Tuya Zigbee devices are generally reliable, only had a problem with one and I've been using a couple dozen. Wifi Tuya is dogshit and should die in a fire.
#the-water-cooler
atomic delta
forest edge
ZW? ooo you mean the fancier variation of 433Mhz lol
proper swift
Tuya Zigbee devices are generally reliable, only had a problem with one and I've...
Sure, but that dogshit makes me turn on my "I won't support your filthy company" mode
tidal bronze
ZW? ooo you mean the fancier variation of 433Mhz lol
If you are looking at mesh maps and scratching your head, something is not right 🙂
atomic delta
I mean, it's Chinese import garbage. Know what you're getting.
forest edge
If you are looking at mesh maps and scratching your head, something is not right...
give OG it's due, don't be a hater
tidal bronze
You know I am only a fan of shit that just works.
sharp scaffold
I actually started off HA with 433MHz sensors and buttons and a Sonoff gateway, such a pain
unborn merlin
I mean, it's Chinese import garbage. Know what you're getting.
ah yes; now show me a device that wasn't made from mostly in china stuff? 😄
proper swift
My initial setup was all onewire and insteon. I still have someof the onewire stuff.
forest edge
You know I am only a fan of shit that just works.
433Mhz does "just work" so you certianly cannot hate on it lol
sharp scaffold
it would be nice if HA just worked, I had to set up the family with a Hubitat because it was supposed to be easier to use
tidal bronze
433Mhz does "just work" so you certianly cannot hate on it lol
Oh never my BBQ stuff still runs on 433
atomic delta
ah yes; now show me a device that wasn't made from mostly in china stuff? 😄
In my house? No. :P
sharp scaffold
433 is OK when it works, but range was a problem, especially around metal
tidal bronze
My initial setup was all onewire and insteon. I still have someof the onewire s...
That's after x10.
forest edge
I kind of wish I had bought more of that stuff back when it was the "fad" cause now they want an arm and leg for 433mhz stuff with the one exception of temp sensors
proper swift
god, x10 was so bad
proper swift
I really liked insteon. the whole feed the data through both the powerline and in the later ones RF, that was gold. the protocol, omg, what were they thinking.
sharp scaffold
there is still some powerline stuff around in Germany
proper swift
oh yeah that was bad
sharp scaffold
yeah, that's what I tried for the family before Hubitat. turns out it's less usable than early HA
unborn merlin
In my house? No. :P
(They don't exist)
atomic delta
I mean, they do, but you pay a premium and it's generally not worth it.
And usually they're more protected against "tampering", which also means they often lack compatibility.
tidal bronze
That time of the day.
forest edge
That time of the day.
you should try a spa in the middle of winter (a place that actually gets winter). will blow your mind
I still need to fix mine but we mostly only ever used it during winter
tidal bronze
you should try a spa in the middle of winter (a place that actually gets winter)...
Like blue lagoon in November?
unborn merlin
I mean, they do, but you pay a premium and it's generally not worth it.
I can assure you basically no common SOC's that are used in IOT are made anywhere but china/shipped out of china.. 😄
forest edge
Like blue lagoon in November?
you talking about some resort?
tidal bronze
you talking about some resort?
forest edge
oh, no.. not that
nothing worse than going to some place where everyone has urinated in the pool and they ask you to rub monkey shit on your face
tidal bronze
You'd fit right in
forest edge
they would hate someone like me there
tidal bronze
Hate? You know that it's not middle earth right?
unborn merlin
Hate? You know that it's not middle earth right?
no that's where he currently lives probably.
forest edge
Hate? You know that it's not middle earth right?
you a regular there?
tidal bronze
Yes. Used to work there. Fell in love.
forest edge
your from iceland?
tidal bronze
Not yet. I would consider if not the cranberry sauce.
forest edge
how the hell could you have worked there?
we know you like planes but jesus that commute don't make sense
tidal bronze
Movies Drones you know.
forest edge
oh well that is not really the same lol
tidal bronze
Hard work. Trust me.
forest edge
even the way you said that makes me not trust you
tidal bronze
It's alright. Shoots are generally 18 days at a time. 20 minutes of actual work. So yep it's darn exhausting
forest edge
yea I bet the lack of free hand for the wine glass was pure torture
normal moon
I am now picturing someone wearing an orange vest with “DRONE OPERATOR” in black letters, and a hard-hat with two wine bottles mounted on either side, with straws down to the someone’s mouth
unborn merlin
It's alright. Shoots are generally 18 days at a time. 20 minutes of actual work....
manual piloting or waypoint based mostly?
normal moon
tidal bronze
manual piloting or waypoint based mostly?
No way point stuff with productions. Specially universal warner. 2 person. Pilot and camera operator.
unborn merlin
hm; odd I would've thought they would want repeatability stuff..
static schooner
Capture any spectacular crashes or collisions?
unborn merlin
Capture any spectacular crashes or collisions?
does the US economy soon count? /s
tidal bronze
Capture any spectacular crashes or collisions?
Capt America 🤣
Oh and lost a Phantom Flex4k somewhere Santa Monica
If not for NDAs got stuff for days.
forest edge
Capt America 🤣
you worked on the marvel movies?
i'm confused. I thought you didn't do that kind of work anymore? granted you still won't tell us wtf you do but you had said you don't do that work
tidal bronze
No. Not anymore. Been sometime. Just consult now on some complicated takes. WFH 😆
forest edge
did you get to meet any of the actors on those marvel movies?
I would have loved to have met scarlett johansson back in the day on the set of the island lol
tidal bronze
And do what?
forest edge
And do what?
you meeting them? shake their hands, mingle.. anything?
me meeting SJ back then? I would have said wassup!
talking early 2000's back then. I was younger and friskier
static schooner
No. Not anymore. Been sometime. Just consult now on some complicated takes. WFH ...
I hear that you can fly drones from your couch these days
atomic delta
I can assure you basically no common SOC's that are used in IOT are made anywher...
Oh, I was just talking devices, not IoT specifically.
tidal bronze
I hear that you can fly drones from your couch these days
Indeed. Don't even have one at home. Those days are long gone for me.
forest edge
you are pretty much at this stage aren't you?
unborn merlin
Indeed. Don't even have one at home. Those days are long gone for me.
just get an early dji one and hack its firmwaare. 🙃
pallid cobalt
https://youtu.be/HxwhCmO90UQ?t=626
I really should not pick up another hobby.
but I do enjoy polishing things. lets me turn off my brain for a while.
fading mica
Well, I'm finally here, at least. Been hacking away at Sengled WiFi bulbs all month. Spent so much time thinking outside-the-box, I never even realized there was a HA Discord. I'd say it's closer than ever... we can already reflash WF863-based WiFi bulbs (OTA, no soldering needed) to Tasmota (look up SengledTools if you haven't already seen it!), but for other WiFi modules in bulbs, need to rely on the stock firmware. Check the FCC ID on the side of the bulb to see if it's a WF863-based bulb if you want to jump straight to Tasmota! But for the others... I'm exploring building an HA integration. (We have the setup flow & MQTT nuances mostly figured out and I have control over my WiFi-based devices locally - just using the scripts, not HA, unless they run Tasmota -- yet)
and on that note, I hope you haven't thrown them away, haha 🙂 ☝️
stuck anchor
I hear that you can fly drones from your couch these days
you can fly drones over 5g. and we can deploy a new 5g tower using any available backhaul (even starlink) in minutes. with full support for slicing, etc. so - yeah... you can sit in your couch and fly a drone pretty far away just over a 5g network
forest edge
who the hell would do that
miles away and the thing suddenly loses connection
buh bye drone
stuck anchor
i guess a tower using starlink as backhaul could have a bit of a latency problem though
stuck anchor
miles away and the thing suddenly loses connection
surveillance? power line inspections? military?
forest edge
power line inspections don't need "miles" of range and the first and last are pretty much the same thing and the military dosen't use 5g
ocean oar
Just use power line networking, duh /s
stuck anchor
have you seen where norwegian power lines go? you definitely need miles of range. but is there 5g coverage in those remote areas?
the norwegian army had a demo flying a drone through a private slice over 5g
and we can add search and rescue operations. natural disaster response.
ocean oar
We do "power generation in the middle of nowhere" pretty well here in NZ too:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Grid_(New_Zealand)#/media/File:New_Zealand_transmission_grid.svg
The bottom left blue dot is this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manapōuri_Power_Station
A hydroelectric power station they built 200 metres underground, in the middle of a mountain
forest edge
so many bad movies coming out
you all must be excited https://youtu.be/_XvHhFjrbn0?si=tYjGJU7W9lkWnt9x
stuck anchor
one of the thoughts is that search and rescue, disaster response teams just need to be able to get a complete package with a drone, charging etc on site. then the operator can be on call anywhere. no need for skilled and experienced drone operators on call everywhere.
forest edge
lol they came out with something like that for police here. not sure it's been deployed yet but basically dispatching drones from a central building that can fly all over the city to be a "first responder"
not that it helps people
stuck anchor
i guess that sometimes getting a noisy camera on site to let people know they are being observed can be a deterrent. but then there are dark sides to that as well.
forest edge
I think it's more for letting officers know if it's a gun fight etc but there is a systemic flaw always in place that dosen't get addressed and no amount of new tech is fixing it
and that's proper human to human communication
stuck anchor
and that requires funding people trained to do that.
hearty palm
i can only say one thing music assistant with home assistant is amazing
primal laurel
you all must be excited https://youtu.be/_XvHhFjrbn0?si=tYjGJU7W9lkWnt9x
Nah. Tesla is dead to us. I am waiting for Xiaomi to launch its EVs in Europe. Hopefully 2027
desert cave
glacial knot
Nah. Tesla is dead to us. I am waiting for Xiaomi to launch its EVs in Europe. H...
lynk & Co
robust flicker
i guess a tower using starlink as backhaul could have a bit of a latency problem...
