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I said it in the notes on the last post but Iām gonna say it again.
Iām married to someone with severe memory problems. Automation of household appliances & systems helps him a lot and helps me a lot because it reduces the number of things I have to keep in my brain at all times. I love doors that lock themselves, being able to schedule dog food being delivered, a thermostat I can manipulate from wherever. Beyond my little bubble it should be noted that voice controlled appliances can be really good for people with mobility concerns. Appliances that can measure and talk and remember little tasks can be such a blessing for people.
I will never forgive Amazon and Google for taking technologies that could be really helpful and weaponizing them, and fuck everybody who acts like its some kind of conspiracy theory that those devices are spying on you. You absolutely should be distrustful of those devices but just make sure youāre getting angry at the right people.
Making accessibility devices evil is just like so Disney villain
My mom is blind and without her Alexa literally could not cook, go shopping, or do a million other things. Because Alexa is voice-activated, she doesnāt have to fumble with knobs or write a list she canāt read.
I will never forgive Amazon for how much I hate a tool that allows my mother to live her life.
Open source and secure alternatives for some of these:
- Voice activated smart speaker: Mycroft (can be purchased as a complete unit, or DIYed with a Raspberry Pi and microphone+speaker array)Ā https://mycroft.ai/
- Smart Home automation: home-assistant (cannot be purchased, originally developed by MIT)Ā https://www.home-assistant.io/
- Zigbee (the wireless protocol for smart lights and other smart devices) bridge: Conbee II (this takes the place of a Phillips Bridge, for instance. And is in many cases better because it works with all brands of smart light that use Zigbee--which is almost all of them, including the cheap IKEA ones--and also works for devices that arenāt lights. Cannot really be DIYed because Zigbee needs special hardware, not just software)Ā https://phoscon.de/en/conbee2Ā
I donāt know any alternatives for locks, vacuums, thermometers, or anything else sadly. None of these are that difficult to set up with just a little bit of tech know-how, and extensive guides already exist for almost all problems you could run into because the open-source community is almost psychotically dedicated to its projects, unlike Amazon, Google, and Apple where itās practically impossible to get help with any problem thatās even slightly unusual.
Oh thank you!! These area really neat
Oh thank you so much! My grandmother has an alexa and itās really improved her enjoyment of life, but I hate even talking around it. Itās linked to my amazon and Iāve gotten suggestions based on things itās heard. That wigs me out so much.
Can confirm, Home Assistant is amazing; I transitioned everything I could for it to control and right now thatās literally everything. It can also be integrated with other voice-activated smart speakers than Alexa as well as Alexa. It also comes WITH an Add-on called Ada for voice.Ā So far, there is very goddamn little on the market that isnāt either officially supported or community supported and stuff is being added at the rate of literally weekly. If you do scripting and have a taste for diy, you can be Dr. Doom and your home is your supervillain lair.
Because of the market, most smart appliances and devices are Alexa enabled, but unless theyāre made by Amazon, that doesnāt mean theyāre Alexa exclusive and even then, someone is hacking their way into the API and pulling the endpoints. Right now, the only thing I canāt work in here (yet) is my Nest Thermostat and HA is working on adding that back in right now.
Home Assistant is fully compatible with the zwave and zigbee standards as well as wifi and bluetooth; you can directly control zwave and zigbee items or link up your existing hubs for it to control like SmartThings.
https://www.home-assistant.io/
It can be run in several ways; Iāve done it on a Pi 4 both 4G and 8G and a VM on my Ubuntu server and while the Pi is recommended--I recommend it too for convenience--itās one of several possibilites.Ā Currently Iām using a Raspberry Pi 4b 8G with a solid state hard drive instead of SD card.Ā You can purchase z-wave and zigbee modules to add to it for direct control of z-wave and zigbee devices or use your existing hubs (or both). Beneath the HA umbrella is also links to the blueprints of building your own zigbee and zwave devices with Arduino just to start that HA can also control. Iām not saying youāre going to be building your own smart thermostat on the weekend, but apparently, some people are doing just that.
