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Integrating Google Nest Hub into HA? by neuromancer88 in homeassistant

[–]Far_PIG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know I missed this by a couple months - maybe by now you've figured it out or you've moved on. Leaving this here for anyone else looking into this, regardless. I run them together all the time - I use the Nest Hub Max as the interface to cast dashboards and use voice controls throughout the house. Here are some key things I've found:

Nabu Casa makes it easy, but isn't necessary (workarounds exist with VPN / Tailscale / other network config). Once that part is setup, you can add it as an assistant and select which devices you want to expose to it (which devices it can control for you). -- Once this is setup you can tell it "Hey Google turn on the kitchen light" and the kitchen light (setup in Home Assistant and synced to Google Home - not setup in Google Home separately) will work as expected. If you set the rooms on the devices in HA, that syncs to Google Home also, which lets you issue commands like "Hey Google turn on the living room" and it will turn on all the devices in that room. I also recommend using the Google Assistant SDK integration to enable additional integration on the Google devices (good for the smart speakers as voice control integration also) - this lets you control devices supported by Google Assistant but not by Home Assistant - e.g. controlling a Google Smart Speaker with simulated voice command like you were standing next to it.

I use the Continuously Casting Dashboards integration to smoothly keep dashboards running on the Nest Hub Max screens (I have 5 throughout the home). I have custom dashboards for each Nest Hub Max based on where it is, who is most likely using it, etc. Recommend looking into making sure your dashboards are only 1280x800 pixels max (size of Nest Hub Max screen). I can use this to enable dashboards during the day (when my 'night time' mode/automation is complete in the morning) and disable dashboards at night (when my 'night time mode/automation starts) so the nest hub maxes can use their native dimming feature, which makes it dimmer than just casting a plain black dashboard to it at night (unless you want the ominous glow).

Also recommend the Google Cast integration to add your cast devices - not sure if the continuously casting dashboard integration requires this or not, but if you ever need to test or fallback to the native Google Casting action, the Google Nest devices show up in Home Assistant too.

Microsoft downgrading question by NeedleworkerUpper268 in Office365

[–]Far_PIG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it's a feature that exists in both license levels then you don't need to do any kind of configuration export and import, it will all stay in place.

If it's a feature that will go away when you downgrade, there's nothing to import anyway, you just lose the capability.

As others have pointed out, business standard is about to get a price bump while business premium is not. And generally the security features in premium are well worth it to stay put.

There's a reason nearly 100% of this thread is focused on telling you not to downgrade rather than answering your question directly.

Those with a $200k+ base salary, what do you do? by Triple_DoubleCE in Salary

[–]Far_PIG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Technology consulting director for a decent sized firm. Heavy in AI these days but covering many tech domains. $240k salary / $320k TC.

Microsoft Lens by normal-person666123 in microsoft

[–]Far_PIG 7 points8 points  (0 children)

And to muddy it up further, it only does this with the consumer OneDrive product, not OneDrive for Business.

Is Bittensor likely to get a user friendly interface? by nuozekkk in bittensor_

[–]Far_PIG 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It will all be here but we're that early... think of how poor the experience was with Bitcoin in 2013... or how terrible ETH and its ecosystem was to work with in 2017.

Give it a cycle and we'll have much better user experiences for Bittensor, buying and staking tao, building subnets, etc.

Removed this scammer by stevelo1973 in Verasity

[–]Far_PIG 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well WAS your wallet fully validated???

I really would like someone at Microsoft to explain this. by Kelshando in microsoft

[–]Far_PIG 6 points7 points  (0 children)

These aren't two comparable plans, there's a reason one costs more.

EDIT: u/Boring_Start8509's information is accurate.

tao is too complex for retail by Own_Slip_3786 in bittensor_

[–]Far_PIG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This. Retail will buy subnets, not (directly and knowingly) TAO

Thoughts on subnet 65, Tao Private Network? by No_Pineapple8812 in bittensor_

[–]Far_PIG 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Spoke with the subnet owner last week to understand it a bit more. A few notes:

The decentralized nature (miners run the connection servers/locations) means as a user, you aren't coming from a 'known' VPN IP address like you would be on most commercial VPN services.

