Doing a few things well, rather than microwaving everything Sysco can load into the freezer would be nice too.

One of my locals does chips, and hotdogs, in an air fryer. That’s it. But they’re amazing chips and hotdogs.

Glad they’ve finally shown up. I can finally stop brushing aphids off my plums.

The Class 800 may have seats made from cardboard, but they do at least look like they were designed this century.

I’m a great believer in keeping things as simple and modular as possible.
Much easier to just dump files over FTP than have HA do the saving.
Plus, the camera can operate like a dashcam, and save before/after the event, while that would be tricker in HA, as you’d have to run a buffer.

MFF optiplexes: Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power.

Which.co.uk do a pretty good job at reviewing stuff.
They’re not ideal, and they do seem to focus too hard on some things over others.
But in terms of finding “Can I get an X that is half decent for the money I’m willing to spend”, they work quite well.

Unfortunately, they are a bit pricey.

Sounds like it might be nice.
Why not use the dubai fad to launch tasty new biscuits.

Especially if they start throwing clay pigeons.

After seeing the mess the US in, codifying things that are generally accepted seems like a good idea.

Just in case you were not aware, most Reolink cameras can do “save a clip if you see a person” on their own, without involving HA.
And they can either dump it to local or network storage.
The detection is done at the camera, and just fires a notification over ONVIF.

I fully expect all the prices to drop by 20%, and not just rise to meet the lack of tax…

I do kinda support this though. I repair everything I can, and regularly buy better quality refurb kit rather than crap new stuff.

Good call.

Part of me also thinks that fediverse doesn’t need growth for the sake of growth.
That it’s primary function is to be an alternative if people want to use it.

Second lesson: Pi is around 3.

I get dragonflies, but not frogs.

In seriousness, I have just try to spot when I’ve left something in the garden that gathered water, to stop mozzies.
One day, I might try doing a pond, and managing it properly.

And there was me thinking I’d just done a good job controlling water sources in the garden…

The ol’ “capex into opex”.

They’ll move the family into the cloud next.

Exactly this. The device either needs to be open enough that it can easily integrate to HA without internet access.
Or dumb enough that I can mod it with an ESP.

Anything that has to go through the manufacturer’s servers goes in the bin, the risks of data theft/rent seeking are too damned high.

I’ve been stepping up my efforts to make the garden more bee friendly, and it’s still declining.
I’ve maybe seen 20 bumbles this year, it’s very sad :(

“I need to park here…But get that walking stick away from my wanky vinyl wrap!”