KNX is the solution. Look it up. Local first and by default. You own the equipment. It isn’t subject to any one company or manufacturer. You own it and control it!
Came to say the same, weird that so few people know about this. It's not consumer friendly and you need a software license to program it but in the end it's 100 % local, each actor or controller is self-reliant and all devices together form a local network that self-assembles into a working house automation. Program once and keep it running for years or decades. Of course it requires a lot of effort like dedicated wiring, and the stuff isn't exactly cheap.
Everything you listed + exorbitant prices of KNX devices. Why would I buy into an ecosystem like KNX when Zigbee, Matter/Thread, and local wifi-based devices exist and work well?
One potential benefit is that a wired KNX is unlikely to suffer from any reliability issues but I don't think that's enough to justify everything else for me. The reliance on proprietary software is a deal-breaker for me, I've seen that rug get pulled too many times.
For serious smart home automation anything else is a nightmare, KNX is made to industrial standards and can be installed directly in the breaker box, most smart home devices aren’t cheap either I think most hubs cost at least 200-400 USD and you need actors, a large 24 channel KNX actor costs maybe 400 USD and is enough to switch all lights in a small to medium house. And again you program that stuff once and can forget about it, I know installations that have been running for 10 years plus without any kind of maintenance, the tech is designed to last 30-50 years, while most smart home gadgets are just trash after 5-10 years, look at all the defunc and obsolete stuff there is. With that in mind prices are quite reasonable, that stuff is made to last. WiFi and Zigbee devices are so fickle in comparison, I used them a lot as well but at some point the will always randomly reset or lose connectivity and I have to go and figure out what’s wrong, it’s a nightmare. I have around 50-100 switching points and actuators in my house, oh the horror of managing each with zigbee or consumer smart home approaches… KNX just never fails, it uses almost zero power, doesn’t need updates or apps (beyond initial programming), and its actually designed for large use cases so it provides actual programmability not this toy stuff that smart home makers offer, entire hospitals run on it. And I can communicate with it using IP routing, so it’s still fully dynamically controllable e.g. via Home Automation. It’s also not a company but a foundation that is governed by many industry players, they pulled of what Matter tried to do (different focus of course), in serious home automation no one really doubts KNX (there is Loxone but less popular). I don’t care about open source I don’t want to program firmware for my actuators, they expose a clean fully fledged API that I can use as I see fit.
So not sure but having your rug pulled is so much more likely with any of these other standards, KNX has been around since 1999, that’s almost 30 years! Zigbee / Matter devices aren’t open source either, it’s the protocol so no difference to KNX.
I have a ton of blu-ray movies that I would like to digitize and throw on a server, organize and play. Is there a specific blu-ray reader/writer SATA or external via usb that has a high likelihood of success ripping blu-ray discs?
once theyre ripped holyarrs can import that folder, match each movie and organize it for jellyfin or plex. if theres something that would make the ripping side easier, open an issue: https://github.com/HolyArrs/HolyArrs/issues
Am I the only one that find it incredibly annoying to input a license plate number, full credit card number, expiration, etc into some random third party site you’ll never use again to give a city a few bucks to park for half an hour? It is so obnoxious. This isn’t even considering the major privacy issue. I absolutely refuse to use the ones that require a phone number that requires you to receive a text for 2FA. Not going to happen. I’ll risk the ticket.
Awesome. I’m not into wood working as a hobby but I do have a bunch of different tools including a few different saws; I will be checking this out! Looks awesome and I love your attitude about it being a labor of love…… the best products out there that isn’t jammed down everyone’s throats!
I encourage you to read this entire section of Ken Paxton dodging his securities fraud indictment using the full weight of the power of the offie of TX AG.
I would have to say doge, that ill conceived "chainsaw" to the federal government that saved $14B, or 0.26% of the federal budget, but which according to the Lancet will result in as many as 14M additional deaths, including 4.5M children, by 2030.
Remember when xAI through Grok started generating child porn and non-consensual nudes? Remember when instead of turning it off, Elon praised the xAI team for the user growth and then paywalled image gen with the same broken guardrails behind an $8 a month X subscription?
I’ve been using Linux (Debian) for well over a decade as I just couldn’t handle the hostility of Microsoft. I do have some Windows 11 machines for gaming exclusively and I am absolutely dumbfounded that Microsoft is still a household name, let alone one of the most valuable companies in the world. The hostility towards end users is 100x worse than a decade ago. It is bonkers that people willingly use Windows 11 as their primary OS.
“Kids these days” are lazy and entitled. Can’t blame them; they grew up with a screen in front of their face all the time. Their attention span is limited and their critical thinking skills are lacking. However, even with these major disadvantages, I still believe a young’n could make a great living if they just put their head dow, gain a skill, become knowledgeable (no short cuts) and then try hard. Great recipe but most don’t want to actually do work.
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