#creator-connection | Home Assistant | Page 4

blazing prawn May 13, 2018, 9:19 PM

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@long herald we recorded an episode yesterday. We're slightly delayed this week. Its sitting with me for editing today. So should be out in about 15 hours :)

strong ridge May 14, 2018, 12:29 PM

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OK.. 15 hours is up 😄

blazing prawn May 14, 2018, 12:33 PM

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@strong ridge you're in luck! New episode is out 😄

strong ridge May 14, 2018, 12:34 PM

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LOL Awesome!

vast crest May 14, 2018, 12:35 PM

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Okei google, play the latest Home Assistant podcast

blazing prawn May 14, 2018, 12:36 PM

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Also, Google Music Podcasts has also just pushed out the latest episode finally

prime plaza May 14, 2018, 1:09 PM

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nice podcast, i want to start automating my cats as well 😉

zealous heron May 14, 2018, 1:12 PM

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Sorry. Mobile fumble

sour pebble May 14, 2018, 1:55 PM

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Regarding that issue with garbage bins and cameras; wouldn't an easy solution be to use QR codes?

long herald May 14, 2018, 1:55 PM

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@prime plaza I'm planning integration with the calendar to get notifications and setting new events for cutting claws and other cat related stuff. To take it a bit further 😹

prime plaza May 14, 2018, 1:55 PM

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yea for sure want to do stuff like that as well

long herald May 14, 2018, 1:56 PM

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There is a truly automated cat litter box, but it's like more then $500. Seems a bit...nutty to buy 😉

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I'll just have to stick to cleaning my self

prime plaza May 14, 2018, 1:56 PM

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that seems a bit much ye

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i actually bought some Xiaomi sensors to use with my Terrarium as well

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want to try and use the water sensors to see if i need to refill water and stuff

long herald May 14, 2018, 1:58 PM

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That should work!

prime plaza May 14, 2018, 1:58 PM

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you're using the Xiaomi motion sensor for the litterbox ye?

long herald May 14, 2018, 1:59 PM

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Yup

prime plaza May 14, 2018, 2:00 PM

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cool i should get myself some of those as well then 😃

long herald May 14, 2018, 2:00 PM

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They are quite sensitive, I have to have them pointing towards the wall so that me passing it doesnt count

still laurel May 14, 2018, 2:01 PM

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Im using a water sensor to check for a specific waterlevel in my basement to start the pump to pump out the water. Works well. (Yes its ok that there is some water there).
So i totally recommend the water sensor.

fickle pewter May 16, 2018, 12:24 PM

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Hey guys, I think I'd be ready to do a guest spot on Snips soon. We have some pretty cool integration now with the addon and some exciting stuff in the works.

blazing prawn May 16, 2018, 12:25 PM

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@fickle pewter awesome! We'll be in touch

blazing prawn May 17, 2018, 12:54 AM

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haha

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I think the allowed_networks there is just saying what local networks to scan on for the devices. You should be able to access the configurator anywhere though

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But yeah #330944238910963714 might have more luck for you

eternal grail May 17, 2018, 12:54 AM

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Thanks! 😃

viscid palm May 17, 2018, 5:20 PM

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Topic suggestion for the DIY geeks https://esphomelib.com/esphomeyaml/using-with/sonoff-s20.html

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Esphomeyaml is created to be discoverarable by HA!

mellow light May 17, 2018, 10:07 PM

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cool

remote comet May 18, 2018, 7:13 PM

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@flat ivy @blazing prawn if you're looking for any future guest spots or contributors I would love to get involved, help out, and give back to the community. Big fan of the podcast so far. Can check out my setup here if interested https://github.com/geekofweek/homeassistant

flat ivy May 18, 2018, 8:13 PM

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@remote comet awesome!!! We’d love to have you! I’ll DM you

blazing prawn May 19, 2018, 5:54 AM

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@remote comet pretty sure your repo was one of the first I ever starred (possibly the only I've starred)

remote comet May 19, 2018, 4:30 PM

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that's awesome, think I was an earlier example.

torpid mortar May 20, 2018, 1:54 AM

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Great repo, @remote comet. 👍

long herald May 20, 2018, 8:42 AM

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@remote comet I looked at your repo just now too and was about to star it, only I already had 😄 Great repo! Will look further into it on the computer later and possibly get some ideas. Great Readme too!

remote comet May 20, 2018, 8:30 PM

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thanks, updating the README has been on my todo list for far too long. Finally got around to getting some of it done, I hope to polish it up a bit more in the future.

prisma badge May 21, 2018, 12:01 PM

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Hey guys, just wanted to say loved the latest episode of the PodCast. Guest spots, even from just regular users are really interesting to hear and always give me loads of ideas, and things to buy! 😛

blazing prawn May 21, 2018, 12:02 PM

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Thanks @prisma badge !

prisma badge May 21, 2018, 12:02 PM

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No problem! You guys are doing a great job!

foggy prism May 22, 2018, 1:15 AM

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@echo basalt so this:

mqtt:
  broker: sonoff.maddox.co.uk
  port: 1883
  client_id: home-assistant-1
  keepalive: 60
  protocol: 3.1

Where does the topic go?

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oh sorry! wrong thread

echo basalt May 22, 2018, 1:15 AM

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wrong spot bud this is podcast 😛

long herald May 23, 2018, 9:27 AM

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@prisma badge I'll also go ahead and say thank you 😄 /Regular user

edgy phoenix May 26, 2018, 5:14 AM

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Thank you very much for the shout-out about esphomelib! 😀

blazing prawn May 26, 2018, 5:20 AM

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No, thank you @edgy phoenix

lapis inlet May 26, 2018, 2:05 PM

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Same as @edgy phoenix... Thank you guys!

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Great show, as always 😃

flat ivy May 27, 2018, 5:48 PM

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@lapis inlet @edgy phoenix Keep up the amazing work!!!

lapis inlet May 27, 2018, 5:48 PM

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Thank m8, that is just way to kind

flat ivy May 27, 2018, 5:48 PM

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😃

lapis inlet May 27, 2018, 5:49 PM

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A lot more on the way

flat ivy May 27, 2018, 9:41 PM

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Haha amazing!!

brittle dock May 28, 2018, 4:20 PM

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Podcast website down?

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Cloudflare says they are working, but yeah 502 on hasspodcast.io

brittle dock May 28, 2018, 9:29 PM

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It's back up, for those playing at home.

blazing prawn May 28, 2018, 10:45 PM

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Sorry @brittle dock had some downtime. Podcast has been very popular and getting a lot of traffic. Working on making things more stable!

brittle dock May 28, 2018, 10:55 PM

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No worries, I was just looking for show notes. Gald it was planned and not something breaking

blazing prawn May 28, 2018, 10:57 PM

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@brittle dock err, can't say it was planned. Unfortunately I was asleep for the ordeal so didn't get to see the email alerts. I'll be working on upgrading the server so it (fingers crossed) doesn't happen again

brittle dock May 28, 2018, 10:59 PM

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I have limited understanding of what that website does, so excuse my ignorance, but why do you have a dynamic site? Would a static site work for you?

blazing prawn May 28, 2018, 11:01 PM

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The site completely manages the content for us. I give it the show notes, and the podcast recording, and then it does the work to ensure the notes look pretty (sort of) on the site, and available in the right format for the podcast apps. So unfortunately dynamic is the best way (otherwise publishing a new episode would be a lot of work)

brittle dock May 28, 2018, 11:03 PM

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I'd be interested in understanding that a little better when you have time.

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Like your stack, and apps

blazing prawn May 28, 2018, 11:06 PM

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Oh, the server is VPS with a LAMP stack. The site is WordPress

brittle dock May 28, 2018, 11:08 PM

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Thanks!

lucid current May 30, 2018, 7:43 AM

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thanks guys for the episode (im late as always)

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of course it means more tinkering (looking at aaron repo) 😉

solar ingot May 30, 2018, 2:50 PM

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Looks like another Podcast avenue is coming via Plex 😃 https://www.plex.tv/blog/have-plex-your-way/?utm_source=Plex&utm_medium=email&utm_content=podcasts_button&utm_campaign=Podcasts+Type+First+May+30+2018

blazing prawn May 30, 2018, 11:15 PM

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Good to see we're already available on Plex!

https://app.plex.tv/desktop#!/provider/tv.plex.provider.podcasts/details?key=%2Flibrary%2Fmetadata%2F5a94f383801b110018e0e391&context=hub.search.show

strong ridge May 30, 2018, 11:41 PM

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where do you find the podcasts in the web interface?

blazing prawn May 30, 2018, 11:41 PM

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From what I can see there's no new section for it

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just start searching for a podcast in the search menu, and it will appear as if it is another server in your list

strong ridge May 30, 2018, 11:42 PM

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k

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thank you!

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It should show up in Online Content under your libraries. I see it in the plex tab that opens when I click your link, but not in a regualr plex tab that I open otherwise

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nm.. it's there now

solar ingot May 31, 2018, 12:01 AM

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we probably needed to add it so thanks for the link @blazing prawn 😃

blazing prawn May 31, 2018, 12:02 AM

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haha I didn't add it there, not sure where Plex is getting its Podcast list from but I'm pleased

solar ingot May 31, 2018, 12:03 AM

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hmm not seeing podcasts in my server tab

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yea tahts awesome that they picked it up like that

blazing prawn May 31, 2018, 12:05 AM

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In your server list can you see "News"?

solar ingot May 31, 2018, 12:13 AM

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yup I see news under Online Content

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and I do see News in the server list as well

blazing prawn May 31, 2018, 12:15 AM

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What client are you using? I don't think Podcasts has rolled out everywhere yet. I can just see it in the server list on plex.tv/web/app

solar ingot May 31, 2018, 12:16 AM

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On the desktop I usually go to my local URL so I guess its only enabled at plex.tv for now

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I am also on the plexpass beta builds for the server too

blazing prawn May 31, 2018, 12:17 AM

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ah interesting, yeah I suspect it hasn't come down to the servers yet

solar ingot May 31, 2018, 12:18 AM

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yea, pretty awesome how they just picked up all these podcasts with all the detailed info must be using some type of list you guys publish too

blazing prawn May 31, 2018, 12:20 AM

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yeah exactly, very cool

primal lance May 31, 2018, 8:07 AM

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nice, showing up for me too

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no excuse not to catch up now

lapis inlet May 31, 2018, 10:14 AM

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Ow the podcast is available on Plex? 😄

strong ridge May 31, 2018, 4:20 PM

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For Podcasts to show up under Online Content, you have to connect to https://plex.tv/web/app# If you connect to your local server, it doesn't show up

umbral ingot Jun 1, 2018, 4:11 AM

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See it in that new app. Very cool.

lapis inlet Jun 7, 2018, 6:29 PM

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I'm getting ready to stream again 😃

tight python Jun 7, 2018, 6:31 PM

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nice 😄

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a friendly tip, mute your mic when coughing 😉

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@lapis inlet remember higher resolution

lapis inlet Jun 7, 2018, 6:33 PM

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1080n now

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encoding changed as wel

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Aah well 😛

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we all have to learn

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I've updated the stream a lot today

tight python Jun 7, 2018, 6:34 PM

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Nice, the iOT show

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Like it

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@lapis inlet whats the playlist you are using?

lapis inlet Jun 7, 2018, 6:43 PM

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Some random royalty free spotify playlist

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which I love btw

tight python Jun 7, 2018, 6:44 PM

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Could you share the id?

lapis inlet Jun 7, 2018, 6:45 PM

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shared in stream chat

tight python Jun 7, 2018, 6:45 PM

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thx

odd tangle Jun 8, 2018, 8:13 AM

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just wanted to say: Thanks for the podcast! It's great to get updates about HomeAssistant via audio! 😃

blazing prawn Jun 8, 2018, 8:13 AM

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Thanks @odd tangle !

odd tangle Jun 8, 2018, 8:16 AM

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@blazing prawn have you had a look into auphonic? it's a tool to cleanup audio. It's great for echoes, different volume levels etc. And I think there is a free tier for a few hours a month.
Just mentioning it, because you often have a setup with 2-3 people talking with different audio setups.

blazing prawn Jun 8, 2018, 8:16 AM

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Sure have

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Dan got us onto it

odd tangle Jun 8, 2018, 8:16 AM

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we used it to cleanup recordings of our conference recordings

blazing prawn Jun 8, 2018, 8:17 AM

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I do some editing, and mix all the tracks into a single file, then push it over to Auphonic to do its thing

odd tangle Jun 8, 2018, 8:18 AM

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are you recording via skype? or is everyone recording and you do a mix of the tracks later?

blazing prawn Jun 8, 2018, 8:19 AM

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We use Zencastr, which records everyones tracks in the browser, and then gives me an MP3 track of everyone

odd tangle Jun 8, 2018, 8:20 AM

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oh cool. thanks for the info.
keep up the good work 👍 😃

blazing prawn Jun 8, 2018, 8:20 AM

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Cheers!

frozen loom Jun 8, 2018, 3:38 PM

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Thank you guys so much for the podcast! It really helps the time pass by and I love the part where you talk about your automations. It gives me great ideas for my next projects. Keep it up!

lapis inlet Jun 8, 2018, 6:21 PM

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Maybe we can stream the Podcast live some time

blazing prawn Jun 9, 2018, 1:51 AM

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Thanks @frozen loom

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@lapis inlet for sure one day!

strong ridge Jun 9, 2018, 1:52 AM

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Live with questions from the audience in this chatroom 😃

blazing prawn Jun 9, 2018, 1:53 AM

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That would be great, although weird timezones might make that a bit difficult 😉

strong ridge Jun 9, 2018, 1:56 AM

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Just gotta announce it enough ahead of time for people to make adjustments

blazing prawn Jun 9, 2018, 1:56 AM

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lol like @lapis inlet streaming at 4am my time 😄

strong ridge Jun 9, 2018, 2:02 AM

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lol

lapis inlet Jun 9, 2018, 10:01 AM

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@blazing prawn It definitely would be hard 😛

torpid mortar Jun 10, 2018, 5:00 PM

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Another great episode, gang! Loved it. 😎

strong ridge Jun 10, 2018, 7:01 PM

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tried listening but my 8 year old kept interrupting heh

lapis inlet Jun 10, 2018, 7:09 PM

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😛

digital juniper Jun 12, 2018, 5:56 PM

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nice episodes, keep them coming 😄

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Suggestion for next episodes: Talk about wiring a new home for home assistant and maybe a dedicated episode to security

blazing prawn Jun 13, 2018, 3:31 AM

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Thanks @digital juniper !

flat ivy Jun 13, 2018, 4:27 AM

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Thanks @digital juniper that’s been something we’ve been toying with for a while. Id love to do it for one of the eps coming up if we can swing it

primal lance Jun 14, 2018, 2:36 PM

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took me a few days but finally listened to the last episode. another good one, cheers guys

pine gazelle Jun 14, 2018, 2:37 PM

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thanks for the reminder @primal lance .. got my listening sorted now for the trip home

primal lance Jun 14, 2018, 2:38 PM

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yeah that's why it's taken me so long

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I only have a 15 minute commute lol

waxen quest Jun 15, 2018, 8:58 AM

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Always listen to every episode in my car on my way home! Nice to read the show notes for inspiration. Keep up the good work! 👍🏼

sick acorn Jun 15, 2018, 11:13 AM

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Love the podcast ❤

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I've run out of episodes now for my commute 😦

strong ridge Jun 15, 2018, 3:33 PM

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There are some other general home automation podcasts out there to get you between new Hass episodes @sick acorn

sick acorn Jun 15, 2018, 3:37 PM

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I'm mostly listening to other makery podcasts, got a couple of year's worth of reclaimed audio to listen to 😃

strong ridge Jun 15, 2018, 3:45 PM

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I listen to "home on:" and "the internet of things Podcast" but I'm looking for other diy stuff all the time to listen to

solar ingot Jun 19, 2018, 4:09 PM

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new podcast app on android....Google Podcast....already see the podcast here 😃

onyx oasis Jun 19, 2018, 4:10 PM

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yay they almost have as many podcast apps as messaging and music apps now

solar ingot Jun 19, 2018, 4:11 PM

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yea lol its like 2 different teams working to a similar goal lol....they already have podcasts in google play music but hey why not do a stand alone app and hope it sticks to the wall 😛

onyx oasis Jun 19, 2018, 4:13 PM

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Just yesterday I installed youtube music to go with google play music. I already have allo, duo and hangouts. Now there is this. I am a huge google fan but seriously all of this could be done in two apps

lean hornet Jun 19, 2018, 4:46 PM

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Just thought I'd drop an episode topic idea that I know I'd like to hear about.

