Link to bypass the enormous amount of partners in the cookies.

https://archive.ph/yf9Cz

Leave your phone behind

You could always get a second or third opinion, but there’s a decent chance you’d want to do it all at once.

If you want a short term solution while you wait to redo the whole thing. Then you could always get something like these outdoor tiles.

They would provide a decent look and still cover your patio until you’re ready to replace the whole thing.

Take a look at the home assistant voice preview device.

It has a 3.5mm jack out to connect to better speakers. You should be able to integrate some aspect of audio playback.

From the FAQ

Can I play music on this device?

Yes, if you plug an external speaker into the 3.5mm audio port. The built-in speaker is meant for voice feedback and is not optimized for listening to music, but the included DAC is capable of playing lossless audio on a suitable external speaker. We recommend using Music Assistant to control music playback.

Good to know, thanks!

I’m not sure about self hosted specific. There is a device called WiiM. Works with most of the major streaming services. I believe they’re also working on plexamp integration too.

There’s a thread about adding the temperature that you could try.

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/zigbee-temperature-sensor-switch-only-detected-as-light/748950/8

The reviews aren’t the best, but I did find this recently. Haven’t tried it out yet.

https://a.co/d/jb3mY12

That’s why I like this QR Code scanner because it makes you verify the link before you can visit the link.

I just love all of the work you do. Thanks for all the wonderful inspiration. I look forward to seeing your posts. Keep it up!

Don’t just pixelate, just straight up remove or cover it with a solid color.

Still unlikely, but there might be a way to reverse it. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researcher-reverses-redaction-extracts-words-from-pixelated-image/

I am in the US

That would be kind of awesome. I don’t remember this building where is it? Can you at least get on the roof?

Mine just shows Gulf of America. :⁠-⁠(

Could you do line of sight with a long distance recording unit?

Ours both beep, but can be tricky to hear sometimes. I also have them notify on the television using the Android TV Notification Service. It can be handy when we have it on and waiting for it to finish.

I don’t have a lot of automations, but I collect a lot of data with my home assistant. My favorite ones are mostly outside lights.

I turn on my driveway lights at dusk and off at dawn.

Similarly, I do my holiday lights the same, except turn them off at 11 PM.

I have another that alerts me when my ZFS Pool is unhealthy.

Another is to notify when the washer and dryer are finished running.

Por que no los tres?

I’ve also gotten a few vinyls that came with a coffee to download a digital copy. Which I thought was just amazing.

I’m guessing the author is getting some kind of referral to send them to that other site that hosts grafana. Because home assistant has a 3rd party app for grafana built in. Granted it would be a few more steps than they outlined, but it’s also not sending your data to some random company.