Tired of hand-editing YAML files just to tell Alexa which Home Assistant devices to control? I built an automation to generate the list. It makes life simpler every time I add a new smart plug. Here's how I did it.

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#HomeAssistant #Automation

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xkcd.com/3164/

European Sleeper introduces Comfort Standard from December - a couchette compartment ‘converted’ to a sleeper by getting mattresses & fully-made up beds, and sold as single double or triple. A good idea!
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you must appear to be bigger than your 10,562 unread emails

thinking about the time a cool Instagram fashion account asked me to name my favorite products and i didn't know i was supposed to name fashion products, so i said pigeon food because i like feeding pigeons and their followers were like "why the fuck do i need pigeon food for my outfit?"

"Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass" by Tom Bowman of NPR. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g... Recommended.

A thing frequently forgotten or ignored is that journalism is one of the few professions people will die for. [Via @brianstelter.bsky.social ]

Per Rene Malmgren at the #OpenSSL Conference, the left side is known as easily able to be bypassed by attackers, while the right side creates trouble for attackers and is the starting point for security.

To help people better understand the risk of ignoring post-quantum cryptography and the challenges involved in getting there we got to play Post-Quantum Trails at the #OpenSSL Conference

I love how being there for the world has been acted on through #OpenSSL sponsoring and supporting the Polar Bears at the Brno Zoo

+100

The theoretical ability to run an alternative set of relays is irrelevant, if there will never be a practical execution of it. Based on what I know about both at-proto and activitypub, one is technically interesting and the other one is more likely to achieve the stated goals.

Drew’s post is well worth reading as DSPy seems to be a missing link in thinking about LLM usage. Very readable and interesting. www.dbreunig.com/2025/06/10/l...

Thank you @simonwillison.net

Should you version your API? It’s usually a good idea. However, if anyone on the team says it isn’t necessary for some calls because they’ll never change … do not let anyone leave the meeting until those calls have been versioned. Trust me.

Morning ritual: walking my daughter to first grade. A short trip, full of small ceremonies — the goodbye hug, the wait, the final wave as she climbs the school stairs. Quiet, simple, meaningful.

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#Parenting #Czechia #Life