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i have a zigbee adapter and a rtl adapter, so i'm worired about compatibility in a windows vm with those.
don't use windows unless you absolutely have to... however move to #1284966353798697001 or #1284966540617449515 to talk about hardware or install types
Windows should only be used for defenestration
nice, you don't see that word very often
but aside from windows haterade, is it really that bad?
Client Windows is still miserable.
My work laptop has so many issues with hardware randomly stopping working (audio, Bluetooth, WiFi). Yesterday it wouldn't let me close programs (even force quitting the process, wouldn't die).
Pretty much at the point that rebooting daily is required because something just randomly breaks and that's the only way to fix it.
Windows server - being free of most of those problematic bits, because no-one's expecting them to be there in the first place - is okay, most of the time
i just meant for virtualbox/vmware workstation/hyper-v with HAS. i have no issues with windows as a daily driver for regular tasks, that's not my qualm.
After forcing files onto the USB drive, HAOS is now working
What's the cybr thing
Guild Tag
How does that work
You join a server that has a guild tag, go to your profile settings, add it
HAOS is neat
Now I don't have to do shenanigans to update it
we should screenshot that and post it into the core/supervised deprecation discussion post
Wha
But my history isn't loading?
Windows is just more taxing on the hardware
Proxmox doesn’t need stuff like a desktop environment running
Why not just install Proxmox? It’s stupid easy to get HAOS installed via the Proxmox scripts site.
I'm just going to click submit and hope I didn't brick anything.
Also why can't I use Local IPv4 with HTTPS?
It's covered by the certificate.
Well now homeassistant works as the domain.
And now it's in my certificate
is there a simple way to copy a sub-dashboard into a new dashboard?
#1284965988642590891 (simple? not super. doable? Yeah)
Whcih vacuum is that?
Looks neat. Though I'd try to avoid that immensily bright spot. Or is that just camera being weird?
Ambience? Looks like something from Amsterdam 😂
Camera being weird
Roomba
Cameras 😦
As in, yes, in real life it's also bright, but less "bright spot" and more gradient
My current deco is on hold because I'm moving later this year 
Probably... but that's a question for a support channel.
oh ok
#1284980040940912641 is what you want
👍
Oh man, now I'm living at my parents
Nothing goes above putting on bath slippers and going to the supermarket and not giving a shit
You can still do that, right?
Yes, because I'm living there
And since I'll move to a complex above a supermarket I don't have to miss it
It literally was like, I want a croissant for breakfast
You put on shoes to go shopping?
Most people put on some kind of footwear to leave the house, yeah
And since I have to drive to the store, it's not slippers/slides.
Weirdos o.0
The bar is low
NUFC fan?
That's almost socks in sandals 
Nufc?
So he's the NUFC fan 
He isn't either
oh god, I just took a closer look at the socks...
Newcastle United fried chicken
The fried chicken here sucks, don't do it
I don't think even Stefan's parents were born when does was a thing 🤣
Ad server for air gapped solutions and proprietary isv software mostly these days
No AAD 
Nah, a container, most of them are just running web servers or SQL servers
You mean Entra id
I have no idea 🙂
Is that separate from AAD? From a quick look it looks like a rename or just more or less specific product's name?
jesus christ how old do you think I am
They renamed it a year or so back
12, let's not assume issues with ToS
yo, i'm trying to setup a yellow with a new CM5 Lite and an NVMe, I connected to it using rpiboot and wrote the Home Assistant OS 15.2 (Yellow) to a 512gb image that was presented through it, but it doesn't boot... it just alternates between red and green lights
I haven't had to deal with it for 2.5 years now 🥳
I'm still wondering if I should bother with an ldap, or just keep my identities in keycloak and 
I prefer OIDC/SAML over ldap either way
If you have keycloak you can just do whatever you want with the backend and don't care
I don't think it has an ldap provider
Just a consumer


