ESP32 Devices Available More Widely - Lemmy.World

After some of the voice hype in February, I ordered a few ESP32-S2-BOX-3’s from Mouser. Naturally, they ended up delayed and I only received them this week. For my family’s purposes, they work well and seem very likely to replace our google home/assistant devices. Set up wasn’t as straightforward as I’d hoped; the online advice seems out of date or mis-aligned to what’s currently shipping. In short, even when following the instructions to the letter, set up was not as simple as I expected (seldom worked). HOWEVER, once I decided to use the ESP Home Add On in HA for set up? All I really needed was a little experimentation, a single web search, and patience. I got consistent successful set ups and I’m a happy camper. If you wanted to get these and you were waiting… I’m seeing them available in a number of places - including Amazon (hence this post). If these become as common as I hope, this could help accelerate development and adoption of HA’s push for fully local assistant and control. All I’m missing now is local AI. Patience may solve that one, too.

Matter 1.3 is here to help get your smart home energy usage under control - Lemmy.World

This seemed more balanced and upbeat than other reporting on the topic. I’m always happy to see support for Matter and increased awareness. The more we expect matter devices and insist on them, the better things get for consumers.

Evangelical Pushes Back Against False White Gospel - Lemmy.World

Evangelical pushing back on White Christian Nationalism. Book, interviews, and articulate explanation of what the Bible actually says about topics.

Photo Gallery - Hardware & Software Recommendation Request - Lemmy.World

Now that HA is getting further with local voice control, I’m working towards a full non-cloud, de-googled home experience. We have a Google Home Hub and we love the slideshow aspect of it. If the Hub goes, I’d like to replace it with something visually appealing and take on the responsibility of putting photos into some directory(s) for use in a slide show. Does anyone have: * Preferred HA card/integration/HACS solution? * Recommended hardware (ideally it’s a screen, not a tablet)? * Advice for me while I’m on this journey?

Pikmin Bloom App (replicates r/PikminBloomApp) - Lemmy.world

A community to discuss Niantic’s Pickmin Bloom game. Tips, tricks, events, questions, rants and raves are all fair game. Pikmin Bloom App [https://lemmy.world/c/pikminbloomapp] [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] It’s a work-in-process, but it already has many of the items people seek and additional commenters are welcome!

Where do you turn for game information? - Lemmy.World

I tend to rely on City Planner Plays, and then Biffa, for hands-on explanations or analysis. There has to be other sources of solid content - what is your preferred source of information? I may give the dev diaries a read-through today, but I strongly suspect the content creators have already done a credible job of surfacing the bits that matter.

Xi's Losing Bet on Putin Is Backfiring - Lemmy.world