The ones I need, otherwise I always prefer core HA elements if possible.

With recently UI improvements in HA I have actually removed several HACS

The funny thing is that we started buying MORE games after getting it and filtering steam for the ones that work best.

It completely replaced the Nintendo Switch as our party platform, we have been adding piles of local multi player games to it and using multiple Xbox controllers with it docked around the main TV most of the time.

I think when it comes to how many titles work it is going to depend on your gaming preferences. If you play a lot of EA games or Ubisoft games it is clunky to get their store loaders going sometimes or at a min you get prompted to sign in via onscreen keyboard which is a PITA sometimes and there is lower support.

Steam native games however are great.

Our steamdeck gets the most use connected to an external display with us playing local multiplayer games, the blank screen sleep / resume issues being fixed will be really nice, I am tired of having to fiddle with it every few sessions.

Apple implemented a kernel API for security software and made it good enough that they forced their own tools to use the API.

I haven’t looked at the Security API in depth but I have looked at the iOS APIs… Apple gets away with their own apps having MUCH MUCH deeper access than what they give 3rd parties… I would be SHOCKED if their kernel API is all they use in their own tools.

Microsoft needs to shut up and do the work to make their kernel secure.

The EU ruling is very broad however, if it has just been security tools YES MS could have just built out the APIs and used them for defender, but the EU ruling makes it so open we have wonderful video game anti cheat and DRM drivers from all sorts of providers playing around in driver / kernel space.

Yes, System extensions on macOS Catalina 10.15 or later allow software https://developer.apple.com/support/kernel-extensions/

MS had this implemented originally in NT4 then started allowing more drivers direct access for performance.

They tried again with VISTA but McAfee and Symantec cried to the EU and forced MS to back down.

Apparently apple got away with implementing it however.

Maybe if you live in an apartment or dorm where your gaming PC is in your living room.

I used to use Steam link with my desktop but I find the experience of docking the steam deck way more reliable.

I am surprised there aren’t more local multiplayer games on the list. The steam deck is great hooked up to a TV with multiple controllers

Interesting how MS is the reasonable one here where all their copilot stuff clearly separates paying business from free consumer stuff for training / not training.

However slack has gone and said they will train on everything, and ONLY the paying companies can request to opt out.

Too bad so sad for all those small dev teams that have been using the “free” version of slack… No option to opt out.

He opens the video with “over the years I have used ZHA and Zigbee2mqtt” so I made a little assumption. but that makes it worse if he was already using Zigbee2mqtt when he picked up the Sky Connect and didn’t check compatibility.

If you are using a supported NON experimental adaptor / chipset and you have powered devices with strong connections to it, you should be fine. The only optimization I would do is put your USB stick on an extension cable and get it a little ways away from the computer as when they are jacked directly into a pi/computer the USB port can actually cause a little interference.

To save you going 5 min into the video… He was using an adapter with zigbee2mqtt that was listed as experimental.

It is less about the network adaptor and more that he switches from zha to zigbee2mqtt with the skyconnect / homeassistant adaptor that is still not fully supported in zigbee2mqtt.

Using a coordinator more central to your network can help but as long as a large number of your powered relay devices have a strong connection there isn’t anything wrong with using the USB ones.

The ONLY issue with the USB ones is that it is recommended you put them on an extension cable as the USB port it self can cause interference, and putting a little distance from the antenna helps.

So his solution DOES all that, and is a good solution, but I wouldn’t just go toss your USB stick in the bin…

You game in desktop mode? I can give it a shot, but performance always seems kind of wonky in desktop mode when outputting to my TV

How exactly did you start remote play together with Shredders revenge? In some games it is part of the in game invite option, for others I have tried just triggering it from the steam menu while the game is running as I didn’t see a native option. For shedders revenge when I triggered it from the menu none of the controllers appeared for mapping.

Isn’t this exactly what the Camera Specific Configuration in the frigate documentation tells you to do?

Create a helper group that has all the lights.

Trigger:

Helper group turns on for 30 min

Condition:

I used time after and before as a fixed time.

Action:

service turn off with a target of the helper group

Should result in the trigger firing 30min after ANY light turns on and only turning them off at the set time.

All I can think of is the sequence in robocop of all the failed robocop experiments.

You can pair switch joycons to a steam deck as Bluetooth controllers, only issue is you need to remember to power them off.

Personally the only strain I found is the joy cons are so damn small, I prefer to current xbox controllers (also Bluetooth) as I find them comfortable even though they are not separate.

We already had both types of controller in our house we just use what ever works best on our Steamdeck at the time.

Don’t forget a more user friendly digital download SHARING system as well… We tried “SHARING” a digital download switch game a few times… Steam is far more forgiving. Switch wins on swapping carts however, if you stick to physical purchases for sharing.