I ordered them through Lowes and they had all sorts of options for connectivity and power, including just old school chains. Looks like they’re Bali brand.

Haven’t watched the video yet, but I’m a huge fan of our plug-in z-wave smart blinds. Makes getting all that extra light way easier and automatable.

Piracy is just staying over at a friend’s house.

How very apt that Hollywood would be so skilled at projection.

Doesn’t yubikey have an HID mode where it acts like a keyboard and types a static phrase? You could do something like that for boot. Or possibly more complicated. Idk if modern bootloaders support cooler modes where the key resides on the yubikey.

Edit: according to the arch wiki, there are quite a few potential options there if you have a yubikey. Wiki

If you’re up for pgp and git, gnu password store is a killer app. There are a few guis, including Android and iOS, and if you use gopass there’s a nice plugin for browsers as well. And it’s ultimately just two tools that are both solid and generally well known.

I think it means you probably use software they contribute to even if you don’t pay them.

My 3090 is a light flickering machine. Kind of annoying tbh.

I mean, that’s exactly the same set of problems faced by closed source software. I guess one potential difference is that you can hire new devs to take over if it’s successful enough. But both crappy documentation and team burnout have killed lots and lots of internal projects at places I’ve worked.

I’m assuming OP wants to run on Linux and I’m not familiar enough with .NET Core to know how much or how easily you can run it on Linux. I know some things definitely run, I just don’t know how much.

For camera software, zoneminder is a classic, and frigate is probably the new kid in town. Web hosting will depend on your web developers but docker will have you covered for almost anything. Probably just steer clear of asp.net dev shops.

The best time to plant a time-sinking tree is 100 years ago. The second best time is today.

Mixing storage and processing is now cool again. It’s just called hyper converged infrastructure.

Hey now, I’ve cluttered up my Linux installs on my own just fine. Over the years I’ve installed quite a bit of stuff I used once then didn’t need again.

It’s the business model of build or buy trust and then exploit it until you’re loaded and your former customers all hate you. But you’re loaded.

And yeah, there’s something wrong with this world.

You could even just take the switch apart and rewire it to an IO pin, and then actually control the bulb socket with a relay. In that case you could have it truly integrated and nobody would notice a difference.

Well yeah. I guess if you want to DIY a solution there’s a lot more you can do. My issue is building a polished finished product rather than exposed wires and a switch, since I have the wife approval factor to consider now. So it’s easiest for me to buy a smart outlet and a button or switch vs wiring up my own solution and trying to 3d print a case these days.

I started off WiFi and ended up on zigbee for the most part. The major downside of wifi is how many devices are cloud/proprietary but it sounds like you’re using esphome so that’s not an issue. I definitely like my zigbee devices as they also tend to be slightly cheaper, but starting with WiFi is an easy progression definitely.

Getting a USB zigbee device is about all you need to get up and running and adding to your mesh, which I definitely recommend eventually.

The only real way I’ve found of doing stuff like this is another smart button or switch nearby. I use my buttons for whole groups of lights and toggles based on current state and whether you short/long/double click the button.

I’ve also used barrier between my PC and deck to get an extra screen.