The barista grade stuff works pretty well in builders tea, honestly.
You just have to get in the habit of shaking the carton.

They see younger generations moving away from dairy, and claim it’s because non-dairy stole the words.

When in my case at least, it only took a week milk-free to realise that having mild discomfort in your stomach all the time isn’t normal.
And that drinking MOMA instead left me feeling lighter and happier.

Don’t forget the mature cheddar topping.

Should we pin this post?

Hue bulbs now work on standard zigbee.
I’d have to double check that the newest ones still do, but unless Signify are being complete bell-ends, it should just work.

I switched mine over after I got fed up with that bloody hub requiring an app to do any serious config, and randomly disconnecting.
The response time seems better when using HASS too. Bulbs that are not yet paired can be easily added to the network, ones that have been paired need to be deprogrammed first.

This is how the Hue RGB bulb I have can be controlled in HA:

It’s fair to say that there really isn’t one standard yet for home automation.
You’re likely to end up with multiple radios just due to availability of products.
I started with a zigbee dongle, then got a z-wave one when I started finding products I wanted that only came in z-wave.
Then I got an SDR dongle to use 433MHz (lots of cheap gear uses 433)

I personally haven’t touched thread/matter yet.

The really nice thing about HASS is that if you can get it to talk to HASS…It can be integrated with anything else you integrate with HASS.
For example, I have some cheap zigbee push buttons.
One click toggles the hue bulbs for that room on/off. Two clicks toggles a daylight mode.
Press+Hold toggles a dim yellow mode for night.

Or for another, I have central water heating.
The toggle for heating on/off is a simple smart switch.
This is linked to a virtual thermostat in HASS, which in turn is fed by a simple thermometer that also feeds into HASS.

You can often make really nice integrations by keeping the hardware as simple as possible, then stitching it together with HASS.
Rather than buying one thing for all, and hoping it integrates well.

I think I’ve found footage of their getaway: Pastry

You just know there is a room full of MBA types about to pitch GPT written code for this tender.
GPT written pitch, naturally.

Something, something, businesses getting replaced with vape shops.

I still don’t get why my laptop shipped with BIOS raid enabled.
It only has one drive!

There is nothing wrong with using things that “just work” when you need them to.
Same reason people buy Toyota and Honda.
My life has enough chaos to handle, without starting my day faffing with Arch for no good reason.

It’s probably because they don’t pay enough.

People with the qualifications/experience don’t want to work in central London for £35k.

Which means you only get people who really want to join GCHQ etc. for different reasons.

I failed my TV test last year.

Accidentally held the channel change button for too long, ended up on babestation.

Instant end of the test.

You may be correct, but what you’re doing is a bit like walking into spoons, and telling a larger lout that his Carling is pisswater.
Not necessarily wrong, but possibly not tactful.

Almost like making entry level EVs too expensive, or unbelievably underpowered (looking at you, Dacia) isn’t shifting units.

I like to moovid, moovid.

Slammed em m8.

Damn.
I didn’t have “Raw Milk encouraged by the US govt. causes second pandemic in 5 years” on my bingo card for 2025.

It feels a bit like when a company has been taken over by a VC firm.
And you start finding out how they’re going to suck the juice out, while all the management involved in the decision pretend it’s all rosy.

And did you know if you were caught and you were Smoking crack,
McDonald’s wouldn’t even want to take you back
You could always just run for mayor of D.C.​