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zackhow@programming.devto
Technology@lemmy.world•LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without askingEnglish
1·1 month agoI was responding to his TV mention.
zackhow@programming.devto
Technology@lemmy.world•LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without askingEnglish
4·1 month agoYep, mine has never reached the internet, it is connected but is blocked at the firewall so I can still hook home assistant up to it.
zackhow@programming.devto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•I wonder how many pictures will be lost to time from parents who don't back up or share the photos on their phone?
9·1 month agoThis here. Another thing to do is if you are taking video of family moments, narrate in the background what’s been going on for the past few days or a week. It adds additional context that is invaluable and would most likely be lost to even the person filming.
zackhow@programming.devto
Firefox@lemmy.world•Someone at thought that *BLOCKING* the [ENTER] key from confirming the 'SAVE' of a content is a good idea ... think again - its garbage/bullshit - bring it back before it backfires more ...
3·1 month agoThank you, this is exactly what this setting is there for.
This here. On top of what he said above I would mention that you want this to be as easy to maintain as possible so using Nabu Casa’s Alexa cloud integration saves you the hassle of having to do some complicated setup.
Years ago I went through the steps to do the google project/workspace tutorial to setup integrating with google home and it was a pain, especially getting it to allow google devices to talk locally. If it blows up and requires setting up again with the same complications I’ll either swap to the cloud thing(already pay the Nabu Casa sub to support them) or just move to running voice locally.
I’ve been messing with running local voice satellites the past couple months and they are way better than I thought they’d be. Been running an HA VPE in my office and has been so good I’ve removed the google home from that room. This past weekend I used this project to return an old shield tablet into a display satellite. Has a few things to left to iron out but I’m liking it.
All that to say, I’d never do all that work in a location I don’t live in😂. Pay the sub and live your life.
zackhow@programming.devto
Games@lemmy.world•Summer Games Done Quick 2026 has ended, raising US$2,408,701 for Doctors Without BordersEnglish
5·1 month agoI love that they schedule all the games based on cartoons on Saturday morning. DIG A HOLE!
zackhow@programming.devto
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Help choosing a good HDD for my home server?English
3·2 months agoSame make and model is fine, but you do want to make sure they are from different batches if you can. Reduces the chances of multiple drive failure occurring at the same time.
zackhow@programming.devto
Comic Strips@lemmy.world•Summer Witchcraft [Mini Fantasy Theater]
3·2 months agoAt first I thought she had two and half legs on the second panel 😂 the lighting made me think she had a stump.

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zackhow@programming.devto
World News@lemmy.world•Putin 'starting to understand he may not win' the war in UkraineEnglish
13·2 months agoYeah, this is a nothing article.
zackhow@programming.devto
Technology@lemmy.world•Google must pay €4.1bn fine for using Android to 'block' rivalsEnglish
178·2 months agoThe fine is not the largest ever imposed on Google, however.
In October 2024 a charge was brought against the firm by a Russian court for restricting Russian state media channels on YouTube.
The fine was for two undecillion roubles - more than the world’s total GDP.

zackhow@programming.devto
homeassistant@lemmy.world•Home Assistant 2026.7: Automations that speak your languageEnglish
4·2 months agoSorry, I don’t think home assistant supports Funscript atm.
It’s interesting that the fourth panel is not just a copy/paste paste of the third with adjustments. They drew it. Neat
zackhow@programming.devto
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Networking: icanhazip.com [SOLVED: CULPRIT SPEEDTEST TRACKER]English
42·2 months agoThanks for the post, was an interesting read
zackhow@programming.devto
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•A fully local RaspberryPi-friendly voice assistantEnglish
4·2 months agoDon’t misunderstand. Openwakeword works great. I just think it’s awesome that the hotword detection can run so well directly on low powered devices now.
About STT I’ll agree that they can run well, I just found the experience a lot better on a heavier model running on a beefier machine. They do well in a silent space but struggle when you add background noise.
zackhow@programming.devto
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•A fully local RaspberryPi-friendly voice assistantEnglish
13·2 months agoIm sure this works but from my recent experience you need your STT on a machine more powerful than a PI atm. Tiny models are just not accurate enough and the bigger ones need more than the PI has to give any sort of decent response time. Compared to where this was two years ago I look forward to where it is in two more.
One of the largest improvements imo has been microwakeword and the ability to run the hotword detection “on device” but I believe it only runs on ESP32 devices so not an option if want everything on a pi.
I spent a little bit of time getting a fully local voice pipeline setup in home assistant last month and I’d say it is near perfect(after adding a few additional community integrations) with the exception of the microphones on current hardware. I look forward to the next HA voice device from Nabu Casa.
My understanding is that it will off you apply those changes
zackhow@programming.devto
Technology@lemmy.world•Nintendo will pay a $40 million fine for faulty Joy-ConsEnglish
24·3 months agoWhat a mouthful of a name.
France’s equivalent of the Federal Trade Commission, Direction Générale de la Concurrence, de la Consommation et de la Répression des Fraudes



This one got a chuckle