Current best no neutral smart switches - Star Trek Website

Moved into my own house again recently. I would like to get a lot of stuff automated like I had in my previous house. Unfortunately, theres a lot if old wiring here and most switches have no neutrals in the box. What is the current best option for smart switches (ideally dimmers) that dont require a neutral wire? I’d prefer a non-wifi solution that doesnt require a proprietary hub but it seems like there are limited options anyway and I am having trouble finding almost any good options that dont require a neutral. Anybody using anything they really like?

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Pile of Bones-Goodbye June (Rock) - Star Trek∶ Website

Dr. Pulaski Appreciation Post - Star Trek∶ Website

I don’t know whether it’s a popular opinion or not, but I think Dr. Pulaski was a great character and I found her much more interesting than Dr. Crusher. I don’t know if it was down to the writing or the performance but Pulaski is one of the best parts of season 2 and I would have been happy to see her character continue. She wasn’t very nice to Data but that bit of friction between some of the main characters of the show was welcome, especially in the early seasons. And her performance in Unnatural Selection is a moment in the series my mind returns to often. How about it? Do we like Dr. Pulaski? What’s her best moment on the show?

Does anyone know if theres a way to use 3rd party keyboards on the front screen of the 2023 Motorola Razr? - Star Trek∶ Website

I use heliboard for my keyboard and quite enjoy it but on the 2023 RAZR+ it only allows Gboard to be used on the outer display. No other keyboard will fail to crash on the front screen. I know its a niche issue but this is Android. Surely there’s a way around it. Either with some kind of context-aware keyboard that only used Gboard on the outer display or some way to get other keyboards working on the front display.

Disco Version of TOS theme with awesome brass and kickass flute solo - Star Trek∶ Website

Intel ARC GPU in XCPNG Passthrough - Star Trek∶ Website

I run a Windows 11 VM on xcp-ng to do testing and Windows specific graphic and video work. I use an old R9 390 in passthrough mode right now but it’s running out of steam. I’m particularly interested in the A380 series of gpus as they have a lot of the modern compute and video encoding features for around $100. Before I pull the trigger I just wanted to know if anyone has had much experience with ARC GPUs in a VM passthrough scenario. I see in their official docs that resizable BAR is a requirement and I didn’t know whether that is handled properly in a virtual environment or on XCP-NG specifically. Any experience you’re willing to share would be most appreciated. Thanks!

Trouble with Handbrake, PopOS and Accelerated AV1 - Star Trek: Website

I went out and got the AMD 7800xt to do ultrafast AV1 encoding of large h264 and hevc files. I am able to select VCN acceleration options in Windows but not Linux Handbrake. I have tried the flatpak and both the Pop_OS and ppa deb packages of Handbrake. I have the latest mesa driver and am running the most current version of PopOS 22.04. I’ve had no issues gaming at all, just with picking the hardware encoder in Handbrake. Any ideas or rabbit holes I can go down?

Interested in Hardware Features we want to see - Star Trek: Website

My first Android phone was the HTC One M8. I got it because at the time it made my iPhone 5 look like a chump. Bigger screen, unrivaled stereo front speakers, much more internal storage you name it. I also got the LG G series after that because I loved that the battery was removable (I ended up with an enormous aftermarket battery pack that lasted 3.5 days of constant use) and the buttons were all on the back of the phone. I got the Essential PH1 because the ceramic body was nice and the promise of the 2 pin magnetic accessory port was really neat (only a 360 camera was released for it but still). I got a Pixel 4a because every Android phone at that point was a 6 inch rectangle with side buttons and a fingerprint reader but at least it was cheap and still had a headphone jack. I’m glad to see flip phones returning because I think it is giving Android back what has always been its biggest advantage to me which is unique hardware features. Personally, the HTC M8 speakers with the button layout of the LG G4 would be an intsa-buy for me to this day. What kind of hardware features have you guys fallen in love with over the years and what do you value or would like to see return?