| • The host and guests discuss a lady badger artwork created for their stream.
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| • They mention the arrival of guest Brent, who was supposed to join them but is now expected tomorrow morning.
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| • Alex will be flying out tomorrow night, possibly missing Brent's arrival.
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| • Nebukasa has announced its "Works with Home Assistant" program, which allows manufacturers to show support for Home Assistant and its community.
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| • The host shares their experience trying to find compatible Zigbee devices for Home Assistant, finding the process difficult and time-consuming.
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| • They believe the new "Works with Home Assistant" program could make it easier for users to find compatible devices.
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| • The speaker discusses the new "Works with Home Assistant" certification program and its potential benefits.
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| • The program guarantees manufacturers an interface to develop against, similar to how Apple has maintained a consistent connector type for their devices.
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| • Manufacturers will be required to maintain integration of their products in Home Assistant and provide product samples and engineering contacts for escalation.
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| • The program's terms are enforced by an agreement signed by Nebu Casa and the manufacturer.
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| • The speaker expresses excitement about the potential revenue stream for Home Assistant and its ability to improve the user experience.
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| • They also discuss the challenges of integration and the importance of a cohesive user experience, citing Apple as an example of how this can be achieved.
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| • Home Assistant community growth and local API/local controls
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| • Concerns about potential future incompatibility with open standards
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| • Self-hosted to-do apps and their features
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| • Discussion of Vikunja as a self-hostable to-do app option
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| • Personal experiences with using Todoist and other productivity tools
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| • Discussion of self-hosted app options
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| • Linode as a cloud hosting option for Linux applications
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| • Features and benefits of using Linode
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| • Community support and customer service
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| • Promotion of Linode and special offer
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| • Update on Brent's travel plans
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| • Baggage handling and tracking experience
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| • Remote backup setup and recent changes
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| • The speaker's personal data and equipment were left behind in England after they immigrated.
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| • They had a server set up with ZFS and OpenVPN for secure remote access.
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| • The server was upgraded, but the internet connection at their father's house (where it was initially located) became too slow.
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| • The speaker's mother-in-law has since obtained fiber internet with a 500 Mbps connection, making it an ideal location for the server.
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| • The server is being moved to the mother-in-law's house and will be connected via Ethernet.
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| • Setting up a server at a friend's house with proper walls
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| • Using TailScale for remote access and backups instead of WireGuard
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| • Comparison of old VPN methods (point-to-point VPN with SSH) vs. new methods (TailScale)
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| • Backup setup using Synology box at the speaker's mother's house over slow internet connection
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| • Plans for a meetup in London on August 5th, including requirements for being outdoors
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| • Meetup timing discussed, noting that the meetup page is in JB's local time and the correct meeting time is 6pm BST
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| • Plans for a road trip to JPL in September, including stops in Oregon and California
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| • Invitation to meet with Tim Canham at JPL and a personal tour of the facility
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| • Upcoming meetups and events, including the London Colony meetup and the West Coast road trip
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| • Promotion of Humio's centralized log management and observability platform
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| • Discussion of the RV's arrival in Pasadena for the JPL visit
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| • Humio's cost-effectiveness compared to competing platforms like Splunk or Elastic
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| • The features and benefits of the Humio Community Edition, including no-cost data ingestion and 7-day retention
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| • How Humio can help self-hosters bring together various logs from different systems and apps in one place for easier troubleshooting
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| • A user's experience with using Humio to monitor power consumption and other home-related metrics
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| • Lawrence's question about transitioning from being a solicitor/attorney to a cloud career, and seeking advice on where to start
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| • Importance of documenting work and projects on GitHub as an example of work ethic and community participation
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| • Value of self-study and taking initiative to learn new skills, even outside of one's day job
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| • Skepticism about the value of certifications, focusing instead on passion and demonstrated expertise
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| • Discussion on the importance of finding a specific area of interest and becoming knowledgeable in that area, rather than trying to be a generalist
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| • Recommendation to focus on developing a specialty or passion, and using it as a guide for career goals
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| • The discussion begins with the concept of business cards and the idea of having electronic versions.
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| • One speaker mentions projects that allow building custom business cards, but expresses skepticism about their adoption.
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| • The Palm Pilot is mentioned as an example of an early attempt at electronic contact sharing.
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| • Several vendors' lack of incentive to interoperate creates obstacles for universal electronic cards.
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| • A QR code scanning method was previously considered, but led to tracking concerns.
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| • A listener writes in to thank the show for Linux content and asks about home automation and security devices.
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| • Leak detectors and related devices (Aqara, Aotec water leak sensor)
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| • Home Assistant compatibility
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| • Z-Wave devices (Ring leak detectors)
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| • Matrix ecosystem vs Discord
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| • Self-hosting and community building (Raleigh IoT community)
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| • Tech industry standards and competition (Apple-Microsoft analogy)
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| • Discussion of Authentic's capabilities and comparison to Orphalia
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| • Issues with Siri tubes not recognizing voice commands on HomePods in certain environments
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| • Theory that profile building by assistants may be contributing to declining performance
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| • Suggestion to test deleting profiles as a potential solution
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| • Comparison of Home Assistant to other voice recognition systems, including Mycroft
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| • Nostalgic discussion about early voice recognition technology
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| • A listener's favorite podcast episode and appreciation for the topics discussed
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| • Listener agrees to contribute to Brent's gas money
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| • Reference to a sign on Alex's chair that warns against touching it, and how people still try to touch it anyway
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| • Discussion of having a party while others are away, with concerns about possible mishaps
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| • Mention of Archie being a bad influence and the dog's drinking habits
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| • Listener asks for advice on improving Wi-Fi speeds in their townhouse
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| • Optimus Grey discusses his own Wi-Fi issues, using Unify tools and Ethernet connections
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| • Discussion of Wi-Fi 6 and its potential benefits
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| • Reference to a RoboVac that generates Wi-Fi heat maps
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| • Alternative methods for creating Wi-Fi heat maps without a fancy vacuum
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| • Discussion of channel overlap and potential solutions
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| • Wi-Fi signal issues with RoboVac heatmap
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| • Use of UniFi in-wall APs for IoT network optimization
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| • Importance of a dedicated IoT network
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| • Discussion of boosters and satellite boosts for podcast
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| • Upcoming changes to member feed and website upgrade
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| • Importance of independent media funding and authenticity
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| • Self-hosted community on Discord
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| • Matrix space linked in show notes
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| • Upcoming events:
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| + London Meetup on August 5th
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| + Chris's JPL JB super road trip in September
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| • Contact methods:
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| + selfhosted.show/contact
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| + Twitter (@Ironic Badger and @Chris LAS)
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| + Jupiter Signal network |
