hard to say for sure, but U109 and U208 could be UART into those Cisco baseband or radio chips. one placement for the 2.4 GHz (G) and 5 GHz (A), respectively. would be interesting to probe around there and see if you get a serial interface to it… obviously for extra credit ;-)

prozac

though i’ll be honest, the several months of dialing-in the initial dosage were an absolute hell, but once it starts working… like hot damn, a whole new person. i can’t function without it, but everyone reacts differently to SSRIs… so YMMV and it’s definitely something to consult a physician about if you’re serious.

6.6.5 has been a massive pain in the ass with the MTK wifi in my asus g14. very happy this got released quickly, no more deadlocks!

The Fly… fuck.

dungarees science

i use Tailscale on everything these days (or use Headscale if you want to self host the control plane). with the free plan you get up to 100 devices on a “tailnet”, just set the right ACLs to only allow the remote connection ports of choice, pair it with self hosted RustDesk, and you should be good to go. the NAT traversal of Tailscale is pretty good from what i’ve observed, but sometimes you might get stuck on a relay (called a DERP) if it can’t get across the firewall(s).

Dave Plummer has a very interesting take on this since he was the dev manager for Windows CD Autorun at the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqWjq2SdzpI

omg me too… a much nerdier friend of mine told me to install Gentoo on my first custom build back in the early aughts. printed out the guide and spent over a week 24/7 compiling everything with an athlon 64 3500+… and had never used Linux before this… good times, man.

and don’t forget those extra air handler things like if you have a HRV. i swear the previous owners of mine never cleaned it and the OEM filters basically disintegrated when i did it the first time after moving in. luckily all i had to do to replace them was cutting down to size those cheap-o washable filters from the hardware store, good enough to keep the large chunks out.

not relevant to every household, but regularly clean/rinse the effluent filter on your septic system (i do mine at least 2x a year)… and realize you may have more than one. it ain’t a pretty job, but you’re going to save yourself from a massive repair bill and/or damage from a backup by spending the 15 minutes to git er done.

why waste time say lot word when few word do trick?

war thunder forums, your one stop shop for restricted military documents

thanks for the reminder, mother /s

Highly Suspect - Lydia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev-bR9ii7Gs

Marina Kazankova (the freediver) filmed the entire thing in one take, no cuts or edits…bonkers.

the upfront cost for something like geothermal is still outrageous, though. anecdotally, i bought my house with an older unit that ended up catastrophically failing after the reversing valve got stuck and destroyed the compressor. only 1 local shop in the area serviced the thing (same people who installed it when the house was built…) and the unit had long been discontinued since the company that made it (hydro delta) went bankrupt years ago. it was over $15k to put in a new updated unit… luckily my home owners insurance (with the help of a rider i added a year earlier that covered home systems) footed the bill, albeit after a long and arduous battle with the 3rd party shits that state farm outsourced it to. now this new system has a 10 year warranty on parts and labor, otherwise, i would have switched to gas in a heart beat. i can put in a new gas unit every year for 10 years at the same price… so while the geo’s monthly electric bill is nice, i wouldn’t dare install a new residential build with geo… plus add another easy $50k for the loop field if it’s a new install.

i’m afraid what’s going to happen once then 10 years are up since that always seems to be about the time major home appliances fail… probably try to move by then so it isn’t my problem, lol.

Linux 6.6.6 LTS (Lucifer’s Terminal Sacrifice)

100% agree, it’s also how I keep my 98 Camry alive outside the occasional trip to the junkyard.

meh, it still has some use. my dog tore up the plastic housing on garage door sensors out of boredom and there was no way i was calling a local place to quote out parts for a 14 year old opener… found the same pair of sensors (albeit used) on ebay for $25. a little dog proofing later and bingo bango, back in business. but usually it’s my last resort for obscure stuff that i can’t find anywhere else and i have to be really desperate.

Don’t worry, it’s just a friendly meeting with the Bobs

O-rings. Lube them up so they don’t leak in use/dry out in storage for my cheap-o pool, works great.