i was hunting addressable for a while. then i thought. id rather have CW and WW in the same package. its a kitchen. not a dance party
#the-water-cooler
orchid rose
Lack of imagination and suitable music I say, but rgbcct is a good way to go if you're unsure
twilit stratus
lol
orchid rose
I have some of those but keep in mind that they have only 30 led/m for CCT
twilit stratus
that worried me as well
found anything like this in 60?
tested your 30 under a diffuser? if so how did it look?
orchid rose
30 just won't look good imo. 60 is okay if it's indirect and 144 if it's under a diffuser. Sadly you'll have to make a compromise somewhere
Cabinet lighting I would go with 60
twilit stratus
short of running two rows. im guessing you haven't found a CCT strip at 60?
orchid rose
Not with rgb
twilit stratus
hmm
twilit stratus
I have some of those but keep in mind that they have only 30 led/m for CCT
what the controller your running for these?
orchid rose
The old milight rgbcct, but don't know the exact model
twilit stratus
are you still running them?
orchid rose
I think so
orchid rose
Hah no, but HA is too damn reliable these days so I haven't touched most of my stuff in years. It's boring 😂
They are in my kitchen inside enclosures so I'm not sure what's there, but it works 😛
twilit stratus
ha gotcha gotcha
so your not too unhappy with them
i was going to ask if you were willing to snap a photo of their performance
subtle pasture
Hah no, but HA is too damn reliable these days so I haven't touched most of my s...
Meanwhile I block out several hours for every HA upgrade because things usually break >_>
orchid rose
No but I wouldn't recommend them either since they don't return their status. There are better options these days
orchid rose
Meanwhile I block out several hours for every HA upgrade because things usually ...
Clearly your setup is deemed suboptimal 😛
twilit stratus
No but I wouldn't recommend them either since they don't return their status. Th...
whats the better option?
subtle pasture
Clearly your setup is deemed suboptimal 😛
More like HA refused to automatically fall back to IPv4 when IPv6 was busted, resulting in things like Litter Robot, Alexa, and Google Home integration all breaking. No helpful errors from HA about the issue, either.
twilit stratus
No but I wouldn't recommend them either since they don't return their status. Th...
i know the feeling. 10.3 crashes upon upgrade
on a pi4 with 8g
orchid rose
whats the better option?
ZigBee mostly. But I'd ask on that channel what folks use these days
subtle pasture
Took me until 4AM a few nights ago to track down the issues I was facing being related to IPv6
Thankfully the Nabu Casa integration was also broken, and the Nabu Casa wiki mentioned checking IPv6
But yeah, little annoyed that not a single error message thrown by HomeAssistant mentioned the protocol being used...
Lots of unhelful "unknown error" and "connection timeout" messages.
orchid rose
Imagine managing to break ha smh. My cursed Ubuntu installation isn't even supported and it still never breaks
subtle pasture
Imagine HA breaking simply because it can't reach IPv6 addresses 😛
twilit stratus
Lots of unhelful "unknown error" and "connection timeout" messages.
i wish my system gave me a message half this useful
twilit stratus
I am in canton fair in china
what swag are you going to send me?
static schooner
You can almost smell the pollution from the chimney
twilit stratus
You can almost smell the pollution from the chimney
funny. we know they don't install chimneys in china
tired quarry
funny. we know they don't install chimneys in china
They aré smart chimneys
They produce Fake smoke
twilit stratus
They produce Fake smoke
sounds like the new trump election slogan
one time. joke. not trying to be political
tired quarry
I Saw self powered switched
Never Saw those
They dont need battery but they connect to a relay
static schooner
It's always magnets
tired quarry
Self powered switch connects by rf to relay AND relay connects to Energy
umbral cliff
More like HA refused to automatically fall back to IPv4 when IPv6 was busted, re...
Imagine having things break
What install method were you using? HAOS?
subtle pasture
Yeah
umbral cliff
Yeah HAOS doesn't seem to like IPv6 too much for some reason
Container is the best method in the end anyway 😛
subtle pasture
Isn't it a container on HAOS?
twilit stratus
Self powered switch connects by rf to relay AND relay connects to Energy
the transmitter must have been close by
tired quarry
100m line sight 30m with walls they Say
twilit stratus
100m line sight 30m with walls they Say
100m? you try to put a steak in between and see how long it takes to cook?
umbral cliff
Isn't it a container on HAOS?
Yeah it's HAOS itself which seems to sometimes have issues
Not the container
glacial knot
Container is the best method in the end anyway 😛
That's why I run HA in k8s
tired quarry
100m? you try to put a steak in between and see how long it takes to cook?
I Will produce a few to start selling
twilit stratus
im willing to buy in on the idea. but i would assume a battery on the device that could be charged by the RF
otherwise that seems like a lot of constant power to send over the air
glacial knot
might be like the first gen hue switch that harvets energy from the button press
tired quarry
They Say Energy Is produces by switch press
glacial knot
if it's on some proprietary HF thingy to the relay, and the relay then buffers and converts that to a proper protocol...
it's not new tech
twilit stratus
makes sense you could charge the coil
tired quarry
it's not new tech
Probably , they told me its something they patented but probably they aré selling me lol
twilit stratus
but the coil will dissipate the energy as heat
that seems like a lot to keep in direct inductance
glacial knot
eh, patents might be super specific
or might be related to china's patents being disconnected to US/EU patents, so they might have one for china, while phillips has one in the US 🤷
or they may even be the ones that phillips (Ledvance? 🤔 ) licensed the tech from
no, ledvance was osram. Who's behind Hue?
twilit stratus
eh, patents might be *super* specific
or might be related to china's patents bei...
best part about patents is that you can look them up and post their bullshit or witchcraft
or truth
a patent doesn't mean that the device has to work
twilit stratus
Probably , they told me its something they patented but probably they aré sellin...
ask them for the patent number and look it up. that would be my thought
at the end of the day, all a patent means is that you had an idea and had the money to file it
country dependent of course
but hey im like you i trust everything random strangers tell me on the interwebs 🙂
tired quarry
I like trusting people
Because you need to trust if you dont Trust there is no Trust
twilit stratus
i agree. that's why i'm here. but everyone lives in their own box of knowledge and bias
umbral cliff
no, ledvance was osram. Who's behind Hue?
Didn't Phillips just make hue?
umbral cliff
Because you need to trust if you dont Trust there is no Trust
I like the phrase, trust but verify
You're not saying you don't trust them
You just want to validate their comments
glacial knot
Didn't Phillips just make hue?
Yea, it's Signify now, former Phillips Lighting division
I think Ledvance was also osram proper but got spun off
umbral cliff
Yea, it's Signify now, former Phillips Lighting division
I think Ledvance was al...
Ahh okay
Companies get confusing
glacial knot
which reminds me, I need to ask my brother if his interview with Ledvance went well
maybe they got an employee discount 😂
twilit stratus
anyone have a recommendation for an aliexpress controller that works with a 5 pin. RGBCCT like the one in the screenshot below:
umbral cliff
anyone have a recommendation for an aliexpress controller that works with a 5 pi...
#hardware-archived can help. Follow the pins there for budget, country, connection method (eg ZigBee, wifi, etc)
static schooner
It's like we're in a time loop #the-water-cooler message
Let's see if it repeats in 9 hours 🙂
supple moss
doh
ocean oar
Does that mean we get to play golf through the Stargate soon?
clear ferry
low harness
It's like we're in a time loop https://discord.com/channels/330944238910963714/3...
Right?
I was scolling back and saw Zack, LEDs, and then LEDs and Zack and was really confused.
ocean oar
https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/s/WX0qIY7s9D
Oooh, I have a good one for that.
