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Time to upgrade nix on my Macbook. Ran into

---- oh no! --------------------------------------------------------------------
It seems the build user _nixbld15 already exists, but with the UID
'31008'. This script can't really handle that right
now, so I'm going to give up.

during the install. I just ran through the users deleting them to let the installer figure it out afterwards

sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -delete /Users/_nixbld15

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Looks like the replacement for the PAC-SDW01RC-1 thermostat is finally coming out! The PAC-SDW01RC-2! But also there is a 03 launching soon!

I've had problems with the -1 where a power cycle would cause the thermostat to read from the incorrect temperature sensor, switching from the thermostat to the sensor inside the air handler. This lead to being 5-10 degrees off from the room temperature! I'm waiting on my HVAC contractor to get a unit and try replacing it.

Besides the fix, I'm glad to see WiFI integration as well! I don't use the Kumo Cloud unit but instead use a ZWave connector with a minisplit. I'd like to get the air handler integrated.

No idea with the 3 revision does though!

Filed under: hvac mitsubishi zwave kumo

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With Github recently having issues it was a nice time to see what other options folks recommend. I've run forgejo for a little bit but it always feels like a bit too much for solo projects.

Two new ones mentioned that I haven't seen before were tangled and Radicle. tangled seems like a nice integrated model but self hosting the knot is only one piece of the system. Radicle seems like a farther departure from usual forge systems.

I added a repo to each Radicle and tangled. The tangled story for CI seems nice with Nix based runner. The Radicle system is less developed.


Posted on Liked https://www.reddit.com/r/nintendoswitchlite/comments/r34ii6/comment/hmajx85/

This worked for my Nintendo Switch Lite that wouldn't turn on! It had 50% battery when I turned it off for 15 minutes, when I came back it wouldn't turn on again. Holding power for 15s then tapping power 3x brought it back!

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Posted on Liked https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/355486#issuecomment-2488329223

Finally fixing my nix-based dev env on MacOS. I was getting error: tool 'git' not found when in a dev env.

sudo xcode-select --reset
sudo xcode-select --switch /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

wound up fixing it

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I'm giving Restic a go for backups with a NixOS system. The integration on NixOS is pretty easy to set up and backing up to Minio was painless. I still need to work on the sequencing from services that won't work with just a disk copy (sqlite mostly I think).

I've mostly seen people ask about Borg in the self-hosting community, but I wanted something S3-compatible natively and Borg doesn't seem to fit that.

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There is a fork of the Minio Console UI that is bringing back the recently removed features! I haven't given it a try but might be the next bits I setup in my homelab to give it a spin. The lack of SSO in Minio's "new" UI has been annoying.

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It looks like Minio is enshitifying

`Minio strips away almost all features from AGPL interface and suggests people use their licensed "AIStor" service instead

I use Minio a bit for storage to avoid reliance on a single node and being able to scale up storage more than a single server can handle. I never really loved Minio, but it seems that Garage replicates and SeaweedFS requires a more complex setup to replicate the filer.

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I joined Obsidian Catalyst just to try out the Bases plugin. So far it's worth it, might fill the void for a self-hosted, plaintext Notion Database replacement!

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Posted on Liked https://www.danielcorin.com/til/nix/upgrading-to-macos-sequoia/

sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.nixos.nix-daemon.plist worked for me when I updated MacOS and needed to reboot. Thanks Dan!

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Posted on Liked https://www.servethehome.com/gigabyte-r113-c10-review-a-1u-amd-epyc-4000-series-server/

This looks interesting for when I replace my existing homelab cluster. It would be nice for NVME hotswap drives though.


Posted on Liked https://iamkate.com/data/12-bit-rainbow/
Filed under: kate-morley

Posted on Liked https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/1/not-vibe-coding/
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Something went wrong on a homelab server and Docker stopped cleaning up old overlays.

Running docker system prune -a -f (via) seemed to fix it.

Total reclaimed space: 149GB :tada:


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echarts looks worth exploring. Folks at HN seem to like it. It would be nice for replacing the charts I’m making for et

Filed under: echarts hacker-news et

Posted on Liked https://unicornriot.ninja/2025/thousands-at-philly-hands-off-march-and-rally-no-kings-in-america/
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Posted on Liked https://www.reddit.com/r/AskElectronics/comments/1c6szgd/comment/l049skr/

LM66200 Seems like a good place for me to start


Posted on Liked https://justingarrison.com/blog/2025-03-31-signal-domain-shortcut/

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I'm excited to see other folks interested in a Limbo/SQLx integration.

SQLx + support for an S3 store falls close to my ideal use case for application DB usage.

Filed under: s3 limbo turso sqlx

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It's nice to see more OIDC services coming out that (presumably) work well for self-hosting. Pocket-ID (via This Week in Self-Hosted and Rauthy.

I'm still using kanidm with no need to switch, but it's nice to see maybe-easier things to recommend for other folks to try!