#the-water-cooler | Home Assistant | Page 368

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 6:47 PM

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Or a Pi

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Because, why not go overkill?

clear ferry Jul 23, 2019, 6:48 PM

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Why not a DL580 in the back just for the hell of it ThinkEyes

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 6:48 PM

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If you can fit it under the boot floor, it's fair game

light trout Jul 23, 2019, 6:49 PM

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"Har kun hatt bilen i noen uker. Selges da den ble for stor og vanskelig å parkere for fruen." That's a red flag 😛

clear ferry Jul 23, 2019, 6:49 PM

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His wife is a red flag ThinkEyes

late gate Jul 23, 2019, 6:49 PM

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haha

clear ferry Jul 23, 2019, 6:50 PM

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It looks nice, has all the right equipment and low milage

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I'll take a look and a drive

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Then maybe buy

boreal pewter Jul 23, 2019, 6:52 PM

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But honestly I find the volvos not good looking

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The back looks like a truck Trailer

clear ferry Jul 23, 2019, 7:05 PM

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Anything is better than a ford or a French car 😛

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Whenever I travel for work I specify "no French cars" 😂

boreal pewter Jul 23, 2019, 7:07 PM

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BMW

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 7:07 PM

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Ford, is no longer as bad as it was

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It and Vauxhall swapped places...

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Ford - Found On Road, Dead

boreal pewter Jul 23, 2019, 7:08 PM

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Last when someone crashed my car I got a completely New 2018 Mercedes C180 and I would never buy one

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 7:09 PM

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Only driven Merc sports cars (as hire cars) and been very happy with them - that was "some" years ago though

boreal pewter Jul 23, 2019, 7:09 PM

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I also have a neighbor who offered me discount on New Fords, up to 28% but only 13 on a Mustang, didnt want them either

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 7:10 PM

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I've driven a bunch of new Fords, and to be honest, they're pretty good - not exciting, like a sports car, but still a very pleasant drive

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Kia cars have been surprisingly good too - not like the old ones

boreal pewter Jul 23, 2019, 7:11 PM

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But I somehow dont like any other cars than BMWs. I find the New GLA pretty, or a Volvo XC90, Mustang or even the Passat CC and Tuareg. But the interior kills each of them

clear ferry Jul 23, 2019, 7:11 PM

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Ford are so... Plasticcy

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It feels like sitting in a toy car

boreal pewter Jul 23, 2019, 7:12 PM

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The same to me with any car other than BMW

clear ferry Jul 23, 2019, 7:13 PM

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And the Mondeo was a squeeze for me, it was worse room in the drivers seat than my wifes Tiguan

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 7:13 PM

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I once tried to drive a Ka... that was "interesting"

clear ferry Jul 23, 2019, 7:13 PM

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Loool

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 7:13 PM

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A Smart 4x2 was better

clear ferry Jul 23, 2019, 7:13 PM

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Ford Ka is nice, if you are a Thai small person

boreal pewter Jul 23, 2019, 7:14 PM

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My first car was a Twingo tho. But I had a friend who serviced it for me for free when I just started to earn money

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But since I had a Golf, a 728i and a Opel Signum I Stick to BMW

clear ferry Jul 23, 2019, 7:15 PM

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I would love a 635CSi

boreal pewter Jul 23, 2019, 7:16 PM

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My Boss has a 4-ish and an older 3-ish. I some day want a X4, awesome Feeling just sitting. But for now I wait for my New Mini Cooper :p

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 7:17 PM

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If it's half as much fun as the original, it's going to be a mountain load of fun

boreal pewter Jul 23, 2019, 7:17 PM

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Which one you mean?

clear ferry Jul 23, 2019, 7:18 PM

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I have a old colleague who had 4 BMW alpines

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I know one of them was only made 200 of or something

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 7:19 PM

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The original Mini Cooper 😉

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You could hear the points add up on your license as you drove 😄

boreal pewter Jul 23, 2019, 7:19 PM

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Oh I read not long ago of an ebay action in murica where an Alpine was Sold for 14k€ with an V8 and 400PS or so, New price was 100k+

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Tinker I bought an Mini Cooper S Clubman f54 from 2018

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 7:20 PM

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Oooooooooh

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They're too small for my needs these days, but fun

boreal pewter Jul 23, 2019, 7:21 PM

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Im 1.90m+ and feel well

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I cant even put the seat full back because that's too far 🤣

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 7:25 PM

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I knew somebody who was about 2 meters and drove the old Mini

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For me, it's more insufficient space for life

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Family, dog, stuff...

clear ferry Jul 23, 2019, 7:26 PM

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I knew a guy who had to drive the Passat with the sunroof open to fit ThinkEyes

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Was cold in the winter

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 7:26 PM

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🤣

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Should have nicknamed him snowman

clear ferry Jul 23, 2019, 7:27 PM

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He was 2.12 I think

torn horizon Jul 23, 2019, 7:43 PM

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does anyon kno how to change keyboard mapping without using raspi-config (buster) ?

amber ice Jul 23, 2019, 7:48 PM

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What would a ubiquiti solution cost with a router and 3 access points and the other stuff I would need in that ecosystem?

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 7:50 PM

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And where in the world are you?

amber ice Jul 23, 2019, 7:50 PM

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Germany

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Are we talking 500, 1000 or 3000€?

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Approximately of course so I get some sort of reference

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I headed smth about ubiquiti before, smth like a cloud key or smth. I don't know what it's used forgot if I need that or other things to run my network

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 7:55 PM

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Unifi USG (router) is about £115
Access points for AC are about £175
Cloud key is another £200

amber ice Jul 23, 2019, 7:56 PM

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OK, I need to get to know that ecosystem a bit more

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Maybe if my fritz stuff breaks down I'll consider switching to that or pfsense

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 8:02 PM

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Or Mikrotik

willow hull Jul 23, 2019, 8:06 PM

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I love ubiquiti stuff

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they have a very disruptive pricing model

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and the ubnt controller is ace

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and free!

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I don't get why anyone would pay cisco prices for something that stops working it you stop subscribing (meraki)

boreal pewter Jul 23, 2019, 8:08 PM

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What's the benefit?

willow hull Jul 23, 2019, 8:09 PM

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remotely/centralling manage the config on all your ubiquiti kit

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centrally*

boreal pewter Jul 23, 2019, 8:09 PM

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Why would I choose ubiquite over a common WiFi Mesh network?

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 8:09 PM

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The wider ecosystem

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It's more than just Wifi

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Also, wired backhaul over WiFi always

willow hull Jul 23, 2019, 8:10 PM

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anon - for home use or simple networks then maybe not so differential

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but I still put in ub switches and use the free cloud controller for maintaining them

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 8:11 PM

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I know folks who switched from generic mesh to Ubnt and haven't looked back

willow hull Jul 23, 2019, 8:11 PM

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for managing a number of APs and multiple SSIDs, and switches etc.. its great

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and free (the management of them)

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the devices themselves are competitively priced also

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are they any smart wall sockets (uk) available ?

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all the ones I can find are not available anymore

boreal pewter Jul 23, 2019, 8:44 PM

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Is there no Osram available with UK plug?

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 8:44 PM

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Osram what?

boreal pewter Jul 23, 2019, 8:45 PM

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/OSRAM-Bluetooth-Switchable-Lighting-Control/dp/B07KTKJJBS/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?keywords=Osram+smart&qid=1563914701&s=gateway&sr=8-5

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 8:45 PM

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Looks like UK plug...

boreal pewter Jul 23, 2019, 8:45 PM

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I got 5 of those but we have Real plugs

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Osram-4058075036239-SMART-PLUG/dp/B074PZLX2P/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?keywords=Osram+smart&qid=1563914701&s=gateway&sr=8-8

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 8:46 PM

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Oh, strange European thing

midnight adder Jul 23, 2019, 8:46 PM

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anybody know how i hook up sonoff tosmota flashed tuya power plugs to home assistant?

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 8:46 PM

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#551843800209686539 can help there

boreal pewter Jul 23, 2019, 8:46 PM

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Yeah time for brexit :p

midnight adder Jul 23, 2019, 8:46 PM

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isn't that channel archived tho

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oh there we go

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 8:46 PM

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Did you read the link in it?

midnight adder Jul 23, 2019, 8:47 PM

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yeah joined it

clear ferry Jul 23, 2019, 8:52 PM

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Ewan the dream sheep + raspberry pi zero + Google assistant = Shepherd's Pi . Powered by raspberry pi and smart assistant control - https://i.redd.it/s4jcoc0l35a31.jpg

amber ice Jul 23, 2019, 9:02 PM

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@willow hull what's a ubnt controller?

willow hull Jul 23, 2019, 9:02 PM

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ubiquiti's controller software

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web interface - manage all ubiquiti kit

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ubnt is short for ubiquiti networks I think

amber ice Jul 23, 2019, 9:04 PM

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OK, so something like a dashboard with a bunch of overviews then?

willow hull Jul 23, 2019, 9:04 PM

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yeah

amber ice Jul 23, 2019, 9:04 PM

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Ok

willow hull Jul 23, 2019, 9:04 PM

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and full configuration of everything

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switch port management

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firewall management

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wireless estate management

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etc...

amber ice Jul 23, 2019, 9:04 PM

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Do they offer 10 gbit switches as well?

clever mortar Jul 23, 2019, 9:05 PM

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Yeah, but not as cheap as Mikrotik's

willow hull Jul 23, 2019, 9:05 PM

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https://www.ui.com/unifi-switching/unifi-switch-16-xg/

Ubiquiti Networks - UniFi® Switch 16 XG

The US‑16‑XG completes your UniFi ecosystem, with centralized aggregation totaling 320 Gbps.