Boss of my last job (small company, maybe 60 people) was keeping about $10,000 of wine in our server room.
About 3-4mo after I left, aircon failed and cooked it all (corks popped, ruined).
He was mad, and enquired as to the envionmental monitoring.
Unfortunately, because - aside from the wine - he was a massive cheapskate, the monitoring equipment was mine (bought and paid for), and I'd taken it with me.
My ex-colleagues took some delight in telling me that story.
clear ferry
I could probably do the same, and I'm pretty fed up after two years no raise in this economy
last cedar
I could probably do the same, and I'm pretty fed up after two years no raise in ...
To be fair, you earn more than the gdp of some small countries....
🤣
glacial knot
Nah, that's Quad
finite atlas
https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/s/WX0qIY7s9D
good read
hushed lake
man it's fun to fiddle with button cards
hollow glacier
is it tho?
clear ferry
dusky plank
first they sent me mcaffee antivirus spam to my gmail
then the spammers send phishing parcel/package pickup notifications
red rock
phis
finite atlas
whats next?
hot girls in your area
this is the stuff that ends in my spam box, who even falls for that crap?
primal laurel
this is the stuff that ends in my spam box, who even falls for that crap?
the target group, naive or elderly people
iron granite
hot girls in your area
And she wasn't in your area? 
finite atlas
hopefully not
low harness
Heh. I just found an old message with a transition-era smilemoji.
_>
static schooner
Like discovering a cave painting of a buffalo
ocean oar
I always liked how the cycles of pills on offer seemed to follow the state of the world/economy.
Things going pretty well => all boner pills, all the time
Shit's fucked => antidepressants, opiates, etc
None of my spam email is ever that exciting anymore
clear ferry
glacial knot
we did those trust falls at some point
trainer was not amused when I mentioned that I've done falling practice with martial arts
And would have just kneed an person (chosen by luck) in the face while rolling had they not caught me 😂
ocean oar
Oof
finite atlas
"There's just something about fluorescent-lit room that really gets the innovative juice stagnating." Oh what a true statement.
ocean oar
I've instituted a new policy of calling out that kind of bullshit, loudly and publicly.
If we have to be inclusive (which I'm absolutely for), then you're goddamn well going to be inclusive to the introverts as well, and cut that shit the fuck out.
finite atlas
Why be inclusive, when you can be a sarcastic ass-hole all day at work? Its more fun.
ocean oar
I mean that is fun too - in the case of the inevitable, making things as uncomfortable as possible for everyone involved is sometimes the only play - but it's tiring
glacial knot
the interesting part about the trust fall was to see people actually be unable to let themselves fall though o.0
Like, it's carpet. Unless you are actively stupid, even falling to the ground won't hurt you. A lot
primal laurel
I love going to the office because there is bascially zero chance you're going to get anything fucking done there
iron granite
I love going to the office because there is bascially zero chance you're going t...
The walks to and from work are my favorite 
spring haven
Should be part of every entry level "how to programming" 😅
amber shard
I am about to press order on 8x pi zero w boards but it feels wrong somehow
like.. how
did supply finally catch up at some point??
forest edge
why 8?
the announcement of the rpi 5 helped with demand dropping of all other models. so supply is catching up. prob gonna shoot right past demand too
static schooner
Those two models don't remotely compete, though
ocean oar
The supply there is ain't ever the model you want, either. Always the regular one if you're after a CM4, wrong RAM, or something.
forest edge
Those two models don't remotely compete, though
because of the shortage people were just getting what they could get. but now instead of just grab and go, some are holding back
here every rpi4 model has been in stock since the announcement and not instantly selling out as they were before
static schooner
I guess I waited too long to fund my retirement with the pi0s I have lying around
forest edge
the w variant or no?
cause if it was the older w variant those are still better in many ways than the updated version.. but all the non w variants were trash
static schooner
I have some of both
I used them for btle monitor presence and moved to espresense
tidal bronze
@forest edge still juggling rpi huh?
forest edge
<@104768700069990400> still juggling rpi huh?
like you with eating grass.. just can't seem to stop.
iron granite
Waldorf and Stattler are united again 
amber shard
do you like espresence better than room assistant?
static schooner
I haven't used room assistant
amber shard
unfamiliar with the m5stack stuff but a video I was just watching on espresence recommended it
ahh
static schooner
I just it for home/away, but it also gives me room info
last cedar
@clear ferry got any switch recommendations? I need more ports. Must fit through the hole in the wall, 48 ports would be good, and poe
glacial knot
<@457673488225009676> got any switch recommendations? I need more ports. Must fi...
OLED. Any of the old variants is weird
last cedar
Hmmm, will it fit in the hole?
glacial knot
if you get creative
clear ferry
I'd just put one and one Nintendo Switch in there
dusky plank
aight ladies
Ima install iobroker now
alright docker is out, virtual machine it is
good start already
dusky plank
vm is not bad tbh, just works. no idea how I will get the data into ha but there will be ways
phew that was quite easy
if anyone wants to integrate audi&vw into HA - this is currently the way as there is no native integration available
glacial knot
I think there is one for Kia 🤔
But it's kinda useless to me 😦
dusky plank
oh there is also https://hub.docker.com/r/tillsteinbach/weconnect-mqtt
i should try that before
nope, no audi support
last cedar
if anyone wants to integrate audi&vw into HA - this is currently the way as ther...
Does this also work for my 1999 Volvo?
last cedar
YES
last cedar
what happened to your skoda?
Oh, I got a Kia in the end, ceed hybrid
And then I quit my job like 2 weeks after getting it
So I am back to my lovely old Volvo for now
dusky plank
you are so weird 
last cedar
I didn't quit because I got a Kia, if that is what you mean
last cedar
Hahaha
Nah, I was being bullied by my boss is the short version of it
So going to be doing a project now, about 25% jump in pay, but lose the car, have a van I can use instead
And hopefully won't be bullied at the new workplace
glacial knot
Don't worry, we can bully you here if you miss it
green inlet
M5Atom + ESPresense
I have been on the fence about buying the olimex over the atoms for Ethernet. Only reason is for speed. I know you aren’t doing room presence but curious if you have any idea if the speed difference will be noticeable and/or worth the cost difference (does the atom suffice). I have 3 rooms that are Ethernet friendly, the others would be atom lites
green inlet
ehhh....I just pulled the rip cord on one 😜 Guess I will see for myself
static schooner
I have one Olimex for a BT proxy and it's nice that it's PoE, but it's just a bare board and much larger than the Atom
I can't imagine that you'll see any speed difference at all due to the network connection. I've had no issues with performance or stability with either.
lean prairie
Trying to get an ESPHome voice assistant working. My entire house is silent and I can't get it to record audio that well... But what the hell happened.
static schooner
lean prairie
<#646814454063038466>
I posted it there too but you can't add pictures.
static schooner
No reason to post here
silent doveBOT
static schooner
That's why it's blocked. It's just an image of text
last cedar
@clear ferry which google coral did you end up with?!
fickle loom
Hey all, I'm new here at this channel and I have a problem with the fork of dev-channel on github. Where can I send this question?
fickle loom
I thought so 😉 thanks @primal laurel
tame sand
what is a fork of a dev-channel? Codespaces? devcontainer?
primal laurel
iron granite
5 days left
low harness
Rust is really popular for kernels in hobyist circles, actually.
....
And assembly in masochist circles.
I should read footnotes
The signature look of superiority reminds me of the time someone came to the c_programming subreddit and asked for the official repo for the c language.