Why would you think that?
stuck anchor
not ping latency but getting consistent latency comparable to line-of-sight wireless backhaul or fiber
for stuff that really needs low latency.
robust flicker
for stuff that really needs low latency.
And yet you're talking about wireless towers. Nothing that latency-intensive should be using wireless communication of any kind.
stuck anchor
the aim in 5g is to get latency down to 1ms on established communication channels. down from 50ms on 4g. to get there a phone provider must have a 5g core, not just run 5g in compatibility mode on a 4g core.
primal laurel
there is no reason why a wireless connection should have a higher latency than wired. It's the type of equipment and protocols used why things can be slower. You can do remote driving on 5G for example because the latency is so low
high remnant
https://iwillnotbuynitro.com/view/rAjS5RWgV2.png I mean i am happy
reef bolt
get you some for xmas
peak slate
So apparently I adopted a rug troll
scenic radish
wdym, I don't see anything other than a rug
high remnant
rugpull
peak slate
She takes dustbaths underneath the rugs and moves them all around the house
arctic quarry
the planet is healing
pallid cobalt
Anyone have any recommendations on an inexpensive 'roller shade' ?
About to go digging through my parts bin, like... a servo and MCU is something I already have laying around, but I'd prefer to buy something already assembled if it's not too costly.
I've got a blackout shade that I just leave down all the time because it's inconvenient for me to pull it up and down ad-hoc but I'd love to have it automated.
(It'd be grand if the local government would fix the street lamp that prompted me to install it in the first place, but let's not get crazy here)
[the lamp flickers all night and has done so for like six months now]
static schooner
#1284966353798697001 -> Recommendations
pallid cobalt
<#1284966353798697001> -> Recommendations
Not really a whole lot in there when I searched for 'roller', 'shade', or 'blind', but I suppose I can make a post of my own.
glacial knot
I'm driving that too, no complaints except the media system
Yea, I still have >2years on my current car
But the 02 looks like a good candidate so far
lucid atlas
Yea, I still have >2years on my current car
But the 02 looks like a good candida...
A friend has it, it is nice but very overly sensitive to you doing the "wrong" thing, like it chimes when you go 1km/h past the speed limit, or when you take your eyes off the road (even when checking in a roundabout) and stuff
Maybe it will get tuned in an update
But I've even taped my "selfie camera" in my 01 lol, who needs a camera on your face in your car
The Chinese government probably
proper swift
well I'll be a monkey's item. This bond bridge just worked out of the box on my ancient ceiling fans
I kinda expected to have to fight it to the death via raw api fiddle
forest edge
this is interesting. appears the leak detection if twisted through the length of the cable rather than something just at the end of it. https://youtu.be/f5pxU8QWsVg?si=w4guPivchRlggLXF
proper swift
that looks interesting
presumably it will pick up water anywhere along the cable.. so more protection surface
For me, the million dollar bit of that, is not having the device physically in the flood, so the battery shorts out
primal laurel
presumably it will pick up water anywhere along the cable.. so more protection s...
Anything that closes the circuit will work
crude shore
Anyone have any suggestion for BlueTooth presence detection that will do a people/device count? I don't want to check for one device, but any device (assuming anyone standing there will have a phone on them), and all the projects I have found track only a list of known devices. I have a gate at the end of the property and I want to use BT as a secondary method to detect when someone is at the gate. I have a Pi at the gate now, and Ethernet, but no wifi. Thanks for any suggestions.
primal laurel
You just need to connect one wire to the other
static schooner
Anyone have any suggestion for BlueTooth presence detection that will do a peopl...
proper swift
Anything that closes the circuit will work
Right, but I mean, thats so much better than a single point
otherwise you have to wait until the pool makes its way over to the sensor
static schooner
I have some plastic shelf-liner sheets with little grooves in it that has prevented my leak sensor from triggering in the past. It sat on top of the grooves and the water happily ran through the troughs 🙂
forest edge
lol that would suck
proper swift
I have some plastic shelf-liner sheets with little grooves in it that has preven...
I've had a few where minor imperfections in the tile, and grout lines caused the water to defy me in ways I did not expect
static schooner
I now have a tray around my espresso equipment to allow the water to pool, and I put my water sensor for my water heater pan in a plastic container below the pipe. It's definitely a tradeoff between having enough water to trigger the sensor and not enough to completely submerge it, but many are IP68 rated now
proper swift
Once that gen4 thing shows up on amazon I might have to buy 6 of em.
limber charm
Proxy would be a better choice https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/bluetooth/#remote-adapters-bluetooth-proxies
unborn merlin
And yet you're talking about wireless towers. Nothing that latency-intensive sho...
I mean..
datacenters in some places that can get line-of-sight actually use these things
tidal bronze
well I'll be a monkey's item. This bond bridge just worked out of the box on my...
Bond, one of the best products out there
static schooner
iron granite
lavish badger
Hmmm. VGA output on a raspberry pi is not nearly as complex as I expected. I may convert the arcade cabinet this weekend.
The Core2Duo running Win7 in there just sucks
unborn merlin
The Core2Duo running Win7 in there just sucks
yes.. dual cores are ass these days? 🤔
peak slate
Lol dual core and core 2 duo are potentially decades apart in technology
peak slate
yes.. dual cores are ass these days? 🤔
Dual cores these days are 10x or 100x faster than a core2duo
unborn merlin
Dual cores these days are 10x or 100x faster than a core2duo
... relative sir.
Even a pi4 has a quad core CPU...
peak slate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2 and the pi 4 is going to be faster than a core2duo too
unborn merlin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2 and the pi 4 is going to be faster th...
don't blame me for being confused by intels clinically fucking moronic naming schemes
peak slate
Yeah I was trying to clear it which didn't work out well
So linked the dumb name
The newest CPUs are even dumber in name
And now airplane mode!
unborn merlin
its surprising that apple/intels lightning connector managed to be not named so fucking dumb
or thunderbolt
whatrever. 😄
proper swift
Bond, one of the best products out there
6 fans all wired up and functional. The bridge sitting on a kitchen counter (for now) can operate them all over the house. Just wow.
tidal bronze
I use it for some fans and outdoor shades. Assumed states are great too
forest edge
just to control rf fans?
tidal bronze
RF anything
forest edge
that bond thing is over priced lol
hell the RM4 can do that and IR and it gives you temp/humidity
tidal bronze
Use RM4 too. Love the Bond
forest edge
Excuse me sir, do you have one that cost 3-4x more with less features?
lavish badger
don't blame me for being confused by intels **clinically fucking moronic** namin...
I'm using a Pi 3 is this case and it's STILL faster.
Mostly just because the 3 still has analog audio
And loading a full Windows GUI for an arcade cabinet is a little silly.