A notification system. Right now I'm using HTM5 Push Notifications, and it was good enough at first, but now I've added sensors on every door/window and starting to work on using this component https://www.home-assistant.io/components/alarm_control_panel.manual_mqtt/ and I'm realizing if I am going to continue to use HTML5 Push Notifications I'm going to have to make a choice between being more informed, or being less spammed with notifications, as there isn't a way to take advantage of Android's notification categories so I could just group all the window notifications together, the door notifications together, the alarm.. etc.

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I've been looking around for examples of other people's systems, but I'm not sure where to look.

solar ingot Jun 19, 2018, 4:50 PM

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@lean hornet you can use the tag feature for HTML5 to replace teh notification not sure if thats what you want but it may help clean up teh notifications

lean hornet Jun 19, 2018, 4:56 PM

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Yeah, I currently use that for each individual window/door. So that if the door opens, then closes, the closed notif overwrites the open one, or the alarm armed notif overwriting the alarm pending notif, But I don't want a window closing to overwrite another notification of a different window being open.

solar ingot Jun 19, 2018, 5:14 PM

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@lean hornet you can create different tags for each window, i dont think there is a limit to how many tags you have

lean hornet Jun 19, 2018, 6:30 PM

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Yeah, well, doing a different tag for each window is proving much more spamming than desired. It's a very small house, only 4 rooms, but it would be great if I could specify a notification category https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/notifiers/notifications#ManageChannels, and a notification tag. Basically, I personally want a recommendation for a notify platform that supports that, but in general I also thought it would make a decent topic on the podcast. Exploring how different people acomplish this kind of goal.

forest cosmos Jun 19, 2018, 6:57 PM

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Maybe raise a feature request for that on the forum?

digital juniper Jun 19, 2018, 7:04 PM

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@blazing prawn might be nice to mention https://github.com/home-assistant/hassos/issues/33 in the next episode. Maybe more people will help with donations

blazing prawn Jun 19, 2018, 7:07 PM

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Thanks @digital juniper just saw that on Twitter too!

digital juniper Jun 19, 2018, 7:09 PM

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really looking forward to more support on devices

steep field Jun 19, 2018, 10:09 PM

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Not sure when you guys are going to record, 0.72 will contain a new experimental UI https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/en/lovelace_index.html

Lovelace UI · Home Assistant dev docs

This is an experimental feature. Configuration might change in future versions.

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For more info, development is driven by @hushed scroll and @vale dock has been converting his whole UI to it

hushed scroll Jun 19, 2018, 10:13 PM

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"driven by" means "helped balloob a bit" 😉

vale dock Jun 19, 2018, 10:15 PM

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I should be done with the move today....will post a link when the whole UI is ready 👍

pine gazelle Jun 19, 2018, 11:14 PM

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wow, that's a mind blowingly good idea.. super excited for this 😃

blazing prawn Jun 19, 2018, 11:25 PM

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@steep field nice! I think I saw something about a calendar component as well coming in the UI

steep field Jun 19, 2018, 11:49 PM

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@blazing prawn we might have to pull it. Somehow the production code minifier breaks it. Don't think we can fix it in time

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As I did some exploration but couldn't find the clue

blazing prawn Jun 19, 2018, 11:52 PM

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@steep field Aww damn. That one looked cool too.

Our recording this week should be after the release again, unless the release has to be delayed. Either way I'll be running the RC to test that new experimental UI out. Sounds very cool, so thanks @hushed scroll and @vale dock

flat ivy Jun 20, 2018, 1:40 AM

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Seconded!! Thanks @steep field @hushed scroll @vale dock!

long herald Jun 20, 2018, 6:57 AM

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Am a bit behind on listening, so I just listened to ep 26 and now thanks to @torpid mortar I really feel I have to get into appdaemon. Is it a good way to learn python as I go on with ad, or should I read up a bit before? I'm a .net-developer, so I'm used to oop, but a newbie on python

sour pebble Jun 20, 2018, 7:45 AM

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@long herald learn python as you go along starting to use appdaemon. You will learn what you need to learn when you identify what you want to automate

long herald Jun 20, 2018, 7:46 AM

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@sour pebble I can move some of my current automations in there, should be a good start

blazing prawn Jun 20, 2018, 7:47 AM

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@long herald thinking of doing the same. Finding NodeRED a bit of a hassle

long herald Jun 20, 2018, 7:47 AM

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Yeah, I want to continue hacking code 😉

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Maybe I'll even learn enough to be able to contribute to the project at some later date

sour pebble Jun 20, 2018, 8:18 AM

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@long herald the best way to learn is to have a mission 👍

pine gazelle Jun 20, 2018, 8:24 AM

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So I brought a Python book to learn Python specifically for AD, but actually I've learnt far more just playing around with automations... still, I've never found anything that can't be done in yaml, but hey one day.. 😛

long herald Jun 20, 2018, 8:28 AM

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better code > can be done

pine gazelle Jun 20, 2018, 8:44 AM

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sometime.. but remembering where I put things is key 😉

long herald Jun 20, 2018, 7:34 PM

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@blazing prawn Just wrote my first appdaemon app for controlling my light with ikea remote and dimmer (via deconz). It was way more easy than I thought. Give it a go 😄

blazing prawn Jun 20, 2018, 9:39 PM

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@long herald awesome! @torpid mortar whole idea of MVC for my smart home makes it very very appealing

torpid mortar Jun 21, 2018, 12:24 AM

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Enjoy, gang. As I stated, Node-RED is a fine product, but as you get into how truly modular and reusable pure Python is with AD, I’m guessing you’ll be hooked.

long herald Jun 21, 2018, 6:17 AM

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@torpid mortar I'm already hooked and planning on moving all my current automations to ad little by little (going to take some time..)

flat ivy Jun 21, 2018, 1:24 PM

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@long herald sweet! Yeah one at a time 😃

normal canopy Jun 22, 2018, 6:46 AM

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@blazing prawn Just listen your last episode, you guys totally misunderstood Nest ETA sensor. That should blame on me, since I only put the sensor there in 0.71, but only provide service to set it in 0.72!

blazing prawn Jun 22, 2018, 6:47 AM

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ooooh

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@normal canopy interesting. When we were recording we only had the PR to go off, so was trying our best to read what it does

normal canopy Jun 22, 2018, 6:50 AM

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So in 0.72, to use that feature, you should do following staff, first enable Home/Away in Nest App, to allow thermostat set "away" temperature.

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the second, use HA nest.set_mode to change home/away state to away, or set it in Nest App, etc

blazing prawn Jun 22, 2018, 6:52 AM

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Right, so you can use HA to update the home/away state of Nest, and a sensor to see the state of home/away in Nest?

normal canopy Jun 22, 2018, 6:52 AM

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the third, when you go back home from workplace, use HA nest.set_mode to set mode to "away", at the same time set "eta" to tell Nest warm up or cool down your home temperature

blazing prawn Jun 22, 2018, 6:52 AM

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aha!

normal canopy Jun 22, 2018, 6:53 AM

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This third step, you can not set from Nest App, That is "Work with Nest" only feature

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A good reason to start using HA, haha

blazing prawn Jun 22, 2018, 6:54 AM

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oh right

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you know now that makes MUCH more sense

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The way we described it would be way too good to be true

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I'll add a correction in the next episode 😉

normal canopy Jun 22, 2018, 6:57 AM

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😋

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Here is the PR, https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/14901

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I also added an "Work with Nest" only feature security_state sensor

blazing prawn Jun 22, 2018, 7:10 AM

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nice!

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So in HA is is nest.security_state?

normal canopy Jun 22, 2018, 7:11 AM

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sensor.[your structure name]_security_state

blazing prawn Jun 22, 2018, 7:11 AM

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awesome

normal canopy Jun 22, 2018, 7:12 AM

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This feature only make sense after we change to Cloud Push mode

blazing prawn Jun 22, 2018, 7:12 AM

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yeah of course, much better

lapis inlet Jun 23, 2018, 6:32 PM

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The recording is done... right? 😛

digital juniper Jun 23, 2018, 6:39 PM

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Twitter says so

blazing prawn Jun 24, 2018, 1:28 AM

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@lapis inlet Not long, just got to edit it 😉

strong ridge Jun 24, 2018, 4:45 AM

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done yet? 😄

blazing prawn Jun 24, 2018, 4:46 AM

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😉 Almost, its going through final stages atm while I upload the show notes

strong ridge Jun 24, 2018, 4:49 AM

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heh

blazing prawn Jun 24, 2018, 5:18 AM

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@strong ridge there you go, thanks to @edgy phoenix for coming on this week!

strong ridge Jun 24, 2018, 5:19 AM

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lol thanks! not like I can listen until tomorrow on my way to work! lol

blazing prawn Jun 24, 2018, 5:19 AM

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Unacceptable 😉

strong ridge Jun 24, 2018, 5:22 AM

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I agree but YOU try to tell my wife that

lapis inlet Jun 24, 2018, 6:23 AM

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headphones 😉

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Just finished listening! Thanks guys! Can't wait for my ESP's to arrive 😄

blazing prawn Jun 24, 2018, 6:23 AM

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😄

ripe violet Jun 24, 2018, 6:29 PM

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@blazing prawn @flat ivy great podcasts just finished listening to 4 of them i missed over the last couple of months

flat ivy Jun 24, 2018, 6:30 PM

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Thanks @ripe violet!

strong ridge Jun 24, 2018, 9:44 PM

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@blazing prawn you will be happy to know I have now completed listen to the latest. Great as always and really liked the stuff from @waxen quest. No headphones required @lapis inlet 😝

lapis inlet Jun 24, 2018, 9:45 PM

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😛

austere narwhal Jun 24, 2018, 11:31 PM

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@blazing prawn on the show notes for Lovelace, the yaml looks wrong. shouldnt it be ui-lovelace.yaml?

blazing prawn Jun 24, 2018, 11:31 PM

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Yes, yes you are correct

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Fixed 😉

austere narwhal Jun 24, 2018, 11:34 PM

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awesome

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and great show. thanks to all of you who put it together

blazing prawn Jun 24, 2018, 11:35 PM

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Cheers @austere narwhal , thanks for listening!

pine gazelle Jun 25, 2018, 8:29 AM

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great show - well done everybody 😃

inner bison Jun 25, 2018, 6:27 PM

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great show again

neat hill Jun 26, 2018, 3:34 AM

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Loved hearing about the updates and gives me new ideas to try out! Thanks everyone involved! 👌

rigid mulch Jun 26, 2018, 6:22 AM

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Thanks guys, for another entertaining and informative podcast. And a special shout to @edgy phoenix for his appearance and his great work on esphomelib. ❤ this project.

ripe violet Jun 26, 2018, 10:54 PM

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@blazing prawn your website homepage is messed up

blazing prawn Jun 26, 2018, 11:15 PM

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@ripe violet are you sure? Might be a DNS issue on your side not loading a CDN library or something?

ripe violet Jun 26, 2018, 11:15 PM

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i dont know let me turn off pi hole

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oh it was me

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ublock was blocking elements

blazing prawn Jun 26, 2018, 11:18 PM

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😁

meager terrace Jul 2, 2018, 11:04 PM

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Thanks so much for the podcast👍 keeps me going, even if it's hard

blazing prawn Jul 2, 2018, 11:05 PM

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Thanks @meager terrace !

meager terrace Jul 2, 2018, 11:08 PM

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So.. Wife acceptance factor: is there a tutorial for that? I try to get started but every idea the response is: what is if I don't like it

blazing prawn Jul 2, 2018, 11:34 PM

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I think the best way is to make everything seemless as possible. If something works today (like a light switch, or TV remote) don't stop that from working, but make your automations around it

pine gazelle Jul 3, 2018, 8:16 AM

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Or get another wife....

flat ivy Jul 3, 2018, 2:10 PM

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for me its voice - Alexa did wonders for the Partner acceptance factor. The gf refuses to use apps/gui but she finds that voice is a lot more interactive! 😃

strong ridge Jul 3, 2018, 9:19 PM

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same here.. My wife has absolutely ZERO interest in a control panel or app or anything of that nature. But the Google Home? She is all about that!

frozen loom Jul 4, 2018, 12:13 AM

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I have the family acceptance factor and not the wife factor yet...

long herald Jul 5, 2018, 7:21 PM

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It's so sad with all the "get another wife" comments and also just ppl in general maintaining the thought that women cant be interested

digital juniper Jul 5, 2018, 7:26 PM

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I for one think that regardless of how people see the "wife filter" it's a good indicative of how good/shitty your setup is 😃

long herald Jul 5, 2018, 7:33 PM

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why not just say partner och family or something more neutral. Girls are having a shitty enough time in tech

digital juniper Jul 5, 2018, 7:33 PM

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not where I come from 😃

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here's like 50/50 split in dev areas, a bit less in ops

