You bring up a good point. There’s strong arguments to be made that Venus has been “contaminated” by the Soviet probes. That’s why NASA is being so careful with the Europa Clipper.

If there is life in the clouds of Venus, it will be hard to verify if it’s natural, or from Earth.

That was beautiful. Thank you for sharing that!

“It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life.” Bilbo Baggins The Lord of the Rings

Well, it’s not wrong…

This was the catalyst I needed to switch to self hosting rustdesk. It was a bit of a pain setting up, but people comfortable with cli would handle it much better than I did.

Very good point that I hadn’t given though to. Thanks!

Yeah. Sounds like diving in to an espboard is the way to go. Guess now is as good of a time to learn as any other!

I do run Frigate! I’ll have to check that out. I actually found a project for Frigate that identifies birds. It’s an incredibly powerful program.

Sterling contribution there, bud.

We have a “landline” (3rd cell phone). He’ll be going into 5th grade (age 10 for non-Americans). He’s not allowed to have a cell phone at school. I also don’t want it lost. This will be for an hour or so before my wife gets home.

While I’ve never messed with an esp board, it’s something I was planning on learning in order to create a few other things, so this might be the best time to start.

Yeah, I have an August lock right now. That one is nice because I can keep the out-facing lock the same, so people like my father-in-law don’t get flustered. Ultimately, I’m trying to solve this in the most complicated way possible for me. I could just give him a key, but where’s the fun in that?

What you mentioned with the proxy is probably the way I’ll have to go.