#the-water-cooler

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clear ferry
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@upper apex zigbee2mqtt is the shizzle

clever mortar
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Personally though Z2M FTW

rare condor
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@upper apex yes but that's the benefit its highly portable

upper apex
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@clever mortar we were talking about it here, read above

clever mortar
rare condor
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Also I run it on an Orange Pi Zero located in middle of house

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Server position is less than ideal

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So for me that's a huge benefit

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also zigbee2mqtt is just fantasic

upper apex
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Hmm I’ll have to look into it then

rare condor
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Support is top notch Koenkk bought a device and spent hours of his time to help me on a single issue

upper apex
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I hate this discord in the fact that it’s constantly giving me more ideas..

rare condor
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It just works really well

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yeah

upper apex
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I already have to many projects lol

rare condor
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likewise

upper apex
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I just found out that I can have Moran freeman yell at me when I get notifications

rare condor
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I didn't know my cupboard drawers needed linear actuators to open them, but there you go

upper apex
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Haha I mean why not though?

rare condor
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wait did that come out? Google was adding his voice didn't realise it was out yet

upper apex
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It’s apparently the iOS and android Home assistant app that make it possible

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Add that to the project list

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Haha

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Loving it! Only issue I’m resolving is the fact that they won’t “sound” if my screen is off. 😕 so that’s not doing me any good

rare condor
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When do you have his voice play?

upper apex
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I mean whenever you want, any automation

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Pretty sweet!

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Or you mean me?

rare condor
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yeah yourself

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Like I have one set when the washing machine is done, but its boring.

upper apex
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So say if the garage door is open 5+ min. Morgan freeman tells me I’m a slob, and with it an actionable notification to close the garage if I want.

rare condor
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I want Samael L Jackson to yell at me to get off my ass until I turn it off

upper apex
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But if my screen is off, I only get the notification. No uplifting Morgan freeman

rare condor
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where is the voice clip of morgan freeman telling you your a slob

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I need that in my life

midnight adder
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question to you all

upper apex
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Haha I was just joking about that clip

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There are plenty of different clips though haha

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You can see them all in the HA app

midnight adder
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capacitive touch switches are bad. they should be replaced with smart rocker switches, that way in case of issues with capacitve and relays it can still be used

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do you think this is good

upper apex
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There went my Morgan freeman boner

midnight adder
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something like this

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but not momentary, i think they call it a toggle switch?

clever mortar
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Toggle... you mean traditional switch?

midnight adder
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yes

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just in case the chip doesn't work

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I know this might not be very useful

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but

clever mortar
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So, hook a smart module between your dumb switch and the dumb bulb...

midnight adder
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ah...

upper apex
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@midnight adder I use hue switches because of the size, portability, and it runs on deconz also.

midnight adder
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that cold be done

upper apex
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I run allot of Aqara stuff but not their switches

midnight adder
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here everything is made with cement

clear ferry
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Hue switches 🤢

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Xiaomi aRoo_ThrowMoney

midnight adder
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so you have to be ready for such constraints

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of not breaking the wall

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we dont have many boards

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usually houses are made from cement

upper apex
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Ehh some of the devices Tink speaks off can be fit behind the plate in the wall

midnight adder
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so anyone will be looking for those capactive

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I know

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some are too big though

clear ferry
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Shelly 1

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Will fit anywhere

upper apex
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Yeah your choices are, smart bulb, smart switch, or smart relay basically

midnight adder
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this is the override module right?

upper apex
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I have like 60 hue bulbs in my automation setup

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Didn’t wanna have to mess with the switches

clear ferry
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60? Finally a worthy contender appears

rare condor
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After using smart switches I rate them soooo much more than hue or lifx bulbs

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Also aqara makes very good kit

upper apex
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Plus for the life of me it’s hard to find a traditional “toggle” style zigbee switch anyways. Still looking *

rare condor
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Xiaomi sub-brand usually more premium

hearty depot
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I would love smart switches.. but only one cable 😦

clear ferry
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Xiaomi has toggle

hearty depot
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one cable toggle?

clever mortar
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Yup, they leave a small amount of power running to the bulb

midnight adder
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what I'm saying is...Let's say network is down you still have a way to toggle the lights. Shelly might be an option, maybe a new switch made for that might also help. These relays might easily degrade her in a matter of 2 - 3 years since humidity and the hot summers might cause it to die.