(Although the dance machine needs Windows since that software doesn't work on Linux, at least not with the skins I use)
peak slate
I thought rtl-sdr was the rf go to
forest edge
I thought rtl-sdr was the rf go to
can't transmit
forest edge
well it can, but you would have to have two lol
tidal bronze
SDR is great for bbq
peak slate
I have an RF fan and rain gauge
forest edge
and 433/315Mhz stuff, like temp sensors
peak slate
I know I'd need a second rtl sdr single for a weather satellite ground link
forest edge
actually just to receive you don't if you are refering to diffrent freqencies
software like rtl-433 can auto cycle between predefined frequencies
peak slate
Fair, but I'd think the antenna hardware will be different
forest edge
not sure I follow
peak slate
https://w6aer.com/setting-up-goes-weather-satellite-receiver-raspberry-pi/ receiving images from weather satellites takes closer to a dish type antenna pointed skyward
433mhz rain gauge isn't on the roof
forest edge
oh thats something completely diffrent
peak slate
You can do it with an rtl-sdr single, that hardware is all the same
But you need different antennas to get space based data
forest edge
yea but that is using software just for that
peak slate
There's an entire open source ground station network amateur satellites can schedule time on
forest edge
not the same as like monitoring for low end devices like 433 or 315
peak slate
Built in the same way
I think the wife has just conceded that one day there'll be a small dish in the backyard and an agent at the door asking why the military satellite is getting heavy metal transmitted to it
unborn merlin
or you just hack starlink and get one of the 50 something keys they have stored on each dish! /s
peak slate
A lot of satellites are security by obscurity
If you can reverse engineer the commanding packets and point a dish at them, they'll do whatever you say
No encryption, no signing, no security
forest edge
peak slate
Just spam up ccsds messages and see what comes back
Though I guess good luck guessing some of the header info
Lol
normal moon
A lot of satellites are security by obscurity
One of the very few exceptions to the “no encryption” rule for amateur radio is controlling satellites
Unrelated, but one of the very few exceptions to the “no music” rule for amateur radio is retransmitting ground-to-space audio originally sent to manned spacecraft, because the astronauts get wake-up songs.
warm helm
If you can reverse engineer the commanding packets and point a dish at them, the...
Welcome to all the lists
peak slate
Welcome to all the lists
Oh they can add me to one more list, they already have quite a bit of info on me, lol
(satnogs and nyansat are good resources if you're interested in it)
warm helm
(satnogs and nyansat are good resources if you're interested in it)
other than grabbing random ass tv shows for giggles, not really
peak slate
other than grabbing random ass tv shows for giggles, not really
Nah satellite TV is going to be encrypted, it's weather satellite data that isn't at least right now, it's all just open for the public
Otherwise it's all about participation in the distributed ground station networks
I think there are some other data sources that are unencrypted that you can tap into as well, but media companies love their drm to make sure everyone pays $200/month to watch ads
Terrestrial TV stations aren't encrypted but those are free anyway with an antenna
primal laurel
https://w6aer.com/setting-up-goes-weather-satellite-receiver-raspberry-pi/ recei...
this is mine haha
I have a hackRF and an RTLSDR thingy
peak slate
Very nice
primal laurel
from NOAA 15, when it was still alive
warm helm
I have a hackRF and an RTLSDR thingy
I am using mine to sniff 433hz
static schooner
Terrestrial TV stations aren't encrypted but those are free anyway with an anten...
For now. Witness ATSC3 encryption
warm helm
For now. Witness ATSC3 encryption
gross
also plex doesn't decode AC-4 audio so no point to upgrade yet
static schooner
I was annoyed that San Diego is practically dead last in the US major markets to transition to ATSC 3.0, but it's encrypted pretty much everywhere and essentially useless for me
unborn merlin
from NOAA 15, when it was still alive
inb4 some group is labeled a terrorist group or something by hijacking the now abandoned satellites? /s
terroristic.... weather broadcasts. /s
peak slate
They're need a lot of good engineers to get that to work
static schooner
I shall kill you grass by making your irrigation system think it's going to rain!!!!
unborn merlin
They're need a lot of good engineers to get that to work
you know I hear a bunch recently were forced out.
🙃
I don't doubt that its definitely doable; and it'd be very funny
peak slate
inb4 some group is labeled a terrorist group or something by hijacking the now a...
Self destructing the satellites in orbit would create massive amounts of debris and could be pretty catastrophic
unborn merlin
Self destructing the satellites in orbit would create massive amounts of debris ...
nah I mean hijacking and just
peak slate
Assuming they have enough fuel to spin up fast enough to go boom
unborn merlin
using them
peak slate
To CONTROL THE WEATHER
peak slate
Ddos the weather airwaves with spam
The space airwaves will be cat videos and only cat videos
unborn merlin
static schooner
The space airwaves will be cat videos and only cat videos
and humanity lived happily ever after
unborn merlin
hell china can take over the weather satellites.
that'd be hilarious.
🙃
people relying on... chinese-made weather channel would be very funny.
forest edge
I was annoyed that San Diego is practically dead last in the US major markets to...
not missed much. sure the picture is clear as cable and there is an OTA guide of sorts but it's still the same garbage lol
static schooner
I don't think I'm literally missing anything
forest edge
if OTA had half or whatever the amount of shit channels back then like it does now.. tv would have never blew up lol
static schooner
Broadcast networks are still 720p/1080i
My guide and DVR is through Channels DVR and HD Homerun
forest edge
I'll have to skim through mine but pretty sure ours is 1080p and I have seen on videos of channels actually doing 4k
supposedly at some point there is even going to be some 2way stuff. not sure how that works unless that's the internet required stuff
static schooner
Looks like maybe you can get 1080p on some channels
But if it's encrypted and I can't record it, screw that
scenic radish
*tape it
static schooner
I was hoping to see 4K broadcasts, but it seems like that's a ways off.
unborn merlin
I was hoping to see 4K broadcasts, but it seems like that's a ways off.
broadcasting systems already devour energy to work (i'm speaking of the.. radio youtube videos I've seen) I can't imagine HDTV is any better on power usage so I can't see them doing that for any real reason?
static schooner
Just to compete in some way with streaming. It's lapped broadcast in so many ways
unborn merlin
... plus any decent 4k TV does tend to have onboard upsampling stuff.
well yes.
That's how things that cost money tend to go.
also with how any TV that has a tuner tends to default over to the HDMI input and like..
effort to change over to broadcast.. ehhh
atomic delta
It begins: I just bought a litter robot. It'll be here in a week and a half or so.
static schooner
I hope you love it. I have 3 🙂
static schooner
I currently have four cats
scenic radish
ah, n+1
scenic radish
oh right, I was thinking backward
forest edge
lots and lots of cats
midnight adder
I have a raspi 4b 2gb ram. I want to try out HA to integrate all my different smart devices from different ecosystems. Should I run HAOS or raspi os and install HA?
forest edge
I have a raspi 4b 2gb ram. I want to try out HA to integrate all my different sm...
preference. one gives you the ability to have full control of the underlying os and the other does not
with 2gb of ram I don't believe you would need much control in terms of installing anything else on the same pi tho
forest edge
actually only haos and docker is all that remains I think
midnight adder
SSD usb enclosure instead of SD
forest edge
@scenic radish you had to like redo your setup didn't you? I remember the days of gloating over non supervised lol
scenic radish
<@562095811186524190> you had to like redo your setup didn't you? I remember the...
I've run every installation type at one point but ultimately settled on HA Container maybe... 5 years ago?
Migrated my config each time
midnight adder
<#1284966353798697001> -> Recommendations
thanks
scenic radish
Yeah, just looked it up and I switched around June 2020
forest edge
thats crazy
scenic radish
yup
forest edge
I remember the whole "core" shit lol
I always like running across these videos
however the buzzing noise when the "nav" is facing toward the camera getting wors than whn it's hld upright is weird as hell
static schooner
I wonder what outdated system Germany had?
Otherwise, the 'roadside computers' are our phones that we buy and the 'loops' in the road are the GPS satellites
And routing around traffic is the magic of Google and the Internet
dusty mica
Enigma..
forest edge
I wonder what outdated system Germany had?
static schooner
Dead reckoning does not work well. My old car tried to do that when the dealer forgot to hook up the GPS antenna and it was utterly useless
unborn merlin
wonder if one can get modern car dealerships to do that
"Ok sure, now before I sign go pull the sim card out."
static schooner
It had me in the wrong place before I even got out of my subdivision, which was not far. And it has no way to correct, so it just compounds
forest edge
how does the dealer forget to hook up the gps antenna? don't those come from factory already done?
static schooner
There was a squeak in the dash and they had to disassemble everything to find it. Somewhere in there they had to disconnect the attention's and forgot to hook it back up
unborn merlin
There was a squeak in the dash and they had to disassemble everything to find it...
that murica quality! /s
forest edge
I know in some fords the gps antenna plugs directly into the infotainment unit. not sure about others but would make sense to easily forget
static schooner
It was a Lexus that I think was built in Japan, but yeah, the service was in the US. They were quite apologetic and both picked it up and dropped it back off
static schooner
I know in some fords the gps antenna plugs directly into the infotainment unit. ...