That was brutal.
blazing musk
"C was etched into silicon tablets by Dennis Ritchie"
iron granite
new trailer dropped
But I'm worried about their performance warning. Hope it isn't too bad
red rock
I mean, they only said that they had to raise the specs
not that it runs like a powerpoint presentation on every pc
iron granite
My powerpoint presentations are feared
red rock
hahaha
primal laurel
I'm excited for CS2 but I'm not preordering anymore😂
clear ferry
Rust is really popular for kernels in hobyist circles, actually.
....
And assemb...
Well, Linus has said the entire Linux kernel should be rewritten in rust hasn't he?
red rock
lmao I thought you meant Linus Sebastian
primal laurel
I only know one linus... the true one
wet rose
Saywhat?
wet rose
Due to policy changes by Google, sLATERmissLEARN MORE granted have been reset.
iron granite
All you need to know - and now click accept
wet rose
Speaking of accept being the only option...
The only options are to tap accept, or tap one of the links to open Amazon.com with no way to get back, or tap the screen with two fingers to end up back at the start of the setup wizard (likely due to crashing something).
iron granite
red rock
iron granite
Should we be worried about you, @red rock ?
orchid rose
Sus
iron granite
Does treating Roombas that way count as domestic violence?
orchid rose
lmao how the "verified" joke has aged
winged obsidian
If my daughter saw that, she'd order about 10 Roombas
distant obsidian
I made a poll on the tado° community forum where I asked them to open up their devices for cloudless control. If you are a tado° user, please vote
https://community.tado.com/en-gb/discussion/20068/should-tado-open-up-their-system-for-cloudless-control
midnight musk
Very off-topic. I have a network question. I discovered a device on my network (Unifi running off a UDR) that shouldn't be there. It was a powerline device, connected to my wifi.
glacial knot
that's not a question yet
midnight musk
smartass 😄
I've now blocked it, but obviously somehow they must have had my wifi password right? Or at least somehow got onto the network.
Can I find out how this happened, or maybe even where this device is?
And obviously I'm changing my wifi password for that SSID to avoid a future login.
swift fossil
I think the UDR stores when the clients connected that could be one data point to go of from
Also I am not sure how a powerline device can be on your wifi I was under the impression those require a wired connection
midnight musk
Yeah I can see the date and time it started, it's 2am on some day in July !!
Yeah, it seems this was a router that connected to wifi, and then routed the data into the powerline
AVM Powerline 1000e
swift fossil
Does it show any other information it logged? Maybe the loss?
midnight musk
But I do also realise it can be another device that's being mis-identified by my UDR
The loss?
swift fossil
Loss can help you physically locate the device or atleast give you a rough idea of where it is
midnight musk
Ah gotcha
swift fossil
Yeah and its powerline so it shouldn’t be 5G but if it was on the 5G network then that should also give you an idea that the device is likely not far off
midnight musk
I can't see (or don't know how) which band it was connected to. I'm wondering whether I'm going to find out down the line one of my iot things are now no longer working because it was just misidentified. Maybe I should be better at naming my devices when I add them. EIther way good lesson
swift fossil
Yeah lol
What I like to do is when I add devices on my network I add the mac address in a static dhcp lease so firstly it gets a static ip and secondly I can track the device
Plus since it has a static address I can do stuff like give it a dns name or have per device firewall rules
midnight musk
Yeah, I need to start making my network more structured, and eventually more secure. Just watched some nice YT videos about it (by The Hook Up) since I'm not really knowledgeable enough myself.
Will follow his structure and advice.
It's better to have a structure early on now I only have 35 devices, once I have more it gets harder and harder to do of course.
swift fossil
Yeah if you are doing mac address stuff but really if you know your networking even that can be pretty easy. Just switch off non iot devices and get the list of all connected clients through either the router, the AP or another network inspection tool
midnight musk
Well well well... So it's my amazon Echo that has decided to identify as a powerline adapter.
dusky plank
Powerline adapters can do very weird things to your network,
Especially when there is >1 device connected to them. It gets real funky with mac addresses
last cedar
clear ferry
primal laurel
last cedar
Forgot to flick the PSU switch
primal laurel
Forgot to flick the PSU switch
static schooner
Too often I liken our 'collaboration' between the US and India as 'chess by mail'
solar zealot
greetings
iron granite
I think someone is there right now. Would be surprised it there wouldn't be anyone. 
static schooner
it's a big place
solar zealot
thats what the gov wants us to belive
iron granite
Not meant rude, but: other people cannot do that? I mean, the people in #diy-archived can do many things. Even if they are not from Vancouver.
static schooner
It's a skill passed down through generations of Vancouverians
iron granite
I mean if only I knew before
Dang! I should have read the documentation 
tidal bronze
@static schooner how does it feel to be the king?
static schooner
last I saw this week we were third, but yeah
somehow we're just a "major market" and not a "premium market" for the purposes of my company
tidal bronze
https://realestate.usnews.com/places/rankings/most-expensive-places-to-live
Hmm CA is expensive 😅
iron granite
https://realestate.usnews.com/places/rankings/most-expensive-places-to-live
Hmm...
How much to buy CA?
tidal bronze
Same price as Germany
iron granite
Ah. The usual symbolical Dollar.
snow hedge
Fire tablet as a wall panel is making me want to throw it out the window, it won't let you set the time manually, I've got it firewalled so it can't connect to the internet, it ignores DHCP Option 42, it ignores using adb shell to set the ntp server, I tried rewriting the DNS people say it uses for NTP to my local NTP server. :pain:
half tempted to just sell it and buy something that is rootable / has lineage support, if there is such a thing in this dystopian future we now live in lol
static schooner
Those stats are hard to digest because it's some amalgum of prices and income. For example, San Jose:
San Jose, CA, Quick Stats
Metro Population
1,995,351
Median Home Price$1,524,907
Median Monthly Rent
$2,511
Median Age
37.4 years old
Average Annual Salary
$99,430
Unemployment Rate
7.8%
San Diego
San Diego, CA, Quick Stats
Metro Population3,296,317
Median Home Price
$919,507
Median Monthly Rent
$1,842
Median Age
36.3 years old
Average Annual Salary
$67,200
Unemployment Rate
San Diego's average salary is quite a bit lower, so that tips the balance
tidal bronze
Those stats are hard to digest because it's some amalgum of prices and income. ...
SanJose used to be nuts with prices but....
static schooner
I'm surprised that our average home price is below $1M. That's pretty hard to find
Unless you go pretty far out
tidal bronze
No doubt. Inventory is so low and things are rocketing again.
8% but still over asking cash offers.
static schooner
Looks like <$1M here gets you a 1-2 bedroom condo
prices are defintely higher in San Jose/Santa Clara/Cupertino/etc, and houses are probably 30 years older
last cedar
Me, every time I code, but substituted with a cat
clear ferry
young sigil
I don't get it.
glacial knot
Have you seen FMA?
dusky plank
last cedar
That is a typical atx meme
umbral cliff
That is a typical atx meme
Only 30 days?
finite atlas
Thats one of the best reactions one can get tbh
prisma briar
iron granite
Nice dog
last cedar
OH MY GOD IT IS SO CUTE AND FLUFFY AND CUTE OMG
crisp oriole
I don't get it.
I know someone who gets it with nightmares.
stuck python
Hi Guys, assembling a new computer right here. What are the chances of getting a DOA cpu-cooler - NZXT Kraken Elite 360 does not seem to turn on. Ive checked everything three times, went out of my way to try another sata cable. And also the bios says 'cpu cooler not connected'
iron granite
CPU cooler has an own connector - not SATA
solar zealot
id recheck that it plugs into the cpu fan header and not the secondary or pump one
tho there is always the option that its doa
stuck python
id recheck that it plugs into the cpu fan header and not the secondary or pump o...
