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real frigate
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Battery, zigbee1.2 (so mesh dropping was common), etc. and the motor was LOUD.

forest edge
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yea keen is zigbee

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oh you were talking to joo

forest edge
real frigate
forest edge
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oh keen was a shark tank thing

tough bridge
tender prism
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I use my Ecowitt weather station to know if it's raining. Don't know if Aqara has anything but it would not sutprise me.

red rock
tender prism
tender prism
# red rock I usually look outside

But that doesn't trigger HA to tell you it's raining, or remind you it's raining when there is a package or doordash delivered so it does't get wet.

red rock
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No I don't own anything horizontal so I actually don't care that it rains

tender prism
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It also has a light sensor to tell me it's dark, or to tell the motion lights it's dark rather.

weak musk
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This is the only one I’ve seen

grizzled gull
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how amazing how many things HAOS seems to automate...

keen bridge
tender prism
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Always carry a pocket knife, unless you are eating ice cream on a plane that is.

midnight adder
static schooner
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lol, seems like a race to pick it before it melts into a puddle

peak slate
loud pike
native spire
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argh, I guess I’m going to have to move my thermostat schedule back to Nest itself

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The stupid cloud API is too unreliable [to do scheduling in home assistant]

grizzled gull
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I'm really hating zwave right now grumble, sometimes simplier is better

white hare
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what are people using to flash esp with in linux? can't get pip installed in linuxmint 22

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I used to use tasmotizer

midnight adder
rich epoch
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anybody know how to see disable helpers in the UI? I set it to disabled and it is gone! Don't see anything in the filters to show disabled either...

thorny scarab
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check entities panel

rich epoch
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yeah... found it. not the most intuitive way of managing that imo, but... did get there after 10 mins of research.

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Thank you for answering. I appreciate it. 😄

hushed finch
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hey all - I'm on day 3 of learning home assistant and I'm trying to "reverse lookup" documentation to discovered solutions I've parsed together. For example, I was able to figure out {{ states('sensor.h5075_1b97_temperature') }} was the right state template value I needed for a conversion, but I'd like to know where in the documentation I would have been able to identify that's what I wanted

iron granite
young sigil
hushed finch
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yah I didn't see a "general documentation" channel so that's why I ended up here

young sigil
hushed finch
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yes I looked through that and nothing fit categorically to what I was after, either way I have my answer now

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thank you

silent doveBOT
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@quick tree I converted your message into a file since it's above 15 lines :+1:

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grizzled gull
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@quick tree why? Better off with low power intel system with quicksync

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and AMD X3D chip

lone dagger
grizzled gull
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That too, sorry

quick tree
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That’s why I’m asking lol been on a Mac train for like 4 years so I’m not sure what’s good

dawn badge
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@quick tree i would not buy this

quick tree
grizzled gull
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On commical note, you don't realize how dependent you are on home automation until it goes boom

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For the life of me can't get docker zigbeemqtt to pass through the controller, I've given up and just ordered a POE one, since I was having issues previously anyhow

static schooner
grizzled gull
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yeah, kinda where I am, ceiling fans don't work, smart bulbs don't work because the lamps they are in don't have switches on them(mother in law prevention) sooooo movie night on the 120" projector I guess lol

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watch tyson gas out in 2 minutes

lone dagger
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No I expect Jake Paul to get knocked the fuck out. 🤣

grizzled gull
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Hopefully

lone dagger
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All we can really do is hope. 😆

hollow bobcat
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What time is the main event

grizzled gull
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11 ET supposedley

forest edge
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that many

tender prism
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Playing with my LLM instance and the wrong screen was open.

silent doveBOT
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@tender prism I converted your message into a file since it's above 15 lines :+1:

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tender prism
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Not impressed...

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Meta, do better...

dusky plank
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qwen2.5-coder:32b is good

tender prism
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I avoided it BC I wanted language, not coding for what I'm using it for. Also don't think I can run a 32b at speed.

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Thinking about gemma too

last cedar
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Bambu Labs P1P is a solid printer right? First printer.

I have cats, so not sure the movable A1 bed would be great. Would make for jumpy cats

loud pike
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I have a strict rule, and that is that if I get a 3D printer setup, I'm going to build it into something like a Brimnes wardrobe so it's closed off and contained, and so I can build a ventilation duct into the side of it that can go out a window.

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3D printers are bad for your lungs. Definitely with standard ones, but 1000% with resin ones. Both should be in decently well ventilated spaces and neither should be in sleeping areas unless you duct them out.

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That said, ducting is easier than it sounds. Step one, cut a hole in the cabinet, step two, get one of those AC vent kits, that you use for freestanding portable ACs, step 3, find a AC powered box fan, you can find small ones that will fit that 5.9 hole easily, and bam, there you go.

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If you're feeling up to the task of automation, which I would think so in this channel, you can even set it up so that the cabinet automatically turns on the fan under certain conditions. Either if a print is running, or maybe if the temperature inside the cabinet is too high, or stuff like that.

desert cave
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I don't know how you could sleep with a 3d printer going in your room, just from noise >.>

last cedar
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I could also put it in the garage with a custom exhaust setup, and that would mean an A1 would probably be fine

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Wouldn't need to worry about small paws without thumbs then either

forest edge
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however if it gets clod in the garage that will impact prints

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cold

last cedar
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I have 100mm, 125 and 160mm vent pipe left over

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It is part of the house... how cold are you talking? I keep it about 13C at worst, it is 18C now and has a radiator (that I am too tight to keep on all the time)

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It is only meant to be frost proof atm

forest edge
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depends what you are printing with

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pla and petg should be fine with those temps

last cedar
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Although, I read the P1P could be enclosed and even print abs, I don't have a desire to print it now, but may in the future

forest edge
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but if you get into the more interesting filimanets then the ambient cold temps can play a role

last cedar
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I may have to stop being tight then

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What room temp would be ok for abs? If the printer is enclosed

forest edge
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in an enclosure you should be fine

desert cave
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also for FDM printers, ventilation isn't critical. Having the printer in a larger room works just fine, and a garage is even better

solar zealot
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Having it in the cold however will mess every up

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Even if they are in enclosures those are more to protect from air pushing on stuff in ways it should not than they would keep the heat in

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Your most definitely not getting decent results on stuff that goes up when it's less than 20c in the room

fading surge
cinder light
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My main server doesn't have any extra usb ports available for the zigbee usb, can I plug it in a raspberry pi and connect it through the network?

supple grove
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The pi could run Zigbee2MQTT and you could integrate it that way. Post in #1284966617670881350 for more.

tawny flume
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you can use zigbee to lan adapter look at official zigbee2mqtt supported devices

cinder light
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Thanks

low harness
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Well. Happy 20th birthday to Half-Life 2 today!

grizzled gull
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ugg make me feel so old

rose escarp
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lol same

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HL3 confirmed?

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still trying to figuree out how to disasemble the Tapo Robo vacuum lol

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i got all the screws, i'm thinking i need to remove the "bumper" bar, but i can't see how

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ok got it

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Top needs to come off

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sneaky

crisp oriole
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There is some tuya vacuum thats always tries to connect to my tuya network. What can i do to tell the owners to bind there device.

static schooner
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make a blog for it that you hope the owners see

peak slate
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😈 allow it to connect, then start controlling it

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Run the vacuum all the time!

crisp oriole
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Lost vacuum diaries

rose escarp
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Fan is ded. Ofc the right replacement is nowhere to be found

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iron granite
rose escarp
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Hmk tnx

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Oh nm i found it

last cedar
last cedar
peak slate
last cedar
rose escarp
last cedar
peak slate
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i didn't play HL1 until after i played HL2

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lol

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then i played it on PC

last cedar
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can anyone help? can't get my mower to show up in my Husqvarna account, so it isn't showing up in HA. any tips?

