Miscellaneous Tech News
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 review... just not cutting it as a desktop.
The very last line sums up what you lot have been banging on about for a while:
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@bnrstnr Finally, been waiting for this.
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@bnrstnr said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
The installer is currently broken, they are correcting it and should have an update "soon".
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It appears the XCP-ng team is working on better software raid integration.
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@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
It appears the XCP-ng team is working on better software raid integration.
That's cool. We can have LVM on top of software raid.
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Speaking of XCP, has anybody got their coffee mug yet, if they donated to kickstarter?
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@momurda said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Speaking of XCP, has anybody got their coffee mug yet, if they donated to kickstarter?
I didn't donate, but good question.
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Unifi LED - Dimmer Switch
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@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Unifi LED - Dimmer Switch
https://unifi-led.ubnt.com/This seems like a silly product to me... People are seriously going to buy a bunch of high power PoE switches to power lights?
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@bnrstnr said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Unifi LED - Dimmer Switch
https://unifi-led.ubnt.com/This seems like a silly product to me... People are seriously going to buy a bunch of high power PoE switches to power lights?
The biggest Unifi Switch is 750w, you could power 30 of these lights with that, and nothing else.Maybe best in conference rooms but couldn't see it being useful everywhere, unless you just really want to simplify wiring and reduce your electrical bills.
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@bnrstnr said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Unifi LED - Dimmer Switch
https://unifi-led.ubnt.com/This seems like a silly product to me... People are seriously going to buy a bunch of high power PoE switches to power lights?
The biggest Unifi Switch is 750w, you could power 30 of these lights with that, and nothing else.Sure, this is for industrial lighting. Not that expensive for that purpose.
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@nerdydad said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@bnrstnr said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Unifi LED - Dimmer Switch
https://unifi-led.ubnt.com/This seems like a silly product to me... People are seriously going to buy a bunch of high power PoE switches to power lights?
The biggest Unifi Switch is 750w, you could power 30 of these lights with that, and nothing else.Maybe best in conference rooms but couldn't see it being useful everywhere, unless you just really want to simplify wiring and reduce your electrical bills.
And that would be the purpose.
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@bnrstnr said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Unifi LED - Dimmer Switch
https://unifi-led.ubnt.com/This seems like a silly product to me... People are seriously going to buy a bunch of high power PoE switches to power lights?
The biggest Unifi Switch is 750w, you could power 30 of these lights with that, and nothing else.I've seen companies purchase PoE switches for lighting before. Everything was network controlled, color, temperature, etc. It was actually really cool. They had 48 on one switch with an uplink though. The best part was that since it was low-volt they didn't need a certified electrician and their contractor put them all in... saved them a boat load of money.
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@coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@bnrstnr said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Unifi LED - Dimmer Switch
https://unifi-led.ubnt.com/This seems like a silly product to me... People are seriously going to buy a bunch of high power PoE switches to power lights?
The biggest Unifi Switch is 750w, you could power 30 of these lights with that, and nothing else.I've seen companies purchase PoE switches for lighting before. Everything was network controlled, color, temperature, etc. It was actually really cool. They had 48 on one switch with an uplink though. The best part was that since it was low-volt they didn't need a certified electrician and their contractor put them all in... saved them a boat load of money.
Right, the potential changes in union labour alone can justify the whole thing.
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@bnrstnr said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Unifi LED - Dimmer Switch
https://unifi-led.ubnt.com/This seems like a silly product to me... People are seriously going to buy a bunch of high power PoE switches to power lights?
The biggest Unifi Switch is 750w, you could power 30 of these lights with that, and nothing else.Yeah. I just got back to the office and saw an email from them announcing this. In my part of the country, this just doesn't make sense. Electric is cheap, and labor to pull cables is about the same as an electrician. Places like NYC where you need union and certified people to run electric lines, but not low-power lines like network cables.
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Uhh, Dropbox? Nty
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Wow, that's dumb, an unencrypted EXT4 file system for Linux is supported. I always encrypt my laptop and desktop. I'm more of a Google Drive and Nextcloud user anyway.
