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  • AA5B@lemmy.worldtoHome Automation@lemmy.worldwifi vs zigbee
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    26 days ago

    I want to connect them to home assistant, so arguments like zigbee can be better automated should fall short as well, right?

    Wrong. Too many WiFi devices depend on “cloud” services. Home Assistant controlling an automation by calling a cloud service, then waiting for the device to synchronize with that cloud service frequently causes noticeable delay.


  • AA5B@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.ml“You will be more conservative as you grow older”
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    You can’t move right-wingers left

    Exactly. If you have to chose between right wing and centrist , elect the centrist and move them a bit to the left. prepare to do this through multiple elections

    And yet they accomplish nothing

    And yet President Biden is very centrist but has passed some of the most far reaching changes ever on the environment, renewable energy, unionization, etc.

    An example of both is climate change regulation. Legislation passed during Biden’s term should get us about halfway to our net carbon goal. A pessimist may focus on that not being nearly enough, but I see a new center, where we can have more success working on more substantial change


  • No, sorry,I was being us-centric - it seemed like that’s where the thread was.

    As one very specific example, when COViD funding for school lunches ended, some us states decided to no longer provide free school lunches. Massachusetts passed a “millionaire tax” and funded free school lunches out of that

    As a slightly older example, Massachusetts passed effectively universal healthcare coverage, signed into law by governor Mitt Romney, and later served as the model for the Affordable Care Act

    Looking at school system ratings by us state, I see what looks like a strong correlation between excellent schools and a stronger economy.


  • If you don’t vote for the centrist candidate, you can’t object to the right extremist.

    Actually this does track that a lot of what I see online is people who seem unwilling to compromise: neither are what I want so both the same. You need to be willing to vote for the one closest to what you want, and work toward moving that leftward over time.

    We had a huge success with “The Squad” getting enough attention before Biden’s first nomination to influence the party platform. As a minority voter, this path is more likely to succeed than not voting



  • When I was a teen, I was definitely fiscally conservative. Paying better attention to how you use money is easy to understand and a central pillar of politics. But it was a sheltered life in a town with all well-paying jobs, no diversity, and an excellent education system.

    Now I keep floating left the more I realize how many people missed out of that picture.

    But it was my kids that really did it. Fighting for better opportunities for them easily turns into wanting a better world for them to live in. I’m more worried than ever about my government’s poor money habits and when it will eventually come due, but we’re in the middle of a rolling disaster of short term and misplaced spending, our politicians more concerned with scapegoats and spite than actually benefitting their constituents


  • I became much more progressive after living in a “blue state” for much of my adult life. It’s hard to miss that the most successful economies in the us are also the ones who pay most attention to quality of life. We can look at the contrast in our neighboring states, and see the advantages brought by near universal healthcare, investments in an excellent education system, care about the environment, higher minimum wage, support for unions, and so much more