Last weeks thread here

Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!

This post will be pinned in this community so you can always find it, and will stay for about a week until replaced by the next one.

It’s for talking about anything that might not justify a full post. For example:

  • Something interesting that happened to you
  • Something humourous that happened to you
  • Something frustrating that happened to you
  • A quick question
  • A request for recommendations
  • Pictures of your pet
  • A picture of a cloud that kind of looks like an elephant
  • Anything else, there are no rules (except the rule)

So how’s it going?

  • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
    4·
    2 months ago

    I have a loose definition of “week”. This is the first thread in almost a month…

    Anyway, a while back I asked about gateway routers, and @[email protected] recommended the Ubiquiti Dream Machine SE. I eventually built up the courage to spent that much money on it, and it arrived this week.

    After a few challenges I managed to get it set up. It has now replaced my ISP router, and I’ve also replaced the Pi-hole with the UDM’s options for local DNS entries and ad blocking. I also have set it up as a VPN client with Wireguard and ProtonVPN, and I can choose which devices are routed over the VPN and even customise it per domain so streaming services that don’t like the VPN can be excluded.

    I have a 300Mbps connection that normally averages about 280Mbps, and ProtonVPN lets me keep this speed (I’m on a paid plan).

    The internet in general feels more snappy too, lower latency. I’m pretty happy with this purchase, and keen to get some cameras plugged into the PoE as soon as my wallet has recovered.

      • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
        2·
        2 months ago

        Tools exist that can do it, but there’s always a pinned post at the top of c/nz if anyone wants to post something or read something.

        The problem with using a bot is that people with bots disabled won’t see it! I also just don’t really like the idea, it seems so impersonal. Perhaps a good compromise is setting up the posts in advance with a post scheduling tool, so it’s not a bot but my account still posting them.

        • eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nzEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          Good idea with the scheduled posting. I gravitate to these kinds of threads, mainly as sometimes I don’t really have anything relevant to add to news or political posts.

          • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
            2·
            2 months ago

            If we’re gonna get nice and structured, what’s a good day to post? I’ve normally been aiming either for a Monday or Friday as I think people tend to have more to talk about just before or just after a weekend (normally pretty quiet on weekends themselves).

            Thoughts?

              • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
                2·
                2 months ago

                I’ve scheduled the next post for Friday. Don’t seem to be able to schedule it reoccurring quite with the complexity I need, but I’ll try to keep em stacked up so they arrive on time each Friday.

              • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
                2·
                2 months ago

                Sounds good. I’ll set something up to try to get it consistent at perhaps 8am on Fridays.