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my gf works with linux servers, she's still critic of my setup whenever I put up something new

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I'd expect girls doing HA to say "husband"

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or whatever their partner is (to avoid assumptions)

long herald Jul 5, 2018, 7:39 PM

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Thing is the industry and hobby is largely dominated by men. Just because you have a better experience doesn't negate all other experiences. Listen to the people saying it's bothering them instead of saying it's not true.

digital juniper Jul 5, 2018, 7:40 PM

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I hope whoever commented (in a joke as it gave them work) didn't think it was not true

long herald Jul 5, 2018, 7:40 PM

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I'm not having a good day in respect to this topic so I'm sorry if I'm getting worked up.

digital juniper Jul 5, 2018, 7:41 PM

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and I'm having a good day, so no need to be sorry of anything 😃

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as I said, in the company I work for girls make around 50% of the population, and they get same type of treatment... even tho.... being girls they get more perks as boys give them more attention

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which is annoying when as a guy you go and ask for info and you get double the shit, and a nice looking girl gets it on 1st try

long herald Jul 5, 2018, 7:42 PM

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That's wrong as well of course.

digital juniper Jul 5, 2018, 7:43 PM

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eh, i'm not complaining much, just makes me better at what I do

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now that you mention it, I wonder how many active girls we have in HA community

edgy oxide Jul 5, 2018, 7:48 PM

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@long herald wanted to say thnx for your configs really learned alot about the basics when i set up my stuff 😃

long herald Jul 5, 2018, 7:49 PM

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@edgy oxide Glad to help!

edgy oxide Jul 5, 2018, 7:50 PM

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seems that alot of us swedes got a huge interest in this project

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begun submitting pr to hassbian and making custom_componments etc 😄

vast crest Jul 5, 2018, 7:59 PM

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🇸🇪 🇸🇪 🇸🇪 🇸🇪 🇸🇪 🇸🇪 🇸🇪 🇸🇪 🇸🇪 🇸🇪

digital juniper Jul 5, 2018, 8:03 PM

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just like what usually happens in my wow guild 😃

long herald Jul 5, 2018, 8:11 PM

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@edgy oxide I saw some kind of breakdown of percentage of ha users around the world and Sweden came up high!

edgy oxide Jul 5, 2018, 8:12 PM

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yeah im doing my part 😄 really loving this project so gonna try and contribute as much as possible towards a better platform

vast crest Jul 5, 2018, 8:17 PM

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@long herald Is that info public? and dynamic? 😃

long herald Jul 5, 2018, 8:41 PM

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@vast crest I saw it some time ago. Maybe on the blog? Can't find it now.

vast crest Jul 5, 2018, 8:43 PM

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Ah :/
Would be cool to have that dynamically updated somwhere 😄

pine gazelle Jul 5, 2018, 9:20 PM

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@long herald - my apologies, it wasn't meant to draw any offence. What I was more trying to aim that poor attempt at a flippant joke at is other halves/partners, who are not always totally supportive of all of our crazy ideas, to make things "easier", male or female.. in my instance however she is a female, and is less than impressed with a lot of my ideas, however sometimes I can begrudgingly get her to agree something is "quite cool". I hope the oversight on my part didn't ruin your day too much

obsidian orchid Jul 7, 2018, 8:47 AM

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There's a whole heap of stuff I didn't even mention in the podcast; but if anyone wants to talk further; reach out 😄

strong ridge Jul 7, 2018, 6:04 PM

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Another great episode!! Thanks to @blazing prawn and @flat ivy as always, and a special thanks to @obsidian orchid !!! I'll be checking out your GitHub when I get home today!

long herald Jul 8, 2018, 11:24 AM

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@obsidian orchid Sonic screwdriver!? What, how, where? 😍😍

strong ridge Jul 8, 2018, 4:29 PM

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Not exactly related to THIS podcast, but HASS gets a couple of mentions on this week's "The Internet of Things" podcast. 😊

blazing prawn Jul 8, 2018, 10:59 PM

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oooh nice @strong ridge , good things I hope

strong ridge Jul 8, 2018, 11:36 PM

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@blazing prawn kinda

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Nothing bad exactly. Just don't recommend Hass for noobies. Lol

blazing prawn Jul 8, 2018, 11:37 PM

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Awww

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What did they recommend, something cloud based like smartthings? 🤣

strong ridge Jul 8, 2018, 11:41 PM

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Yeah. Or wink

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They did talk a little about hubitat

digital juniper Jul 8, 2018, 11:42 PM

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$$ 😃

strong ridge Jul 8, 2018, 11:42 PM

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Yeah

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They like Hass but only if you know what you are doing. Lol

blazing prawn Jul 8, 2018, 11:46 PM

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Hmm, things like HassOS/IO and the UI configs will change that eventually. I think the big thing about HASS is that it is so powerful that you'll want to do more than the basic automations that a "user friendly" hub can provide.

I beleive if you want to really get fancy with Smarthings, you have to create an applet (or something like that), which is basically coding anyway

strong ridge Jul 8, 2018, 11:48 PM

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Yup. I switched over to hassio and like it so far. Lost none of my previous functionality

obsidian orchid Jul 9, 2018, 12:01 PM

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@long herald this is the one I own... https://www.thewandcompany.com/eleventh-doctors-sonic/

blazing prawn Jul 10, 2018, 2:19 AM

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(This product is no longer in production)

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Sounds like it didn't last long

obsidian orchid Jul 11, 2018, 5:03 AM

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I should dig it out again. The ir receiver was mounted in an inconvenient spot so it didn't get wide use, the bindings and automations are still in my config

still edge Jul 11, 2018, 11:51 PM

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cool, just subbed to podcast, im a newb in this whole arena, cant wait to get involved!

blazing prawn Jul 11, 2018, 11:52 PM

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@still edge nice! What are you hoping to automate?

still edge Jul 11, 2018, 11:53 PM

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pretty much everything, i already do lights and a few plugs, and a sprinkler, but damn if the sky isnt the limit it seems

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im in home remodel but carrying around all this heavy stuff is getting to me, so moght start talking customers into letting me automate their homes, like in the 'movies'

blazing prawn Jul 11, 2018, 11:54 PM

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nice!

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My only concern with a business like that is support

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everyones home is highly unique

still edge Jul 11, 2018, 11:55 PM

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yeah thats true, ill have to practice on some of my long time customers first

blazing prawn Jul 11, 2018, 11:55 PM

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There are very reliable home automation systems out there, but they're closed off and $$$$

still edge Jul 11, 2018, 11:56 PM

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ill probably start off with some sonoffs and just getting them to tell alexa to turn lights on and off

blazing prawn Jul 11, 2018, 11:56 PM

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Maintenance, especially with something that moves as fast as Home Assistant can be a real pain. You don't want to get a call at 10pm because the latest HASS had a breaking change, and now your customers can't shower cause the bathroom lights don't turn on

still edge Jul 11, 2018, 11:56 PM

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simple and sorta 'break-proof'

blazing prawn Jul 11, 2018, 11:56 PM

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Mmm sort of, until the internet drops out

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I'd first start trying to make automations for guests in your own home first

still edge Jul 11, 2018, 11:57 PM

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yeah... oh well ill just mad scientist my place for now, maybe down the road with all that other stuff

blazing prawn Jul 11, 2018, 11:58 PM

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I've found guests in the home to be the most interesting use case. As they are "stuck in their ways" and the automations need to account for them, not the them accounting for the home being automated. So things like manual overrides, and non-voice control are critical

still edge Jul 11, 2018, 11:59 PM

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thats true, if internet went out my sonoffs are in the box, so i cant hit the button, lots of things to consider

blazing prawn Jul 11, 2018, 11:59 PM

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Ya 😦

still edge Jul 12, 2018, 12:00 AM

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i might need to see how hard it is to solder a wire to the button and move it out to the plate somehow

blazing prawn Jul 12, 2018, 12:00 AM

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Yeah, I know Z-wave switches allow the switch to still be used (as long as they are momentary switches)

still edge Jul 12, 2018, 12:00 AM

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i have lots of reading to do thats for sure, love hearing other peoples ideas and projects

blazing prawn Jul 12, 2018, 12:01 AM

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Oh absolutely!

still edge Jul 12, 2018, 12:01 AM

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im still trying to get my Pi set up, just got it today to try out HA

blazing prawn Jul 12, 2018, 12:01 AM

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Nice, you might be in luck. I think HassOS 1.0 released today

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Which is a simple way to install hassIO

still edge Jul 12, 2018, 12:02 AM

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yes, i was told it is, its been preparing for an hour though, figured itd be done by now

blazing prawn Jul 12, 2018, 12:02 AM

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aww no

still edge Jul 12, 2018, 12:03 AM

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i flashed that Pi3 and stuck it in the 3B+ and im just waiting, not sure if i should restart it or just wait some more

blazing prawn Jul 12, 2018, 12:07 AM

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hmm tough one

still edge Jul 12, 2018, 12:10 AM

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maybe i missed a step, i better go back and read some more

tranquil kernel Jul 12, 2018, 1:22 AM

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📎 image.jpg

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Now the awesome podcasts are available in my car - love it!

blazing prawn Jul 12, 2018, 1:23 AM

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WOW that's awesome

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What UI is that?

tranquil kernel Jul 12, 2018, 1:23 AM

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That’s my Tesla screen

blazing prawn Jul 12, 2018, 1:24 AM

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Niiiice

tranquil kernel Jul 12, 2018, 1:24 AM

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Now my drive to work is more productive 😊

blazing prawn Jul 12, 2018, 1:25 AM

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😄

flat ivy Jul 12, 2018, 1:46 AM

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Dang @tranquil kernel that’s a new one we haven’t gotten before haha! awesome!

tranquil kernel Jul 12, 2018, 1:51 AM

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@flat ivy thank you! 😊

obsidian orchid Jul 13, 2018, 2:47 AM

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For those playing along at home - my work in progress bathroom has been stable for a few days now; i've just pushed it to my github

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I added an input boolean for 'automatic' mode; it's turned on when events happen that should be auto off.. then it's switched off if necessary (like the lights made bright manually turns off auto off); humidity detection is using the bayesian component

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I have further optimisations to make but it's at a pretty good point now

tranquil kernel Jul 13, 2018, 2:06 PM

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Onion News: Bathroom automations are the root cause of 90 percent of divorces world wide. 🍿

abstract pagoda Jul 14, 2018, 4:40 AM

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whelp. Finally getting back into HA after my move/departure from the podcast. Do you think I can find my config backups? Noooope.
Looks like I'm starting from scratch (well, where my last git commit was, which was months before)

digital juniper Jul 14, 2018, 6:42 AM

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Best case. Start fresh with lovelace 😃

lapis inlet Jul 21, 2018, 7:14 PM

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Thanks for the show again guys!

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You guys where a little off in the HassOS department though 😉

digital juniper Jul 21, 2018, 7:19 PM

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I love the podcast

blazing prawn Jul 22, 2018, 6:31 AM

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Thanks @digital juniper

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@lapis inlet aww no. I thought we might be. Will have to get you on to explain all about it, and your awesome addons 😃

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(which you just keep smashing out)

lapis inlet Jul 22, 2018, 6:32 AM

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I'm pretty quiet at this moment 😉

blazing prawn Jul 22, 2018, 6:33 AM

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How many addons have you got published now?

lapis inlet Jul 22, 2018, 6:33 AM

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Uuuh

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around 20 ish

blazing prawn Jul 22, 2018, 6:33 AM

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haha exactly

lapis inlet Jul 22, 2018, 6:33 AM

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:S not sure about the exact number actually :S

blazing prawn Jul 22, 2018, 6:34 AM

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Still very impressive 😃

lapis inlet Jul 22, 2018, 6:39 AM

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Uh, thank you :S

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21 😉

blazing prawn Jul 22, 2018, 6:46 AM

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lol

strong ridge Jul 22, 2018, 3:53 PM

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Great show again!!! Thanks guys!

flat ivy Jul 23, 2018, 3:39 AM

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Haha come on @lapis inlet

tranquil kernel Jul 23, 2018, 9:25 PM

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love the podcast guys!!! @flat ivy @blazing prawn I had Ring Pro door bell for short time last year, and had t return it because it puts everything in cloud and I didn't like it. I ended up getting HikVision cameras and currently saving the videos locally to my NAS.

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@blazing prawn interesting how you split your HA setup on multiple instances. I have 3 instances running at home, but they don't talk to each other... each of them are dedicated to do one job

lapis inlet Jul 23, 2018, 9:38 PM

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@flat ivy Lets arrange that 😉

flat ivy Jul 23, 2018, 11:32 PM

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@tranquil kernel ahhh yeah I’m ok with cloud for now but once the sub runs out I guess there won’t be a recording :/ or maybe it still will idk

blazing prawn Jul 24, 2018, 12:37 AM

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@tranquil kernel that's interesting. So I thought about keeping them isolated. For the most part they are, but there are a couple of things where it one can report back to the other.

So, how have you got yours isolated into their own tasks?

My issue with that is sharing of data. Let's say you have instance one, which has all your Z-wave sensors. Then instance 2 that has all your Hue Lights. How do you get the lights to turn on with motion?

frozen loom Jul 24, 2018, 1:40 AM

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I would like to know this too. I am trying to use the mqtt_eventstream but not working very well yet.

tranquil kernel Jul 24, 2018, 12:19 PM

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@blazing prawn In my setup, the HAs don't talk to each other at all... one is connected to TV, and controls my TV using HDMI CEC, and also dims and turns off lights when TV is on at night.. it is also a snapcast client in the family room. Other one is dedicated to RF switches, that's in a different room that also has snapcast client running and connected to speakers.. None of them need to talk to primary HA - where all the automations and scripts run.... I have a script that automatically updates HA version as soon as new version available.... so far the automatic updates is working really well

blazing prawn Jul 24, 2018, 6:22 PM

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@tranquil kernel that's very interesting. So then I guess the RF switches never have to talk to the main HA!

tranquil kernel Jul 24, 2018, 6:24 PM

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That’s right! They are on their own 😊 but still controlled by HA. They are used for fixed automations - basement lamps., Christmas lights, plant grow lights...etc. they automatically turn off after certain time.

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Fixed automations that doesn’t overlap with my main HA

paper scaffold Jul 24, 2018, 9:39 PM

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Grow Lights 🤔 @tranquil kernel

flat ivy Jul 24, 2018, 9:43 PM

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Busted!!

