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.

The controller by default only worked with Steam?? Disappointing

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.

Microsoft: Outlook Pro Colipot 360 (not related to Outlook, copilot, Office or xbox)

My favourite if the screenshot util scrot

I don’t think I can get higher speeds that what I get in my private tracker. It’s basically only capped by my home Internet speed. And I like the uploading and the sense of community and sharing with eachother. It’s virtually not an issue to keep the ratio high enough. The rest is like the are services, they work the same.

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 think Facebook started doing that 15 years go. Lots of people were being scammed like that.

The new Naked Gun was really bad and not funny at all. It was torture to watch.

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.

My government does this actually.

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Hack the firmware. Kidding just use tape.