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Cake day: March 19th, 2024

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  • Already have both here (and inching my way toward a petabyte - I’m ridiculous, not needed for that self host action, even of all your photos and videos. I’m at about 3TB there, and that I cludes my wife’s stuff and mine, along with the DSLR.)

    Well worth the effort imo


  • you’d have to lay down a solid salary to get me to use an iPhone as my daily phone

    Aaaaand it would be exclusively a work phone for me. Ive been around long enough to definitely not trust apple. After all, they steal all the time.

    I’d much rather have control over my software than the manufacturer of the hardware, in no small part because of the repurposing I can do (among the many other reasons).


  • Sure!

    • Home assistant controls, defaulted to pages by the room they are in
    • Recipe display for Mealie. I can’t have gluten, and we have some family recipes, so storing recipes that worked out well for us is a must
    • Repurposed as a kids tablet with some educational games and access to the media server
    • Family calendar for quick view
    • eBook and Comic reader
    • Replacement remote for a few devices (Bluetooth IR blaster added into the mix)
    • Baby monitor (rtsp camera in the room)
    • Test device for apps I make

    Etc.

    Usually the only thing needed for these devices is a replacement battery, generally pretty easy to do, just replaced the Nexus 10 battery recently. If it needs a screen or something, its not getting repaired unless its cheap.

    Then its a custom ROM and tweak for what I plan on using it for, maybe kiosk it, depending on what its doing.



  • Really? I go used all the time for electronics. DSLRs and lenses (and flashes and other kit), tablets to 3d print a case for as the home automation panel, etc.

    About the only electronics I dont go used are the actual electronics - esp32, sensors, a GPS module, etc.

    I should really set a minimum timeframe before purchases though…