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slug: facebook
date: 2020-07-09
publishdate: 2020-07-14
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description: Of all the very rational reasons to boycott Facebook or any commercial social media platform, that "its support of free speech" has taken hold is alarming. "Private companies can do whatever they want" is problematic for many reasons, and here it's being used unfairly as a sword to compel Facebook to govern certain types of speech on its platform. This is a huge mistake with irrevocable damage, and if free speech as a moral guideline doesn't persuade you then the realities of voluntarily privatizing "truth arbitration" absolutely should.
summary: Of all the very rational reasons to boycott Facebook or any commercial social media platform, that "its support of free speech" has taken hold is alarming. _"Private companies can do whatever they want"_ is problematic for many reasons, and here it's being used unfairly as a sword to compel Facebook to govern certain types of speech on its platform. **This is a huge mistake with irrevocable damage,** and if free speech as a moral guideline doesn't persuade you then the realities of voluntarily privatizing "truth arbitration" absolutely should.
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slug: mozilla
date: 2020-08-14
publishdate: 2020-08-14
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description: I love Mozilla, I love its mission, and I love its core product, Firefox. It absolutely sucks as a business though, and its current trajectory is insolvency. Mozilla needs to focus on Firefox and core technologies, sell privacy-first software as a service, and bring back technical leadership if it truly wants to execute on its mission.
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* **Incognito Mode was very useful.** Safari had apparently had this for years but I wasn't on a Mac then and Safari wasn't popular for a lot of other reasons on Windows. While very basic, Incognito windows were my first foray into Internet privacy and became an easy way to load a fresh copy of a website.
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title: This is a short title
title: Daniel Tiger is the best show on TV right now for young kids
author: Andrew Gioia
slug: something
date: 2020-08-20
publishdate: 2020-08-20
description: Something
slug: daniel-tiger
date: 2020-08-24
publishdate: 2020-08-24
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- Parenting
- Toddlers
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<p class="big">One of the bigger surprises with toddlerhood for me has been just how <strong>the drive is to help and be a part of the team</strong>.</p>
About 2 years ago we saw this _surge_ in helping as soon as Daniel was mobile and able to say basic things. I had fortunately read a bit about this in a [parenting book](https://www.themontessorinotebook.com/the-montessori-toddler/) a few months prior and we've (thankfully) always made it a point to route the help towards _actually_ helping out in some way, even if it took 10x longer or was just some tiny part, and to always encourage it.
Not just makework to feel like he was helping, but things like carrying Maggie's food to her bowl by himself or (slowly) taking the cans of soda from my hand and putting them into our fridge rack. Daniel's drive to help has only gotten stronger as he's gotten older and it's something I foster and cherish every day.
It's probably because of this that I was particularly primed for a conversation I overhead at Target this weekend. There was an obviously stressed mom with her 3-4 year old son standing up in the cart, _eager_ to start grabbing items and scanning them at the self-checkout.
**Four times she unintentionally whittled away at his enthusiasm to help**, no doubt on her way to destroying it completely within the next year:
> Can you please let me do this **so you don’t keep screwing it up**?
>
> I know you want to help but _you’re_ not on any kind of timeframe here and I’d like to get out of this store sometime today!
>
> _[A clerk clerk walks over and says “aww it looks like you have a big helper today!”]_ Ohhh yes he’s a helper alright... he likes to scan every item twice too. Big big help... 🙄
>
> _[Another woman asks if it was his first time helping mom, and he says yes.]_ Oh it’s not your first time doing it **you liar**, ha ha
This small boy&mdash;still eager and enthusiastic to help his mom, no doubt after thousands of these types of interactions&mdash;is having this wonderful, natural gift ripped away from him. It's also no wonder why some older kids go on to do and say the same things to smaller kids.
One of the greatest things we can do as parents is often just **getting out of the way of our kids' natural innocence and good nature**.
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title: Wiring 2 Unifi G4 doorbells, with official diagram!
author: Andrew Gioia
slug: doorbells
date: 2020-10-05
publishdate: 2020-10-05
description: Against all odds I successfully installed 2 Unifi G4 Doorbells, replete with an official wiring diagram from Ubiquiti! Hopefully this can help others in their networks.
tags:
- Home
- Networking
- Ubiquiti
- How-to
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<p class="big">I was incredibly excited when Ubiquiti announced the <a href="https://store.ui.com/collections/unifi-protect-cameras/products/uvc-g4-doorbell" target="blank">G4 Doorbell</a> in their Unifi Protect line earlier this year. I finally got my hands on one last month and installed it, and then <em>immediately</em> (and unsurprisingly) wanted to replace the back doorbell too.</p>
Unfortunately two doorbells didn't appear to be officially supported and given my very basic electrical knowledge, I frustratingly failed while trying to use Nest's diagram and some advice from the community. I finally got an official wiring layout from Ubiquiti support this weekend though and installed the second one!
Here it is, redrawn for clarity and to identify the other components that I'm using in case you're looking to replicate this:
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It's not very complicated but I have some recommended hardware and there are a few key points to keep in mind when setting this up:
* **You need at least a 16V/30VAC transformer.** Ubiquiti (and Nest and Ring) recommend this for just one doorbell and it's absolutely required to ensure enough power to both of them. Most commonly the default transformer in our homes is going to be less than 30VAC so you'll probably need to replace this. I replaced mine in around 30 minutes (shut the power off!) with the [598 transformer by Edwards Signaling](https://smile.amazon.com/Edwards-Signaling-598-120V-Transformer/dp/B007B79HR2).
* **The two pucks need to be wired to the transformer.** You'll most likely have 3 low-voltage wires coming into your doorbell chime: one from the front doorbell, one from the rear, and one from the transformer. The G4 Doorbells come with a "puck" that sits between these wires and the chime's terminals to ensure the doorbells always have enough power to stay on. In a two-doorbell install, one of the female connectors from each puck needs to be connected to the transformer wire coming in. I just cut two pieces of 18 guage wire and used a wire nut.
* **Completing the wiring description:** The other female end of front puck connects to the front wire coming to the chime, and it's two male ends connect to the front and transformer terminals on the chime. The other female end of the rear puck connects to the rear wire coming in to the chime, and then it's two male ends connect to the rear and transformer terminals. Just to reiterate: you'll have two of these pronged ends connecting to the transformer terminal on the chime (often labeled "trans" on it).
* **Any 16V chime should work:** But I used the [CHM2 by Newhouse Hardware](https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KG27K4W), mostly because it was the only 16V chime I could find and it had a plain white exterior. The wiring is _very tight_ inside this chime and the cover is _very_ hard to remove. You need to be careful not to let one of the pucks come in contact with the mechanical doorbells or else it won't ding (or loudly). I plan to build a small oak box to replace the white cover to 1. look better and 2. provide more room in there for the wires/pucks.
Good luck on the install! The doorbells have been fantastic so far and while I did need to add a new wireless access point outside on the front of the house, their connection since then has been great. Before I put that AP in I was consistently getting disconnects on the front doorbell; we live in a 120 year old home and the walls are crazy thick. I had kind of planned on getting this new AP anyway and this was just enough rationalization to get it 😛.