This does not require a high tech start value; most integrations are automatic, you just say yes and login and let it happen, it even creates your Dr. Doom dashboard with TABS.
Again, you DO NOT NEED TO KNOW ANYTHING BUT COMPUTERS EXIST AND HOW TO CLICK YES AND NO TO USE THIS. For me, it was actually easier than a lot of setups with shit I had to pay money for that said they were easy.Ā This is open source, but that is not synonymous with user unfriendly; a lot of work was done to make this accessible to the casual automation user. The UI is card based; when you first start, HA does it all for you and creates discrete cards that control different things on your dashboard; no effort on your part, you can turn on and off any light in here or turn them red while someone is in the bathroom because thatās fucking funny.Ā But as you get more comfortable, you can start to create your own configurtions, take direct control of the UI, and mix it up; itās up to you.
But.
If you are a DIYer or just want to be or never knew you wanted to be but feel the vibes and need a place to start, this is the perfect sandbox for learning and escalating.Ā There are a metric ton of tutorials, community add-ins, and message boards to consult. If you can imagine it, it can be done and its likely someone is working on version eight right now. The primary languages are python and javascript with yaml for configuration files for DIY.Ā You can create your own layouts, your own sensors, and your own cards if you donāt like what they have. If youāre like me, you may also go in to community addins and add new stuff to their code so it runs like you want it to; itās all up to you.
I am not a dev pro, Iām a QC analyst with a scripting hobby; I do this quite literally for fun on weekends or when Iām bored or anxious and need to soothe myself with coding.
Here is the home page of my MULTI-TAB dashboard. Yes, that is a floorplan of my apartment and those glowy orange and dark grey bits are things that I can turn on and off from the comfort of my bed.Ā Itās fun.
I seriously would kill to get more people into this and have someone to play with and enjoy the feeling of controlling all within my (apartment) kingdom with but a single command.Ā Dear God tell me if youāre into it; weāll be best friends and hopefully youāll be okay with that.
Hereās an intro to Home Assistant I wrote back in September in DW when I first started, with screenshots.Ā Youāll also be able to see my Dash when I first started compared to the dash above. Feel free to ask me anything from the perspective of someone not a dev professional, an engineer, or even has a degree in anything, much less anything like this, and yet is a QC lead who codes their own testing tools and for whom this is just something cool and fun.
Home Assistant: An Introduction
this is cool af! reblogging for anyone interested in automation but not bezos!
āIĀ lovedĀ you, always.ā
going to comment a little on this game: the overseeing voice talks as if it owns you, and defies your free will. if you follow its orders, you are praised, and the worldview becomes sharper and more detailed. if you donāt, you are chastised, and the world becomes more vague and difficult to navigate, but also more colourful and loud. itās odd, and sort of eerie, but definitely interesting. take it as you will.
This game really unsettles me. It unsttles me that my first choice to obey, and when I played again and disobeyed, I got really emotional really fast. Failure hurt me more the more I disobeyed. It was⦠interesting to experience.
iāve always said we are trained to obey more than to think.
holy shit. i reblogged this the first time without playing. then i played in and it is terrifying.Ā i very much like this, but it will give you intense feelings.Ā
Whatās the game??
you obey everything the game tells you too, even jumping into barbs and basically killing yourself. if you dont youre chastised and even the scolding is terrifying
So, essentially, itās a game that illustrates what itās like to be in an abusive parents or an abusive relationship - and how it affects you emotionally. That is horrific and ingenious - the next time someone negates the affects of emotional abuse, Iāll take them to this game and let them come to their own conclusions.
This game absolutely gets it. The most solid and reliable degradation is a gendered insult. The more you obey and co-operate, the better understanding you seem to have of your word, and things seem easier. But what really gets me is the contradiction. You are not allowed to have the correct answer. Are you a boy or a girl? The answer is no, I will give you the answer. even towards the end, your "praiseā is āno, I will give you the answer. You earned this answer, but it is given to you by me.ā Disobeying makes the world frightening and confusing and difficult, but beautiful in a world devoid of flavour.
