Imagine having both
ZigBee baybeee. Fully local, offline, forever. Nobody can stop them working.
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I live my smart lights for this. I can change them at my whim. By default they’re brighter and whiter during the day, slowly moving dimmer and yellow after sunset. Or I can make them whatever other color but I do that pretty rarely.
It’s also fully offline and no WiFi used. But it seems almost everything you see in the stores are WiFi bulbs you have to get an app for, where one day they might go bankrupt and suddenly your lights dont work. Or the internet goes out. Yuck.
Some drama on their licensing situation:
https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/issues/8886#issuecomment-3837091846
Actually I just got my payment from an Apple class action about Siri triggering during private conversations.
It was $40 which was kinda crazy high for such a broad class action.
2·3 days agoI mean that’s vague.
I’d say it depends on the content too. On a computer monitor at typical size/distance? Yeah probably. Small text will look much much better.
Depends on the screen size and distance.
And piracy gets them from Bluray.
Now that that’s dying I’m afraid we’re gonna be stuck with streaming bitrates.
There’s barely any actual 4K content you can consume
I feel like that’s not true. But you’ve gotta try. If you’re streaming it, chances are it’s not really any better. 4K Bluray (or rips of them…) though? Yeah it’s good. And since film actually has 8K+ resolution old movies can be rescanned into high resolution if the original film exists.
Supposedly Sony Pictures Core is one streaming service that can push nearly 4K Bluray bitrates… but you’ve gotta have really good internet. Like pulling 50-80GB in the span of a movie runtime.
I feel like on monitors because you’re fairly close getting at least 2k is good. Depending on size even 4k makes sense.
Small text on large 1080p monitors looks… Not great.
For gaming though absolutely
Nah. On larger screens it’s good to have
Yeah. A 1080p Bluray clocks in around 20GB. A 4K bluray is 60-80GB.
If you’re downloading something smaller it’s probably lower quality
7·3 days ago-emia, meaning presence in blood.
Usually once whenever I’m on it I’ll pull up a terminal and type “yay”
I took a look at your instance
It’s just you isn’t it.
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Huh? I wasn’t trying to stalk you, you said you had run into them so I took a peek.
I mean, here’s a Hexbear thread about him winning.
https://hexbear.net/post/6637842?sort=Top
They’re skeptical that he’ll stay principled but nobody there is saying he’s the next coming of Hitler.
I’d love to see the link. You’ve got over 1k comments in 30 days or I’d look for it on your profile.
Brand/model isn’t important.
You’ll need a HomeAsstant controller. You can buy one premade or you can look up tutorials and make your own with a raspberry pi or old laptop or PC. Then you’ll need a ZigBee controller, this is a radio that will talk to your smart lights and other accessories.
You then get ZigBee compatible lights. Phillips Hue is the top of the line but so stupidily expensive I’d never recommend it. Innr makes good ones at half the cost. ThirdReality makes decent ones too for even cheaper.
You’ll probably also want some ZigBee switches to have physical controls for your lights instead of just by phone. They make models that replace your actual light switches. Or, if you rent like me and can’t modify that, you can get battery powered ones that stick on the wall. Battery life is like a year or more so not too bad.
That’ll do it. You can also use HomeAssistant now that you’ve got it. It’s a home automation software that’s open source and locally controlled. You can hook up much more than your lights. Smart plugs, your TV, 3D printer, fans, cameras, tons of sensors, your thermostat, robovac, etc. Then make automations that connect them. For example my living room ZigBee switch, one press up toggles the main lights. Double press for the lamp. Hold down and it turns off all lights and the TV. Some lights like my closet light are controlled by a door sensor instead of a switch, so they come on automatically. Some people prefer motion sensors so all lights are automatic. Turn off stuff automatically when you leave, etc.