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Cake day: June 13th, 2023
  • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.workstopics@lemmy.world•Birthday Baddie Sandy turned 27 today!!!!
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    1 month ago

    Happy Birthday Sandy!

    Glad your head is doing better.

    I also was told my house insurance won’t cover the foundation damage cause by a tornado spawning essentially on top of my house. The wind applied enough torque to twist my house slightly and it’s *beyond fucked*.

    This is very serious. You need to talk to a lawyer about this asap. Some insurance companies will try to weasel out of paying claims but this very scenario is exactly why you have homeowners insurance. Major structural damage will make selling the house difficult if not impossible. If I were you, I would not let this go without a fight.

  • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.workstohomeassistant@lemmy.world•I aked a company for API access and they asked for IPs to whitelistEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Having a static IP is not the same as exposing your local network to the internet. It also does not automatically make you a target for DDoS attacks.

    If you don’t have public facing web services, its incredibly unlikely that anyone is going to DDoS you. That would be a total waste of time and resources.

    Every modem connected to the internet (WAN) has an IP address. Most of then are dynamically assigned by your ISP and can change occasionally.

    Static IP’s are also assigned by your ISP but are assigned to your account/modem and do not change.

    If the API you’re trying to connect to absolutely requires a static IP, you can ask your ISP for one. If they offer them – some ISP’s don’t for residential accounts – they’ll probably charge you a small monthly fee. Mine is $10/ month.

    If you get a static IP, you will need to know how to configure it in your router. Its not super complicated and can be done with a little bit of research.

    If you can get the API provider to forgo the static IP requirement and you aren’t self hosting any public facing services, then you don’t need a static IP and it would be a waste of money more than anything.

    Side note: you should definitely not expose anything on your local network to the WAN unless you absolutely know what you’re doing.

  • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.workstoTechnology@lemmy.world•The bottleneck might be the air in the roomEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Large commercial HVAC package units often have an option called an “economizer”. It’s just one or more dampers that allow the unit to exchange inside air with outside air. A typical use case is when the unit gets a call from the thermostat for AC and outside air temp is lower than the room temp.

    It’s more for heating and cooling efficiency than air quality. Its also very rare for homes to have this kind of setup due the added cost and the fact that, at least in the US, package units are much rarer in residential installs. Fresh air circulation systems are a custom job which means $$$.