Nintendo paywalling to the ability to play classic n64 and sega genesis behind a second paid online membership
so yes emulating is still morally right fuck these bastards
20 year old games for an extra 8 dollars on top of whatever how much Nintendo online costs already like youāre not even owning these games itās a fucking rental service.
Just pirate.
Feel like this is something that would be useful here so hereās a link to a website with updated, working, safe emulators for 16 different consoles and handles.
It also has roms for said emulators and even pdf versions of the manuals.
Hey! If anyone is trying out The StoryGraph beta site and looking for fellow bookish nerds to follow, follow me š. Username is Emmarae C.
StoryGraph is a cool alternative to Goodreads. It has some features that goodreads does not. It has a yearly reading challenge but also more features on your reading data. Its pretty cool and you can upload all your data from Goodreads to StoryGraph. šš¾
Here's some of my reading data that I thought was interesting:
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gr8 free google chromeĀ extensions mini masterpost
HoneyĀ - automatically searches and applies coupon/discount codes in checkout for all online stores ummm????amazing????
Tumtaster - download any audio post on tumblr
EarsĀ - EQ any audio online (soundcloud, youtube, spotify,ect)
Whatfont - identifies any font just by hovering over it
Readism - get reading time estimates for articles ect. (this ones cool)
Peek - lets you preview and interact with documents/links before you download (great for dropbox, mediafire/music links you dont trust)
Speakit! - converts text to speech, in any language, so u dont have to read (great for homework)
MindTheWordĀ - great language immersion tool, in every webpage visited it randomly translates a few words into the target language specified by you (must register an account)
Night Mode Pro - switch from day to night mode for an ease to ur eyes andĀ also a cool look
Lagom - really cute minimalistic customizable new tab page (really cool)
Palette Creator - creates a color palette for any image just right click
Hola! - access websites/videos blocked in your country, school ect.
Cite This For MeĀ - super easy way to create website citations in APA, MLA, Chicago, or Harvard referencing styles just by one click
Aliexpress tool - reliable way to check sellers on aliexpress by rating, checking price changes and any video reviews that exist
Things that have helped me (coding related)
jsfiddleĀ - Helps you test out your code instead of using tumbrās shitty customization page
cssportalĀ - offers a variety of services,including: testing out your css code (gives you a live demo), generators (box-shadow etc) and others
dirtymarkup - Cleans up your code. Basically makes it legible
patternify - creates small patterns (itās what I use to create my icons). This is honestly my favorite tool.
w3schools, codeacademy, learn-shayhowe, learnlayoutĀ - all of these websites help you learn the fundamentals of html/css and more
google - it is literally your best friend. Itāll answer any question you have no matter how vague
stackoverflow- very helpful website. Helps you answer any questions you may have (code related). BUT PLEASE, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SEARCHED YOUR QUESTIONS BEFORE ASKING. These are actual people who are taking their time to answer your questions, and they will take yourĀ āquestion askingā privilege away from you if you abuse it
tutorialzineĀ Ā codrops- tutorials to help you with coding. It can go from very simple, to āthatās way too much time investment for meā
css-tricks - itās like a combination of helping you code, to asking questions, to tutorials (this is my favorite website)
behance, dribbble, awwwardsĀ - great place to find inspiration
Ā validatorĀ - checks the validity of your code
iconfinder - holy grail of icons. Some are free some arenāt
fount - it can identify any font that a webpage is using
colourcodeĀ - just check it out.Ā
colorlovers- color palette galoreĀ
caniuse- says in the name
Now if youāre trying to see how your code/theme etc looks on different screen resolutions this is how you do.
Google chrome
right click on page then click on inspect or (Ctrl + Shift + I) look for this (itās the two ipad looking icons)
All you have to do now is input in whatever specs you want If you donāt want it anymore, just click it again and itās gone.
