Which most homes in us have their water heater in heated part of house it seems
#the-water-cooler
gleaming crater
ocean oar
The only kind of heat pump cylinders I've seen here are basically a minisplit
prisma briar
How does a water heater cool the surrounding area?
gleaming crater
The heat pump ones
prisma briar
Ah
prisma briar
Surely you put the outside part of that outside the house and run a line to it?
ocean oar
prisma briar
I don't actually need a new hot water heater yet but mine is 12 years old , and I'm remodeling that room at the moment anyways so I was considering a more compact on demand one
prisma briar
I haven't had any issues with mine or indications of failure but if I could get something that mounted on the wall and stuck out a few inches instead of taking 3 sq ft on the floor I'd take it
ocean oar
I wish they'd come up with some new form factors for the cylinders. I have heaps of area under the house where one could be mounted, but instead of a 300l (~80 gal) cylinder, would be good to be able to have two that are the same footprint, but half the height.
As you say, would allow re-claiming the cupboard currently storing the cylinder. Could definitely use that extra storage space.
prisma briar
I had my laundry, furnace, and water in the same room. I moved my laundry to my garage and am planning on running shelves all around the room to put food and dishes on
If I could get a small enough electric water heater I could totally put it out in my garage
I can't do a ton for the heat though, that's annoyingly gotta stay where it is.
It'd be cool if I could use a spare head connection on my minisplit compressor for a hot water heater
But I don't think that's how it works
blazing musk
Our heat pump hot water heater is in the garage. It's an 80 gallon and ran 2/3 of the house before I set it up to serve the whole house, and the 40 gallon resistive heat tank was using just as much power if not more
That was my first win after installing the Vue
bitter ocean
I have a very important question that probably doesn't belong in the support channels. I need a snappy saying "home is where [something about home assistant]" along the lines of "home is where the heart is", "home sweet home", the sort of twee thing you'd put on a sampler/gift
blazing musk
Dumb option: Home is where the smart is
prisma briar
I couldn't really get any more optimal energy-wise than my current hot water heater but it's huge
I want the space back more than anything else
https://www.amazon.com/TCFUNDY-Tankless-Thermostatic-Overheating-Protection/dp/B0C7MYD91B Something like this could be nice
Probably not that unit but something like it
I could just leave that in the room it's in now and reclaim a lot of space/get that ugly-ass water heater out
umbral cliff
A few states in Australia are planning to or have already banned gas for new homes. So they have to get electric
prisma briar
Gas where I am is like 1/4th the price of electricity, my heat pump barely breaks even with it under optimal conditions
blazing musk
I could just leave that in the room it's in now and reclaim a lot of space/get t...
Word of warning with tankless: you need a large enough gas service to handle the 200k BTU or so when added to your current gas usage. We had to switch our plans from tankless to heat pump to meet our permit energy requirements without spending $20,000 on upgrading our gas service.
solar zealot
it may make sense to figure out which size of tank would actually be needed
without knowing anything, 300l seems a bit excessive
blazing musk
Yeah our 80gal is probably oversized. But it's basically impossible for us to outrun its capacity
And not much bigger than the 50
solar zealot
while those tanks are very well isolated, its a bit less efficient
the usual ones around here are somewhere between 30-40. they fit nicely under a normal gas boiler so you dont need a ton of space either
umbral cliff
without knowing anything, 300l seems a bit excessive
Just have big showers
solar zealot
that kills the environment!1111111
umbral cliff
I gotta kill my skin with boiling hot water first
solar zealot
introducing: the electric kettle
the perfect tool to cook everything from eggs to skin
dont you hate it having to spin up the dishwasher to cook your salmon? look no further
red rock
the perfect tool to cook everything from eggs to skin
We cooked sausages in them on school
solar zealot
everything that can fit in it can be cooked
gleaming crater
everything that can fit in it can be cooked
solar zealot
liquid
static schooner
boring, but effective
gleaming crater
My wife is asking my why the house doesn’t preheat the bed for us
I’ve spoiled her with automation apparently
gleaming crater
I’m thinking put under mattress and pre heat an hour or two before but don’t stay on after getting in
prisma briar
Ceiling mounted space heater to blow on it for 20 minutes before
glacial knot
My schedule isn't regular enough for that D:
dusky plank
Wtf i want my bed cool
young sigil
There are electric blankets but they're uncomfortable af
Cover it with a lambs wool mattress cover.
static schooner
Not everyone lives in the sheep capital of the world 🐑
blazing musk
I can't sell my wife on those hospital style blowers
umbral cliff
Not everyone lives in the sheep capital of the world 🐑
That's @ocean oar in NZ
wary nimbus
oh man be careful with heating blankets
I kept using one for too long- and funnily enough the second I stopped, I got one of these burns: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythema_ab_igne
red rock
clear ferry
I just saw a guy repair some Blonder Tongue Audio Video Modulators and I thought, that sounded like something @prisma briar would like
primal laurel
when your smarthome can't function without the cloud
solar zealot
Powered by tuya
gleaming crater
when your smarthome can't function without the cloud
glacial knot
When your smart home doesn't work without non-free software
iron granite
Looks fine, I suppose
gleaming crater
When your smart home doesn't work without non-free software
But… I would download a car if I could…
glacial knot
does it run free software though?
gleaming crater
lol my printer does
glacial knot
and I also would do so. I always thought it was a hilarious "argument"
gleaming crater
it’s only a valid argument if stealing your car only gives me a copy of it and you still had yours
Then it would be unethical to not make a copy…. 🤔
finite atlas
Looks fine, I suppose
Pr0fessional work
gleaming crater
glacial knot
hey, they put it in a distribution box. What else can you ask for?
gleaming crater
Just call it the spider bbq box
prisma briar
I just saw a guy repair some Blonder Tongue Audio Video Modulators and I thought...
That's a lot more professional/tv station grade than the kind of equipment I generally play with, lol.
gleaming crater
I’ve always wanted an “internal” tv station in my house, some way to have a video feed that is synched up with my Snapcast audio system somehow
But there is not much in the way of multi-screen video that’s meant to be perfectly in sync
Short of all hardwired equipment
prisma briar
Displays themselves add too much variance
gleaming crater
I’d figure the audio system would need enough buffer to not beat the video
prisma briar
You'd either need identical screens configured the same or you'd need something driven by the signal itself like a CRT
gleaming crater
And would need to calibrate each display
prisma briar
yea, or you'd have to do per screen calibration
gleaming crater
In audio I can set a latency per client
prisma briar
Our eyes are more sensitive to jitter/latency than our ears
gleaming crater
Oh for sure, it takes very little ms to notice a sound delay from video
prisma briar
You can get like 10 ms of variance on audio and it still sounds fine but if you get that on video it's a clear screen tear
gleaming crater
Eh 10 is insane if the audio zones are close enough
Even 1ms will make them sound out of phase
prisma briar
True, I was thinking in relation to the video
gleaming crater
Ahh yeah
10ms the brain will fudge it for you lol
Audio sync to video
But yeah I want like a sever that can either do YouTube music video broadcasts or milkdrop, and have it be in sync coming out of multiple Pi’s hdmi outputs across the house
prisma briar
It'll be a lot easier if you make it so you can't see any two screens at the same time
Then you could probably get away with a second of video variance
gleaming crater
Yeah the audio on my zones heavily overlaps so I wouldn’t tolerate any variance per zone there
I’ve got 10 zones of audio lol
prisma briar
I imagine audio syncing is child's play compared to syncing the video of multiple low powered sbcs from an ip video stream
gleaming crater
I would imagine the whole system would need several seconds of buffer for client delivery and playback lag
prisma briar
Especially over a shared network medium if you're not running wires
gleaming crater
I have all hardline Ethernet for these clients already
I wanted the audio lag to be < 100ms so I could hire a DJ lol
From input to all client delivery
He still had to mix in headphones lol
prisma briar
You can get hdmi over ethernet adapters, I'd get those then run it to an N port HDMI switch and forego the pis
gleaming crater
HDMI delivery always seemed like a total crapshoot
prisma briar
Something like https://www.amazon.com/Extender-Uncompressed-Transmit-Supported-Transmitter/dp/B07WFLHTKK
gleaming crater
Those devices tend to hit limits pretty hard
prisma briar
Claims to support 50m runs, if you're going beyond that you can always throw a repeater in
gleaming crater
I still think this can be done as a network system
prisma briar
In my limited experience with these they work fine
gleaming crater
Video streams are pretty tiny anymore
prisma briar
Probably, but it sounds like a pointlessly hard way to go about it
prisma briar
Yea, but there's no way it's going to look as good as a straight HDMI run.
