“Nice hole Tim”

January 21, 2025 5:55 PM

It's 2026 and you wonder what your friends are up to [SLMastodon thread]. In which Dan Fixes Coin-Ops on Mastodon gives us a taste of would could still become true if we only could make it so in one, long, delicious fever-dream of a toot-thread. (Dan, previously.)
posted by snortasprocket (6 comments total)

BIRDS and NIRDS is my 2025 filing system
posted by zenon at 6:35 PM on January 21 [4 favorites]

ART and NART is basically the way I approach my entire life.
posted by egypturnash at 6:58 PM on January 21 [2 favorites]

Ever since reading about the Pollen project (who was it? MIT Media Lab? HP Labs?) in which little bits of information flow between diverse devices to reach their destination, I've wanted to see that happen. This looks like something that would use that as a layer, and I was wrong. This is the thing that has to happen.
posted by BCMagee at 12:39 AM on January 22

I so love how chill my Mastodon feed is. Lots of folks who celebrate #WaterfallWednesday and #ThickTrunksDay as well as, obviously, #Caturday. Also people talking serious stuff, if I want to.
posted by hydropsyche at 4:53 AM on January 22 [1 favorite]

Last year Dan started with home automation:

Unfortunately this means you now have Home Assistant in your home, which means you now have a new hobby whether you want it or not

It eventually degrades into:

You know how when you go to the house of an absolute colossal nerd and you ask them

🐇 Hey, how do I watch Netflix?

🦝 Yeah no problem, well first you've gotta turn on the amp. That's the power button on this remote here. The right-hand power button that is, the left-hand one isn't programmed to anything yet

🐇 OK

🦝 Sometimes that makes the TV come on automatically, but if it doesn't then you've gotta turn on the TV. That's this button here on this other remote.

🐇 So we're on two remotes now

🦝 Nearly finished. Oh by the way, if you want to adjust the volume, use the first remote, the volume on the second remote doesn't do anything. Well it does, but it sounds terrible because that's the TV speakers, so leave that at zero

🐇 But I'm *watching* tv

🦝 Yes but you're *listening* to the amp. Oh, sorry, forgot, set the amp input to 2.

🐇 on the amp remote?

🦝 Yeah, the video goes through the amp too.

🐇 In my house we set the TV to a different input, should -

🦝 Don't do that here. Don't. The TV stays on input 1 with its sound muted. Next you've just gotta use this third remote, for the -

🐇 for Netflix?

🦝 Well, technically for Kodi, but that's nothing to worry about yet

🐇 yet?

🦝 We'll come to that,

🐇 I'm being *so* patient right now, I'm really proud of myself

Anyway, imagine that, but your your lightbulbs. This is what Home Assistant promises

posted by autopilot at 12:46 AM on January 23 [5 favorites]

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posted by sourcejedi at 2:49 AM on January 24