Do you have a link to some docs?
Quick Google brings up what I thought before
That it integrated by syncing users from ldap into keycloak, but cannot provide the ldap to clients from it's internal database
So you have to sync the entire catalogue and don't do lookups? I'm not sure how to read that
this is the guide I'm trying to follow https://support.nabucasa.com/hc/en-us/articles/25607960026397-Migrating-from-Home-Assistant-Yellow-Kit-with-CM4-to-a-CM5, as I understand it whether the target is a CM5 or a CM5 Lite + NVMe shouldn't matter, is that correct?
rpiboot is letting me mount the 512gb nvme ssd installed in the yellow board
but after writing HAOS to it, it just alternates between red and green lights
i could get an NVMe USB enclosure if that would help, but is there a difference between using that and via rpiboot?
@smoky forge This is not a support channel. You want #1284966540617449515
i really just want a chat channel
There’s no support here - only chill. Come in, grab a drink, chat with your fellow community members! This is a space to talk to other smart home enthusiasts. If you’re looking for support and unsure where to go, check out https://discord.com/channels/330944238910963714/1284968640189304913 - it should help you find where you are going. No politics, religion, or any other obviously contentious topics! Please ensure you've read the Code of Conduct (https://www.home-assistant.io/code_of_conduct/), and #rules.
Im not sure how dynamic it can be
My point is that it won't act as ldap server for clients
This is a chat channel. Just one not for support 😄
absolutely, it's just that my home is very smart and with this down literally nothing works, and as such I was really looking for some input from random people on the internet, and those people aren't perusing the #1284966540617449515 board you know? they are in chat channels where things happen, but I've written a post there now, fingers crossed someone stumbles over it
i miss IRC
I miss BBS message boards, but here we are
We had chat channels, they were removed. I want them back too, many people do. But the mods dont, so here we are
is there an unofficial HA discord where there are normal chat channels (and people)?
If you enjoy pissing off a bot that detects profanity I used to be on the drzzz discord
See how many different ways I can write a curseword
haha
The ones that care about helping you with your configuration are in #1284966540617449515 . Some of us mute the channels we don't care about, and don't want those discussions popping up everwhere else.
I mean, the only reason it might pop up elsewhere is because there is no channel for support that you can mute. but I'm not looking for a fight here, I'll happily sit here in the darkness and hope someone finds my plea I guess 🙂
🤓 deep seek understands my plan. And thinks it my plan to save the world might accutually work.
Is that world larger than China?
i made a rookie mistake
ordered a hundred .68mm pogo pins
opened them on my desk
they have the same color
i now cant find them
Using AI with a plan to save the world. Sounds pretty familiar and the recent attempt has been disastrous so far. 🤣
it confuses me too haha, not sure where is best to discuss HA issues in realtime with people
Anyone use Plex in their automations? Keen to hear how other people implement starting media as everything I've tried is janky as hell
Starting media is done with my remote, but HA pulls down the blinds and lowers the lights, also mutes and pauses if my kids wake up
Nice! I might to include closing the blinds in to this too... good thinking. I'd normally just browse for media too but this is for an NFC card library 🙂
I got that stupid expensive Canon printer bit of plastic that let's you print directly on to NFC cards, they look great!
but £50 for a piece of plastic did sting haha
oh awesome, Music Assistant has totally crashed, I guess I know what I'm doing this afternoon!
NFC cards 🙂
It's for kids and parents so they can beep cards
lol I hear you, it's a fun project though
Something very satisfying not having to use a screen at all. just beep and it goes
I'm doing both
and ones for AI characters to phone the landline, should be entertaining
Plex playback can be hilariously janky, it sometimes tries to play 2 versions of the same show/movie at the same time, just slightly out of sync. Nothing appears in "Continued Watching" if it's triggered remotely and sometimes you just get audio, no video
Has this turned into a support channel again?
didn't think so?
Just talking about what I'm working on but maybe that is? I don't know haha
My bad. I've clicked into #1284980040940912641 again haven't I
I have a zigbee button (well actually I have many of them), we moved, and all of our smarthome stuff got boxed together. Stupid me didn't label where the buttons were used on the device itself, so I'm trying to figure each one out..
I went to Debug > Events and listened for zha_event while pressing the button. I got data back, but it doesn't list the friendly name, just the device_iee, unique_id and device_id ..
How can I use either of those to find which device it is, ie the friendly name ??
I know him!
I don't quite know what is going on, no HA chat at all in here? is that the rule?
I'm not a mod, I don't set/enforce the rules. But when a conversation starts with "Anyone use Plex in their automations?", that's a massive hint that it belongs in #1284980040940912641
That's where you find the people that want to talk about automations.
What is this room for? Maybe better I start with that haha, so best to avoid any HA discussion in here?
Sorry, I didn't realise I was breaking any rules, I clearly don't get how this server works, my bad!
Mostly for posting gifs of raccoons. Sometimes other stuff.
No harm done, dw
I don't see any other channels, besides a useless creator-connection, and a bunch of archived - read only
Oh, nevermind
fair enough! If you've got any rooms that people can chat about HA and approaches, let me know 🙂
It's learning from how others are doing it that I'm keen for, I know I can log support questions in the support section
that doesn't exist anymore. I think the main problem is if you combine chat and support it becomes chaotic and messages get lost
I can imagine! That's a real shame but I totally get it.
Same, just looking to ask a question, and get a quick answer, probable super simple for most to answer.. not thumb through a bunch of support channels (which doesn't seem to have a title/topic related to my question)
The search functionality is pretty good but yeah, the 2 I logged in the past just got lost and then eventually deleted/archived before anyone could answer... there is reddit but that's toxic as hell
This can be a great place for support!
lots more people here, and everything is indexed so much easier to find similar problems
sadly no live discussion but otherwise, 100%
that's what we had discord for. But alas
The world would be great without all these damn people...!
Yeah, reddit is the worse. mostly people with micro pool noodles trying to feel special on the internet.
I tried search (in here and google), but couldn't find anything. Everything kept pointing me to the Entity_ID which the Event listing doesn't give me, and the Device ID isn't listed in the "Devices" for whatever reason
Maybe check the automation the Zigbee button was used in and see if a unique ID/some other identifiable is in there? (What i mean is, go raise a support ticket and we'll reply in there!)
I cleared all those out, but the devices are still linked to the zigbee receiver plugged into the oPi
I'll figure it out lol, just click around everywhere till something makes sense 🤣
link me your support ticket and let's chat there
rebooting HA for the 5th time today... oh the joys
How many times a day DO YOU reboot?! 🙄
Not just me then
MA is back, hurray!
...and my Sonos speakers are still completely unresponsive in MA. fun fun fun
maybe once a year. Probably less
I have a bit of a tricky situation which I don't know how to address:
There is a core integration which has the platinum quality, but it is actually very poorly built. It doesn't do proper conversions, it doesn't remember configurations, etc...
I expect the code meets all the quality criteria, but it "feels" far below bronze and I don't think it should have been accepted in core in its current state.
How do I get this addressed without hurting anyone's feelings?
I have created an issue for the integration to request some improvements, but I don't think anyone besides the maintainer will look at it.
And I don't think he/she would agree with lowering the quality standard sinds he/she requested it in the first place
How can I point this out politely?
Good going. It's old habits from DOS /Win9x days, full reboots fix everything
you dont have to restart to update core
You don't? Mine does it without asking (HAOS)
Oh, you mean you're JUST running core? No supervisor?
no I run HAOS
Interesting, I'm not given any choice or warning, if I update Core then it reboots
Just when you think everything is stable after a Wifi and ZigBee channel change.... and everything goes janky again. What the actual fuck... this has been a mammoth amount of effort and it's worse than I started...
ah, it still cuts connection for me, not sure if automations etc are stopped though tbf.
I set Wifi to channel 1 and ZigBee to 25... no neighbours... and it's worse than when I had the channels close together... what the actual fuuuuck.
I think so. But that's a matter of seconds
I've repaired so many Zigbee devices this week and now WiFi is crap... I didn't think changing the channel would reduce range
it may take a while to rebuild the network after you change channels
yeah, I knew that for the ZigBee stuff, this is a week later...
Wifi is just one AP so there shouldn't be any rebuilding
I might try and move my Hue hub further away from the Wifi AP
The Hue hub decided it would pick channel 20 but i can try it again and see if i can get it on channel 11 or something.... wifi on 1 and HA ZigBee on 25... should be as good as I can get it
hmm, I wonder if this will help in any way... Bluetooth Coexistence
I just saw a girl at the hardware store get frustrated because the paint mixing machine didn't have a touch screen, people make stuff a lot more complicated themselves
oh awesome, Music Assistant just renamed all of my media player entities... what the fuuuu
really, why whyyyyyyyyy
to annoy you
massively... this is going to take a while.... why the hell would it do that
I can see now... the speaker went unavailable in MA... I rebooted... MA brought the speaker back but it looks like HA deleted the old entity and just gave it the default name again, breaking everything
oh wow, you really can't change the width of collumns when viewing entities...that's unfortunate to say the least lol
oh awesome, it's decided to rename half of the media player entities too, all to lower case. lol thanks MA, you da best
(but really, MA is fucking awesome)
and we're back in action
tbf, something like a paint mixing machine that can make thousands of different colours/shades should probably have a touchscreen and not thousands of physical buttons 😄
Or do you have to key in the Pantone code?
Screw what anyone thinks tbh, if it makes you happy, lives too short! I'm happy so 🤷♂️
Or I will be when this bloody automation works!
😂 I like you
fortunately, that's the only kind of support we allow here 🙂
boooo urns!
And now Music Assistant has lost my DLNA players again... I think it's time I walked away to fight another day... the inconsistencies are going to drive me to insanity!
and Docker on a different machine isn't stable either, so Whisper and Piper have crashed. wtf is going on. Fun times. Vent vent rant rant moany moan
No point posting that here
lol thought this was for random chat? It's not like I'm asking for support... just chatting
ok I'll just post racoons and moan about the weather then! No HA chat any more, I got you loud and clear
I'm just saying. If you want an actual helpful response, don't post it here

