I just picture a conversation between a mother and son, many years ago, going “but you could do more!”

isn’t that a lot like the film industry though? Maybe thats the model that makes sense.

you are correct. On holiday with a few beers I’m surprised I got that close lol

For anyone in that spot of being savvy-ish but having fellow users that finally got used to plex:

A work around is Xteve and owncast. I was successfully able to make an owncast broadcast into a “DVR channel”.

Its cluegy but it does work. My tech level in this stuff is spotty. I’m used to stacks of tech but more for physical control systems (NOT consumer facing). But I was able to get that to work.

Edit: little bit of clarification: Xteve will let you add DVR to your plex server. It’s possible to tie owncast into Xteve. That allows users to cue into a “DVR” channel which is kind of “simulcasting” whatever you’re pointing owncast to. In my case it was a screen share of sportsball, but it could be whatever.

Lol, I’m going a long while while back, but I think his parents were also not exactly thinking his drawings were indictive of a future artist. Don’t ask me the quote but his parents basically felt the same lmfao. Cest Le vid said the old folks and all that.

Adding that there is a small zoo in the town park that is small but wonderful. It’s also where his dad worked growing up. He’d go there after school while his dad was wrapping up work and draw the animals.

Springfield is pretty rough but has some crazy cool history and some really beautiful parts.

I thought I was the only one…

Thanks for the answer. I had an IEP that changed my life. It involved access to a computer (back when that was a big ask) due to a condition that involved some hand issues. I went from remedial classes to advanced once I could get it down. I’m now a biochemist.

The specifics are helpful to explain to other people “yeah, THAT is going away”.

First off, not autistic, hope this allowed. Is 504 how IEPs gain legal backing?

How many wins with that margin? How many 1 score games that didn’t come down to sketchy calls?

“Superbowl champion Kenny Pickett secures victory over Chiefs, defeating Mahomes in final minutes of play” - a technically accurate headline

oh this seems like the worst thing ever. I used to have a lot spaghetti stuff reporting. I did not need to be spending this kind of money on ESPs…

thanks, the fact that there’s this level of insight in the community makes me comfortable of going down this road. I’ll keep an eye on integrations.

And it’s explicitly “not all data”? I’m really impressed by the community, I’d assume if a Philips lightbulb was getting access to geolocation data via HA someone would have noticed.

Clear answer, thank you so much. Glad to hear there’s a community. Worst case scenario I can always make it so a self-hosted voice to text triggers a script on a local device through a spotify API.

Glad to hear it, it’s not so much suspicious as the principle. It’s weird, I just hate the notion that if I bump up my thermostat a degree or two someone who I pay to give me music is keeping track.

this is fantastic, I’m really excited. I do have a follow up on non-hardware integrations though. I know when I download anything on my phone, it’s sharing all sorts of crap. Does HA allow integrations to do that? Going back to spotify example, I understand spotify can obviously track things on their end (what song they’re giving me etc), but integrations don’t let them see humidity in my basement right?

ESPhome is exactly the kind of platform I was looking to use. My hope was to standardize a design or two so I could have some I deployed where needed (garage, basement, etc). That’s fantastic, thank you!

This is PERFECT. Thank you. I need figure out Tailscale, I’m much better at the device level than networking, but your answers gave me what I’m looking for: Keep an eye on the device and how it’s used and it’s workable. Thank you!

Cool. Enjoy.