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I've a site with a bunch of netgear 48 port switches that I wish I could replace with ubiquti

amber ice Jul 23, 2019, 9:06 PM

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Well, I don't know, really hard to to tell if I'd need it right now, as I don't have the hardware yet to support those speeds 😅 but good to know they have something for the future 👍

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If I've got the time and money I'd like to rewire our house

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Got 100 meters of cat7 already at home

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But that doesn't get you far 😅

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Thanks guys for all the info 👍

clear ferry Jul 23, 2019, 9:11 PM

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10g, what is this, 2008? 😛

hushed basalt Jul 23, 2019, 11:58 PM

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Quiet you

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I need to put 10g in between the edit suite and the new nas at work

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I think I've deciphered the labryinth that is sfps and optical media

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My understanding so far is that I want SFP+ LR LC modules with LC-LC SM cable

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Bi directional transceivers aren't what I want for internal cabling. Only links over street fibre etc.

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I don't want DAC because, it's more expensive and it's copper. And I don't want AOC because I can't different modules on each end for compatibility and the cables are harder to run

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Any thoughts @clear ferry

spiral latch Jul 24, 2019, 12:04 AM

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nest and google assistant confused me, I thought home hubs etc... where now nest hubs 🤔 but I just got an email from Belkin saying Wemo nest integration was ending and Google Assistant would still work 😐

wraith temple Jul 24, 2019, 3:56 AM

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could be just me, but i've noticed lately there are components/integrations with instructions to set up, but not how to call the service? (like this: https://www.home-assistant.io/components/google_cloud/) is that new? or is there somewhere else to go to know how to call the service?

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 4:33 AM

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📎 JPEG_20190724_123258.jpg

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Ordered these before the sale. But oh well not my money. Man it takes forever to get things to Australia

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 4:34 AM

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Who's money lol?

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Also my 10TB from the prime day sale came pretty quick

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 4:34 AM

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Works

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I'm not shucking them they're just for temp backups for editing

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 4:35 AM

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ahh okay fair enough

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 4:35 AM

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Basically when we shoot a job we just back up the footage for a couple of weeks after we give it to the client

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For when they inevitably loose the drive

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 4:37 AM

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yeah makes sense

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 5:03 AM

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@hushed basalt optical is always preferred, but LR and SM is the more expensive option, how far is the stretch?

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 5:04 AM

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Prices seemed the same on fs.com

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I don't know if that's worthwhile looking at

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 5:05 AM

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Really? Traditionally LR is 4-10x the price depending on distance required

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 5:05 AM

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This is just short range

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10 metres by cable from one room to the other

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$26 for SR and $34 for LR

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If I could be certain the compatibility would be fine I would just go AOC so I don't have to worry about dust

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 5:12 AM

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AOC is a good option for most, unless you have switches that are bitchy

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No switches? Just point to point?

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 5:15 AM

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Point to point

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Qnaps inbuilt sfp+ to a HP NC523SFP

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For $60 it might just be worth a punt

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Not my money also :D

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 5:18 AM

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Ha, yeah, you'll probably be fine

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Most NICs are all eating

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Except intel chipsets

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That is hpe cards that the middle number is 6 for

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 5:24 AM

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You don't even want to know what our 30 metre thunderbolt 2 cable cost us

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And it died after a few years

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 5:25 AM

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ROFL

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30 meter thunderbolt, I didn't even know that was a thing

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It can't be worse than the 1m NAD cable

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https://images.app.goo.gl/Bad2igww8GN2U9jAA

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Was Denon

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Nice, this flight has Wifi so I might actually get some work done

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and by work I mean send out one of my this is music you should listen to to my collegues 🤣

boreal pewter Jul 24, 2019, 5:54 AM

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Don't forget to share youtube videos

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And 9gag pictures

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very important

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 5:56 AM

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Watch it, or I'll share you!

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https://open.spotify.com/track/6RvXFDtUS92wjWTocTrBUX?si=CQgs-3dTQWa3B0KNCdBSDw

Spotify

Secret World - Live

Secret World - Live, a song by Peter Gabriel on Spotify

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 6:51 AM

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@unreal orbit you were saying Norway was pretty green

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📎 IMG_20190724_085114.jpg

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 6:54 AM

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thats pretty

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 6:55 AM

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PUT IT ON THE BARBIE?

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 6:56 AM

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oh no

boreal pewter Jul 24, 2019, 7:13 AM

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@clear ferry get a new car

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 7:14 AM

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I am going to look at it in 5 hours!

boreal pewter Jul 24, 2019, 7:16 AM

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Still this strange Volvo?

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 7:16 AM

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Yes, I like it strange ratirlHappy

boreal pewter Jul 24, 2019, 7:17 AM

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When a combi and a truck trailer become a baby..

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😛

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 7:17 AM

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There is a Swedish saying about pimping a Volvo, You can put makeup on a pig,but it is still a pig

boreal pewter Jul 24, 2019, 7:18 AM

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Oh you mean you can get the people out of the ghetto but not the ghetto out of the ppl

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 7:19 AM

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But the Swedes are weirdos they can start driving at 14 if they drive an Epatraktor, that is any car, with the back cut off and the engine limited to 50kmph

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https://images.app.goo.gl/efxi2b1uwRp4m8Yc6

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Like this

boreal pewter Jul 24, 2019, 7:20 AM

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And in germany you need a licence plate and pay for insurance if you want a e-scooter and even that has to be limited to 20km/h 😛

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AND you have to drive it on the street or on bike-roads if they exist

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 7:22 AM

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thinkcavebob

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 8:13 AM

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Our ebikes are limited to 200w 25kmh

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Or 250w but with pedal assist only

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Why is bicycle adoption so low in Australia 🤷

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 8:15 AM

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Car better

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Bikes wankers

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That’s the sentiment

tough igloo Jul 24, 2019, 8:31 AM

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That’s a ute @clear ferry

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 8:32 AM

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Also the fact that you can't get a decent electric bike

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Want to tow a trailer of groceries around, nah sorry 250w only. Want to get to work quickly. Nah sorry 25kmh.

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 8:33 AM

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In most cities here aren’t you not allowed on footpaths either?

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 8:33 AM

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You can here

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But most yeah

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Footpaths are pretty dangerous though

tough igloo Jul 24, 2019, 8:34 AM

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In Canberra they’re called dual use paths 🤣

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 8:34 AM

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Yeah you can in Canberra too but we have so much space

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Easy to go around pedestrians

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Wait

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 8:34 AM

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Most of our footpaths are pretty barr9w

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Narrow

tough igloo Jul 24, 2019, 8:34 AM

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Yeah in the nations capital!

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 8:34 AM

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Do you Canberra bro

tough igloo Jul 24, 2019, 8:35 AM

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Yeah I CBR

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 8:35 AM

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Do u even bru

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 8:35 AM

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Shared paths is what tccs call them afaik but idk

tough igloo Jul 24, 2019, 8:36 AM

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Yeah something like that I heard about it years ago when I got my traffic controller permit for emergency evacs

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 8:36 AM

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First other Canberran I’ve seen on discord

tough igloo Jul 24, 2019, 8:37 AM

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🤣

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There’s a popular Pokémon go Canberra discord that my wife uses

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 8:42 AM

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Shared paths arent footpaths though

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Footpaths are just the normal things going past houses

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 8:43 AM

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Oh actually yeah my girlfriend used a similar discord

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 8:43 AM

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Shared paths here are usually quite deliberate cycling routes

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 8:43 AM

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Pokémon go Weston, when we lived there

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Oh yeah maybe true here telco

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But they’re treated exactly the same as other paths here

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 8:45 AM

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📎 15639579047865294404773297913872.jpg

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This is a typical shared path

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 8:46 AM

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Yeah ours are black asphalt with a deviding line

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Dividing?

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 8:52 AM

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Your face is an asphalt

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 8:52 AM

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Oof

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 8:53 AM

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:D

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I wonder if I should just set up a recurring order of one zigbee device a week

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One can never have too many senzors

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6 months later
Toilet cistern, 21.32 degrees.
Toilet roll holder, 21.33 degrees.

tough igloo Jul 24, 2019, 8:55 AM

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My preference has been zigbee

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Got a fair bit of stuff from ikea

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 8:55 AM

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Lol telco

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I am still waiting on one of the bits to use that zigbee workaround thing

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ordered from aliexpress

tough igloo Jul 24, 2019, 8:57 AM

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What the workaround thing?

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 8:58 AM

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https://github.com/Koenkk/zigbee2mqtt this thing

GitHub

Koenkk/zigbee2mqtt

Zigbee 🐝 to MQTT bridge 🌉, get rid of your proprietary Zigbee bridges 🔨 - Koenkk/zigbee2mqtt

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use 'any' zigbee device from one hub

violet mica Jul 24, 2019, 8:59 AM

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Anyone have Snips.ai working on Hass.io? ... Opps ... over to Snips.ai Discord......

tough igloo Jul 24, 2019, 8:59 AM

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Oh yeh I use deconz/raspbee for that so I use a bunch of different zigbee brands

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 8:59 AM

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oh okay cool

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This was the first thing I found, seems popular

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Right now I only have my aircon on HA via a broadlink mini lol

tough igloo Jul 24, 2019, 9:01 AM

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The mini is good. Solid device

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 9:02 AM

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Yeah need to get some more automation stuff going

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Get my solar panels connected to HA

tough igloo Jul 24, 2019, 9:03 AM

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Can’t wait to get solar. I have whole house energy monitoring

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 9:03 AM

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I have a zigbee plug and thermometer/hygrometer I want to get working so I can control the humidity a bit better

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ah yeah by which means?

tough igloo Jul 24, 2019, 9:05 AM

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The efergy device

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It uses cloud but might move to a local device

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 9:13 AM

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Ah okay, I wasn't familiar with that one

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I was looking at stuff like iotawatt and another one but I will be getting a smart meter from actew soon, not sure if I will be able to get any use out of that

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only getting it cause I got the solar panels a few weeks ago

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until its installed I am getting 1:1 for my solar since it just ticks the meter back lol

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 9:16 AM

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Do you like my mounting block

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 9:17 AM

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I would mount your block

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 9:17 AM

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🥁

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 9:17 AM

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Thats the zigbee guy?

