from https://github.com/Stanford-Mobisocial-IoT-Lab/almond-cloud

"NOTE: using the embedded Thingpedia is not recommended. Instead, you should rely on the publicly available instance at https://thingpedia.stanford.edu."

While I'm happier relying on an institution such as Stanford rather than a random company, I'd rather self host everything - doesn't that kinda defeat the point of this?