Or be as set and forget
gleaming crater
Eh there’s no way to sync hardwired hdmi tho
You still run into per device variance without a way to calibrate
I feel like this is something that could be done with just an external calibration app, glue all the video streaming and playback bits together and have an app measure the lag with the camera and mic to configure each player
prisma briar
You'd also need a timestamped stream so all the clients could synchronize playback irrespective of network latency
I assume something exists for that
gleaming crater
If you have a player that will only play “live” and forbids seeking
Typically it’ll jump frames if it got behind
I think you can make VLC do that anyways
prisma briar
IP is going to introduce latency that's going to keep clients out of sync
gleaming crater
Go2rtc probably has all the delivery code you would need
I’ll have to trawl GitHub to see if anybody is working on this already lol
prisma briar
Hmm, if you go with multicast it'd remove a lot of the IP issues.
gleaming crater
Multicast is one of those things that always sounded good on paper but turned out to never actually pay off
So much of what I’ve seen is unicast anyways
And h264/5 is so efficient I’m not sure it matters until you get to a giant client count
prisma briar
I was thinking more that a single stream would reduce opportunities for client to client variances
glacial knot
So much of what I’ve seen is unicast anyways
partially due to DRM 😦
partially due to the internet just being baad
gleaming crater
static schooner
Mbone, baby
clear ferry
Multicast is one of those things that always sounded good on paper but turned ou...
Multicast is great, until it isn't, which is most of the time
gleaming crater
Yeah you’re entirely dependent on having network gear that doesn’t bork it up somehow with their “multicast enhancement”
smoky birch
Anyone here ever use ddns-updater or a self-hosted DDNS? I pay for a public IP and I’m looking into alternatively paying for a DDNS service that’s cheaper, but if I can selfhost it that’d be the way to go
solar zealot
well really all you need is a domain
smoky birch
Yeah I have one
solar zealot
by any chance on cloudflare ?
smoky birch
No and I’d prefer to stay off big conglomerates
Looking for more privacy oriented approaches
solar zealot
it really doesnt matter, just check for their documentation about configuring the dns records via api
it works vastly different between different sites
some may offer such solutions already, but add some hefty restrictions
smoky birch
yeah my domain is on namecheap and the GitHub project ddns-updater says it’s supported
solar zealot
they have limited support for only A records
sadly no ipv6 that way
#!/bin/bash
ip=$(curl -s http://whatismyip.akamai.com/)
#ipv6=$(curl -s http://ipv6.whatismyip.akamai.com/)
curl -s "https://dynamicdns.park-your-domain.com/update?host=@&<your.domain.tld>&password=<yourapipassword>&ip=$ip"
basically with namecheap its just doing this
smoky birch
Idk if my ISP even supports IPV6 as it stands, I think when I used their public IP configuration in my router I had to disable it?
solar zealot
i cant tell
smoky birch
actually I stand corrected
Last night I remember it had IPV6 addresses
When I goofed up my router
And couldn’t access the login page
solar zealot
there are several reasons for why simply handing your ipv4 over to them doesnt work properly, but those are usually all related to nat/ shared ipv4 configurations which may vary for your contract
solar zealot
yes thats what they are for
but namecheap doesnt support doing that with their built in ddns setup
you would need to call different endpoints around it to make this works
smoky birch
Sounds gross
solar zealot
yea its been a requested feature, for quite a while
smoky birch
I’ll explore my domain options then because I am coming up on a renewal
Appreciate the info!
Just pay a lot for a public IP, it’s $10USD/month
solar zealot
thats quite hefty
you should make sure that not having this ip wont make you fall back to some shared ipv4 kinda plan
i mean if ipv6 works thats fine but there are still too many devices and networks out there that do not like that stuff
smoky birch
Yeah I’ll check with them
@solar zealot where can I track/find the namecheap feature request?
prisma briar
If you have a VPS or server running anywhere (other than home) you could delegate a subdomain to that server and use whatever dns server you want for it.
solar zealot
they moved around stuff more or less
https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/43/11/how-do-i-set-up-a-host-for-dynamic-dns/ the comments mention a request like that but the links dont seem to work anymore
so they did not work on that for > half a decade for now
gleaming crater
My only regret about switching to cloudflare… was not doing it sooner
They have robust APIs for everything, and it’s just so easy to manage domains and dns
gleaming crater
Yeah I can’t put my .homes domain as the registrar but I can do everything else there
solar zealot
would wish i could pay em to proxy non http trafic
wise silo
Anyone here have any experience getting promtail to work? I have spent 4 hours trying to make it map labels using regex, but it just doesn't do it 😄
wise silo
oh my regex is correct, I tried even using chatgpt to make me a config. All I want to do is map the damn timestamp lol
its very simple 2024-01-08 00:10:14.8105 | Engine | Info | Handled 2 IEC events |
glacial knot
Anyone here have any experience getting promtail to work? I have spent 4 hours t...
I set it up before and got some rules running. But I don't remember most of it 😂
wise silo
but no matter what I do it does not map any type of label
glacial knot
oh lucky you. I had to work around stupidity with some logs being in timezone, and some being in UTC
leading to broken time formats because the default time format in golang is big dumb
wise silo
I'd rather set up three complete homes in Home Assistant than try to figure this out 😂
glacial knot
doesn't get why everyone pretends writing regex is hard though
wise silo
the regex is not the issue, I know it works in the console, but it doesnt map the stupid values 😄
tidal bronze
Samsung for phones and TV, but not for speakers
wise silo
especially not for soundbars (they just suck in general)
gleaming crater
Probably my favorite Samsung fact is the android device welcome screen has multiple hidden paths for device enrollment, to get into the Samsung enrollment you have to make the sign of the cross on the welcome screen to activate it….
wise silo
omg my whole issue was that I was parsing too old files so Loki just ignored them
tidal bronze
Unless he’s sitting 3.2' away from that array.
smoky birch
they moved around stuff more or less
<https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledg...