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👮

strong ridge Jul 24, 2018, 9:43 PM

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Smokabowl Skalavala

flat ivy Jul 24, 2018, 9:44 PM

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haha

strong ridge Jul 24, 2018, 9:44 PM

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I think Skalavala translates to that in Hindi

tranquil kernel Jul 24, 2018, 9:53 PM

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LMAO

paper scaffold Jul 24, 2018, 9:54 PM

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@vast crest started it

echo basalt Jul 24, 2018, 9:54 PM

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grow lights huh

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what ya growing?

tranquil kernel Jul 24, 2018, 9:54 PM

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It is for seed starters guys! Trust me, I’m innocent 😇

echo basalt Jul 24, 2018, 9:55 PM

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riiight

tranquil kernel Jul 24, 2018, 9:55 PM

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Egg plants and green chili’s

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😂

echo basalt Jul 24, 2018, 9:55 PM

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never heard if that strand

strong ridge Jul 24, 2018, 9:55 PM

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yeah I did that once when I got a rather seedy bag

tranquil kernel Jul 24, 2018, 9:55 PM

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lol

paper scaffold Jul 24, 2018, 9:56 PM

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@forest cosmos said yall are off topic

stable walrusBOT Jul 24, 2018, 9:56 PM

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Tinkerer is away for 13m 3s with a message :point_right: Down the rabbit hole

strong ridge Jul 24, 2018, 9:56 PM

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sorry.. misread the chan name.. thought it was #potcast

paper scaffold Jul 24, 2018, 9:56 PM

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🤣

echo basalt Jul 24, 2018, 9:56 PM

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i was about to say isn t this Potcast?

blazing prawn Jul 24, 2018, 10:00 PM

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Stay tuned for an upcoming episode featuring special guest and greenskeeper @tranquil kernel who takes us through his automated hydroponics setup, powered by High Assistant

tranquil kernel Jul 24, 2018, 10:00 PM

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LOL

echo basalt Jul 24, 2018, 11:02 PM

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@tranquil kernel we gonna start calling you your highness from now on

lapis inlet Jul 24, 2018, 11:06 PM

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@echo basalt He's royal

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Royal Highness

echo basalt Jul 24, 2018, 11:07 PM

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aright i can work with that

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too bad @tranquil kernel don't have his old avatar no more we could have photoshopped a blunt in his mouth

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and the burger king crown

tranquil kernel Jul 24, 2018, 11:16 PM

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lol 😂

paper scaffold Jul 24, 2018, 11:22 PM

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oh boy what did i start

tranquil kernel Jul 24, 2018, 11:23 PM

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lmao - it is all because of @paper scaffold - dirty minds 😝

paper scaffold Jul 24, 2018, 11:24 PM

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@willow fossil pushed me and @echo basalt is a witness

echo basalt Jul 24, 2018, 11:24 PM

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i didn t see jack shit

paper scaffold Jul 24, 2018, 11:24 PM

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what a friend

tranquil kernel Jul 24, 2018, 11:24 PM

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there you go! My statement stands corrected

echo basalt Jul 24, 2018, 11:24 PM

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✊

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this fist emoticon is the best thing since sliced bread

willow fossil Jul 24, 2018, 11:27 PM

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Hey now, y’all need to calm TF down in here!!!!!!!!!

digital juniper Jul 24, 2018, 11:49 PM

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Sliced fingers you mean?

tawdry nova Jul 30, 2018, 10:41 AM

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Hey @blazing prawn and @flat ivy Just found your podcast a few days ago! Can’t believe I never found it sooner. I’m slowly working my way backwards through them. Keep up the great work - one Aussie to another! 👍🏽🇦🇺

pallid tree Jul 30, 2018, 11:17 AM

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Hi @blazing prawn and @flat ivy I am a new listener (listened to previous 3 episodes on way back from France to UK). Really enjoy the show and chat about HA related things. I've learnt a thing or two from it. Going to look at the notes for latest one regarding the Lovelace yaml file being split... keep up the excellent work

blazing prawn Jul 30, 2018, 11:18 AM

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G'day @tawdry nova and @pallid tree glad you both are enjoying the podcast!

pallid tree Jul 30, 2018, 11:18 AM

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yes love it

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keeps my mind ticking along when driving down the motorway, giving me ideas to play about with

blazing prawn Jul 30, 2018, 11:20 AM

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haha awesome! That's what its all about. Inspiring some other great automation ideas!

pallid tree Jul 30, 2018, 11:21 AM

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what it yourself or @flat ivy that was getting the Ring?

blazing prawn Jul 30, 2018, 11:21 AM

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@flat ivy was the one getting the ring, I'm a bit jealous

pallid tree Jul 30, 2018, 11:21 AM

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my experience wasnt so good

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sent it back in the end

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the street light in my street stopped the nightvision mode activating

blazing prawn Jul 30, 2018, 11:22 AM

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oh no

pallid tree Jul 30, 2018, 11:22 AM

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which meant it was useless at night, the bulb in the distance (About 40m away) was enough to dupe it into thinking enough light

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so all i got was silohettes

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spelt wrongly

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their tech supp suggested moving it to other side of door

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same problem as there are lights in the street

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most frustrating thing was software didnt allow you to override it manually

blazing prawn Jul 30, 2018, 11:24 AM

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oh that seems like an oversight

pallid tree Jul 30, 2018, 11:24 AM

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i went with power over ethernet cameras in the end connected to Blue Iris software, always on and recording

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thats what i said to them, but they werent interested

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sorry to bore you with that.. needed to vent still, still suffering the pain from the experience 😃

blazing prawn Jul 30, 2018, 11:26 AM

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haha not at all

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gives me more to consider before I accidentally pull the trigger 😉

pallid tree Jul 30, 2018, 11:27 AM

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leave u in peace now.... and Rohan will never get round to installing, he seems to always say he hasnt done it yet or tried it on the show

lapis inlet Jul 30, 2018, 11:27 AM

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He is not the only one...

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😛

blazing prawn Jul 30, 2018, 11:28 AM

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LOL!!

pallid tree Jul 30, 2018, 11:28 AM

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https://blinkforhome.com/pages/blink-video-doorbell was one to look out for.. $99 in the US, smaller and nicer looking than the Ring monster

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@lapis inlet haha .... ive not done a single automation in HA, too busy just faffing about trying to understand it. When i show people they say what does it do for you thats automated.... one day i will do an automation

lapis inlet Jul 30, 2018, 11:30 AM

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Well

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I do have 1 automation

pallid tree Jul 30, 2018, 11:30 AM

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Spent all afternoon splitting my configuration.yaml file out to files/folders... was getting way out of control

lapis inlet Jul 30, 2018, 11:31 AM

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Which turns the light on the toilet off after X time. The damn kids always leave the lights on.

pallid tree Jul 30, 2018, 11:32 AM

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perfect use for it! My mate at work had done the same with his bathroom extractor fan, his kids/missus leaves it on all day so he put a sonoff in the loft and uses HA to check if its drawing power and the people are out then turns it off

blazing prawn Jul 30, 2018, 11:33 AM

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Nice!

long herald Jul 30, 2018, 1:12 PM

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You should ask everyone that listens to the podcast to find a way to get the Ring cameras livestream to trigger and send data to hass! And the local storage without subscription too. ( / Annoyed Ring user)

flat ivy Jul 30, 2018, 3:15 PM

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Hahahaha thanks @pallid tree @tawdry nova

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Yeah it was me who got it - haven’t had a ton of issues with it except the app is slow - to the point that I’m worried I’ll miss someone if they ring the doorbell; but that might also be my iPhone 6 :/

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Also seconding @long herald haha

pallid tree Jul 30, 2018, 3:58 PM

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@flat ivy the app was slow, the pizza guy pressed it, i got excited as it was my first real user of it and the app sat spinning saying contacting ring doorbell.... guy knocked door after that and I gave up

sour pebble Jul 30, 2018, 5:16 PM

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@long herald thats why there is Axis Video door station M8105 😉

long herald Jul 30, 2018, 5:17 PM

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@sour pebble But I got it as a Christmas gift! 😂

sour pebble Jul 30, 2018, 5:18 PM

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Christmas gifts are often great!

tranquil kernel Aug 3, 2018, 3:13 PM

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@flat ivy @blazing prawn 0.75 released https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/releases eagerly waiting for the next pod cast 😃

flat ivy Aug 3, 2018, 3:52 PM

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Man feels like these keep getting faster! We’re recording tomorrow 😃 (assuming I wake up in time, that is)

tranquil kernel Aug 3, 2018, 4:05 PM

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I have CloudMqtt setup, where my brother in UK can drop in messages, where it plays TTS at our home in the US - fun stuff! If you open up your MQTT and give us access, we can wake you guys up on time 😛

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fun things you can do with IoT these days!

strong ridge Aug 5, 2018, 12:31 AM

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@tranquil kernel how about you give us access to yours and we can all send you little messages from time to time

tranquil kernel Aug 5, 2018, 12:32 AM

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@strong ridge Absolutely! I will do that! It would be fun especially during the holidays time! 😊

strong ridge Aug 5, 2018, 12:32 AM

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Lol

tranquil kernel Aug 5, 2018, 12:32 AM

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mind you though - I got little kids at home, no profanity 😛

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lol

strong ridge Aug 5, 2018, 12:34 AM

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Lol

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Hmmmmm. Is there a way in mqtt to limit the channels to which a client may publish? Ie - User X may only publish to /holiday/messages

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I may have to research this some

tranquil kernel Aug 5, 2018, 12:55 AM

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@strong ridge ```
In order to restrict a client to publish or subscribe only to topics it is authorized to, it is necessary to implement topic permissions on the broker side. These permissions need to be configurable and adjustable during the runtime of the broker. A topic permission could for example look like the following:

Allowed topic (exact topic or wild card topic)
Allowed operation (publish, subscribe, both)
Allowed quality of service level (0, 1, 2, all)

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https://www.hivemq.com/blog/mqtt-security-fundamentals-authorization/

strong ridge Aug 5, 2018, 12:55 AM

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Oh hell yes

blazing prawn Aug 5, 2018, 6:31 AM

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@tranquil kernel wakeup! The latest episode is out just for you ;)

Special thanks to @digital juniper 🇷🇴 for joining us this week, and being very understanding with our technical difficulties ⚠ . We got there in the end 🙏 ❤

lapis inlet Aug 5, 2018, 11:59 AM

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Thanks for the show again guys! Very interesting stuff @digital juniper

tranquil kernel Aug 5, 2018, 2:55 PM

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WoooHooo! I’m going on a drive just to listen the pod cast 😊!!!Thank you @blazing prawn @flat ivy and @digital juniper !

flat ivy Aug 5, 2018, 2:57 PM

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Lol you were our motivation to get this out in time @tranquil kernel 😛

tranquil kernel Aug 5, 2018, 2:58 PM

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😂

pallid tree Aug 7, 2018, 6:18 PM

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great podcast guys, listened to it today. Nice guest spot from @digital juniper who is a very nice and helpful chap. keep up the excellent work, I could listen to HA and Lovelace talk all day.

strong ridge Aug 7, 2018, 8:49 PM

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That new Conditional card is awesome. I have my UI only showing maps of people when they aren't home. Great for uncluttering the stuff not needed atm

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and GREAT podcast too!! as always 😃

blazing prawn Aug 8, 2018, 5:49 AM

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Thanks @pallid tree and @strong ridge !

long herald Aug 8, 2018, 2:01 PM

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@strong ridge Great use case, will implement that! I also use conditional to hide media players when not home

granite skiff Aug 19, 2018, 10:13 AM

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Great podcast guys!

blazing prawn Aug 19, 2018, 10:32 AM

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Thanks @granite skiff

granite skiff Aug 19, 2018, 10:38 AM

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Hi @blazing prawn . Does Aaron registered on Discord?

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Got some questions regarding his config.

blazing prawn Aug 19, 2018, 10:39 AM

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Sure is he's @torpid mortar

torpid mortar Aug 19, 2018, 4:53 PM

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Hi gang. 😎 Great time, @blazing prawn and @flat ivy.

flat ivy Aug 19, 2018, 7:50 PM

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Thanks @papa toc#7391

@torpid mortar you were great! Thanks for making the time!

strong ridge Aug 20, 2018, 2:15 AM

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Loved the podcast as usual! Thanks guys!!

steel abyss Aug 20, 2018, 8:46 AM

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@blazing prawn Re the Waze sensor. Has anyone worked out how to get that going in OZ?

long herald Aug 20, 2018, 9:58 AM

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I use a Broadlink mini to automate my stupid Roomba 800-series 😉

torpid mortar Aug 20, 2018, 4:08 PM

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Following up on Home Assistant as a Service: for anyone wanting it, here is the entire configuration I use to manage my parents' Nest thermostat by proximity: https://gist.github.com/bachya/e55fc44c027d64bdd53e197d5a656da9

blazing prawn Aug 20, 2018, 5:56 PM

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@steel abyss would love to know as well. For now it looks like Aussies are stuck :(

tranquil kernel Aug 21, 2018, 3:40 PM

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@blazing prawn @flat ivy GREAT podcast guys!!! Thank you!

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Also, any recommendations for a good microphone for recordings?

blazing prawn Aug 21, 2018, 5:36 PM

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@tranquil kernel @flat ivy and I both use the blue yeti for recording. They are a great mic to get started with. There's also the snowball from blue as well.

There's probably some more professional grade mics out there, but but sure which ones to recommend

tranquil kernel Aug 21, 2018, 5:58 PM

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@blazing prawn thank you! will check it out! I am looking for something basic, nothing fancy. I love the start and end music on the pod cast! Once I listen to it, I cannot get it out of my mind 😃

frozen loom Aug 23, 2018, 5:17 PM

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@flat ivy I am in the same spot as you with the Roomba stuff. I did find this thread talking about how to use a broadlink (they make an IR remote) to start, stop, dock, spot, etc. Just wanted to tell you about that! https://community.home-assistant.io/t/irobot-roomba/6288/25

blazing prawn Aug 26, 2018, 1:25 AM

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We've released another episode this weekend, which we're calling the "Spotlight" 🔦 episodes. We'll focus on a single topic and deep-dive into them.

Special thanks to @torpid mortar for his in-depth knowledge on the subject.

If you've got an idea for something you'd like us to go in-depth in, please feel free to reach out to us

https://hasspodcast.io/sp001/

atomic loom Aug 26, 2018, 9:31 AM

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Excellent podcast. Thank you @torpid mortar @blazing prawn and @flat ivy for encouraging community involvement. Makes me want to polish off some of my custom components to make them suitable for inclusion.

flat ivy Aug 26, 2018, 8:27 PM

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That’s awesome @atomic loom! Do it up!!

