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Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2 - A USB adapter that plugs into your Home Assistant system and opens up a world of smart device options in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] howlingecko@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 weeks ago

I bought the ZBT-1 a few months ago. My only complaint is that they made it as a usb stick then said keep it away from the usb port. It did come with an extension cable, so I’ve always had it connected that way. Otherwise, no complaints here. It seems to reach what it needs to. I’m using it for matter over thread devices. The closest thread IoT device is only about six feet away, so it didn’t need to be super strong to connect and control my thread network of devices.

As for the upgraded device: Moving away from the usb stick makes sense. With that said, I’m not much of a fan for this new design. I don’t have any intentions of getting the zbt-2 anytime soon.

Self hosted secret santa app? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] howlingecko@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was looking for a gift list app and recently found this. It also has a secret Santa feature.

https://github.com/icbestCA/giftmanager

AWS is having a bad day in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] howlingecko@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have been able to use Signal like any other day. I haven’t seen any disruption in sending or receiving.

New research centre to explore how AI can help humans ‘speak’ with pets in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] howlingecko@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Or do the dogs/cats train the humans with those buttons? ;)

Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] howlingecko@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Same here. I was just thinking that I have way more running computers now than I did in years past. But none of mine are running Windows now.

Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] howlingecko@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

As someone who has used Windows, OSX, and Linux as a daily driver at different points, Windows was by far the most challenging to work with. Every week there was some problem.

In recent years, my company provided Dell with 32GB of memory running Windows would blue screen practically weekly. Most of the time it struggled to run more than one instance of an IDE. Windows finally crashed to the point that the only option was restore the OS.

I requested a different machine and have been running macOS with less memory. Have actually been able to run more IDE instances than the Windows machine would run. No crashes.