clever mortar
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Same as dimmers

rare condor
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@upper apex Plenty in Australia, I opted for Wifi in the end with ESP based switches, they were better built and ran on dedicated IoT Wifi AP, was more reliable than zigbee.

upper apex
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Link? I’ve only seen the “plate” type switches

midnight adder
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toggle but behind it is a momentary switch

hearty depot
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then I still miss a gnd isnt it?

rare condor
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Which country btw dreaming?

midnight adder
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I'm thinking of those mechanical

hearty depot
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Would otherwise appriciate a link

rare condor
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US?

midnight adder
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UAE

upper apex
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@rare condor zigbee is great! And gets better as your get a larger setup.

midnight adder
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we have same styles as UK though

rare condor
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I know I use zigbee I have about 50 devices (so small network)

upper apex
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I would rather have less devices connect to my WiFi. Including bulbs I have well over 100 zigbee devices

rare condor
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Agreed

upper apex
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Have you had issues though?

rare condor
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but keep in mind Zigbee uses 2.4Ghz

midnight adder
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I would seperate my wifi through VLANs

rare condor
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and conflicts with Wifi channels

midnight adder
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that might help a little

upper apex
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Yeah well that’s where a good router or AP comes in

midnight adder
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and disconnect them from the internet

rare condor
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Zwave doesn't use 2.4ghz but device support is far smaller

midnight adder
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@upper apex Ubiquity coughs

upper apex
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My Unifi channel hops

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And stays away from zigbee channels

rare condor
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@upper apex My Zigbee network works great likewise my IoT Wifi network works great, they are suited for different purposes

clear ferry
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Paranoid androids

midnight adder
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imagine your smart home fully wired by ethernet or such

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xD

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you'll have a datacenter

rare condor
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Zigbee is mainly sensors from Xiaomi and Aqara in my network, WIFI is mainly used for hardwired kit

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Or ethernet to my PLC cabinet

upper apex
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And haxxa do zwave devices act as repeaters?

clear ferry
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@midnight adder some of us have more stuff than some datacenters

midnight adder
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I do

clear ferry
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@upper apex powered ones

midnight adder
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r710

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switches

upper apex
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Ahh cool

midnight adder
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routers

rare condor
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power usage would be so high

upper apex
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So similar technology

rare condor
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r710 is ancient

clear ferry
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One server? Come back later lmao

midnight adder
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it is

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but it does the job

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got my pfsense vm and some others on it

rare condor
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Power costs 50c per kwh so it wouldn't here

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I never saw the appeal of a PFsense VM, I'd prefer dedicated box for something that is doing my internet and routing

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Like a cheap NUC or old DELL PC

midnight adder
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i had to do it

clear ferry
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$0.005 kWh crew representing

midnight adder
upper apex
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But do you have running water? 😉

clear ferry
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@upper apex basically free yes

midnight adder
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woops wait

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wrong link

upper apex
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Lol

midnight adder
upper apex
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Phub link pops up next

midnight adder
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this

rare condor
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@clear ferry Running my 2.4kw heater for 8hrs costs me $12 a day in each room, servers use 300w and cost hundreds per year. That's why I started to burn trees instead

clear ferry
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I pay like $100 per 6 months and have unlimited fresh water

upper apex
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Pretty crazy

midnight adder
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where you located

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im comming

clear ferry
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Norway

midnight adder
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ah nvm

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too cold

upper apex
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Hope you were mining bitcoin when you could

clear ferry
rare condor
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As part of COVID I started to get solar quotes

clear ferry
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I can cover my roof with solar for $14000 and it's paid off in 7 years

upper apex
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@rare condor I was interested in that at one point. The longevity of solar panels sucks right now though. 😕

rare condor
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@midnight adder At 210pounds why not just get a celeron NUC with two ethernet ports or an embedded ryzen pc, thats a lot of money

upper apex
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But in 10 your down already like 10% efficiency

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10 years

midnight adder
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gimme a good setup

rare condor
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@upper apex The government pays half of any installation cost

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here

midnight adder
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I'll make sure i do when i has the money

clear ferry
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Same here

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Plus 50+ % subsidized electric vehicles

rare condor
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But I asked the installer and he said if I wired the RS485 port for monitoring they would void my warrenty

upper apex
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Yeah but around a 1% a year of efficiency lost? 😕 that’s what hurts me

midnight adder
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oh wait the one i want to buy has coreboot

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so that's that

rare condor
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I have to use their dumb web portal and it has ads and notifies you for "service"

upper apex
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I wanna to install and be done for life

rare condor
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Nothing is forever

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Except Diamonds and STIs

upper apex
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And Coronavirus

clear ferry
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We don't bother much with Corona here either

rare condor
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well I guess if your immunity sucks

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Where are all my Aussies

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?