? I didn't want a response, it's called chatting
anyway, have a good one folks, not sure what is going on, not the most welcoming place. apologies for speaking about the wrong things?
Pro tip: if you're managing your configuration remotely with VSCode using the remote ssh plugin, and you use Tailscale VPN, be sure to disconnect at the end of the day, because if you don't, you'll wake up to a browser session with a couple of hundred tabs of Tailscale asking you to log in
That calls for an exorcism add-on.
Nobody wants to read constant complaining. That's not chatting
I prefer raccoons
Or atx message about hardware I can't afford
atx send some used notebooks our way
Note what now?
That looks like some of the servers that EE companies run their mission critical services on
EE companies? Do they sell electrons?
Yes, or running the national power grids
“Hello, is your power grid running? Then you better go out and catch it before the French cut off the transfer lines”
I want to at some point, they have really good benefits
Eh, here they have pretty average afaik
45 paid days off
minimum is 20 🤡
yea, legal minimum is 4 weeks, practical default is 6
You sir are.. I'm so sorry you have to live like that
Did they also end up getting bad quality copper
should have bought more EE so you can grow more copper in the copper fields

BL4 might get me to actually get modern gaming equipment 
there may be a decent offer on e27 hue white bulbs on amazon atm
4x1044lm for 28 bucks
Where's the best place to go for getting help with ESPHome? I have no idea what i'm doing.
Cool. Thanks!

Was it a bot or something? I keep meaning to ask them for a good Victoria Sponge recipe
Possibly bot, possibly someone just lacking in skills
The Reverse Turing Test
"We think you are human, but cannot distinguish your output from ChatGPT slop, therefore you are uninteresting"
Basement Dweller is easy for a bot to emulate
Someone who keeps tagging jorg has been banned like 10 times already
we use him as a honey pot
mhmmm honey
see? it works
Finally, the side effects of my medicine have worn off. No longer sleeply/Zombie feeling.
Its 01:22
NOW WHAT
Lol apparently someone blocked me in the apparently world famous "humans must act like animals vs 1 gorilla " question.
My toxic trait is that I would pet the gorilla
My HA alarm system successfully scared off a would be burglar.
I wonder when a HA home security certification comes in that you can call 911 service apis
was that a door noise or did they flatulate before leaving?
I think it actually could have been a fart
I have the system setup to wake me up
So I called the police right after
how did he open the door
looks like they used their hand
Probably a door handle
Unfortunately left unlocked.
It’s a smart lock. Now configured to auto lock. Though part of me likes the shed being a honeypot, so they don’t actually try to get to the house door.
Haha I see... and I like the idea of honeypot
I haven't set up lock warning notifications yet, maybe I should
if unlocked and not home, or if unlocked and after x hours for x amount of time
now you just need to set up the tarpit behind that door
For a honey pot, the smart lock would have to be outside - and lock the burglar in until the police arrives 
You can put in a smart pet feeder, so they don't starve if you miss the notification for some time 
Just a big bowl of sugar free gummy bears
With lactose and the bathroom locks automatically when inside.
If i have kids. I will make them watch the original before brotherhood. To get maximum trauma
I rather like the meme where a user askes to make the girl and the dog fit in one image from a landscape source.
-nvm i got it.
Zoinks
I think these batteries should be replaced urgently
What a weird chart
For all the shit talking about power grid resilience, 1 minute of outage at 2% load drooped the ups battery voltage hard
Two other ups’s went to 99% and then were back to full soon after
UPSes? UPSen?
UPSs
Uppies?
A UPS is not meant to survive grid outages. It's meant to give you a graceful shutdown period
If you want that you need a hybrid BESS
I just want solar power storage for house level backup power
Nah not expecting it to last an extended outage, but the batteries are 3+ years old and that rapid drop in reported charge tells me it’s definitely time
It’s also an APC so I’m sure the batteries have lived a hard life. Time to send them to their rest
UPS'
Oopsies
Only when the installer connected the sensor for input voltage to the output of the UPS
Ask me how I know
And why the diesel engine didn't start

