a1studmuffin

joined 1 year ago
[–] a1studmuffin@aussie.zone 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's the year of the voice for Home Assistant. Given their current trajectory, I'm hopeful they'll have a pretty darn good replacement for the most common use cases of Google Home/Alexa/Siri in another year. Setting timers, shopping list management, music streaming, doorbell/intercom management. If you're on the fence about a Nabu Casa subscription, pull the trigger as it helps them stay independent and not get bought out or destroyed by commercial interests.

[–] a1studmuffin@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

Large data sets are valuable. And many people who hack are primarily motivated by the challenge, so targeting a site isn't always a vendetta. Unfortunately sometimes hackers stumble across these things and are motivated by money too, because they're human like the rest of us.

[–] a1studmuffin@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Damn, I didn't know that! What a shame they pulled out of so many markets. Their phones are expensive but they sure have all the bells and whistles.

[–] a1studmuffin@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Just a shame that Sony only sell them in a few countries. They're quite difficult and expensive to get in most parts of the world.

[–] a1studmuffin@aussie.zone 13 points 1 year ago

I don't want one. It's a cool technological feat, but like a transparent monitor or flexible keyboard, it just doesn't make sense for my needs.

[–] a1studmuffin@aussie.zone 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've suggested to my work that if they really want people back in the office full time, they should offer those that return a 4-day work week as a meaningful incentive to compensate for the lost time and money to commuting. Still waiting for them to implement that one...

[–] a1studmuffin@aussie.zone 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah I'm really surprised they didn't go with a laptop screen rather than a monitor designed to be left in a fixed place! Whoever's first to market with a good laptop e-ink display is going to rake it in.

[–] a1studmuffin@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm surprised we haven't seen TPU cards (think Coral AI but at a larger scale) being made and sold for this purpose, especially if they're faster and more energy efficient at AI-oriented tasks than GPUs.

[–] a1studmuffin@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not across the market sadly as I'm rocking an old Samsung colour laser that's no longer available. In 15 years I've changed the toner cartridges once. It's USB only, but a Raspberry Pi running CUPS converted it to a network printer.

My advice would be to go second hand on older laser printers. I just use my phone to scan documents these days.

[–] a1studmuffin@aussie.zone 22 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I have absolutely no idea why anyone buys inkjet printers or cartridge razors. There are perfectly good alternatives that don't try and force you into a subscription model.

[–] a1studmuffin@aussie.zone 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The battery is 48V DC. It uses an inverter to produce 240V AC, similar to solar installations.

[–] a1studmuffin@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago

Nothing beats organic grain-fed coal.

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