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Its peak time Sunday, 11pm?

clear ferry
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Sleeping as they should be at night

upper apex
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@rare condor ever had the flu?

rare condor
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every year I haven't had the flu shot

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so about 3-4 times

upper apex
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Lol then there is a pretty good chance you would get Coronavirus

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It’s a flu strand

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Just comes with baggage

rare condor
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Also was in isolation when I got sick from Shenzhen

clear ferry
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We have the flu every few years here, yet few people have gotten the Corona

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Your logic is flawed

upper apex
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The flu isn’t 6months old.. 😉

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It will show up

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I don’t think Coronavirus is gonna be stopped, just better combatted... it’s a flu strand, it goes into dormant and will be back once a year

rare condor
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actually studies are showing COVID doesn't mutate like the FLU does

upper apex
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Weird

rare condor
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so immunity or Vaccine will prevent it

upper apex
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North Korea then

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Psh

clear ferry
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5G

rare condor
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Is 6G the cure to 5G?

clear ferry
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Yes

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Better pump it out

rare condor
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wait didn't 6G cause autism?

clear ferry
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No, that was proxmox

rare condor
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🤮

clear ferry
rare condor
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Yes better to use closed source software prevents communism from winning 👍

clear ferry
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Better to run tried and tested software that gives me uptime, useful knowledge and everybody has done whatever you want to do before you

rare condor
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Can't agree more, finally you see why people use Proxmox!

clear ferry
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I have never seen a customer run proxmox, so no

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And I visit 200+ customers per year

rare condor
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Yeah but your from Norway that doesn't count

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They are weird up near the artic

clear ferry
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Not just Norwegian customers no

rare condor
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Sweden doesn't count either

clear ferry
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Not UK, France, Germany, Finland, Luxembourg, Belgium or the us either?

rare condor
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No

clear ferry
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Oh

rare condor
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Only Australia

clear ferry
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Good to know

rare condor
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but in fairness all my clients use VMware

clear ferry
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98% atleast

rare condor
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I don't like it because its not what I use at home, and when I am working on critical systems that control fluoride dosing in water or control half of Australia's gas I have no idea how to fix stuff.

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But proxmox works for me

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Its something to fiddle with just like HASS is

clear ferry
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It's a useless product to learn with less than 0% usebase

rare condor
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If I wanted a proper HOME automation system I would get KNX stuff with Scnhider HMI

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@clear ferry Its useful for home and if you prefer unix way of doing things

clear ferry
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No, because home gives you no value in the field

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Why learn two products when you can learn one , and the other is useless smart

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Ubuntu server is a worthless product atleast lmao

hearty depot
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The OS wares begun once again

clear ferry
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Unix wars or go home @hearty depotaRoo_ThrowMoney

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I prefer Hannah Montana Linux tbh

hearty depot
clear ferry
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I ran fedora for many years, from 2003-2006

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Great system at the time

hearty depot
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Jea - you just have throw away gnome 😛 XFCE ftw 😄

clear ferry
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Gnome 2 was great, everything since is shite

hearty depot
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I mean its al linux - makes minimal dirrfence for me if I have to use apt, yum or pacman

clear ferry
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Zypper @hearty depot!

hearty depot
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Didnt moved there yet 😄 - Arch was pain enough

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Goodnight 💤

clear ferry
hearty depot
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Destroying evidence 😄

clear ferry
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Tinfoil level

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Or above

clear ferry
hushed basalt
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I reformatted my desktop pc today

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Gotta give props to windows 10

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It's very quick to get back up and running.

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Sure it's all telemetryware but hey. At least my monitors work.

clear ferry
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I usually reinstall my PC when a new OS comes out

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That's about it

hearty depot
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about every 2 monts

clear ferry
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🤢

hearty depot
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my way to delete old downloads

clear ferry
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Like I have time for that nonsense

hearty depot
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That works almost from allone, only have to click me throu the install and then ansible takes over

clear ferry
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Just do pxe boot with install script

hearty depot
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On a workstation?

clear ferry
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What does workstation have to do with running pxe? pepoThink

hearty depot
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thats what I asked

clear ferry
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You can pxe boot anything

hearty depot
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aah - instead of an usb you mean?

clear ferry
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Yes

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And instead of clicking

hearty depot
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Fuuu ere goes my evening

strange vapor
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Spent the morning tracking down what trip switches connect to which sockets...