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static schooner
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The only automation you'll get from that is training a raccoon to drive it

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Then just add the raccoon integration

last cedar
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It is a year younger than me, needs a fuel pump, I think, it seems to lose prime

keen bridge
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Have you tried training 3 raccoons? One for each pedal and one for the steering wheel

last cedar
keen bridge
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Just needed a different perspective!

peak slate
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the 3 raccoons can even wear a trenchcoat if you need them to look more human like

iron granite
finite salmon
low harness
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Also, apparently Warcraft is 30 years and a day today.

finite salmon
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Quick question for anybody using smart switches, just want to be sure this setup will work: I want to use a smart switch to primarily control a smart lightbulb and some other IoT devices in the room, without necessarily actually cutting power to the circuit, allowing the switch to turn off the light but leave my ceiling fan powered and running overnight, only actually turning the circuit off when specifically commanded to by HA. Is this something that smart switches generally are capable of? I've never used one, only smart plugs, so I just want to be sure what I want to do will be possible before I buy a bunch of parts.

iron granite
low harness
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Oooh!
PSA: in case you can’t find your CD from back in the day, HL2 is currently FREE on steam.

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iron granite
hidden radish
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Just a simple compliment, Not really looking for help, or anything, but I am loving the WebRTC. I use Wyze Cams and Docker-Wyze-Bridge and then setup the cams. Before this, they were about 5 to 6 second delay before you saw the motion when testing. Now, with it, its less than 1 second. 🙂 Super Nice! I use them inside, so they are almost always off, but eventually will be on full tim ewhen we relocate probably so I look forward to then!

ocean oar
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Poor Tim, having all those cameras pointed at him

forest edge
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don't knock self voyeurism.. it's very arousing

lone dagger
drowsy tundra
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i was debugging discord notifications for the last 15 minutes and found out why it was saying unknown error

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discord is breaking right now

desert cave
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yeaaah. I still need to figure out discord notifications too

forest edge
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discord fixed?

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yup seems it

blissful veldt
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does the services section still exsist under developer tools

last cedar
ocean oar
red rock
last cedar
frigid mirage
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Quick question, is selectattr limited to 3 attributes?
if I add 'playing' it doesn't seem to work here: selectattr('state', 'eq', 'idle'')`

iron granite
frigid mirage
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Okay, I thought I save time asking here then creating a post, lol

iron granite
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But there is no support here.

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Only chill - and raccoons.

frigid mirage
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no worries, just want yes or no, not too sure about racoons in trenchcoat tho

iron granite
desert cave
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Maybe quick questions threads would be a good idea, for those who don't want to start a whole new post that'll have a single one word answer

supple grove
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I think the number of questions that genuinely have a one word (or one sentence) answer is quite small. There's usually clarification or follow up that results. Isn't it about the same amount of effort for a new post vs to find an existing thread and post in there, too?

iron granite
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And then the quick question escalates to a >1000 messages mess.

desert cave
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Well, you have the mess there or here, lol. There will always be mess :)

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This is something we did on another large discord, and those threads are a bit of a mess, but it has helped at least keep convos to the correct topics

supple grove
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That's effectively what the old discord was. I think leaving a decision like that to the person that asks the question won't end well. You'll end up getting questions like "Why isn't my SSL working?" in the quick questions thread.

desert cave
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And for those, we direct them to make a post. As it is, those questions are getting posted here currently

keen bridge
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The "quick questions" thread would just move the problem. It solves nothing.

supple grove
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My thoughts are even that wouldn't stop the questions posted in this channel, the problem would actually be spread.

forest edge
keen bridge
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Nope. At the moment it's fairly well corralled. Admittedly it would be nice if people actually read the landing page in discord when joining the server, but we can't force people to help themselves.

forest edge
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I would love to know how many people actively try searching for an answer prior to making a post vs the old way

desert cave
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Yeah, users will never actually do that lol. And it's not nothing. You're giving another path for a finite number of users to take. You're redirecting some, certainly not all, of the flow

forest edge
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you know if the uptick of people posting in here has increased due to <name that reason> already then surely they are going to struggle searching for answers because that method is all counter inititive lol

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ugh they are going too far with automated text messages

desert cave
grizzled gull
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You ever have one of those ah ha moments, just had one with automations

crisp oriole
forest edge
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I didn't know people tried searching facebook

desert cave
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Imagine using Facebook

forest edge
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facebook marketplace is kind of awesome

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once you learn whats scam and what isn't

crisp oriole
grizzled gull
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Well now I feel stupid, bought a SMLIGHT SLZB-06 was annoyed it didn't work over POE..... yeah I bought the non POE version, guess I'll have a backup for just in case(ordering POE version from Alliexpress for 40 dollars cheaper then amazon)

forest edge
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and same price

solar zealot
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Not the best hardware but still a thought to have

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not sure how trustworthy the seller is

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Generally that's a terrible CPU, but 26 bucks is only 26 bucks

ocean oar
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Pretty sure that's from the same family as the control plane CPU in my network switch 😆

solar zealot
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2013 Jaguar, sounds PS4 ish

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Probably good enough for homeassistant

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Should be better than a pi hehe

ocean oar
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I've re-used old Dell thin clients of a similar performance bracket (4C Celeron J4xxx) before though, totally doable

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Usually storage is the only big question. The Dell ones had space for a SATA m.2 drive

grizzled gull
forest edge
rose escarp
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With power brick

solar zealot
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It comes with power supply

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Likely not an internal one

rose escarp
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Its German

solar zealot
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Yea you see it in the second image

forest edge
grizzled gull
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Yep unfortunately

forest edge
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every damn year I work on trying to setup the next year ready to go holiday season automations and every damn year I still have to mess with it!!

rose escarp
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Lol

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Sounds familiar

grizzled gull
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honestly just use a zigbee switch to turn on the tree..... but we don't decorate much

rose escarp
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I just fixed the Christmas tree lights adapter. I was too cheap to buy a new one

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Had to crack it open. They are definately not made to be fixed

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Just needed 2 new caps tho so i just glued it back together. Its fine :p

forest edge
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lol

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we went big this year. twinkly tree

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wish they made adpaters for the prelit trees.. dumb that if you have a lit tree toper you gotta run a wire down the tree

solar zealot
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prelit trees? They ship them burning?

forest edge
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pretty much

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they got slick with how they connect too

grizzled gull
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Really having my whoel system go boom and building from scratch is making me learn so much more, and also realize I make things so much harder on myself(hello labels)

forest edge
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they need to make a plug adapter that can go between the segments with a plug or something

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altho not sure how that would work with the twinkly tree since they are all independent leds

solar zealot
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Aren't those super expensive

forest edge
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lol yea

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gotta wait for sales then they are still super expensive

solar zealot
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Do they at least be local controllable through ha

forest edge
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yea

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well not like wled

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but I can set favs in the app and access those in HA

solar zealot
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Could be worse

ocean oar
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They are at least local control (uses JSON/HTTP comms)

forest edge
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the only thing I wish was twinkly had a desktop application for creating new effects

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I loath using my phone

ocean oar
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Their even more disgustingly expensive "pro" range I think does

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Or at least web-based control

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Also it has wired Ethernet, which I guess is nice?

solar zealot
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For Business

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The professional handshake sparkling lights

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they smoke cigars in the evening

forest edge
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technically you could swap out the controller for something else. all the channels just plug into this green box

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I probably wouldn't have bought it if that weren't the case

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cause that would just suck to only get a few years out of a tree then the controller died and noway to replace or fix it lol

solar zealot
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Do they do the location calibration through some fancy color patterns?