Honestly could just be a shitty sensor
those are dead either way
they should replace the lead batteries with lithium surely nothing could go wrong :^)
Mmmm spicy pillow 🔥

All the electrons at once
hello everyone . how cam i setup a triger to turn off tv when ever a noise or scream goes above a certin level
With #1284980040940912641
that sounds oddly specific
No Netflix and Chili.
three things id lack for that
Netflix, Chili con Carne and?
A TV
If you watch something scary on a high enough cliff, your phone will shut itself off at the bottom
We don't know what the reason for the scream is 
Where should a question about installation of HAOS on a PC go? Getting errors
not on my personal computer!
quick FYI, if your unit takes CSB HR1234W you can get the HRL1234W long life variant instead
Special End of Summer!CSB Battery HRL1234WF2FR is specifically designed for high efficient discharge applications in high performance situations. Rated at 12V 9Ah (34 Watt per cell), the HRL (High Rate Life) Series has a design life of up to 8 years in standby service (actual life varies dependin...
the price is kind of similar but they get slightly better lifespan idling
Ooh interesting. Yeah it’s that size
ah yes, had a * where I wanted a 0 in my cronspec and ran everything 59 times more often than expected...
Does anyone else like to select port numbers for home server applications based on what a word/abbreviation would be on a phone keypad? For example, I have zigbee2mqtt on port 9442 (ZIGB) and frigate on port 2287 (CAMS)
I know I can't be the only one who does this
No. I use hostnames
tasmobackup on port 6682 (MOTA)
considering spending time on setting up the routing based stuff in cilium so I can also use hostname+IP for exposing things that aren't https
with docker i also just go by hostname
i just think it's fun
yea, it sounds like a neat system
but I just use defaults and a central reverse proxy 
makes sense
i hate how homeassistant doesnt let you put in custom hostname resolutions ^^
I'm boring and just use the default for the service, adding 1 as many times as necessary to avoid conflicts
oh and 9265 (YAML) for the configuration editor I use lol
hey I have a quick question:
The Bluetooth integration will detect nearby Bluetooth devices. Discovered devices will show up in the discovered section on the integrations page in the configuration panel.
are discovered devices only in ram or stored somewhere?
suppose I have a power out - can I retrieve discovered bluetooth devices somewhere in storage after?
That's for #1284966582375813201
i am thinking about getting dedicated smart plugs for each of the computers that i run so i can see how much power they consume
what do you guys think?
i was thinking about going with the tp link tapo 110 wifi smart plugs
#1284966353798697001 -> Recommendations
i mean i dont really want recommendation just feedback from the community if its actually worth keeping track of energy consumption
Sigh

