Well, my vacuum robot is integrated into home assistant, but I use valetudo so it’s only connected to local WiFi. Air quality graphs I also have but also connected via zinger so I don’t broadcast my data and don’t have any holes in my system that I’m not responyfor and can’t patch.

Donut*

I mean that’s a really cool hack, but why in the world would a humidifier need a cloud connection?!?

Thanks for the nostalgia hit, I never used the 8” ones, but 5.25” was my childhood using the C64. I used to pirate so much using those bad boys :) Sadly, my best friend at the time only had a cassette drive and loading stuff would take ages so we mostly played at my place.

This is how it would sound :) almost as iconic as the dial-up sound for me.

I’ll have to Check out some teviews. I used to have the Bose quiet comfort at work and i bought a pair for myself after leaving. The noise cancellation and mic sound quality are pretty good. Would be interested how these stack up.

Thomas likes to sleep like this

They also have weapons of mass destruction and brown people. Also Democrats and Communists probably! This is unacceptable!

Smh…

Disregard what I told you last time and do it like this.

• my supervisor at every meeting

I always wanted a Nokia communicator 9110 now that was a sexy device. I don’t like Chrome accents on devices, so that’s why I wouldn’t want that.

Yeah, but it doesn’t look nearly as cool :)

OMG they are sooo adorable!

Great write up! As for wired headphones I can wholeheartedly recommend the KZ EDC Pro. Very reasonable price and they have removable cables with both a 3.5mm jack and USB C Cable. KZ are great value for money - I’m not affiliated with them or anything.

Hakuna matata :) no need to get riled up. Use what you want, I use Linux and macOS at home and windows at work.

Fair point! In the end, everyone needs to use what works best for them. I do concede that I’m not really familiar with accessibility issues and I perceive the accessibility options to be lacking in the distros I know. Maybe it will change in the future and I hope it does :) thank you for your contribution!

Oh, I get that, it was more of a retro rival question because I read all those headlines about the shit Microsoft constantly tries to pull. I get comfortable and I’m sure there are some problems and growing pains but if you’re ready to get out of the comfort zone I think it is worth it.

I had the opposite issue where canon decided to stop supporting a scanner with incompatible drivers for windows 10. Linux and macOS were able to use it OOTB without me having to tinker with it. Swings and roundabouts I guess.

I’m not a lemming and am not shoving anything down anyone’s throat, but I guess people are apparently really triggered when someone merely brings it up.

Oh I also use windows on my work machine and not anywhere else. The enterprise version is not full of crap and doesn’t force AI down your throat.

I mean at this point why stick with Microsoft? I get needing a particular software only able to run in windows but other than that there’s really no need.

Looks really nice!

But for a little while the stockholders were happy. And that’s what counts.

I remember HP in its prime where they would make breakthrough technology and everything was nicely engineered and built to last. Their oscilloscopes and programmable power supplies were made like tanks. Their calculators still work today. Shame really.