I wanted to shit on Lenovo because when I bought my laptop last year they had no Linux laptops (anymore) and specifically an article on how to install Linux links to one that just explains what an OS is… but I actually double checked before posting and it’s looking promising! There’s a list of “best laptops for Linux” including the Mr Moneybags version of mine, and a bunch of FAQ that looks very much not Microsoft approved. So that’s a good sign.

If you have other ways to play a game, consider buying it regardless of the rating for the Steam Deck. Sometimes verified games update in a way that makes them way too hardware intensive, others might actually be playable regardless of what they say and the only real way to find out, is to try. For example, I wanted to try it so I setup Steam VR on the Deck, added ALVR, set it to minimum resolution and fps… I mean, Taskmaster VR worked. I had to make the resolution inside Steam VR all the way down, and it keeps a shaky 60 fps (doesn’t bother me, others could get motion sickness) but it was playable. Obviously it was docked, so 100% just curiously as on the other side of the desk there’s my actual gaming computer, but…

With access to a 3d printer one could print something like this https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5430213/ (that I did print and works fine) or any other similar design.

SV07 then? It’s pretty full optional, but I believe they didn’t open source the whole thing.

Sounds about right. But a multimodal one? Ehh… sticking with Meta, their smallest LLaMa is a 7b, and as such without any multimodal features it’s already going to use most of the Quest’s 8gb and it would be slow enough that people wouldn’t like it. Going smaller is fun, for example I like (in the app I linked) to use a 1.6b model, it’s virtually useless but it sure can summarize text. And to be fair, there are multimodal ones that could run on the Quest (not fast), but going small means lower quality. For example the best one I can run on my phone takes… maybe 20 seconds? To generate this description “ The image shows three high-performance sports cars racing on a track. The first car is a white Lamborghini, the second car is a red Ferrari, and the third car is a white Bugatti. The cars are positioned in a straight line, with the white Lamborghini in the lead, followed by the red Ferrari, and then the white Bugatti. The background is blurred, but it appears to be a race track, indicating that the cars are racing on a track.” and it’s not bad. But I’m not sure I’d call it trustworthy :D

I enjoy this 1.5 Lora https://civitai.com/models/165876/2d-pixel-toolkit-2d it’s pretty neat!

I have a Sovol SV07 Plus, that is the newer version of the SV06 Plus… or in other words, the mechanically identical, but larger, SV06. It’s easy to assemble, it’s bigger than the A1 Mini. Now, you don’t know how big your printer needs to be, until you find out that it’s too small! I found that the 22cm square offered by my old Ender 3 was enough for most things, but it wasn’t enough for everything. I also had a 12cm square with a Monoprice Select Mini Plus V2(the name was the biggest thing lol) and that was quick to become restrictive. Would I suggest the A1 Mini, that has halfway between the two? I don’t know. But at the same time it comes pre assembled (it might not be a concern for you) and easy to use. In short I would recommend the SV07 as that’s the small and less expensive version of what I have, but the SV06 should be mechanically identical so that gives me hope it’ll perform equally well. The downsides are a less than stellar control unit (the hardware inside the touchscreen), a weird as fuck cooling fan that is super loud, and instructions that trick you into believing that the packets of screws are numbered in a meaningful way. Don’t. That said it prints everything with ease, it’s really fast and that fan might be loud, but at the same time works wonders. I love it. Oh! Also. Once I ever so slightly fucked up the Z offset, making it scrape quite thoroughly the build surface: nothing got damaged, build surface included!

Speaking of, what browser do you use for this? I have tried Vivaldi but even in its default “trust me bro, I’m Chrome” user agent it says it’s not supported. Firefox says it’s supported but I got no stream and in the end I despise less Edge compared to Chrome so that’s what I’m using…

I mean… back in the 90’s the news from the other side of the world were kinda iffy, with obvious bullshit like a man in China having an hiccup for 30 years, or another being 200 years old, or the even more laughable idea of a school shooting in the US…

Crazy is normal.

So you would be fine being a guest in someone's else house, no control over anything and just let whatever automations are in place do their thing? But all of this in your own home? Temperature is an important value to know, tells if it's better to turn off the AC/heat and just open the windows at that time, or when it's the better moment to open them and air the place. Same with air quality, if it gets worse with the windows open it's better to close them, or if it's not great inside it might be a good idea to open.

My fan has an app or a pair of buttons on top, no remote.

Right, I see your point and it makes sense. But at the same time consider this: would you still like all the smart stuff if it was completely automated and you had no access to it? It just works, and you can't make it work a little differently if needed? And I offer an example of something that I can't imagine how it could be automated... I have a smart fan, power and orientation is dependent on where I am and how hot I feel. Easy enough to change that with the app as needed. Remember this is something I can control but would not want to give control to other people in the house.

On top of that what about sensors? Without the app you can't see them so for example no quick glance to check the temperature in multiple rooms and outside.

Also while the app is a bit clunky, it sure beats using that one rather than all of the Philips Hue, LIFX, Yeelight, Xiaomi, Tapo, Kasa, Daikin...

I see there's a bit of confusion, understandably as different servers are set up differently from each other:

That should help visualize the issue :)