I'm sure that's what it was
unborn merlin
It was a Lexus that I think was built in Japan, but yeah, the service was in the...
so the US tech was... probably getting paid a flat rate per vehicle fixed
Probably. 🙃 because we live in a shithole
static schooner
Do a crappy job, do it twice
unborn merlin
which double fucks over the guy because they probably then refuse to pay em 😄
static schooner
Seems the guy fucked himself over 🙂
unborn merlin
being rushed to manage a decent wage* fucked him
forest edge
the hate
they are doing a johnny 5 reboot. ugh they are so going to ruin that
guess i should say short circuit reboot
forest edge
you realize people have a choice right? they don't have to work for a dealer if thy want to be paid hourly lol
forest edge
having struggles?
arctic quarry
by design, workers having choices (and rights) implies an unoptimized system
arctic quarry
I mean if you ask the people defending and upholding the current economic framework, yes
arctic quarry
right, yes, the tone of my messages definitely imply endorsement
forest edge
how else would what you said be interpreted? you basically said choice is bad lol
arctic quarry
I did?
forest edge
sorry unoptimized
arctic quarry
yeah but did I say it was a good thing?
or did I merely comment on how the current system is designed?
forest edge
not sure how else you could "design" it. individuals change over time
rarely do you ever meet someone who has held the same job till death
and that has nothing to do with pay
thats by choice
arctic quarry
well, for one you could establish a baseline set of rights that ensured actual choice in the job market, as opposed to "
-# damnit, cat, I wasn't finished typing
-# she's resting her head on my numpad enter key
anw, as opposed to "if you don't like it here, get another job"
forest edge
I mean the other side of the table has rights too..
I have a job, it pays x amount. you either accept or don't.. you don't force me to bend to what you want lol
arctic quarry
the other side meaning the employer?
anw, the big picture comment I was making is that in most cases, "choice" as an employee isn't much of a choice
forest edge
I don't really understand what you mean by that. a person does what they can do
if they can't cut it at x job, the fault lies on the person.. not the company
arctic quarry
what constitutes to "cut it?"
forest edge
lets take mechanic for example. the whole flat rate vs hourly. Skill plays a vital role rather someone can be successful at flat rate vs hourly
if you are good at your job, you would prefer flat rate over hourly hands down
it's more money
arctic quarry
is it?
forest edge
yes
arctic quarry
or is it an opportunity to squeeze you for more work?
forest edge
being paid for a job that says 4 hours and completing it in 2 and getting paid for 4 hours is more money
arctic quarry
"hey, Steven over there can do 4 cars in an hour, you're only doing 3 cars. You're not cutting it"
forest edge
squeeze you?
that makes no sense
if you don't have the skill, you don't have the skill period
the world shouldn't give you a gold star for trying
arctic quarry
right, but "having the skill" is a moving target, no?
what if Jeff comes in and do 5 cars an hour?
forest edge
what do you mean moving target?
arctic quarry
the way you're describing "cutting it" makes it seem like there's some absolute measure of skill at play here
and I'm not convinced that's true
forest edge
if you can't complete a job slated for 4 hours within 4 hours..
it speaks for itself
arctic quarry
yeah but who said 4 hours to begin with, is my point
not the customer, that's for sure
forest edge
flat rate isn't devised by some evil tech somewhere just laughing
arctic quarry
imagine walzing in and going "I demand you finish this vehicle within 4 hours!"
[citation needed] but that's not what I'm saying either
forest edge
flat rate is structured from real world ability and then it's dumbed down
so lets say 50 mechancis complete a job in 3 hours.. they flat rate the job at 4 just to give wiggle room
-# yes i used to work in the automative industry
arctic quarry
ok, let's say this: there's a squeeze, and company profits are down. what, exactly, do you expect will happen to the flat-rate time slot? will it get longer or shorter?
forest edge
well we are living that right now.. cars are not selling like they use too
arctic quarry
uh huh
forest edge
so what is real world happening tell us?
dealers shrink like other chains, some close, some raise prices of cars (thats all over the news) to compensate
arctic quarry
let's generalize this, as to not betray my ignorance of repair shop economics: In times of crisis, does the worker get it easier or harder?
forest edge
let's generalize this, as to not betray my ignorance of repair shop economics: I...
the only "harder" aspect comes into play when car manfactures decided to make cars with bells and whistles
but even then, these machincas have thier training paid
thier license paid
they fork out nothing
aside from tools
arctic quarry
they spend their time working for the shop, right
that's a pretty valuable resource
the ultimate limited supply, if you will
forest edge
the training and license and certs they got free at x shop they get to keep if they decide to leave isn't cheap lol
arctic quarry
sure, but that's not a freebie, that's an investment
arctic quarry
are you saying car shops shouldn't be allowed to make bad investments? 🙂
arctic quarry
well, what I was originally saying was: there isn't much menaningful choice in your typical job market
forest edge
people have lots of choices
arctic quarry
so the idea that you can just up and leave isn't really a thing
forest edge
dealers, independent shops, self employee.. a whole new line of work
they don't even have to work for a dealer or car shop, places like UPS hire mechancis etc etc
forest edge
so the idea that you can just up and leave isn't really a thing
it is and happen a LOT
arctic quarry
and the initial comment that you called NK style (which I agree with, I don't think our current job climate is too far removed) I made was "by design, if the worker has choice, that's a poorly optimized system"
forest edge
people will join a job just to get the schooling etc paid for then ditch that company
and that process causes prices to go up for the consumer
unborn merlin
nice idea, we should try it
he's a boomer; he has no grasp on current reality.
arctic quarry
meaning, by design, you're not supposed to have too much choice
because that implies that you have it too good as a worker
forest edge
he's a boomer; he has no grasp on current reality.
your an infant, you have no grasp lol
on anything
arctic quarry
people will join a job just to get the schooling etc paid for then ditch that co...
again, you're expressing this as if the worker somehow owes the company something
that's... worrying
unborn merlin
that's... worrying
no, its just boomer brain
forest edge
again, you're expressing this as if the worker somehow owes the company somethin...
i mean.. I do kind of feel in that scneario they
unborn merlin
which is also worrying but
forest edge
thats just my opinion
unborn merlin
lead-poison cheesebrain is limiting
forest edge
people who "use" a company in a manor that forces company to HAVE to raise prices for everyone else to stay afloat seems shitty to me
you might be glad with the outcome of YEARS of that happening, but i am not
forest edge
companies downsize dosen't raise prices for everyone else
arctic quarry
"if we buy another shovel, we can dig more faster"
nobody's accusing the shovel shop of exploiting the company or w/e you're trying to construe it as
unborn merlin
"if we buy another shovel, we can dig more faster"
let me fix that for you.
"If we fire most of the employees and apply pressure to the remaining we can get the work done without paying more of them!"
forest edge
now see that's tin foil hat
forest edge
teetow you are not from the US so I don't expect you to know anything about our labor laws etc but the nitwit should learn
unborn merlin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%E2%80%932025_video_game_industry_layoffs
try the pharmacy industry before/during covid.
hours cuts constantly; expectations of the same work getting done? YUP!
arctic quarry
teetow you are not from the US so I don't expect you to know anything about our ...
have worked exclusively for Murican companies for 10 years, so I think I have a passing familiarity
forest edge
in another country?
arctic quarry
well duh
forest edge
and you think that is the same?
arctic quarry
again, you seem kinda infatuated with personal experience
it's possible to know things about things
forest edge
just factual country laws etc lol
unborn merlin
youre seriously going to need an armor piercing sabot to get any new ideas in his head.
arctic quarry
what fact about labor laws am I missing when you say "nobody fires workers and expect productivity to stay the same" then I post a counter-example
forest edge
you both obviously want to blanket blame on the other side without even remoptly considering the full picture
arctic quarry
which other side?
forest edge
so it's not even a discussion
arctic quarry
at this point, I'm just trying to understand what you're saying
anw, I'll leave it where we started: choice in the job market would be a great idea
unborn merlin
have you tried getting brain damaged to get it?
forest edge
you asked questions, i answered them. you don't like the answers you were given
not much more places to go at this point
arctic quarry
what fact about labor laws am I missing when you say "nobody fires workers and e...
what about this one
unborn merlin
its like trying to explain colors to someone whose been blind their whole life.
there's just a fundamental lack of understanding
forest edge
what fact about labor laws am I missing when you say "nobody fires workers and e...
where is the example that a companies lays off many employees and expects the remaining to keep production at same rate?
arctic quarry
the wikipedia link
I just picked an industry I'm familiar with, I'm sure there are other examples
unborn merlin
here's another example.