Yeah the most recent answer from 2 yrs ago said “nope not supported yet”. I’ll fiddle with it later and see
glacial knot
last I looked into it (probably 2-3 years ago) namecheap just didn't have any good API unless you paid big big bucks
so I just delegate a subdomain to some other dns host and ddns against them 🤷
solar zealot
i moved the dns over to cf, then the whole domain as their renewal costs got greedy
glacial knot
I just refuse to be part of the centralization around a couple huge providers
tidal bronze
I just refuse to be part of the centralization around a couple huge providers
But why?
glacial knot
Because centralized systems aren't resilient. against both human and tech issues
looks at half the internet failing when amazon is having a day
glacial knot
I should look into moving my domain out of namecheap to someone cheaper
But I don't pay for anything but registration for my domain 🤷
tidal bronze
Namcheap, meh
glacial knot
just out of habit. They had a decent student's benefit.
tidal bronze
Tried almost everything, including porkbun then circled back to CF and going to be here. Too many domains to move around anymore
solar zealot
i would move more stuff to them, but they do not have the tlds available and they likely wouldnt beat the 1.5 bucks a year for it
tidal bronze
Some domains are good or better than investing in stocks.
solar zealot
its a bit of a silly thing
tidal bronze
Nothing silly about making bank.
glacial knot
that domain isn't worth money 😂
solar zealot
"new" tlds have more parked domains than ones in actual use
its pretty silly if youd ask me
tidal bronze
I think have about 300 coms remaining.
Some .coms are better than flipping a house.
glacial knot
now you just need a stupid serial entrepreneur that needs all of them
There's some stupid expensive .com domains
tidal bronze
Yes sir.
glacial knot
Dumbest domain is still https://abc.xyz/ though
glacial knot
just don't use some idiot's resolver 🤦
defaults to using the resolver at home over VPN
solar zealot
its not like i can tell people that
glacial knot
you can tell them. They might not understand or appreciate it
though I do see more and more people recommend to just use quad1 or quad8 by default
solar zealot
i could use numbers instead of letters, but that doesnt make it seem less suspicious
or ones with öäü
glacial knot
or punycode it. Who actually types domains either way
solar zealot
should happen automagically
just some mail clients dont show the good version of it
but really i had to cancel the order as they didnt manage to register it
also what is up with handshake domains
this looks more like a scam
solar zealot
i think so
gleaming crater
I was able to score lastname.cc and I have a 4 letter last name
People trip out when you’re like my email is firstname@lastname.cc
glacial knot
I wonder if my ${lastname}.com is still available
but I don't wnat to try, otherwise it won't be in a couple days D:
solar zealot
gotta buy it immediately
glacial knot
I don't care too much about .com
and it's probably available in .de
solar zealot
if humans would be any good at naming things
gleaming crater
I don't care too much about .com
and it's probably available in `.de`
I would never get lastname.us that sounds terrible lol
solar zealot
i got mine on .app
glacial knot
well, yea. nobody would want to be associated with that^^
solar zealot
but things
ocean oar
In theory as my surname ends in "ar" I could get firstname@mostoflastname.ar just to annoy people, if it was available
tidal bronze
So sad I had to give up googledeeznuts.com
glacial knot
Did you get a C&D, or why?
gleaming crater
Sounds like acceptable fair use parody to me lol
clear ferry
Google however does not
glacial knot
most C&Ds only work by not being challenged^^
clear ferry
tidal bronze
@glacial knot It was for fun. Nothing to challenge. Just few years of domain renewals for few good laughs. Good enough for me.
gleaming crater
If it had just been a page that typed in “deez nuts” into google and hit “I’m feeling lucky” that woulda been great
static schooner
You can have the one next to the door plug
It might become free at some point during the flight, so standby continues after takeoff
ocean oar
In the event of an emergency, the exit row seat back cushion is actually a parachute
gleaming crater
> *In the event of an emergency, the exit row seat back cushion is actually a pa...
Only to find out the parachute hasn’t been installed so they could fund the CEO’s golden parachute
tidal bronze
You can have the one next to the door plug
I had to take that (1) seat 😀
iron granite
It might become free at some point during the flight, so standby continues after...
Buy one flight, get one free
static schooner
Some people actually pay to jump out of an airplane 🤷
gleaming crater
I had to take that (1) seat 😀
You sound like my dog lol
static schooner
Only the economy seat was left? A bit lacking in leg room
static schooner
Incidentally, I took Frontier for one leg over the holidays and experienced the shorter seat, tray table and super thin seat back that I've seen in news reports
tidal bronze
Short and thin?
static schooner
The tiny tray table was the only annoying part about it, really
The seat bottom is shorter
tidal bronze
Hmm.
static schooner
Both are thinner than you'd expect
Actually makes it a bit easier to scoot by
They make you pay for literally everything, though. Including a carryon
I'm not sure they were actually checking anything during boarding, though.
tidal bronze
Oh, and shoelaces too.
static schooner
I don't know what, if anything, would have happened if someone brought a carryon that they didn't pay for
They seemed much more interested in getting people on the plane
tidal bronze
I think Amazon sells a spirit and frontier personal item qualifying bags. 🤣
static schooner
I was a bit worried about that, but again, they didn't seem to care at all
It was a couple hundred less than the same delta flight, but then I ended up paying about $100 extra. Not worth it
I did delta on the way out, was at least $100 better
It was still a ~$400 ticket, not some $99 thing
tidal bronze
I am yet to try Frontier. I personally think there's a place for them. Anything under 90 minutes
static schooner
Yeah, like said, the only really annoying thing was the useless tray table
tidal bronze
Lol.
static schooner
Just know that you're gonna pay for everything but water
The price isn't the price
tidal bronze
It's always delta for me unless it's some place out in middle earth.
primal laurel
You sound like my dog lol
that's an odd looking raccoon
static schooner
I took some comfort that pilots need federal licenses and training
solar zealot
thats what big plane wants you to believe
tidal bronze
Last 2 days was a shit show trying to find a flight out of east coast because of the storm etc.
umbral cliff
I wonder if my ${lastname}.com is still available
but I don't wnat to try, other...
Recommend looking on CloudFlare. They don't seem to do the dodgy practice of registering a domain that you searched for
Plus they only charge cost price too
umbral cliff
I took some comfort that pilots need federal licenses and training
That shouldn't give you much comfort
low harness
Making a second try with my old mac mini. I managed to boot the internet recovery mode, and it downloaded the installed for MacOS Lion from 2011(!).
Installation will complete in -2 147 483 648 hours and 22 minutes.
Where's my calculator?
About 245 000 years ago
Never mind. That failed too
static schooner
Making a second try with my old mac mini. I managed to boot the internet recover...
It's based on relativity calculations to go back in time
low harness
For when I inevitably give this up and just put linux on it; which distro is best for kids?
solar zealot
several people are typing ...
solar zealot
~~nixos ~~ 
low harness
Maybe ponyos
solar zealot
that sounds like breakfast flakes
umbral cliff
For when I inevitably give this up and just put linux on it; which distro is bes...
