Like naming your daughter Methany.

I put mine on an unconnected network attached to a connected desktop. Videos are written and uploaded to the cloud when motion is detected. ISpy is a good open source video system even if it is written in C#.

I’ve had the opposite experience, my regular coffee shop uses an automatic machine. They have the best espresso in the area, it might help that they roast their own beans.

I didn’t leave the other variables out. A human in the loop doesn’t change grind size or consistency. A human in the loop doesn’t change water quality, or temperature. A human in the loop won’t change bean quality.

Tamp pressure is more consistent with automated machines vs humans. It is much easier to dial in a shot for particular beans/roast, you can literally dial it in, that’s why coffee shops use automatic machines. Those machines are not the cheap ones they can cost up to $10k. Over half the coffee shops in my area use automatic machines.

Most coffee places use automatic coffee machines, as long as they have good beans the coffee is good. Getting the correct weight of grounds and tamping them down is not a process difficult to automate.

I had the pleasure of watching the end of a U10 futsal game before my son’s game, they had to bring in the tournmmet director to start throwing parents out. It’s my belief that the worst parents are the ones of younger kids. I don’t know if the parents mellow out/get used to bad calls or the bad parents get weeded out.

It’s the government, it’s not their money. Finding the discrepancy is extra work which is kryptonite to government employees.