Dans Next, ce matin, on parle intelligence artificielle, accroissement de la surveillance et lutte pour la protection de la vie privée avec @Mer__edith, présidente de @signalapp et co-fondatrice de l'AI Now Institute :
Was bidding on a #NeXT CRT monitor, but I was starting to regret it. I just got outbid on it and I think I'm going to let it go. I have a borrowed one now, and it'd really work out better for my storage space if I can do the work to find a compatible flat-panel display (which I do know is a challenge).
Depuis début février, le débat sur la manière de nommer les personnes trans agite la communauté du Wikipedia francophone.
Dans #Next, j'essaie de détailler comment il résonne avec les questions plus larges de neutralité et de représentation qui agitent la société.
Dear #3DPrint friends, I have a little problem. This is the base of my #NeXT#MegaPixel Display mini (scale 1:2). How would you print such a part on an #FDM printer with minimal support?
Matter is coming to fix all your smarthome woes! A single IoT standard, working across multiple radio protocols, bringing together different products from many different manufacturers.
And… it works!
Mostly
These are the Meross 315 Smart Plugs. They are small(ish), cheap(ish), and easy(ish) to use.
As soon as I plugged them in, before even configuring them, my home went crazy. I got a pop-up on my phone asking if I wanted to control them with Google Home.
I wanted to add the plugs using the Meross app. Not because it is particularly good (it's basically fine) - but because of a couple of limitations in Matter. Here's a page from the plugs' manual.
At the moment, Matter doesn't support firmware updates. That's probably fair. You don't want some random app bricking your device - so it is restricted to the manufacturer's app.
Luckily, HomeAssistant came to the rescue! Because the Meross API is well documented, my local SmartHome Pi was able to get a realtime view of how much power was flowing through the plug.
The power toggle - and activity LED - is on the left side of the plug. That makes it a little awkward to press and obscures the view of the LED. I guess putting it on top would make it too easy to accidentally activate?
The energy monitoring doesn't seem to update in realtime in the app.
I renamed the plug in the Android app, but that name doesn't seem to be exposed in Matter. Nor was it picked up by HomeAssistant.
In order to connect the device to WiFi, your phone needs to be on that specific WiFi network. Because the devices only support 2.4GHz, I needed to swap SSIDs on my phone. But, on the plus side, I didn't have to manually enter any passwords.
For about £32 for a two-pack (depending on whether the algorithm favours you) these are pretty good value for money. They were easy to set up, quick to get working in other apps, and had a firmware update waiting for me.
I got some Meross plugs about 6 years ago and they've kept trucking all that time - so I'm pretty confident these will last. And, even if Meross disappears, Matter means that another app can easily control them.
Here's the plan. I'm going to plug this into my Tumble Dryer and tell HomeAssistant to monitor its energy usage and send me a message when the drying is done.
This is my second try to move to Mastodon or at least to try to convince myself to use it instead of X. Do you have any recommendations for whom I should follow? I'm interested in #webdev#frontend#javascript#react#vue#next#nuxt
The original WWW proposal is a Word for Macintosh 4.0 file from 1990. Recovering the text, diagrams, and formatting was not impossible but it was hard. A great example of the use of #emulation for historical research and digital preservation.
Went to RICM and saw several of their systems. They have a PDP/9 they are restoring, PDP/11, and quite a few working vintage computers and gaming systems. Next time more pictures and take their tour of their warehouse.
A lot of the things were fully functional and you were allowed to use them. Amazing experience.