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I have the R1 and I get a kick out of the voice every time. "Battery fulled" is my favorite. When I start recording it says "video recording" and when I stop recording it says "video recording stopped." If I am moving, it's too quiet to understand, but it stops my music while it speaks. I often forget to start recording at the start of my ride, so I press the button to check. I can only tell by how long the pause is while the voice speaks. That's the only prompt I have a problem with, as it's the only one I get when I'm on the move. The others are only when I turn it on. "Welcome to FreeConn product. Battery XX%. Connected." It's certainly not the highest quality product, but it meets my needs comfortably and paying more feels like a waste of money to me. I hope you get a lot out of value out of it.

I now understand why Lemmy is called "link aggregator" software

I've never used object storage before, so I'm not even sure that's the best approach for the use case. It makes sense when you need to access storage provided by a 3rd party in a standardized way, but perhaps it's overkill when everything is self hosted. I wonder if folks have other ways to connect the application to remote storage that's less "heavy." That said, I will certainly dig into Minio, as it seems to be the best of breed. Thanks!

I guess there are a few -> https://geekflare.com/self-hosted-s3/

Congrats!

Unpopular opinion here. I bought a pair of cheap-o units from Amazon for my daughter and myself. FreedConn R1 Plus. Includes a built in camera. Honestly couldn't be happier with them. I almost never ride with anyone other than my daughter, so I don't need compatibility with other people in group rides. They were cheap ($120 USD each) and they work. Bluetooth connected to my phone, it plays music just fine. I can hear it just fine through my EarPeace earplugs. Changing songs is a snap with gloves on, and pressing the big button on the side switches to intercom mode so I can speak with my daughter. Another press sends me back to my music. I've had a couple of phone calls through them and while not the best, you can hear each other. Exactly what we need and nothing more. The video is 1080p, but the audio is nothing but wind noise. I only have the camera for insurance purposes, so no problem there. The battery life is about 5 to 6 hours with both bluetooth music playing and camera running. Haven't noticed much drop in battery capacity yet after a year. I will never buy a product that requires a subscription service to use, that's absolutely ridiculous. Anyway, these units have been great value for the money. Whatever you get, have a blast and keep the rubber side down

I use HWK gear and find it to be pretty good. Something is better than nothing, and while you get what you pay for, you also get diminishing returns as you move up the cost scale. Plenty of people ride squid (no gear) all the time. Some of them crash, get road rash, heal, and continue to ride squid. It's all about your personal tolerance for risk, your personal financial situation, etc. Just know that every day clothes like denim jeans offer pretty much no protection at all.

Welcome to the life

Thanks for your perspective. You are right that I was indeed acting like a hurt spouse. For a little clarity, one of our children was at work at the time I confronted her. We had to wait about 90 min for him to come home. So, she had that time to think about what she was going to say, it wasn't so immediate as I made it seem.

For added clarity, I don't have mixed feelings, I feel very confident that I did the right thing here. But I recognize that we don't always see everything from our own perspective, so I sought to broaden my view. You helped provide a perspective I couldn't see, so thank you. I was also hoping to provide a good topic for a rich post on Lemmy that would spur some participation and discussion. I'm glad so many are providing their opinions.

I agree that r/dataisbeautiful turned out to be very political. What I saw was that the community was rather united in its political stance and if someone made a post that was out of line with the community's ideology they got roasted. The reaction was rarely about how the information could have been portrayed more intuitively, or how the data could have been stronger. Those reactions were for posts that were in line. Others were downright attacked. It certainly wasn't about making data beautiful

Thanks for the well worded response. I tried to walk a line for the last two years between helping they stay connected with her, and not wanting to have anything to do with her. I wouldn't force them, but I would do things all together "as a family" just to keep them spending some time together. I think it was easier for them if I was there as a buffer, and harder when they are just with her.

Thanks for that perspective, appreciate the response