The thumbnail of this image looks like a singular eye observing spaghetti.

I don’t think invasive data collection via black boxes is the way to go. I’d say better driver education, speed traps, and better education for civil servants (such as traffic cops) might be a better solution.

Additional data about your driving behavior is also collected, completely unrelated to cameras. In fact, this data is the majority.

Jesus Christ.

There certainly would be a market for a network camera ecosystem provided by a company that people can trust. I don’t think it has to be all or nothing, plenty of people really are in no position to self-host.

I’m not sure if there is anything out there that regular consumers currently could migrate to in case they want to get away from questionable companies. There are completely local systems (local recorder, no remote access), but those are lacking the home automation features / notifications, and well-respected brands that have been around (let’s say, Axis?) that are still closed source, not cross-platform and with pricing often not aimed at end customers.

I didn’t check out this project, so I’m certainly not saying this is it and there habe been various criticism of this particular project here, but I’d love if a decent project would emerge in the space.

Would you consider using a managed cloud solution + app if it’s open-source and properly end-to-end encrypted? How would a hypothetical company have to behave to be trustworthy, while still being allowed to profit? People here seem to like e. g. tuta.io for encrypted mail, I don’t see why a similar model could not work for network cameras.

These are genuine questions btw., I myself am really annoyed at the status quo with its data breaches, blatant lies to customers about encryption, and corporations willfully cooperating with fascist governments by proactively providing video data. I’m not even going to talk about AI training.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rüdesheim_am_Rhein_and_the_Rhine_river.jpg

So apparently, this is near Ruedesheim.

😂👌

This is nonsense. The documentation is readily available, and it takes arguably less time to provide the code to write a single, proper file than to create 50 desktop entries.

This is just ignorance on whoever wrote that part of Krita.

I’d probably set up some firewall rules / a VLAN to isolate the cameras. I generally don’t trust any company to do the reasonable thing, and apparently, these days, we live in a world where many companies are outright malicious.

You can trust them about this much:

https://www.theverge.com/23573362/anker-eufy-security-camera-answers-encryption

That’s fine for simple work, but soldering can absolutely benefit from a temperature controller. That’s either a simple analog controller, or a microcontroller that has a display, menu, and consecutively, firmware. There is nothing complicated or “eccentric” about that in case of a soldering iron.

I’d even argue it’s the same with the device in the original post. I get it’s a joke, but let’s face it, that’s not simply a kitchen knife.

Now if anyone can tell me why the fume hood in my kitchen is wifi - enabled… I never hooked that up, obviously, and all I can think of would be push notifications in case of an upcoming filter change, you know, the thing that could be implemented with a simple LED for 4ct.

I’d never have expected Jenny to let herself go like that.

… such as?

I’m really glad that it works, and please don’t take this the wrong way… but the solder joints look awful.

The only reason I’m saying this is because I suspect that after repeated use, they might fail and you will have to redo them. Maybe redo them now?

May I ask what your soldering technique is? Did you by any chance try to apply the solder to the iron and then struggle to apply that to the pins? This is a common misconception among beginners, hence me asking - you’re supposed to heat the pins with the iron and then apply solder to the heated pins, where it will flow into place. Also, applying flux beforehand will help with that.

Would you do this mainly because you want to figure out if you can, or mostly due to the 40€ price difference?

The latest Raspberry Pi cameras have decent sensors, variants with night vision are available. Axis makes reliable, network attached cameras.

Open-source software like Frigate or ZoneMinder exists.

https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate

https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder

Still, would you really want that? A half-baked device in your network, a device you suspect would constantly betray you, if given the chance?

I personally can’t imagine getting used to that. I’d despise the device (and myself probably).

The stylophone is probably not a very good choice if you actually want to make a musical track, it’s quite a bit limited.

Also, please don’t assume that hardware is simpler than plugins. A lot of hardware has plenty of menu diving or arcane shortcuts due to the limited hardware controls, tiny (or absent) screens etc. You should be looking at “one knob per function” devices.

If you just want to explore a bit and make tracks, get a groovebox l. If you are looking to dive into synthesis and a bit of sound design, look at the Arturia Microfreak.

A groovebox like the Circuit Tracks is a good recommendation.

I agree, but I’d also like to mention that it’s absolutely possible to get great mileage out of a “toy” synth, provided you already know what you’re doing.