I will dit that again, already submitted it for a RMA
stuck python
I will dit that again, already submitted it for a RMA
Btw, shouldn’t that display be showing something, regardless of whether the cpu header is connected or not?
Display on the pump - is what I mean
primal laurel
finite atlas
Display on their cpu coolers
how else are you supposed to watch pepe memes?
clear ferry
young sigil
Have you seen FMA?
No. Vas ist that?
glacial knot
No. Vas ist that?
The eternal top spot of the best rated anime:
https://myanimelist.net/topanime.php
glacial knot
🤷 remain oblivious then
young sigil
As long as you kids are using wholesome memes there is no directive to intervene. Just don't start with that tentacle sex shenanigans.
clear ferry
Hey don't kink shame
I think I saw someone who made a Bluetooth sex toy Integration for HA come think of it
red rock
wary nimbus
I'm not thrilled to see the Phillips Hue news. I only have two rooms with it, but the kvetching I'll get from the luddite family for removing the motion-sensor+hue setup will be headache inducing.
at least they can be turned on/off like regular bulbs if I can't physically reach up there to remove them yet...
iron granite
https://github.com/buttplugio
HA integration when?
last cedar
I'm not thrilled to see the Phillips Hue news. I only have two rooms with it, bu...
You could look at using zigbee2mqtt, I believe the rumour is still that the bulbs may well be able to continue working as normal as long as they are not on the hue hub
last cedar
HA integration when?
This is awesome 🙂
iron granite
A discrete notification device/service
last cedar
A discrete notification device/service
Critical push notice is called "armageddon"
glacial knot
oh right, should I cut the bridge from the internet before it pulls an update 🤔
iron granite
Why?
young sigil
Hey don't kink shame
You can fly your freak flag as high as you like as long as it does not impinge on the family friendly backbone of this server, see the CoC. I just looked up if Studio Ghibli was considered anime. The consensus was 'yes' but Disney was mentioned far too much.
clear ferry
glacial knot
Why?
Because of the supposed forced login
if the bridge never gets new software, they can't downgrade the functionality
iron granite
Ah! I thought, you were talking about HA 😅
glacial knot
I think I allow free network access for that
I should rethink that at some point though 🤔
dusky plank
You can fly your freak flag as high as you like as long as it does not impinge o...
yes, put your hue hubs offline. nothing is going to change
thorny yacht
static schooner
I'm regretting buying that Halloween candy last night that I've mostly eaten already
iron granite
Two new boosters... I can reduce 
forest edge
I'm regretting buying that Halloween candy last night that I've mostly eaten alr...
thats why you just get candy corn
blazing musk
I don't know how my neighbors kept their king size Mounds stocked when I was a kid
clear ferry
Oh, that just looks like bounty
clear ferry
shut dew
we have a similar problem in New Zealand. People keep comitting crime to go back to prison. You get a warm room to yourself with a ley and your own tiolet and shower. You get your own tv with a playstation. All your meals are provided, washing done for you. You can leave the prison to go to work and come back each night. The basketball court has a sprung floor (only prison courts have a sprung floor), each block has its own rugby field.
primal laurel
lmao have you seen the state of sweden, plenty of people have already come to do that
clear ferry
Sweden is currently a cesspool of crime, but that is another discussion
I'm surprised @last cedar hasn't been shot at yet
tidal bronze
thats why you just get candy corn
What's that?
forest edge
What's that?
imagine it taste a lot like your kelp. you might like it
tidal bronze
So great tasting 👍
hollow glacier
walk into fancy new home -> see this after walking in front door lol
hollow glacier
it's a shitshow
umbral cliff
walk into fancy new home -> see this after walking in front door lol
What even is this
hollow glacier
It’s an ADT alarm panel tablet thing and multiple WiFi brilliant light switch things I think
hollow glacier
They’re all over the house
clear ferry
That's awful
hollow glacier
oh i've got better
hollow glacier
That's awful
i walked in and found this
and when i was initially asking questions before ordering the router/switch/APs i mentioned we could spend a few hundred more and get a shitload more PoE budget and ports for cameras later and he said no need they will add cameras later blah blah. then i find this bullshit
the bottom half is 8x hikvisiok PoE cams spliced together in a bundle of fuckery connected to two unmanaged netgear switches
oh and check the length of the wires going to each room that they gave me to work with lol
clear ferry
hollow glacier
<a:exit:732550679813685289>
They put all the unshielded Ethernet runs right next to mains
It was fun mounting them too
last cedar
I'm surprised <@300242410338910209> hasn't been shot at yet
Who said that I haven't? :/
last cedar
oh and check the length of the wires going to each room that they gave me to wor...
The problem is that this is better than at least half of the new builds 🤣
tidal bronze
Isn't that a Vonage adapter in the back. 🤔
tidal bronze
Who said that I haven't? :/
Right.
last cedar
I have only been within a 500M radius about 4 or 5 times. That town is an absolute ghetto
tidal bronze
What were you picking up in "that town"?
last cedar
What were you picking up in "that town"?
|| doormats ||
Nah, used to live and work there
Now I am working there, moved 30km away, mostly because of the shit going down at least once every week
tidal bronze
Now I am working there, moved 30km away, mostly because of the shit going down a...
Sounds like @forest edge barn
static schooner
I just shut off the power to a bunch of circuits to install some Zigbee fan switches and when the one attached to my whole house fan briefly turned on and then died, I flipped that breaker on and off a few times while I was trying to diagnose the wiring. It turns out that it's simply not intended for the amperage of that fan (the new Inovelli Blue fan switch only supports 2.5a (!)), but the constant power cycling caused the filesystem in my pfSense router to corrupt and I spent another 30mins getting it into single user mode from the console and running a filesystem check. At least it was able to recover without reinstalling...
I don't know why pfSense doesn't run a filesystem check/fix whenever it boots
there are lots of identical instructions for "when it blows up, do this!", but it could just as easily do it on its own if it can't successfully boot
crisp oriole
I think i am alomost finished with my desktop widgets
dusky plank
Ratatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatat
umbral cliff
Ratatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatat
Free strobe light controller
ocean oar
I'm kinda impressed how many more clicks you got after pulling it out of the outlet. Must have a pretty chunky capacitor in its power supply
last cedar
Ratatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatat
That sounds like rod knock, you forgot to fill the oil after you drained the oil right?
iron granite
Or he used the oil for 50Hz power grids and not the one for 60Hz ones
dusky plank
it was because I was using a slotted screwdriver, should have used the standard one
finite atlas
https://videos.pr0gramm.com/2015/01/11/a41f49b430335096.mp4
@last cedar how was your flight lesson?
primal laurel
Been watching band of brothers again. It's so good, but man does it get brutal towards the end
static schooner
As I recall, different folks directed each episode and parts felt uneven to me. There were some really powerful episodes, though
clear ferry
Yes
static schooner
I remember there was one awesome one and the next was a bit of a letdown. But it's been a really long time
static schooner
there are lots of identical instructions for "when it blows up, do this!", but i...
I also switched from ufs to zfs (it was an old install) and that was super-simple. The pfSense installer grabbed the current config, wiped the machine, installed fresh, restored the config, and it came up right away. Shockingly simple
iron granite
Been watching band of brothers again. It's so good, but man does it get brutal t...
I lost my Band of Brothers DVD box, when I moved house
primal laurel
I lost my Band of Brothers DVD box, when I moved house
clear ferry
last cedar
https://videos.pr0gramm.com/2015/01/11/a41f49b430335096.mp4
<@300242410338910209...
