[–] 5 points 6 hours ago

Heck, you don't have to look farther than any given Tim. That name derives from Greek "timotheos", which means "he who honors God". Any atheist named Tim is at risk of spontaneously triggering an Alanis Morissette song.

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  • [–] 2 points 21 hours ago*

    .NET turned out to be pretty good... eventually. Mind you, it still has ridiculous parts like none of the GUI toolkits it ships with being crossplatform (except WinForms, barely). But compared to other development platforms it's not really worse than the rest.

    Of course they're also not really selling it. The related programs they do sell (like Visual Studio and Azure DevOps) absolutely suck.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago*

    I can't even access the settings on my work laptop. Or the VM I have to connect to through AVD. I do have admin privileges on the Windows Server VM I have to connect to from AVD but I can't exactly install an operating system over RDP.

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  • [–] 27 points 5 days ago

    So it works but they don't have a process in place to ensure it works. That doesn't meet their standard for official support and so they retracted their claim that they support Linux via Proton. But they also made clear that they plan on getting that process in place.

    That's honestly the best possible position.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

    I wouldn't say the idea of prehistory is disrupted per se. But we have to accept that it's region-dependent. In any given region (recorded) history started when the oldest still available account was preserved.

    Some regions are far better at preserving very old accounts than others.

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  •  

    I'm looking to replace an existing Hue setup and some dumb lamps, especially since Hue is hiding basic functionality behind a user account these days. I'm thinking of going with Nanoleaf instead.

    What I have right now:

    • Bridge: Hue bridge
    • Living room: Hue pendant light + Hue E27 bulb, controlled by a Hue switch and optionally synced to a Linux PC running Huenicorn
    • Bedroom: Hue ceiling light, controlled by two Hue switches
    • Guest room: Dumb LED light
    • Bathroom: Dumb LED light

    What I want to install:

    • Bridge: SLZB-06* for Matter+Thread, optionally talking to a Home Assistant instance
    • Living room: 2x 3-pack Nanoleaf Skylight, controlled by a Sense+ switch and optionally synced to a 4D V1 camera
    • Bedroom: Nanoleaf E27 bulb, controlled by two Sense+ switches
    • Guest room: Nanoleaf E27 bulb, controlled a Sense+ switch
    • Bathroom: Nanoleaf E27 bulb, controlled a Sense+ switch

    Now there's a few questions I have:

    • Would this setup work or am I missing something? Nanoleaf's website is quick to mention several home automation hubs, none of which I want to operate.
    • Can I actually sync the Skylights with the 4D camera? The documentation only seems to talk about the corresponding light strips.
    • Is there another option for screen syncing that works with Linux?
    • Can I set a bulb to change its color temperature on a fixed cycle? If so, I could skip one of the Sense+ switches.
    • If Nanoleaf's stuff is unsuitable for my needs, is there another alternative that isn't Hue?
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