Fedora
Or maybe mint
low harness
I run mint as a base for the vm running windows which I actually use
(best way to get stable docker in windows)
solar zealot
debian or alpine :) ftw
gleaming crater
Holy crap I asked ChatGPT to make Linux distros into humans and the results are great
Debian was this
Alpine gets points for trying to write text
I wanna punch the red hat guy
umbral cliff
Alpine gets points for trying to write text
Alpline
Now I want to know what it returned for Ubuntu
gleaming crater
“Here is the image depicting Ubuntu as a human man, capturing the friendly and communal essence of the Ubuntu operating system.”
lol
red rock
What about Arch
ocean oar
I wanna punch the red hat guy
Lol, it's Carlos Sandiego
red rock
Lol, it's Carlos Sandiego
Googling that gives me random people results
tidal bronze
Never gets old
gleaming crater
What about Arch
Ahahaha
gleaming crater
Googling that gives me random people results
The real one was carmen sandiago
solar zealot
so where is nixos :^)
solar zealot
interesting cam setup they got there
gleaming crater
~~so where is nixos :^)~~
Looks fancy? I like how he's half buckled in for some shizz
solar zealot
lol
ocean oar
Alright, have at it then. Lessee the Gentoo person
red rock
interesting cam setup they got there
They had 4 cams yep
static schooner
I use arch btw
How do you know if someone uses Arch? Don't worry, they'll tell you 🙂
primal laurel
I just spent half a day tracking down the weirdest fucking pandas bug which broke my entire program. I am so done
red rock
Did you find it?
primal laurel
yeah I did, ultimately
some internal models in the pvlib modelchain break when you use datetime64[us, UTC]. It doesn't cause any errors, just creates nonsensical solar positions
it has to be datetime64[ns, UTC], god knows why
tidal bronze
My view was this a moment ago
unstrapped hvac lines?
red rock
Where
gleaming crater
Alright, have at it then. Lessee the Gentoo person
lol
gleaming crater
Hannah Montana ~~OS~~ Linux?
wut
gleaming crater
Maybe ponyos
I'm afraid to post the result
gleaming crater
Proof that just because you can, doesn't mean you should
primal laurel
can any british people confirm this is real?
prisma briar
His shirt is filthy but his chest directly above it is perfectly clean (albeit hairy and gross)
solar zealot
this looks so american
prisma briar
To me the pub he's in looks British
And having 5 beers for yourself all poured in advance seems more British
solar zealot
thats an ai burger with fries on his plate
not beans and no spices
and is that ramsay in the background
umbral cliff
can any british people confirm this is real?
This face will haunt my dreams
solar zealot
could be, could be
tidal bronze
Anything interesting at CES this time?
prisma briar
They really want paper thin OLEDs to be a thing
They're still limited by cooling though
static schooner
there was a transparent TV, the purpose of which is also puzzling for me
umbral cliff
Ultra rich people who show off a novelty
static schooner
so you can put it in the middle of a room and people can see through it?
umbral cliff
Like 3D
static schooner
it just seems like it would make any normal picture harder to see
umbral cliff
so you can put it in the middle of a room and people can see through it?
Imagine on a train, instead of clear plastic dividers, now tv screen dividers
static schooner
yeah, that's some dystopian future world for sure
umbral cliff
Ordering at mcdonalds, now have ads of what burgers to get in front of you if you ever went to the counter
static schooner
pretty sure it leads directly to terraforming Mars
prisma briar
Or instead of a giant monolith for a directory when you enter a building it could have a transparent screen and let the room feel far more open
primal laurel
dutch railways put ads on the information screens inside trains. So helpful when you have a transfer
umbral cliff
Or instead of a giant monolith for a directory when you enter a building it coul...
Now thats a smarter way of doing things
But wheres the ads
Need them
prisma briar
My first thought was stores in malls sticking them off the front of their stores to advertise things or have the name of the store listed
static schooner
Still, readability matters. Seeing through it to a mass of people will likely make it harder to read
prisma briar
So make that part show a contrasting color behind your text
tidal bronze
Oh wow. Looks like Roborock is going to name themselves into the future.
prisma briar
Design would be different but I don't think the design challenges would be at all insurmountable.
static schooner
the more contrast you have, the less it matters that it's transparent
tidal bronze
Pro Max V Ultra Max Titanium
static schooner
umbral cliff
Pro Max V Ultra Max Titanium
Why is everyone doing this
prisma briar
the more contrast you have, the less it matters that it's transparent
You could have like a cup spinning and text below it pointing to a food court or something with a contrasting glow to the text
tidal bronze
No idea. I guess there will be Da Best!
static schooner
I can totally see it as a marketing tactic where it's almost like AR for ads
primal laurel
CES challenge: find something without AI
static schooner
there, you'd use bold colors and have it blend in
prisma briar
Stick a transparent screen on top of a mirror and people could cycle through clothing patterns and have it superimposed on them
Would need something like the 3DS's camera that could determine your perspective in relation to the screen
But that's a solved problem
static schooner
looks like they're pitching it as more of a display piece when you're not watching TV
like the "picture frame" screen savers
so it doesn't just look like a giant black screen
I kinda get that
tidal bronze
AI now, sounds more like Home "Automation" with a dashboard with buttons to press.
prisma briar
'AI' sounds better than 'We've made iterative design improvements in line with the industry'
static schooner
marketing folks gotta eat, ya know
primal laurel
a lot of marketing MBA's are attributing deterministic functions like drone navigation to AI. Like AI is going to magically tell you how to steer a drone?
tidal bronze
Not enough benefit over Z-Wave and Zigbee
I think so too. But oh boy, the hype.
prisma briar
I'll get a Matter setup once I encounter a device/feature I can only get on Matter or it becomes significantly cheaper than Zigbee/Z-Wave
static schooner
The HA livestream was useful
umbral cliff
CES challenge: find something without AI
Sonoma posted a smart lock here from ces that claimed it had AI positioning
Looked more like 4 ir sensors lol
prisma briar
Whenever I read something like that I imagine them trying to train a model to control the device and shoving it in there
tidal bronze
IR based AP with 250mbps throughput for RF polluted areas? Ok then.
umbral cliff
AI controlled door closer
Do you want angry slam or gentle close (anyone can steal my idea)
primal laurel
Sonoma posted a smart lock here from ces that claimed it had AI positioning
Loo...
lol. Saying AI now has as much meaning as saying it's digital
tidal bronze
lol. Saying AI now has as much meaning as saying it's digital
Like "Smart Home" that comes with an app and buttons to press?
umbral cliff
lol. Saying AI now has as much meaning as saying it's digital
Digital AI
prisma briar
IR based AP with 250mbps throughput for RF polluted areas? Ok then.
Remember when lightbulbs were going to put IR transcievers in them and become a light-based mesh?
prisma briar
I'm all for a light based mesh but please keep it separate from lightbulbs
Or at least have non-bulb options, lol
I kinda wish ad-hoc wifi took off more
It's completely removed from the spec now
primal laurel
one of my profs is some senior guy at signify, they have been working on lifi for a looooong time
tidal bronze
I think any control platform should run under 900mhz or 700mhz.
prisma briar
Light based mesh was supposed to be for general home internet
primal laurel
I think they achieve about 300 mb/s now using just visible light of a lightbulb
tidal bronze
Mesh a thing?
forest edge
@tidal bronzedid you ping me cause i don't see it
blazing musk
Ugh Alexa has stopped seeing my z-wave devices. Thanks they're all unavailable. Still working fine in HA
tidal bronze
@forest edge yep. No samsung speakers. No thanks. 😆
prisma briar
I've wanted an expensive Japanese toilet that shot fireworks since I saw that episode
blazing musk
I mean, you can at least get one that massages your anus with warm water
prisma briar
I have a bidet attachment on my toilet, but it's only cold water
Some cheap-ass thing from Amazon, it's started leaking so I'm probably going to take it out.
tidal bronze
Toto and done.
static schooner
It's the requirement of a power outlet nearby that always stops me from pursuing one
prisma briar
That's why I got the shitty one I got, it just takes water from a splitter added to the toilet line
static schooner
it wouldn't be a showstopper in any of my bathrooms, but it's a hassle that I haven't decided is worth it
prisma briar
I don't have any convenient power for mine
I'd probably have to tap into a light above the vanity
static schooner
I'd have to run it through a vanity for two bathrooms and the other 2 I have a wall with power on the other side
prisma briar
I was only thinking of the private bathroom hanging off my bedroom since that's the one I use 99% of the time
static schooner
interior walls, so it probably really wouldn't be a big deal
tidal bronze
It's the requirement of a power outlet nearby that always stops me from pursuing...