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 9:18 AM

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Yah

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 9:18 AM

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Thats the piece I am still waiting on

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 9:18 AM

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Debugger flashed for ZigBee2mqtt

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 9:18 AM

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its been a very long time but not to the estimated delivery date yet lol

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didn't really pay attention when I bought

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 9:19 AM

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The debugger tool is like four times more expensive than the module

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 9:20 AM

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Yeah I've got the debugger it is

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waiting on the CC2531

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and cable

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 9:24 AM

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I might order another CC

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Just in case this one breaks

ocean mirage Jul 24, 2019, 9:25 AM

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Not a bad idea, cause you will be waiting lol

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 9:30 AM

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I'm also waiting sad sad sad sad sad

strange vapor Jul 24, 2019, 9:58 AM

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Moved my HA install to a nice new Rackmount box up in the attic. All good except for one problem, it's in a rack which seemingly happily blocks ZWave!

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Happily, I found a cheap ass china goods tech shop nearby which does 9ft USB extension cables 😄

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 10:09 AM

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I ordered a long usb off amazon to get my zigbee out of my rack

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Fun fact, Ikea switches have crap signal strength

strange vapor Jul 24, 2019, 10:12 AM

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Have an Hue Hub mounted where it's relatively hidden in the hall. Working a charm since I moved it there. Two bulbs which were showing up as unavialable a lot are now working perfectly

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 10:29 AM

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If it was up to me I'd be hard wiring as much as possible

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Shame everything is cheaper on wireless

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Ethernet is too heavy duty for sensors and the like too. I'd need to look into some sort of bus wiring

strange vapor Jul 24, 2019, 10:39 AM

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@hushed basalt I think it's in John Scalzi's "Old Man's War" series there's one book where they're trying to stop all radio signals to stop their radio's betraying their position, and it's stated that their tech has progressed to the point where everythign within their tablet style computers is communicating wirelessly as it's cheaper.

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ie, not even traces on the board!

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 10:39 AM

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Haha

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Reminds me of Battlefield Earth

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Hubbard was a nutter and or a sociopath but he was a half okay scifi writer

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They have fake circuitry on the board and hidden circuitry inside it

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I guess what I'm trying to avoid is batteries so much as wireless

strange vapor Jul 24, 2019, 10:43 AM

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I have a couple of Aeotech multi-sensors where I've run ethernet cable through the attic to above them. Then I have these handy little POE to USB adapters which work surprising well.

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24port POE mikrotec swithc with plenty of PoE ports to spare.

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I think theses are the ones: https://www.amazon.co.uk/ANVISION-Splitter-Adapter-Compliant-Raspberry/dp/B079D5452Z/

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 11:33 AM

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I've thought about those sort of things for google home minis

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So poe to ethernet and usb micro, then another combiner for ethernet OTG on usb

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To run ethernet and power to a home mini in the ceiling or wall

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When I get a switch I'll probably get the miktrotec one with 4 x sfp+ and 24 x poe

strange vapor Jul 24, 2019, 11:38 AM

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That's the one I have, and it works a charm.

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Not the biggest fan of their UI, but manage it mostly via Ansible anyway

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 11:44 AM

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Mmm ansible

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I'm itching so badly to just drop some money on 3 or 4 optiplex sffs

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I know you can virtualize a homelab cluster, but there's something extra about real nodes

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Man optical stuff is so cheap compared to film and tv cables

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It's not uncommon to see cables $200-$300 for 6 inches between a camera and a lens etc

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https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/332020-REG/Canon_1824A127_1824A127AA_8_Pin_to_20_Pin.html

Canon 1824A127AA 8-Pin to 20-Pin Adapter Cable

Buy Canon 1824A127AA 8-Pin to 20-Pin Adapter Cable Review Canon null

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A cool $365 USD

pure vine Jul 24, 2019, 12:13 PM

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Thats becuse its got canon on it

strange vapor Jul 24, 2019, 12:14 PM

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I use Ansible and Terraform extensively at work, so using it to manage the silly amount of services I self host seemed like a good idea 😃 Worked out well recently. My primary mail server died badly. Put in a replacement, ran Ansible against it, restored some Mail and DB backups, and all was good!

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 12:26 PM

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I use ansible on my linux desktop

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Although I've given up on linux as a desktop recently

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Gone back to windows,

amber bramble Jul 24, 2019, 12:35 PM

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@hushed basalt check out the optiplex micro form factor systems. they're really nice

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assuming you don't need any pci-e slots or optical drives

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 12:42 PM

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I was thinking second hand

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And a pcie would be nice for potential nvme or 10gbe upgrades

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I half a half height rack so space isn't a huge issue :D

hearty depot Jul 24, 2019, 1:28 PM

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mhmm.. Lost one of my smart plugs.. I can control it.. but i cant find it

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aah 😄 its my fridge 🤣

pure vine Jul 24, 2019, 2:54 PM

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Something that annoys me about the alexa is that you can only have 2 adult accounts

boreal pewter Jul 24, 2019, 2:55 PM

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@clear ferry where is the new car?

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 2:56 PM

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It's here now, I'm driving it home😛

dark swallow Jul 24, 2019, 3:17 PM

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Oooo what car you get, @clear ferry ?

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 3:18 PM

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https://www.finn.no/151218994

FINN.no

Volvo V70

KONTAKT 975 07 117 for besiktelse og pr.kjøring. Bilen kan levers på sør/øst-landet mot mot et lite pristillegg. Nå nylig utført kontroll av bilen. Ble i forhold til testen byttet flere slitedeler som hjullager, støtdempere, fjærer, stab.stag, venstre styrestag og utf...

dark swallow Jul 24, 2019, 3:19 PM

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Nice! I just got a 'station wagon' too!

boreal pewter Jul 24, 2019, 3:19 PM

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He gets the baby of a combi-truck trailer pregnancy

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 3:19 PM

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Now to drive it 9 hours home ThinkEyes

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 3:19 PM

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There's an app for that

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 3:20 PM

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An integration even? @hushed basalt

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 3:20 PM

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Just rig up your steering wheel to google maps

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Okay Google, fetch my car

boreal pewter Jul 24, 2019, 3:20 PM

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Right, how to integrate a Mini with paid Remote Services (app control of the car) 😄

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 3:21 PM

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Would you like to avoid tolls, motorways or the French?

light trout Jul 24, 2019, 3:21 PM

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Rigging that would probably take more than 9h

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 3:21 PM

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I hate driving

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I was promised flying taxi drones by now. Where are they.

light trout Jul 24, 2019, 3:22 PM

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Driving is soothing

dark swallow Jul 24, 2019, 3:23 PM

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Yeah I don't mind driving either unless I am a little tired at which point it is too soothing and I might fall asleep

boreal pewter Jul 24, 2019, 3:24 PM

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I don't see no alternative to driving for anything regarding local activities

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 3:25 PM

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Startrek: "McGivers speculates that the ship is a sleeper ship, designed for long periods of interplanetary travel due to the limits of space travel technology in that era until the year 2018."

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I was promised warp travel by now!

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Fun fact. We had men on the moon before we had wheels on luggage

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 3:27 PM

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Driving 40k km a year is soothing 😛

light trout Jul 24, 2019, 3:27 PM

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allegedly* @hushed basalt 😉

boreal pewter Jul 24, 2019, 3:28 PM

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lol just checked the BMW connected drive component and the region setting is funny

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 3:28 PM

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Oh no, the only FM channel still in operation here is a Christian one, I have to buy a cd ThinkEyes

light trout Jul 24, 2019, 3:29 PM

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Hits for kids 232

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 3:29 PM

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Wouldn't it be nice to have a taxi drone pick you up from your door and zoom you along to work

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 3:29 PM

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I don't think they sell much prog rock at the gas station though 😞

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 3:29 PM

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Three times faster than your current commute now

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No traffic lights, no other drivers

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Just a microservice mesh of cars

light trout Jul 24, 2019, 3:30 PM

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pass

hushed basalt Jul 24, 2019, 3:30 PM

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How many horse and carts do you see on the main street now? :P

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 3:40 PM

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I found a usable cd box at the gas station😛

pure vine Jul 24, 2019, 4:33 PM

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There we go, got 2 automations for hot water temp notifications based on HSE guidelines

late gate Jul 24, 2019, 5:26 PM

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Dont paint ur house white :p

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clever mortar Jul 24, 2019, 5:28 PM

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White at least reflects the light and heat - if you'd painted it black... that could have been "interesting"

late gate Jul 24, 2019, 5:28 PM

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hehe yeah. thats the good thing, but makes interessting sensor readings

clever mortar Jul 24, 2019, 5:28 PM

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oh look, my sensor melted

orchid rose Jul 24, 2019, 5:57 PM

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well the alternative was to fry inside I suppose 😛

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 5:59 PM

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Just paint your house with reflective paint and enjoy the neighbors

late gate Jul 24, 2019, 6:01 PM

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I dont like the neighors anyway :p

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 6:11 PM

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Perfect!

pure vine Jul 24, 2019, 6:24 PM

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@clear ferry is the radio in the car a bare basic one

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 6:31 PM

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@pure vine very basic, think I'll replace it with a 2din android device with Bluetooth and DAB

