[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

That actually makes a lot of sense. I never even second guessed how tedious all the parsing is. But then, as others have said here, as soon as the task at hand reaches a level of complexity beyond grepping, piping and so on I just very naturally move to Python.

On a different note, there are ways to teach bash json. I recall seeing a hacker conference talk on it some time ago, but didn't pay close attention.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Mh, it probably depends a lot where you're coming from. I don't need Powershell or have a reason to learn it in my daily work, and I mostly use WSL to access Linux shells everywhere else. And on top of that, I don't understand why Powershell needs a completely different command set to basically every other shell. It's a biased take, but I have not had an interaction with Powershell that I liked, nor have I seen a feature that made me want to look into it more.

What's the killer feature, would you say? Care giving me the fanboy-pitch?

edit. Oh and I forgot, the tab completion in Powershell is so incredibly dumb. I never ever in my life want to cycle through all items in a path, and much less have it be case insensitive. Come to think of it, this might be the origin of most of my disdain. ;)

[-] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

WSL has changed the game pretty significantly, don't you agree? It's not perfect, but allows me to stay firm in my resolve never to learn powershell.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Read your reply now, and not sure about the requirements you have: must not leave the local devices or must not use the WiFi?

If it's the latter, a 4g USB modem with a cheap iot data plan easily frees you of that.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I second Zigbee.

  • There's plenty of devices available.
  • Battery life is amazing.
  • zigbee2mqtt is an easy way to bring those messages into your regular IP network; they have a huge list of supported devices.
  • Once translated to MQTT, you can hook any automation onto it you want: a python script, home assistant, or my recommendation in this case, NodeRED. NodeRED has a module for zigbee2mqtt that is very well integrated to just know all devices registered on your zigbee network and stringing flows together is actually fun once you get the hang of it. Plus, there is no upper bound to flow complexity.
  • Gateway device can be a sonoff zigbee USB coordinator and the whole thing can comfortably run on a rpi3.
[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

Have your parents and siblings changed their everything as well? That's how I would try to find someone I went to school with.

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