)

@glynmoody How to watch? Hell will freeze first!

@dalias @tapeloop @ambiguous_yelp @joelanman I donate*. Fine with me if if it eventually is 100% user supported. The project will likely continue one way or another.

*as I do to Mastodon and others

@tapeloop @ambiguous_yelp @dalias @joelanman Do you know what open source software is?

@ambiguous_yelp @dalias @joelanman On the contrary, your comment about markets is misinformed. Signal is not a commercial product. User data is not monetised. Signal communications are not susceptible traffic analysis if users adopt usernames. Signal users are not invited to "backup" unencrypted data to the cloud for the convenience of transferring accounts to new devices. Signal is funded in large part by a $50m donation to a foundation by one of WhatsApp's creators who opposed sale to FB.

@ben @dalias I have used Kasa, Sonoff and Tapo units. The Tapo P110 was completely unfit for purpose. Every single one failed within months. None of my P100s has done so.

However, all are vulnerable to failure if you lose Wi-Fi but they retain enough power to turn on/off - - they click like mad looking for it. OK if you're home (had such an outage recently--low mains voltage). If I'd been away I suspect they'd be kaput after a while.

@dalias. Mostly via mobile app but I can connect an RTSP stream to things like Synology Surveillance Station recording setup or TV or other things*. If it's ever slow via mobile phone (happens v occasionally) I just switch on Tailscale on my phone (my router is an exit node) and it's as fast as if coming from cloud (I have a gigabit fibre connection).

*had on old ipad on the wall in kitchen with a web browser to see if there were eggs to be collected

@dalias "slow" above refers to using phone away from home Wi-Fi, esp when in a moving vehicle.

@dalias Tapo C110 w an SD card.

@sjvn Reminiscent of Byte magazine in its heyday.

@lanodan @Edent Yes, and in the case of Sony the last pre-Android TVs running Sony software were slower still. Best used as a monitor for a raspberry pi LibreElec client.

@badlogic @kentindell UK has waived import controls for the 5th time on food coming from the EU and I predict controls will not happen before the next election--when the current govt will be soundly defeated. Why: prices would go up and many EU exporters would just stop bothering w GB (no problem for NI). Nor will it happen afterwards bc next govt will either rejoin single market / customs union or agree on standards. Turns out you can't eat a 🇬🇧 flag. Who knew?

Brilliant work btw 👏👌💪