Make it happen. Best thing ever
prisma briar
Honestly even the cold water one I like
It's like washing your hands in cold water before the sink has warmed up, not the best but not that bad.
tidal bronze
I added faucet water temp display on approach.
All over the house. Even with on demand water recirc I would hate to put my hands under cold water
prisma briar
Addressing the hot water situation in my bathrooms is on my to-do list
It takes 5 or so minutes to get hot if nobody has used it recently
Because my hot water heater and my bathroom are about as far as they could be in my house
tidal bronze
No recirculation?
prisma briar
Nah, this house is too cheap for that
Everything fancy here I've added since I moved in
Cheap-ass house in an expensive-ass city, yay.
tidal bronze
You don't need a return line for recirculation now.
prisma briar
What, does it just pump back and forth into a tank on either end of the house?
Into/out of
tidal bronze
Pretty easy to add
static schooner
Around through the hot water tank
static schooner
I turn it on for the dishwasher and when I go upstairs at night. Otherwise, I just deal with the cold water
prisma briar
I wonder if they work with instant water heaters
tidal bronze
Mine in BLE. Esphome to BLE. I use stats sensor of human presence sensors to kick it in. Usually it's 83 degrees by the time you reach a faucet
tidal bronze
I wonder if they work with instant water heaters
Yep they do.
prisma briar
I was planning to replace that sometime soon, I might do both at the same time
tidal bronze
You can get the heater with recirculation built-in
I would definitely go with separate pump and bypass valves.
prisma briar
tidal bronze
I heard good things about that. Go for it.
prisma briar
Do those make it take a while to get cold water?
tidal bronze
You mean at the bypass valve?
prisma briar
In a sink drawing from the return side of the hot water loop
prisma briar
Yea, that's what I was thinking
The area I'm in is known for good quality drinking water so I generally just drink cold tap water
Hot tap water could be annoying
tidal bronze
If your pump is activity driven, I dont think you have much of a problem. Unless you are a hot shower and super cold glass of water kinda guy.
tidal bronze
You will be rocking
prisma briar
I think I'm going to get that too
I'll keep my current hot water heater for a couple months in case that one sucks
tidal bronze
I highly recommend Noritz
prisma briar
Different price range, lol
prisma briar
idk, $700 isn't that crazy for one.
Hmm, are tankless heaters noisy? I've never actually been near one now that I think about it
static schooner
I would think that they're generally located where noise isn't a big deal. Garage, basement, attic
prisma briar
I don't have that option
My hot water heater is audible from my office
It's not loud enough to be a problem but if it was louder it would be
static schooner
I can hear my recirc pump when it's running. Just a low hum
But mine is in the garage
prisma briar
My hot water heater and furnace are in a closet right ouside the opening to my office
I took the dining area separated from the kitchen by a bar for my office, the hot water heater is in a closet in the kitchen
static schooner
My furnace is louder then my hot water tank or recirculating pump
Just from the fan
prisma briar
Same, which is why I use my minisplit as often as I can
I can avoid using the furnace at all most days of the year
Though not this week
Supposed to be -22C later in the week, yay
ffffff
tidal bronze
Wowza
As for sound you the slight spin-up sound might bother at start but you get used to it.
I sit about 20 ft from it, if I have to use desktop.
prisma briar
I'm moving a 3D printer into the room with my hot water heater
So that's about the volume I'd like to keep it at
Finally getting it out of my office
tidal bronze
Oh 3d printer is louder
prisma briar
I've basically given up on getting it completely silent in here since I can still hear fish tanks through a layer of sound insulation I put on that wall when everything else is silent.
I might put another layer on the other side of the wall too.
The complete silence goal is for music enjoyment though, I can handle ambient noise otherwise.
blazing musk
PNP now
I hate the cold water pipe recirc because then it's impossible to get ice cold tap water.
I ran it for a bit but I removed it and intend to run a real recirc pipe soon
blazing musk
Ugh Alexa has stopped seeing my z-wave devices. Thanks they're all unavailable. ...
Tested with my one Google Nest device in the garage and it's off too. But I can connect to my instance just fine from outside.
tidal bronze
Never an issue for me
blazing musk
Looks like something caused my server to disconnect from Nabu Casa but it said connected on settings page.
Account page said otherwise
had to log out then back in
prisma briar
I was thinking I might run a pex tube under my house for it
Would only add like $100 to the total cost probably
blazing musk
You have access to an expander? I've rented a cordless one twice but I may buy a manual one just to have around.
Since the cordless ones are like $800
prisma briar
I'd only be doing two connections so I'd just get a manual one
Or rent one
Not sure if Home Depot rents those
I'd need to read into PEX a bit more first
Never used it
clear ferry
@last cedar loves pex
blazing musk
PEX-A expansion fittings is where it's at. Pipe, expansion rings, and barb fittings. My father-in-law is a pipefitter and swears by PEX-A (well, he did until he learned about propress, and knows somebody with a propress tool)
clear ferry
Pex has been pretty standard here for a few decades
Since the early 90s they've been used a lot as pipes in pipes for water systems
blazing musk
at least it doesn't have the same problems as polybutylene
clear ferry
can't say I've ever seen that
looks like it was mostly a us thing
and kuwait, uk, korea and spain
last cedar
<@300242410338910209> loves pex
Pex is my 3rd love after 1) raccoons 2) raspberry pis with sd cards
red rock
What's Pex
glacial knot
just use lead 😮
last cedar
Anyone got oxygen? Air is thin up here
last cedar
Copper is easier to make a bad job, I think and is also expensive. But all the hospitals etc use copper, there has to be something in that
primal laurel
Anyone got oxygen? Air is thin up here
Are you up there to save a raccoon?
last cedar
Are you up there to save a raccoon?
The only explination
clear ferry
solar zealot
Hello racoon people
primal laurel
glacial knot
that memory utility doesn't look great
clear ferry
Hey, modern memory management will handle that
glacial knot
well yea. Modern memory management is why you don't want 100% used mem
hardy creek
you'll save heaters money too
glacial knot
if you get 100% mem, swap's already full
clear ferry
Swap faster bro
primal laurel
do you even swap, bro
solar zealot
swap is priority guys
glacial knot
Just up the swappinees to the max
finite atlas
Anyone got oxygen? Air is thin up here
i can breath into your face if you want to
i head raccoons like that
gleaming crater
i can breath into your face if you want to
Now it’s just some breath-stealing bandit
Go to bed, Timmy, or the night raccoons will steal your breath
solar zealot
that would make for a german bed time story
and then ze racoon kame and stole his breth and cut off his thumbs
glacial knot
oi, we already have cut off thumbs. Make something original
solar zealot
idk im not a raccoon
glacial knot
take their eyes instead. Those are shiny
smoky birch
there are several reasons for why simply handing your ipv4 over to them doesnt w...
Last night I learned that I’m under a CGNAT, so unless I want to pay for a VPS and build a VPN just to port forward, $10/month sounds like the cheapest option
solar zealot
sorry to hear that
glacial knot
just STUN your way home. There's free STUN servers
dusky plank
Use oracle, pay 0$
solar zealot
but yea, while a vps is significantly cheaper, having that ip makes stuff easier
use oracle, get shut down at random :)
they dont run cash registers for no reason
clever mortar
Buy a domain, use Cloudflare Tunnels 😉
smoky birch
no cloudflare
dusky plank
If you don‘t want that to happen then keep the machine busy
smoky birch
me no like cloudflare
dusky plank
They only stop idle machines
And they never stopf if you enter CC information for the free plan
New toys arrived. So tiny
red rock
does it come with a magnifying glass?
dusky plank
Its a esp32 🎉🥳
primal laurel
New toys arrived. So tiny
what does it do?
dusky plank
nothing yet, I think I will make a HA remote for guests
gleaming crater
New toys arrived. So tiny
Where buy
gleaming crater
Lol that screenshot makes it some peak chineesium
But that's a pretty nifty device
Does esphome already support those bits?
dusky plank
that sketch actually works - file manager, camera and settings (wifi , bt etc) work
gleaming crater
that sketch actually works - file manager, camera and settings (wifi , bt etc) w...
