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?

Does this scenario remind anyone of a contemporary political situation happening somewhere?

Keep me posted.

And thanks for the link to the images!

The great LINUX uprising of 2025!!!

My dad was an attorney. Just to say: we are white. And he said this to me: Police have in IQ of 80. If you are pulled over, place both hands at the top of your steering wheel with your fingers spread. Be polite. Move only when they tell you to.

Break any of these rules and they will kill you.

This is what he told his white son. He didn’t trust cops at all. This was in the late seventies.

You and I are in agreement.

Things are tough.

But smarts, creativity, and hard work never go out of style.

We’ve been lucky with our cheap rice cooker.

But I seriously have to be having an incredibly lucky astrology day to cook rice in a pot — like perfect biorhythms and after having rubbed the head of a leprechaun.

Guess I was responding to … another recent meme … the one with the couple able to buy a home on top and the current guy just making memes…

I just get so tired of people making it all about the system— when I think it takes two to tango?

Well… fast food meat, ounce for ounce, is much more expensive than cooking your own. But I can’t recommend “bargain” raw meat.

And gluten free.

Rice cooker is a total game changer. Essential.

This is exactly the reminder I had hoped would appear here. Thank you.

Does anyone get hanged when it reaches half a billion?

Wish there was more time and willingness to break this down and embark on individual solutions.