I’m just being pedantic here, but an intercom system expands anywhere there’s networking, requires fewer wires, and lower voltage (will even work without power, not very well, but it will)

Did you run the line under ground or through conduit? Disconnect it from both sides, attach string/fishing line to one side, pull cable out of conduit on the side without the string attached. Detach string from either meet cable, reattach string with Ethernet cable and the additional cable (speaker cable in this case), pull string from the original side until both cables make their appearance.

Outside of walkie talkies (have you considered walkie talkie? Maybe put an antenna outside of the shop?) this is the simplest way to do it (imo, but I don’t play with raspberry pi’s)

It’s literally speaker wire, or you could clip the ends of your Ethernet and use those (but you probably want your Ethernet out there still XD. One side will be to be run to power, but it’ll power the rest of the stations through the wire.

I feel like this is definitely what you’re looking for, no computers required.

From Amazon, I found “IS543 5/4/3 WIRE INTERCOM STAT-PLAST”

It’s similar to what we had growing up, 1 in the shed, 1 in the kitchen 1 in the game room, push the button of the location you wanted to talk to, only 1 direction of communication at a time, over.

I feel like you’re making it way more complicated than it needs to be, why would you involve a switch or processor when you’re just carrying sound waves? You don’t even need a modulator, it just needs to connect a microphone to a speaker like cans on a string. Is it the highest quality? No, will it record your conversation for posterity? Also no. Will it let you tell at someone to get their asses in for dinner, absolutely

You’ve already run wires, why not a microphone and speaker system?

You don’t have to be the most private, just don’t draw the most attention…

Big data is an unfortunate cost of society.

You’d complain about a ton of gold being too heavy wouldn’t you?

We play over, whatever video conference program Google uses, it has auto transcription as a “service” (fuck you Google, but thanks for the ability to connect with friends I guess? Mind your own game business though please?)

When we take breaks sometime we read the logs and try to figure out what was actually said from the “transcript” it’s delightful in its incompetence, we sometimes find ourselves reading the chat logs more than rolling the dice.

David, stop worrying so much David.

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Your citation needed and my citation needed are very different things!

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I feel like there are instances where if you’re watching a video before it’s hit the algorithm there might be curiosity as to why you know about something happening…

Are you an ambassador or dignitary? No? Don’t worry about crap, take the same precautions you’d take when visiting any other place you’re not commonly in. The United States isn’t a hell hole, despite what libertarians like to fantasize.

Oh now this is interesting!

Well I know what I’m watching after I finish the rings of power tonight (I’m a sucker for all things lotr), after I watch dorf goes fishing, and task master nz s2e10

I was genuinely hoping it would be “the gamers: dorkness rising” but princess Bride is okay.

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I have family that can’t drink their tap water because it’s practically brackish (is was entirely brackish when someone pierced the aquifer boundary and created a hole that filled the underground reservoir with the nearby sea water, that lasted about 18 months, the entire community was on water that was being trucked in while a new well was discovered and drilled), their water is insanely subsidized, and still pretty expensive. The community is about 200 houses, each with access to Ocean/River inlet water, I don’t know a single one of them that wouldn’t go for this option. Their water is so heavily mineralized that filters lifetimes are hours to days. And then maybe they can allow the aquifers to refill, and maybe their houses wouldn’t be sinking as quickly…

“The researchers estimate that if the system is scaled up to the size of a small suitcase, it could produce about 4 to 6 liters of drinking water per hour and last several years before requiring replacement parts. At this scale and performance, the system could produce drinking water at a rate and price that is cheaper than tap water.”

Holy eff, I was expecting “per day” after 4-6 liters from a suitcase size device… That’s more water than I consume in a day, even on double flush days. Of course it would only be during daylight, and with full sun I imagine. But that’s still so much water!

There are plenty of examples regarding things being brought to light and dealt with. That there are also times things aren’t properly dealt with is no reason to disparage the entire populous. These are the reactions that keep me from taking this instance seriously.