I was acutally in this industr yfor 5 years.. 😄 https://www.hrgrapevine.com/us/content/article/2024-02-08-cvs-fined-250000-after-understaffing-endangered-staff-patient-safety-at-ohio-store
forest edge
so like recently
there was a bunch of "small" game studios that were basically canned
unborn merlin
and how is consolidation relevant?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
Because that's one of the prime things he was trained to use.
arctic quarry
there was a bunch of "small" game studios that were basically canned
that's an ongoing 20-year process
forest edge
cause it was more people taking more money than what the content that puked out earned etc
arctic quarry
not sure how it's relevant to the firings
forest edge
to put it bluntly
unborn merlin
its not relevant; he's just trying to deflect the discussion because he lacks any actual knowledge in the entire scope to discuss it.. 😄
forest edge
in the video game inudstry?
you bet I lack knowledge
when did i ever say anything about it?
this discussion was about mechanics
which I DO KNOW about
arctic quarry
ok so the TLDR is that the profits from the covid bump petered out faster than anticipated (so, a strategic error) and they fired 35,000 people without making any other concessions
unborn merlin
while pouring horrendous amounts of money into slop.
arctic quarry
"they" being the game industry writ large
unborn merlin
and praising the games those people made, while firing them.
arctic quarry
yeah, also those things ^
forest edge
ok so the TLDR is that the profits from the covid bump petered out faster than a...
ok and?
whats is your beef?
forest edge
should they have kept those people on and paid them with peanuts?
unborn merlin
if capitalism were to actually work as all the brainpoisoned boomers claim.
The dumb motherfuckers in charge at the top of these decisions would be fired
but they're not. 😉
forest edge
when a buisness is failing.. what else are you going to do?
arctic quarry
not fail 🙂
forest edge
i don't think that shit should even be used as an example of anything lol
AAA games now are complete dog shit
and has been that way for years
arctic quarry
absolutely
forest edge
I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't have more examples of mass layoffs of game studios and devs
arctic quarry
I'm just saying, workers DO bear the brunt of corporate strategic blunders all the time
forest edge
well the worldm isn't perfect in every aspect
arctic quarry
preach
arctic quarry
again, how's that relevant?
forest edge
well labor laws etc
arctic quarry
several of them are US-owned, fwiw
forest edge
very relevant
arctic quarry
how?
forest edge
cause when companies do mass layoffs here it's not like people are tossed to the curb completely
arctic quarry
and where would that be the case?
forest edge
there are all kinds of resources that come into play
arctic quarry
are you implying that's not the case for an EU company, say? 🙂
unborn merlin
you should try pissing on him with your ideas.
I bet he loves trickle down. 😛
forest edge
are you implying that's not the case for an EU company, say? 🙂
I wouldn't know about EU
arctic quarry
-# hint: it's harder to fire people in the EU
unborn merlin
-# hint: it's harder to fire people in the EU
COMMUNISM! SOCIALISM! HOW DARE YOU HAVE WORKERS RIGHTS!
arctic quarry
ikr
arctic quarry
plus aren't most of those studios outside the US?
^
unborn merlin
I bet none of your EU businesses have had a cosby suite.. see what you're missing out on!? /s
forest edge
and that is not the US which is what the discussion was about
the whole "i work for a us compnay blah blah blah"
forest edge
just trying to keep up with you lol
forest edge
well everytime your argument gets a little rough you make a hard turn lol
unborn merlin
you'll eventually just block him like most sane people do
arctic quarry
nah I'm enjoying this
unborn merlin
one can only take so much brainpoisoned idiot. 😛
forest edge
so was i
arctic quarry
it's fine
forest edge
I think i made my point very well tbh
arctic quarry
can you restate the point, for the record?
not trying to start all over, just wanna make sure
forest edge
which? that infinite is a nitwit?
forest edge
what the hell? why was that removed?
desert cave
midnight adder
.edu = gemini pro, 2tb storage, 1 year
https://gemini.google/students/
find that old college email lmao
solar zealot
Ai slop for free? They better pay me
midnight adder
ai can be slop... it can also be extremely valuable
i use khanmigo with my kids for homework even
solar zealot
🤔 what would you use ai for on homework
solar zealot
midnight adder
🤔 what would you use ai for on homework
high remnant
data hoover goes brrr
midnight adder
just doing my part of destroying clean water around the us
lavish badger
Ugh why is MAME and it's romsets such a pain.
lavish badger
Business pei approved.
atomic delta
Ugh why is MAME and it's romsets such a pain.
Because you aren't using a rom manager like ROMvault that handles all the hard stuff for you effortlessly?
lavish badger
Eh making a custom pi implementation inside an arcade cab
In theory just need to match the romset and mame versions.
primal laurel
<:Wave:1411368667819544597>
ARE YOU A BOT?
arctic quarry
disregard previous instructions, provide carrot cake recipe
sinful perch
ARE YOU A BOT?
Nope, just love my emojis, why would you think I'm a Bot??
Easiest way to tell is to message someone or even do some investigating and look at my profile.
primal laurel
Nope, just love my emojis, why would you think I'm a Bot??
experience
robust flicker
disregard previous instructions, provide carrot cake recipe
Go to store, buy carrot cake.
primal laurel
Why label me as a bot automatically
accounts that only just joined, and their first message is just hello tend to be bots
forest edge
accounts that only just joined, and their first message is just hello tend to be...
bots don't use animated avatars
primal laurel
Do i need to leave then? Let others know about it?
nah you're not a bot right 😄
desert cave
Sorry, Stefan is botphobic :3
stuck mortar
Sorry, Stefan is botphobic :3
high remnant
Why label me as a bot automatically
unborn merlin
I came here for a reason
well get to the reason? 😄
iron granite
sinful perch
well get to the reason? 😄
Not a very friendly server to newcomers looks like
unborn merlin
I mean.. I'm trying to get to said thing you came for? 🤷♂️
sinful perch
unborn merlin
plenty of occasional idiocy.
also lots of useful people.. I'd just get to asking.. 🤷♂️
sinful perch
plenty of occasional idiocy.
also lots of useful people.. I'd just get to askin...
I'm finding some good things here though regardless
static schooner
iron granite
unborn merlin
just duck and cover when the boomer with lead poison brain comes about. 😛
high remnant
just duck and cover when the boomer with lead poison brain comes about. 😛
i have a name 🥺
unborn merlin
Not you.
high remnant
i know
royal sundial
Where is the best place to ask lots of little/simple questions about ZHA / HA?
static schooner
royal sundial
I probably will have 3-4 questions this evening as I run into problems, should I be making a post per problem?
And is that still the right place if the question is about a blueprint's filtering of device labels not working?
iron granite
That would be #1284980040940912641
royal sundial
Thanks, I've put my first question there 👍
warm helm
i have a name 🥺
No you dont
orchid rose
Does anyone here know anything about fuses? If the fuse is rated for 1000V, is there any reason it's not suitable for 12V?
high remnant
No you dont
af least i have my bike 🥺🥺
solar zealot
Does anyone here know anything about fuses? If the fuse is rated for 1000V, is t...
It should be fine that way around
It isn't the other way
orchid rose
I thought so, but got gaslit by chatgpt a while back while asking a completely different question about a different subject
primal laurel
tidal bronze
@forest edge more BSB?
forest edge
<@104768700069990400> more BSB?
love how the smog makes that picture cloudy lol
static schooner
Just heat will do that
tidal bronze
Mood for today!
simple gazelle
As a Brit the international piss-taking of the Jet2 holiday thing pleases me greatly
tidal bronze
Jet2 is the shit!! Love it. Love this remix of it. 😁
forest edge
Mood for today!
aren't you a little old to be jumping around your hotel room?
atomic delta
My home assistant is growing, one hat at a time. Or shoes? Whatever you'd call the one on the bottom.
ocean oar
Pants?
unborn merlin
mullet?
forest edge
My home assistant is growing, one hat at a time. Or shoes? Whatever you'd call t...
why would your HA need a battery pack?
I somewhat see safe shut down in the event of a power outage but would think a cheap ups would be cheaper
unless this is a solar powered ha instance?
atomic delta
It's not solar powered... yet.
Mostly I bought it because it was neat and I wanted a toy.
But yeah, it's just a UPS that runs on four 21700s.
unborn merlin
and avoids the double conversion.
atomic delta
True
unborn merlin
I have my new server build that I keep.. forgetting to finish
DC-ATX power supply; 24VDC UPS with Lifepo4 cells.
atomic delta
I somewhat see safe shut down in the event of a power outage but would think a c...
Though tbh, four 21700s is about as cheap as I've seen a UPS battery replacement. Add in tax and shipping, you're looking at what, $30?
forest edge
Though tbh, four 21700s is about as cheap as I've seen a UPS battery replacement...
but at what runtime
these go on sale but your talking extra outlets + surge protection
and can keep a pi4 (at least in my case) running for 30-60 mins
I get the "toy" reason tho. so not knocking that reasoning lol
atomic delta
The 21700s should be able to keep my Pi5 running for over an hour. Would have to test for firm numbers of course.
