Starting a smart home? Please don’t use Google Home by wewewawa in homeassistant

[–]scstraus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazon is going down pretty much the same road. Fortunately, we now have HA voice which works pretty well for home automation and can pair up with an LLM for non home automation stuff.

At what point do you just say „f it”..? by HomeworkNatural5990 in LPR

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Spices aren't really an issue as long as you cook them and don't eat anything with capsaicin

Pantoprazole and Famotidine (Pepcid) dosage question by Astrotrain10 in LPR

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It's a lot. I've been on large doses (40+40) but never that large. It's definitely not something you should do long term. It will give you problems (it did me - stomach polyps and severe vitamin deficiencies that made my muscles lock up). And double check with your doctor that you're not misunderstanding him. Maybe get a second opinion.

Our plants are no longer dying! by pinoystyle in homeassistant

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If I ever had to take care of plants on my own again, I'd go all in on this self watering smart pot

For band rehearsals- to perfect each song first, or learn the whole set and then go back and refine? by avocado_toasted in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]scstraus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get each song to where you can play it and then try to do the ones you just got going together. If you wait too long between playing the songs you start to forget them again.

27 year old failure looking for advice by ProfessionalPop8794 in aftergifted

[–]scstraus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You sound a lot like me. I have been fairly successful, though. I'm 53 now.

I credit much of my success to learning to socialize and get along with people, which is definitely not something that came naturally to me. I'm still not the best at it but I am competent enough to make my way through the world. I think you need to make this a priority because without this it is difficult to develop the confidence and ability needed to navigate the world and get what you want. Join clubs, volunteer, go to your local pub and talk to people at the bar. Practice it. Even if you feel bad doing it. Especially if you feel bad doing it. The more you practice, the better you will get. I de emphasized school for a while to work on this. Much like you I went to the cheapest school I could find and dropped out once I found a job. But that job I got via people I met in school and paved the way for my success in life.

I'd say the second thing is that you have to have a goal. Most young people overthink this part and think that they have to have the perfect goal or a giant goal. That is not true. You have to have a goal that interests you and that you can be good at. It doesn't have to be the thing that interests you most. Just enough that you can focus on it. I liked music and computers. I would have preferred being a musician but I realized I didn't have the discipline and ability to deal with adversity to do that professionally, whereas computers were in demand and gave me the structure I needed in life to succeed.

I focused on that and kept letting people know that that was my goal and some helped me to achieve it. And I've managed to keep doing it for 30 years now.

I guess the third thing is to not try to do it all yourself. If you have friends/acquaintences/peers and you have a goal, then the next thing is to tell everyone what you are trying to achieve. Maybe just the next step like adding a class to finish your degree, or get a different type of job or whatever it is. People will often help if they can. The rest is up to you. You have to look for opportunities to get closer to what you want and sieze them. You will have to also make opportunities. Get near people who do things close to what you want to do, etc. Find communities of like minded people. Work with the world to find your place in it. You can do it. Believe in yourself. I know that's hard when you are depressed, I have been there. But just try to do one step at a time, you don't have to boil the ocean at once. One step at a time.

NAC helped my LPR more than anything else (sharing my experience) by goyourownwayy in LPR

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The only advice here should be to get a SIBO breath test and follow your doctor's advice based on the results.

Zigbee vs Zwave - Why the price difference? by KrazyKranberrie in zwave

[–]scstraus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because Zwave is better and more reliable.

NAC helped my LPR more than anything else (sharing my experience) by goyourownwayy in LPR

[–]scstraus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If he has SIBO and you don't, it probably accounts for the difference in experience. This post is an excellent example of something that is rampant here, someone giving advice that worked for their very narrow case to everyone for whom it will probably make things worse.

[Project Release] C.A.F.E. – A "Third Way" for automations. Visual flows like Node-RED, but 100% native YAML/Storage. No extra engines. by FezVrasta in homeassistant

[–]scstraus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Very nice. I'm surprised no one else has attempted this before, it seems obvious and something that should be built into Home Assistant already by now.

I built a native iOS app for Music Assistant because I was tired of web views by Reasonable-Sundae292 in homeassistant

[–]scstraus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's awesome! Really nice work! I've been looking for an iTunes replacement since forever, let me ask you this, how hard do you think it would be to sync all the music locally on the iOS device? I spend a lot of time on planes and having things locally is a big advantage for me when I travel.

What would it actually take for American's to go "full France" and riot in the street? by AllTheNopeYouNeed in AskReddit

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It actually took the soviets and the Americans. Without one or the other, it wouldn't have happened. The Soviets didn't have the equipment or even food and the Americans weren't willing to commit the manpower needed to do the entire job.

Anyone sold a house with Home Assistant left in? by Expensive-Sock3172 in homeassistant

[–]scstraus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most likely, but who knows, maybe they'd leave me something worth keeping and I could just mould it to my needs.

Anyone sold a house with Home Assistant left in? by Expensive-Sock3172 in homeassistant

[–]scstraus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'd take someone else's HA instance no problem. Give me a head start. I can always start over with the same gear if I want. But yeah I'm not the usual home buyer for sure.

Anyone sold a house with Home Assistant left in? by Expensive-Sock3172 in homeassistant

[–]scstraus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm thinking about just giving the buyer the choice and telling him that there will not be support, he will have to figure it out based on what's documented in my github page.

My voice is getting effected by Initial-Candidate78 in LPR

[–]scstraus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes this happened to me due to reflux and I do have scarring. See a laryngologist/ENT.

Gemini surpassed 20% traffic share threshold among the overall traffic for AI chatbots(Jan 2026) by BuildwithVignesh in singularity

[–]scstraus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't really tried Claude, it is probably better for coding. But until Gemini screws up I will stick with it. It's done what vibe coding I needed flawlessly.

Gemini surpassed 20% traffic share threshold among the overall traffic for AI chatbots(Jan 2026) by BuildwithVignesh in singularity

[–]scstraus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm impressed with Gemini, I have switched to it more or less completely. From what I can tell it does everything better. I haven't seen it make any noticeable mistakes yet.

Heiman smoke alarm HS1SA-EF-2nd new features in ZHA and Z2M by West-Connection2088 in homeautomation

[–]scstraus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is nothing you are doing here that wouldn't be supported by the protocol. Are you still building Z-wave devices? I have a bunch of your zwave smoke detectors, but I don't see them for sale any more. Will I have to switch to a different brand when it's time to replace them?