What will you change once you have this data?
what a boomer actually knowing what those key abbreviations are for. /s
I just bury them in NGINX behind local host names anyway. I would have to remember the short names, then number translations otherwise
I just have bookmarks
I used to. They were all of the short-enough-to-be-a-port-number words from George Carlin's "seven words you can never say on television" 😆
I just have traefik reverse proxy and never have to really care about the ports because I almost never need any of them manually.. 😄
Dunno, I guess it just tickles my brain 🤣
can you pin this @static schooner
not according to the reviews up top it doesn't.. 🙃
Bookmarks don't work anymore?
who actually uses bookmarks; what a boomer.
So you remember all your subs?
the ones I use frequently enough.
Ahhh
how could one forget a teriyaki footlong
footlong?
I wonder if any of those people got co-mingled inventory and actually got some cheap shit. Probably half of the off-brand batteries on the market use CSB's part numbers.
It's not that lead batteries don't fail (especially in cheap UPSs that over-charge and abuse them), but Amazon would not be my choice of where to buy these things.
Are they still around?
on the spec sheet HRs have 5 years standby while HRLs are listed as 8-10
since they're usually around around the same price there's no reason to buy the cheaper part
yeah.. i hate lead acid bullshit 😄
there's a reason I'm buiolding my new home server with a DIY DC-ATX + DC UPS setup with Lithium iron phosphate cells
🔥
It's mildly irritating how prices on things sold as a "UPS" with lithium batteries are so high compared to something sold as a "hybrid inverter" for a solar installation
I'd just like one I can put in my server rack to replace my existing lead battery UPSs, but looking at nearly $10k for a 1.5kVA UPS with around 1kWh of batteries, for which building it from parts would get you at least 5kW + 3kWh
issue with that solar stuff is usually that its hot trash
unless you want something that switches over within minutes
you can do it manually with a good UPS really
server ones at least; if you pair it with a BMS and etc you can usually swap it to LiFEPo4 cells or something if you want to put that effort in
In this article, you'll learn how to forward network ports to a Nintendo Switch console.
WHAT?
Is this a game of "how many bad practices can we find in a single knowledgebase article?"
holy shit thats bad
add 20 to the last section of digits
this is port 1024 through 65535
If the connection test fails with the IP address that you entered, try a different IP address by adding 30, 40, and so on to the last section of digits.
i have problems with nintendo but this brings new meaning to being anoyed by them
It doesn't even contain sufficient information to do it properly, that just about annoys me the most
Unless they're also just plain hopeless at networking to the point that they actually do need EVERY port, which honestly wouldn't surprise me
it's Nintendo, what do you want?
the instructions are for the average joe that dosen't know much about networking
apprantly they actually only use 45000-65535...
although thats still bad
i can imagine more people breaking their network then getting it working by reading that
how so? if you needed to follow that guide it's likely going to work
it reads as if the user dosen't have any static mappings set or anything
and everything is dynamic
The guide for HAOS users
and with the prevalence of CG-NAT these days it should require nothing being forwared for normal usage
until the dhcp server on a shitty isp router decides to give out that ip when someone turrns on a new device and the whole network goes ape shit
feel for the poor guy at the shop that has to do with someone bringing a random network enabled device back because it takes down the entire network
Remember having fun with DHCP rogue servers in days of yore, linux DHCP servers were always faster than windows DHCP servers, so if you deployed a Linux server you could actually steal all the clients
in theory
much fun had by all back in the day
random hp network printer with no authentication. change the netbios name to the same as the PDC or the fileserver. before the days of proper managed equipment
noone writes guides for the long run, just to get it working right then and there
Hwat
hence there are some "best practices" to at least reduce fuckery somewhat which they ignore
Sounds like you are reading LTT guides only
wow google fiber is fast
I just scheduled the install appointment yesteray and the dude already installed the exterior connection box today
I remember that...
oh nice, must have been a spot on the route in the area
no reason to bring your idol into this
if you're using any other ports for anything you could be possibly streaming their IP without sucking them off/paying them off; tsk tsk
being a nintendo fan is much alike an abusive relationship really.
you keep thinking they'll change or love you back but..
they all have iphones
and also probably because..
They aren't exactly expanding. 🙃
so they cna pretty easily do support quickly.
? they are expaning within established cities
'within established cities'
is much below 'actually expanding'
which is basically not possible thanks to how fucked this country's shit monopolies are 😄
sorry, meteropolitan areas
so that includes new cities within range of the established city
and it certainly says something that not even google can strongarm through the bullshit
I mean.. you can get decent speed with that high frequency wifi stuff
... the problem being from what I've seen..
ISP's don't provide you the proper external antennas for most of those services.
(i've looked them up, the fucking proper antennas are like 200-400$ or some shit its nuts)
I have a friend who's on tmobiles 5g and no thanks lol
works great then out the blue.. issues galore
wdym fiber not expanding via wifi? o.0
not even a courtesy hiccup just flat out dump
Someone at work used to be using a 5GHz WISP service in rural Australia, their connection would be basically unusable when it rained.
their using 5g or such for last-mile to your house or etc.
I remember playing with wireless links in 2000, during rain, with mating seagulls, being hunted
good thing about google fiber pausing thier expansion for like 3-4 years is that the established connections all been vetted lol
knowing your country you probably cook most things in the air with the amount of power being pumped
uusing FIOS here.. have had it since they rolled it out
have had cablevision/wahtever bullshit they call themselves try and come by at least twice to pitch us on their bullshit
yea, Fiber has a product like that
"We have the fastest netflix--"
Me at the front door:
"No, you don't. Verizon does.. It shows here on Netflix's chart."
And it's annoyingly hard to figure out what's what
netflix has a chart?
GPON to the doorstep or fuck off.
FTTH since 2004 or bust
The Netflix ISP Speed Index is a measure of prime time Netflix performance on particular ISPs (internet service providers) around the globe.
We've been entertaining ourselves with 802.11ah (900MHz) network hardware lately.
(there is a genuine business use case for it, but mostly trying to find some reliable hardware)
Two buildings away (one with concrete slab walls, one with steel, and a bunch of interior walls), one end being a crappy PCB trace antenna on a Raspberry Pi daughterboard, and it can still stream 1080p video flawlessly while someone's walking around the building with it.
why is comcast at the top of that chart lol
the fact they still have both of these bullshits
they're all the same 3.4 rating
and by the listing
I presume its alphabetical
3.4 Mbit? Is that you 2001?
It also used to show that differently. 🤷♂️
don't even see google listed
considering that they're basically attached at the internet's backbone.. I imagine it probably wouldn't even count 😛
it really doesn't seem that hard to run a not-shit ISP.
Everyman says fuck you to comcast I'll do it myself and all.
not really heard of any negative comments in reference to stability or anything about google here
people bitched up a storm about the tv aspect tho lol
the last time verizon had a severe issue was..
a year or so ago?
judging by where it happened where I live.. I think something or someone managed to sever the trunk line
was down for a day or two.
fios is cool with thier being ahead of the curve and all but seriously fuck that company
all my in-home shit kept working though; local dns overrides and etc.. ayyyy 😄
verizon can die in a fire
I mean I do wonder when they gonna just roll out 10g service for insane people
I remember when fios came out and it was like 50 down/up which was insane for the time
Talked to a friend in Texas, and he said he had to have a backup ISP, and then I understand how reliable the internet in the US is 🤔
since the GPON/router they most recently gave us during an upgrade.. is like..
has a 10g uplink
I imagine its also just especially bad in "free of regulations. like letting you not freeze to death texas."
it's not the service most of the time. it's usually some line issue caused by random shit
A guy from new Jersey chimed in that he also had backup ISP so wasn't much better outside Texas it seemed 🤔
That said Sonoma was playing around with 4g fail over for his internet, so Missouri can't be good either
playing around? I still use it
Yikes
can't afford a 5g network card for my router
I've never had a backup Internet connection in 28 years of broadband
invent a thing.
Then watch other countries fucking lap us repeatedly with that technology.
I have 5g available.. just those cards are over 200 bucks lol
or they may go try and hunt down ted cruz.. as they should've the last time. /s
He's already left the country
just kidding..
he isn't there to hunt he's not with the poors.
And getting his wife insulted
glad I don't have to live in perpetual winter
replaced by ash isn't it
he's not in iceland
they have thier own
Beerenberg is yours isn't it?
Jan Mayen is closer to iceland than it is to Norway
That would be like saying that Hawaii is mainland US
Or that Guam is part of the us
silly norwats. don't even know what they own
@desert cave
No
YOU AWAKE TO FIND YOURSELF IN A DARK ROOM!
the person that posted the above "John Robertson" does a crowd participation show called "the dark room" which involves everyone shouting "you awake to find yourself in a dark room"