My back still hurts
It was like 8 years ago
dusky plank
#logo #drama
static schooner
that's remarkably similar
bright cave
Does anyone have strategies to keeping their tab usage in check? I am cleaning up a bunch and some of these must be like 6 months old
prisma briar
I just close my tab when I leave the bar for the night
bright cave
lol
low harness
#logo #drama
Didn't someone show that off on the latest release party stream?
iron granite
It is kind of cool 🤔
But no remote control and battery powered. Much tinkering to get it integrated in HA.
clear ferry
Here I can get it for 12.99 €.
That ikea item might be more stable than the ha blue at least
blazing musk
Almond coconut chocolate candy
That's Almond Joy by the same manufacturer. Mounds is the dark chocolate, no almond version.
blazing musk
Does anyone have strategies to keeping their tab usage in check? I am cleaning u...
I close them all. Tabs are for now, bookmarks for later (never)
blazing musk
i walked in and found this
never let an electrician do low voltage...
I do both for my own house FWIW but it's like plumbers doing HVAC on the side, where they feel like/are told that they can just "plug in" some additional knowledge to their current skillset to make more money.
bright cave
I close them all. Tabs are for now, bookmarks for later (never)
I think most of it comes from google searches. Would be nice if I could auto group anything from a search and then save those groups for later
There are about 5000 chrome extensions that group based on URL which seems useless...
blazing musk
There are tab managers that will tree off parent tabs but I end up not really using them when I try them
bright cave
Well if you have a group new tabs already open within that group
dusky plank
Didn't someone show that off on the latest release party stream?
🤷♂️ I don't watch them
red rock
Didn't someone show that off on the latest release party stream?
paulus did
he has it in his backdrop
clear ferry
🤷♂️ I don't watch them
iron granite
@red rock Preload is available on Steam now
red rock
iron granite
Dang! Too late 🤣
last cedar
prisma briar
Now there's two of them
Damn, a whole family
This asshole showed up last night too
iron granite
More doggos 
subtle pasture
Ratatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatat
Time to see if that relay meets its rated cycle count. lol
subtle pasture
https://videos.pr0gramm.com/2015/01/11/a41f49b430335096.mp4
<@300242410338910209...
Fun fact: The guy in that video is Kevin Rose, co-founder of Revision3 and Digg.
The dog's name is Toaster. lol
finite atlas
never even heard of him
red rock
<@80252278073724928> Preload is available on Steam now
hype
iron granite
red rock
last cedar
Damn, a whole family
Awesome!!!
iron granite
I assume, we just had a "User left your channel" 
prisma briar
Who was it?
I wasn't watching the convo close enough
I did see chat rapidly shift though
iron granite
I think, I'm getting old. Was wondering if it was kind of a meme thing I didn't get
NSFW
prisma briar
I'm just curious who got banhammered. I assumed atx at first but it looks like he's still here.
last cedar
I am still here anyway, so that is good
static schooner
there was a spammer
iron granite
I'm just curious who got banhammered. I assumed atx at first but it looks like h...
Someone new. Don't even remember the name anymore
prisma briar
Ah
static schooner
it shall be lost to history
prisma briar
That's boring.
iron granite
there was a spammer
But to their credit - it was no picture of a bunch of text 
iron granite
A 
for spammer
static schooner
it would be funny if a spammer just posted an image of an error message over and over
that's 8 strikes for you!
iron granite
TheLockpickingLawyer released a video about a gun safe today. It is almost a "and it goes... in the square hole" video 🤣
static schooner
I just replaced my last Insteon switch with a Zigbee alternative and got to finally remove my Insteon PLM. Still looking for a good Zigbee alternative to the Aeotec Wallmote (battery-powered tabletop remote) to decommission my Zwave network
I got some similar ones from Moes, but they're not nearly as nice
Maybe the Aqara Opple
clever mortar
I've got one of the Aqara D1 remotes and it's not great, you often have to press it twice so that it wakes up and then sends the signal. The E1 however "just works" 100% of the time.
dusky plank
The hue rotary has 4 buttons + wheel, maybe it fits
iron granite
You've seen it? 😆
iron granite
Didn't want you to become too lazy 😝
red rock
Smh
last cedar
I've started looking at houses again <@300242410338910209>
Still won't look as good as mine on the outside 😄
It looks about 40 million times better on the inside though, holy shit
iron granite
The dog gets sold with the house
last cedar
I was wondering
But not my fav sort of dog
If it was a Tanuki I would be all over that house
clear ferry
LOL
It looks pretty nice, and price isn't too bad
needs some love and care here and there, but that is fine
red rock
https://www.finn.no/323813717
Barneve...
Like
In the netherlands you have a bible belt
clear ferry
Barne
Child
Vennlig
Friendly
red rock
And then there is a city called Barneveld, which is like the capital of the bible belt
iron granite
But not my fav sort of dog
Well... obviously the soccer watching man is included too
red rock
where you get shot if you do something fun on sunday
clear ferry
The mountains would be mine too then @iron granite
red rock
and where news is spread quicker by mouth-to-mouth than via social media
iron granite
The mountains would be mine too then <@176078742286761985>
Of course
clear ferry
I'm curious why they are selling though, the ad specifically says that they just renovated the hallway last week, and they bought the house in 2022
and it was also sold in 2020
👻
It even has a small annex to the garage where I can have two racks
iron granite
Problematic neighbors? 🤔
clear ferry
The sales papers specifically call out very good neighbours, one neighbour even has allowed the previous owner to build the garage 1m onto his property
I am curious what size that TV on the wall in the living room is though, mine is 77" and it looks tiny compared to that one
low harness
5.5 MNOK? For that?
low harness
But why isn't there a single photo from a bedroom?
clear ferry
I've already sent an email to my bank contact asking about what offers they can give me
clear ferry
Did they put wallpaper on the ceiling??
I think it is just spounge painted
last cedar
I've already sent an email to my bank contact asking about what offers they can ...
47 million doormats, take it or leave it
clear ferry
I'll leave it
iron granite
It should release at the same time for all - in 1h
red rock
yes, but me and the boys forgot to take timezone in account
iron granite
It shouldn't matter 🤔
Or do I get you wrong?
red rock
well we just thought it released at 5
red rock
lmao yes
iron granite
I used the remaining time to automate my candles 😆
Now I need something to sense hand clapping to do the "Bruce Almighty" 🤣
red rock
wait what
iron granite
I had a Switchbot Hub Mini lying around, I didn't use. I got some cheap IR controlled artificial candles, included the IR remoted in the Switchbot Hub Mini and use the new integration to turn the candles on and off.
red rock
the new intergation?
iron granite
The Switchbot Cloud integration
red rock
oh nice
Did not even know that was possible with that integration even though I reviewed it 😂
iron granite
I'm handling the Switchbot stuff locally via BT. I'm just using the IR blaster via the cloud integration.
But it works quit well
finite atlas
The game has been released already and its running pretty well.
But the gameplay has gotten worse.
finite atlas
iron granite
We are not talking about CS2. We are talking about CS2
finite atlas
red rock
issa powerpoint presentation
primal laurel
im just scared CS2 is like CS1 and you have to buy a shit ton of DLC's to get some basic stuff
red rock
iron granite
It is running a bit better, if you set the Geometrical Cache to 4GB
On my potatoe it isn't pretty, but not a total ppt
shy comet
im just scared CS2 is like CS1 and you have to buy a shit ton of DLC's to get so...
the sad truth of the gaming world as we know it...you already know the aswer to your fear lol
primal laurel
the sad truth of the gaming world as we know it...you already know the aswer to ...
