Configured a #cloudfree #tasmota #mqtt switch in #homeassistant to monitor the power draw from my ups in the #serverrack and it came out much nicer than I expected. It is high but every time I price AWS I just laugh and/or gasp and continue on with my day.

Pickup some cool switches here: https://cloudfree.shop

SEPIA v2.7.0 has a new start page if you choose to install the proxy during setup (you really should ^^) or if you use the Docker container 😎. It'll make it easier to access your self-hosted apps, get help and check the status of your server(s) 🙂🔎🤖 #cloudfree #opensource #OpenAssistant #homeserver

Apparently #Alexa is a "colossal failure" despite being one of the best selling products on #Amazon and having "a billion interactions a week" 😵‍💫 because they subsidize the hardware, spend millions on the servers and can't monetize the services ... what a surprise 😏 @arstechnica https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/11/amazon-alexa-is-a-colossal-failure-on-pace-to-lose-10-billion-this-year/

Luckily there are independent #opensource alternatives that respect your #privacy and work #cloudfree 😁

@TechNews ... or you can build a #DIY #privacy respecting, #cloudfree #opensource #smartspeaker with @sepia or @mycroft_ai or #Rhasspy for example 😉

I found an old Lenovo ideacenter 300 stick and decided to try and install #Debian #Linux and SEPIA on it. To my surprise it worked out pretty well 🤩. Here you see a video with the stick connected to my TV using a Respeaker USB microphone array 🗣📺🤖💡. #OpenAssistant #cloudfree #selfhosted