Forgive me but the Pi is an order Of magnitude better than the dinosaurs you mention.

Sounds convenient.

I’m sure they have an app to help you understand.

Nope. Just like living. Not sure what all the hoo-haw’s about. Never felt so old in my life.

Who doesn’t like hand feeding the fish? Why even have them?

Imagine… setting it while at home.

That’s true. It doesn’t.

I like the idea that some folks have entirely private systems run by raspberry-pi. That sounds fun.

But what can it do more easily than an mid 20th century home can do?

Okay — can anyone — and I mean anyone, please explain to me that allure of the so called home assistant. Our home was built in 1965. Its housed many families very comfortably. It houses our family very comfortably. Our kids are heading off to college. Tra la la. We have holidays, happiness, and we contribute to the community at a variety of events. We sleep well. Eat well. We host parties of up to fifty people sometimes… we have a yard.We have a dog, two cats, fish etc. All the things that happen in a home.

We are happy.

We have no so called smart products. We use a terrestrial radio in the kitchen on the daily. We stream from the rip-off services when we desire. We are up on the shows etc. So we have internet — each of us has a phone and a device for working. I just don’t get it.

What is the allure of the so called smart home etc?

Keep me posted.

And thanks for the link to the images!

The great LINUX uprising of 2025!!!

Thank you — seems like a nice place to start to move beyond starting a browser.

I’m ready to do something lower tech — retro.

I’m a big fan of this old BBS game called Space Trader — I loved it. Hoping to get one going.

I have a great deal to learn…

Thank you! I shall start listening!

This looks amazing! Thank you.

Not the onion. Wow.