You can always wire up an ESP32 with an optical sensor that tracks the blinking of the LED. The meter should state how much energy is represented by a blink.
Example project

Doesn’t valve provide login-free setup and use of SteamVR for the index and the like? Granted, you’ll need a beefy PC for it, and probably some kind of storefront for most games. But at least no Facebook login strapped to your head.

And hamsters into guinea pigs.

I’ve heard the opposite. Apparently most uniforms have to be bought by the parents, and you can see a difference in whose household is wealthy and whose isn’t by how worn down or well-fitting the uniform is. Kids can be so mean…

Somewhat similar: k8s

That meat, dairy, and eggs are essential for a healthy diet.

A purely fossil fuelled electric car (as in, fossil grid) is already more efficient than an ICE.

As others have said, home assistant and the like can achieve this. However, if you prefer not to use any other hardware than what you already have, the Hue app has the “Hue Labs” thingy, where they have sunrise and sunset automations that have the lights do what you describe. Might be worth looking at.

On windows you can use “windows + .” to get an emoji/symbol picker. “Command + control + space” on MacOS. Probably exists on most Linux distros as well.

Yeah, over there you had some terminally online folks calling themselves the “emoji police” who would berate you in the comments if you used an emoji. They even had a role-play subreddit where they would get reports and collaborate.

I’m using Philips hue wall switch modules. They’re not cheap, but they allow me to use the switch as a normal switch and even program them to turn on different scenes depending on how I use them. It’s so much nicer to have than the taped down light switch I had at first.

Whole grain as pointed out by the other commenter. Might still be quite a difference, since I heard American bread is quite sweet, with added sugar and all. (If you’re from the US, that is)

Well, I’m Dutch. So sandwiches. Put something tasty on them and you’re done in a whim.

That’s for certain

If you like tinkering, go for it! If you expect hassle free setup the first time, might want to look elsewhere. I’ve got mine dialed in so that I only need to wipe the bed clean with a cotton pad and some rubbing alcohol. Took a while and some upgrades, though. ;)

The bike racks on buses seems to be a North American thing. I’ve never seen them where I live (NL) or any of the countries I’ve been to in Europe.

As the joke goes, I got a free 3d printer with my purchase of flush cutters. Good stuff.

Aluminium cans need a plastic lining to prevent corrosive drinks from eating through them and/or to prevent the aluminium from leeching into your drink.

There’s a reason why no tipping restaurants end up failing and returning to tips.

Yeah, we have 0 restaurants here in western Europe. It’s a bummer. Should have adopted tipping culture.

Yeah, it’s mostly the noise (and a little bit of the vibration) that makes you feel faster. Doesn’t really happen when you drive the speed limit, which most of the time is 30 km/h for residential areas where it is common to have brick paving. Drive any faster, and you’ll feel uncomfortable in many ways, which causes all but a select few daredevils to just slow down and keep everyone safer. :) Add some traffic calming in the mix, such as speed bumps, zig-zags, trees, raised crossings, etc., and you have a street where parents feel comfortable having their kids play football outside.