Step up in this motherfucker just a-swingin’ my hair.

Probably not exactly what you have in mind, but I’d still recommend The Reality Dysfunction (and the other two books in the Night’s Dawn Trilogy) by Peter F Hamilton.

Thanks! This looks good, took me a while to figure out the playlist and stream relationship but seems to work well.

This looks like the kind of thing I’m looking for, thanks! Am trying it out.

Thanks, nice app!

I find the VLC Android app a bit odd for audio only. There’s a lot of wasted space and I can’t see the name or metadata very clearly.

I agree it works, and I didn’t know about the shortcuts and will try that.

VLC is amazing, but it doesn’t feel like the best tool for this.

I’m interested in what other people have found to be the fastest way to deliver events into HA. It’s been a useful thread.

I have a wired device sending HTTP POST updates very regularly (often more than one per second) and if I watch those arrive, they appear almost instantaneous. If the sending device used IP (or, more likely, had cached the lookup) I guess that would be fast too.

Good point about the MQTT persistence, cheers.

It’s probably marginally faster from the dashboard. This isn’t only about the ZigBee delay though - it’s really perfectly OK. Reducing latency is as much for the fun of it than anything else. I’m interested in knowing what the fastest possible input method is.

That’s a good point; the button does support double push, I might be able to disable that. It’s some old unit I picked up for next to nothing, I have some Aqura buttons about to try.

Perceptibly instant is fast enough for me :)

What’s the method you’re using to communicate with HA?

I’ve found Summit the best for me, personally, on Android. I’ve been able to configure it closest to how I used RIF which is what I wanted.

Great story, you’ve reminded me how much I enjoyed it. Thanks!

Nothingness for general anaesthesia. Sedation for dental work was awesome: IV midazolam. Off to sleep just like GA but woke up at some point, super happy and relaxed. Waking up was like a long sleep. I loved it so much I asked if I could come in again for that without the operation. Turns out, no, that’s not a thing. Shame.

Am real. Or am?

Openboard with swipe has fixed this for me. Takes a little getting used to but worth it IMO.

Thanks! Using it now, perfect!

I use Gboard and have been meaning to find an alternative, so this is a useful thread though it seems the concensus is there aren’t really any.

What I’d love to do is completely remove any reference to stickers and gifs from the emojis selection but it’s not possible. The emojis button can be removed from the keyboard, maybe it’s time to go back to traditional ASCII.

For me, they’re too fat when folded and too big when open. I don’t like the feeling of the crease, and the technology needs time to prove how reliable it’ll be in the real world.

Yes, you’re right! I should point out that the things I like about Summit are not exclusive to Summit!

I also noticed Connect is showing images faster than it used to.

It’s great to have lots of options and compare them side by side. Coming from RIF, it’s not hard to get comfortable.