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I think to remember that somewhere

forest edge
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tree mapping? you do it through the app

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they did a good job on that part. pretty painless

solar zealot
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It looks a bit like magic lol

forest edge
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what?

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the mapping?

solar zealot
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Yes

forest edge
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yea

pure tusk
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Anyone have pretty christmas lights automation? Thinking of making out front garden motion activated, includimg a speaker with xmas music

forest edge
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motion activated to what?

grizzled gull
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Light automation starts when someone is there? So its not running all the time?

forest edge
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weird someone's car horn was the same tone as that Darude song. like it didn't play the song but the tone was the same lol https://youtu.be/y6120QOlsfU?si=LrherYj2PyHQ2iZt

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pure tusk
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And kind of blowing up in peoples face 😄

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We have a duck ton of lights

peak slate
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"wait wouldn't that just be off for a few minutes at a time at best" -- city dweller

grizzled gull
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hmmm did Ikea switch to matter? Thier bulbs say wifi, and their hub(unavailable) says matter

serene trench
waxen briar
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Do we already have a guesstimate when there will be official voice hardware?

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Google is really starting to annoy me

iron granite
solar zealot
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my guess would be not before q2 25

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based on thin air and a foil hat

waxen briar
ocean oar
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Sorry... a "nonsensical response"

waxen briar
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I just need something simple for home control and maybe music preferably something that doesn't look gimmicky

keen bridge
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I don't believe there's any official statements yet, but in the last release party live stream it was talked about quite a bit.

forest edge
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pretty sure that was just a cookie cutter response to all Gen Z

mental peak
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Should I buy Wiser or Tado X?

solar zealot
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Wiser sounds localish with hacs

mental peak
solar zealot
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the tado integration isnt

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for the device to work through other means i dont know

mental peak
solar zealot
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matter might or might not work, probably best be asked in a forum channel

mental peak
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Does the Home Assistant SkyConnect support Matter?

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I purchased it a year ago

weak musk
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yes

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or zigbee

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but not both at the same time

mental peak
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I want it to work with Tado X

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So I need two?

weak musk
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If you want both matter/thread and zigbee, then yes.

iron granite
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Matter itself doesn't need a dongle. Just Matter over Thread does.

mental peak
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So I need two

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One for Philips Hue

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One for Tado X

weak musk
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or you know, just get an ecobee

static schooner
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Guys

mental peak
weak musk
tidal bronze
static schooner
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Sounds pretty ominous. Needs a smell sensor

tidal bronze
static schooner
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That seems like a...different sort of order. And pretty cheap for that

grizzled gull
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cheaper isn't always better...

tender prism
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Walking buddy? I think that means they carry you, right?

hollow orbit
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I want to install docker on a fresh W11 install. Is there any reason I should use docker desktop instead of running docker engine in a Linux VM on WSL? I’m installing Linux in a VM regardless

tender prism
solar zealot
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It's easier to work with mostly

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And you can still pass it to other vms

crisp oriole
forest edge
crisp oriole
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I can use new friends...

sacred thunder
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Hey guys, should I be concerned seeing failed logins from localhost to /media/uploads/.git/config?

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Also if I SSH into it directly, I see \[\e]0;\u@\h:\w\a\]\W $ as the prompt? seems fine when using the ssh plugin though.

iron granite
white hare
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is there a zwave module dimmer? I had to put a zwave wall switch in attic for a lamp and rather have a module

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like shelly 2pm

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they have wifi version but not zwave

clever mortar
pure tusk
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Is there a way to run the codeproject.ai on home assistant with plugin support?

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No idea if thats a addon or integration.....IF it already exists...

grizzled gull
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So philosophical question, what's worse having the same questions asked 4 times a day or having to redirect questions to appropriate area, I'm guessing the former, but both kind of seem to suck

tame plume
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Hey there.

grizzled gull
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Hello

tame plume
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Not sure if I'm posting in the right area. I'm hoping someone can point me to a definitive guide on home automation that I can use to scour for Black Friday deals. I want to take advantage of the timing right now.

I have a Zigbee hub and a few light bulbs. Looking for lots more lighting, then temp sensors and who knows what else. Thanks for any direction you might have.

desert cave
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The big thing I think they were trying to solve for is questions getting lost in the flood of other chat

grizzled gull
tame plume
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I'm really uncomfortable on Discord - I see a huge amount of info here.

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@grizzled gull Thank you for that!

real frigate
grizzled gull
real frigate
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Moderation and answering questions have become a lot easier with the new style.

agile jewel
grizzled gull
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Plus its nice just have a chat channel with fellow enthusiast that isn't scrolling super fast

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oh he left

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Neo, I think #1284966617670881350 is a better option sorry, didn't take a chance to review them, much more conversation about zigbee in that channel

tame plume
tame plume
grizzled gull
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@tame plume also I'd like to point out the sticky at the top of the #1284966353798697001 for holiday deals

tame plume
clear ferry
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Story of my life

low harness
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Don't worry. I'm an Expert.

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clear ferry
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Currently stuck in a project that was supposed to be a PoC that now is full multi tenant with external auth and national stakeholders

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Gr8 fun

grizzled gull
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I'm so happy my career path diverged from technology and to healthcare, still deal with technology but I have people for it 😛

golden wing
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i want to kiss whoever did the electrical work in my new house

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all of the lighting is on its own breaker, so i can install my smart switches without affecting anything else in the house

clear ferry
grizzled gull
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I identify what part of the EHR isnt' working and sometimes causes but not deep into the weeds if that makes sense

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On a side note, going from HAOS to Core + Dockers has actually been kind a fun in a wierd way

clear ferry
clear ferry
grizzled gull
light spindle
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Soooo how far BLE goes. I got some switchbot curtain 3 and a hub, but I am thinking if it's possible to add it without needing the hub

crisp oriole
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O yes. the roof of my appartment compex replacement will be 100000 euro cheaper

tidal bronze
tidal bronze
polar citrus
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well that was weird, just had a google home mini factory reset itself

weak musk
crisp oriole
clear ferry
grizzled gull
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I can understand that

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Oh Happy days, getting automations reset up, I thought the hardware portion would be the hard part, instead its the tediousness of automations lol. Who would have thought something as simple as Hey google turn the ceiling fan on high would be missed so much

undone dawn
weak musk
grizzled gull
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That post above gives me a headache, well so does the shaking.... turnip?

weak musk
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I think it's a peach

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but point taken haha

wintry knoll
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How do I get template sensors to reload the macros that they are using? I'm updating a macro and I can get the changes in the developer template but if I look at the entity it shows 'unknown' until I restart HA

grizzled gull
crisp oriole
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YES. my Home assistant has loads of new mobile on the bike automations and sms handels. features in progress. For example some one sends me a whatsapp and im on the bike and i can call back the sender with one voice command.

sturdy sphinx
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My new wyoming satellite is complete™️

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crisp oriole
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@sturdy sphinx cewl. Im waiting for some local guy with a 3d printer for my hardware to add voice control to my chill in the park speaker

sturdy sphinx
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I couldnt live without my 3d printer

mild cedar
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I'm not familiar with this new format. Is my post blocked or awaiting moderation? It shows up in the lists of posts as greyed out, and there is no response after 5 hours.

solar zealot
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Greyed out just means that you have already read it

upbeat bobcat
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has anyone setup source and zone switching on HA with toggle states and remembering what zones are active in each source when a source is pressed?

