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  • Cams, anyone?

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  • UniFi Protect now has limited ONVIF support allowing various 3rd party cameras to work with Protect.

    UniFi cameras can have RTSP enabled also, but it requires UniFi Protect to enable the setting.

  • Apparently Homebox allows setting third-party label rendering endpoint through an HBOX_LABEL_MAKER_LABEL_SERVICE_URL env var

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  • What model of label printer is that?

  • mkdocs for recipe catalogue

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  • So far I just keep recipes in whatever I’m using for notes.

    Some of these dedicated programs look interesting though. Thinking about it, it would be handy to have some dedicated cooking features, like being able to search for recipes by ingredients.

  • Zigbee Temp + Humidity Sensors

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  • I think the options either that combination are limited. IKEA Zigbee devices use removable batteries, but they don’t have a temperature sensor. They do have a USB air quality sensor but it’s a bit more complex/expensive.

    There are some good WiFi, Bluetooth or RF options with removable batteries but they won’t be Zigbee.

    I’ve heard of some people modifying the coin cell devices to used a wired power supply, maybe that would be an option.

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Ubuntu Pro for Personal/Home Use

  • Home Assistant 2025.8: The summer of AI ☀️

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  • It's not mentioned in the release notes anywhere, but the 2025.8 update has subtly changed the shade of blue used in the UI:

    It's been throwing me off a bit ever since I updated.

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Home Assistant 2025.8: The summer of AI ☀️

    www.home-assistant.io /blog/2025/08/06/release-20258/
  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Home Assistant 2025.7: That's the question

    www.home-assistant.io /blog/2025/07/02/release-20257/

  • Looking for the Best KDE Distro – Fast, Stable, and Feature-Rich

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  • I would also recommend openSUSE Tumbleweed. I’m usually a Debian/Debian-based person but I’ve been running Tumbleweed on my desktop for a few years now and it’s been great.

    It has a few peculiarities like any distro but it’s been very stable, with few issues even with things like Nvidia drivers. Docs and community seem good too.

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  • There are 4 bay units that would fit on a 10” inch shelf. I’ve seen some DIY projects too.

    Using SFF/mini PCs is also popular, there are models that can take multiple SATA/NVMe drives

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  • There are few if any 10” UPS units available anyway so weight is less of a worry. It’s one of the biggest weaknesses of the 10” system currently.

  • What are some of the craziest censorship instances on TV shows you have seen?

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  • But Pokemon was a show about a fantasy world of made up animals with magic powers. 4Kids felt kids would be able to grasp that, but not rice balls.

    Kids could accept a weird yellow mouse that could shoot lightning bolts, they would have accepted some weird food they hadn't heard of either.

  • Oh god, no UAC?

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  • It's a feature that's often been requested, but hasn't appeared yet. The best option out of the box is creating non-Administrator users and then creating custom dashboards and panes per user with only the controls they need.

    But that doesn't stop a user from poking around still, because they can still access all devices and entities through features like the Logbook - which is always accessible because sidebar items can't be controller per user.

    There are some HACS bits that might be able to lock things down a bit further, like Kiosk and Guest modes.

    I've heard some people get round this by setting up inebriations with Apple/Google/Amazon ecosystem, only exposing the desired entities/devices, and then giving others access to those and keeping them out of Home Assistant altogether.

    It's a feature set I wish they would add/expand, I'm sure anyone with a home office and mischievous children would agree.

  • Home Assistant 2025.4 Time to continue the dashboards!

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  • It’s something I often hear complaints about. Several of the Home Assistant users I know love the way it integrates all their smart devices together, but say they find making good dashboards difficult.

    Improvements like proper drag and drop and better auto categorisation and population will go a long way to help them. The old default dashboard that just lumped everything in one screen isn’t a great way to get started.

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Home Assistant 2025.4 Time to continue the dashboards!

    www.home-assistant.io /blog/2025/04/02/release-20254/

  • Mario Kart World – Nintendo Direct | Nintendo Switch 2

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  • It looks good but an open world also doesn't feel like Mario Kart to me.