Does it come with free spyware?
dusky plank
yep
primal laurel
Anyone with solar panels and some free time willing to test something I wrote to forecast solar energy? I just need some feedback to prevent tunnel vision 😄
gleaming crater
I wish I had solar, but it's also overcast for the next 3 months here
primal laurel
You mean forecast.solar?
static schooner
Downsizing my cat, in graph form:
Regrettably, I've gained more weight than she's lost
solar zealot
a healty chonker
static schooner
I can also see her being more active, which is part of the program
she raced up the stairs a few days ago, and it had been a while since I'd seen that
static schooner
the negative cat space will start sucking other cats into it
a cat hole, if you will
planning to level off at ~10lbs or so
solar zealot
yes the weight of cat in the house must be kept stable
if one looses half the weight, you are legally required to buy another
static schooner
she broke her hip joint a few years ago and had FHO surgery, so that already impacts her mobility a bit, especially as she gets heavier
it becomes a feedback loop
(all under vet guidance, BTW)
solar zealot
if this is a grey cat by any chance you might be able to provide us pictures of this raccoon
there cant ever be enough raccoon pictures
tidal bronze
Regrettably, I've gained more weight than she's lost
What are you doing with cat food?
ocean oar
@static schooner It's always going to be entirely random whether your cat will go for it, but ours seem to like the exercise wheel:
https://onefastcat.com/products/cat-wheel
The girl loves to sprint like the demons are chasing her, but the boy sorta just liesurely plods along
gleaming crater
I'd give a wheel like that a fifty-fifty chance the cat would even deign to touch it
static schooner
What are you doing with cat food?
this for dry food, and half a can per day of the wet food that she's always eaten: https://www.royalcanin.com/us/cats/products/vet-products/satiety-support-weight-management-3943
I have a Whisker pet feeder, so that makes portioning easy
I give more food to my other cat, but I put it on top of a glass cabinet where only she can get to it 🙂
and I tell my fat cat that she's welcome to that other food once she can reach it
gleaming crater
static schooner
stop hacking my cameras!
gleaming crater
Lol
static schooner
I'd give a wheel like that a fifty-fifty chance the cat would even deign to touc...
That's what I'm afraid of. I already use my dining room as a cat playground, containing too many things they no longer care about
gleaming crater
I've always wanted to build a cat highway up high on the walls, but my pomeranians would use it lol
static schooner
a big cat hamster wheel is a big risk
BTW, I think the fact that she typically sleeps under something called the "Activity Center" is part of the problem: #the-water-cooler message
Inactivity Center, amirite?
gleaming crater
I have to be careful because our cat will be a lump in the center of our comforter and you won’t even know he’s there
ocean oar
🙂
Because cats be cats, they lose interest in this thing in about 3-4 days
So we move it from the office into the lounge or vice-versa pretty much every week
static schooner
needs a laser pointer pointed a little bit down the track from them 🙂
ocean oar
I think they sell an attachment for that
static schooner
high-tech carrot on a stick
ocean oar
More or less
How do you find the Whisker brand dry food dispenser?
We have this Petkit one: https://petkit.co.uk/products/fresh-element-mini-pro
Seems to work ok
static schooner
I like it. It's super-flexible, holds bunch of food, has a convenient "snack" button, ties into the same app as my Litter Robots
I also have the Aqara Zigbee one for my other cat. It's more basic, but still does the job
The schedule just got out of whack with that one and I had to factory reset it to fix it, so that wasn't great
ocean oar
The biggest downside of the Petkit one is their slightly fucked-up app that only allows one device to be logged in.
So if you want to be able to use the phone app and the Home Assistant integration, you have to make a 2nd account and share it, so one is logged into each.
ocean oar
Curiously, does the Whisker one cope with daylight saving? Because I've noticed the Litter Robot (or at leat the LR3 that we have) doesn't.
Had the overnight sleep mode set for 22:30 - 06:30, when DST hit that became 23:30 - 07:00. Had to hard reboot it, and toggle sleep off/on to fix it.
static schooner
I didn't see an issue. I don't use a timer for my Litter Robots
ocean oar
I think the LR4 makes about 10% as much noise as the LR3, so you probably wouldn't need it
static schooner
yeah, it's super quiet
I just put my 3 into a bedroom far away from me 🙂
I miss that it doesn't report weight like my 4 does
just not enough to pay for another 4
my cats don't like to share
ocean oar
We have two cats and a 92m² (~1000ft²) house. More than one was really just not on the cards.
Also the NZ distributor still hasn't started selling the LR4, which is odd
static schooner
You'll get it when they finally start shipping the ramp for it :). I don't know what that's taken so long
prisma briar
<@558346704953540628> It's always going to be entirely random whether your cat w...
I thought that was one of those interactive XKCDs when I first saw the embed
clear ferry
I need to figure out how I can make the frontend cards stay in place and not just jump around like an epileptic at a pink Floyd concert, I'm new to this frontend stuff
gleaming crater
I need to figure out how I can make the frontend cards stay in place and not jus...
You basically have to make a single card with nested horizontal/vertical stacks and grids lol
solar zealot
why no cli dashboard
glacial knot
Why not web components cards? D:
clear ferry
Because it needs WAF and some graphics
gleaming crater
My wall tablet card is an abomination of nested vertical stacks
solar zealot
grid
grid
grid
grid
gleaming crater
Yeah kinda lol
clear ferry
You can't do that while %s
primal laurel
mine are just horizontal/vertical stacks + tile / mushroom
clean AF en zero maintenance
glacial knot
tile per mushroom?
ocean oar
I get in trouble because I like card-mod too much. It has some... negative interactions... with certain other elements
primal laurel
tile per mushroom?
tile cards. Basically the built in version of mushroom
clear ferry
primal laurel
but not all features are available for it yet
clear ferry
I haven't look at mushroom yet, see it mentioned a lot
glacial knot
what even is mushroom in context?
clear ferry
gleaming crater
I think there's something wrong with my mushroom dashboard
static schooner
looks like you could run a nuclear power plant from there
red rock
I think there's something wrong with my mushroom dashboard
lolololol
red rock
I think there's something wrong with my mushroom dashboard
@wicked delta pls fix 😉
gleaming crater
looks like you could run a nuclear power plant from there
Maybe whatever is powering the magic yellow submarine
static schooner
I have no doubt that they were involved
ocean oar
Just lick those mushrooms and you can be wherever you want. Doesn't have to be a submarine if you don't want it to be
gleaming crater
ahahahaha
gleaming crater
Just lick those mushrooms and you can be wherever you want. Doesn't have to be ...
Licks dashboard, ends up in county jail
static schooner
It's called Home Automation, officer. You should really try it!
wicked delta
<@319937884775907348> pls fix 😉
I only fix things if there is an issue open in the repo :p
gleaming crater
Ever since I installed this dashboard, the walls are melting!
low harness
mine are just horizontal/vertical stacks + tile / mushroom
I just use grid for everything.
Vertical stack? Grid with one column.
Horizontal stack with three cards? Grid with three columns.
