Send them a pride flag with the return address of the preacher.

It depends on your skill level or willingness to learn. Home Assistant is designed specifically for home automation tasks. It runs locally (cloud access optional) and is completely under your control.

I have put several widgets on my phone’s home screen to control the smart lights in my room.

I haven’t personally tried the voice integration or media streaming, but I see no reason why they wouldn’t work for you.

I understand how frustrating it is. You can tell yourself “mistakes happen”, but that doesn’t seem to make you feel any better.

Imagine instead if your partner had put in months of work to make you happy and then made a single mistake. Would you be angry at them, or would you still love them for the effort they put in and forgive them?

Don’t be too hard on yourself. There are solutions, but it will take time to think of them – even the really obvious ones. Take some time off from concentrating on the problem (even sleep on it if you have the time), consciously relax, then start looking for what can be changed. Strong emotions make it really difficult to think logically.

You may be surprised at how much most people care. Many people will empathise with your position (some who’ve done the same thing) and do everything in their power to help you fix it.

In the end it doesn’t really matter if nothing works out. You’ll still be disappointed, but there will be other opportunities in the future.

I think I cursed myself. I just got woken up at 6am by my smart light turning on for no apparent reason.

In this case the limit was entirely arbitrary.

The programmers were told to pick a limit and they liked 256. There are issues with having a large number of people in a group, but it wasn’t a hardware limit for this particular case.

If you’re technically minded, you can do some amazing things with Home Assistant and IOT devices.

A lot depends on how you use it and how accessible it is to the outside internet.

I have a few smart devices, but they are all controlled locally. If my internet connection stops working, I still have full control of everything. I also have manual options in case my home network stops working.

Not advice, do your own research: I don’t see a big problem it Bluetooth. It can be hacked, but the person hacking has to be near you. That alone protects you from about 8 billion people.

The most knowledgeable IT people have the least IOT devices in their house.

I’ve been planning to make one of these for a few years. I’ll probably keep planning to make it for the next decade or 2.

Or Malbolge

Could you imagine how much higher that proportion would be if people felt safe while cycling. Maybe if there were dedicated cycling paths that weren’t next to cars.

I’ve been using Tuta for a while. It’s had a few minor issues, but all fixed fairly quickly. No major issues.

I suspect Proton would be about as good. The main reason I didn’t pick Proton was the owner’s political position.

git-fire

“git-fire is a Git plugin that helps in the event of an emergency by switching to the repository’s root directory, adding all current files, committing, and pushing commits and all stashes to a new branch (to prevent merge conflicts).”

I guess a stopped clock is still right twice a day.

Walking somewhere is a very different experience in a car dependent suburb vs an area with dedicated walking paths.

I agree with the community name for this case.

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And then they came for me, and by that time no-one was left to speak up.

So is this genocide yet, or do we need to wait until they’re all dead before other countries start getting involved?

I tried dating sites for a while with much disappointment. I tried joining a few activity groups, but didn’t find anyone who really understood me.

I never actually dated anyone, I just claimed my human and moved in with them. We’ve been married for several years and they’re still my best friend.

I can’t offer much advice about finding someone because I just got lucky.
I can tell you that stereotypical dating is far less important than finding a friend who makes you feel comfortable and safe, and brings out the best in you.

LLMs are great at language problems. If you’re learning the syntax of a new programming language or you’ve forgotten the syntax for a specific feature, LLMs will give you exactly what you want.

I frequently use AI/LLMs when switching languages to quickly get me back up to speed. They’re also adequate at giving you a starting point, or a basic understanding of a library or feature.

The major downfall is if you ask for a solution to a problem. Chances are, it will give you a solution. Often it won’t work at all.
The real problem is when it does work.

I was looking for a datatype that could act as a cache (forget the oldest item when adding a new one). I got a beautifully written class with 2 fields and 3 methods.
After poking at the AI for a while, it realized that half the code wasn’t actually needed. After much more prodding, it finally informed me that there was actually an existing datatype (LinkedHashMap) that would do exactly what I wanted.

Be aware that AI/LLMs will rarely give you the best solution, and often give you really bad solutions even when an elegant one exists. Use them to learn if you want, but don’t trust them.

I think a more effective idea would be to remove all profits (and maybe executive income and bonuses) from the company for a fixed period of time instead of a fixed fine that’s less than the profit from doing the illegal activity.

Investors won’t be happy if they’re getting nothing, so they’ll be more careful with their investments, and no-one will have to pay to house thousands of unwitting investors in prisons.