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Hey folks, anyone having issues with their Alexa-connected Sonos playing the HASS Podcast?

blazing prawn Aug 27, 2018, 12:35 AM

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@flat ivy do you mean a Sonos One?

flat ivy Aug 27, 2018, 12:46 AM

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Yeah - that works

blazing prawn Aug 27, 2018, 12:47 AM

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I'll ask her when I get home, however Alexa on a dot/echo should use TuneIn radio, so if it works on a dot/echo in theory it should also work on the Sonos One no problem

flat ivy Aug 27, 2018, 12:51 AM

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Cool

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Thx!

blazing prawn Aug 27, 2018, 11:36 PM

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@flat ivy there unfortunately is an issue with the podcast on Sonos. I've reached out to Sonos, and their engineers are investigating. Not sure on an ETA, so very frustrating 😦

strong ridge Aug 28, 2018, 2:46 AM

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Got a chance to listen to the new Spotlight episode today. Well done!

blazing prawn Aug 28, 2018, 2:47 AM

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Woot!

atomic loom Aug 28, 2018, 12:04 PM

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maybe an episode (and associated links) that go more into depth on how to actually use an ide like pycharm or visual studio code for development would be great.. This seems like a mystery that is a gatekeeper to development. Often asked in the community forums but never answered.

long herald Aug 28, 2018, 8:45 PM

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@atomic loom couldn't agree more.

blazing prawn Aug 28, 2018, 10:09 PM

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Hmm interesting suggestion @atomic loom

The problem with that is I think it would be suited to more of a video that just audio. Actually have you seen the live streams from @lapis inlet ? He live streams his creation of Hass io add-ons, which may help

vocal shale Aug 29, 2018, 4:23 AM

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+1 to pycharm demo

jade plaza Aug 29, 2018, 9:25 PM

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Is there a YouTube channel that the podcast is on?

remote comet Aug 30, 2018, 1:32 AM

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@blazing prawn @flat ivy @torpid mortar just wanted to drop in and say that was an outstanding podcast, really dig the special format and the more in-depth discussion. Really enjoyed it

blazing prawn Aug 30, 2018, 1:34 AM

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@jade plaza I've been uploading the podcast episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQCrYWOvyqyuHkXE-r_KAkEs8xne6PAxX

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@remote comet thanks!!

jade plaza Aug 30, 2018, 1:35 AM

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I have subbed and will check them out tomorrow

rigid mulch Aug 30, 2018, 6:56 AM

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I'm just halfway trough the Spotlight eposide (listening on my commute) but I have to say once more, the content you're putting out there is wonderful. Thanks to all who put their time and effort in.

inner bison Aug 30, 2018, 10:38 PM

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Great podcast chaps 😃

flat ivy Aug 31, 2018, 2:34 PM

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@rigid mulch @inner bison thanks!

strong ridge Sep 1, 2018, 6:03 AM

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Aew we still getting the regular episode this weekend? 😃

blazing prawn Sep 1, 2018, 6:10 AM

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Yup, hot off the press has just been released

lapis inlet Sep 2, 2018, 1:05 PM

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Just listened to the spotlight episode! Awesome, I really enjoyed the last part... (also liked the shoutout, of course, thanks). But in general, for me personally, I’m contributing to open source for a long time already... I always try to encourage others to do as well (not just to home assistant, but open source in general). The experience is great, valuable and life-changing. (maybe even addictive). Again, in general, whatever the project, start doing docs PRs... You’ll get to now the process of the project. Not every project works the same.

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It is just fun and satisfiying, as a bonus, you’ll learn... Every day! Even if you are on the project for years, you’ll still learn from others.

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Lastly, this project has its right to exists, not because of Paulus, but because of everybody. There is not a single developer in the world, that can create a project this size alone. So stop looking at it from the window, get out of your safe house and jump in!

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I’m a hardcore developer, started doing documentation reviews and started doing Hassio Addons. Just because IMHO a lot of opportunities and improvements could be made in that corner.

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❤️ thanks to everybody for being involved

torpid mortar Sep 2, 2018, 5:41 PM

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@blazing prawn @flat ivy Two topics for future spotlight episodes came to mind this weekend – for your consideration:

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Especially with the new auth system in play, a focused episode on security – how to safely expose your instance, how to harden a reverse proxy, other tools you can put in play to restrict access, etc.
For those people running HASS manually – no hass.io, etc. – how to create your own Docker-based environment, include other apps as containers, container communication, etc.

flat ivy Sep 2, 2018, 5:43 PM

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@torpid mortar yep that first one is already on our list! I like the idea of the second one too! I think we can add that on the list. What say you, @blazing prawn?

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Keep the ideas coming - thanks!!!

paper scaffold Sep 2, 2018, 5:57 PM

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@flat ivy @blazing prawn how to keep the forums up ?

lapis inlet Sep 2, 2018, 5:57 PM

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Down again? :S

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crap

paper scaffold Sep 2, 2018, 5:57 PM

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yep up /down constantly

lapis inlet Sep 2, 2018, 5:57 PM

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I wish I could debug that thing

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I have experience with Discourse

paper scaffold Sep 2, 2018, 5:58 PM

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@lapis inlet ask @steep field I am sure he wont mind

lapis inlet Sep 2, 2018, 5:58 PM

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I've already offered help in the past

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So that should be enough

paper scaffold Sep 2, 2018, 5:59 PM

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🤷 ....

steep field Sep 2, 2018, 6:19 PM

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Help appreciated

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I just got back from a weekend on campsite

blazing prawn Sep 3, 2018, 12:02 AM

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@torpid mortar great suggestions! I'll add those to the list. @flat ivy and I are pretty good with #449717345808547842 so we should be able to offer some good tips

rigid mulch Sep 3, 2018, 4:04 PM

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Once more a great episode! Thanks for all your work.

flat ivy Sep 3, 2018, 5:52 PM

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Haha @paper scaffold

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Thanks @rigid mulch !!

dusky copper Sep 3, 2018, 7:08 PM

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Really enjoyed episode on hass 0.77. @flat ivy I think you mentioned that you are restricting external access via „Azure SSO“. I would love to learn more about this setup. I am currently using VPN only for remote access, but this prevents me from using hass cloud and therefore also alexa integration. Can you share some details on your approach?

pallid tree Sep 3, 2018, 7:37 PM

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@flat ivy @blazing prawn great episodes, enjoyed listening to the Dev special whilst sat in traffic. I am one of the who feels overwhelmed at trying to dip my toe in with so many others who are always going to be infinitely better than me

torpid mortar Sep 3, 2018, 8:03 PM

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@pallid tree That was my story, too. Jump in. Mess up. Make mistakes. Learn. Get better. I promise you, once you overcome those initial hurdles, it's incredibly rewarding. 👍

pallid tree Sep 3, 2018, 9:00 PM

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@torpid mortar i know its the wrong channel here, but I need to learn something about Python to start with I guess before I attempt anything

long herald Sep 4, 2018, 5:21 AM

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@pallid tree Appdaemon is a good place to start learning by doing!

flat ivy Sep 4, 2018, 1:36 PM

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Hey @dusky copper absolutely! I’ll put up a blog post around that if it helps! High level - I use CloudFlare Access to act as an external proxy; have it serve HTTPS Certs too, and NGINX at home basically says to block anyone that’s not CF. Nginx then points back to my hass docker container and serves the page

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@pallid tree agreed with @torpid mortar and @long herald - just jump in! Like Aaron said on the ep, if you mess up people will let you know; correct the mistakes and boom! You just developed for HASS 😃

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And thanks for the feedback as well 😃

long herald Sep 4, 2018, 7:50 PM

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@torpid mortar I remember that you talked about pypi packages. Do you always have to make one of those, even if it's a tiny implementation? Say you have a bt device that you send on and off to via bluepy. Do I have to make a pypi package/implementation for that first to then make a platform? Or is it okey to have that directly in hass?

tranquil kernel Sep 4, 2018, 8:05 PM

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@long herald there is already a pypi library for bluepy https://pypi.org/project/bluepy/ Since it is already there, it may be easier just referencing that in your component

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no matter how small or big the code is, the idea is keep the implementation details specific to device outside HA code.

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sharing you with my personal experience, as one of my PR got rejected because of that very reason 😛

long herald Sep 4, 2018, 8:09 PM

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Yeah bluepy i know is there already 😃 I mean the device specific code I'm sending with bluepy I guess.

dusky copper Sep 4, 2018, 9:09 PM

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Hey @flat ivy , having a blog post about the external proxy setup would be awesome and would actually extend nicely your docker based setup blog post. Let me know if I can help with testing or reviewing.

torpid mortar Sep 5, 2018, 4:09 AM

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@long herald In your case, I feel like bluepy should be enough. The problems would arise if you were attempting to implement low-level BLE logic into HASS itself.

long herald Sep 5, 2018, 4:43 AM

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Thank you!

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Only the tests left to write then 😃

blazing prawn Sep 5, 2018, 4:49 AM

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@long herald what you integrating?

long herald Sep 5, 2018, 4:50 AM

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@blazing prawn I'm trying to make my custom component for switchbot into a real integration!

blazing prawn Sep 5, 2018, 4:50 AM

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Oooh!! Nice

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Yes, that is a great component to add

long herald Sep 5, 2018, 4:51 AM

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There's really nothing like it yet in home assistant, I think at least.

blazing prawn Sep 5, 2018, 4:51 AM

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Yeah I think you're right

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I certainly haven't come across anything like it yet, and the components page is basically my shopping list

long herald Sep 5, 2018, 7:17 AM

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Well seems like I was too slow 😦

blazing prawn Sep 5, 2018, 7:18 AM

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Has someone else already made an integration for it?

long herald Sep 5, 2018, 7:20 AM

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Yeah just got linked a pr. And I was so excited.. Well, it's great that it's getting in there.

blazing prawn Sep 5, 2018, 7:21 AM

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Haha well that's good news!

long herald Sep 5, 2018, 7:21 AM

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Good news is that my code is very similar so I probably did a good job 😄 Gotta find something new to work on now then

lapis inlet Sep 5, 2018, 10:48 AM

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@long herald that makes it perfect for you to review!

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Check the code an leave a comment, that helps the reviewers

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You could even test drive it 😃

long herald Sep 5, 2018, 11:28 AM

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Yes, I should do that

torpid mortar Sep 6, 2018, 3:24 AM

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Bingo, @lapis inlet is right on the money. Cheer up, @long herald – we’ve all been there many times. 😄 Onto something bigger and better!

jade plaza Sep 6, 2018, 2:36 PM

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why are comments disabled on the podcasts?

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nobody wants constructive criticism? 😛

vast crest Sep 6, 2018, 2:49 PM

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If you have feedback use this channel or the mail 😉

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I think the mail is preferred, @blazing prawn can maybe correct me if I'm wrong 😃

blazing prawn Sep 6, 2018, 9:05 PM

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Yeah for now feedback@hasspodcast.io is preferred to reach us. We're looking at adding comments to the site at some point though potentially

granite skiff Sep 22, 2018, 5:09 PM

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Great cast guys!

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Small comment regarding Owntracks and beacons. Unfortunately Owntracks for Android droped beacon support.

oak tree Sep 22, 2018, 7:07 PM

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Is there something better then Owntracks and Beacons? @granite skiff

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I'm not an Android user I'm a iOS user but I'm struggling with Owntracks

strong ridge Sep 22, 2018, 7:20 PM

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I have found Life360 to be extremely accurate. We have 5 phones setup with it and it's always correct.

oak tree Sep 22, 2018, 7:27 PM

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Thanks @strong ridge I'll take a look at that

strong ridge Sep 22, 2018, 7:35 PM

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One of the phones is an iPhone and it's always spot on, so I think you will like. It's free if you don't need it to set zones, but being able to have it report an actual name for a location was worth the couple of bucks a month

granite skiff Sep 23, 2018, 8:17 AM

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I have two android phones. One with owntracks. Works good. And one with zanzito. Zanzito can emulate owntracks, provide additional info about device, and supports FIND ver. 2 for internal positioning.

frozen loom Sep 23, 2018, 2:45 PM

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@strong ridge That is what I use too and it is awesome!

blazing prawn Sep 24, 2018, 5:32 AM

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@granite skiff thanks for the heads up! Shame they dropped support for it in Android 😦

granite skiff Sep 24, 2018, 7:47 AM

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@blazing prawn yes. Beacons could improve presence detection.

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Currently I'm looking on FIND project. It could detect your position inside building with app or without it.

cobalt anvil Sep 24, 2018, 7:14 PM

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As I mentioned to @blazing prawn on Twitter I use Monitor for presence detection currently and it works great for me. Thought I’d share here: https://github.com/andrewjfreyer/monitor

lean oyster Sep 24, 2018, 9:20 PM

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More "spotlight" episodes please! As a newbie they helped tremendously!

tough kindle Sep 29, 2018, 5:20 PM

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TEASER: @vocal shale and I just spent an AWESOME hour+ talking about the iOS app with Phil and Rohan

sour pebble Sep 29, 2018, 5:26 PM

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Looking forward to hearing it!

tranquil kernel Sep 29, 2018, 6:19 PM

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I hate teasers, but looking forward to the podcast 😊

strong ridge Sep 30, 2018, 1:39 AM

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bleagh.. i-NO-s

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😃

granite skiff Sep 30, 2018, 1:39 PM

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First time regret that I'm not iPhone user 😉

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Great work guys!

long herald Oct 1, 2018, 8:58 AM

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So looking forward to the critical notifications 🎉

strong ridge Oct 1, 2018, 12:42 PM

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listening to the podcast now. great work guys!! I had no idea how difficult it was to do certain things in iOS. Makes me love my android more, but also brings on a new level of respect for what you guys have to deal with when developing for iOS. Good job on the app!!

rigid mulch Oct 1, 2018, 2:18 PM

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I haven't finished it yet as I thankfully don't have an hour long commute but I love this episode. Special thanks to @tough kindle and @vocal shale for coming onto the show.

inner bison Oct 2, 2018, 4:23 PM

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I hope the new way of inside the app notifications is easily portable. Multiple devices here and don't want to do it more than once...

tough kindle Oct 2, 2018, 11:41 PM

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@inner bison hmmmmm thats a pretty good point I honestly hadn't well considered

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I'll probably compromise and have a "export config" button which will output text you can paste right into your config

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thanks for pointing that out

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also, next time, for anyone here that has great iOS feedback like that, #devs_mobile_apps-archived so I and others see it faster 😃

sweet tusk Oct 3, 2018, 10:59 AM

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I'm listening to the episodes from the start and have a question. On episode 12 with remote access you say don't use remote access if you absolutely don't need too. Is there a work around for owntracks or would you recommend using only Bluetooth presence? As my router does not support home assistant yet. @tough kindle @vocal shale

forest cosmos Oct 3, 2018, 11:03 AM

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I'd just use OwnTracks and not worry too much. As long as you're using reasonable API password you should be fine - I've been running with remote access for over 18 months and have had no issues.

lapis inlet Oct 8, 2018, 9:38 AM

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@blazing prawn @flat ivy

📎 unknown.png

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Cert is only valid for www.hasspodcast.io while the site runs on hasspodcast.io

blazing prawn Oct 8, 2018, 9:40 AM

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@lapis inlet thanks. I'll update it.