Firefox
click on the menu icon (the 3 lines in the right hand corner)
click developer then responsive design view or (Ctrl + Shift + M)
I hope you found this helpful. Enjoy your day
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Shopping for laptops fucking sucks ācause I donāt know shit about computers. Iāve never had a computer with a functional webcam or microphone or the ability to play computer games made later than 2005 or a speaker that could play anything loud enough to hear from more than a foot away. How the hell should I know what I want?!
wow that would be such useful advice if only desktop PCs were small and portable and did not require desk tops on which to place them and I could take them with me when I traveled
I know this is a haha funny post, but for anyone who needs it, here's a quick-and-dirty of what you're most likely going to see while shopping for a computer/laptop (w/Examples)!
Cores/Intel Cores (Ex. i3, i5, i9)= Processing Speed= how fast your internet and other programs run. More cores is better.
Hard [Disk] Drive(HDD)/Solid State Drive(SSD) (Ex. 250GB, 480GB, 2TB)= How much you can store on your computer (files and apps and programs). A Terabyte(TB) is 1,000 Gigabytes.
*HDD is cheaper and more storage while SSD is faster, more durable, and uses less energy.
Memory/RAM(Random Access Memory) (Ex. 4GB, 8GB, 16GB) = How many different things your computer can do At The Same Time.
Ex. A computer with 4GB of RAM will probably shit itself if you try to play a game with with the internet open.
Video/Graphics Cards (Ex. NVIDIA, Intel HD Graphics, AMD) = How much visual complexity your computer can handle without throwing a tantrum. Only important if you play video games, do digital art, or watch a lot of movies on your computer. (When you're watching a video and it pixelates and lags when the action stuff happens, that's a bad/small graphics card)
Also theĀ āavoid refurbished computersā tip is dead wrong.
āRefurbishedā means itās been in a technicianās hands recently and canāt be sold as new. Thatās it. Thatās all. In the US the FTC makes it illegal to sell something new if itās been sold to an end user, so by definition a lot of perfect, ready-to-go hardware must beĀ ārefurbishedā in order to sell it again, no matter the circumstances.
Reasons a machine might be a refurb:
- Customer bought the item, decided they didnāt like the color, and returned it
- Customer bought the item, couldnāt figure out how to turn it on, and returned it
- Retailer opened the box for some reason and lost some of what gets shipped inside (manuals, cables, charger) and returned it
- Company bought 100 computers but went out of business before they could be installed or used
- Customer got a replacement for a damaged computer under warranty, and the manufacturer fixed what was wrong with the old machine and is now selling it as a refurb
I HAVE PERSONALLY WITNESSED ALL OF THESE SCENARIOS
Bottom line: ārefurbishedā hardware has been repaired, tested, cleaned, and renewed back to original specifications by a trained technician. If anything, itās probably MORE reliable now that itās been doubly-tested.Ā
All responsibly refurbished equipment comes with a factory warranty... the only refurbs I would avoid are items sold āas-isā without warranty. Thatās dangerous unless you know what youāre doing, like buying stuff for parts.
A lot of my most reliable hardware -- servers, laptops, tablets -- were bought as refurbished goods at huge savings. When I go shopping for a new thing I always look at the refurbished options first.Ā
tl;dr: Refurbished is great!
JSTOR still isnāt free, thatās a bummer, but here are the websites I use to get eBooks! If youād like to support an author you admire, thatās fine, and if youād like to go through the library system, thatās fine too. Iām just a vigilante weirdo who hates long wait lists and encouraging a garbage publishing system! Also, weāre all stuck inside so we might as well pirate.
add more if you know of any more!
mobilism, this is where i got most of my ebooks from! you should also download an ebook reader onto your phone and your computer, depending on where you want to read. i recommend moon reader for your phone and calibre for your computer. you will need to sign up to get access to the downloads/forums but they donāt send any annoying emails, and the free trial for premium is pretty great!