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Maybe I'll even get one with wireless parking sensors or wireless camera

pure vine Jul 24, 2019, 6:43 PM

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How good is DAB in norway, its kind of terrible here as all the operators want to cram stations on to their multiplex's meaning the quality is kinda bad

midnight adder Jul 24, 2019, 6:46 PM

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i want more smart plugs

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but i ran out of things to put on smart plugs

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what do

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 6:48 PM

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We only have dab since the government sent all our fm transmitters to Africa, the quality is ok, but very compressed, coverage got good after two years @pure vine

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@midnight adder buy in wall Shelly and install

midnight adder Jul 24, 2019, 6:49 PM

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i rent so i can't just go and replace sockets

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 6:50 PM

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Buy a house!

midnight adder Jul 24, 2019, 6:50 PM

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i'm not a boomer

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 6:53 PM

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Are you a goblin weapon smith then?

pure vine Jul 24, 2019, 6:57 PM

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IIRC when we had a hire car with DAB, its currently awful in wales, even internet radio would work better than DAB now

clever mortar Jul 24, 2019, 6:58 PM

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Same challenge in large parts of Scotland

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Mind you, those are usually the same places that have no mobile signal...

pure vine Jul 24, 2019, 6:59 PM

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It used to be that in wales, but the welsh goverment seems to have funded better mobile internet, so there is internet most of the way apart from in the mountains near aberystwyth

clever mortar Jul 24, 2019, 7:00 PM

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Yeah, I was driving around Loch Ness the other week, and the signal there often vanished

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Mind you, when the "horizon" is about 40 degrees up 🤷

pure vine Jul 24, 2019, 7:00 PM

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Unless you with a Virtual Provider as they dont seem to have access to the long range 4G

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i think that one is LTE-800

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that has less bandwidth but better range

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 7:04 PM

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I Stream 99% of the time in the car anyway, so mobile coverage > Dab coverage

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I love driving in England though, Wales was very pretty btw

pure vine Jul 24, 2019, 7:06 PM

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Lemmie go grab my rtlsdr

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 7:07 PM

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I need to go driving in Scotland, the wife even said she wanted to do that too

pure vine Jul 24, 2019, 7:08 PM

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This is why i needed to grab it https://www.welle.io/

welle.io

welle.io is a DAB and DAB+ software defined radio (SDR). It runs on Windows, Linux and embedded devices like the Raspberry Pi 2 and 3.

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 7:08 PM

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Oh cool

strange vapor Jul 24, 2019, 7:09 PM

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https://twitter.com/c8ters/status/699701086656077825

Cate (@c8ters)

When you're house sitting for millennials and ask how the lights work

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clever mortar Jul 24, 2019, 7:10 PM

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https://www.visitscotland.com/see-do/tours/driving-road-trips/north-coast-500/ @clear ferry

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 7:12 PM

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Starred @clever mortar

pure vine Jul 24, 2019, 7:17 PM

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this is a screenshot of that software

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look at what they use for broadcasting

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and here is my Unis Student radio partaking in a ofcom local trial, and they have a even lower quality

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And here is BBC radio 3, who normally are one of the higher quality BBC stations, at a very low bandwidth too

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So yeah, the uk has kind of squandered the opportunity of DAB on cramming stations

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Global radio is even worse

trail crag Jul 24, 2019, 7:24 PM

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ah we lost a cool Nederlander last week

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📎 giphy.gif

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 7:24 PM

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Rutger is dead?

pure vine Jul 24, 2019, 7:24 PM

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I saw kodi tweet something

trail crag Jul 24, 2019, 7:24 PM

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yeah

pure vine Jul 24, 2019, 7:25 PM

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49098435

BBC News

Blade Runner star Rutger Hauer dies aged 75

The actor who co-starred in Blade Runner opposite Harrison Ford dies after a short illness.

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 7:25 PM

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He's looked dead for 10 years, but it is a shame

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But the end question is, do Androids dream of electric sheep?

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I'm pretty sure they might at some point

orchid rose Jul 24, 2019, 7:30 PM

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like tears in rain

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 7:30 PM

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It is a wonderful film, and the filming and quality still holds up today

clever mortar Jul 24, 2019, 7:31 PM

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Yup

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 7:31 PM

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A wet cyberpunk dream

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I've started reading the neuromancer series, but I haven't got very deep into the first book yet, I need a vacation

upper tinsel Jul 24, 2019, 8:13 PM

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Do Androids dream is such a great book

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Havent read neuromancer yet though

pure vine Jul 24, 2019, 8:17 PM

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Ive noticed that alexa has gotten better at dismissing accidental triggers

hearty depot Jul 24, 2019, 8:19 PM

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other way around on german
even the grammar got worse 🤣

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 8:23 PM

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I should build a smart device that responds to Ach ja, Helga

pure vine Jul 24, 2019, 8:27 PM

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I mean I was watching a linus tech tips video and james said something that triggered alexa and even before i had a chance to dismiss the trigger, alexa had noticed that is was accidental

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 8:30 PM

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@pure vine obligatory xkcd

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https://images.app.goo.gl/ED9VQW27TELAnxUg7

hearty depot Jul 24, 2019, 9:14 PM

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Mhmmmmm 🤔 https://www.reddit.com/r/OculusQuest/comments/ch20tg/permadeath_mod_for_superhot_vr_on_quest/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

r/OculusQuest - Permadeath Mod for Superhot VR on Quest

910 votes and 210 comments so far on Reddit

hearty depot Jul 24, 2019, 9:37 PM

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Holy xD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaVZh99v7FA

YouTube

Lon.TV

A Tiny NAS! Synology DS419 Slim Review / ds419slim

Buy it on Amazon - http://lon.tv/ds419 (affiliate link) - Synology's DS419slim is a tiny NAS designed for SSDs and 2.5" SATA laptop hard drives. While it doe...

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clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 9:48 PM

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Go big or go home 😛

strange vapor Jul 24, 2019, 9:54 PM

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@clear ferry HP 3PAR and work up?

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 9:55 PM

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Atleast a 20000 R2 or bigger xi2

mighty wyvern Jul 24, 2019, 9:57 PM

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Hey team! Looking to buy some Ubiquiti stuff for my new place and replace my router. Stugging between the Ubiquiti Secuity Gateway or a EdgeRouter. Thoughts?

hearty depot Jul 24, 2019, 10:22 PM

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Had both - did send back the usg after I only needed a router (isp modem set to single user) but I miss some features from the usg like "simple" vlan

mighty wyvern Jul 24, 2019, 10:23 PM

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Ahh, thank you @hearty depot - I may get the USG - the only thing that is gearing me towards it is the interface haha

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 10:28 PM

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Give me pfsense any day 😛

strange vapor Jul 24, 2019, 10:41 PM

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Nah, nftables!

clear ferry Jul 24, 2019, 10:52 PM

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ipchains!

trail crag Jul 25, 2019, 2:32 AM

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https://youtu.be/YeNLBA4Cq8w

YouTube

Vitor Lopes

Manjaro WebDad Alpha 7.3 and Jade Desktop Environment

Quick Showcase - Inside Manjaro Linux WebDad Community Edition and Jade ( Just Another Desktop Environment ), built with Web Technologies, HTML, CSS, Javascr...

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interesting

hushed basalt Jul 25, 2019, 3:20 AM

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Yet another distro

graceful lagoon Jul 25, 2019, 3:20 AM

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someone should make a distro called YAD

hushed basalt Jul 25, 2019, 3:20 AM

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Lol

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I gave up on the linux desktop

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I run ubuntu on my surface pro 4 because it's too old to run windows 10

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But went back to Win10 for my daily driver

graceful lagoon Jul 25, 2019, 3:21 AM

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I haven't... microsoft went full EVIL

open hull Jul 25, 2019, 3:21 AM

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surface pro 4 because it's too old to run windows 10 october 2015 is too old for windows 10 (2016)??

hushed basalt Jul 25, 2019, 3:21 AM

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At least I don't have to sign my own kernels to get the touch screen to work

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Haha yes well. 4gb of ram

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Soldered

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Might as well be 4 megabytes of ram for windows 10

graceful lagoon Jul 25, 2019, 3:22 AM

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wait... the SP4 is "Too old"? it's barely 4 years old!

hushed basalt Jul 25, 2019, 3:22 AM

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It worked good when I bought it

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Then win10 just got heavier and heavier

graceful lagoon Jul 25, 2019, 3:22 AM

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oh, you cheaped out... got it

hushed basalt Jul 25, 2019, 3:22 AM

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Shh

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It works great with linux though :D

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It was like an extra $600 to get 8GB

graceful lagoon Jul 25, 2019, 3:24 AM

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even in Linux I find 4gb unvearably restrictive... 6 is the dead minimum I will consider for a usuable experience. 8 if I'm buying new, and 16 for anything that I plan on actually doing WORK on

hushed basalt Jul 25, 2019, 3:24 AM

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If it was still on windows it would of just been down graded to a kitchen tablet or something

young sigil Jul 25, 2019, 3:26 AM

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My M3 SP4 is still working about as fast as it did when it came out. Which is surprisingly fast. Can even do some heavy layer stacking in photoshop. The touch display developed major issues 1 month out of warranty and has to be disabled in device manager though (dead strips and random false touches). Never buying one again.

graceful lagoon Jul 25, 2019, 3:33 AM

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I never buy non-enterprise grade laptops anymore... most of my fleet are old ThinkPads that can still dance circles around most newer consumer grade crap

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my baby workstation is an HP EliteBook 8570p. it has an i5-3360M. 16GB of ram, wireless AC, GSM, and more USB ports than many modern Desktops