I just wanted all the transport options available in CS1, I figured out I had to buy like 6 DCL's. So I uninstalled instead
iron granite
Joostlek is already working on the Cities:Skylines 2 HA integration
low harness
That's the one that began as a trafic flow simulation at some university or something, right?
primal laurel
I think so yeah
they use some optimal path planning algorith now, with an objective function
quite interesting math (for me)
iron granite
The reviews are... not ideal for a game's start
iron granite
Most "funny" votes yet
primal laurel
yeah its a dumpster fire... oh boy
dont understand why they released this, makes no sense
orchid rose
Do you get something from Steam when people like or find your review funny or is it just about dopamine?
The recommended GPU range for the game is somewhere around 3% of steam users so who could have seen it going wrong...
primal laurel
you can get awards, which gets you points, which doesnt get you anything
primal laurel
The recommended GPU range for the game is somewhere around 3% of steam users so ...
people are saying they get 20 fps on a 4090\
orchid rose
oh lol okay that's worse than I thought
low harness
IIRC the first one was pretty heavy for its time too.
red rock
Do you get something from Steam when people like or find your review funny or is...
The pride and accomplishment
orchid rose
gotcha
They really should reward that in some way but I guess it would just lead to more review bombing than even now
low harness
Yeah. With the steam demographic that sounds like a terrible idea...
iron granite
scenic radish
The pride and accomplishment
EA intensifies
clear ferry
finite atlas
classic helpdesk issues
ocean oar
ELEVEN MINUTES‽
clear ferry
I've spent 4 hours once assisting a customer over telephone with a computer that didn't work, we tried restarting multiple times
turns out she pressed the button on the monitor to reboot
I'm glad I don't have to work with users anymore
clever mortar
Yeah, just reading that... 
low harness
I really need to pull off that opnsense conversion band-aid soon...
blazing musk
turns out she pressed the button on the monitor to reboot
22 years later and this is still relevant
clear ferry
I really need to pull off that opnsense conversion band-aid soon...
Last i checked the config still can't be readily converted, but just spin up a VM and configure it, then export and install on the actual router
prisma briar
!! Extrude only move too long (50.000mm vs 50.000mm)
🙃
low harness
Last i checked the config still can't be readily converted, but just spin up a V...
I run it in a vm on proxmox already, so I really have no excuse.
Could also be a good time to get an actual system for ip addresses…
clear ferry
low harness
I used to run pfsense in proxmox in virtualbox on my mac… used that as my router/firewall for my home network for a couple of weeks for testing. That was like tripple-NAT…
static schooner
I start at the end of the range and repeatedly shrink the DHCP pool when I run out 🙂
Every so often I prune entries for devices I no longer have
dusky plank
friendly reminder to backup your opnsense config before you upgrade and shit breaks
clear ferry
I do that daily
dusky plank
I learned that about two versions ago
clear ferry
That said, I haven't had an upgrade issue with opnsense, since I started using it in 2018
Had lots with pfsense over 14 years
last cedar
I used to run pfsense in proxmox in virtualbox on my mac… used that as my router...
You might as well just cut the ethernet cable, at 3 NATs 🤣
static schooner
Take that, MyQ!
blazing musk
Not sure I trust no P2W from Nexon but an arena shooter would be fun
clear ferry
@subtle pasture I just ordered a Aruba training kit, AP615, AP635, 605R, 2x6200F fanless, 2x9004, Uxi sensor, USB LTE Modem
dusky plank
Home made home assistant/garage door remote for the car. Featuring big range
Don‘t you automate? Let it open when you come home! 😉
red rock
Not sure I trust no P2W from Nexon but an arena shooter would be fun
I played the closed beta
Is no p2w
dusky plank
Homeassistant in ma car 🥳
teal torrent
Pretty cool
static schooner
That's a lot of views
scenic radish
Home made home assistant/garage door remote for the car. Featuring big range
what RF protocol?
brazen fable
@scenic radish zwave
scenic radish
zwave LR I assume or just regular zwave
last cedar
Homeassistant in ma car 🥳
I have been trying for ages, but I can't get it to work on mine
iron granite
last cedar
This is in my car, the display is hard to read for my dashboard, and struggling with touch screen?
Any tips?
dusky plank
Use this, supports everything
shy comet
Homeassistant in ma car 🥳
android auto or automotive? or is that screen mirroring lol?
last cedar
Awesome, tyvm@dusky plank
dusky plank
android auto or automotive? or is that screen mirroring lol?
Ios carplay, with a old iphone 8 and some tweaks. Lets you run any apps you want and also mirroring
It would work wireless but then it would use the cars hotspot so i just cabled it so then it uses my phones hotspot
shy comet
oh niice, yea google blocks that stuff on android too but there are apps like CarStream that let you do the same thing
dusky plank
Handover is really great with this, can still take my calls
low harness
This is in my car, the display is hard to read for my dashboard, and struggling ...
V70?
low harness
Sounds about right
last cedar
But I actually have a 2 DIN unit, should have got the Pioneer one, not the Sony
It is the worst Sony product I own and I regret buying it very very much
red rock
iron granite
Indeed
static schooner
I thought it was related to the business name until I reread it a few times
Meant to catch people who are too drunk to drive home?
primal laurel
Got emudeck working on the steamdeck 
finite atlas
for a second i thought its the car radio again
primal laurel
Nintendo games could probably run on there as well
The deck can run switch games now... So yeah
last cedar
The deck can run switch games now... So yeah
Where do you put the cartridge in?!
primal laurel
Where do you put the cartridge in?!
😂
blazing musk
Got emudeck working on the steamdeck <:mindblown:334058415385083911>
I got Animal Crossing working on my Deck but I have a fusee-vulnerable Switch
prisma briar
I've only used my actual Switch to buy and rip games for a while now
Emulation plays games far better than a physical Switch
blazing musk
I love that fusee is unpatchable. It's still weird to me that it's not permanent though
prisma briar
Tethered/ephemeral exploits are pretty common
They generally come before a permanent exploit because they're generally a stepping stone to getting one.
red rock
https://twittpr.com/tombomp/status/1717641500891238536 @iron granite
iron granite
So they need a dentist for performance optimisation 🤔
clear ferry
Excuse me
Someone in development team has OCD
And it can only be satiated by more cowbell
I'm sure
primal laurel
they really need to do some optimizations
if you're in map view there is no point in rendering individual teeth
I will definitely buy it but will probably wait another month or 2
umbral cliff
After putting a few hours into skylines 2, I have loved it
Getting like 20-25fps, but that's all I really need
umbral cliff
It's a city builder you don't need 60fps
primal laurel
I dont need anything, but I want everything
iron granite
Cities doesn't use fps, it uses tps (teeth per second)
primal laurel
powerpoint slides / minute
swift dirge
have they never heard of LOD?
primal laurel
its just unfinished
like cyberpunk, it became a good game only a year after the launch
last cedar
https://twittpr.com/tombomp/status/1717641500891238536 <@176078742286761985>
Why stop at the teeth, why not the individual atoms that make up the teeth?!
static schooner
That is the most aerodynamic cow I've ever seen. Must be some sort of racing cow
except for the spherical cows that you use in Physics
last cedar
I am mostly surprised how aerodynamic the udders are, tbh
glacial knot
Oh nice, a LWN article about HA
ocean oar
https://twittpr.com/tombomp/status/1717641500891238536 <@176078742286761985>
Wow. I wonder if there are any ex movie VFX people on their team. That sounds like the kind of shit we get up to
tardy pasture
https://twittpr.com/tombomp/status/1717641500891238536 <@176078742286761985>
Upcoming patch notes: removed teeth of every citizen
static schooner
I imagine some sort of microtransaction that allows you to buy a set of teeth. And then dentist care, of course
clear ferry
That just sounds like American healthcare with more steps
primal laurel
I imagine some sort of microtransaction that allows you to buy a set of teeth. ...
its paradox, dont give them ideas
winged obsidian
That just sounds like American healthcare with more steps
They’re way too straight fo the British system
glacial knot
Quad is right, shitposting from a Plane is dope
What are you all up to on this undefined time, as I have no idea which Timezone I should assume
solar zealot
how can domain prices vary this much between register sites
like do they just pocket the whole difference???
finite atlas
yup
finite atlas
I mean, you need staff to administrate everything, staff to support not so smart end-user, lawyers and all that stuff.
