After the whole blunder with the new swappable battery law excluding all modern smartphones, I too am very skeptical.

Nah. They will slightly tweak the law last minute to only cover yellow microwaves.

At the same time, Ubuntu is so dumbed down thst certain things are impossible via the UI. I spent a whole day and 5 reinstalls to be able to install an encrypted OS next to another partition. This used to be trivial though the infstaller.

Apps like Smart Things are more than just an app. Home assistant too. If you want freedom, you sometimes have to move away trib your comfort zone. Once you have the server running in your home network, which you can do from literally any computer, you will find that it gives you so, so much more freedom than any other system. I’m pretty sure you can connect you TV, Xbox and whatever else, and make them turn on the moment you arrive home.

A nerd is someone who buys all game consoles and a new phone every year.

A geek is someone who owns more than 2 board games besides Catan and Uno.

A hacker though, that’s someone who can vibe code an app.

In 2026 being a geek I being picky between choosing a Ps5 or a Nintendo idk. The word is so washed out

I got an old desktop for 30 euros off of Facebook marketplace. If you look long enough, sometimes you find free laptops with broken screens that make for perfect servers.

Same. One single docker compose, and a dozen images. I get to take advantage of publicly available docker images too which makes managing and updating things a breeze.

This is also true for laptops BTW. I remember older Dell XPS laptops used to be super picky about USB-C dongles with

Context?

Holy mother of lint dust. I hope your servers have good air intake filters.

I actually have that too. I stopped using duolingo because I got so obcesed with my streak that once I broke it I lost all will to use it anymore.

I think that’s the opposite of what OP wants but still a nice technical challenge nonetheless

If you want to hijack your depressed reward system further, you could try to show a streak of how many days you’ve gone without missing a shower.

Why?

It might be cheaper to make it a standard across the board than producing 2 separate models. Unless that makes the device that much more expensive.

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Hack the firmware. Kidding just use tape.

They probably vibe coded it, and only copilot reviewed and merged the code.

Tech bros have been moving fast and breaking things since forever. AI just needs to be kinda OK at doing HR and accounting and other boring useless company jobs. If something goes wrong, it’s just the VC money that’s at stake. And the solution is more AI and more VC money.