turns out, if you turn off cloud on this thing, it gets TOO quiet. it doesn't send any telemetry, doesn't open any new connections.
the only open connection is from my NVR to access the video stream, and it ideally happens only once and then works 24/7.
this made my stupid unifi gateway think "oh it's so silent it must be dead!!!" and auto power cycle it exactly every N minutes. i thought i messed up the wiring or the doorbell was bad, turns out unifi needs to improve & clarify their PoE heartbeat feature 😭
my mom has never played a video game in my life because before I was born she got addicted to Space Invaders at the arcade and she doesn't want to risk it again
I worked at Ollie’s a couple years ago, and I’m not sure if it was just the store I worked at but they have a tradition where if they get enough complaints about a sign they’ll hold a “MemoriOll” where we all show up after hours and watch it go into the trash compactor