Horizontal stack with arbitrary number of cards? Who would ever need that?
gleaming crater
Grid card is newer right?
I think when I started it wasn’t a card if I remember correctly
Or I just missed it like a space case lol
clear ferry
I tried this weird guy thimasløvæns Lovelace layout card, and it lied on the tin "get more control over placement" and it still just acts like a 19 years old hyped up on redbull and rgb seizures
today that card will be on the left, good day sir
prisma briar
Not that I have any better ideas but I've never been fond of the card layout
tidal bronze
It's great to test things out.
brisk glen
I tried this weird guy thimasløvæns Lovelace layout card, and it lied on the tin...
It does make things a bit better
I was able to set card width depending on screen size for my cameras
1 view that looks good on mobile / tablet /desktop and ultra wide
fresh fox
Well would you look who got featured in the Android Auto video https://youtu.be/hgbDQQQP6C0
brisk glen
lol
ocean oar
I much prefer the push notification method (https://companion.home-assistant.io/docs/notifications/actionable-notifications/).
When I'm driving and enter the home zone, it sends me a notification I can tap on to open the garage door. Only one tap, instead of 4-6.
fresh fox
I tuned mine to open the gate automatically when i get home driving (i.e. connected to the car's BT). But when leaving, this is a good approach
Also, i have Assist as the default voice assistant on my phone, so i long-press the home button and say "open the gate"
I wish i could start assist using the mic button on my steering wheel, though 🥹
ocean oar
My car is waaaaay too old for bourgeois things like steering wheel buttons
fresh fox
I much prefer the push notification method (https://companion.home-assistant.io/...
Oh, so this was for Android, not Android Auto, right?
fresh fox
🤨
So your car is not waaaay too old for steering wheel controls, it juat doesn't have them. I mean, since you have Android Auto...
ocean oar
No, it is definitely too old. Aftermarket AA headunit
fresh fox
That makes sense
primal laurel
gleaming crater
Just shake onion powder on packing peanuts and you can make em at home
primal laurel
Just shake onion powder on packing peanuts and you can make em at home
what peanuts??
gleaming crater
Nowdays made out of starch lol
Funyuns give me all the mouthfeel of onion-coated packing peanuts
static schooner
Yes, you can probably eat most of them today
Or spray them with water and watch them dissolve into mush
ocean oar
We've received a few shipments using these folded cardboard doodads: https://expandos.com/
gleaming crater
Or spray them with water and watch them dissolve into mush
static schooner
Poor guy just needed his sugar fix
gleaming crater
It was kind of a cruel prank, they gave racoons cotton candy knowing full well they habitually wash their food before eating it
cotton candy like
gleaming crater
Speaking of cotton candy, this is my dog sleeping on the couch right now
ocean oar
That's a tribble and you can't convince me otherwise
gleaming crater
I just saved our lead engineer from losing his whole computer on a friday after 5pm because we had a copy of his bitlocker key in AAD
primal laurel
now you deserve a beer
gleaming crater
He's the dumbass doing driver updates on a friday afternoon and then "thought it was taking too long" and rebooted the computer
blazing musk
My work computer has lost its bitlocker key for no reason but thankfully it was stored in azure
Thankfully it would have just been lost productivity, irreplaceable data is stored elsewhere
gleaming crater
Oh for sure, at least he’s smart enough to keep everything in sharepoint
prisma briar
Between my 5000w heater, 3 ton heat pump, and natural gas furnace I can get my house toasty fast.
Raised my bedroom from 62F to 73F in like 20 minutes
iron granite
A jerrycan of gasoline could do that too 
prisma briar
Especially if it's left in the same room as the heater
It's got a warning on it against leaving any flammable liquids in the room with it
primal laurel
Raised my bedroom from 62F to 73F in like 20 minutes
I'm faster haha
Okay almost the same
prisma briar
It'd be like 45 minutes off of just my central heat
primal laurel
No gas used at all. Pretty efficient
prisma briar
Same problem that hot water has, I'm as far away from the furnace as possible and it blows cold air for 10 minutes before it actually warms up
My heat pump heats my room faster, heh
Though it keeps having to go into defrost mode today
prisma briar
People would bitch if I heated the house that much
I just heated my room because I didn't want to get out of the shower into a 62F room
primal laurel
18-19C is okay
prisma briar
Normally yea
But walking into a really warm room after a shower is always nice
Oh boy, they changed the estimated low next week to -24C
primal laurel
Wow
Many years since we've had anything close to that
Damn climate change
No elfstedentocht
blazing musk
Oh for sure, at least he’s smart enough to keep everything in sharepoint
And then there's whatever this is https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/payroll-data-of-29000-facebook-employees-reportedly-stolen/
static schooner
lol, you metric nerds: https://svalbard.watch/pages/Svalbard_Liberte_AA36A.html
Now we just need to do the calendar
brisk glen
Because suspending bitlocker is not a thing
prisma briar
~~#dataisbeautiful ~~
static schooner
last cedar
BR Leksaker? I know that raccoon 🤣
last cedar
i can breath into your face if you want to
That would be great 😄
last cedar
Now it’s just some breath-stealing bandit
I am getting monsters inc vibea
last cedar
Regrettably, I've gained more weight than she's lost
You are not meant to be eating parts of the cat, to make it lighter!
last cedar
there cant ever be enough raccoon pictures
tidal bronze
~~#dataisbeautiful ~~
Can you do anything with that data?
clear ferry
I can't for the love of Dog understand why my updated custom component is throwing a SyntaxError after I corrected it for deprecated constants
glacial knot
😄 CSE trying to do dev work
umbral cliff
Hey, I'm doing 100 days of python
What day is this
glacial knot
2 😂
glacial knot
😅
clear ferry
It does make things a bit better
I just need it to look good on one screen, the kitchen 24" vertically mounted
umbral cliff
My car is waaaaay too old for bourgeois things like steering wheel buttons
How old
umbral cliff
Pretty sure Audi has had it since 1998 at least
BMW was 94
blazing musk
BMW was 94
My 91 had steering wheel buttons... for the horn 🤣
blazing musk
~~#dataisbeautiful ~~
Need different colors for heat pump and garage heat
Also a stacked chart works well for individual circuits
last cedar
here we go again. that time of year
Lots of cute baby raccoons time of year?
forest edge
you mean frozen raccicle?
forest edge
2F now and keeps dropping lol
tidal bronze
2F now and keeps dropping lol
Middle earth issues
gleaming crater
Lol I put a cheap ($125) tv on my patio for the hot tub and I swear it seems like the refresh rate is lagging while it’s 20f outside
That’s okay, the steam from the saltwater hot tub will warm it up 😂
gleaming crater
I’m doing an experiment to see if a cheap tv lasts long enough to make the crazy overpriced outdoor tvs not worth it
static schooner
the heat opens the pores and makes it easier for the advertising to soak in
forest edge
I’m doing an experiment to see if a cheap tv lasts long enough to make the crazy...
if the steam from your hot tub reaches it then no, it will not. moisture it what makes a non sealed tv die
I've read some people's outside tv's die just from early morning dew
gleaming crater
It’s been going for most of last year lol but I didn’t expect much
gleaming crater
you don't need a TV for your hottub
Sometimes I wanna relax and watch something AND soak lol
forest edge
i've had a crt tv outside on my deck for years tho with no issue. just gotta be smart with it
gleaming crater
I have the tv in a well covered area so it’ll never get direct moisture, but yeah condensation is where it’s at
I should just open it and spray it down with some electronics waterproofing spray
forest edge
plenty of ventilation and not running it during super humid days should be fine
gleaming crater
I live in Washington state, it’s all humidity all the time here
It’s just an outdoor tv is like 10x the price if this lasts even a couple years it’ll be cheaper
tidal bronze
you don't need a TV for your hottub
How would a hot tub work without a TV?
forest edge
outdoor tv's are overpriced imo. looked into those when i built my deck
primal laurel
How would a hot tub work without a TV?
great question, ill come back to you
tidal bronze
It’s just an outdoor tv is like 10x the price if this lasts even a couple years ...
