"I'm assuming Home Assistant here" Insert Picard facepalm here....I only left out the important detail. Yep I'm switching to HA. Update on mom using Mint, she's trying it on a live USB and so far is positive about it, she likes that it looks and feels like Win7. She's still not ready to take the plunge, but I'm on the lookout for one of those Win10 laptops people are getting rid of when moving to Win11 and then I'll just do a full install so she can try the full experience before making the switch... she needs a new laptop anyway, two netbirds with one gemstone/S.

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Fedora 43 arrives with polish, new spins, and a smarter installer; and one decision the rest of the Linux world should pay attention to.Sponsored B...

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Flipping through FAST channels and one channel is playing Deep Impact while another channel is playing Armageddon. Talk about a flash back to my teens...I still remember going on my first, no parents around, date to see Deep Impact.

Switched my @Start9 server to Bitcoin Knots from core. No spam on the chain!

Happy Easter

Belated Happy 600 boost! Also, just say no to video.

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We celebrate 600 episodes, announce a new show feature, and officially launch the FreeBSD challenge.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a programm...

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The first thing I watched in 2025 was Idiocracy. Why you may ask? Given the current global climate it just felt appropriate.

Happy New Year.

So every year TBS airs The Christmas Story for 24 hours. How has no streaming channel done something similar but with Die Hard? Seriously, just set up a channel once a year to stream the film for 24 hours, then take it down for the other 364 days. I'm sure it would get a ton of plays.

So TNT & TBS here in the states always do a Christmas day marathon of The Christmas Story. How has no other channel tried to compete with that by doing a 24 hour Die Hard marathon? Honestly at this point which ever studio owns the IP should really just set up a streaming channel for the day and allow it to be listed on all the ad supported streaming services.

Just got my @Start9 server pure from ups today (paid for entirely with BTC) and can't wait to get it set up and start working twords my self sovereign data lifestyle.