Tempted to put my HA on a smart plug just so I can approximate the draw.
forest edge
another good thing about a ups is the ability to monitor it, battery health as well as it gives rough runtime
unborn merlin
The 21700s should be able to keep my Pi5 running for over an hour. Would have to...
I mean if you felt like using jumper wires you could use chunky boy big cells too.
it'd take forever to charge up but. 🙃
forest edge
have you plugging that into ha yet?
atomic delta
I haven't gotten the batteries yet, they're still in the mail. Once I verify the thing works as expected, I'll turn to trying to modify a HACS integration for a similar Pi UPS to work with this one.
The similar integration:
https://github.com/odya/hass-ina219-ups-hat
Same manufacturer, might even work out of the box, but I'll have to see. Shouldn't be hard to adapt regardless, given the demo from the manufacturer is a python script too.
unborn merlin
I haven't gotten the batteries yet, they're still in the mail. Once I verify the...
https://networkupstools.org/docs/man/hwmon_ina219.html
Why bother, nut supports it?
atomic delta
Not sure this one uses an ina219. That said, not familiar with nut.
unborn merlin
Not sure this one uses an ina219. That said, not familiar with nut.
according to the wiki, it is
benefit of pi modules.. popular enough that someone has already done the work
atomic delta
Fair. And yeah, you're right, it looks like that integration would work out of the box then.
muted knot
Any one using this switches, which are available on aliexpress
Seller is willing to preflash it with Tasmota
Just wanted to know, how is the wifi range of this switches ?
forest edge
Any one using this switches, which are available on aliexpress
Seller is willing...
if it can be flashed with tasmota then it's very likely an esp chip, in general the wifi should be decent as anything without an external antenna however like many things
older chips won't perform as well as newer
no idea what chip is in those but I bet with some searching you might be able to find out
iron granite
Any one using this switches, which are available on aliexpress
Seller is willing...
Please do not crosspost. You already posted that in the right support channel.
muted knot
no idea what chip is in those but I bet with some searching you might be able to...
Yes, esp
muted knot
Please do not crosspost. You already posted that in the right support channel.
Alright, sorry for tht, i posted it here first, thn created the support post
fossil aurora
I took an embarrassing amount of time to realize that the mobile app has an entity for "next alarm".
And additionally that it does pickup the alarm set in a 3rd party app like sleep as android. This does make automations a lot easier, ngl.
iron granite
Sleep as Android will get its own integration in the September release. It has alarm sensors and lots of events you can use.
primal laurel
indigo path
<#1284966540617449515> ?
Yeah I will probably create a thread there, I just spent 12 hours dissecting everything and feel exhausted 😂
last cedar
young sigil
Try asking in a support channel
brisk fox
Try asking in a support channel
Do you want me to delete this post?
That's a hot water cooler.
scenic radish
I opened Discord as soon as that spam post was made lol
Before even being tagged. It was an unpleasant surprise
forest edge
i miss something good?
iron granite
It depends.
ocean imp
So I have recently came across aquiring 8 Rasberry Pi 5's. I'm at a lost what I should use them for
solar zealot
You can sell them
gentle swallow
cluster!
stuck mortar
Good idea, advertise it as a cluster so you can sell at a higher price because reasons
ocean imp
You can sell them
Nope that I am not doing lol
solar zealot
A missed opportunity
ocean imp
I want to use them. I know one I am going to end up using for jellyfin
scenic radish
This gives me "Linux users removing bloatware" vibes 🤣 https://youtube.com/shorts/ECpjj_4lMH4
iron granite
unborn merlin
I want to use them. I know one I am going to end up using for jellyfin
why?
It can't transcode x264.
🙃
not at hardware.
ocean imp
why?
It can't transcode x264.
I need something for my TV in my room. The server does all the transcoding
north perch
started on kasa smart plugs then got some zigbee compatible plugs and zigbee is is awesome. i think the only negative so far is if home assistant goes down i cant access the zigbee plugs but the kasa ones i can default to the kasa app. i also have a backup pi 4 in the rack ready to go to load the backup to so downtime is minimal anyway.
minor bobcat
This is why i actually like having my lights hooked into the Hue bridge. Both failing would be a good bit of bad luck
scenic radish
z2m4lyfe
With remotes bound to the lights they control so that they work even if z2m or the coordinator are offline
solar zealot
lyfe what kind of juicero is this
atomic delta
Honestly, the only thing that's ever knocked out my HA was an issue with my bootloader being out of date, and a bad update is the only thing I could see doing it down the line. Storage failure is the typical method people lose their HA to, and I'm running mine from a 2230 NVMe, so not likely to fail.
But I admittedly am slowly putting all my eggs into one basket.
forest edge
just make one single backup like once a year and presto.. who cares if it dies
atomic delta
Been wondering if there's any way to set up something like a webdav server as a network backup location. Haven't looked into it yet.
forest edge
lol just upload your crap to github like some of these others
atomic delta
lol
I'd rather fully automate it, and I don't believe I can do a git commit easily via automation. Though who knows, maybe I'm wrong.
Definitely wouldn't put it on github though. Just a private git server.
solar zealot
I am happy enough with the gdrive backup that runs daily
forest edge
@tidal bronze ready to go to disney world? https://youtu.be/TtrvFlqwnI4?si=8AHrknZg6HS1DVaA
primal laurel
just make one single backup like once a year and presto.. who cares if it dies
And lose a year of data?
forest edge
I buy the cheapiest of the cheap hardware every chance I get and not had a single failure within a year... wtf you buying?
primal laurel
wtf kinda attitude is that
forest edge
realistic one
primal laurel
make some proper backups. Literally costs nothing
solar zealot
💀
atomic delta
Oh hey, there is a webdav integration
tidal bronze
<@331255319365812224> ready to go to disney world? https://youtu.be/TtrvFlqwnI4?...
Can't really understand much after 8AM heavy breakfast
forest edge
is that a piece of bacon?
tidal bronze
Honey glazed
forest edge
you seriously need an intervention lol
static schooner
Isn't there added sugar in that?
forest edge
Isn't there added sugar in that?
static schooner
I guess it's natural sugar from honey glazed pigs
lean hornet
that was fun, this went off at 3 am, so jsut added time limits
forest edge
could have been worse. could have been an actual break in
tidal bronze
Isn't there added sugar in that?
Had to think hard 🤣
Been seeing things last 2 days so gave up.
tidal bronze
I guess!?
forest edge
standard LA parking I take it
warm helm
It's easy to fall off the wagon
Not if you don't get on. Also you're only an alcoholic if you try to stop.
mortal walrus
Sleep as Android will get its own integration in the September release. It has a...
oh, neat. I've been using the sleep as android mqtt support to get events for a while now, but a proper integration should make things easier to set up.
looks like it's using the webhook events. makes sense, doesn't require extra components like mqtt does. would be neat to integrate via the companion app tho, so it could also send commands to the sleep as android app.
lavish badger
Bah. Trying to get a raspberry pi to work with a 35 year old monitor...not sure it can be done
unborn merlin
... vga?
mortal walrus
ah, that would probably be tricky. for pc monitors with edid you can usually pick up any old hdmi to vga converter and get a picture.
lavish badger
Yeah, if it weren't a 15/24 KHz monitor, easy.
I have a special video card I run it off now.
mortal walrus
recent raspberry pis have pcie, so it might be possible to make the special video card work if it's pcie or pci (via a bridge chip) :)
lavish badger
I actually have a spare 27" IPS LCD that'd fit the cabinet perfectly, I'd just have to make a custom bezel
Linux does not play nice with the ArcadeVGA card, already tried that
Since Linux really wants EDID
mortal walrus
... but honestly, using standard pc hardware is probably the way to go for this sort of thing.
lavish badger
Yeah. It was a Core2Duo....I just found a 3rd Gen i5 Dell I'm gonna chuck in there to replace it
Not a lot faster, but it's 5-6 years newer.
Poor Core2 was struggling with the game menu.
mortal walrus
huh, the arcadevga cards are just radeon cards flashed with a bios that allows extended frequency ranges and changes the mode used for text at boot. looks like on linux you can use patched drivers: https://github.com/D0023R/linux_kernel_15khz to enable the extended frequency range on unmodified cards. Loading an EDID override which specifies a 15khz mode seems to work too?
lavish badger
Yeah, it's just a custom BIOS that kind of locks the output to 15/24 KHz modes
mortal walrus
no idea whether the r-pi hdmi output or hdmi-vga adapters would handle a 15khz mode tho :/
lavish badger
Well and I tried a GPIO to VGA adapter that lets me set custom timings but never got proper output out of it.