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my other laptops are 2 T440 and 1 T450, and I have 2 docks and 2 PSUs for those 3

hushed basalt Jul 25, 2019, 4:05 AM

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Yeah I've done the enterprise laptop thing a lot

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Ultrabook styles are a bit harder to come buy

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Corporates don't buy them as often

graceful lagoon Jul 25, 2019, 5:06 AM

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true

hushed basalt Jul 25, 2019, 5:39 AM

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I do get a lot out of my sp4 still though

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It's my only laptop. And i study on it, run VSC, etc

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I wouldn't want to carry a T550 in my backpack that's for sure

clear ferry Jul 25, 2019, 7:30 AM

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Chromebook 4 lyfe

hearty depot Jul 25, 2019, 7:44 AM

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Weell I love my chromeboot - but thats thanks to GalliumOS

clear ferry Jul 25, 2019, 8:24 AM

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https://open.spotify.com/track/6QvZ4oynrNWpny6KnyVuZo?si=LF14NDkSRTynith6-ZY6uw

Spotify

Midnight Medicine

Midnight Medicine, a song by The Northern Lies on Spotify

hushed basalt Jul 25, 2019, 8:30 AM

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Can you run visual studio code on a chromebook

clear ferry Jul 25, 2019, 8:32 AM

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I don't know, I avoid coding, whenever I try I make God (ludeeus) cry

hushed basalt Jul 25, 2019, 8:35 AM

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Yeah the most challenging thing you data centre jockeys have to do is not point fibre in your eyes

clear ferry Jul 25, 2019, 8:35 AM

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If you only knew the stuff I do 😛

ocean mirage Jul 25, 2019, 8:36 AM

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That’s how you absorb the data though

hushed basalt Jul 25, 2019, 8:38 AM

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Over engineer and under deliver,

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That's the infrastructure way!

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Found your new blades

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Move over Dell, HP, Supermicro

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Apple is here

ocean mirage Jul 25, 2019, 8:40 AM

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Lol

clear ferry Jul 25, 2019, 8:40 AM

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I'll stay with proper hardware 😛

hushed basalt Jul 25, 2019, 8:41 AM

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ApPlE iS tHe BeSt

ocean mirage Jul 25, 2019, 8:41 AM

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Appie

clear ferry Jul 25, 2019, 8:41 AM

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Afaik I am the only subject matter expert for HPE blade servers in EMEA ThinkEyes

hushed basalt Jul 25, 2019, 8:42 AM

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Imagine being the only subject matter expert for iMac Pro blades in the EMEA

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It's funny they don't have them plugged in

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The cables would be a shit show

late gate Jul 25, 2019, 11:09 AM

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is it a point having overcomplicated ssid passwords when it can be easily brute forced anyway?

clear ferry Jul 25, 2019, 11:16 AM

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Define easily brute forced , and with what algorithm 🤷

boreal pewter Jul 25, 2019, 11:32 AM

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@clear ferry how is your truck trailer kiddo doing?

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@late gate please inform yourself about brute forcing and how password security increases the brute even up to million of years

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That is like weeks of docu around the internet

pure vine Jul 25, 2019, 12:03 PM

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Surely it would probably be more power and space efficient to run macOS X in a VM(it is possible, a ton of scripts on github for it)

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than to use 3 iMacs in a custom mount

clear ferry Jul 25, 2019, 12:05 PM

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Even I run osx in virtualbox for testing purposes 😛

boreal pewter Jul 25, 2019, 12:40 PM

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@clear ferry how is your truck trailer kiddo doing?

junior forge Jul 25, 2019, 1:02 PM

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So how are you guys holding up right now?

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🔥

hearty depot Jul 25, 2019, 1:09 PM

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prittey decent - thanks to the AC thou..

boreal pewter Jul 25, 2019, 1:24 PM

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I will see how I get home with the motorcycle, will be a fucking pain. Waiting for those car driving fucktards honking at me for driving between the cars to get as soon as possible away from holds

subtle sandal Jul 25, 2019, 1:32 PM

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strange vapor Jul 25, 2019, 1:36 PM

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Nice cool breeze going through Dublin. Very comfortable out!

clear ferry Jul 25, 2019, 1:36 PM

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I was just outside in the greenhouse, I almost died

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31 in the shadow

strange vapor Jul 25, 2019, 1:37 PM

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Sensor at front door at home is reading 21c

clear ferry Jul 25, 2019, 1:46 PM

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Sensor I have says 29.5

late gate Jul 25, 2019, 2:01 PM

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AC ftw. Got 13 turtoises outside though they love it

hushed basalt Jul 25, 2019, 2:34 PM

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Pfft 31

odd hill Jul 25, 2019, 3:07 PM

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Aww shit. $100 Sonos speakers by Ikea.
https://www.sonos.com/en-us/symfonisk-by-sonos-and-ikea

Sonos

SYMFONISK: Stereo Furniture by Sonos and IKEA | Sonos

Sonos and IKEA present SYMFONISK, a range of speakers meant to democratize the dream of a home sound system. Combining our expertise in sound and technology with IKEA's knowledge of furnishings, SYMFONISK fits seamlessly into the home to enhance everyday life through listenin...

upper tinsel Jul 25, 2019, 3:18 PM

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Airplay, no Cast? 😦

pure vine Jul 25, 2019, 4:02 PM

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I heard they where planning that through twitch RPG

hearty shell Jul 25, 2019, 5:07 PM

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pfff 34 in culiacan, Mexico

solemn moon Jul 25, 2019, 5:24 PM

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@odd hill some reviews coming out today, it'll be released on the first

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the lamp is supposed to sound like a play 1

odd hill Jul 25, 2019, 5:44 PM

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@solemn moon I'm honestly surprised as fuck that those two partnered up.

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Personally, minus the seamless whole home mesh component, I just see Sonos as Bose v2.0. and by that I mean overpriced plug and play for people with too much money and not enough sense.

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And I can't imagine that the price won't drop below the initial MSRP at some point.

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So if you're talking about being able to pick up basically a play:one for half the price...ok. Now you have my attention.

pure vine Jul 25, 2019, 5:54 PM

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I do think it will be at a lower price, thats just the IKEA way

odd hill Jul 25, 2019, 6:06 PM

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Play:one is anywhere from 120-150. This thing is launching at $100. So yeah. It'll come down. And then sales. I figure in about 6 months you'll probably be able to scoop them up used for like $50.

nimble igloo Jul 25, 2019, 8:00 PM

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Looking to sell a $70 USD Shelly coupon code for $60US. in it dont sell ill order that nice camera they just developed.

upper tinsel Jul 25, 2019, 8:19 PM

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My point was more that as long as Google (et al) make a ton of money having a walled garden (i.e. Nest), others will continue to do so (e.g. Ecoboo, Samsung, etc). Some will try to go the open field route, but most will first try going the walled garden approach, try and get you to buy into it. It's very hard to convince public companies to have more open ecosystems

odd hill Jul 25, 2019, 8:20 PM

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oh. they won't.

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just like all of these morons like CBS and Disney pulling all their content into their respective walled gardens is already making piracy spike back to pre-netflix levels.

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there's nothing amazing or unique about the Nest offerings besides aesthetics.

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their temp/humidity granularity is fucking trash.

upper tinsel Jul 25, 2019, 8:21 PM

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Lol, we've certainly hit peak streaming service... no one wants to handle that many logins

odd hill Jul 25, 2019, 8:21 PM

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their api was cloud based and i don't think they have the same definition of "streaming" as...well anyone.

hushed basalt Jul 25, 2019, 11:13 PM

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Speakers are expensive though

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Like if you want to diy

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So those sonos ikea things could be interesting

hushed basalt Jul 26, 2019, 12:13 AM

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Minimum speed 60mbps :/

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tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 1:38 AM

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That your mob @hushed basalt ? 🤣

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In all honesty though you sound like a good telco tech

hushed basalt Jul 26, 2019, 1:55 AM

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Ha no I'm out of telcos now

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 1:56 AM

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Too bad they need good help 😆

hushed basalt Jul 26, 2019, 3:30 AM

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It's a shit show

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Layers upon layers of madness

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 3:46 AM

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And then they allow your phone number to be stolen and just go 🤷🏻‍♂️ when you need help! And not to mention how toothless the ombudsman is

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 6:25 AM

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Aah, in Sweden doing service on one of my cars, listening to the home assistant podcast 😄

final acorn Jul 26, 2019, 6:52 AM

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is there any conference about HA? I want to learn systematically platform

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 6:53 AM

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https://open.spotify.com/track/5dBXfQZbGu5Kvrhz5peKtI?si=1ZBalD9WTB65p0wwUB50IQ

Spotify

Cortez the Killer

Cortez the Killer, a song by Kyle Swartzwelder on Spotify

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 6:54 AM

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I don't fully understand these smart/learning thermostat things like

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couldn't it just be software

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 6:57 AM

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hm, do you have an example @ocean mirage ?

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 6:58 AM

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Well like you have those nest 'learning' thermostats right, and similar things

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learn your schedule and adjust based on it

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but all solutions seem to be pieces of hardware you have to buy, which makes sense if its the only thing that you have, but heaps of people are running other devices so it makes sense to me that you could solve this as an app/plugin on whatever device you are running home automation with

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right?

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I could be misunderstanding how they work

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 6:59 AM

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aha, I see, yes, you can do a lot of the same with influxdb on your own

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and discover the patterns yourself

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that is just propitary cloud data harvesting..

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 7:00 AM

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ah okay, so it become a semi-manual process?