daring jolt
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the watttime integration has been broken for a few weeks
bachya is its maintainer and could probably quickly update it to use a more recent version of his own library but has been on break for a while
what happens next? is there a place for me to flag this? (please ping on reply)

grizzled gull
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oh happy dance, finally my transition from HAOS to Core/dockers is complete, getting bluetooth working was surprisingly the biggest challange because of my host OS :/

forest edge
austere anchor
tidal bronze
sturdy sphinx
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my only originality is a small python script that runs with the wyoming service that plays a chime when it gets triggered, as this conference phone has no addressable LEDs to indicate what's happening

daring jolt
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am i missing something or is the state of carbon intensity tracking terrible
electricitymaps doesn't sync exchange data and isn't fixable since it's closed source
watttime is broken and abandoned
i don't think there are other options

forest edge
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why would you even bother tracking that

daring jolt
weak musk
forest edge
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insane wind outside right now

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wish we could send it your way @tidal bronze it might clear some of the smog and male the air more breathable there lol

clear ferry
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-4c here currently, hoping for snow pepekek

forest edge
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25F is bikini weather tho

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the decision to move the startup popup dialog box from the left of the main pain to the center in 11.x is weirding me out. us old people don't like drastic changes like that.. so sayin..

brisk fox
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Anyone else having a problem updating simpleicons from v2.2.2 to v2.3.0?

last cedar
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Getting loft insulated 30cm more in the next 2 weeks too. Should be able to use the left over heat from summer to heat my house for the whole winter soon

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ZBMINIs are sweet btw, this is all

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I wish I had deeper mounting boxes though, was a tight fit to get it in

forest edge
last cedar
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I have no idea what that is 😦

forest edge
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do you put the left over heat from summer into jars and then release in winter?

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like canning

clear ferry
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no that is just you and your farts probably

forest edge
blissful veldt
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anyone run HA on a pi5

clear ferry
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probably a lot of sad people yes

forest edge
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don't mind him. his country still runs off steam engines

clear ferry
deft pewter
clear ferry
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but wet racoon smells delish

blissful veldt
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it seems to have a decent processor quad core 2.4ghz . better than the green / yellow boxes?

clear ferry
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anything would be better than a green \ yellow, so that is an unfair comparison

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mouldy potato would be a viable upgrade

deft pewter
clear ferry
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lots of great chinese minipcs too

deft pewter
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Even with UK energy prices, my NUC barely registers on my usage. And it's way better than a Pi for a similar price.

clear ferry
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since NUCs are a thing of the past

blissful veldt
deft pewter
clear ferry
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space ? no, speed ? yes please

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depends on what you are gonna run though

deft pewter
clear ferry
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all containers containing my smart home probably totals 12GB in all

blissful veldt
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i see 🤔 have to read up about it

clear ferry
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any N100 or newer miniPC is cheaper \ better than a pi

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a pi is great for a mobile home, or for a one off demo

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other than that, it is a horrible choice

deft pewter
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I bought a Pi years back. I don't regret it, since it's a fun little toy to tinker with. But since it's not much more to get a mini PC, just do that 😄

clear ferry
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pis are more expensive than minipcs these days

deft pewter
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Mine still sees use. It's sitting in the middle of my house running monitor. I could probably decommission it and just run that on my NUC.

clear ferry
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Or an ESP32

deft pewter
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But it's a 3(?) that I got for peanuts many years ago. Not worth buying a new one.

deft pewter
# clear ferry Or an ESP32

Yeah, that's how I'd do it if I didn't have the Pi laying around already. But I cba with buying/making enclosures for all my ESP stuff.

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Should be moving house soon, so maybe there's a workshop and 3D printer in my future...

clear ferry
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I need to get mine back running, just moved houses

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gonna print some cases for my ESP32-S3 touch displays

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great fun for the kids

deft pewter
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I'm still at the 'keep everything away from the kid' stage 😂

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Been a while since I've made anything new... what's different about the S3? I only have regular ESP32 and ESP8266 lying around.

clear ferry
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I've included my daughters since they were around 3 months, I was wiring up the house while they were on the floor playing around, and programming stuff while they were sleeping on top of me

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my eldest was 14 months old when she said "daddy can you print me a rainbow unicorn"

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This is the one I'm playing around with

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bought some rechargable batteries for it too

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so it can be plugged in, and also carried around

deft pewter
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Sweet. That looks pretty slick. How do you go about modifying the UI?

clear ferry
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it is all openhasp

deft pewter
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You using these as room controllers?

clear ferry
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That was the intention

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and scrollable screen so you can change room

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I need to sit down and learn this one day

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Pendragon is highly underrated guitarmasturbation

forest edge
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that songs flow is really fooked up

clear ferry
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You mean "progressive rock"

forest edge
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is that what it's called

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I would only consider maybe 20% of that song being "rock" lol

clear ferry
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constant tempo and rythm changes is a characteristic of progressive music yes

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I do mostly neo progressive and progressive metal these days, but I've dabbled a bit in progressive jazz metal in the past

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that's a ride of its own

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fun fact, I was supposed to play a concert at the Ventian in Las Vegas, but it got rescheduled to Fira in Barcelona 😦

forest edge
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yea i'll go back to the real hair bands. you can keep that all to yourself lol

clear ferry
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Or would that make it a sad fact 🤔

last cedar
last cedar
peak slate
last cedar
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To be fair, they probably should be higher quality!

clear ferry
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Probably higher material quality at least

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but I do love the crackle

peak slate
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CD quality is still higher quality than them

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Even if they are analog, they just can't compete

clear ferry
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I haven't bought a CD since 2007

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I have bought a few LPs since

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Mostly because I enjoy the covers a lot and I do have a record player

deft pewter
clear ferry
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Practically yes

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I have LPs from the 70s that have been played extensively that are still fine though

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so it depends on usage and care I guess

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I had Momentary Lapse Of Reason on repeat for almost a year in my room in the 90s, still plays fine

deft pewter
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I guess it's just one of those 'audiophile' things 😁

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I wouldn't know the difference

forest edge
peak slate
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😈

solar zealot
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ATXs basement is large enoug to fit all the lps

peak slate
mortal walrus
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i suspect that the wear you get on an lp in a good record player will tend to mostly be gradual attenuation of high frequencies… so probably not all that noticeable (especially since people naturally lose hearing in higher frequencies as they get older)

solar zealot
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Would be interesting to figure out the damage vs tolerances on this equipment

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They absolutely did make them the cheapest way possible

forest edge
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they still make them

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big pancake press

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now they come in all kinds of interesting colors and designs

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but still not as neat as the old silver and gold ones

forest edge
deft pewter
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As if there wasn't already enough shit on YT without AI-generated nonsense.

last cedar
solar zealot
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Do they make them out of raccoon tails?

foggy sequoia
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Is there a way to add a logbook card for an ESPHome device? Not an ESPHome entity, but the entire device like is shown when you look at the device summary?

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prime frost
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where should I be asking for some help troubleshooting history stats?

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integrations?

static schooner
mild cedar
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I totally screwed up my Zigbee ZHA trying to change the radio, how can I get it working again?

static schooner
mild cedar
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Yea I posted there yesterday and there is no response. This new format is terrible

static schooner
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ok

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please don't crosspost here

mild cedar
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So I restart the entire home assistant and it seems to work but it never prompted me to Overwrite Radio IEEE Address which is concerning

iron granite
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Correct.

forest edge
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well threw the third reality zigbee bulbs in my outside lights...

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then realized these things can't do custom effects like the magic home ones..

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so now I gotta dive down the whole build your own bs

weak musk
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Aside from the effects how are they?

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I was looking at those the other day

forest edge
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still daytime out, so not sure. they look just like the magic home ones but won't know about brightness till later

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I have one exterior light on the side of my house that has no close zigbee routers to it. was shocked it paired up lol

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almost as if the zigbee signal made a hard left around a concrete foundation to connect to the others on the outside

mild cedar
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Was the visualization option removed from ZHA? I can not find it...