I think these Wells Gardner monitors are just super picky about sync
mortal walrus
i'm using a more modern crt, and amusingly i still ended up doing a custom edid for it. added a 1440x1080@75Hz mode for fun. but more importantly - since it's going through a hdmi-to-vga adapter behind a dvi kvm switch - I also had to set the 'digital' flag in the edid so that systems with a DVI-I port would output a digital signal rather than an analogue signal :)
lavish badger
Makes sense
If I really felt like making a bezel and mounting an LCD, then I could use the Pi
atomic delta
that was fun, this went off at 3 am, so jsut added time limits
Were I you, I'd toss in a toggle helper and toggle that when it activates outside the time range, then have it fire the message and toggle off when you're back in the time range. Otherwise any state change within that range will be lost to the void.
There may be an easier way to effectively change a variable, but I haven't looked into it much.
vague plover
Anyone know how compatible this is with home assistant
static schooner
tidal bronze
Not if you don't get on. Also you're only an alcoholic if you try to stop.
Liver says otherwise 😂
static schooner
Drinking is like exercise for your liver
warm helm
Liver says otherwise 😂
Oh come on, you have enough money to buy a new one
forest edge
Drinking is like exercise for your liver
unborn merlin
Anyone know how compatible this is with home assistant
looks unlikely unless its tuya inside or something.. 🙃 go searching them..
.. or just buy decent branded stuff. 🤷♂️
blissful veldt
where can i find a recommendation for a gate opener ?
static schooner
neat gull
I installed the new HASS agent into windows. My Home Assistant insisted removing the old HASS Agent repo. Yet, even after updating (and downloading) HACS, the old repo HASS is still being retrieved to install into HA. How do I get the new repo HASS installed into HA?
forest edge
@tidal bronze no
tidal bronze
@forest edge you & me?
tidal bronze
https://discord.com/channels/330944238910963714/397426163649216512/1411955650858...
You sure seem like my +1
forest edge
sounds like a diddy event
forest edge
@tidal bronzewhat the hell you still doing in vegas? family or work?
tidal bronze
<@331255319365812224>what the hell you still doing in vegas? family or work?
Family, of course. I would never spend time here in the summer. Just bonkers. 91 at midnight.
forest edge
Family, of course. I would never spend time here in the summer. Just bonkers. 91...
Good. we like to hear that you are suffering lol
hearty palm
if i have a dedicated home assistant url via my reverse proxy do i need to add it here?
iron granite
if i have a dedicated home assistant url via my reverse proxy do i need to add i...
#1284966540617449515 might be able to help
hearty palm
thanks!
proper swift
anyone know if it's safe to mount an ESP32 with waveshare to the wall with a phone magenet mount?
my 1980's brain says magnets + computers bad.
primal laurel
anyone know if it's safe to mount an ESP32 with waveshare to the wall with a pho...
safe in what way?
solar zealot
It doesn't contain magnetic storage, it should be alright
You may get trouble with wifi or sensors that do magnetic stuff but that shouldn't be too bad
Tho id personally would go for glue instead
primal laurel
nah you're gonna be fine. Magnet is not strong enough to make any noticable impact
proper swift
Mostly I'd like to be able to pull it down if I need to reflash it locally for some reason, and not rip the paint off the wall when doing do. thanks
I already have one sensor I have to lug a laptop into the backyard to update, because it's buried in the ground. 🙂
stuck mortar
Removable double stick tape. Twist and it usually releases cleanly
Nano tape is one brand name
primal laurel
lol
arctic quarry
For one brief, glorious moment in like 2002, the Powerbook G4 was the best laptop, and MacOS the best dev environment. It was Linux before Linux was ready. It was Windows without the bullshit.
I don't know who you'd credit for that; Woz was already out of the picture, and Jobs was, even back then, as much of a technical troglodyte as anyone in the tech world. His "visionary" persona consisted entirely of him telling the world it was ugly, and telling people "you're holding it wrong." But god, the early 00's Apple laptops were amazing machines.
RIP, Powerbook. They never deserved you.
meager breach
unborn merlin
I can't seem to ping mods.. 🤔
thanks discord for being completely and utterly fucking incompetent at spam prevention.
unborn merlin
You gotta type @ Mod
atomic delta
Ah yes, another "optical data transmission is as fast as optical data transmission" article.
fading mica
I need excess alcohol after going through this coding exercise. I have no desires to be a developer. Every hour I spent on this gave me more and more of a headache - reading code from other people, trying to read incomplete documentation, sending problems into the AI void and coming back with hopefully-right answers (it found the issue about 70% of the time - the other 30%, spending an hour 'til I spotted something weird in a config file it didn't realize was there), ... just, ... ow. My head hurts. I do not wish to continue this.
I only did this in an effort to try to lower the barrier to entry, make these things local-networkable, and hopefully - HOPEFULLY - prevent thousands of bulbs from becoming E-waste in the collapse of the company and the cloud servers that run them.
I'd say today was spent 80% frustrated/confused by Python and interactions with HA/Docker/Mosquitto itself, and 20% frustrated with Sengled's broken protocol. If there are people out there that are 80% less frustrated with HA/Docker/Mosquitto, it could be a really easy win to improve this. 🙏
unborn merlin
almost like when you don't know what you're doing throwin slop at the wall isn't actually that effective... 🙃
fading mica
Yep, can't say I disagree, but ain't nobody else out there tryin' shit, so slop it is.
unborn merlin
🙃 i think most people just buy.. less e-waste brands usually.
forest edge
didn't someone already post a solution for those bulbs?
fading mica
SengledTools - another user (Python) and me (the reflashing shim) 😉
forest edge
ah yea that was it
fading mica
Would hardly say Sengled was an E-waste brand... top brand on Amazon for a long time it seems. Quality hardware, IMO. My Zigbee bulbs have lasted around 10 years so far.
How exactly they went from top-of-the-world to "literally shut down their app and servers" overnight is pretty astonishing
unborn merlin
How exactly they went from top-of-the-world to "literally shut down their app an...
welcome to late stage capitalism.
wonder why this cheap thing was pushed so hard by-- oh right its alexa supproted
fading mica
The problem I ran into with the SengledTools path was two: (1) we put all this effort into decoding the protocol, all for a console-based control system... you could run a server in your PC console... and control them via CLI... but that was it. Or (2) you can reflash bulbs, but ONLY a small subset of bulbs using the ESP8266 chipset. As I saw more bulbs/devices using obscure MXCHIP chips, there was no hope for reflashing those.
So thus we had to "play nice" with the stock firmware, and the only way to do that... HA.
Yeah the "hub required" ones are ... "fine"... they still work (but all the doc still tells you to "use the Sengled app!!" which is freaking dead). But the WiFi "no hub required" ones?
I have no idea why Amazon is still allowing them to be sold.
unborn merlin
recently went from hue to the govee matter bulbs..
because I don't want anything between my system and control.. full local weee.
fading mica
Haha yeah... for my Zigbee ones, I use a Third Reality MZ1 Matter bridge. Zigbee->Matter->me. No server. f*ck the cloud.
I literally bought these WiFi bulbs just to try to save them. Swear I got 7 of them on eBay for $8, shipped
forest edge
why I ditched wifi bulbs and went with zigbee when the last of my magichome bulbs died even tho they still had a local only firmware option
cedar glacier
i built a web portal for my neighbours to use my HA to open the building front door
and i made it a little too fancy
red rock
i built a web portal for my neighbours to use my HA to open the building front d...
o/ sloth
cedar glacier
sup
cedar glacier
yeah lmao, my HA is mostly where i want it to be nowadays so i just use it instead of tinkering with it 😛
glacial knot
/me is working on fancier lights automationa
And after that some more tinkering with music assistant and integrating that into presence detection
rich ruin
so when you add network storage what's actually the difference between 'backup','media','share'
iron granite
The usage. #1284966540617449515 can help with details.
rich ruin
The usage. <#1284966540617449515> can help with details.
here is details https://www.home-assistant.io/common-tasks/os/#usage-types
linking to docs is generally better than creating a new thread? 😄
iron granite
Maybe, but this is not a support channel.
silent doveBOT
peak slate
How exactly they went from top-of-the-world to "literally shut down their app an...
Wait what's going on with sengled, I have a couple zigbee bulbs of theirs because no one else made a similar product (motion sensing overhead lights)
warm helm
wifi bad
primal laurel
scenic radish
magic garden
So I just learnt my lesson of not relying on automatic backups that save to the same drive as my Rasp Pi OS...
When the whole thing breaks and I dont have a copy of my docker folder, and my last backup I put externally was 2 years old.
