A proper permissions system for entities has long been one of my most desired features for Home Assistant. It should be possible to set visibility and control for each entity and user.
Trying to do control access via dashboards as always seems the wrong way around to me.
So far the only inline option I’ve found is this dimmable switch from Samotech. I haven’t tried one yet myself, and there’s mixed reviews online. For the lamps I have I only want an on-off switch though, not a dimmer.
Making due with plugging them into smart plugs for now, but an inline option would be much neater.
I’d say it’s always best to avoid Zigbee devices going offline, its neither convenient for automation or good for the mesh for devices to keep dropping.
Disable or remove the lamp switches. Add more smart buttons if there is a need for a physical control near the lamp.
As it happens I’m actually looking for a smart lamp switch if anyone knows of any options.
I remember there being a spate of robberies targeting memory chips in the 90s when prices were high then.
History repeating itself again I guess.
UniFi Protect now has limited ONVIF support allowing various 3rd party cameras to work with Protect.
UniFi cameras can have RTSP enabled also, but it requires UniFi Protect to enable the setting.
What model of label printer is that?
Hopefully it comes with some improvements to battery life. That’s been my man issue with the 26 releases so far.
Oh look, yet another reason to use an ad blocker.
An open source smart glasses platform would be a much better direction.
But that only provides security assurances for the wearer of the glasses. Anyone else interacting with them doesn’t know how they are configured, and what is being recorded and/or shared.
The core technology is impressive, and has legitimate use cases.
But that doesn’t outweigh the enormous privacy concerns these devices raise. They aren’t being angled as an accessory for specific activities, but as everyday wearables. If smart glasses like these became common they would be unavoidable, creating leave of intrusion that’s concerning even without Meta being involved.
Yup, the UK once again creating a needlessly convoluted and harmful solution to an already solved problem.
I would laugh if I didn’t live here.
The figures are the averages for the full trial period.
So it’s possible they were making more queries at the start of the trial, but then mostly stopped when if they found using Copilot was more a hindrance than a help.
So far I just keep recipes in whatever I’m using for notes.
Some of these dedicated programs look interesting though. Thinking about it, it would be handy to have some dedicated cooking features, like being able to search for recipes by ingredients.
I think the options either that combination are limited. IKEA Zigbee devices use removable batteries, but they don’t have a temperature sensor. They do have a USB air quality sensor but it’s a bit more complex/expensive.
There are some good WiFi, Bluetooth or RF options with removable batteries but they won’t be Zigbee.
I’ve heard of some people modifying the coin cell devices to used a wired power supply, maybe that would be an option.
It’s not mentioned in the release notes anywhere, but the 2025.8 update has subtly changed the shade of blue used in the UI:
It’s been throwing me off a bit ever since I updated.
The new windowing system looks like a big improvement.
I think I remember running that on a Live CD that came with a Linux magazine.
Bloody hell I’m old.
The owner’s phone:
In a lot of cases “AI” is slapped on as marketing buzzword for anything with even a simple algorithm controlling it.
We got a new “AI” washing machine last month. As far as I can tell it the same as last years model just with some of the auto settings renamed to something AI.