Which is funny because there's only one train you go on iirc
I'm not surprised
We just had hail, and I am so much futher south than you I might as well be on Australia, helt sjukt liksom
Heil Hi... Oh no you mean snow
🤨
I am

Tomorrow I'm flying cross country to install a CPU, 12h overtime for a 1h job
Great fun
Do you want to take an apprentice, I will do it for free
ROFL
Waking up 0420, coming back home 2300
6h flying, 4h driving, 1h working, then rest of it airport time
We can parachure in, pompuro style?
I can't believe I typed this
Always stretch before you djent
I enjoy travelling, and I get paid to eat, drive, fly, sleep
Not complaining
Could have been worse, might have had to visit Missouri

This is the fun stuff with customers that cost $2500 per consultant per hour of downtime, so they have scheduled it in the lunch break, else 5 guys had to wait for an hour, so that is just $12500 lost in wages, plus lost profit on top
Double that if we are talking oil sector
So my measley $1000 travel expenses and $1500 overtime is nothing
In my former company we had to do with the oil sector as well. Shipping a spare part worth 200 USD as quick as possible. No matter how expensive - it couldn't be more than the losses during the outage.
That 200 USD spare part got its own charter jet.
Yeah, when we still did service on oil platforms we could have 1 week of overtime paid for a 3h job
you like driving?
Yes
I drove 25000km last fall just to move my house
When I still worked field I used to drive 40000km per year
I fucking hate it. Complete waste of time
I get time where noone bothers me and I can listen to music
The $3000 extra b&w in the volvo is worth it
And yet you are in the
chat
I can do that on the train. Or watch a series, or just work. I drive, best I can do is a podcast
working on a train 😂
that's some new tones
You moved everything by yourself? In a Volvo?
I thought it wasn't "work" to you?
if I work on the train I'm counting those hours 
He could just have bought a new house instead of moving it. 
-# in a Volvo
Perhaps small roads. Only a car could fit
Why? If it's business travel it's work either way
On the other hand - Volvo also makes these
Volvo with Lexus DRLs
look at it from the side. those really aren't any bigger. just taller
semi's in europe are like the miniature pony vs the horses we got lol
It's a Lowe's or Home Depot kinda Sunday 🤔
Not a big deal for moving house, if you have a 13.6m (44.6ft) trailer.
not like any interesting shipping happens in sizes larger than a container either way 
In a trailer?
The width and length of a 13.6m trailer is optimized for standardized EUR pallets. 34 pallets fit into it (if not stacked/stackable) tightly. A 40ft standard sea container could just fit 25 pallets and leaves gaps, which would have to be secured.
Volvo was only two trips, did 6 other trips with a few trucks and my Caddy plus hitch
I count every hour from waking up to I log off as billable hours
Bitch Mode ON
Error logging in Home Assistant can be better and consistent
It's often not clear what the functional source of an error is unless one is the developer familiar with the code. This makes it hard to figure out the source of the error how to debug, and often results in errors being reported to the wrong repo. Are there HA standards for the structure and content of errors and warnings?
At the very least the error should clearly indicate the source of the error, and preferably a link to related repo
Bitch Mode OFF
Yes, we actually have road safety rules, hence maximum length and max hours to drive 
This complaints are better with a pull request 🙂
lol caddy.. makes me think of something you are certianly not talking about
But yea, logging is flaky
You had to tail the trucks?
tail -f trucks.move
Sounds like lot of work and miles for a simple thing.
Yes, total shipping cost was $20000 if I did it all in a single go
Takes time to move a family of four
So easier to do it myself
And combined it with work, so work paid for half of my miles
surprised Ikea doesn't have some deal in place since you likely moved 99% of Ikea stuff anyways
Lucky you! Tbh I could probably do the same. Working 90% remotely
Good hot dogs
I bill overtime for 1m past 4, and if anyone required me to read anything after hours that is overtime, for travel I start billing the second I wake up and stop billing when I go to bed
So tomorrow will be billed from 04-24 probably since I need to eat something before going to bed when getting home
we're going to find out at some point that after all these years you are actually in some kind of mental facilty playing Buisness with monopoly money
You have to have Monopoly to play with its money.
Nice in theory and I clicked feature request in the repo and was directed here https://community.home-assistant.io/c/feature-requests/13 which seems to be a worthless sink. I created a FR in January that received exactly 9 up votes
He's suggesting that you fix it with a PR
or just accept the process and situation
only half serious, but yes 🙂
Skip to 20:01 for a typing demonstration.
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But why?
use to have a few of those IBM keyboards
Because I'm not like the other girls
You don't want to painted like the other French ones?
The PR form looks like it's designed for developers who want to checkout code and know how to properly fill out the the form
Yes, you would need to code a solution
If you're not a developer and don't want to be, accept the situation
Things get fixed by people who fix them
@shy notch is the official attitude of HA?
You did the only thing you can do - file an FR 🤷
I doubt complaining to Paulus is going to help you
lol jorg

