My parents got a fridge freezer via Facebook, from a house that was moving and didn't want to transport it. Might be worth looking at local marketplace groups.
My local recycling centre has a resale and reuse area, I think a lot of local councils have something like that set up.
There was a big scandal at secondary school when it was exposed that a group of school staff and teachers had been stealing school funds. They had some scheme going involving fake invoices for school supplies and building maintenance that never existed.
Quite a few heads rolled for that, even the headmaster left soon after despite not being known to be involved.
It's a feature that's often been requested, but hasn't appeared yet. The best option out of the box is creating non-Administrator users and then creating custom dashboards and panes per user with only the controls they need.
But that doesn't stop a user from poking around still, because they can still access all devices and entities through features like the Logbook - which is always accessible because sidebar items can't be controller per user.
There are some HACS bits that might be able to lock things down a bit further, like Kiosk and Guest modes.
I've heard some people get round this by setting up inebriations with Apple/Google/Amazon ecosystem, only exposing the desired entities/devices, and then giving others access to those and keeping them out of Home Assistant altogether.
It's a feature set I wish they would add/expand, I'm sure anyone with a home office and mischievous children would agree.
It’s something I often hear complaints about. Several of the Home Assistant users I know love the way it integrates all their smart devices together, but say they find making good dashboards difficult.
Improvements like proper drag and drop and better auto categorisation and population will go a long way to help them. The old default dashboard that just lumped everything in one screen isn’t a great way to get started.
It looks good but an open world also doesn't feel like Mario Kart to me.
Although at £75 I probably don't need to worry anyway, that's a stretch too far.
Physical game cards may also not actually contain the game:
Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Card Overview
Game-key cards are different from regular game cards, because they don’t contain the full game data. Instead, the game-key card is your "key" to downloading the full game to your system via the internet.
So you pay a premium and maybe don't even get a "real" cartridge.
I’ve got parts on order for this very project, should arrive this week.
I previously tried using one of those large pressure mats but it didn’t work under the mattress.
Also works on the GameCube, albeit with much more limited IO due to the lack of USB.
The GameCube Can Now Run Windows
I’m not sure there’s much fun software compiled for PowerPC Windows NT to run on it though (yet).
That’s Thread. Matter is an application layer standard, which currently supports running over WiFi, Ethernet or Thread.
Matter could run over new wireless systems in the future.
A few years ago the hose on our washing machine split and we didn’t realise until water started coming out from under the units. Thankfully damage was minimal but it was a big pain to dry out.
I’ve had some of those Aqara leak sensors in place since as a precaution.
Just remember to change the batteries regularly! Easy to forget them when they are out of sight.
Back in the PS2/Xbox/Gamecube era the SNES and Megadrive seemed to be retro while the PS1 and N64 were just “old”. So maybe 2 generations ago is the start of retro.
I think it’s definitely a lot blurrier now though. The differences between consoles and the leaps between generations are less pronounced, and there are so many y rereleases and remasters now keeping older games fresh.
Nice to see the sun I suppose but unfortunately for me it also comes with triggering my pollen allergies.