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Where is the Zigbee channel here? I can not find it to post these questions

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I posted yesterday in #1284966582375813201 because ZHA is an integration. And they just replied no no no this is not the right place!

forest edge
iron granite
grizzled gull
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grumble, I wish there was something between workstation stuff/smaller server stuff and gamer stuff, all I want is a new intel machine with quicksync 770 integrted graphics and a no frills mobo without lights and other crap

forest edge
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look at this cluster fu..

static schooner
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looks like some sort of exploding star

forest edge
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@real frigate is that enough routers between shit and the cordinator for ya? lol

static schooner
grizzled gull
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Guess I'm doing stuff wrong because thats similar to what my zigbee mesh looks like lol

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other then having a lot more end devices because I was cheap with bulbs before I knew better

tidal bronze
forest edge
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is it weird that I don't want to write an automation that fires off every 3 seconds to change the colors of 4 bulbs? lol

gleaming crater
forest edge
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I like how that image is so small that discord had to blow up instead of shrink it

static schooner
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more like a minnow

real frigate
forest edge
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if they pan out I plan to add a sensor to my mailbox now that it can reach lol

tidal bronze
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Mailbox?

forest edge
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did california switch to email only?

static schooner
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99% of my mail goes straight into the recycle bin when I take out the trash. I'm sure it's amusing watching me squint in the dark to try to figure out if something is important

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Mostly jury duty, election ballots

tidal bronze
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Property tax statements, that's about it.

forest edge
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25% of the stuff i order online gets shoved in the mailbox

static schooner
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DMV business

tidal bronze
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Yikes

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Wish Generic Thermostat supported heat/cool at the same time

grizzled gull
tidal bronze
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Yep

forest edge
tidal bronze
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Do tell

forest edge
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as in I wished that eons ago and gave up

tidal bronze
#

I can't. Nest and Ecobee are simply useless to me

forest edge
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although now that I got my space heater under HA having seperate thermostats is required for me

grizzled gull
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I haven't dabbled much with that, I know my Centralite Pearl and Hi and Low setpoints so all I would need to impliment auto is change the heat vs cooling is a trigger on outside temp

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or inside I guess

tidal bronze
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Generic works like a charm but conditional UI elements and multiple thermostats, just too much brew-ha-ha to deal with

grizzled gull
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I live in a climate though that I shut HVAC off for a few months each spring, and fall so I just manually change the settings, didn't turn heat on until Nov 1st, have had windows open since late August

tidal bronze
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I still need to work on weighted averages and fne tune average zone temp, to account bedroom fireplaces. Nothing is ever simple 😁

forest edge
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wtf

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thermostat every 2 feet huh?

tidal bronze
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Minimum of 2 temp sensors per room/area.

forest edge
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aren't you running HA on like an i9 with like 64gb of ram and it still can't keep up with your temperature controlling? lol

grizzled gull
tidal bronze
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HA runs like butter. But accounting for every possible variable, i9 can't solve that. 🤣 yep my quest to completely automate things......

forest edge
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you are going to be the first person in history to install HA on a quantum computer

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IBM is going to be like, you wanna run what on our machine?

tidal bronze
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I am happy with HA speed. Just battling Forced Air + Fireplace logic in certain rooms. Guests coming over is never fun. Lol

forest edge
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I just pictured your central air sucking in all the smoke into the room

tidal bronze
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Some fireplaces are in bedrooms anyway.

forest edge
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oh so I wish you would pop up on the news clips i watch. that would make my year

weak musk
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My sister always accuses me of trying to build a house sentient enough to kill us, I think I need to introduce her to you QF

tidal bronze
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Been years and I could never dial in guest scenarios to the T. Oh well, struggle continues.

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"the car has been left unlocked"

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etc...

grizzled gull
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I saw something last night were a wife set a guys alarm clock to 5am with horrible music, his revenge was to have her toothbrush which is bluetooth enabled triggle a whole bunch of stuff 5 minutes after she was done, screaming from speakers, making the robo vac start, red lights flashing from the bulbs a whole bunch of stuff, it was hilarious

tidal bronze
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Most of my house systems are closed loop, so no notifications at all. My first goal was to eliminate 99% of notifications

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grizzled gull
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Was that on here? I forget where I saw it, it was late

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reddit

grizzled gull
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Yes that! lol

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one of my evil ones i commented has blown up

weak musk
tidal bronze
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Yep. Years ago I had TTS for everything. Lmao.

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yeah you don't want to get to notification fatigue

grizzled gull
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The whole notification thing brings back memories of my first yahoo mail account where I signed up for everything because I wanted to get emails so I wouldn't miss things.....

tidal bronze
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I do get silent Telegram stuff like this. Just things to go back and check as a log. But no notifications with bells and stuff

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i try to keep the notifications for things that require human interaction and also at predicted times to give infomation. dont want it spamming too much at random times

tidal bronze
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I kinda don't have anything like that. The only important thing used to be water leak, even that now goes silent, since shutoff valve is automated.

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tts notifications are better for others in the house so i tend to keep it with that. but stuff thats exclusive to me generally just appears on my dashbaord unless its critical

tidal bronze
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I don't use a dashboard at all. 😆

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this is my main landing page, you can see the (currently empty) notification section at the top. stuff appeears there when needed. still a work in progress but isnt everyones? 🙂

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generally have that up somewhere on my screens to see status at a glance

forest edge
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very clean

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still too big for my dashboard tho

tidal bronze
forest edge
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ugh cycling through colors on bulbs is too resource intensive for HA imo

#

ew look at that gross cord coming off that

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if i were your guest i would complain

tidal bronze
#

I know.

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lol ill do you one worse

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my "temp" kitchen dashboard

forest edge
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those lenovo things are actually holding up great

dawn badge
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nothing more perminent than a tempory setup right?

tidal bronze
#

Love the switch frames

forest edge
#

atx was talking about an esp/display kit earlier. those things are slick. don't care much for how hard it is to display what you want but once you got it setup it would be awesome

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there is a zigbee version lol

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i am thinking of building a better setup with a rpi and the new screen they just dropped. its a decent enough resolution for the task

forest edge
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I like the zigbee idea.. get that crap off wifi

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then for those that like actual buttons

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i mess with a load of random stuff and see what works. put it up and see if its actually used and if its not try something else

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just do stuff and spark ideas approach seems to work for me

peak slate
weak musk
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peak slate
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Always approve of physical buttons for things

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The universal input

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ill probably get another one at some point but i think ill be waiting for the hardware revision

solar zealot
peak slate
dawn badge
#

the statistics helper does that does it not?

solar zealot
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Didn't manage to get that going on the m11

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solar zealot
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Interesting

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Maybe it's something related to android 14 I've experienced

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It either wouldnt turn off or wouldn't turn on the screen properly

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solar zealot
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I returned the tab and was disappointed ^^
But it's a cool device for how cheap it is

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Even has a pen (and an LTE version exists)

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i got that tablet super cheap on ebay. i wouldnt have bought a new one to expiment with. i tried to use an old one i had laying around but that went badly..... as in the battery exploded and set on fire whilst in my hands and i had to put it in an explosion containment bucket outside rapidly

solar zealot
#

Ouch

forest edge
#

why isn't kiosk mode baked in HA already? rather it be account setting or dashboard

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I don't get how that hasn't made it in core yet lol

solar zealot
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Mostly because it needs extensive device permissions to work

forest edge
#

so what

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# solar zealot Ouch

tbh i am happy it happened in my hands in the middle of the day whilst i was awake and alert. and not in the middle of the night whilst it was in a box under the bed

