I can confirm the dev is great. I had two feature requests and they did a great job communicating and then implementing those requests.

I used to do phone tech support for a device that hooked up to TVs to filter out profanity.

I would give very explicit instructions on what to plug where. It was really common for me to have people unplug everything and start over because they did something wrong, and I had no way of knowing what because they were all unreliable narrators.

On a second, third, fourth attempt I’d often hear a “OH! You said to plug that into the TOP ROW! I’ve been plugging it in to the bottom row.” Or something like that.

A call less than 30 minutes was a good call. Calls over an hour were not uncommon. If I had someone who could follow instructions, it could be as quick as a handful of minutes.

I fly a paramotor (powered paraglider) and it’s the cheapest form of powered flight.

Costs about as much as a motorcycle to buy and run.

Maths murder.

Lemmy also pushed me into trying Linux about 2 years ago and I also ended up on Aurora. Aurora has a pretty small user base, but it’s nice.

In my experience, people will put garlic in mayo and call it aioli.

actually prefer Windows

I don’t understand. I recognize the words, but in that order, they make no sense.

I’m baffled by how much people like the Disturbed version. I find it to be considerably worse than the original.

Individual devices can range from dirt cheap to fairly expensive, but it all adds up over time.

Getting things initially set up is usually easy. Getting things automated correctly to your liking is a rabbit hole that is as deep as you want to dive into it.

What’s really nice about HA is being able to do whatever the fuck you want whenever you want. You can take it in bites buying devices in waves and tweaking automations in waves.

That’s how I’ve done it over the last 4 years or so.

I had the original Surface in college and it was excellent at the time.

As sharp as a bowling ball.

On the one hand, this is very funny. On the other hand, however, it’s still very funny, but also maybe we shouldn’t turn running full speed into a house of religion, no matter how hokey that religion may be, into a trend? Yes, the whole enterprise is shady at best, and they believe in some weird space alien magic. They also have a history of harassing former members and anyone who dares to pull back the veil on the secretive organization’s scare tactics.

Fuck off with this whitewashing. Scientology isn’t “hokey” or “shady”. It’s outright evil.

Unfortunately the last time I was invited I got kicked out. Got a little too excited.

Also they don’t allow phones, so I couldn’t take a picture.

It’s not that hard to imagine

Self report?

I have a wealthy friend who has a penorium in their house.

Vienna Sausages are similar. I love those things, but you have to rinse the slime off before eating.

What is CC

I’m thinking about finding an alternative to ntfy. The maintainers are increasingly vibe coding it.

There’s also an image for Copyparty if you’re already hosting stuff as containers. It’s super handy.

Those are the “park anywhere lights”.