Phaser Bank Diplomacy

“The best diplomat I know is a fully activated phaser bank” - Lt Cdr Scott. Apologize if you're wrong, but never bend the knee to tyrants.

[Dudes Posting Their W’s @DudespostingWs]

As a kid, the days dont get any better than this

[Fusilli Spock @awstar11]

That moment as a kid when you realize you're definitely straight... and have a thing for older women.

[Dr Disrespect @DrDisrespect]

🔴LIVE in 30 minutes

Deebo back in the BAAAAYYY AREAAAAAAA, 49ers winning Super Bowl '27, I'm still 6'8", athletic and gorgeous... and it's Friday.

Wow.

Attempting to kill every boss in Tarkov today, buckle in.

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[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Hot staging

[exQUIZitely 🕹️ @exQUIZitely]

Early 80s games had some of the best sound effects. The lasers, the explosions, and that "outer space" growling-noise... super eerie!

Zaxxon (1982) was one of my favourites at the time. The 3D isometric graphics were the first of that kind I had eevr seen in a game. Normal "shooters" were vertically or horizontally scrolling - not diagonally.

Not just eye-candy but requiring you to adjust height levels throughout the game, making it feel way more challenging. I don't think there was a game before Zaxxon that had this kind of design, right?

[juan @juanbuis]

i can’t believe someone solved recipe design decades ago and everyone just decided to ignore it

[aether @bluewdrift]

There is a Japanese Legend that says:

"Whether it's a machine, a house, or a relationship. Maintenance is always cheaper than repairing." What you don't maintain, you eventually lose.

[The Drunk Republican @DrunkRepub]

1000 years from now some archaeologist will find a VHS of this shit and write a paper about our (then) ancient civilization. And he will conclude that we were fucking awesome!

[Dudes Posting Their W’s @DudespostingWs]

Dudes are now dog maxxing

[Daily Roman Updates @UpdatingOnRome]

Gm.

[Declaration of Memes @LibertyCappy]

Just to be safe.

🤣

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

You spent $400 on a smart garage door opener.

You paid Chamberlain another $30 for a myQ hub to make it "smart."

Then in November 2023, Chamberlain flipped a switch and blocked every third-party app from talking to your own garage door. Home Assistant. Apple Home. Google Home. SmartThings. IFTTT. All dead overnight.

Chamberlain's CTO Dan Phillips called it "unauthorized usage." He said it would improve the experience for their 10 million users.

Home Assistant removed the myQ integration weeks later and told users to buy something else.

Amazon Key in-garage delivery still works. $1.99 per order. Amazon pays Chamberlain. You don't.

You now own a $430 garage door opener that only talks to one app, owned by one company, that can brick it at any time.

You are renting access to your own garage in 2026.

Now meet ratgdo.

A free and open source Wi-Fi board that plugs into your garage door opener and gives you back local control. No cloud. No subscription. No Chamberlain.

Built in 2022 by an IT professional from the Adirondack Mountains named Paul Wieland. He reverse-engineered Chamberlain's Security+ 2.0 wireline protocol and built a device that speaks it natively.

He named it ratgdo. Rage Against the Garage Door Opener.

He hoped to sell 100 units. He sold tens of thousands.

The New York Times profiled him in December 2025. The Verge, Ars Technica, and Hackaday all pointed readers straight at his board.

1,264 stars on GitHub. GPL-2.0. Firmware pushed four days ago.

Here is what ratgdo gives you:

- Local open, close, and status control over your own Wi-Fi
- Works with Chamberlain, LiftMaster, and any Security+ 2.0 opener
- Native Home Assistant, Apple HomeKit, Google Home, and Alexa
- Real-time door, obstruction, light, and lock state
- Web-based flasher, no toolchain needed
- $62 for the finished board, or under $10 in parts
- Firmware updates for life

Here's the wildest part:

Paul did not stop at the garage door. He launched a company called RATCLOUD. Rage Against the Cloud. He is building the same fix for the rest of your locked-down smart home hardware.

Chamberlain: $30 controller, blocked third-party apps, 10 million captive users.
ratgdo: $62 board, works with everything, four days since last release.

One IT guy in the Adirondacks vs. a Blackstone-owned corporation with 10 million customers.

Still on GitHub. Still GPL-2.0. Still yours.

But DO NOT install it. Chamberlain deserves your $30 for the privilege of blocking you from your own garage.

(Link in the comments)

[Phaser Bank Diplomacy @pbdiplomacy]

I asked @grok today in my Tesla to speak English but with a German accent. It denied. Needs to be fixed. Some of us would really, really like that.

[Skscartoon @skscartoon]

The media must have the self-awareness of a dumpster to accuse Elon Musk (or anyone) of being loathed.

[TheMechanicJune2010 @TheMechanic1967]

The Bee Gees vs ACDC 😊🎶

[TechOperator (Tim) @TechOperator]

It's more like the iPhone was introduced, and everyone is still buying flip phones because they do not get it yet.

[Retro Recall (☥𝐃𝐁) @RetroMoviesDB]

Trying to get these to work properly was peak childhood fun