Beacon

When i long press on it and copy link address, this is the address in the link:

https://fedia.io/m/linux@programming.dev/t/3084735/Trying-to-learn-Linux-coming-from-windows/comment/linuxupskillchallenge.org

Your link just reloads this exact lemmy page

Don’t mark the alarm done till it’s in your mouth. Snooze the alarm 5 min if you must

It does, but it still has the same inabilities as the screen interface has

It isn’t listed anywhere on their homepage or example demos or anywhere listing its capabilities, so i did a web search to find it and I found that it sorta just kinda can do Spotify, but (1.) that isn’t listed anywhere on the home assistant abilities listing pages, which shows just how not ready for the mass market it is, and (2.) takes a ridiculous amount of very techie setup just to get it to work

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/spotify/

And also, out of the box can i ask it to:

• tell me the weather?

• set a timer?

• set an alarm?

I don’t see anything on the website that says it can do these things. And even if it can (which doesn’t appear to be the case from their website) then the fact that the website doesn’t say it can do these things is a problem in itself that shows it isn’t ready for the mass market

Just look at the webpage for Alexa vs. Home Assistant and it’s clear that Alexa has a very wide variety of abilities and is designed to be easy to use by anyone, while the home assistant website only shows it doing smart device automation and looks like it’s not for regular folks

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DCCNHWV5

https://www.home-assistant.io/

I would LOVE to replace my Alexa devices with a local FOSS system, but unfortunately home assistant isn’t close to being able to do that yet

No, home assistant very much is not ready to replace an Alexa device. Home assistant mainly only does automation of smart devices, and as far as i can see from their website it does nothing else. One of the main things people use Alexa for is to play music from services like Spotify, and home assistant doesn’t appear to do that.

I did some websearching and didn’t find any thing about this. Do you have any source for this?

To me throwing away the box falls into the cleaning up phase, which i have to do when I’m done eating anyway

Do some people actually throw away the box before you finish cooking? For me the box stays on the counter until I’m cleaning up after eating