They used to be
gleaming crater
They all seem to start at a grand and go from there
tidal bronze
That's cheap used to start at 7k
gleaming crater
This tv was 125 after tax and shipping lol
tidal bronze
I guess you will find out and update us 😀
How are you handling audio from the TV with jets?
gleaming crater
My hot tub came with 4x50W speakers
You can sit right in front of one and hear fine
tidal bronze
Nice.
forest edge
wish mine had speakers
gleaming crater
Yeah I was pleasantly surprised the speakers were installed when I didn’t order the stereo, I just wired my own amp
Must be cheaper than trying to make 2 shells for that line lol
tidal bronze
Sound is the hardest thing to handle
gleaming crater
I have a zigbee sensor on the lid to start the music automatically when it opens lol
tidal bronze
Running 6 tops and 1 sub. Could use more after a few drinks 🤣
gleaming crater
I bought a marine sub that turned out to be way too big to fit in the cabinet
It sits between the tub and the house tho and vibrates the whole area lol
tidal bronze
Mines in-ground, getting low end in the spa is a quest. Running the sub 3' sub surface.
gleaming crater
I kinda wanted that monoprice outdoor sub you can bury for the yard
tidal bronze
I run something similar all over the backyard.
gleaming crater
I just have outdoor speakers in all the eaves for the yard right now
forest edge
Mines in-ground, getting low end in the spa is a quest. Running the sub 3' sub s...
audio nerd
gleaming crater
Mmm audio
tidal bronze
Outdoor sound is not easy to perfect. I run tops, rocks and subs. In-ground dual VC subs takes the cake.
gleaming crater
Hopefully your neighbors still like you haha
tidal bronze
Now and then I get compliments on the playlist. Lol
I go for good low end with immersive sound so not trying to blast the neighbors out
gleaming crater
Doesn’t matter how loud I get, I’ll never be louder than the neighbor practicing his drums
tidal bronze
Wowza. I would do a back flip if I hear that.
gleaming crater
His practice room is an addon he built himself, I don’t think it’s insulated properly lmao
forest edge
sounds like a noise complaint to me
gleaming crater
Thankfully it’s like every 9th Sunday, the rest of the time he’s traveling
tidal bronze
I have a surgeon that does 140bpm+ EDM like that. I make sure I am travelling when that happens.
gleaming crater
The neighbor between us are about to have a baby, I’m sure they’re gonna have a word about his drum solos
tidal bronze
Running out of space in HA VM is no fun. I need to start monitoring things. Set it and forget is not working 😕
forest edge
less automations that tell you that your obsession with speakers is perfectly ok should save you up quite alot of room
tidal bronze
Lol. Few packages were 0 bytes and found out about 0 space when some lights were not turning on. 🤣
gleaming crater
That just gave me an idea
Have the ability to set notify devices to user accounts
And the system could automatically send alerts to admins for system health issues
tidal bronze
My issue is that I don't want notifications from HA or want to use the UI 😆
glacial knot
automation is great 🙂
glacial knot
I still wonder if I shoul setup some voice asisstant over the occasional UI use
with the developments this(last) year, it might make sense
tidal bronze
@forest edge the number of years seeing and listening to alerts. I don't want to see or hear anything anymore. Automated in the background or don't want it.
gleaming crater
I’m the opposite, I don’t want to talk to my system ever
glacial knot
I'd rather yell at this, than navigate the UI
forest edge
<@104768700069990400> the number of years seeing and listening to alerts. I don'...
i mean alerts etc are for stuff that goes wrong.. not to let you know everytime some is triggered lol
glacial knot
don't let things get wrong™
tidal bronze
I used to get leak alerts now not even that.
forest edge
I used to get leak alerts now not even that.
so you don't want to know there is a leak? lol
tidal bronze
I will get a text from a cleaner saying please turn on water, some water fell on the sensor
For a slow leak and sprinkler leak, flume takes care of that.
forest edge
you should be more involved with your day to day life not block it out lol
you must be easy as hell to steal from
glacial knot
it must suck to actually have to worry about that on the daily
prisma briar
Can you do anything with that data?
No, lol. I use that graph for a 30 minute overview normally where it's a lot less noisy than showing the last 12 hours.
I also generally toggle all but the device I'm looking at on it
Just something I threw together real fast so I could see the immediate impact changes have on power levels
tidal bronze
Whole point I'm spending this much time trying automate things is to enjoy the disconnect.
prisma briar
I just set up grafana for my ha install a few days ago, I haven't spent much time customizing it yet
clear ferry
it must suck to actually have to worry about that on the daily
I was misinformed, I thought that was the American dream
prisma briar
Most Americans would call people constantly worried of being stolen from without good reason paranoid.
tidal bronze
@prisma briar used to be deep into power monitoring, now not so much. There's only a few things you can change in daily activities to make a sensible energy savings.
prisma briar
<@182947598691336192> used to be deep into power monitoring, now not so much. Th...
I got mine because one of the people I live with is using 60-70% of our power draw most days and I wanted to be able to show him when I move our power arrangement away from an even three way split.
clear ferry
Most Americans would call people constantly worried of being stolen from without...
There was a guy that used to be here that had been held at gunpoint twice in his apartment, so he bought unifi cameras to monitor the outside, haven't seen him in a few years, guess he got held at a bad gunpoint
forest edge
Most Americans would call people constantly worried of being stolen from without...
not sure where that came from. most people don't worry unless they have something worth losing lol
prisma briar
He's actually going to end up fully paying for my Vue in about three months, lol.
prisma briar
not sure where that came from. most people don't worry unless they have somethin...
So many people think their big tv and stereo are massive targets and they need to install a security system the same day they get the TV
clear ferry
So many people think their big tv and stereo are massive targets and they need t...
I grew up with not even locking the doors at night, now I maybe turn on an alarm if I leave the house
forest edge
not seen or heard of that
gleaming crater
Crime is very relative to area
tidal bronze
I do have a few automations that help to keep grid draw to the minimum like pool pumps heaters etc. Leverage solar production times etc. @prisma briar
forest edge
theft is a normal thing anymore and it's not always for things you would expect
prisma briar
I don't have solar and my power is a flat fee so I could care less what time of day I do things
glacial knot
I do have a few automations that help to keep grid draw to the minimum like pool...
I hope all on automation, not notification 🙂
prisma briar
I had a homeless guy get into my camper shell and steal a basket of laundy once, but it wasn't even locked
And honestly I probably would have given it to him if he'd asked
tidal bronze
I hope all on automation, not notification 🙂
If I had to use the UI ........
prisma briar
God I'm so glad I don't have to load all my laundry in my car and drive to a laundromat anymore. Living at that place sucked.
forest edge
God I'm so glad I don't have to load all my laundry in my car and drive to a lau...
wait till you get a comforter too big for your own washer and dryer lol
clear ferry
I don't think I've seen it here outside documentaries from the 60s
tidal bronze
Is that still widespread in the US ?
You mean washing clothes and showering? Yes.
glacial knot
I don't think I've seen it here outside documentaries from the 60s
Homeless people?