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I just expected to find more software dedicated to just this

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 7:02 AM

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I'm pretty sure you can do get it more automatic with grafana \ influx and some other stuff, but I haven't worked with it 🤷

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 7:04 AM

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Fair enough, I'll look more into it for now

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I mean for the most part my heating/cooling will just be simple automations and manual use outside that schedule which I am probably fine with

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Just turn on before I wake up and maybe some stuff to do with heating the house if I am generating more power than I am using

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thats simple, but I'd be interested to see the learning stuff

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 7:10 AM

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yeah, you can smartify it pretty much without learning

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I am going to get my heat pump in the attic to turn off when there is no occupancy upstairs (I have an office there) and the downstairs heatpump to turn down during night

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ah, spotify sends me back to last summer, it appears I listened alot to "The Book Of Mormon"

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I listen so much to musicals my wife says she doubts me sometimes 🤔

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 7:29 AM

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I assume most of the year you need heating even when you aren’t home so that everything doesn’t freeze?

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 7:32 AM

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well, right now we have 28-35 centigrade across the country

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 7:32 AM

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Damn sounds warm for you guys

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 7:32 AM

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from may to september we have 10+ degrees atleast

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yes it is very warm 🤣

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 7:32 AM

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I know parts of Germany hit 42

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Which we see yearly but is mad for Germany

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 7:32 AM

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winter is somewhere between +5 and -45

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 7:33 AM

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I’ve never seen under -7 and that’s a really cold exception

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 7:33 AM

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in my hometown, which is by the coast, if we get -12 I would kinda die, I now live inland and -35 doesn't bother me

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tromsø

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tromsø#/media/File:Panorama_fjellheisen-improved.jpg

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Looks nice in the winter

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The climate data was quite interesting even for me to see then umbers

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december sunshine hours == 0, june sunshine hours == 221

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never seen the actual numbers, we just live it

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 7:43 AM

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lol makes sense up there but funny to see like that

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also yeah thats a handsome city

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 7:44 AM

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we do however have sunlight 24\7 to be fair, but the calculation is probably not made for us 🤣

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 7:44 AM

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Yeah I think that'd throw me for a bit

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would be a nice novelty to a tourist

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 7:44 AM

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The midnight sun occurs from about 18 May to 26 July, but the mountains in the north block the view of it for a few days, meaning that one can see the midnight sun from about 21 May to 21 July. Owing to Tromsø's high latitude, twilight is long, meaning there is no true night between March 27 and September 17.

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I grew up with it and my sleep pattern was broken my entire life 🤷

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I've lived south for 12 years now, started sleeping good two years ago 🤣

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 7:45 AM

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Ah yeah

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I had no idea it was so long

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 7:46 AM

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it is quite strange for anyone who has never seen it I reckon

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 7:46 AM

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I would say so

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 7:46 AM

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so when we are kids we are usually outside until long in the evenings

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and as teens we are out all night

hushed basalt Jul 26, 2019, 7:46 AM

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I ordered those transceivers

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 7:46 AM

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probably worse is the winter, no sunlight at all, so the suicide rates are high

hushed basalt Jul 26, 2019, 7:47 AM

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I ended up just getting SR with LC OM4

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 7:47 AM

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Oh yeah that makes sense

hushed basalt Jul 26, 2019, 7:47 AM

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The AOC cables wouldn't have shipped until 6th of September

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 7:47 AM

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SR should suffice a lot, LR 10KM on short distance can actually be worse because it will burn your transcievers

hushed basalt Jul 26, 2019, 7:48 AM

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Who needs attenuators when you can just make them from couplers :D

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Just snake them through a 24 port patch panel back and forth

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I do miss working with fibre

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Splicing is a bitch though.

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Not so much the fusion, but stripping and cleaving and laying in joints

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 7:49 AM

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Winter depression is a thing here and we go from like 14 hours daylight to 10 hours

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So Norway would be much worse

hushed basalt Jul 26, 2019, 7:49 AM

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Plus the depression of being in Canberra

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 7:49 AM

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Amen

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Legit though I love Canberra to live in

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For the most part at least

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Not many music acts come here is the main drawback lol

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 7:50 AM

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@ocean mirage from around 3.30 you can see how much darkness we get in summer https://youtu.be/AgBz4cMPBVc

YouTube

valearrosticini

A Year in Tromso - Time Lapse

A year long collection of webcam shots time lapse showing an entire year of tromso viewed from a hill overlooking the bay. All images are taken from http://w...

▶ Play video

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 7:52 AM

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thats a long day

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why do people live there again

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 7:52 AM

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Because we are cursed, can't leave

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Just like Canberra

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 7:52 AM

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Hey we can leave

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 7:52 AM

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Old lovecraftian deal with sea creatures

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 7:53 AM

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But only to Sydney which I wouldn't say is a good deal

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:00 AM

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Oh btw, if you are interested in ludicrous snaps from an it madman my Snapchat is the same as my handle here

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It's either usually work related, music related or just mockery of bad drivers

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:04 AM

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You are too old for snapchat

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 8:08 AM

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@ocean mirage CBR! "Feel the Power" as our number plates used to say!

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:08 AM

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That was the best one

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 8:08 AM

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Absolutely

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:09 AM

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Now we got them rainbow plates though, pretty snazzy

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 8:10 AM

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Reckon! and I see people with the "European" style plates too

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:10 AM

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Yeah its pretty funny to see a euro plate on a mazda

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 8:10 AM

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haha yeah

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:11 AM

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actually my uncle had one on a stateman I think

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called him out for it

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 8:11 AM

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Well I think Holden used to import the Astra from Belgium or something, so close enough

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:12 AM

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Yeah Astra is just an Opel car I believe

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not the same thing though lol

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:13 AM

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I am too old sad sad sad sad

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:13 AM

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soz ;)

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 8:13 AM

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Have you seen the demographic data and social media platforms?

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:14 AM

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Nah I dont use snapchat atx cause it was after my time so you are keeping up well

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Nope bloods, have you?

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I assume its just old people on facebook

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 8:14 AM

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haha you called it

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:14 AM

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I don't even have Facebook ThinkEyes

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 8:14 AM

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old people migrate to facebook, snapchat for young people, instagram is in between

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:15 AM

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Then I can't be old

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:15 AM

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Facts

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 8:15 AM

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"You're only as old as the social media platform you last used"

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:15 AM

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Then I'm prepubescent

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:15 AM

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I tend to use instagram first, but dont really even use that much

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facebook is just marketplace lol

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:16 AM

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I mostly post my daughter and greenhouse on Instagram ThinkEyes

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Or DIY projects

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:16 AM

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Hey bloods I need to know if I should insult you or not. North or southside?

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:17 AM

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PUT IT ON THE BARBIE BOTH OF YOU

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:17 AM

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is that a euphemism

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 8:17 AM

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North side strong side!!

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:17 AM

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It could be whatever you want it to be 🤓

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:17 AM

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Oof

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 8:17 AM

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you?

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:17 AM

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Thats yucky mate

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 8:17 AM

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haha

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:18 AM

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Yeah nah Thuggeranong

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 8:18 AM

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Well I've got fibre to the home... the REAL NBN

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:18 AM

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o

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:18 AM

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Did you just slam your hand on the keyboard @ocean mirage ?

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:18 AM

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basically

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:18 AM

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MonkaSadMusic

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 8:19 AM

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I thought you would be hanging out at the HyperD at this time of night

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:19 AM

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Yeah nah yeah I should be aye

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 8:19 AM

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lol

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:19 AM

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but yeah that FTTN would be nice, especially once you can actually get decent plans

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i mean

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FTTP

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 8:20 AM

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I have always paid less than what I ever paid on ADSL2

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That's paying for the best plans too

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:20 AM

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yeah its not bad

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fucking government changing to FTTN is the dumbest shit

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:20 AM

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I live between 4 big farms and I can have gigabit via fiber joyyy

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:21 AM

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jealous lol

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I mean I get about 75/30 realistically which I dont hate

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but better is better

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 8:21 AM

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the worst

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yeah i think i can get 250/80 soon so might upgrade soon

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something like that

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:22 AM

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I have 300/300 right now, the price point up to giga is almost triple price

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:22 AM

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yeah that should be coming bloods

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I wonder when the next chance the rest of us will get at fiber

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:24 AM

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Just move to Norway

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 8:24 AM

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i'm guessing a long while

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:24 AM

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Even my hometown that is further north than Canada gives you gigabit

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:24 AM

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I would die in norway

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yeah it wouldn't cost anywhere near what they guessed though bloods

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fuckers

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 8:25 AM

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a terrible decision from a long list

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:25 AM

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lol yep

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let me take this opportunity to add: Fuck Queensland

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 8:26 AM

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lolololol

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Clive had to get something for all of his millions

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:28 AM

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fucking Clive

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You know residents can pay for their own fiber line though?

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 8:29 AM

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yeah but surely that's a basic gov responsibility😂

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:29 AM

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not in a lot of places lol

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but yeah paying for yourself costs tens of thousands in most cases lol

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and like $330 to even get a quote

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 8:31 AM

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that's steep

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:31 AM

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for sure

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I'd drop a few thou for it but not that much

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:32 AM

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We installed fiber at my father's house in 2004, cost $160 as long as i dug the trench myself ThinkEyes

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:32 AM

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nice

hushed basalt Jul 26, 2019, 8:33 AM

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European countries are warmer than Australia though

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indoors

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Our building standards are non existant

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:33 AM

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We have insulation yes

hushed basalt Jul 26, 2019, 8:33 AM

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And double glazing

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:33 AM

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Triple

hushed basalt Jul 26, 2019, 8:33 AM

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And air tightness. Vapour barriers ,

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We don't even have double

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Or sealed window frames

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:34 AM

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Why even have our houses been so shit for so long

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whose idea was that

hushed basalt Jul 26, 2019, 8:34 AM

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Or thermal breaks. Or passive design

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:34 AM

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Because it's easier to put it on the Barbie that way

hushed basalt Jul 26, 2019, 8:34 AM

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We poke holes in our walls and ceilings on purpose

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And have 3mm glass inside crappy aluminium window frames assembled and installed as cheap as possible

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Then we make those windows floor to ceiling wall to wall

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:35 AM

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I haven't seen that last part

hushed basalt Jul 26, 2019, 8:35 AM

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And expose it to the north and west

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:35 AM

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Why do people even bother building houses in Australia ThinkEyes

hushed basalt Jul 26, 2019, 8:35 AM

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Super common in new houses here

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:35 AM

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It sounds like living outdoors

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:35 AM

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Oh new stuff maybe

hushed basalt Jul 26, 2019, 8:35 AM

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"I like lots of light"

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My last rental the entire wall of the master bedroom was window

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And street facing too

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:36 AM

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Walk around without underwear too then?

