Market seems to be doing this for us so far.

Namecheap API works just fine with Certbot DNS challenges for me, FWIW.

I don’t use Haier products but a similar thing happened with Chamberlain when they blocked the MyQ integration even though it was using the legitimate API and not breaking any rules. No attempt to work with anyone in the HA community at all, just shut everything down.

On one hand, this means projects like Home Assistant are getting popular enough to have enough usage to effect these companies. So that’s great! In the long term, we’ll all figure out solutions, but in the short term it feels like an increasing fight between corporate and open-source control over smart devices.

IMO, it’s also worth the yearly cost for voice integration with Google Nest/Home or similar devices. Both can be done without paying but it’s so much easier and I know it’ll be supported over time.

Are people capable of changing?

It’s not a bad thing that you have a hard time empathizing with pedophiles, in case that helps.

Jay walking was originally a derogatory term for rural people in the ‘big city’ and supposedly not knowing how to navigate paved streets.

All of those are/were stigmatized specifically because of legal status.

What are you even taking about, my man.

So you do that with every potential hire? What about military vets, should they be evaluated to make sure they aren’t encouraging kids to be killers?

There’s also a third audience most people don’t consider: everyone reading the thread that isn’t engaging directly.

You might not convince the direct ‘opponent’ in an internet debate, but can still make an impact on others that might be more open to listening to a new perspective.

I have a DS418play which is several generations behind and it runs a dozen Docker containers, including all of my media automation, just fine. I even host a Minecraft server for my nephews!

Sounds like the homeless guy was “assaulted” first.

He had two dogs with him. Highly doubt he’s getting mugged or attacked by mountain lions.

Most sitcom actors run into that. I’m sure Jim Parsons won’t ever be seen as anyone else, or for an older example all of the cast of Seinfeld (arguably besides Julia).

the same kind of person that voted for Obama twice and then Trump twice. I am sure they exist.

Drawing on a map with sharpie and thinking nobody would notice is definitely in the top 5.

How would such a thing be financially viable? Once the ability to connect to any website exists, the physical cost to access everything else is essential nothing.

Let’s not forget the prosecutors!

Oh wow, that last part about wars in the middle east being a conspiracy is totally new to me. I suppose it’s no less unbelievable than the planet being a flat disc or moon landing hoaxes.

There’s a handful of kids getting real degrees that aren’t trying to go pro, but their basically the minority now.

This is hyperbolic, although certainly has a base in reality. Lots of players are getting free educations along the way to deluding themselves they will play professionally. Are there a lot of kids that don’t take academics seriously and are there ways to get an easy degree, sure, but it’s not like non-athletes don’t pursue similar strategies, too.

There are still standards they have to meet, and not every player on the team is getting a scholarship. It’s actually more common now than when I was in school for athletes to just decide to stop playing. Their scholarships (at least in the major conferences) are still honored and they can still graduate.

The majority of players that get drafted may never have taken their education seriously, but the majority of players that never even sniffed that opportunity probably did.