    Although at £75 I probably don't need to worry anyway, that's a stretch too far.

  • Nintendo makes physical games more expensive than digital games

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  • Physical game cards may also not actually contain the game:

    Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Card Overview

    Game-key cards are different from regular game cards, because they don’t contain the full game data. Instead, the game-key card is your "key" to downloading the full game to your system via the internet.

    So you pay a premium and maybe don't even get a "real" cartridge.

  • Bed Occupancy Sensor?

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  • I’ve got parts on order for this very project, should arrive this week.

    I previously tried using one of those large pressure mats but it didn’t work under the mattress.

  • Installing Windows NT on the Nintendo Wii!

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  • Also works on the GameCube, albeit with much more limited IO due to the lack of USB.

    The GameCube Can Now Run Windows

    I’m not sure there’s much fun software compiled for PowerPC Windows NT to run on it though (yet).

  • Home Assistant officially Matters

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  • That’s Thread. Matter is an application layer standard, which currently supports running over WiFi, Ethernet or Thread.

    Matter could run over new wireless systems in the future.

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Home Assistant 2025.3: View those headers!

    www.home-assistant.io /blog/2025/03/05/release-20253/

  • Leak sensor prevented me from some pain!

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  • A few years ago the hose on our washing machine split and we didn’t realise until water started coming out from under the units. Thankfully damage was minimal but it was a big pain to dry out.

    I’ve had some of those Aqara leak sensors in place since as a precaution.

    Just remember to change the batteries regularly! Easy to forget them when they are out of sight.

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Home Assistant 2025.2: Iterating on backups

    www.home-assistant.io /blog/2025/02/05/release-20252/

  • I mean, that's literally the opposite of what I want

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  • I’m also using iOS in the UK. I just tried searching for Pixelfed in the App Store and the ad was for some sort of golf tutoring app.

    The top search result was the Pixelfed app and the others all other Fediverse apps.

  • HA Doorbell

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  • I have the G4 Doorbell, it’s worked well as doorbell and camera in both UniFi and Home Assistant.

    I had no luck at all getting it to work with a chime though. I tried several different chimes and transformers and the chime would never work.

    I ended up setting up automations to trigger device notifications and a bell sound on smart speakers to act as the chime instead.

  • Home Assistant 2025.1: Backing Up into 2025!

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  • I’m surprised they didn’t include an option to disable the backup encryption.

    It’s a good feature to have but it’s probably overkill for users who only store backups locally. Encrypting backups increases security but also danger, lose the keys and lose the data. It should be up the user to decide on that tradeoff.

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Home Assistant 2025.1: Backing Up into 2025!

    www.home-assistant.io /blog/2025/01/03/release-20251/
  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Home Assistant 2024.12: Scene you in 2025! 🎄

    www.home-assistant.io /blog/2024/12/04/release-202412/
  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Home Assistant 2024.11: Slick dashboards and speedy cameras

    www.home-assistant.io /blog/2024/11/06/release-202411/
  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Home Assistant 2024.9: Sections go BIG

    www.home-assistant.io /blog/2024/09/04/release-20249/
  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
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    ICANN approves use of .internal domain for your network

    www.theregister.com /2024/08/08/dot_internal_ratified/
  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Home Assistant 2024.8: Beautiful badges!

    www.home-assistant.io /blog/2024/08/07/release-20248/
  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Home Assistant 2024.7: Time to resize your cards!

    www.home-assistant.io /blog/2024/07/03/release-20247/
  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Home Assistant 2024.6: Dipping our toes in the world of AI using LLMs

    www.home-assistant.io /blog/2024/06/05/release-20246/
  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Home Assistant 2024.5: Just a little bit smaller

    www.home-assistant.io /blog/2024/05/01/release-20245/
  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Home Assistant 2024.4: Organize all the things!

    www.home-assistant.io /blog/2024/04/03/release-20244/
  • retrocomputing @lemmy.sdf.org
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    Trying out Microsoft's pre-release OS/2 2.0

    www.theregister.com /2024/03/11/trying_ms_prerelease_os2_2/