gorbypark (u/gorbypark)

gorbypark commented on Alan.app – Add a Border to macOS Active Window tyler.io/2025/11/alan/... · Posted by u/donatj

alsetmusic · 22 days ago

I run a tool that I like much better both in terms of not being distracting on-screen and reducing the light blasting my eyes:

https://hazeover.com

I'm not affiliated, but I love it and recommended it to friends.

gorbypark · 22 days ago

Does it work in dark mode? I guess if it does it would have to make the background apps brighter?

gorbypark commented on IKEA launches new smart home range with 21 Matter-compatible products ikea.com/global/en/newsro... · Posted by u/lemoine0461

teamonkey · a month ago

The way I understand it (please correct me) is that:

* The old Ikea Zigbee products will remain Zigbee. They will still require a Zigbee coordinator.

* The new products will be Matter-over-Thread. They require a Thread coordinator (or whatever the Thread equivalent is called).

* The existing Ikea hub has had a firmware upgrade that allows it to be simultaneously a Zigbee and Thread coordinator.

* The Ikea hub adds a Matter compatibility layer to the devices that don't natively support Matter.

gorbypark · a month ago

This is correct more or less. The Ikea hub has had the ability to bridge its zigbee devices to Matter for a while now. So in my case, Apple Home has no idea my lights and switches are not Matter, they just show up there even though they are actually zigbee.

Ikea recently did an update to enable the hub to be a Matter controller itself (over thread or Wifi). This means you can add matter devices to the Ikea hub directly and use the Ikea Home Smart app the control them instead of Apple Home or etc. You can add non-Ikea matter devices as well as Ikea matter devices (when they are released).

gorbypark commented on IKEA launches new smart home range with 21 Matter-compatible products ikea.com/global/en/newsro... · Posted by u/lemoine0461

james-bcn · a month ago

Isn't Matter derived from Zigbee?

gorbypark · a month ago

Yes and no. Zigbee is both the transport and the protocol, whereas Matter is a protocol but can run over different transports. Most common in Thread or WiFi, but it could be over ethernet or anything else, really. I would say Matter is not derived from zigbee, but Thread could be considered a derivative.

gorbypark commented on JupyterGIS breaks through to the next level eo4society.esa.int/2025/1... · Posted by u/arjxn-py

TheChaplain · 2 months ago

Question from the ignorant, how does this relate to OpenStreetMap?

gorbypark · 2 months ago

This seems to be a Python based Jupiter notebook (style?) thing for collaboratively working with GIS data/visualizations.

OpenStreetMap is a project to "map the world". In the end, OpenStreetMap provides data (and map tiles) for other things to use.

Going out on a limb (since I haven't used it) but JupyterGIS can probably make use of OSM data, along with other data sources.

gorbypark commented on Jeep pushed software update that bricked all 2024 Wrangler 4xe models twitter.com/StephenGutows... · Posted by u/PKop

gorbypark · 2 months ago

Jeep is horrible. I was gifted a 2007 Jeep Commander, which was Jeep's "answer" to the Hummer. This was in like 2017, so it was 10 years old at that point. Anyways, it wouldn't shift into 4x4 mode, and after some internet sleuthing I found out there was a (now second) firmware update the dealership could do to hopefully fix the issue. I don't remember the exact details, but basically there was a hardware flaw in the module controlling the transfer case, and when it failed the vehicle would go into neutral, which obviously could be quite dangerous depending on where you were parked / what you were doing.

Instead of fixing the actual hardware issue, they did a recall that was some sort of black magic with a firmware update to "fix" the issue. According to the internet, this fix temporarily worked, with pretty much all of them failing again, conveniently after the vehicle was out of warranty.

Anyways, there was a second firmware update, that I had done 10 years after the vehicle was made, that more or less actually "fixed" the issue. Apparently the issue (according to Jeep forums, so take with a grain of salt) was due to some traces being undersized on the PCB, so the fix was to drop the voltage and/or current being sent, and then more or less disabling the safety sensors that would complain about low voltage. After the second firmware update, it would shift into 4x4 about 1 out of 4 attempts (otherwise just failing with "couldn't shift into 4x4" on the screen), and that was the final thing that could be done.

It took Jeep about 4 or 5 years to issue that final firmware update, probably to try and avoid a class action lawsuit over 90% of the vehicles 4x4 system failing just outside of the warranty period!

gorbypark commented on Who owns Express VPN, Nord, Surfshark? VPN relationships explained (2024) windscribe.com/blog/the-v... · Posted by u/walterbell

jiggunjer · 2 months ago

But you can connect any machine to any vpn and have it be a tailscale exit node?

gorbypark · 2 months ago

You can, but the issue is usability..when I'm watching TV, I want to just be able to flip open an app and say "I'm in London!" and watch BBC, then the same for Canada and etc. I don't want to be fiddling with a VPN and switching routes on some separate device / switching the entire wifi network or etc.

gorbypark commented on The React Foundation engineering.fb.com/2025/1... · Posted by u/DanielHB

gorbypark · 2 months ago

I am surprised to see three react native focused companies on the list. Expo, Software Mansion and Callstack are by far the big dogs in the RN ecosystem.

gorbypark commented on Who owns Express VPN, Nord, Surfshark? VPN relationships explained (2024) windscribe.com/blog/the-v... · Posted by u/walterbell

gorbypark · 2 months ago

I only ever use a VPN to access region blocked content and the occasional "linux iso" torrent..I tried Mullvad first, but they just don't play the game of cat and mouse with the streaming providers and all their IPs are pretty much blocked. I have about a 95% success rate with NordVPN (except for Amazon Prime video which have some sort of wizardry and always are able to detect VPNs).

It's a shame because Mullvad has a deal with Tailscale where you can sign up for Mullvad through Tailscale and use any of their servers as a Tailscale exit node. It's super slick and nice since Tailscale has really decent apps for nearly everything (even Apple TV, etc) and I already have a decently sized Tailnet of all my devices / ssh accessible things.

gorbypark commented on OpenAI and Nvidia announce partnership to deploy 10GW of Nvidia systems openai.com/index/openai-n... · Posted by u/meetpateltech

gorbypark · 3 months ago

That's a lot. I always had this idea in the back of my mind that British Columbia should get in on the AI game and try and get data centers located in BC because we generally have a lot of "excess" hydro generation capacity. There's a new mega dam recently opened that had lots of criticism about it being "unneeded".

That mega dam (Site C) produces 1.1GW of energy.

gorbypark commented on React is winning by default and slowing innovation lorenstew.art/blog/react-... · Posted by u/dbushell

gorbypark · 3 months ago

What keeps me and a lot of people/companies on React is React Native (and React Native web / strict dom). I'm sure we could move over to Svelt or Vue or any other number of frameworks on the web, however having a shared codebase and/or shared components across native and web is a game changer and not currently possible with anything but React.