ianjs

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Science geek, technology geek, software geek.

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#Linux #HomeAutomation #Lefty #Science #classicalmusic

Website: https://ianjs.com
Location: Australia
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2025-05-11 02:36:29 UTC

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I was just playing with that literally minutes ago.
I’m setting up som Zigbee water leak sensors and I’m broadcasting “Sh*t! There’s a water leak! Check the [entity_id] sensor” on all my speakers (plus a phone notification).
It was certainly more urgent in the “scared” voice but:
1) it was only available in the US male voice and
2) it was only in the Google TTS. I prefer to use the local Piper TTS especially for important messages. It’s actually surprisingly good quality.

2025-03-13 07:49:44 UTC

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It feels like an LLM might be the way around this, rather than trying to second guess every possible question, which is an almost impossible quest. Having Speech-to-Phrase hand off to an LLM should give the best of both worlds.
…and yeah, I know, there are a multitude of ways LLMs suck, but they do a pretty decent job in this use case, so once they can be run locally without requiring massive resources we should have a good solution.

2025-02-08 01:06:28 UTC

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I read a post a couple of days ago and was impressed with their mission.
Then, at the end of the post I was dismayed to find it could all disintegrate for want of funding.
I couldn't find where to donate but sent the suggested email offering support.
Is there a proper fundraiser in play yet?

2025-01-15 02:39:19 UTC

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Probably badly worded by me. Yes, that's exactly what I was saying 😀 -- they're different sites, even different types of sites, and it doesn't matter!
Fantastic. isn't it.

2025-01-14 22:55:41 UTC

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Isn't that like asking if you need both a Twitter and Instagram account (perish the thought)? They are different types of sites.
Unlike the siloed sites, ActivityPub provides the underlying ability to, for example, follow someone's photo stream from Mastodon.