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Cake day: August 19th, 2025

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  • It works reasonably well. Not any better or worse then Google Assistant did. Setup:

    • Raspberry Pi 5 to run home assistant and Piper
    • voice assistant preview
    • standard “Mycroft” wake word
    • Whisper small on proxmox server running 2 cores
    • Using English
    • LLM running granite4.1:3b on a laptop with gtx1050 mobile (a bit slow, but works) Intent first, LLM as fallback

    I use it to control the TV, play music, control vacuum and control lights. I have a script for the TV functions and a script that controls different scenes in my house which are both exposed. This works really well as I have commands setup to trigger automations or I can just ask it to do something via the LLM. This last one takes a bit longer (up to 45 seconds or so) but it is workable as things rarely have to happen immediately. I’m upgrading the laptop to a desktop with gtx1660S soon though which will be a huge improvement.

    I also have automations setup that automatically lowers music when the wake word triggers and goes back to volume when it is done listening which helps tremendously as the Voice assistant preview does have trouble understanding in a noisy room. The LLM also partially solved this though




  • China is not a Russian ally though. China is an opportunistic state. They make agreements and trade with anyone who they think will further their goals. Thus they trade with Russia because by doing so they gain influence in a diminishing state that controls a lot of resources (Russia’s far east is increasingly becoming Chinese by population and companies for a reason)

    China doesn’t make friends, they make deals with anyone and everyone as long as they think it is positive for China.













  • Probably best to check the rules of your country if you receive benefits because of the disability. Disabled Dutch people for example get money from the government and are allowed to live elsewhere while keeping the monthly benefits although they do have some yearly requirements.

    I don’t know if something like this exists in Ireland or if you have those benefits, but if you do it is a good first start to look into