Z-Lib: also really great, but they have a download cap of five per day. you can get more if you share a post to facebook or donate a small amount. very rarely disappoints and if i canāt find something on mobilism or vk, i know i can find it here.
Lib-gen, i donāt use it that often but itās very good. real quick, just to make sure it worked well and had sort of Obscure Offerings, I looked up a book Iāve been hunting down (the novelization of the Batman: Knightfall arc ā¦) and it was there! Amazing!
VKās BOOKS & MOVIES in English Board and VKās English Bookland: I wouldnāt recommend these to people who are new with pirating things, but if you know how to work it itās really good! These two boards let you suggest books/ask someone to find you a book, and can search around through their very large databases. They do tend to repeat the same books in their posts sometimes, which means youāll have to do a lot of scrolling/filtering out.
Z-lib is my shit like the recipes Iām gonna make

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todayās morning tool: the a11y project, an accessibility driven code & design resource for better, more accessible web design
hobbies masterpost!
a really excellent way to reduce anxiety is to pick up a new hobby. find something youāre interested in, learn it, then use it as a healthy and productive way to cope.
learn to play guitar
learn how to make interactive stories with the free program Twine
learn how to make pixel art
learn another language
learn how to build a ship in a bottle
learn how to develop your own film
learn how to embroider
learn how to make chiptunes (8-bit music)
learn how to make origami (the art of paper folding)
learn how to make tumblr themes
learn how to make jewelryĀ
learn how to make candy
learn how to make terrariums
learn how to make your own perfume
learn how to make your own tea
learn how to build birdhouses
learn how to read tarot cards
learn how to make zines
learn how to code
learn how to whittle (wood carving)
learn how to make candles
learn how to make clay figurines
learn how to knit scarves
learn how to become an amateur astronomer
learn some yoyo tricks
learn how to start a collection
learn how to start body building
learn how to edit wikipedia articles
learn how to decorate iphone cases
learn how to do freelance writing
learn how to make your own cards and
learn how to make your own envelopes
learn how to play the ukuleleĀ
learn how to make gifs
learn how to play chess
learn how to juggle
learn how to guerrilla garden
learn how to chart your family history
learn how to keep chickens
learn how to do yoga
learn how to do magic
learn how to raise and breed butterflies
learn how to play dungeons & dragons
learn how to skateboard
learn how to do parkour
learn how to surf
learn how to arrange flowers
learn how to make stuffed animals
IM GOING TO LEARN THEM ALL
CHALLENGE considered :ā)
David Harvey's got you covered
For real though, David Harvey is the man when it comes to Marxās Capital, heās been reading and teaching about it for decades and I highly recommend checking him out. Heās got free classes on youtube and all, itās great and really accessible if you donāt know much about economics or theory.
https://www.youtube.com/user/readingcapital
Read more here:
"You are no longer licensed to use the software," Adobe told them.
Friendly reminder that GIMP does pretty much everything Photoshop does, and itās 100% free. Fuck DRM and the license culture, we have plenty of open source options available to us as a consumer.
Lightworks is a freeware video editor on par with Premiere
Blender is an excellent freeware 3D renderer,possibly better than After Effects
Lightzone to replace Lightroom
Inkscape to replace Illustratr
Audacity to replace Audition (I also received a free version of Pro Tools with my Scarlett Solo audio interface)
If Adobe is going to be greedy shitheads, then fuck āem. Donāt use their stuff. Freeware can be just as good, if not better, than Adobe CC.
so like........... i think i'll use my main (this account) only for organization purposes.
so luckyfailure - - > originz

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So my sister wants to start sewing more, because
a. Sheās 5ā² 11ā³ and can never find pants long enough for her legs or shirts long enough for her arms.
b. She hates synthetic fibers as much as I do and itās difficult to find natural fiber clothes that arenāt made of cotton
c. Sheās a biologist and would physically fistfight microplastics if given half a chance
So her gift from mom and dad for her birthday was a sewing machine. Not a super expensive one but a good solid serviceable one.
