Read your reply now, and not sure about the requirements you have: must not leave the local devices or must not use the WiFi?

If it’s the latter, a 4g USB modem with a cheap iot data plan easily frees you of that.

I second Zigbee.

• There’s plenty of devices available.
• Battery life is amazing.
• zigbee2mqtt is an easy way to bring those messages into your regular IP network; they have a huge list of supported devices.
• Once translated to MQTT, you can hook any automation onto it you want: a python script, home assistant, or my recommendation in this case, NodeRED. NodeRED has a module for zigbee2mqtt that is very well integrated to just know all devices registered on your zigbee network and stringing flows together is actually fun once you get the hang of it. Plus, there is no upper bound to flow complexity.
• Gateway device can be a sonoff zigbee USB coordinator and the whole thing can comfortably run on a rpi3.

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Love it. Thanks for bringing it up.

Oh my bad. I’m no battery expert by a long shot; just meant to contribute a good source of information. But you’re way ahead of me anyway. Carry on! 😊

Take a look at Battery University, I think it’s a great resource.

On the topic of lithium polymer charging, it has this to say:

Charge and discharge characteristics of Li-polymer are identical to other Li-ion systems and do not require a dedicated charger. Safety issues are also similar in that protection circuits are needed. Gas buildup during charge can cause some prismatic and pouch cells to swell, and equipment manufacturers must make allowances for expansion. Li-polymer in a foil package may be less durable than Li-ion in the cylindrical package.

Papery taste, according to James Hoffmann.

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Just been through the fire of having to clone my system to a new SSD and no, startup repair did nothing for me.

I’m sorry to hear it, and I hope you are being kind to yourself.

Woah, are you okay?

What about this? https://songwhip.com/

Example

Works really well, though.

What a world it would be were that a possibility.

Sadly, I neither see a content creators’ union on the horizon anytime soon, nor do I see individual creators die a martyr’s death, financially speaking…