Don't be so fucking entitled. And don't tag balloob
Idiot
-# There it is - the animated one
Don't be an ass
I was an ass. It's expected
Where would I need to look for advice to have additional logs for the boot process of a HA core container booting within HA OS on a Yellow device?
#1284966540617449515 can help with that.
My Yellow/HA OS failed to update the HA core container and I couldn't find the root cause.
Insults will not be tolerated. Please keep a more reasonable tone.
Or, the trolls
sound advise
Moving to Norway? Follow these simple steps to avoid annoying your new Norwegian friend.s

ah yes, the comedy show with music 
just looks like average margherita
margheritas look shitty where you are from
Drink twice as much, you don't notice then
Pizza Q.E.D.
Does the docker version of Home Assistant support Matter?
Are those olives?
Which channel can I ask about the best smart bulbs to buy?
durable. savings.
Poor homeowners got sick of people throwing pizzas on their roof
@glacial knot Yes sausage pepperoni black olives and basil
🤢
shitty AI generated pizza. cuts dont make any sense
Pizza places don't spend much time cutting the pizza slices
Managed or unmanaged?
SFP or copper?
brightness can be possible with some. But yea, bulbs are generally more versatile
Wall switches should just be a wire poking out of the wall that can be plugged into a nearby socket
Like an old telephone switchboard
if its software gated then you have paid for it. if they charge you more to access it then its extortion.
if you break it down:
either its paid for and they are just milking you
its not paid for and they are loosing money on every sale of a smaller battery
do we think they are prepared to lose money by essentially giving out free 10kwh of batteries? if so I would like some immediately at no cost
although a theory might be that a "smaller" battery dynamically unlocks some of the unused in order to keep its capacity rating longer. therefore reducing battery warranty claims. which might be enough to swing the overall cost benefit analysis
this is true but by adding the bulb and and switch you have actually added something
I believe in tesla's case this was only for a very specific model like 10 years ago. They no longer do this
given how a battery is the most expensive and heaviest part of an ev, this doesn't make any sense
If they are desk lamps
yeah, I am coming around to the way of thinking that it should be bulbs for lamps and relays/switches for the "big light" as we would call it in the UK
There are no shortcuts to production setups 🙂
https://youtu.be/0fM5srqEai8?t=1418 gotta look into getting Halo working with HA
Installing recessed lighting is a great DIY project, but know what you’re buying!
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Great. I am struggling again.
Every so often HA just dies on me.
I am using HA OS and I do not even know what broke. I do not understand why HA is this unreliable now.
The core works the UI just doesn't.
Great i can now ask for a music artist to play in the room where i speak the command related to the news articles in a city.
@forest edge
Yes but it's only available to US users
Which channel do I use to ask a developer question when developing an integration?
That would be one of the developer channels. If you don't see them, you need to pick the role: id:customize
Thanks!
you better eat those shell and all
just mowed he farm for the first time this year. was like mowing the scenary out of the Predator movie
It doesn't look that big?
For 200lbs, I was imagining bigger
Ah. I know the guys who installed this thing complained mightily, but it doesn't open:
I have this window. Not a fan.
I always hated those type of windows. decorative ambient light sources that would cost an arm and leg to have replaced should anything decide to fly through it
started seeing those going up in houses all over built in the 80's above front doors
I replaced all the windows in my house and that went with them
Yeah, late 80s
Used to be two pieces, replaced with one
chandeliers in entry way and those type of glass windows was like a fad lol
I was trying yesterday to convince an acquaintance they needed to commission an iris shutter for a porthole-style window in their house
https://youtu.be/CqKqu8lsCa0&t=425
unless it's titanium like the stargate iris then no thanks
I mean I'm sure that's an option, if you have the cash
so much can go wrong with those
i bet even dirt build up would cause those things to not operate in no time
i am not sure how sealed they would be
You should try my sound insulated road facing windows, they are actually just single pane 5cm thick 
gt a lot of loud traffic do you?
Since we drive with studded tires for 9 months of the year, yes
Everyone call 911, Sonoma is finally having a stroke
I didn't think about the increased in spiked tires
don't think i've ever heard multiple vehicls with them at the same time before
yea i've installed thm before on friends car
the older version of them
imagine they got a little more fancier these days
Last 17 years I've driven stud free winter tires, but winter down south is a joke compared to here
Difference between stud free and studs is apparently 7dB on average
That is a lot
depends on the road surface material
they don't make much noise on black asphalt
well, again the older ones
your image makes the studs look thicker, or they rounded out
yea those look way thicker
older version were just skinny spikes that stuck out of a tire that didn't have specific spots for them
That sounds like the 60s
well 90's
but sure there was much change since thier very first creation
not even sure when that was
We've had them here since the 50s probably
Yeah, regular production started in the early 60s, was available before that
they were expensive, so expensive you did everything to make them last
course these days they put expiration dates on tires lol
That was a horrid picture
They recommend replacing the tires after 4 years, I usually keep mine for 5-6 these days because I don't drive as much as I used to
I have tires on my flatbed trailer that are as old if not older than me lol
Bought new studded ones for the volvo last season, even with friend discount they were $2300 for 4 tires 
Only 20" for winter, 21" for summer
Now repeat it every 4 years, per season
Oldest tires I ever had were 8 years, but they were literally dangerous to drive
I could see the cracks all around them
bad rubber
When your weather is -30c -> 30c and shifting humidity it tears rubber pretty well
wuld think cold and always cold would make them last
yeah that's just how far behind we are technologically. /s

60's may actually be a bit generous if I'm talking about trains at all actually.
HA on LUP this week: https://linuxunplugged.com/613
That title sounded like a Christian rock festival
oh my who thought that putting the usb connection onto the front of a ups would be good
well, the people at eaton clearly did