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Most of it is perfectly sensible.

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But there's some, em, really odd choices!

clear ferry
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My house is only weird

strange vapor
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One double socket connected to a loop where the other sockets are at the exact opposite end of the house!

rare condor
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Well nvm sleep, anyone use zwave?

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any reason I should use it? over say zigbee or wifi or ble or rf433mhz etc.

clever mortar
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Well, yes/maybe/no

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Anything over RF

rare condor
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Your answer was inconclusive

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Like surely there is a draw to it? Its really expensive, maybe people like paying more as it feels more premium?

clever mortar
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It costs more, but things all work together

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Unlike, say Zigbee 1.2

rare condor
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Hmmm?

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never experienced a zigbee device not working

clever mortar
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Then you're lucky - inter-operability between brands is a known minefield

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With Z-Wave though, it just works

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With Z-Wave Plus, all devices "just work" since it's a full standard - controllers don't need to know about them for them to work

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Zigbee 3.0 addresses the Zigbee 1.2 minefield

rare condor
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What is zigbee2mqtt using?

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I just buy stuff and connect it and it just works

clever mortar
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Either

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Assuming the coordinator supports 3.0 😉

clear ferry
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Cc1352 4 lyfe ppBear

last plaza
clear ferry
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I knew that years ago!

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Ask me about my weight gain rather

last plaza
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That really takes skill. Blow fast, it can burn your face 🤣

tame cove
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hello

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does someone here has experience with the ring doorbell in HA or the xiaomi doorbell ?

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i'm not sure which one to buy 😛

clever mortar
tame cove
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oops 🙂

jaunty summit
clever mortar
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Need a yeet emoji 🤔

jaunty summit
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Lol

pale monolith
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Don't worry, I got the yeet emoji.

clever mortar
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🤣

clear ferry
nocturne aspen
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Is the image for latest version for qemux86_64 platform ready yet? Its already two days since the new version was released. Im not chasing anyone if it was not, i just want to make sure if thats not something wrong with my config

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Im still getting 20-04-19 16:29:25 ERROR (SyncWorker_3) [supervisor.docker.interface] Can't install homeassistant/qemux86-64-homeassistant:0.108.6 -> 404 Client Error: Not Found ("no such image: homeassistant/qemux86-64-homeassistant:0.108.6: No such image: homeassistant/qemux86-64-homeassistant:0.108.6"). when i try to update. This is normal for few hours after a new version is released, but never lasted two days before

velvet horizonBOT
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@nocturne aspen 404 Error for docker usually is a result of one of these things:

  • The image tag you are trying to use does not exist (if this is the case you will see the word 'manifest' in the error)

  • There is not enough space left on the device to download the new container.

Command '.404' was invoked by: atxbyea
clever mortar
nocturne aspen
clever mortar
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Clearly somebody fails at their reading comprehension

nocturne aspen
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oh there's no point in being mean, topic of channel does not show on channel list

clever mortar
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That's a client problem

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Shows clearly on all desktop apps

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Also, I may be a tiny bit fed up of people arguing when directed to a better channel

nocturne aspen
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i understand your point, youre doing a tremendous work keeping discord in order, but as a result i was hesitant about asking the question which didnt fit any of the existing channels, so decided that #the-water-cooler is the safest option

scenic radish
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Swipe in from the right to see the channel topic on mobile

nocturne aspen
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im on web

clever mortar
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Look at the top

scenic radish
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That's on top then

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Lel

clever mortar
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In every channel, the topic is displayed next the the channel name

clear ferry
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Wtf web client

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Didn't even know that was a thing

scenic radish
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That's what I use

clear ferry
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🤢

scenic radish
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When I'm not on mobile

clear ferry
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You sick

scenic radish
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Seems like you are lol

brisk glen
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because the chromium desktop web app discord app is not a thing

clever mortar
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Works well enough

brisk glen
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give me my stimulus money so I can afford more smart home things

fluid zephyr
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I'm using HA on FreeNAS jail - using z-wave and zha with the HUSBZ1 - It doen't look like I'll be able to make a jail for the upcoming zwave daemon so I've been testing zwavedaemon on pi w/ rasp-lite and docker -- I'm think I will try ZigBee2Mqtt in a seperate container on the same pi.