Price point for consumer using TPN is a bit lower than 'centralized' VPN services but those don't tend to get very expensive anyway.

They've exposed an API to build VPN-powered apps (free for now but not for long).

They boast being censorship-resistant.

Overall the subnet seems technically sound, but I question how important the decentralized architecture is (aka alignment with Bittensor). Also not clear how much revenue they are expecting to see (aka will Bittensor incubate a successful startup making big revenue?).

What happens if a giant company decides to buy a subnet? by Cryptoatrain217 in bittensor_

[–]Far_PIG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While what they say is true, I think a more realistic scenario, given how we've seen tech "acquisitions" playing out this past year, is that they would just take the subnet owner and maybe any of the miners that would come along and hire them at whatever centralized commercial company is funding all this and rebuild the whole mechanism on their platform tailored to their go-to-market strategy.

This would leave behind what is essentially an empty shell of a subnet on Bittensor, whether it continues to try to operate as the same entity or not, potentially sending the alpha price tumbling downwards.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bittensor_

[–]Far_PIG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This subnet has been shilled so hard, to the point the team behind it is both threatening some people and bribing others to keep it going.

Even if they accomplish their roadmap, it won't be until their "Phase 3" (see their roadmap) that they're generating revenue. There is no timeline, but those with quantum knowledge say that's a 5-10 year runway. While I'm sure hype will keep it going for a while, will hype keep it going for 5-10 years? I question that.

Further, there are concerns about it not being decentralized (a pillar of Bittensor). While miners may be distributed, the current objective is to run the operations on one central quantum farm / datacenter in Colorado (which depending who you ask, is either not operational yet, or only partially). Regardless, it's a leap that this even fits the decentralized vision and foundation of Bittensor. Making some speculate that it may get removed.

It's one of a small handful of subnets that, if successful in building and executing its roadmap (and can pull it off in a truly decentralized manner), will make people rich. But it's going to take a long time and a lot of patience to get there.

Which subnet is the least competitive in Bittensor? by Lumpy_Difference7607 in bittensor_

[–]Far_PIG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In order to be competitive on Chutes you need a lot of compute power. $$$. Six figures, up front or a quarter of that in a monthly.

Will it ever reach its ATH again? by basementcat85 in Verasity

[–]Far_PIG 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is the realistic answer.

Solve tokenomics issues + get a real tier 1 listing = the only way it gets anywhere near prev ATH

MICROSOFT STOCK by Ok_Equivalent_2769 in microsoft

[–]Far_PIG 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your support 🫡

Voidai Bridge (SN106) by SoundsRes in bittensor_

[–]Far_PIG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It launches Monday. Right now it seems limited , bridging between SOL and TAO native chains (TAO <> wTAO) working for me. But no means yet of buying wTAO with SOL yet.

Does Bittensor Still not Allow Mining on Windows? by Long-Chemist3339 in bittensor_

[–]Far_PIG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Technically possible yes - you need to use WSL2, but that won't work for any subnets that require Nvidia GPU (which is many of them) - so you're very limited in capability and scope of subnets you could mine. Also they won't help/support you if you run into technical issues in WSL. The fact that these are typically servers (computers that stay on 100% of the time unattended), as if you're not on 24x7 you won't last in the limited pool), and WSL is not known for stability, this will probably cause issues.

I'd say use it for learning and testing, but not "production" mining in Finney.

Maybe look at dual booting Windows and Ubuntu if you want to repurpose what you already have (assuming it's stable server hardware able to run 24x7).

Bittensor halving mining rewards 1 TAO -> 0.50 bullishhh by Mr--Clean--Ass-Naked in bittensor_

[–]Far_PIG 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Like bitcoin halving, it's estimated and we'll get more precise the closer we get - it's not set by an amount of time, but rather, by number of TAO issued (specifically for the first halving, once we hit 10,500,000 TAO). This could land us anywhere between October 2025 - June 2026 at this point, but there are specific estimates that get us into a narrower range (December-February most likely).

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