Is there a way to edit a config file in Home Assistant OS? Core is running but the UI is not.
I'm sure someone in a support channel would know the answer to that.
Such as?
It does not get more sensible than the OS, no?
Only my UI ceased working. Everything else seems to be working.
atx is just being silly because he dislikes HAOS
I prefer something else not dictating how my system should run
Docker is always sensible
Or Kubernetes if you are insane like ongy
But as Pjesus said, you won't find much help in the 🦝 channel. Please use one of the channels in the support section
it's just docker on steroids (and some schizophrenia) either way
finally upgraded my farm ha from 2024.11.x
i just used the supervisor ontop of debian
and then I ignore when it whines about how I have other stuff in docker.
have yet to see any issues. 😄

didnt HA just nuke that
or almost
Noish
not yet but its likely going to be deprecated yes
They've been threatening that for years now. But even if it's not deprecated, it's the worst way to run HA - gotta have good systems knowledge and most users... don't...
if you have the skills you'll still be able to make it work. Not saying it's a good idea
Hello everyone! I hope everyone is having a great day/evening. I am not sure if it is okay to ask this question as clearly HA supports specific OS distributions. If my question isn't allowed, I apologize and i'll continue researching... I installed HA Supervised on an Ubuntu 24.04 Server.... struggled with many errors and seem to have gotten through them... the last one I keep struggling with is when I try and install an addon, i get AddonManager.install blocked from execution.... been really struggling to figure the solution out and was wondering if anyone might be able to share any information that might help?
thank you Stefan, I'll check there again, did a search, but perhaps my keywords where wrong...
just make a thread
Yuck users 
yea, but that's an additional kernel to run 
And dedicated ram 😱
yea, overprovisioning by need 
Buy LEDs they last soo long
Here I am replacing the 9th bulb in the kitchen light within two years
what brand?
I still haven't replaced a single tradfri
Had 3 hue die though
No gledopto or wiz replaced either
Nothing dead here. Hue and Tradfri both about 6 years old
None of my LEDs failed so far 
You too live in Missouri I hear
Don't think I've ever seen less than 80A here for 230v input
Unsure about 400v since I've never lived in a house that new (past mid 90s)
less efficient than the US, impressive
probably related to geography
yea, that doesn't reflect efficiency
Here it's usually 63A per phase on 3phase 230V
my old 84 house had 230v 3P 80A
my current house has 80A too I believe, but I can't remember
Looks like 40A is common on 400V 3ph houses
but 63 is also possible
I have 100A service and my house is only 24 years old. I think most new builds near me are 150-200A
200A split phase at 240V?
Yes
not bad
Found this today, could be usefull. I thought i would share - https://github.com/Abhishakth007/AI-Powered-Sensor-Anomaly-Detection-Reporting-System
what does it mean when allow login isnt toggled on here? pretty sure my users have a functional has instance logged in on their device
unless thats for letting them log in on my device specifically?
Great question for another channel!
if you ever fly A320 KLM this guy might be your pilot soon
i'll survive.. 🙃
Our friends at Apollo Automation are doing their monthly live stream this evening!
Justin shared the event details in the #1284960456880029707 channel here: https://discord.com/channels/330944238910963714/1369032008398798989 Looks like they have an interesting agenda for tonight! 👀
Looking for help setting up my ecobee thermostat
that cat's Ecobee definitely needs some adjustment
where can I get support
which, as per the band, is about the birth of a baby 🤔
I'm not sure I believe them 🙂
well, using cloud backups to migrate HA to a new device is pretty painless :D
Is HomeAssistant safe from the Airplay Worm?
Why shells?
Late again 🙂
I had the ban button then poof!
Any they are violent lol
Don't be so mean to that person. They need that short period of joy to overcome the sadness of their petty existance.
And mosquitos are in their happy place drinking your blood, they die happy.
Never see it coming, just swat-dead
It was just weed
In that case fire is always a valid option. 🤔
And RobC went and smoked it without you...
Has anyone looked at any metrics about "customer engagement" since we converted discord to this question/answer format? I'm sure we've totally killed it. (certainly, I don't come here anymore)
Yes, there were some looks into metrics. No significant changes.
OK, I hope the project has benefit. It's totally ruined it for me.
So I set up EVCC which is a software-based charging/battery solution with a HA integration to control it. I don't have a smart charger/charger that can be controlled, however it's still super useful because it tracks total charging costs and proportion charged via solar which is very helpful. I'll be getting a home battery some time this year and will likely get a smart charger installed at the same time to make full use of this. Unfortunately my car doesn't report anything/isn't connected so can't get any of those metrics back. May look into creating an ODB-read device that can push data somewhere using an ESP.
🆗
Highly recommend that project if anyone has an EV and at least solar or home battery.
Looks cool. Does it still have value if you're all-in with Tesla car (tesla charger) and Tesla battery, which kindof do their own magical stuff?
Tesla is listed in their supported devices for Cars, Chargers and Energy Measurement - so I assume so. I believe Tesla already covers a lot of this stuff in their app - but nice to have it external to that.
Only 25% solar?
Yeah unfortunately. Only 5kW system, late Autumn here, lots of rain recently, and my partner now uses the car 4 days a week so not a huge chance to have higher proportion.
I got frustrated I couldn’t get info from my car and got a basic/working integration for smartcar.com created using AI🤷🏼♂️. If they support your car you can bring it into HA . https://discord.com/channels/330944238910963714/1368017542375018678
Mine is a Cupra Born which is based off the ID.3, but unfortunately it's clamped in Australia and there's no cellular/Wi-Fi connection whatsoever. Hence probably needing some sort of jury-rigged ODB connection to read the values.