But many drive a very big profit margin
solar zealot
well that does make sense, but between 12 and 32 bucks a year for a specific tld vs 7 and 1.50 there kinda is a difference
finite atlas
Its up to you as the buyer, to buy from the company that is the cheapest.
its your money you are spending
solar zealot
yes which is why i now am mad and about to register it at cf
luckily they have that tld
finite atlas
do it
i pay 1,92€ a year for my .de domain, technically
realistically its for free
solar zealot
waiting for it to unlock :wobble:
cf sadly wont accept de ones, but they are on a sepa auto renewal which is fine
namecheap however was spectacularly unhelpful
finite atlas
name"cheap"
earnest prairie
Any clever folk that would know what something like this tool was built with? It's a configurator tool, works in the browser.
https://player.vimeo.com/video/709506101?h=7a4b038300&autoplay=1&loop=1&muted=1&controls=0
primal laurel
my basic webserver + .net domain went from 30/year to 190/year. So yeah I cancelled it lol
solar zealot
only thing i dislike about it now is that i dont have them all in one place
but its cheaper like that
solar zealot
nice ;D
prisma briar
Domains are generally cheaper if you avoid resellers and purchase directly from the TLD provider, if they offer that. Not all do.
solar zealot
i would have hoped getting a decent deal on netcup
but they were insisting on the listed price
finite atlas
for what product?
solar zealot
a .app domain
prisma briar
I haven't paid for my domain or hosting in almost a decade, lol. Perk of working for a hosting provider.
solar zealot
cf wants 12 bucks a year, they call about 36
they do offer me .de for a buck 50 tho
prisma briar
I do maintain a single domain of my own at another registrar that I have my VPN and stuff set to use though, that's like $10/year for a .org.
solar zealot
like i dont try to count cents here and there, but like over twice the cost its worthwhile
(just super slow to unlock it for transfer)
prisma briar
We just let our customers generate a code themselves through their account panel.
solar zealot
i unlocked it and got a code, just cf does still show it as locked
prisma briar
Do you mean .cf domain or using cloudflare as a registrar?
prisma briar
You can run a whois on the domain to get the actual transfer staus
solar zealot
now that i complain it updated
prisma briar
clientTransferProhibited will be the tag for a locked domain iirc
solar zealot
:tinfoilhat: i think they watch us
finite atlas
i love how so many issues are fixed by simply waiting
solar zealot
it also says to wait
finite atlas
yup
solar zealot
but i dont want to
prisma briar
Yea, the DNS system was made for a different era and isn't nearly as timely as it could be in 2023.
solar zealot
if stuff doesnt happen in what i consider t be reasonable, i do get kinda nervous
finite atlas
maybe you want to learn, to relax
finite atlas
or else break its legs
prisma briar
Generally the main nameservers for a domain are set at the registrar, if those change on transfer (they probably will) you'll want to point them back to cloudflare or set up the zone on your new nameserver
solar zealot
the money saved will best be spent on more temp sensors 😄
prisma briar
Made some shelves for my filament
solar zealot
there is raccoon filament???
static schooner
"some folks" would like to make it a thing: #the-water-cooler message
or maybe the white/clear/black is already "deconstructed raccoon"
solar zealot
in that case we must refer to it as "raccoon assembler" instead of "3d printer"
smoky birch
dunno if this is the correct place to ask, but is there a way I can request image permissions?
iron granite
You can use an image upload platform
silent doveBOT
smoky birch
ty much
last cedar
looks like there's room for a raccoon at the end
Would have to be a strong shelf
static schooner
Stupid gravity well
primal laurel
primal laurel
Zelda BOTW on the steamdeck 😅
solar zealot
the way its meant to be played
or something
primal laurel
Yes, very legit
solar zealot
how much magic sparkles did it require to get it working
primal laurel
It was surprisingly easy
Somebody made an app called emudeck for the steamdeck, that sets up all the popular open source emulators
Then all you have to do is install the bios files (one time thing, just download and extract into the right folder) and then download the games you want to play
Easy
solar zealot
sounds like it works alongside steamos
primal laurel
Yeah, once it's installed it's an app (emustation) you launch like a normal game
solar zealot
👀 guess i have some sunday plans then
primal laurel
Only thing is, there are not many guides on how to download/install bios files and game roms
Because it's not legal obviously
iron granite
primal laurel
Emudeck even has a function to make the gyroscope available to every game 😂
Playing mario kart like you have a steering wheel
solar zealot
wasnt that even a wii feature at some point
primal laurel
Yep
I loved the wii
Glad I can play those games on a handheld now
Honestly the steamdeck is such an amazing device, especially if you like tinkering with technology. Hardware wise or software wise
ocean oar
We used to play 4 player Wii tennis on the big-ass rear projection screen at work. Some of those sports games were actually pretty fun
solar zealot
back in the good days where kart maps werent behind a paid dlc relasing over 3 years
primal laurel
Wii had some great games
blazing musk
Because it's not legal obviously
It's legal if you pull your own bios, but Nintendo doesn't like it for obvious reasons
brisk glen
Man I love my steam deck with emudeck
Make sure to update to the 3.5 beta for the SMT (hyper threading) fixes
Makes GameCube games smooth
I got the Dbrand killswitch case for my deck and I love it
prisma briar
I'd suggest scrubbing your passwords from the config before using such a tool then adding them back in later
Actually that looks like it's probably not good from the comments
ocean oar
It's toxic know-it-all twats like these that make me glad I don't use Reddit anymore: https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/17ipb5u/x/k6woy6s/
There's exactly no need for that conversation to have happened
forest edge
<@104768700069990400> your coyotes require retraining
that one is old and too tired to deal with that drama
last cedar
Poor thing
static schooner
<frigate>small dog, figures</frigate>
finite atlas
https://www.reddit.com/r/trashpandas/s/NkBnR88h7f
last cedar
@finite atlas ❤️
static schooner
Taco...Sunday?
dusky plank
Suport Chatbots are cancer
prisma briar
The level of support to provide is frustrating. In my experience most people who contact support are just being lazy and wanting someone do things for them that they should be doing themselves, so the vast majority of money spent on support is a waste, but then if there's no support the ocassional person who actually needs it is screwed.
I get using chatbots to try to weed out the lazy people
On the flipside screw dealing with that as a customer.
dusky plank
stupid people... ts ts ts
primal laurel
unfortunately some things cant be done without some kind of support
and some people cant do anything without support
prisma briar
If people need that constant level of support then they need to be paying more for it, imo.