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:36 AM

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I can understand the light thing tbh

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Lol I didn't have curtains when we first moved in atxbyea

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:36 AM

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Lol wtf

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:37 AM

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If anyone saw my junk thats their problem

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:37 AM

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I see that in houses that are bought by polish or Belgian people

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They don't use curtains at all

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I can watch telly at my polish neighbors just by sitting in the kitchen

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:37 AM

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The house had just been renovated for sale and they like lost half the curtains

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the curtains that came with it were ugly anyway so we'd have bought new ones either way

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:38 AM

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But then again, Belgian people press a button when they go to bed that puts steel blinders on the doors and windows of the house

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Weird Belgians

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:39 AM

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I work with a Belgian woman

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her car got stolen cause she left the keys in the ignition

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I think she still does

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:39 AM

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When I grew up in would never lock my car

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But now everyone does

strange vapor Jul 26, 2019, 8:39 AM

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https://sysadminday.com/

System Administrator -- Appreciation Day

tedkekatos

Home

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:40 AM

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But in northern Norway people hardly ever lock their doors, it is a thing that people should be able to walk in and say are you home? Coffee?

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:40 AM

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My last car got broken into and they stole some tools and my sunnies. I was sitting with my back to a window, the car was on the other side lol

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:41 AM

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Rofl

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:41 AM

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I might have actually left it unlocked but I am not sure

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you could unlock that car with anything

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I gave it to a friend and he accidently opened it with a key to a completely different car

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I still miss those sunnies

boreal pewter Jul 26, 2019, 8:47 AM

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In Germany that is illegal

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 8:47 AM

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For anyone who has been in London, if you listen to Roger Waters - Picture That in closed headphones it is just like being on the tube, it is uncanny

boreal pewter Jul 26, 2019, 8:48 AM

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In germany you're not allowed to leave cars/car-windows open

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:48 AM

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I believe it might be illegal here too Anon

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I assume its just making work for police

hushed basalt Jul 26, 2019, 8:53 AM

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There's a guy here who owns a lot of car dealerships

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Like worth $250m+

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He doesn't insure his own cars and he leaves his keys in the ignition at his house

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Because he thinks his security system is so good no one would ever get onto his property

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Nekminnit, car stolen

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 8:55 AM

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surprised pikachu

boreal pewter Jul 26, 2019, 9:02 AM

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lol anyone could infiltrate like 90% of the alarm systems

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If it's worth it

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:03 AM

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Worked with a colleague from Johannesburg, his car got stolen like twice a month

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From his house

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Usually destroyed also

hushed basalt Jul 26, 2019, 9:08 AM

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My friend from ZA moved here with his parents when he was early teens or so

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They didn't understand why the first house they looked at to rent didn't have bars on the windows

strange vapor Jul 26, 2019, 9:08 AM

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Most mornings on the train, when it gets to the outskirts of Dublin, there's a few fields where there's always up to 10 burnt up cars.

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:09 AM

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ZA?

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@strange vapor I'm glad I lived in Dublin 6 ThinkEyes

strange vapor Jul 26, 2019, 9:09 AM

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They nick them, race them until they crash or break the car, and then set them on fire where they finish.

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@clear ferry It's out by Adamstown and Clondalkin.

hushed basalt Jul 26, 2019, 9:10 AM

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South Africa's tld

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Just like we are au

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:10 AM

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Oh, I did not know that @hushed basalt

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@strange vapor so far out I've never heard of it 😛

strange vapor Jul 26, 2019, 9:11 AM

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@clear ferry You're probably better off!

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Wasn't it in South Africa that someone actually created a working flamethrower car alarm?

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Yup! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster_(flamethrower)

Blaster (flamethrower)

The Blaster (also called the "BMW Flamethrower") was a 1998 invention by South African inventor Charl Fourie designed to provide a defence against carjackings.
The invention came in response to the increasingly severe violent crime situation in South Africa, which in 1998 had...

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Amazingly, it wasn't banned, just too expensive!

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:13 AM

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Wtf

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Is that where Elon musk got the idea from perhaps

strange vapor Jul 26, 2019, 9:17 AM

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Wonder if there's a HA integration? 😄

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:18 AM

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I wish I was more technical in some areas, so I could build a can bus device in my cars to talk directly to HA 😛

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:20 AM

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You can always learn :)

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:21 AM

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But I'm too old, you said so sad sad sad

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https://open.spotify.com/track/5SxWexUz5btBRkC1Xf2mXo?si=sbsYdRTtTgmVtENhgKYnYQ

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:24 AM

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Oh man, watching TV atm but that reminds me to get some paul simon

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:26 AM

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Graceland is probably one of the best albums of all time, if you havent seen the documentary about it I recommend it highly

strange vapor Jul 26, 2019, 9:26 AM

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@clear ferry https://github.com/brendan-w/python-OBD Nice library for talking to Bluetooh OBD devices which can be got cheap on Ebay. Get something like a little Pi and you're sorted 😉

GitHub

brendan-w/python-OBD

OBD-II serial module for reading engine data. Contribute to brendan-w/python-OBD development by creating an account on GitHub.

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:26 AM

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oh I am down for a doco

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Under African Skies?

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:27 AM

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2112868/

IMDb

Under African Skies (2012) - IMDb

Directed by Joe Berlinger. With Paul Simon, Maya Angelou, Okeyerama Asante, Harry Belafonte. Paul Simon returns to South Africa to explore the journey of his Graceland album, including the political backlash he received for allegedly breaking the UN cultural boycott of South...

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:27 AM

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I am acquiring it now

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:27 AM

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@strange vapor I'm listening.... mindblown

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:27 AM

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I've had all of Simon and Garfunkel for a while but been meaning to get Paul Simons solo stuff for ages

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:28 AM

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Now if I could get @light trout to make that obd component into a ha component that supported multiple entries 😛

velvet horizonBOT Jul 26, 2019, 9:28 AM

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Ludeeus is away for 15h 59m 55s with a message :point_right: "away" adverb
"to or at a distance from a particular place, person, or thing."

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:29 AM

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@ocean mirage recommend checking out Peter Gabriels cover of the boy in the bubble, it is actually better than the original imo

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:30 AM

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I've never really listened to Gabriel/Geneis

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should put it on my list

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:30 AM

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I never did either, but the last year I've deepdived

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The Growing Up Live DVD is a must see

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The secret world live is also amazing

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:31 AM

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I'll get there lol

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:31 AM

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I enjoy Gabriel solo, and genesis after Gabriel

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:32 AM

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I've not been listening to heaps of anything lately, I need to change that

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:32 AM

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You are probably too young to have seen the Land of Confusion video when it aired on TV, but check it out too 😛

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You should subscribe to my music newsletter

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😂

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:32 AM

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Yeah that was 6 years before I was born

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haha I would

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:33 AM

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It is unfortunately in Norwegian though

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:33 AM

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wait

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is this actually a thing

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 9:33 AM

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1986, great year

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:33 AM

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birthyear?

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:33 AM

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Yes, Norwegian is a thing, we speak it all the time

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😄

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🎉 sad 😂

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 9:34 AM

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haha yeah

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:34 AM

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no your newsletter ffs

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:34 AM

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Yes it is, I try to send it out two to four times a year

tough igloo Jul 26, 2019, 9:34 AM

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Could always use google translate

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My wife speaks norwegian

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she lived there as a child for a few years

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:34 AM

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Mostly colleagues, family and customers who get it 😛

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:35 AM

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If its music I would translate it lol

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if its greenhouses maybe less likely ;)

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:35 AM

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1984 4 lyfe

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Ship me your email @ocean mirage and I can send you an old edition and see if you enjoy and can translate it 😛

strange vapor Jul 26, 2019, 9:38 AM

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Pass it through Deepl, one of the better online translators I've used.

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:40 AM

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Man and you guys write like this all the time?

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Why don't you just use english geez

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:40 AM

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I love translating the lower Slavic languages through Google translate, I usually find car related stuff like that, and it is always hilarious

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@ocean mirage what, you mean Norwegian is beautiful? 😛

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:40 AM

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I read the word Babymetal, not sure if I want to translate

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yeah but it makes no sense

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I cant read this at all!

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:40 AM

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It is the name of the band 😂

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Just put it on the Barbie @ocean mirage then it'll make sense

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:41 AM

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ahh there we go

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:41 AM

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MonkaSadRain

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:42 AM

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Deepl thought it was Dutch

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google got it

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:42 AM

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Norwegian has a lot of the same grammar as English, so it usually translates nicely

strange vapor Jul 26, 2019, 9:43 AM

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@clear ferry Why not just use English so?

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:43 AM

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Oh deepl doesn't do norwegian

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still it translates pretty well from 'dutch' lol

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:43 AM

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Because we speak Norwegian in this country sadly 🤷

strange vapor Jul 26, 2019, 9:43 AM

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Probably because only awkward gits like @clear ferry use Norwegian!

