I have one. It does work, and can distinguish between smoke and CO alarms. You only need one if you have interconnected hardwire alarms; you won’t be able to tell which specific floor it starts from.

A newer solution would be this: https://www.getzooz.com/zooz-zen55-dc-signal-sensor/

No batteries needed, same function, and while I haven’t had any reliability issues with the sound detector I figure the hardwire one is likely more reliable. I just installed one a couple weeks ago, very simple, now I have two detectors.

Ain’t nobody lining and arranging that many heavy ass treadmills for a meme

I recently got a pixel 10 just to start testing out GrapheneOS. So far I’m liking it a lot; my primary phone is still my old iPhone 13 but I can see switching to GrapheneOS as my next phone.

Full ability to decouple from both Google and Apple, yet maintain usability with restricted Play Store, and ability to customize for nerds like myself……where has this thing been all my life??

Does the SofaBaton stuff require Cloud or Internet access to work? Or can it work fully offline? Is the HA integration a cloud or local?

I think most modern cars and small SUVs actually are fine, despite the more powerful and concentrated lighting they have. The improvement in aim and cutoff is usually worth it.

It’s the massive number of idiots who don’t know how to use their lights (no lights or high beams all the time) and truck bros with their overly huge trucks that police don’t do anything about. And none of the suggested solutions in the form are likely to help that until police stop siding with the truck bros, which doesn’t look likely.

I’m dabbling switching to GrapheneOS. Apple was the lesser of (obvious) evils compared to Google, but that’s becoming less true daily.

I don’t think I can make it my primary device yet, still need to de-cloud a bunch of services, but it’s very likely my next device won’t be an iPhone.

Probably the one time the inside of the plane is the least interesting part

Big brain academy?

GPS is receive only, there’s no way to track you for using GPS, it’s only when you look up the coordinates that your device calculates that you could be identified.

Can always use one of those fully offline old Garmin car GPS maps too.

Brendan and his whole family are awesome. You used to be able to rent a room at the research station next to the telescope and he’d give you a tour of it too. Really cool.

Last I checked Tailscale is Canadian actually….but maybe they got bought out somewhere??

That’s what SSH keys are essentially.

Or using a hardware key for physical logins.

Both of those basically make your credentials a small encrypted key file instead of password.

Usernames and passwords really only exist as a “convenience”…..both for lazy users and bad actors.