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i dont think that exists. although i would love it if it did. you can maybe query the database directly but i am not sure

solar zealot
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Probably digital signage systems can do all that without magic

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Just they are a bit pricy

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Even tho some are Poe powered even

young sigil
#

Reminder: this is not a support channel. Just chill.

solar zealot
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We do chill

young sigil
weak musk
solar zealot
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Oh no ender is freezing

young sigil
forest edge
#

oh shit ukraine jumped on that US missle clearence

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man I hope we don't start seeing nukes flying

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forest edge
solar zealot
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forest edge
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hope you all have your radiation suits

solar zealot
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They also said they'd beat Ukraine in three days

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Lies over lies

forest edge
solar zealot
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But this is politics which aren't great for chilling

forest edge
#

is war politics?

solar zealot
#

pretty much yes

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weak musk
#

-# aqara just released a water valve controller, that's fun.

forest edge
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well one of intergrations had you add =kiosk at the end of a url i think

solar zealot
#

aquara
water valve

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it's about time innit

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solar zealot
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Subscription spotted

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aquaro is supposed to have a directly connecting HA integration. but if it turns out to be cloud then i guess its the same as them not shipping. its a kickstarter so its a diceroll anyway

hardy apex
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That naming is unfortunately close to Aqara (which I keep mistyping as Aquara)

tidal bronze
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will do. they said hoping to ship in about a month as of 8 days ago when they look addresses. i am hopeful to see it before cristmas

crisp oriole
#

Yes all digital fotos i have are now in nextcloud

quaint obsidian
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Possible to put a timer in this switch? Do Shelly make anything? I'm trying to have the ability to delay start / schedule start my dishwasher so I can run it overnight.

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crisp oriole
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fingerbot?

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dont have it my self but there are button pressing devices.

quaint obsidian
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It won't work unfortunately as it's an integrated dishwasher. The buttons are on the top and are hidden once the door is closed

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So crap it doesn't have delay inbuilt.. it's a Bosch one and not even that old

grizzled gull
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my bosch like that has a botton you press a few times to delay the time to start, not sure how the dishwaster would start because when its closed teh buttons are disabled, I don't think it starts when you restart power, (although I vaguely remember something about what happens if it loses power)

crisp oriole
#

now you say. my sash washer also has a delay

quaint obsidian
grizzled gull
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i put a shelly pm behind my a fused spur for power monitoring of a washing machine. you could definetly do the same with a relay if you wanted to. however theres a motor in a dishwasher so the relay might get upset with he inductive load (this is why i went for a monitor only). also does the dishwasher come on straight away when power is applied?

crisp oriole
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found a old screenshot of my windows XP laptop

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slow dirge
#

Feeling reallllly frustrated right now. My neighbor came by earlier and rang my doorbell - keep in mind, it NEVER gets rang, maybe twice a year.

It crumbled under the weight of his puny finger. When I answered he handed me bits and pieces that fell off, and told me what happened. And when I touched it to just get a glance, it crumbled further. Like trash.

This damn thing isn't even 4 years old - an Amcrest AD110.

I'm pretty pissed off, but I guess I'm in the market for a new doorbell.
Does anyone have any suggestion for a doorbell that operates on the standard doorbell power terminals and allows local video streaming? I have absolutely no problems with the Amcrest other than this crumbling issue, but I'm so pissed I want to know what other options people have had success with.

The AD110 has an app that lets me do 2-way talking, but I rarely use that and have external IP/DNS blocked from the device, but togglable by a button on my phone (ssh command to my firewall, nerdy stuff). I'm more interested in local-only access for motion detection and seeing what's at the door before I approach it.

Anyway. Frustrated guy here just needs some guidance and talked off the ledge 😅

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sounds like a new company on my "avoid if possible" list. i imagine the plastic perished to the UV of the sun, i say this with no experience at all but I can say that if i was buying one now that i would look at the reolink stuff they have various options

weak musk
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I think eufy and ubiquiti too— but #1284966353798697001 will likely be able to offer specific ideas/recs.

forest edge
ocean oar
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Considering I have southern hemisphere ozone hole "oops, all ultraviolet", surprised my Ubiquiti camera has been a-ok out in the elements

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3.5 years, aside from that it's pulling Ubiquiti's classic trick of burning out the LEDs (IR lights are probably half as bright as they were when it was new), zero issues

slow dirge
last cedar
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It has 2 terminals on the back of the poe one, as well as the network port, I assume the wifi one dors too

low harness
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When did it become hard to use a yubikey?
Before I would just touch it to log in to some websites.
Now I have to first tell my password manager that I want to use a hardware key instead.
Then I have to tell windows I want to use a hardware key instead of Windows Hello (whatever that is).
And then I can touch it to log in.

last cedar
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@clear ferry is this how your servers get so much ram?

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clear ferry
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memmaker.exe

crisp oriole
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What if you enable zram

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I think that will make it faster due to the remote swap bandwidth

atomic delta
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Man, I kinda wish there was an OpenScale integration. Or any kind of scale integration. Not having to involve my phone in the process would make me more likely to bother.

clever mortar
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Create a feature request on the forum

atomic delta
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Huh, looks like there's a hacs integration for one brand... Now I just have to decide if it's worth buying a new scale just for that laziness.

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rich sphinx
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Morning! Looking to build my own Home Assistant setup. But I do have a rather unique way I want it to send me errors, that will probably involve creating my own HA integration & Android+WearOS app

crisp oriole
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Warnings or errors?

red rock
rich sphinx
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But basically my plan is, if there's an error, I'm gonna get the Home Assistant to call me

crisp oriole
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have you checked spook?

rich sphinx
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just looked at it and not what I'm after, but could still be useful

fathom sparrow
rich sphinx
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Looking for a way that when something errors out (as in the integration completely falls over) my phone gets called over the internet by HA

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But part of the reason I'm probably gonna still need to build my own stuff is because I want the call screen (at my end) to have a very specific theme to it. So I'll probably need to generate my own call out in the Home Assistant to ensure it goes to the right caller on my phone

fathom sparrow
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none of that really sounds custom

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system log integration with normal andriod/ios notifications (actionable)

rich sphinx
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I specifically want it to call me though (over the internet, rather than via the phone networks)

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Not just push a notification. Not to mention I want to use a very specific call screen on my phone for it that I'd need to custom make.

crisp oriole
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call you like voip?

rich sphinx
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Yes

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But with a very specific custom designed incoming call screen on my phone & watch (since the call screen I'm drawing inspiration from Android Honeycomb)

crisp oriole
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But why errors. Like tts of a error message makes sense.

clever mortar
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There's some custom VOIP "notification" options - integrations and add-ons - out there

rich sphinx
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Like "This is your Home Assistant calling. [Integration name] has stopped working due to [Error reason]"

crisp oriole
rich sphinx
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So it sounds like HA already has everything there so will just need to create my own custom call screen specific for the HA calls. And feed it back into the HA system. I'll keep the Pixel call screen for cellular calls though (that Google Assistant call screening).

crisp oriole
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@rich sphinx Best to go to integrations setup a topic. I can help. I do a lot with voip. but i dont have calls like that

rich sphinx
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Roger, will go to Integrations once I've acquired the HA and started the setup of it

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Does the HA yellow have a WiFi module in it for the PCM4 to use, or do I need a WiFi module for the Pi4?

crisp oriole
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Best to use ethernet.

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you need ethernet to setup the system anyway.

rich sphinx
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That's assuming I'll have a spare ethernet port always available

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I tried to move from a 4 port switch to an 8 port and that 8 port one is breaking the Hue Bridge

crisp oriole
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I guess most wifi will work.

