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Really cool. But why not just have them handle the blu rays directly? Unless - you ripped them to your Plex and resold them…
Because plastic disks attract scratches and kids can be rough with their toys.
It does seem that some parts of the story is missing. Maybe it's to safeguard the blurays or maybe they never existed in the first place?
He's not fighting over the remote and he has agency. And he's certainly not stumbling his way through YouTube on a tablet. No ads. Very nice for him. It's not yet necessary to track his usage. But I'm well prepared for it.
Home Assistant works very well for these cases. I'm sad that Netflix&Co. do not publicize their urls/intents/etc. for smart TVs. I'd be happy to call an episode directly.
This setup therefore needs to run through my own media server and that's why I sometimes have to resort to pirate-y means, even though I have licenses to watch it.
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With only a little bit of effort you can prevent them from becoming obsolete. Most straightforward way is to just reprogram the nfc chip. Alternatively, Just add a redirector, one that maps show names/ids to the urls.
That’s the easy part The annoying part is reprinting the sticker and attaching it to the card
The movies visible in the photos in the article, and their runtimes in minutes, are: 94 The Good Dinosaur 92 Trolls 98 Wall-E 88 The Lion King 103 Moana 81 Toy Story 91 Trolls World Tour 95 Inside Out 103 Frozen II 95 A Bug's Life > We have two boys, and the eldest is permitted a 30-minute TV session in the morning and another in the evening. So...if one of them wants to watch The Lion King or Toy Story they have to…
My kids are 3 and 2, and they don't watch TV like adults. They watch a bit of movie, get up, walk around, do something else, come back, and watch a bit of another movie or even switch to a TV show. It's weird!
I like your idea about flexibility, but they're too young right now. Maybe we'll introduce your "bank" concept when they get older or increase the "TV budget". But for now we stick to 2x 30 minutes.
The movies visible in the photos in the article, and their runtimes in minutes, are: 94 The Good Dinosaur 92 Trolls 98 Wall-E 88 The Lion King 103 Moana 81 Toy Story 91 Trolls World Tour 95 Inside Out 103 Frozen II 95 A Bug's Life > We have two boys, and the eldest is permitted a 30-minute TV session in the morning and another in the evening. So...if one of them wants to watch The Lion King or Toy Story they have to…
Every parent is required to say they only allow very limited screen time even if secretly they all allow quite a bit more.
We stick to the 2x30 minutes rule for 90% of the time but we do make occasional exceptions like when they're ill.
Might change when they get older though.
https://support.firecore.com/hc/en-us/articles/215090997-API...
I also evaluated Plex but ended up with Infuse as it seemed perfect for my needs. The Apple TV app is great. Plex probably has more features though. I renew it once a year.
This is lovely. This feels like a new genre of hardware hacking to me, where someone is motivated to make a device out of compassion for their family or others. It reminds me of this instance where someone designed their own peristaltic pump to ensure their grandfather can eat: https://hackaday.com/2015/11/10/3d-printed-peristalic-pump-h... I seem to recall another similar device to this posted on HN also, but with a…
Author here. TOTALLY!!
The movies visible in the photos in the article, and their runtimes in minutes, are: 94 The Good Dinosaur 92 Trolls 98 Wall-E 88 The Lion King 103 Moana 81 Toy Story 91 Trolls World Tour 95 Inside Out 103 Frozen II 95 A Bug's Life > We have two boys, and the eldest is permitted a 30-minute TV session in the morning and another in the evening. So...if one of them wants to watch The Lion King or Toy Story they have to…
1 hour of TV time PER DAY for small kids is considered restrictive? I would have thought it's much less. What would be an equivalent restriction on the phone/tablet/more actively engaging devices?
Prints from inkjet printer look amazing. Do these printers still clog up when not used for a month or two?
I was quite surprised of the printing quality as well.
Never had it clog up. But I have all kinds of issues with that printer. Always connects to the network but randomly refuses to print. Sometimes it only prints half a page. Sometimes it prints half a page and retries by itself. Scanning is pretty much impossible on macOS because the drivers aren't maintained. etc...
It's horrible. But when it prints, the quality is good...
Honestly, I get cold sweats from the thought of having to print something.
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Every parent is required to say they only allow very limited screen time even if secretly they all allow quite a bit more.
Lol, kind of true! We stick to the 2x30 minutes rule for 90% of the time but we do make occasional exceptions like when they're ill. Might change when they get older though.