Second this
Non-cloud cams with an nvr all the way. I won’t touch the cloud based services. My go to is currently Reolink.
This is me almost every morning around 5am… 😭
Thanks for the suggestion! I had no idea that community existed. I just cross posted.
Under hobbies, I run a community on gemstone faceting that I’m trying to get some traction on, can you add this to your list?
Omg, I’m in heaven!
1Password for years, never had any issues.
If you have your settings setup to not show read posts, then it won’t show your own posts to you.
At first I thought that was someone posting on lemmy… freaked me out, and I started looking for how to ban the content. 😂😂
This was totally expected, given the design and par for the course for a first generation product. The yield should increase as the design is refined over several iterations.
I was spending easily 2-4 hours a day scrolling through my feed on Reddit, it impacted me in so many ways that I didn’t see at the time.
Now? I’m enjoying a quick pop in on Lemmy and find myself enjoying my time away from the scrolling for content. I’m enjoying moderating a community and the definite lack of trolls at the moment.
Here’s to hoping this atmosphere continues for the foreseeable future!
1000%!
I actually created a community for a hobby of mine, and have been trying to post and comment more.
Good idea, I’ll work on a write up with pics.
Argh! Thanks, fixed the link.
I generally buy the rough from dealers or gem shows. My bucket list has a couple of line items to visit some mines and buy direct.
Yes! That’s what I did as well gemstone faceting check it out!
Same! It feels great!
My mom was a geologist and she tried her hand at it, and that peaked my interest. I learned from a Japanese woman in Maryland who cut for custom jewelry stores in the D.C. area. I’ve always enjoyed working with my hands, so it really was a great fit for me.
It is an expensive hobby. A setup like mine in a post here costs around $7k not including rough. Rough can range from a few dollars to hundreds of dollars or more for a single piece depending on the material, size, color and clarity. I’ve sold some of what I cut, taken on commissions at times but never enough to cover my costs. For me it’s about the creation and giving stones as gifts to friends and family, that’s payment enough. There are plenty of cutters I know that make a living doing this, so it’s totally possible to be profitable. As an example, I cut a $20 dollar rough London blue topaz (6 hours) and sold it for $250.
One question I do get asked is how long does a stone take to cut? It varies based on size (larger == longer), cut difficulty and the material itself. The amethyst in this post took about five hours or so over the course of four days. As much as it looks like it’s a difficult cut, it’s actually relatively easy.
That was weird… I posted that on a story about TikTok … and it got out on the I35 one?!?
I think in this day and age, the question is really who do you believe? I’m sure there may be reputable people who post, but given the Chinese involvement I have a healthy dose of skepticism for anything “news” on TikTok. Entertainment sure, lots of good content there.
Rumor has it, the monorail will be dismantled in the next couple of years due to not being able to get parts.