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Home assistant os uses linux and linux works with most wifi drivers if not to new or unique.

fathom sparrow
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not sure how a switch could break hue bridge

crisp oriole
rich sphinx
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Well when I plug it into the 8 port, it refuses to connect to the internet, but works fine in the 4 port. Other devices connected to the 8 port connect to the internet fine

crisp oriole
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can you see the mac addess on the local network?

rich sphinx
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I'll have to check when I try to hook up the 8 port next

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I kinda need to get the 8 port working anyway... got other devices I need to add 😑 (e.g. PiHole, secondary PC)

fathom sparrow
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is it a managed switch or unmanaged

rich sphinx
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I believe it's unmanaged

fathom sparrow
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are you managing vlans?

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if yes, that's why it won't work

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unmanaged switches are dumb, and they remove all special things you do on your network

rich sphinx
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I'm not managing vlans no

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since the 4 porter is also unmanaged as far as I know

forest edge
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how do you know what "special" things i do on my network? hmm?

crisp oriole
rich sphinx
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The 8 port switch is the model TL-SG108E(UN) 6.0

Oh... it appears this one does support VLAN... I wonder if that's what's happening

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And that's the 4-port

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forest edge
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sure hope this OTA update for these third reality bulbs fixes the weirdness with operating them through HA

simple solstice
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Random rant. I absolutely love Home Assistant.........BEST THING I ever geeked out on. End Rant

hearty palm
forest edge
indigo mural
grizzled gull
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And they are repeaters...........

delicate oxide
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Just so well handled

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@stable wolf - I am getting tired of your dashboards taunting me with how good they look, while I have no sense of style at all. Any chance someday you would be putting out a simple style guide on how to think through making stuff decent looking? Awesome work you guys are doing. Definitely in my top 5 software packages!

simple solstice
grizzled gull
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They are on Amazon already

simple solstice
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Amd you want to know what's odd? I dont even see release date to see how long they been out

grizzled gull
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I'm going to replace some of singled ones with those, some i won't only because they are special cases(edison bulbs)

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identified 8 bulbs I can replace...... may just order 3 for now to see how they work, hesitent to replace lights on switches because my mother in law....

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I love discord, but loath it in a way, it makes me spend more money 😛

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omg they have tilt sensors now too!

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The are really putting out a lot of new things, soil moisture sensors that's awesome for drip irrigation

delicate oxide
grizzled gull
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I'm currently using ecowitt sensors which are fine, but having other options is awesome, which are about the same priced, and for my distant gardens they are a better choice due to being lower frequency then zigbee, but for stuff around the house these look awesome

forest edge
grizzled gull
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singled are end devices only, which for some situations is better

forest edge
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not sure what situations lol

grizzled gull
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Bulbs on light switches that get turned off and on a lot

forest edge
forest edge
grizzled gull
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True, given the price point though I see no reason to buy singled though

stable wolf
delicate oxide
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hah, thanks! You guys are awesome

forest edge
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no sense of style..

static schooner
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I feel seen and embraced

forest edge
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mowhawks aren't that bad

peak slate
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Lol mow hawk, I'm imagining a guy on a John Deere lawn mower with a mohawk

rich sphinx
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Are there any brick and mortar stores in Northern England where one can buy a home assistant yellow and a raspberry pi pcm4?

solar zealot
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Unless they are listed as official resellers, maybe but unlikely

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You probably should check the web on stores in your area and check with them if they have such inventory

keen bridge
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But that doesn't stock HA yellow.

rich sphinx
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I'm quite a bit up north in West Yorkshire. Would prefer a brick and mortar store I can go into

static schooner
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it's that like driving from San Diego to LA? 🙂

rich sphinx
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I can't drive

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I'm mainly reliant on buses

peak slate
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Which is my favorite drive time reference

simple pebble
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I’ve found some tablets originally used in office environments to show occupancy of meeting rooms. They run android 7.1. Would it be possible to run like fully kiosk on them? They’re called Meetio - Room MR-IE10

forest edge
simple pebble
forest edge
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ok are you dev's occasionally moving and changing the "create a backup before you update" button to try and trick people into leaving it checked prior to updating something like an addon? I'm feeling very suspicious here

solar zealot
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you may be onto something there

keen bridge
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(The Pi Hut is such a dangerous website for me, I always order more than I'd planned 😂😂)

rich sphinx
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Yeah I'm specifically wanting a brick and mortar store

keen bridge
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As I said, there aren't many. The only UK stockist of the yellow is online only.

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And raspberry pis are not exactly available in Poundland which is all basically all that's left on the high street.

prime dock
static schooner
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now I know the UK equivalent to Dollar General and The Dollar Store 🙂

prime dock
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We shop in charity shops mostly. 🤣

slow dirge
# last cedar Reolink poe, but the non poe version! Give it a look

Is this the one you're meaning? https://www.amazon.com/REOLINK-Doorbell-Detection-Storage-Assistant/dp/B0B7S3JSG7

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last cedar
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I have the poe one, it is great

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Integrates well with home assistant too

slow dirge
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It reads really great on paper... Local storage natively is really nice, although I just use motioneye and webhooks.. nothing fancy yet

grizzled gull
last cedar
grizzled gull
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this is a newer update, I just disabled the firmware update reminder because it works just fine the way it is

slow dirge
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I'm curious, the chime box thing, is that necessary? Or can i still depend on my existing wired chime box?

last cedar
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I use blue iris and the fps and iframe intervals should be the same for the main and substreams

slow dirge
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i wanna use blue iris but i'm a linux-only house 😄

last cedar
slow dirge
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although i did recently find out how to easily manage a windows vm via docker without any kvm software needed myself... so i might give that a try

grizzled gull
slow dirge
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ooh?

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not sure why i didn't even look for that

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that's exactly how i was going to do it, too 😆

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well not fluxbox, but yeah

last cedar
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To be fair, you would probably want iGPU with quicksync with any beefy setup

slow dirge
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hmm yeah i don't have a beefy setup fortunately

last cedar
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And that may put docker out of the equation

grizzled gull
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Eh? You can pass through GPUs to dockers, doing it now with Emby and a 1050ti

slow dirge
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oh so like the nvidia gpu container wouldn't suffice? this is a Dell SFF pc, no gpu just integrated jun

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but on my desktop yeah i use my gpu with docker for some stable diffusion stuffs

last cedar
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You can use cuda or quicksync

forest edge
grizzled gull
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Does Blueiris use coral?

last cedar
slow dirge
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i can't kill the breaker switch because my HVAC is on the same circuit

last cedar
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Blue iris (can use deepstack also) uses something called code project for ai, that has a coral plugin

forest edge
slow dirge
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otherwise it still "works"

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lol there's not much of this year left 😅

last cedar
slow dirge
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hahah well as long as it doesn't burn down my house mother nature can have it

limpid patio
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Question: Has anyone made their own HVAC controller with HA, got rid of their commercial thermostat and controlled the systems with direct relays? Any handy links or channels I should be in? Or is this just total folly and avoid avoid avoid?

