kieron115

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[–] kieron115@startrek.website 1 points 3 months ago

Oh yeah, Chem Dawg is a strain of THC cannabis as well. I would hope that the name means they crossbred a THC plant with something like Cannabis Ruderalis to make a low-THC version but who knows, they might have just picked a name they like!

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Blend it with some high CBD flower! Something that I learned when I started growing was that most of the strains now are so intense because we've bred basically all of the CBD out of these new strains. Mixing with some CBD flower will help make it more mild, and possibly reduce side effects like anxiety.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 3 points 3 months ago

Damnit Wesley!

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Gonna turn an old vacuum tube into an extruder nozzle to keep that nice, warm analog sound.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Can't wait til 3d printers get good enough to make records so i can stock up on audiophile filament!

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 6 points 3 months ago

I would also put a good bit of the blame on executives and marketing people being way out of touch with the average person.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 1 points 4 months ago

to get something as flexible as my android tv i'd need an nvidia shield and those are going on ten years old at this point. maybe if/when they do a hardware refresh, assuming sideloading isn't completely impossible by then.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yeah. To be honest on the DNS side it would probably be far easier to just do a whitelist instead, block everything except your specific service. and yeah, its a stupid amount of work. i hate smart tvs but i'll be damned if im gonna pay extra for a streaming box =|

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 1 points 4 months ago (4 children)

just saying its possible

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Not sure if you mean hardcoded DNS IPs or hardcoded "phone home" IPs. Hardcoded DNS addresses in devices are annoying, the only way i've found to get around that is using destination nat rules (DNAT) which requires more than a consumer router typically. hardcoded phone home IPs would get blocked by your firewall. you're right that most firewalls are set up by default to implicitly allow outbound traffic. you set up a rule that explicitly denies all outbound traffic from the TV, then only allow port 443 (or whatever port your streaming service uses) on the specific IP/IPs that your service uses. Here's Netflix's published IP info for example.

edit also i'm fully aware it's fucking ridiculous that we as consumers have to go through this much rigamarole. you shouldnt have to be a literal network engineer to do something as simple as have an internet-connected tv that doesnt spy on you.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

no it helps to block everything that isnt just netflix or whatever streaming service you use. you combine a DNS adblock along with blocking all the unused ports and it severely limits the communications. you could also add a vpn to add another layer of security. idk about jellyfin but most streaming services i know use https/443 to stream to your tv. so youre only allowing the specific service you want and only on a specific port. buncha great dns blocklists here https://github.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists, and a smart tv specific one for pihole here https://github.com/Perflyst/PiHoleBlocklist/blob/master/SmartTV.txt

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