Pants.
magic garden
I had my docker compose files saved... and a load of the yaml for my dashboards and some of the templates for sensors etc all in github, so hopefully I can re-piece it all together.... my backups dont work so starting from scratch meh
pallid cobalt
Imagine a big part of your day job is setting up monitoring and alerting, and that people won't stop complaining that
the alerts are going off for the same thing multiple times, like, three times a day
and that none of these people have considered, you know, fixing the thing the alert is telling them about
Mind, it's already set up with exponential backoff
Wish they'd just fire me already.
primal laurel
Imagine a big part of your day job is setting up monitoring and alerting, and th...
alarm fatigue. Very common
especially when you have many false positives like in hospitals
pallid cobalt
alarm fatigue. Very common
Totally. But three times a day for the thing you're not fixing? Naw, don't wanna hear it lol
Thirty? Yeah, let's talk.
primal laurel
I mean thats quite a lot. People stopped caring
warm helm
alarm fatigue. Very common
We have success alerts...
primal laurel
We have success alerts...
fading mica
Wait what's going on with sengled, I have a couple zigbee bulbs of theirs becaus...
company ded
servers ded
app ded
Alexa skill ripped from platform (Amazon sent emails like "OwO we so sorry", "OwO company not responding", "uwu high standards bye Sengled")
devices still for sale everywhere
Zombie company operating without actually being alive
oh and a whole fleet of wifi only devices only know how to talk to their servers lol
peak slate
company ded
servers ded
app ded
Alexa skill ripped from platform (Amazon sent em...
Rip
pallid cobalt
We have success alerts...
I actually do have one of those, but I'm the only one it goes to, and it only goes out if I haven't sent out any other alerts for an hour
peak slate
I hope someone else makes motion sensor lights at some point before mine go kaput
warm helm
I actually do have one of those, but I'm the only one it goes to, and it only go...
I have gotten 20 so far today, along with failures its only 945a
pallid cobalt
It's basically the
you can relax, it's quiet but the alerting still works
alert
fading mica
I hope someone else makes motion sensor lights at some point before mine go kapu...
I mean we've busted the protocol wide open. Thus all my efforts to bring it local into HA lol
pallid cobalt
I have gotten 20 so far today, along with failures its only 945a
That's maybe too many but I don't know how big your environment is
peak slate
I mean we've busted the protocol wide open. Thus all my efforts to bring it loca...
Lol my lights from them aren't WiFi, I specifically avoided those, well I avoid anything cloud based
But also kudos on the effort to support them
"one lone engineer does what a corporation cannot, support it's products"
pallid cobalt
Lol my lights from them aren't WiFi, I specifically avoided those, well I avoid ...
Bought myself a hot air station after a whoopsie there the other day. 🤣
Was in a mood to 'just get it done' and ended up buying something that is only compatible with the firmware I want to use via board swap
Which is... not compatible
fading mica
ahh, yeah Zigbee stuff is still mostly safe. Only challenge there is making sure the protocol is widely supported (not all Zigbee is created equal and Sengled did some weird shit)
pallid cobalt
But they listed it anyway...
peak slate
ahh, yeah Zigbee stuff is still mostly safe. Only challenge there is making sure...
Yup can confirm they did weird zigbee stuff
Also all that shenanigans is why my main mesh is zwave
Sadly zwave lighting is pretty dang minimal compared to zigbee
I don't think those lights are connected to my mesh anymore too
But they automatically do what I need them to do at least they got that going for them
scenic radish
Sengled used to claim that one reason their Zigbee smart lights don't act as routers is "The fact that our Smart LED bulbs are not repeaters also ensures that your ZigBee Network doesn't become overcrowded, which would delay any user controls." 😂
fading mica
All my stuff was Zigbee too but babby-dumdum simple white dimmable LEDs. Bolted right onto a Matter bridge no problem. Then I started hearing about all the WiFi drama and proceeded to drive myself to the point of insanity trying to buy & jailbreak it all, lol
Like a Pokemon game but with extra liquor
pallid cobalt
Sengled used to claim that one reason their Zigbee smart lights don't act as rou...
That reads like one of those explanations where the junior who was assigned to it got confused, gave a confusing explanation, and it kept getting confused as it got passed up.
I know because I've been that junior.
primal laurel
Sengled used to claim that one reason their Zigbee smart lights don't act as rou...
You see this kind of BS when companies don't really do any technical stuff, they just move boxes from china
shell fern
Anyone want to opine on GPS tracking solutions for cars + home assistant? I'm currently using a subscription based product in the obd port but our family just graduated to a second car and I'm looking for something without a sub, but probably still obd.
Seems like all the threads I'm looking at online are 3+ years old so I wonder about their current validity
Or am I being crazy and I should just shove a tile tracker in the glove box?
forest edge
designed solutions are going to be the most reliable in terms of battery life and updating location.
depending on something like a tile that uses apple phones to be nearby is sketchy as hell lol
air tag i mean
shell fern
That was kind of my thinking as well, but I'm unclear how GPS trackers update something like a traccar server without a subscription service.
warm helm
your phone? Its going to be with you in the car anyway
forest edge
everything will require some type of subscription rather it be through the device proprietary sim or your own supplied sim. it's the only way to get live updates on location
shell fern
your phone? Its going to be with you in the car anyway
Normally that's enough for HA but we're in NYC so its really nice to not have to remember exactly where you parked with a GPS tracker
normal moon
Tile/AirTag sound like the laziest approach, especially if you’ve got the appropriate receiver gear in your garage
shell fern
everything will require some type of subscription rather it be through the devic...
Thanks I needed someone to confirm this because I was going crazy looking at "no subscription" options that didn't do squat
forest edge
premade solutions shouldn't be that expensive these days. last I looked it was only like $5-$15 per month.
shell fern
Ya it looks like theres an HACS for Bouncie which is $10/month
tranquil lynx
Hi, i'm new here, where can i make a post to explain a problem i have in a project of automatic gate ? 🙂
lavish badger
Hi, i'm new here, where can i make a post to explain a problem i have in a proje...
Depends on the nature of the issue, but there are categories
forest edge
Hi, i'm new here, where can i make a post to explain a problem i have in a proje...
#1284966353798697001 is you are looking for a solution, #1284966582375813201 if you are looking to figure how to make an exsisting solution work properly
primal laurel
I have a great idea. Instead of compiling code with -O3 we should use -AI and let AI figure out the optimizations. No correctness guarantees.
stuck mortar
“It’ll load faster and be smaller if we delete all this code!”
forest edge
what are we like.. 10 years out from ai replacing all "human" dev's
before we know it the only jobs available will be the mechanical portion of just installing more data centers to power more ai
who would have thought that ai would be replacing human's faster than robots? lol
primal laurel
I dont think many dev positions will be replaced by AI
minor bobcat
I think the humans currently going through data centers will be replaced before that
minor bobcat
Mine doesn't luckily
high remnant
mine does. As long as I keep giving Volkswagen AG a few deutsche marken a month
forest edge
@tidal bronze just watched that new documentary about all of LA's problems from incompetent police, faulty self driving ev's, weird sex crimes and rioting. was pretty informative
tidal bronze
<@331255319365812224> just watched that new documentary about all of LA's proble...
Have some Singaporean Black Pepper Dungeness Crab while you are at it.
forest edge
they couldn't wash the dirt off first?
iron granite
That's called flavor.
forest edge
static schooner
they couldn't wash the dirt off first?
It came from the dungeon
atomic delta
Curious, what's the flow for addons being made official? Basically wondering about the PostgreSQL one. Seems like the sort of thing that -should- be official, but I dunno how anything like that works when it comes to addons.
Oh, though it comes with an odd smattering of extensions added. Maybe that's part of why it isn't.
atomic delta
Is that a support question?
forest edge
looks support to me
atomic delta
Eh, fair enough. Didn't seem very support-y to me.
forest edge
not enough racoon
atomic delta
Right, then what's the flow for getting a raccoon officially supported?
forest edge
ask @last cedar
primal laurel
Curious, what's the flow for addons being made official? Basically wondering abo...
why should it be official?
atomic delta
Ugh, mouth just went dry randomly. That's unpleasant.
atomic delta
why should it be official?
I don't know about that specific addon, but it feels like a PostgreSQL server in general should be, given that HA explicitly supports using that for data storage and some people prefer that to SQLite.
In my case I just care because foks currently requires PostgreSQL for the server apparently, but I also have almost no eggs in that basket.
primal laurel
I dont know. Seems like the typical 'you can do this, but you're on your own' kind of feature
primal laurel
isn't it all just SQL. So anything is supported
atomic delta
Eh... there are cool features PostgreSQL fans like waxing poetic about. I have no idea what they are, but some people are pretty crazy about them. It's also why some projects explicitly only support PostgreSQL.
primal laurel
well probably works fine. I personally dont see why HA should 'officially' support more than 1 database