I'm thinking about how to go 100% HA... no sleep til Brooklyn. My HVAC installer wants to swap thermostats and I'm starting to think that they all have issues, and there aren't many that can handle several accessories like fresh air vents and multi-level heat pumps

last cedar
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I have seen thermostat manifolds controlled via HA on reddit

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So I wouldn't be surprised tbh

slow dirge
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heh my first initial instict is "how hard could it be? an esp32 and a few relays" but i know nothing about that

grizzled gull
slow dirge
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but i have a zwave thermostat that works great, haven't touched it since the house was built

weak musk
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I have an ecobee, but control all of the scheduling/setpoints in HA.

last cedar
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I have weather compensation on flow temp and then normal thermostatic valves on the radiators now, difficult to trim the heat with all the extra insulation I keep adding 🤣

limpid patio
grizzled gull
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I'd be hesitant to go 100% software driven on a thermostat, because even dumb zigbee/zwave thermostats have emergency heat setting for fall back incase something happens to HA

last cedar
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Lots of that stuff can be monitored with modbus though

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But not controlled

limpid patio
last cedar
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My end goal is to have what I have now, but monitored with an esp32

last cedar
limpid patio
last cedar
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Can you imagine if it goes down and your pipes freeze or something?

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My ventillation setup uses modbus, I need to get it into HA

limpid patio
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yeah I guess it's not just about the thermostat when dealing with HA, some other integration could take the system down, then what?

forest edge
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could you imagine your pipes being exposed enough to be able to freeze

last cedar
limpid patio
forest edge
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time to wrap them pipes

last cedar
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@forest edge how many BTU is a raccoon licking a pipe from the tongue heat?

weak musk
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It can get cold enough to still freeze your pipes-- even if wrapped (and in your house)

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(In Colorado US)

forest edge
forest edge
weak musk
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lol ok Sonoma

grizzled gull
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Minnesota here.... issue with Texas ius they put all their pipes in the outside walls, we have 95% of of plumbing on inside walls or insde the building envelope

last cedar
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I have been looking at air water monoblocks, we get down to -25C here. But you send water to and from it, no antifreeze it seems. I don't see how it is good if power went out

limpid patio
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The irony of my question is whether it's easier to design a relay system on ESP32 or whatnot than find the right thermostat. Intersecting "what works with HA" and "what has enough driver terminals" is pretty challenging

last cedar
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People that do that sort of "not off the shelf solution" seem to get custom pcbs made too

grizzled gull
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Brian what are you tring to do?

slow dirge
last cedar
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I would say it is definately possible, but it isn't going to be easy

slow dirge
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you don't realize how expensive trees are until you replace them

weak musk
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facts

last cedar
grizzled gull
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You could always run multiple thermostats for different zones but control them with HA with the thermostats still having their emergency settings

forest edge
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replace?

limpid patio
# grizzled gull Brian what are you tring to do?

Solve for: "whether it's easier to design a relay system on ESP32 or whatnot than find the right thermostat. Intersecting "what works with HA" and "what has enough driver terminals" is pretty challenging"

slow dirge
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stupid HOA....

forest edge
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why would you replace a tree

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oh

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one dumb thing deserves another.. haha

grizzled gull
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HOA.... ewwwww, they are putting in a new neighborhood accross the street from me with one, I'm going to wash my Jeeps by hand and work on them in the driveway just to rub it in

slow dirge
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yeah... sad thing is once covid hit, they basically did nothing and a billion people moved into the area and now there's like 10-15 people living in every house, and car chases end up in our area... you know, right around the $700k-1MM homes... Austin has turned to shit, very quick and i'm ready to gtfo

last cedar
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Would you really want a relay btw? Wouldn't you want a granular "screw motor" to adjust valves?

forest edge
slow dirge
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yeah well that's why i'm looking at property where i need to drive to see my neighbor 😆

limpid patio
forest edge
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if you already have $$ then don't delay.. if you don't then don't expect anything to get any cheaper lol

grizzled gull
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so the dual fuel is the backup for when it gets really cold?

limpid patio
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right

grizzled gull
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so why not setup 2 dumb thermostats and set conditions on outside temp

last cedar
forest edge
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surprised the powers that be haven't ran you all off to the the-workshop yet lol

limpid patio
grizzled gull
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sorry!

last cedar
weak musk
grizzled gull
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Brian no integrations at all needed

last cedar
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I am just enjoying not talking about raccoons for once tbh

limpid patio
forest edge
weak musk
grizzled gull
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Start a post and I can share my thermostat and my automations if you want, no need to use an integration other then zigbee

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I think you're making this more difficult then it has to be 🙂

last cedar
forest edge
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I think he passed away. was sad

limpid patio
forest edge
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dunno if the wife took over hot dog duty or not

last cedar
forest edge
last cedar
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James Blackwell iirc

forest edge
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I thought they posted a video about him being super sick and on the way out

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wonder if the racoon mass body heat healed him

last cedar
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Blackwood

limpid patio
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Thanks all!!

solar zealot
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the guy with the guns?

last cedar
grizzled gull
last cedar
grizzled gull
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can I post ebay links? nothing fun unfortunately, or do I need to post that in the workshop?

forest edge
last cedar
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I would guess so 🤣

peak slate
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Instructions unclear, have cats instead

forest edge
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the amount of missing pet posts that pop up this time of year is always so sad

peak slate
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Yeah, these I know are all strays

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Old House got lots of dumped dogs though in the area

last cedar
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We ended up with 6 cats 🤣

solar zealot
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and you didnt send me one?

forest edge
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@tidal bronze ever landed at this airport? https://youtu.be/M2cN49Cfg9Y?si=XeV4l9TGB6dl6kaI

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when the automated thing announced the 500ft above those homes I knew it was going to get interesting then 200ft above that road with the car.. was like yea.. f that!

pulsar bison
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Anyone using a WiFi smart lock that is HA friendly?

rich sphinx
tidal bronze
peak slate
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Some are dicks, food guard, and beat up the other cats

blissful veldt
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what do people think about a echo show 15 as dashboard

night siren
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op

rich sphinx
forest edge
tidal bronze
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@lone dagger you safe?

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i dont know who sarah is but i suspect there has been a drop in spouse approval factor requirement somewhere...

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grizzled gull
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Anyone ever make an automation and thing they have it perfect, then they let it run for a day and realize they screwed it up and then have ah ha momment think to yourself "I'm an idiot"

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isnt that most automations?

grizzled gull
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maybe....

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everything is trial and error

ocean oar
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it sort of does what its supposed to do but needs fine tuning... so yeah sounds about right

grizzled gull
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So I nuked my HAOS VM and went with a docker setup, my previous setup I used Node Red for most of my automations though using HA entities, this time around on a fresh config, I've decided to just use strictly HA automations and honestly for everything so far I've wanted to do its worked ok

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dont think i have ever heard of anyone going from haos to docker. haos is so much more flexible. I havent actually ever used nodered. i should probably try it at some point but i havent had much issue making stuff with HA automations so it seems a little redundant

grizzled gull
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Eh, I figure HAOS is just a supervisor anyhow, if I'm already running a machine with dockers, I'll take out the middle man

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hey, if it works for you then thats what matters

grizzled gull
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I mean yes I know it does more then just a supervisor, but in the grand scheme of things it what it boiled down to in my head, plus it let me tinker more

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i am running it on a ha yellow currently. if i was to run it on other hardware i would run haos on one of my proxmox servers

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might get a n100 minipc at some point for it and a couple of other things though. too many ideas not enough implementation

tidal bronze
grizzled gull
tidal bronze
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Ah

grizzled gull
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Kinda along the same reason I went with docker setup vs haos

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I enjoy the putzing around

tidal bronze
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Nothing wrong with that, as long as production is untouched 😀

grizzled gull
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My wife really loves it when I take down the entire house entertainment system, yes I play with my production box lol

tidal bronze
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Wowza! Life will stop here. Lol

grizzled gull
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nothing critical though, I will say waiting until I got a new POE zigbee cordinator and not having lights throughout most of the house was interesting for 2 days

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i mess around alot on prod to be fair but i do have a "canary install" on proxmox i use if i end up needing to restart alot or need to repro a problem on a setup with less stuff etc...

tidal bronze