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How do you feel about Tom Scott going on hiatus after 10 years?
  • Tom Scott has been in my life for the best part of 7 years and it didn't hit me how much I would miss him until that montage at the end of his last video, where I was reminded of so much stuff. It really made me smile, laugh and then feel quite emotional because the weight of that chapter ending suddenly hit me.

    Sometimes you can only really appreciate something when it's too late. Tom put so much effort into all of his content. Far more than the average YouTuber.

    That's not to say he's gone forever, which he clearly stated but I would love to buy him a drink and thank him in person for being in my life and entertaining me for all that time.

  • What do you think about Lemmy, so far?
  • I've been finding the same and have just started using the filter option in my client lately. It's not ideal but the alternative is that I get bored of seeing it and stop using Lemmy altogether.

    I do worry that the repetitive content will drive new users away

  • How do you unwind after a hard day or week?

    I've been really struggling to unplug my brain after a heavy week at work and I always overthink my free time, to the point where I don't know what I'd prefer to do.

    What's your 'go to' way to relax or disconnect from real life?

    Thanks!

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    Why do people still recommend Thinkpads for Linux when there are Linux-oriented manufacturers now?
  • The second hand market for Lenovo laptops is usually pretty good. Lots of corporations have hardware cycles and recycle the things in huge waves. I've picked up an X230 and X270 for fractions of what they were worth new. Accessories too.

  • Good local-only/local-first wifi thermostat?
  • Recently I went through some pain with this myself. Had a full Heatmiser setup with wireless receivers in every room and 2 manifold controllers for our underfloor heating on two floors.

    The devices ate batteries like nothing I've seen before and regularly dropped off the network and didn't send call to heat signals properly, so I decided to switch out the thermostats for cheap ZigBee temperature sensors.

    I then ordered a relay board from AliExpress with a baked in esp8266 cheap and flashed esphome onto it. These replaced my manifold controllers

    After trial and error, I now have my heating system run by esphome and home assistant. It has been faultless! Will probably reinstall the Heatmiser kit if I sold the house though

  • Numerous Tesla owners say they've been trapped inside their EVs after they lost power.
  • Yep I thought the same after seeing 3 Tesla bashing posts one after the other in my feed. I don't care for the brand but I also don't want to hear about every single defect with them in individual posts.

    I think the 'technology' topic is too broad and allows for this sort of shit slinging to happen too easily.

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