Digital devices will always be a potential distraction, even with just simple calling and messaging. What amazes me most though, is how far we’ll stretch to avoid regulating the actual actors causing the most harm (social media).
The only drawback is that most smart home devices aren’t on the UPS, so if power goes out, you still lose most connected devices.
I run many of the usual suspects, but I would say Home Assistant is on the top of the list.
Unfortunately, Trump’s walls don’t contain pollution, and industries use that local lack of regulation to lobby other governments, as in, “look, we can do that in the US, why can’t we do it here?”
It’s not so different from professional exams in Canada/Untied States. Applicants with some wealth to put into a tutor are often more successful, while also requiring a not insignificant fee to write the exam, effectively gatekeeping professional colleges from the less well-off.
E: to clear up some confusion…there is a fee paid by the person taking/writing/being assessed by the exam. Apparently the meaning ‘to write’ an exam is not consistent, but I intended the Canadian/British English meaning.
He’s also decimated environmental regulation…so, definitely not a huge favour.
I got a 7 Pro around 6 months ago for $280 CAD. Surely there are other less expensive sources you could find.