Running this all on one system presents a single point of failure. Separate the router from the server, even if simply for sanity.

Well look at you reading TFA! (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞

That’s why the source is locked down. It’s a copyright grey area and IANAL but - good luck!

Definitely very cool.

It is odd that they went to a “different” cloud instead of making it full local. It seems like that would be more work. Local control of iot is critical.

But I wonder if they dumped the firmware, edited the URLs, and reverse engineered the google API, and made their own.

Salsa is a good option. Pickling is too, or chutneys in the same vein.

That’s true, and but the part

they just don’t often get held accountable bcs it’s never to, for, or by the public (and pubic values, common morals, etc).

Is the “special” part of it. If they were held accountable by their peers, their peers might also be held accountable. Class solidarity in action.

Well, yes, except not for executives because they’re special. And they have golden parachutes.

But wow if I was to take over some of the VP roles I’ve seen with the risk they accept, there would be years of work just patching shit.

Well that’s the exact reason these people are so horny for AI.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-era-of-the-business-idiot/

the VP accepted the risk

Ok, and you fired him, and the replacement… did they accept all the risk too?

At the time the computers were kinda newfangled and they tolerated some hippies over there in research.

The business part, well, yeah.

Confirmed https://www.scribd.com/document/882567689/David-Goodstein-States-of-Matter

Last thing I need in my life is a broken system at home when I don’t have time for it!

When I remember. About once a month.

The simple act of pulling a carriage is not inherently an animal welfare issue; horses were selectively bred for the purpose for quite a few generations. Because a city council doesn’t care to protect their tourist-attracting downtown core from dangerous levels of traffic, these horses and their owners are out of a job? Nobody’s mentioned where the horses are going. Could be a glue factory.

So I fail to see the “good news” part of this article with the information and context provided.

City officials justified the move not only as part of the updated commercial regulations but also on the grounds of animal welfare, arguing that horses working in heavy traffic suffer from stress and poor conditions.

If only there was some government entity with the power to do something to alleviate the heavy traffic?

Had a friend rip out his Caseta for Innovelli because he wanted to nerd out more than Caseta would allow (smart bulbs etc.). But Caseta would be my choice for wall switches. Just so bloody expensive.

North America? I’ve heard good things about innovelli. Zigbee or zwave, bring your own hub.

I run all the scheduling in the thermostat, because I lose automatic recovery and some aspects of Thresholding, and the rest of the family doesn’t use HA. However, I can’t set certain items (for example, how often the fan runs) in the thermostat’s schedule so I automate those portions with HA.

Matter has limitations, and may not include all the capabilities you want exposed.

For the scheduling it’s basic. Wake, sleep, work, weekends. I have some settings for my high rate time periods as well, and use Proximity for setting the away thermostat.

Meross’s own FAQ addresses why you need to use their app for setup - it’s so that you can tell it what kind of system you have. It’s fairly important.

I have an RO, for reasons. It cost less than the cheapest espresso grinder that’s acceptable, but it has ongoing maintenance costs.

Edit - if you want to get nerdy, a permeate pump and/or high inlet pressure (which is largely out of our control) helps with the longevity of the membrane; I get about 2 years on mine and my intake water TDS is 500ppm; I replace around 75ppm outflow which is higher than “normal” but the water is designated safe to drink to begin with. Basically, the greater the delta in pressure between the inlet and outlet, the less waste is produced and the longer the membrane lasts.

Ah yes the old “the system can only run a job listing for 1 year so we’re reposting the (fake) role” runaround.

I’m happy with Reolink, but I keep them entirely isolated. Only allowing traffic in (ha to the camera) NTP to my firewall. The plugin for HA seems pretty good.