Rob Connolly

Maker and Blogger specialising in Home Automation, Self-Hosting and DIY Electronics

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New blog post: Centralised Backups With Restic and Rsync https://t.co/xtmOtN3awd

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That feeling when a random reddit comment from 3 years ago fixes your exact problem: https://t.co/FYTRUkBKKz 🥳🥳🥳

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This year's pumpkin harvest - 25 from two plants.

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@ryankurte BTW, look up 'The Post Apocalyptic Inventor' on youtube to restore your faith in humanity.

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@ryankurte Absolutely correct, old tools are incredibly beautiful. There is something special about something old that still excells at its original purpose (maybe it gives hope to aging humans).

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@thomasbeagle I'm quite disturbed by the use of kids as human shields, but maybe that's just me.

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yay -Syyu && yolo

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Tonight's harvest

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Take that rising food costs!

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Odd that my firewall responds as if the connection was closed by the remote IP.

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Hi @gitlab, I'm getting 'Connection Refused' errors when trying to access https://t.co/oU8TDSaKM2 from my home network (both HTTPS and SSH). Packet capture on my firewall indicates a TCP RST coming from your server. Any idea what's up?

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Oh wow @gitlab, I found the problem, somehow you are listed on the firehol_level3 list! (see: https://t.co/JQTsEPGz9n, search for 172.65.251.78). On one hand my problem for enforcing this list, on the other hand how did you get on there?

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@nicktheguitar Yes, it looks like mine never goes below 15v, which is a little confusing. I'd guess that's coming from the solar controller, not the panel. Glad you found my setup helpful!

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@ryankurte No you don't, it will only depress you.

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Performing open car surgery

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Seems like KDE Connect is the magic that makes these weird things keep happening here.

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Today's unintended consequences of tech: Hit BT headphones pause button (paired with laptop). Disney+ on Chromecast pauses. Huh...?

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Answer: Headphones->Laptop->KDE MPRIS Widget->KDE Connect->Phone->Disney Plus App->Chromecast

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Whoa @signalapp, what happened here? https://t.co/SgTjkOj3vB

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@ryankurte Can confirm, I've seen one before.

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That feeling when you implement a much debated component of a distributed system in 78 lines of #Python and less time than was spent having meetings on it. #SuperPower