This was not a paragraph post, it was definitely a stream of consciousness post

I watched it recently. Pretty good. The most interesting part is that they had Brad drive a real F1 car to get the feel of it. There’s a youtube video. That’s a pretty incredible life experience that he found a cheat code for.

That’s a fair point. I think home assistant initiates the connection, but I’m not sure how status updates work from the smart switch to home assistant. Could be home assistant polling, web sockets, or the switch broadcasting.

I get the security aspect of it, but in my case I can’t see a reason to go through the hassle. My smart switches talk to home assistant running on my server. I want new devices to be able to access the plex server without manual config. And my server is arguably the most sensitive machine on my network, so if I can’t protect that, I don’t think it’s worth protecting anything.

Not a bad idea. The hardest part I think would be getting the insulation to the right thickness to fit. Not sure how well it cuts.

Most art probably isn’t very thick either, and 2" thick is a sweet spot because it works better at low frequencies, but isn’t excessively large

Examples here

https://www.acoustimac.com/acoustic-panels/acoustic-panels-dmd-series

I’ve done a few with my own photos printed on them, they look like canvas art. Well, they basically are, but also filled with sound deadening insulation.

I will probably make some myself at custom sizes, it’s basically a frame filled with insulation from the big box store, wrapped in fabric.

The impact they have is reducing room reverb, which helps a lot for conversation when there are a lot of people in the room.

Sound panels. They’re insanely effective. I put up a few at home, and now I complain about every place that doesn’t have them.

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