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@JingleDJ Thanks! I've done a bit more reading and experimentation and (along with some other suggestions from folk) I'm fairly confident about things. But it's not natural is it?! Basically, I still agree with this guy: https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1c0qjo5/comment/kz0dtdr/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Anyway, it is what it is. No changing it now - although installing PyScript or AppDaemon is appealing (even though I've never used Python in anger (yet...) - I'd still be a lot more productive I think)...
#HomeAssistant #Jinja #Python #WhyWhyWhy #HoHum

A Reddit post talking about Jinja. Text reads, "I've been coding for over thirty years, and Jinja in Home Assistant kicks my ass. The hierarchy of attributes, the null coalescing, the handling of undefined vs unavailable vs unknown, the typing of variables, god - I get that it's a templating language, but it's SOOO convoluted. Every time | want to do something, I refer to the Home Assistant templating page, and every time, | get about 20% of the way there, then have to search through a half dozen other posts from people and try to divine what's going on."

Neurodivergent Hell:

all tasks you must do are things that your PDA is against, or,
all tasks you must do are things that do not in any way engage your interest, and,
all tasks you might want to do, are of precisely equal, undemanding, priority, akin to "would be nice"

#hohum
#nothinggettingdone
#itsmeiminhell
#neurodivergenthell

Was expecting something biblical to appear through that hole, but nothing. #hohum #easterross

Welp looks like Koike is governor yet again in a landslide, extending her reign of doing the obvious and bare minimum necessary to stave off the declining population effects (in the last place in the country they will be felt)

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240707/k10014502181000.html #hohum

I haven't enjoyed the last two days. They have been filled with people complaining that they have to pay for repairs to their computers, stunned that quotes for equipment are more than £3.27, and irritated that they've had to wait more than thirty seconds to be shown how to merge two cells in Excel even though we don't even offer that type of support contract.

"Get into IT." they said: "You'll find it interesting and rewarding, " they said.

Reality is always very different. #HoHum

Every now and then, I drop by #Bluesky and #Threads, but they kinda feel like a roundabout to nowhere to me. TwiX? Not even for a paycheck. Mastodon is my jam, always. Lately, I've been on a smug cloud, until this AM – realized my timeline’s been on ‘home’ mode for the past two weeks. Dabbled in 'federated' for a hot minute and that was enough drama for me! Guess I'm not about that social media life, just my cozy, curated corner. #HoHum

@pzmyers@octodon.social @michael_w_busch @mrbellek @nyrath Interesting. I liked this paper, but def true that patches of random idiocy and overconfidence seem to be as common among the brainy as anybody else 😬 #HoHum

Today some people will have a face like a slapped arse, given their toys were taken away yesterday. #HoHum

@mori #HoHum #SliceOfTheMundane

@Essjax #HoHum

That feeling when you get what appears to be a decent second hand Hard Drive to replace a failing one in your #NAS only to find that the #SMART test sticks at 90% and does not complete...

#HoHum #WDRed #Synology

I'm trying to figure out the balance between no hashtags and too many hashtags. #notarobot #beepboop #hashtaggery #hohum #droll #nobodycareslol

#weather #dismal #hohum Remember when it was cold, frosty, bright and twinkly? Welcome to rain, drizzle, grey gloomy glummity. At least I can turn the heating down. Humbug anyone?