Home Assistant! I got a cheap refurbished mini PC for 60 bucks and a zigbee stick for 12 or so, been running HA for a year now, it works very well and pairs perfectly with the IKEA zigbee stuff. I have it read the alarm from my phone and turn on radio on a wifi speaker and smart lights at that time. Kitchen light is now automatic with a little motion sensor and ESP I got from AliExpress for a few bucks. Everything is completely local, no internet access. It’s great!

My opinion is different from most other comments here. AI is a tool. If it gets the job done exactly the way you intended it, there is no problem in using it. In my opinion, it’s only slop if it’s generated mindlessly and without care. In your case, you gave very specific constraints. If the result is exactly what you intended it to be, if you can get behind it 100%, it is your art, it is not slop. I think people need to reflect on their definition of art a bit. There was a time when people claimed using Photoshop made your art unworthy. The new tool is now AI. Just because it makes creating something so easy doesn’t mean a tool is not “allowed” in art. Actually, anything is allowed in art, there are no rules.

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To be honest, if it’s a job I really wanted, I would definitely do it (and have done in the past, even for a job I wasn’t sure I wanted - actually got it and then declined the offer in the end). It’s something you’ll spend 40 hours every week of your life with. In my opinion it makes sense to invest some time beforehand for both sides to make sure it’s a good fit. Otherwise nobody will be happy long term.

It seems to be a problem of the “Compact” base view type. Just tried it with List or Cards, there it works like in your screenshot.

Oh, I see. I should have been more specific - in post view apparently the setting does work. I was talking about the feed view:

I think the only time I ever properly watched something while doing something else was when I had to do incredibly monotonous measurements in the lab, holding a little sensor to random positions on an object, for hours, so I watched LOL while doing that. Since both activities required less than half of my brain, it was fine.

Sometimes I watch YouTube videos while doing something else like playing a game that doesn’t always require full attention, or editing photos. But only if there isn’t much going on visually anyway and I’m mostly listening.

I would never watch a movie and do something else simultaneously. Movies are a main focus thing.

As someone living in a walkable city not owning a car, it solves about 79 problems rather than 19.

German here. I had no idea we consumed way too much chocolate for our Nobel laureate density.

Just try changing it to “it is”. If the sentence still makes sense, it’s “it’s”. Otherwise it’s “its”.

I’ve been looking at bicycles a lot recently because I was looking for a new one. Maybe later with more time I’ll try a better one. I feel like it should be possible to get a pretty good result.

Yes. Every improvement is good. But I think it’s important not to forget, and to also remind people, that there are even better alternatives, and questioning something that people have “always” done is actually possible. Social values are constantly evolving, and in my opinion we should move towards de-normalizing hurting animals. They are sentient beings, and causing them suffering for our own entertainment should be discouraged.

Just sitting by the water and watching fish without harming them is a much less impactful recreational activity than hurting fish just to look at them, then throwing them back in the water. And it is not denying anyone’s humanity, actually quite the opposite.

How about not putting any hooks into fish in the first place?

I don’t get it either. I’m pretty sure it’s just marketing bullshit and many people are falling for it. Same with bluetooth headphones and codecs. I wouldn’t be surprised if the difference between LDAC and AAC on an average bluetooth headset wouldn’t even be scientifically measurable.

I agree about their marketing strategies, but if I couldn’t buy Beyond Mince anymore I’d be seriously frustrated. It’s by far the best vegan minced meat on the market (at least here in Germany).

The Science of Selling Yourself Short by Less Than Jake

Just get some vegan bacon, at least where I live there are several options by now and they’re all pretty good.

If you want it a bit healthier but maybe a bit less tasty as well, try smoked tofu and cut it into thin slices.

Is this a joke I’m not American enough to understand?