I'm wondering if I should move my Mosquitto broker from my FreeNAS to the pi as well ... Then maybe use 127.0.0.1 for communication between mqtt broker and zwavedaemon / Zigbee2Mqtt

scenic radish
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@clever mortar I think I might need to factory reset and restore my phone...the SystemUI not running thing has happened three times now... something is happening overnight that's crashing it apparently

brisk glen
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you mean google's android update?

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:>

scenic radish
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Lol

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First major issue I've had in a long time actually

brisk glen
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good old 4.x days lol

scenic radish
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Good times, I still remember sideloading OTA updates instead of waiting

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I miss my Nexus 4...

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I still have my 4 and 5

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The 5 was a damn good phone

clever mortar
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Yeah, my Pixel XL is still doing fine

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That said, I may upgrade to the 4a if it turns out to be decent enough

brisk glen
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that new iphone se

fluid zephyr
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I was pleasantly surprised going from the first pixel to the 3a

brisk glen
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apple is hitting the mid end market

scenic radish
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Same, still using my OG pixel XL

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If the 4a has a hole-punch camera it's a non-starter for me

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I hate this trend

clever mortar
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I care less about that than losing fingerprint unlock

fading zodiac
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Howdy

final acorn
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why is always some breaking changes in HomeAssistant?

fluid zephyr
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evolution

final acorn
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it became frustrating to change every four weeks, when update comes, to change config files, change this, change that..

clever mortar
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Three weeks 😛

final acorn
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today Im spending like 3 hours to find how to replace resources for lovelace into my config..

fluid zephyr
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As more things are able to configure from the UI it will help alleviate that

clever mortar
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And if you did all your UI editing through the UI, it wouldn't be a problem

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Your problem though, is likely a formatting one, based on what you posted

final acorn
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sometimes I asked myself, am I so stupid, that I cant elevate this to a new version

clever mortar
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As I said, move away from YAML mode

clear ferry
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Yaml mode PepeLightsabers

clever mortar
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It took me a few minutes to move resources, but it wasn't a big deal

final acorn
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Well, I have to use YAML mode, I use all these cards from @low harness

clever mortar
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🤦

final acorn
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and somehow its easier for me to make changes in yaml, copy/paste patterns etc

clever mortar
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No

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You

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Don't

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UI mode works the same as YAML mode for custom cards, with the addition of feedback

fluid zephyr
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I use custom cards installed with HACS -- Never touched yaml mode

final acorn
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but how I can now in the middle of everything just migrate to UI

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what is happening with the my yaml files

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should I rewrite them from scratch?

clever mortar
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It's easy

final acorn
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and for like a 1 year it will be, switch to yaml, because we now have ... 😄

clever mortar
fluid zephyr
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the configuration that is no longer in yaml gets moved to .storage

clever mortar
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Somebody's been RTFMing.... 🤔

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This ... this isn't normal

final acorn
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have you ever guys like completed you automations and sit down, doing nothing

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Im struggling like for a year like with HA and its really awesome platform, but I dont see the light at the end of this tunnel 😄

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is it endless ongoing project - aka SmartHome or?

fluid zephyr
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I try to pretend I'm programmer sometimes... I have a custom integration and I've been looing at moving it to a UI based config AKA config_flow
What I have seen in the dev docs that is not mentioned much and not yet available in many components is the additional options_flow

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When more compontents have this extar options_flow you'll be able to more configure componets after they have been setup

clever mortar
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If I have an itch, I'll scratch it

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I don't go looking for new problems to solve, I wait for them to arrive, then I'll solve them (or ignore them)

last plaza
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@final acorn once you get over the curve, you will lose interest. you will then start doing what’s absolutely minimum required and start trimming down your setup.

clever mortar
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There's a curve?

tidal bronze
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Yep there's a curve

last plaza
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Hype/curve

clever mortar
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I thought that was just the shape of the glass

final acorn
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like covid19 curve 😛

last plaza
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There is a curve for everything 🤣

tidal bronze
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I agree with @last plaza on trimming down part.

final acorn
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maybe I just set high my goals

last plaza
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I have been trimming down for a while. You will only get there after you tried everything. Until then, it is never ending.

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Two more episodes of Better Call Saul, I’m al caught up. One more finale.

tidal bronze
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When you start it's all over the place but with time things mellow out, as with everything mileage may vary.

