I have a bunch 1st gen Philips hues that I bought for pretty penny 13 years back. But them being not supported in apps has made them generic led bulbs. One way I am trying to overcome this is buying only when they are supported by home assistant. Will see how this plays.

Was waiting for this and is always a treat to read your annual CES take. Thank you for all the walking. As a homelabber I am aware of the minipc vendors like geekom minisforum beelink etc. Good to see their mentions. Still not sure how smart home market will solve the problem of obsolescence.

What an amazing shot. Never been to Pittsburgh so had to search what I am looking at. Found - www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Mx...

Yep - was the first true hype cycle I experienced. Quite a ginger.

LLMs point to Peronist Argentina, Venezuela, Japan, SK and Taiwan and ongoing China. What's funny is in a circular argument it quotes one @michaelpettis.bsky.social saying it is hard chatgpt.com/s/t_691dda37...

Any pointers to who have done this successfully in the past. I am going to ask our AI overlords as well.

What stood out for me was the emphasis on productive capacity aka tradeable goods and services.

Greens are greens kale or spinach. Traditional saag paneer though is made with Mustard Greens. Grew up eating it so had to say actually.

Your skeets made me remember my scriptures. -

Whence all creation had its origin,
the creator, whether he fashioned it or whether he did not,
the creator, who surveys it all from highest heaven,
he knows — or maybe even he does not know.

- from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasadiy...

Blogs and online posts have been also very helpful in how I view money. Two particular sources -1. Blog/drafts of Steve RW of @interfluidity.com continue to be read. 2. Bits About Money by Patrick McKenzie www.bitsaboutmoney.com

❤️ someone who had to implement approx sin calculations as only basic arithmetic ops were allowed

When reading @interfluidity.com you have to ask chatgpt to explain and provide examples

That is how I learnt web-apps.

Cooking continues. Hope the client is on Mac store now.

Wow 30 years. 🍻

@qmacro.bsky.social has been building communities since the mailing list days 😀