And recently she asked āSo where do I GET wool or linen and thread that isnāt polyesterā and mom was like āgo ask your sisterā
And I, of course, crashed into the group text like āGET A PEN I HAVE WEBSITES FOR Uā and honestly Iām thrilled about this
āWhere did u get all thisā
āBets, u know Iām a 15th degree blackbelt of buying shit on the internetā
āoh yeah truā
Op can may we inquire about the website list
Linen; https://www.graylinelinen.com/
cotton and Silk thread; https://redrockthreads.com/
Linen thread and wool fabric; https://burnleyandtrowbridge.com/ (theyāve got wool stuffs and worsted wool fabric for $15 a yard! I just got three yards of navy worsted wool Iām making a constellation winter skirt from)
More linen thread and wool; https://wmboothdraper.com/ (just ordered wool broadcloth to make a coat)
Silk fabric (THE best place to get silk lining fabrics and raw silk fabric):https://www.dharmatrading.com/
A varying assortment of wool and silk and cotton and even some leather, use coupon codeĀ spring2020 for 50% off your full order, worked yesterday when I bought some stuff there; https://metrotextilesnyc.com/
Wool. You want wool coating for under $20 a yard? Sure you do. Itās here. Not a huge variety of colors, most are black or brown, but hey https://www.fashionfabricsclub.com/Catalog?refinementIds=4096748&Keyword=wool&pageSize=16
I donāt know a lot about sewing, but I want to make or have my mom make some linen pants & shirts for when Iām watering, because it gets to 105 here and we have mosquitos so I need to be covered. What type of linen do I buy? Also, linen pajama shorts, yes/no?
(Iāve been wearing my renfaire pants which are a linen mix, I think. But the frikking mosquitos that hide in the tomatoes get my arms)
Medium weight is what Iād go with.
And linen pajama shorts is a HARD yes.
I want other young people to understand that if the extent of your radical action is posting āeat the rich!ā on social media and waiting for somebody to tell you a revolution has started, nothing will change and youāll get arrested in the Third Red Scare and thatāll be it
Whatās the plan?
Join a local trade union and the IWW. Join or start a local tenantās union. Volunteer with Food Not Bombs and do other mutual aid in your community. Support your local solidarity economy and maker community. Build, fix, and grow stuff. Use free, open-source software and stop letting companies sell your data. Pirate stuff. Break unjust laws. Attend local actions
And most importantly, join radical groups in your area. Strength is found in numbers and none of us can change the world alone. If you need help finding your local movement, DM me and Iāll look around for you so you can start getting stuff done
If youāre younger and canāt join unions or go to protests, you can still do some of the above.
Like as stated above for example, use open source software. Switch from chrome to firefox. Read the terms and conditions.
Shop at antique/thrift/pawn stores and stop buying everything new.
Barter. Exchange services, items, or skills with your peers. Are you 16 and able to drive your friends around? Carpool, and ask that your friends pay you back with food sometime, or teach you a skill that they have. Maybe that band kid is really good at knitting. Learn how to do that.
Never think that your contribution is useless. An ocean is just a multitude of drops.
Also, you can definitely join radical groups and participate in organizing protests and action groups when youāre younger.
Thereās always a lot of work to be done and not all of it requires experience, a specific skill set or being legally an adult.
Tons of action groups would absolutely welcome young people and if some donāt, do not take it personally and just try another.
Also, and this is important, even if you donāt find or have access to A Group With A Plan, absolutely nothing stops you from taking individual action on your own time. Does your community have hungry people? Shoplift some bread and balogna, and let them know while you eat together why you did it. Rack some concrete and fill some potholes. Stencil some propaganda. Be the damage youād like to see on the world.
I was with you until you said fill some potholes⦠is that something regular people can do?? LOL
But definitely archiving this post.
How to Repair a Pothole
Anarchists In Portland Are Fighting The System By Fixing Potholes
āRadicalā is a bit of a red flag word, but otherwise YES individuals coming together to enact greater change is very important.
Hell yeah itās a red flag!