I don't want some demanding incompetent person's support charges rolled into the price I pay for things
Support is expensive
And having it be free everywhere has led to people being dependent and lazy
Legitimate support requests are fine, but seriously like 80%+ of the contacts I took in support were just people being lazy
primal laurel
depends how you look at it. I work at a company which has a reputation for providing very good support. A lot of focus is put on high net promotor scores. The logic is good support means higher scores means more customers
prisma briar
The route we took was that for certain tasks we'll provide the customer all the info on how to do it but not actually do it for them to try to avoid that ever being an option to them
Some of our cheaper plans are less than $10/mo and we'd have people on those plans calling in 5 times a day asking us for help with tools we didn't even sell or support, or to restore backups and reset database permissions and whatnot. We also had an annoying number of people try to use us as recurring free therapy to whine about their lives to.
Having to tell a customer that we're going to drop him if he doesn't quit calling us whining about his girlfriend's dislike of his financial situation is an annoying conversation to have
primal laurel
I guess that correlates with availability of (mental) health care lol. I am in EUW after all
brazen fable
Ok
So funny story
I have a new mmwav sensor/esp32 and before i deploy a new sensor or new brand I sort of leave in a "test" mode to make sure it's working correctly for a couple of days
and for the life of me, i could not figure out how or why the sensor was detecting "presence" when I know the room is absolutely empty
my home office is directly above my garage, and as it turns out when the garage door opens/closes it's setting off the sensor because it's so sensistive. The little bit of vibrations in the walls.
primal laurel
my home office is directly above my garage, and as it turns out when the garage ...
it's probably not the vibrations in the walls (too low freq, too small amplitude) but moving of the garage door itself. It uses radio waves, and those can pass through walls (although mmwave cant move very far)
and so they reflect back to receiver through the wall
very 'smart' mmwave receivers use some kind of object detection AI to figure out if the reflected object was a human or something else
especially in automotive
brazen fable
It was cheap and I'm just using it for basic light automation
primal laurel
yep
brazen fable
screek from ebay
looks like it'll do the job i want it to do
which is keep the lights on when people are in the room
lol
i use motion sensors to actuall flip them on so the false positives wont be an issue
i haven't toyed with the sensitivity settings yet either
primal laurel
the one that's in the google hub can detect your heartrate through your blanket hehe
brazen fable
wot
primal laurel
and breathing rate
brazen fable
allegeldy this thing can detect breathing/falls
primal laurel
and whether you're sleeping or not
brazen fable
but i haven't dove deep into it
for $25 though I'm impressed
hate that it has to use wifi though
and I know there are zigbee ones from aqara but I view zigbee as almost as bad as wifi
i highly prefer zwave these days
2.4ghz super crowded by me
primal laurel
when you first set up zigbee you need to check which channel has the least amount of wifi interference
that solved all my connectivity issues
after that it's golden
brazen fable
I know how that works
Trust me, there is no clean spectrum here
not in the 2.4gh band
even 5ghz is crowded
dusky plank
my cheap mmwave sometimes detects me moving in my bed which is practically a different room. its only seeing reflections through the door to the bedroom on the adjacent wall
had to dial it way down to -x meters
brazen fable
i compared the timestamps from HA to my security camera feed and it's definitely picking up the door
but likely to be a non issue because its not going up in that room anyway
primal laurel
you don't need clean spectrum. Just 'sufficiently noise free' spectrum
brazen fable
There isn't any.
Lol
Part of that is my own doing too. I mean zigbee still works but I prefer not to add to the problem
zwave is just better/more reliable
I've probably got around 200 of my own devices eating 2.4ghz
primal laurel
meh, I doubt it's so bad it cant work at all
zwave is so expensive
not worth it IMO
brazen fable
a little more expensive, sure, but it works better and i have to replace it less often
I just had to replace 2 more zigbee outlets because they crapped out
for $5 more i get zwave 800 ones with future LR, faster response times, and it's just a higher quality product
primal laurel
I doubt that had anything to do with it being zigbee
crappy products are crappy products
zigbee is very cheap to implement as a manufacturer, while zwave is very expensive to build for
thats why there is such a large difference in price for common devices
brazen fable
Yeah because they hold zwave to a minimum standard to get the tag lol
that and the chip monopoly
primal laurel
but it also means many chinese manufacturers (tuya...) produce only zigbee
which tends to be crap
brazen fable
also a lot of the issues I suspect were from the sonoff adapter. I switched over to the skyconnect and it got a lot better
primal laurel
Yeah because they hold zwave to a minimum standard to get the tag lol
they go through more ore less the same testing
brazen fable
because my hue bulbs all work really well 99% of the time
im also fairly impressed though with the innoveli zwave color bulbs
going to pick up a couple more of those for outdoors to serve as outdoor "antenna"
they've been super reliable
Plus I love that with HA I can use any kind of wallmote to control anything lol. Like in my main office I just used a spare lutron pico and tied it to my innoveli bulbs hahahah
https://www.amazon.com/Z-Wave-Remote-Switch-Controller-Button/dp/B09BQKD5FQ/ these little things are great too
ocean oar
The frequency Z-Wave is using has the advantage of going through basically everything.
Our house is particularly horrible for RF, because the walls are solid timber (no cavity, just 44mm of solid pine), 5GHz signal is basically unusable after 2 walls, and 2.4GHz almost goes through 3 (and that's with my Ruckus APs, the Ubiquiti ones didn't do nearly that well).
I use a lot of LoRa stuff (which like Z-Wave is 900MHz). The gateway is mounted under the house, and I have stuff in my detached garage (about 40m from the house and quite a way uphill) which has to go through 1) floor 2) outside wall of the house 3) concrete retaining wall 4) our neighbour's entire house 5) another concrete retaining wall 6) outside wall of garage 7) floor of the garage. Still works perfectly.
I was wondering about how well Zigbee is going to cope with that. Seen people reporting signal issues going through one plasterboard cavity wall, not sure how much fun it's going to be
primal laurel
Zigbee uses repeaters
It's a mesh protocol
So as long as you have enough bulbs or switches or whatever is close enough there's no problem
ocean oar
Well that is the thing; might require outfitting a lot of rooms all at once to get enough nodes in the mesh
primal laurel
Just the ones that need coverage. One bulb is enough
If you go zigbee you want everything zigbee
So no wifi or zwave
glacial knot
don't put "smart" things on 802.11 just in general
dumb idea
they might go to the internet directly 🤢
not sure if 802.3 is better though
primal laurel
don't put "smart" things on 802.11 just in general
Like which protocols?
glacial knot
a, b, g, N, ac, ax...
You know, 802.11
Zigbee is (similar to? I think) 802.15
I guess zwave doesn't have IEEE standards 🤔
primal laurel
I mean, anything besides wifi
glacial knot
😕 I'm not sure what you are saying
primal laurel
You say 802.11, that's just WiFi right?
glacial knot
technically, since WiFi is a trademark
But most non-deeply techy people I know use wifi for stuff like zigbee as well, so I like using the IEEE standards family as it ensures some familiarity with the pedantry
umbral cliff
they might go to the internet directly 🤢
Just block them at the firewall
Simple
glacial knot
yea, my main issue is the shitty wifi AP that doesn't do VLANs 😦
brazen fable
they might go to the internet directly 🤢
Not if you properly isolate it
brazen fable
The frequency Z-Wave is using has the advantage of going through basically every...
In your situation just go zwave. It's also a mesh and the penetration is far superior.
although to be fair, and full disclosure, I run 2 zwave and 2 zigbee networks
ocean oar
Anyone know if any of the Ethernet Z-Wave options are good?
https://shop.homeseer.com/collections/z-wave-zigbee-interfaces/products/z-net-g3-remote-z-wave-interface?variant=42675411648687
This claims HA support
ocean oar
Apparent gain is my server rack is a solid steel box, putting USB-attached RF equipment inside is basically a non-starter