Have to use this certificate as Sonos doesn't support Cloudflare

lapis inlet Oct 8, 2018, 9:40 AM

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I understand, but this breaks the site... so yeah

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Just request the cert for both names (www and non-www) and problem solved.

blazing prawn Oct 8, 2018, 10:37 AM

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Looks like an issue with my host. I've had to escalate it to them for now :(

Podcast players should be ok

mossy dune Oct 8, 2018, 11:45 AM

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Hey @blazing prawn & @flat ivy - loving the podcast, I find it super useful and inspirational so thanks. Quick spotlight idea - I would find a Networking/Remote Access Spotlight super useful, covering how to safely get up and running with remote access .. it’s been a big black hole for me with all the jargon etc and I’ve never quite been sure if I’m doing it right! Would love to cover dns services, NGINX, port forwarding, ports in general etc etc - what do you think?

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Also @blazing prawn I’m having trouble accessing the podcast too, on Apple podcasts and through Alexa

blazing prawn Oct 8, 2018, 12:12 PM

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Thanks @mossy dune

We'll add that to the list

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Yeah this SSL certificate has borked everything. Hopefully should be resolved soon

mossy dune Oct 8, 2018, 12:13 PM

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Thanks @blazing prawn !

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Ah always fun - when something unexpected comes along and takes up way more of your day than you want 😱

blazing prawn Oct 8, 2018, 12:14 PM

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Haha always the way

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The let's encrypt certificate expired a couple of days ago, and their automated system renewed it. For whatever reason it renewed it against the www subdomain, even though I have that disabled (I hate the www subdomain)

honest canyon Oct 8, 2018, 2:43 PM

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Get it together Phil, this pop up is annoying!!! /sarcasm.
Thanks for the podcast and the extra episodes now. Getting my HASS fix weekly is sooo much better.

flat ivy Oct 8, 2018, 2:46 PM

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@mossy dune yeah well add it 😃 thank you for the ideas! And thanks for listening

mossy dune Oct 8, 2018, 2:47 PM

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Awesome thanks @flat ivy - although I guess the Home Assistant Cloud remote access rumours throw another option / curveball in!

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🙈 fun and games @blazing prawn - wouldn’t be fun if it was all easy 😜

flat ivy Oct 8, 2018, 2:48 PM

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Yep 😃 still the option for those that don’t want to do it though!

mossy dune Oct 8, 2018, 3:32 PM

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Yeah for sure!

blazing prawn Oct 8, 2018, 8:25 PM

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Alright after feeling the pressure from @honest canyon the site should be back up and running. Might have to do some more tinkering, but for now its back.

honest canyon Oct 8, 2018, 8:26 PM

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Love it!

sweet tusk Oct 10, 2018, 8:57 AM

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What's everyone's favourite blogs to follow builds?

strong ridge Oct 13, 2018, 11:08 PM

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@blazing prawn and @flat ivy Great new podcast! Thanks for what y'all do!!

flat ivy Oct 13, 2018, 11:43 PM

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Thanks @strong ridge

sour pebble Oct 16, 2018, 6:11 AM

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Great podcast guys!

blazing prawn Oct 16, 2018, 6:12 AM

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Cheers @sour pebble

sour pebble Oct 16, 2018, 6:14 AM

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Looking forward to the next one. I have never been a podcast guy before, but this topic got me hooked. Stellar job!

blazing prawn Oct 16, 2018, 6:14 AM

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Nice!!

sick mango Oct 16, 2018, 6:15 AM

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Half-way through the latest episode (short commute). I suppose someone already told you that the ios app works great with lovelace as well?

blazing prawn Oct 16, 2018, 6:15 AM

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Yep, @tough kindle hit us up on Twitter 😄

tough kindle Oct 16, 2018, 3:27 PM

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😃

zealous trail Oct 23, 2018, 10:14 AM

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I have been away in Europe for e few weeks and man a lot has changed since I left, thanks to the podcast I'm all caught up love the show guys really love the user chats always pull something from a show that I want to implement into my own setup. Would love to be on the show someday.

blazing prawn Oct 23, 2018, 8:34 PM

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Thanks @zealous trail we have a lot of fun doing them!

We'll add you to our list of guests, and try get you on!

frosty jay Oct 24, 2018, 12:47 AM

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Just stopping by to say nice work! Subscribed and auto qued.

sly mortar Oct 24, 2018, 4:43 PM

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Thanks for the nice work guys, started from the begining and it's starting to annoy the passengers in my car on the way to work, but I'm learning alot so theres that 😜

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only on episode 15 but getting there 😉

torpid mortar Oct 24, 2018, 9:55 PM

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Tell your passengers to get on board, @sly mortar! 😎

idle swallow Oct 25, 2018, 6:45 PM

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Just want to say thanks for the podcast. Really good content and wants me to get into HA faster 😃

blazing prawn Oct 25, 2018, 8:05 PM

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Thanks @idle swallow and @sly mortar !

flat ivy Oct 28, 2018, 4:33 PM

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Make sure you check out the new ep!! https://hasspodcast.io/ha037/

sour pebble Oct 28, 2018, 4:41 PM

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It was good! Short but good! 😉

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It was perfect in the car driving home 👍

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You don't happen to know other good podcasts to listen to in between your own releases?

flat ivy Oct 29, 2018, 12:37 AM

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Haha thanks! I usually listen to a lot of business-ish podcasts too NPR Planet Money being my fav of them. The Smart Home is decent in terms of an industry podcast

strong ridge Oct 29, 2018, 12:56 AM

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@sour pebble I listen to "The Internet of Things - Stacey on IoT", "Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone" and "Reset"

fair oyster Nov 1, 2018, 7:02 PM

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On one of the episodes i think I heard that someone is compiling a list of HA related sites. Anyone know where that list is? TIA

tranquil kernel Nov 1, 2018, 7:02 PM

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@fair oyster https://www.awesome-ha.com

Awesome Home Assistant

A curated list of awesome Home Assistant resources for automating every aspect of your home

fair oyster Nov 1, 2018, 7:03 PM

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Thanks @tranquil kernel!

tranquil kernel Nov 1, 2018, 7:04 PM

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~repos @fair oyster

stable walrusBOT Nov 1, 2018, 7:04 PM

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@fair oyster You can find a number of people's GitHub repositories at https://github.com/topics/home-assistant-config - these are their working configurations, not simply documentation examples

fair oyster Nov 1, 2018, 7:05 PM

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👍

obsidian orchid Nov 2, 2018, 6:02 AM

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peeks in... it's been a while

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@blazing prawn & @flat ivy - haven't had to tweak the bathroom for a while; and added a bluetooth speaker + web radio playback on it... 😄

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(for context go back to ep 29!)

flat ivy Nov 2, 2018, 7:02 AM

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Nice

wild cypress Nov 5, 2018, 3:08 PM

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I just listened to the presence detection episode and they mentioned a sensor based on rf (I think?) That was used to detect people moving around.. I could download the episode again and listen back but does anyone happen to know what it was called?

final thicket Nov 5, 2018, 5:14 PM

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Just managed to finish every single episode of the podcast. I started them exactly 2 weeks ago today and let me tell you, it takes some doing. Thanks, Guys for the great work and keep it up 😃

blazing prawn Nov 5, 2018, 11:05 PM

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@wild cypress that one was Xandem

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@final thicket thanks! I assume you're the same HASSCASTS YouTube channel, so kudos to you as well! If you're Keen to come on as a guest, feel free to reach out

final thicket Nov 5, 2018, 11:25 PM

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Cheers, Phil. I don't quite think I'm ready for that yet (despite the extra coverage it'd get the Channel). To be honest, I have some serious communication issues, in fact it's that serious, I actually have a completely irrational phobia of using phones (Telephobia). but it also means it can take me ages to reply to emails, YouTube comments etc. It's a huge pain in the rectum to be honest, but I suppose I still have it better than some... I digress.
Thanks for the offer, but I'll take a rain-check for the time being. The kids have just gone back to School this week so I've got so much to catch up on it's unbelievable.

blazing prawn Nov 6, 2018, 2:32 PM

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All good! Keep up the good work

idle swallow Nov 7, 2018, 4:10 PM

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Just finished my listen through of all 37 episodes since I found HA and thé podcast a few weeks ago. Now i feel all uptodate and just have one question - when is the next episode coming out ? 😃

sour pebble Nov 7, 2018, 4:18 PM

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Should be shortly after 0.82

blazing prawn Nov 7, 2018, 6:53 PM

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Yep! Next episode will be slightly delayed as I'll be traveling that weekend, but expect it during the week after the 0.82 release weekend

strong ridge Nov 9, 2018, 4:31 AM

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Take your laptop and Mic on the road with you! Priorities, @blazing prawn ! Priorities!

wide wigeon Nov 9, 2018, 8:53 AM

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Hello, I'm reasonably new to Home Assistant (4 months) and I've begun to hear your podcast from the start.
in number 16 you talk about how to drive hassio and one says it can run clean on liunx .. but how?

sick mango Nov 9, 2018, 9:34 AM

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https://github.com/home-assistant/hassio-build/tree/master/install#install-hassio

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Also #330990055533576204

wide wigeon Nov 9, 2018, 9:40 AM

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I've tried but experience that plugins will not start.
there is no guide to how to do it all in your own docker farm i am using portainer

frozen loom Nov 9, 2018, 1:23 PM

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There is the #449717345808547842 channel and a post on how to set up docker @wide wigeon

digital creek Nov 13, 2018, 2:10 PM

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Hi guys, love the podcasts. How can I get HASSIO to notify me when a new podcast is released?

obtuse mesa Nov 13, 2018, 2:12 PM

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@digital creek http://hasspodcast.io/feed/podcast

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in conjunction with https://www.home-assistant.io/components/feedreader/

Home Assistant

Feedreader

Instructions on how to integrate RSS feeds into Home Assistant.

digital creek Nov 13, 2018, 2:43 PM

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@obtuse mesa much appreciated

carmine inlet Nov 14, 2018, 2:38 AM

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@blazing prawn - A correction on the 0.82 podcast - TensorFlow is completely local, and the fine researchers from all over have offered a nice list of pre-trained models for out-of-the-box object detection.

blazing prawn Nov 14, 2018, 2:40 AM

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Thanks @carmine inlet

I just saw a tweet about it not being supported on #330990055533576204 just yet, because of an ARM issue, so that makes sense that it would be local. I'll add a note to the show notes!

carmine inlet Nov 14, 2018, 2:42 AM

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Yeah, we are working on it. Also working to make it easier to setup as it requires some lifting above simple configuration at the moment. I've personally tested on Hassbian, Docker, and venv installs and have helped others setup in different environments.

blazing prawn Nov 14, 2018, 2:42 AM

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Nice!

long herald Nov 14, 2018, 8:49 PM

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Ooh, another swede on the pod it seems? Will listen tomorrow! 🎉

sour pebble Nov 14, 2018, 8:57 PM

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Swedes assemble!

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@blazing prawn an alternative to zigbee2mqtt for more advanced usages of remotes and sensors is deCONZ, works great with Hue motion sensor

blazing prawn Nov 14, 2018, 9:02 PM

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@sour pebble yes of course! I've not used it personally, only because it's a locked down system, so adding your own devices isn't as easy as zigbee2mqtt

sour pebble Nov 14, 2018, 9:05 PM

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That is definitely true. The only downside of it, but the guys developing it are really adapting to feedback and adding support to new devices

strong ridge Nov 15, 2018, 2:42 AM

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Great podcast as always guys!

blazing prawn Nov 16, 2018, 5:03 AM

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Thanks to @open herald for the heads up, the Home Assistant Podcast is now available on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/6PeAI9SHRZhghU7NRPXvT3?si=o6cEaqgHRjGdJe7AUy-grw

night oxide Nov 30, 2018, 3:34 AM

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hey Phil, is there a list of all the cool things you and the other hosts say to add to your shopping list?

blazing prawn Nov 30, 2018, 4:50 AM

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hey @night oxide I don't think so! If there was such a list, my bank balance would be more worse off

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Some of the cool things I've heard so far include the Switchbot, and a Dyson Link fan (which I actually got last week)

lucid current Nov 30, 2018, 8:10 AM

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nonono don't make that list

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my wife will be like http://www.quickmeme.com/img/d5/d50af2d5b48f39964ad7334a1c610c668660bab5a52f3d6a28bb9d9871d169d1.jpg

cyan citrus Nov 30, 2018, 10:13 PM

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Just want to say keep up the good work with the podcasts , I’m currently up to episode 19 and feel blagged that I’m listening to last years Christmas which lists. Lol.

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I’m loving the simplicity of hass.io even though I have no real IT background.

jovial whale Dec 3, 2018, 3:39 PM

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Anyone know where that hardware compatibility list mentioned on the podcast can be found?

native shuttle Dec 4, 2018, 3:40 AM

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love the podcast! It appears the Let's encrypyt SSL for hasspodcast.io has expired and I can't download to Podcast Addict 😦 I know I can find a way around this ... I will try again soon. A++

blazing prawn Dec 4, 2018, 3:55 AM

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Yeah, my host likes to be a PITA with renewals

native shuttle Dec 5, 2018, 1:23 AM

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Enjoyed the podcast today! Look forward to the next.

steady sleet Dec 7, 2018, 10:52 AM

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@blazing prawn @lucid current hey, sorry I didn't respond earlier, I have started trying to collate a list now. I started part way through and am planning on relistening to them. Here it is anyway. If anyone finds a better link I can merge. https://github.com/sasgoose/HA-to-do

blazing prawn Dec 7, 2018, 9:52 PM

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@steady sleet this is amazing!