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:43 AM

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just with opposite meanings

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Google

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"this is an album that is best enjoyed with headphones in my opinion"

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:44 AM

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BlobAngry

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:44 AM

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Deepl

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this is an album that is absolutely no good at all with headphones in my opinion

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:44 AM

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Hahahaha
Wtf

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Google definitely got ot

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:44 AM

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Deepl things its Dutch though the dumb fuck

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:45 AM

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Hope neither try to translate the Spotify urls

strange vapor Jul 26, 2019, 9:46 AM

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Sadly, my generation are shit at speaking Irish for the most part. Thankfully, the generations after are taught it in a lot better fashion.

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:46 AM

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I used to know several phrases, but they are since lost to me after leaving Ireland

strange vapor Jul 26, 2019, 9:46 AM

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Funnily enough, on the things that really helped? A Irish Language TV station, and they managed to get the rights to Spongebob Squarepants and do a really good job of translating it 😃

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:46 AM

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Lol

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:46 AM

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What are you trying to say here "hans dype stemme er passelig vanskelig å unngå å legge merke til"

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everything translates it differently

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:47 AM

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His deep voice is quite hard to miss

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:47 AM

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okay yeah google comes closest

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sort of

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"his deep voice is hardly difficult to avoid" - So it actually comes out as the opposite, but I got the meaning

light trout Jul 26, 2019, 9:48 AM

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translate.atxbyea.ch is the most acurate

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:48 AM

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I write in normalized Norwegian, but I could have written in my own dialect, nothing would translate that monkaChrist

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:48 AM

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Bing says "his deep voice is customizable hard to avoid noticing'

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so uhhh what

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other than that one word it gets close lol

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thats the sentence they all seem to have the most trouble with so far

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:48 AM

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Lol it is shit written though

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So probably my fault

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:49 AM

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still funny

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also I remember Japan and im not 70s ;)

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:50 AM

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That is because you are a weirdo probably!

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:50 AM

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You got quite the collection of links here, I'll go through em when I'm not watching TV

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oh for sure

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:50 AM

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Yeah, that is the Christmas mail I sent last year

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I try to get out four per year

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But only two so far this year

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Including the one I'm writing

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:51 AM

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Haven't considered doing a blog? You love sharing music

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:52 AM

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I have a shitty one, tried blogging work stuff, but I suck at sticking with it kitty

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:53 AM

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Yeah fair enough

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This translates pretty well

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I'll probably have a listen to it tomorrow. I have a list of a few artists to listen to and maybe acquire, I like getting new things

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New old things normally

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 9:57 AM

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I'll send you the other mails too then GWspenderThinkChubby

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 9:58 AM

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Sure, I'll get to them eventually lol

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 10:52 AM

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I'm glad this has been what working the last 12 years have been like

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https://i.redd.it/juoqptujelc31.jpg

strange vapor Jul 26, 2019, 11:03 AM

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Current in my kitchen working away. Work doesn't care. We have no shortage of communication tools.

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 11:03 AM

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I can't work from home all the time but its pretty free

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we got cisco jabber as our main communication thing

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 11:03 AM

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Jabber wtf

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Is this 2007?

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 11:04 AM

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Basically

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Did I tell you

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We just upgraded to windows 10

strange vapor Jul 26, 2019, 11:04 AM

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It's pretty much by Team it's decided here. In my team we have people spread out all over the US and EU, so plenty of working from home by default.

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@clear ferry Cisco Jabber is actually not too bad, but stupidly expensive!

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 11:04 AM

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Win10 ain't bad, I still have customers stuck on win7 sad

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@strange vapor haven't seen it since I worked in Dublin, and that is 12 years ago 😂

strange vapor Jul 26, 2019, 11:05 AM

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Used to use it, but gone to Zoom.us now which handles large meetings without falling over.

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 11:05 AM

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uhhh

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What else are we old on

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how do you like waterfall

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 11:06 AM

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Are you still running token ring? Or lotus notes?

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 11:07 AM

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Surprisingly not

strange vapor Jul 26, 2019, 11:09 AM

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CRTs?

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 11:09 AM

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Not that either

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 11:09 AM

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VT100s?

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 11:10 AM

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User hardware is pretty good actually, spending money is easy, being a decent organisation is hard

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or harder lol

strange vapor Jul 26, 2019, 11:13 AM

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Bugzilla?

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 11:14 AM

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no but also

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We have a whitelist now that we are on windows 10

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can't even run portable apps

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 12:01 PM

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Car says 33 degrees outside MonkaSadRain

ocean mirage Jul 26, 2019, 12:06 PM

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Perfect

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 12:24 PM

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It's a Australian all time low you say?

strange vapor Jul 26, 2019, 12:26 PM

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25c here

hearty depot Jul 26, 2019, 12:46 PM

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27 with a AC
36 outside

dark sparrow Jul 26, 2019, 12:46 PM

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huh. I've stumbled over someones unsecured node-red installation on the web 🤔

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 12:47 PM

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Parked car says 39 while standing still sad

dark sparrow Jul 26, 2019, 12:47 PM

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yikes

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 12:48 PM

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Actual measured is probably 32, but it feels like 40

boreal pewter Jul 26, 2019, 12:48 PM

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Volvo feels with you and shows the feeling temp

hearty depot Jul 26, 2019, 12:49 PM

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@dark sparrow
reminds me bout this tread

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https://community.home-assistant.io/t/i-got-hacked/54083

Home Assistant Community

I got hacked

so i got this text fle in my home assistant root this morning. Your system is very inscure. Your shares are available from web. Delete your samba shares from web ! I can edit and delete all your HA files without password. If you dont know how to do, have a look at here:...

dark sparrow Jul 26, 2019, 12:49 PM

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YIkes

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 12:49 PM

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Lol I'm driving a Opel while my Saab is in the shop @boreal pewter

dark sparrow Jul 26, 2019, 12:50 PM

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I've been testimg some stuff with Serveo and then stumbled over some giant Node-Red installation (which apparently also has a door lock connected to it!)

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left that guy a couple of nodes in the main tab telling him to secure his node

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 12:50 PM

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Lookup the IP and figure out if someone owns it or if it is an ISP owned ip

dark sparrow Jul 26, 2019, 12:50 PM

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good idea

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welp how do i find out a tunneled ip?

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ok got it and its private

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 12:56 PM

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Then you have done what you can do 🤷

dark sparrow Jul 26, 2019, 12:58 PM

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Well lets hope he checks his nodered installation

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because by the looks of it, anyone with the ipadress (or just the port lol) can just access his door and unlock it, as well as his vaccuum and some other things

hearty depot Jul 26, 2019, 1:02 PM

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what port nodred uses?

dark sparrow Jul 26, 2019, 1:02 PM

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yea

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and proably his subdomain

hearty depot Jul 26, 2019, 1:03 PM

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eh - nvm I dontt want lo lurk arount the ned - Reverseproxy ftw 🤣

dark sparrow Jul 26, 2019, 1:04 PM

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hehe, i might just disconnect one door node so he has to check.

hearty depot Jul 26, 2019, 1:04 PM

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WAF is declining

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 1:04 PM

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@dark sparrow good idea

hearty depot Jul 26, 2019, 1:04 PM

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meehhh..

dark sparrow Jul 26, 2019, 1:05 PM

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Just done. and left a comment as well

hearty depot Jul 26, 2019, 1:28 PM

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deam - firt time ever that I his the HA stop button..

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 1:28 PM

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🛑

dark sparrow Jul 26, 2019, 1:29 PM

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ever since i moved my HA installation to docker the only stop I needed was from the Portainer GUI

hearty depot Jul 26, 2019, 1:31 PM

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well I actually dont like to have this button
https://i.imgur.com/V4kMfch.png

Imgur

dark sparrow Jul 26, 2019, 1:32 PM

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I think i've actually never used that button

hearty depot Jul 26, 2019, 1:32 PM

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same - untill now 🤣

dark sparrow Jul 26, 2019, 1:33 PM

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what did you stop it for

hearty depot Jul 26, 2019, 1:35 PM

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wanted a restart that my new rest sensor get loaded. only thing I ask me now why ever I would like to stop HA only 🤔

dark sparrow Jul 26, 2019, 1:37 PM

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a restart wouldve worked too, wouldnt it?

hearty depot Jul 26, 2019, 2:02 PM

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Would have worked better - had to start the container with ssh again 🙈

strange vapor Jul 26, 2019, 3:12 PM

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Went for a walk into town. While the continent is boiling, we're getting really heavy but short rain showers!

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 3:15 PM

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34 and no ac in my car here

late gate Jul 26, 2019, 3:16 PM

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didnt the car have ac?

clear ferry Jul 26, 2019, 3:26 PM

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This Saab needs a top-up of gas

late gate Jul 26, 2019, 3:27 PM

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aaah

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I just had to fill 600g or so on the volvo. it cut the ac just seeing the sun

midnight adder Jul 26, 2019, 9:17 PM

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are smart fluorescent lamps a thing?

hushed basalt Jul 26, 2019, 11:23 PM

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I don't think so @midnight adder

hushed basalt Jul 26, 2019, 11:47 PM

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Best you can probally hope for is a smart switch

hearty depot Jul 27, 2019, 3:30 AM

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YAML everywhere
https://github.com/coreos/fcct/blob/master/docs/configuration-v1_0.md

GitHub

coreos/fcct

Fedora CoreOS Config Transpiler. Contribute to coreos/fcct development by creating an account on GitHub.

clear ferry Jul 27, 2019, 4:45 AM

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Oof, the temperature hasn't dipped below 20 at night, it is still 22 degrees outside