Nimrod @ Nimrod @lemm.ee

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Looks interesting! Seems it pantheon is built on top of GNOME, so wouldn’t that make it a bit heavy for my 2GB RAM beater? Or is there really not that much difference between the different DEs with regard to resource usage?

Dang, that’s a nice deal. I think I want something with a bit more juice, as I would like to play Minecraft from time to time. I’m leaning towards used thinkpad

I think this is the way forward.

I’d love it if I could find something with a decent GPU so it could run some Minecraft action.

Is eBay my best bet?

Yeah… the more I read into the pine stuff, the less fitting it is. I might enjoy one to mess with, but it won’t make a great gift!

Nice. That’s the move. I am finding it more and more difficult to find smaller laptops/chromebooks these days. If I want a big screen, I’ll sit down at my desktop!

Thanks again for the resources

Thanks for the resources. I think this could be the way forward. I’ll do some research first, as I need something super stable, since I won’t be the final user. So if it breaks, I’m on the hook.

Do you have any suggestions on possible candidate Chromebooks?

Are there certain requirements, or pitfalls to avoid when digging through old Chromebooks?

I think that’s the direction I’m leaning.

Oooh, I didn’t even think about the aspect… thanks!

I’m comfortable doing the Linux swap on an old dell, but I guess what I’m looking for is a recommendation of a device that is known to work well for that purpose.

Are there any “gotchas” that I should be looking out for in the hunt?

Never heard of the pinebook pro. Looks pretty neat. I wish it came with a smaller size, it would be perfect.

That does look pretty slick. However, I don’t plan on dropping $800 for my partner to watch Hulu with. Are there used versions I could hunt down?

Which community is the diy home automation community? Is it home assistant?

In my experience, aqara motion/lux sensors are pretty binary. I have one in my greenhouse to help with my lighting, but the lux value goes from 0 to max when ANY amount of light hits it.

There is no way I can tell the difference between cloudy and sunny. I can’t tell the difference between 6am (sun just over the horizon, but still behind trees) and 12 noon.

I would love to be able to detect when the sun goes behind a tree and shades my garden, but that’s just not possible with the granularity of the data I’m getting.

Learn how to cook tofu.

Try pressing it before cooking.

Try freezing it before cooking.

Try extra firm

Try silken

Try frying,

Try baking,

Try grilling.

Not everyone likes it the same way. But the beauty of it is: there’s no “wrong way” to do it.

Personally, I press the excess water out, rip it into chunks, little olive oil, little corn starch, and air fry it for 15 mins. Drown it in Buffalo sauce, wrap it up in a tortilla with lettuce tomato and pickle… my god.

Do you have a source for this?

Wow, that looks perfect. I wonder how strong the zigbee signal is in my back yard…

Also, did you try those moisture sensors? That might be the next step for my system.

Yeah, that’s the easy part. But what valve? How to power the valve plus the esp board? Waterproofing? Those are the tricky parts.

Ah, interesting. I might snag one to tinker with. I’m getting lazy in my ways, so generally things I have to take apart to flash get lower priority, but my greenhouse and garden are my favorite places to tinker.

Edit: I’m still figuring out how lemmy works. In one app it showed my reply was posted to another topic I was browsing at the time. So I deleted it, and tried to repost in this reply. But once it was removed, I couldn’t edit it. So I ended up replying to my own removed reply…

Ah, interesting. I might snag one to tinker with. I’m getting lazy in my ways, so generally things I have to take apart to flash get lower priority, but my greenhouse and garden are my favorite places to tinker.

Love me some Tasmota.

What are the connections on that thing though? It doesn’t look like standard garden hose thread?