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Glad we've given you some great ideas

idle swallow Dec 12, 2018, 5:02 PM

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Another great but short one 😃

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Not sure how you find content but would be awesome if on next one you could give a shout out for https://community.home-assistant.io/t/resurrected-feature-home-assistant-cli/84107 saying looking for feedback 😃

blazing prawn Dec 12, 2018, 10:45 PM

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@idle swallow absolutely! I saw this on Reddit yesterday. Unfortunately we had already recorded, but I'll try get this on in the new year!

idle swallow Dec 12, 2018, 10:46 PM

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cool @blazing prawn - in the new year I hopefully made it even more useful 😃

blazing prawn Dec 12, 2018, 10:48 PM

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😄

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I'm guessing it doesn't work too well for Docker users though?

idle swallow Dec 12, 2018, 10:55 PM

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@blazing prawn why shouldn't it ?

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@blazing prawn you should be able to run it anywhere with a python runtime and then connect to your homeassistant running anywhere...as long as your browser can get there hass-cli should be able too.

blazing prawn Dec 12, 2018, 10:57 PM

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@idle swallow ohhhh...So it connects via the API! Well that makes sense! Then yes, if you're running Docker in a container you should still be able to use it!

idle swallow Dec 12, 2018, 10:58 PM

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@blazing prawn exactly.

limpid estuary Dec 27, 2018, 9:44 PM

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Hi everyone, just found that the HA Community have a Podcast also - super added 👌 -- If anybody are out looking for an alternative podcast app on iOS, I can highly recommend OverCast https://overcast.fm/

blazing prawn Dec 28, 2018, 2:07 AM

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Just to add to that, our show can be found on Overcast at https://overcast.fm/itunes1238157855/home-assistant-podcast

wispy zenith Jan 8, 2019, 8:47 PM

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Only got into hassio at the beginning of December, really miss the podcast although been using this time to catchup on the old one's - very interesting - looking forward to the new ones coming up

blazing prawn Jan 8, 2019, 9:56 PM

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Thanks @wispy zenith

First episode for 2019 will be out in 24 hours 😄 so not too long to wait now

wispy zenith Jan 8, 2019, 10:48 PM

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yepee

obtuse mesa Jan 9, 2019, 12:36 AM

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woot woot!

blazing prawn Jan 9, 2019, 10:10 PM

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First episode for 2019 is out! We're premiering right now on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-EJDVqn1Bo and available in your Podcast player soon.

@flat ivy and I are joined by the great @true bear to discuss the data portal, and the 0.85 release!

forest cosmos Jan 9, 2019, 10:11 PM

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I know what I'm listening to on my way to work tomorrow

blazing prawn Jan 9, 2019, 10:11 PM

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strong ridge Jan 10, 2019, 3:02 AM

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Good one as always.. looks like the holidays didn't have adverse effect on your skills like they did on my belt size

blazing prawn Jan 10, 2019, 3:02 AM

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haha 😄

flat ivy Jan 10, 2019, 3:32 AM

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haha you're not alone for the belt-size part @strong ridge

strong ridge Jan 10, 2019, 3:33 AM

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hahahaha

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@flat ivy where were you today during the world premiere of episode 41? left Phil on his own to handle us?

flat ivy Jan 10, 2019, 3:37 AM

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pretty much haha

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I was at work unfortunately

strong ridge Jan 10, 2019, 3:37 AM

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you didn't miss a lot.. @blazing prawn was a horrible host 😉

flat ivy Jan 10, 2019, 3:37 AM

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haha

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@blazing prawn you going to take that?!

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😛

strong ridge Jan 10, 2019, 3:39 AM

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I think there were only 5 or 6 of us in the chat including Phil. Most people, like me, probably weren't expecting it to be done like a live stream

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and apparently he is

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lol

flat ivy Jan 10, 2019, 3:39 AM

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haha yeah

strong ridge Jan 10, 2019, 3:40 AM

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probably something like 3am on Sunday for him now anyway

blazing prawn Jan 10, 2019, 3:42 AM

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haha we're not that out of sync down under

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I was a gracious and courtiious host, the likes never before seen

strong ridge Jan 10, 2019, 3:43 AM

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lol

blazing prawn Jan 10, 2019, 3:43 AM

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but yeah, the chat was quiet, but my channel isn't huge so to be expected

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I also wasn't 100% sure what "premiere" would do once enabled

strong ridge Jan 10, 2019, 3:45 AM

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interesting episode regardless

blazing prawn Jan 10, 2019, 3:45 AM

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thank you!

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When are you coming on as a guest @strong ridge ?

strong ridge Jan 10, 2019, 3:46 AM

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mt setup is boring

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hey, I have some hue bulbs and a few esp sensors.. thanks for having me!

blazing prawn Jan 10, 2019, 3:47 AM

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haha everyones is boring to them

flat ivy Jan 10, 2019, 3:48 AM

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^ thats true. Mine's boring too but sometimes people just want to know what others are doing too! regardless of bore-level

strong ridge Jan 10, 2019, 3:49 AM

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my only contribution to Home Assistant has been my rapier sharp sarcastic wit

blazing prawn Jan 10, 2019, 3:50 AM

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Perfect, I challenge you to a face-off with me then

flat ivy Jan 10, 2019, 3:50 AM

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hahaha

strong ridge Jan 10, 2019, 3:51 AM

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lol

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I really have no idea what I would talk about and I would probably cause a fracture in the finger you use to press the CENSOR button

flat ivy Jan 10, 2019, 3:52 AM

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they all say that @strong ridge haha

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seriously!

strong ridge Jan 10, 2019, 3:53 AM

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I make sailors blush

flat ivy Jan 10, 2019, 3:53 AM

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also - trust me, that's a huge challenge for me too haha

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its a wonder how I work in a customer facing role

strong ridge Jan 10, 2019, 3:54 AM

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yeah.. How I haven't gotten fired in the last 10 years working retail is beyond me

flat ivy Jan 10, 2019, 3:54 AM

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haha

strong ridge Jan 10, 2019, 3:59 AM

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Maybe one day 😃

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 5:32 AM

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@cloud knoll nice epsiode - but you forgot mentionoing @aftership support was added as far as I could follow 😃

blazing prawn Jan 10, 2019, 5:41 AM

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@idle swallow nope aftership was definitely discussed! I signed up today for that as well, now just to have some packages to track

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 5:42 AM

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hmmm - listened twice and didn't catch it - did hear the 17track update. well I trust you over my own ears 😉

blazing prawn Jan 10, 2019, 5:43 AM

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haha its just before my absolute terrible attempt at saying Brottsplatskartan

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 5:44 AM

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@blazing prawn let me know how it works - now the base is in I can get to add specific packages similar to 17track.

blazing prawn Jan 10, 2019, 5:44 AM

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Thank you for contributing aftership. I had never heard of it, and think I saw in your PR you'l be making changes

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haha yes!

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 5:44 AM

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@blazing prawn that part I do remember hearing 😉

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@blazing prawn yeah, the nice thing compared to 17track is that aftership have an actual api.

blazing prawn Jan 10, 2019, 5:45 AM

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Yeah! I've also found aftership seem to support more of my local carriers as well

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which is very nice

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 5:46 AM

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@blazing prawn downside is that they don't refresh as often as 17track seem to do - but seems sufficient for at least my usecases 😉

blazing prawn Jan 10, 2019, 5:47 AM

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Speaking of, what are your use cases?

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Apart from being told how many packages are on their way, I am not sure how else to use it (yet)

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 5:48 AM

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@blazing prawn tracking swiss post and aliexpress packages 😉

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@blazing prawn so for now I just use it for tha t- to see how many packages are outstanding kinda thing - what I want to end up with is that a) I can see the list of packages and hopefully have a link to the page with more details i f need by b) combine it with the imap component to have it automatically add packages I get notified aobut ...

blazing prawn Jan 10, 2019, 5:50 AM

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Now, IMAP integration sounds awesome

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 5:50 AM

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b is my nirvana since we use online grocery shopping here and for every bag we get a separate tracking which gets quite tedious 😉

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yeah, we'll see when I get to it since I was waiting on the main component to get in and in meantime I got hooked on making hass-cli happen ...but its on my todo 😉

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brb - gotta take care of kids this morning.

blazing prawn Jan 10, 2019, 5:51 AM

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@idle swallow thanks for adding to my todo list!

flat ivy Jan 10, 2019, 5:54 AM

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hey @idle swallow that's a great use case!

blazing prawn Jan 10, 2019, 6:01 AM

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@idle swallow just thinking of some feature requests for Aftership. Because you must have heaps of free time (/s) ;)

Add a service to Home Assistant which allows for a tracking number to be added to Aftership. Not sure if their API supports this. But would be good to give Home Assistant a tracking number, and it adds it to Aftership. This way, I could have a bot, or even the Home Assistant UI add to Aftership, so I don't have to login to aftership.
Add sensors similar to 17track. It would be good to get a sensor so I can get an alert when a package status updates, or when its delivered or on board for delivery

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 6:01 AM

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Yeah, just need to figure out best way to have it happen 😃 sooo many different tracking formats - but I’ll start with my own first 😉

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#1 should already be there. If not I have it at least in my recent version. Look in services. Can’t check master atm

blazing prawn Jan 10, 2019, 6:03 AM

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ooo! Exciting

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The ability for multiple aftership accounts. This way, I could add an aftership account for my Wife, so HASS can send her updates about her packages and not bug me about them

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 6:04 AM

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@blazing prawn yeah I want the sensors too - just not sure what approach to take here as 17tracks got veeery noisy for me - but that was because it uses raw ids and the old UI.

blazing prawn Jan 10, 2019, 6:05 AM

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Agree, not sure if 17track has the best approach.l Adding an entity, means we don't know the entity ID until the package is in the system, which makes alerting hard, as we'd need to loop over all entities to try detect which sensor is a aftership delivery, or just the front door

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 6:06 AM

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@cloud knoll haven’t tried yet but you should be able to add multiple platform sensors just use another name. But yeah - should check. Can you add these in ha issue tracker and cc @idle swallow

blazing prawn Jan 10, 2019, 6:06 AM

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For you, of course I can!

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 6:06 AM

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😃

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I was initially hoping adding entities could let me plot their location on map (similar to forest fire component)

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But that requires exact lat/long info which I can’t get reliably

blazing prawn Jan 10, 2019, 6:09 AM

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Yeah, and I doubt everyone provides that

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 6:09 AM

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I do have a location info that works well on google maps but the various loc name to pat/long apis don’t seem to work equally as well.

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And Optimally it would be nicer if ha tracking apis could use a location name instead of me adding that mapping just to AfterShip 😃

blazing prawn Jan 10, 2019, 6:12 AM

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That would be kind of cool. In your global HA config you could have a "location mapping translator" setting, and that way you could set for example Google Maps to try and turn human readable addresses into lat/long

strong ridge Jan 10, 2019, 6:13 AM

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that's a cool component @idle swallow .. setup and waiting for the tracking number on my next GHM so I can test it out

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 6:14 AM

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GHM?

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Exactly @blazing prawn

strong ridge Jan 10, 2019, 6:14 AM

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Google Home Mini I ordered today

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 6:14 AM

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Ah 😃

strong ridge Jan 10, 2019, 6:15 AM

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oh.. and +1 on IMAP

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does the API pass on an expected delivery date?

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 6:21 AM

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See https://docs.aftership.com/api/4/trackings/get-trackings-slug-tracking_number for what’s there

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Expected delivery is there but I haven’t seen it filled out for my packages yet

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So probably varies

blazing prawn Jan 10, 2019, 6:22 AM

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Probably depends on the type of service the package is sent via, and the carrier

strong ridge Jan 10, 2019, 6:24 AM

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k.. since I'm in the US, it really comes down to 3.. USPS, UPS and FedEx

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and I guess the occasional ChinaPost for aliexpress orders

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is the tracking built into your platform?

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 6:26 AM

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Not atm but that’s next step. Coredev asked for simpler initial contribution so what you get now is a sensor with number of outstanding deliveries as state

strong ridge Jan 10, 2019, 6:27 AM

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that's cool

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 6:27 AM

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Next update I’ll get In some kind of sensor per package

strong ridge Jan 10, 2019, 6:27 AM

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still useful as I can make a notification that alerts me on a change in the number

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 6:29 AM

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Yeah I’m looking for input on how to best handle updates as just creating a new sensor everytime aren’t really useful as you need to know the Id. Maybe firing events would be the way.

strong ridge Jan 10, 2019, 6:30 AM

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I'll play with it and see what I can come up with, but for now I am off to bed.. 6am comes early when it's already half past midnight

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 6:30 AM

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This is a case where I wish ha had a way to “tag” entities so UI could query more dynamically.

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Gnight

obtuse mesa Jan 10, 2019, 6:31 AM

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Not sure how much you changed the data format from the custom component, but if it is similar and you want to view it in LL, it does work with my list-card https://github.com/custom-cards/list-card

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 6:31 AM

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@obtuse mesa yeah I want to add that back in so it works.

obtuse mesa Jan 10, 2019, 6:32 AM

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if not, no big deal. would probably be better to update the actual aftership card and add the ability to add/remove packages

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...i actually think i have a branch laying around where I started that work

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 6:33 AM

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Oh? 😃

obtuse mesa Jan 10, 2019, 6:33 AM

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https://github.com/custom-cards/aftership-card

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I'll see about giving it some TLC tomorrow night if I find the time 😃

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 6:34 AM

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Ah so here we could add a “add” button 😃

obtuse mesa Jan 10, 2019, 6:35 AM

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I'll check out the new component tomorrow and go from there. Glad this is core now. Very cool

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 6:35 AM

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Note, I would like to still make AfterShip expose Data uis lige your genetic list card can work with. Enables others to make crazy things 😉

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Damn now I really need to get the next pr happen 😃

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@obtuse mesa for now Core AfterShip is too “dumb” for your components. I’ll ping you when I have something.

obtuse mesa Jan 10, 2019, 6:38 AM

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Cool. Yeah, reading the docs now. It's just counts right now, is that correct?

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Keep me posted. I need some sleep 😃

idle swallow Jan 10, 2019, 6:41 AM

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Yes it is

long herald Jan 10, 2019, 1:44 PM

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@flat ivy @blazing prawn I just found kit.com from the show notes. I'm trying to make my own kit, but I must say I find the site very buggy... Something you experienced or just me?

flat ivy Jan 10, 2019, 3:45 PM

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@long herald yeah :/ unfortunately I had to start over a couple of times when I did it - they key is to get it right in one shot lol

long herald Jan 10, 2019, 3:48 PM

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lol

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I have many pictures that's not showing

blazing prawn Jan 10, 2019, 7:32 PM

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@long herald very strange. I haven't experienced that. Kit recently got bought out by Patreon, so hopefully it hasn't been abandoned

long herald Jan 10, 2019, 7:42 PM

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Oh! I really like the idea

flat ivy Jan 11, 2019, 5:14 AM

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Yeah they just sent an idea today or yesterday about it

blazing prawn Jan 11, 2019, 5:15 AM

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email* about it 😛

long herald Jan 11, 2019, 1:28 PM

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omg, that pronunciation of brottsplatskartan ❣ Right now it's only a counter of the amount of nearby reported incidents, but the api contains more information, so I'm hoping that it may be added later

flat ivy Jan 11, 2019, 6:55 PM

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Lol oops that’s what I meant @blazing prawn haha

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@long herald you’ll have to teach us how to say Brottsplatskartan at some point if you know!

long herald Jan 11, 2019, 6:57 PM

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Haha sure! I'll send you a voice clip 😉

flat ivy Jan 12, 2019, 2:10 PM

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Haha deal!

wild cypress Jan 15, 2019, 5:00 AM

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Is there an 'upcoming topics we'd like to cover' list anywhere?

blazing prawn Jan 15, 2019, 5:00 AM

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Rohan and I have one internally. If you'd like to add to that list, please shoot!

wild cypress Jan 15, 2019, 5:02 AM

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Just interested in offering to participate sometime but not whate what I'd talk about! Still new to HA

blazing prawn Jan 15, 2019, 5:04 AM

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@wild cypress definitely. I have a list of people who have reached out to us. So I'd be more than happy to add you to that list. Doesn't matter if you're new or "old" to Home Assistant.

wild cypress Jan 15, 2019, 5:06 AM

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Sure. Figured it might be nice for othere women to hear women's voices. If you can think of any back catalog episodes I should go back and listen to, let me know!

blazing prawn Jan 15, 2019, 5:06 AM

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Of course, mind if I DM you?

wild cypress Jan 15, 2019, 5:07 AM

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Not at all, but it's evening here and I'll be offline till tomorrow. That okm

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Ok?*

blazing prawn Jan 15, 2019, 5:07 AM

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Totally!

long herald Jan 15, 2019, 4:30 PM

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@wild cypress Would be great to hear another woman on the pod 😃

obtuse mesa Jan 15, 2019, 10:53 PM

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@long herald I want you on the podcast too showing off your awesome interfaces!

vast crest Jan 15, 2019, 10:56 PM

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Those are more visual than audible? 🤔

obtuse mesa Jan 15, 2019, 11:38 PM

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You’re just jealous @vast crest

long herald Jan 16, 2019, 5:48 AM

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@obtuse mesa Haha I think @vast crest has a point :D
Plus I've already been on once!

stable walrusBOT Jan 16, 2019, 5:48 AM

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Ludeeus is away for 3h 29m 31s with a message :point_right: ?

obtuse mesa Jan 16, 2019, 5:49 AM

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time for a video pod cast edition

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i'll need to go back, I think I started listening around 0.75 or so

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which episode @long herald ?

blazing prawn Jan 16, 2019, 5:49 AM

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@obtuse mesa then I would have to brush my hair!

obtuse mesa Jan 16, 2019, 5:49 AM

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keep your hat on

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🤔

long herald Jan 16, 2019, 5:50 AM

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Ep 25 (about 0.69)

shut skiff Jan 16, 2019, 7:02 PM

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Did I hear someone say Video Podcast?

obtuse mesa Jan 16, 2019, 8:29 PM

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@long herald confirmed as next @shut skiff guest! 🎉 😜

long herald Jan 16, 2019, 8:30 PM

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😂

shut skiff Jan 16, 2019, 8:43 PM

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I’m making the Guest Star calendar right now. What day can you join me @long herald ?

long herald Jan 16, 2019, 8:43 PM

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Oh my.. Being on the pod was a big step, I don't know about video 😄

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Maybe if we just screen share 😉

shut skiff Jan 16, 2019, 8:49 PM

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that'll work.

long herald Jan 16, 2019, 8:51 PM

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What time zone are you in @shut skiff?

shut skiff Jan 16, 2019, 8:53 PM

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Mountain US.

long herald Jan 16, 2019, 8:55 PM

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So it's about 2pm now? I'm in Sweden, it's almost 10pm! Probably doable on a weekend

shut skiff Jan 16, 2019, 8:56 PM

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I like to start about 11:30am on Sundays so it'd be maybe 19:30 for you.

long herald Jan 16, 2019, 8:56 PM

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Yup. I'm going to bed now, but pm me!

shut skiff Jan 16, 2019, 8:57 PM

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excellent!

blazing prawn Jan 16, 2019, 9:43 PM

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Nice!!!

wild cypress Jan 16, 2019, 10:33 PM

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Where is this @shut skiff video??

shut skiff Jan 16, 2019, 10:47 PM

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Which one? I’ve made more than I can remember. Been doing live streams at least once a week for the last few months.

keen fjord Jan 17, 2019, 10:48 PM

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@wild cypress https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7G4tLa4Kt6A9e3hJ-HO8ng

wispy zenith Jan 19, 2019, 12:26 PM

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Was there a podcast last week?

blazing prawn Jan 19, 2019, 12:58 PM

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@wispy zenith latest episode is episode 41, discussing the 0.85 release

wispy zenith Jan 19, 2019, 1:00 PM

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Thank you, Im up to date then.

sick mango Jan 24, 2019, 11:14 PM

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Hey! I just listened to the podcast. Thanks!
I think I'll save this weeks episode to bring out whenever I'm having a bad day.

blazing prawn Jan 25, 2019, 1:49 AM

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No, thank you for all your awesome Lovelace cards @sick mango!

paper scaffold Jan 25, 2019, 2:08 AM

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your welcome

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keeping Thomas on the right track is hard 😓

crimson terrace Jan 25, 2019, 8:32 AM

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Found out about the podcast on Wednesday, listening through it from the beginning while commuting to learn about the history of the project, thanks for all the work you have put in!

blazing prawn Jan 25, 2019, 8:33 AM

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Thanks @crimson terrace !

sick mango Jan 25, 2019, 8:33 AM

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The old interviews are still highly relevant and very interesting, even if the changes may be outdated.

crimson terrace Jan 25, 2019, 8:33 AM

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👍

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Yes, there's a lot of good stuff, up to episode 11 so far 😃

strong ridge Jan 26, 2019, 6:41 AM

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Great podcast this week! Love the new theme music!

strong ridge Jan 28, 2019, 4:06 AM

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@flat ivy @blazing prawn I found someone for y'all to have on the podcast. He has a small youtube channel that is very new and runs HASS on his sailboat on which he lives Check him out. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3sknm_GUCDESM7EmVvkgzg/featured

flat ivy Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 AM

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Thanks @sick mango

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@strong ridge sure!! Got a contact? Just scrubbed through the first few mins of it and he seems great

strong ridge Jan 28, 2019, 4:13 AM

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unfortunately not. I just stumbled across his channel tonight and immediately thought of you guys

flat ivy Feb 1, 2019, 1:18 AM

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@strong ridge will try and reach out and see what we can do! (Oops that was super delayed)

blazing prawn Feb 1, 2019, 1:19 AM

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@flat ivy I did some digging around, but he's hidden himself well

flat ivy Feb 1, 2019, 1:24 AM

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Oo

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Hmm ok I’ll have a look to but if we can’t we can’t

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Hopefully he’s on this channel!

strong ridge Feb 1, 2019, 1:25 AM

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really @flat ivy ? how dare you make me wait that long for a response. geez

flat ivy Feb 1, 2019, 1:25 AM

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Haha I know - work gets in the way sometimes

strong ridge Feb 1, 2019, 1:25 AM

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it's not like you have a life away from hass! oh wait.. you do?

flat ivy Feb 1, 2019, 1:25 AM

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Lol no I really don’t

strong ridge Feb 1, 2019, 1:26 AM

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lol

flat ivy Feb 1, 2019, 1:26 AM

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At least not if you ask my gf

strong ridge Feb 1, 2019, 1:26 AM

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yeah.. the wife gives me grief constantly

flat ivy Feb 1, 2019, 1:26 AM

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lol

strong ridge Feb 1, 2019, 1:28 AM

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should just be able to leave a "Hey!! Contact us!" comment on his latest video

flat ivy Feb 1, 2019, 1:29 AM

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Lol yeah but that’s also somewhat awkward lol

blazing prawn Feb 1, 2019, 1:30 AM

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huh, I guess that simple solutions the best. Plus I am used to being awkward

strong ridge Feb 1, 2019, 1:30 AM

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yeah.. you've seen Phil's hat, right @flat ivy

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wow no audience tonight

blazing prawn Feb 1, 2019, 1:34 AM

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clearly my hat is awesome. All enemies of the hat shall die

strong ridge Feb 1, 2019, 1:34 AM

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lol

flat ivy Feb 1, 2019, 1:42 AM

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Loll

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Sorry started eating:P

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Actually I’m not sorry I was hungry! Lol

blazing prawn Feb 1, 2019, 1:42 AM

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Finished those egg whites yet?

flat ivy Feb 3, 2019, 6:55 AM

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ugh no

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still so much

zealous trail Feb 7, 2019, 8:47 AM

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@flat ivy @blazing prawn I have a complaint about your latest podcast there was too many Canadians on the show this week

opal tusk Feb 7, 2019, 8:47 AM

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they're probably apologizing for that right now

zealous trail Feb 7, 2019, 8:48 AM

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lol

long herald Feb 7, 2019, 8:49 AM

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Ah, that change with darksky windspeed is awful for swedes where we actually only speak about wind speed in m/s 😦

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Great episode!

zealous trail Feb 7, 2019, 8:50 AM

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👍 thanks @long herald was a privilege to be on the show this week lot of fun

long herald Feb 7, 2019, 8:51 AM

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I've mostly looked at your lovelace but now I have to check out other things in your repo 😃

sick mango Feb 7, 2019, 8:52 AM

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Yeah. I thought that was an odd change? Who speaks of wind speeds in km/h?

zealous trail Feb 7, 2019, 8:52 AM

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Its funny I built out my lovelace mainly because when I started with lovelace I couldn't stop but I dont use the UI much at all but it is nice when to see it when I do

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pretty much only non swedes so it was a weird decision to change to the uncommon km/h

long herald Feb 7, 2019, 8:54 AM

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It's a black hole, Lovelace 😄

zealous trail Feb 7, 2019, 8:56 AM

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yours is looking great btw I try to keep track of your changes just in case there is some inspiration in there for me

opal tusk Feb 7, 2019, 8:56 AM

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i honestly don't know how we use wind speeds here

blazing prawn Feb 7, 2019, 11:07 AM

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@sick mango wait so you actually use m/s for wind speed? That seems strange to me. Do you measure your car speed in m/s too?

sick mango Feb 7, 2019, 11:08 AM

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No. That's km/h. I don't know why it's m/s really, just tradition, I guess...

blazing prawn Feb 7, 2019, 11:08 AM

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Huh, fair enough!

sick mango Feb 7, 2019, 11:13 AM

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Trying to look it up, and the Swedish Meteorological Institute just mentions the difference and (unsurprisingly) says that m/s is the correct SI unit and everyone else is wrong...

obtuse ore Feb 7, 2019, 1:13 PM

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In science you always use scientific notation from the base si-unit. And because 1 km is just 1*10:3: m it just makes sense to always use the base unit so you dont have to convert the values when actually calculating with them.
Its actually just tradition for car related stuff to use km/h.

queen mirage Feb 7, 2019, 8:09 PM

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@blazing prawn same for Norway,we have no Idea if it is a breeze or a typhoon when people note wind speed in km/h 😂

long herald Feb 7, 2019, 8:42 PM

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@flat ivy @blazing prawn You should have @iron egret @sour pebble and @sick mango on the show sometime!

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Swedish developers unite 😃

sour pebble Feb 7, 2019, 8:44 PM

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@long herald 🤟🏻

zealous trail Feb 8, 2019, 12:15 AM

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Yes I'd be keen to hear from our 🇸🇪 team

blazing prawn Feb 8, 2019, 12:16 AM

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@long herald consider them added to my hit list!

zealous trail Feb 8, 2019, 12:16 AM

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you will have to record them in m/s though

strong ridge Feb 8, 2019, 12:34 AM

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Miles per hour!!!! Everyone else is wrong. 😂

blazing prawn Feb 8, 2019, 12:37 AM

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Fun Fact: The US measurements including miles, temperatures, weights etc are all calibrated against the metric system. The US government has the official weights and measures, as distrubuted around the world for the metric system, which it regularly has to calibrate back.

strong ridge Feb 8, 2019, 12:45 AM

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Lol. Does not surprise me one bit

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The only people who seem to know what they are doing when it comes to this stuff are the potheads. Marijuana had been sold by the kilo since I was in school in the 80s

blazing prawn Feb 8, 2019, 12:48 AM

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LOL that's awesome

strong ridge Feb 8, 2019, 12:51 AM

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2.2 pounds. Oh yeah

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Or is it the other way? I never should have stopped smoking

blazing prawn Feb 8, 2019, 12:52 AM

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lol 2.2 grams?

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or 2.2_kilios_

strong ridge Feb 8, 2019, 12:54 AM

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Ok. I had it right. 2.2 pounds to the kilogram

blazing prawn Feb 8, 2019, 12:55 AM

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https://i.imgur.com/7pLaw15.png

strong ridge Feb 8, 2019, 12:55 AM

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Whew. Thought I had lost my touch for a sec

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I gotta remember my kilos for when I retire and am no longer subject to drug testing 🤣

sick mango Feb 8, 2019, 7:17 AM

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~~Actually~~Ackshuyally, there are no official weights or measures anymore. The reference meter was retired long ago and replaced by the wavelength of light from burning a certain atom, and the kilogram was finally retired in november last year.

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But with those incredibly strict definitions of the SI units, it's really kind of funny that the inch e.g. is defined as exactly 25.4 mm.

tepid vapor Feb 8, 2019, 2:31 PM

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Listening to the last podcast, and wondering how long before there will be a Cloud API "graveyard" on the site!

sick mango Feb 8, 2019, 2:32 PM

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Or a weekly segment. A short jingle and "This week, the following services have shut down, leaving users stranded:"

flat ivy Feb 8, 2019, 2:42 PM

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@sick mango @tepid vapor heh - you guys joke but that’s what feels like is happening

sick mango Feb 8, 2019, 2:45 PM

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You can either laugh or cry about it. I know which I prefer.

tepid vapor Feb 8, 2019, 3:40 PM

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It possibly wouldn't be a bad idea to add so that next time someone asks me why I prefer avoid "The Cloud" where possible, there's a canonical source to point them at!