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@last plaza how is it?

last plaza
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@tidal bronze pretty good. Season 5 is really good so far. It runs pretty slow at times. Similar to breaking bad. Then it gets interesting

tidal bronze
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Great something to start on sunday afternoon after I finish reseeding grass. 😀

last plaza
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lol. I need to do that too. Today’s weather is 50F after 10 days. It’s been in 30s and snow once in a while.

tidal bronze
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Been following this guy on YT and pretty interesting how he does reseeding and care for lawn.

last plaza
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My good neighbor gave me a 25lb bag full of pure grass seeds. He got it wholesale bag and gave me the rest. I need to spread them around.

tidal bronze
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Are you mixing types ?

last dirge
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reseeding?

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what are you growing?

last plaza
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The grass is mixed seed.

tidal bronze
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Oh ok.

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He was mixing tall fescue with blue grass pretty interesting

last plaza
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They have Kentucky blue grass, fescue and more.

last dirge
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@tidal bronze you have Bermuda?

last plaza
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Ohio has extreme weathers. Some tolerate heat, some tolerate cold

tidal bronze
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Only tall fescue survives the summer and low water consumption

last dirge
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my bermuda says otherwise 🙂

last plaza
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Yup.

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Most folks use mixed seeds here.

tidal bronze
last dirge
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I'm well south of the transition zone

last plaza
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Not the Home Depot crap. They are full of crap.

tidal bronze
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lol

last dirge
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I'm not a fan of clumping grass either

tidal bronze
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With water restrictions I am always looking for options 🙂

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We can only water 3 days

last dirge
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gotta get a cistern 🙂

forest edge
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did i wake up to grass chat?

last plaza
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We never water here. Only when it is goes above 100.

tidal bronze
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Lucky you

last plaza
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@forest edge are your ears burning?

forest edge
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they felt alittle.. weedy

last plaza
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lol

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Sprinkler system guy is MIA. He was supposed to come and install it.

last dirge
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anybody seen something for liquid hose connections that's similar to pneumatic fittings?

tidal bronze
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@forest edge BTW I might build those poles, thanks for the link.

last dirge
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you can plug something into the fitting but when you remove it, it won't leak?

forest edge
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they were kind of neat lookin

last plaza
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Never heard of them - liquid connections.

forest edge
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@last dirge standard disconnects for hoses are like pnumatic fittings

last dirge
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fluid

tidal bronze
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With UDP blast can sync few of them @forest edge so great idea.

last dirge
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whether that be air/hydraulic fluid, water

forest edge
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?

last plaza
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Ok... need to look into them

forest edge
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there is no such thing none commercially

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or commercially i think

last dirge
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there's absolutely quick connects for hydro stuff

forest edge
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hydraulic couplers are pretty thick, you could push both air and water through them but why would you spend $16+ on a coupler to push water or air through it lol

last dirge
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but they're stupid expensive

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I was trying to think of a way I could design this garden watering thing to be modular

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I could just have a manifold with 12V and a quick connect spaced along occasionally

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then if I needed something, plug in the power and the water supply

forest edge
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find some brass air couplers

last dirge
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N controllers vs centralizing everything

forest edge
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not sure they would leak tho with water

last dirge
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water's bigger than air

forest edge
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water is less pressure

last plaza
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@tidal bronze call those university guys and let them use your lawn for their experimentation. Win Win.

forest edge
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lol come home and everything is dead or purple

last plaza
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in the name of science.

last dirge
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@forest edge all of these hose disconnects are garden hose thread

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and it looks like the way I want this to work is backwards from what everyone else does

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once you add thread adapters in it gets expensive quickly

forest edge
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well glad you found at least one way someone is doing it cause I'm still confused what your end goal is lol

last dirge
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I want a pipe to act as a manifold

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that pipe would have fittings on it that I could put a hose onto

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pretty much exactly like pneumatic stuff

forest edge
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off your water jugs?

last dirge
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it'd be off of a line that the pump is supplying

forest edge
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but why would it need to be for air/hydraulic?

last dirge
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my line of thinking is if I move a pot or planter, I could just unplug the stuff and plug it in near where I want it

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they're connectors for fluid

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air is a fluid

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water is a fluid

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oil is a fluid

forest edge
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you just want quick disconnects for water

last dirge
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I want quick disconnects with regular NPT threads

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ideally

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otherwise I have to adapt at the manifold to the quick connect

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then adapt on the other side of the quick connect to the solenoid

forest edge
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this?

last dirge
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that's garden hose threading

forest edge
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what hose you using?

last dirge
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which is different from pipe threading

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I'm using a solenoid with a 1/2" NPT thread

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and the manifold would probably be a 3/4" pipe with a bunch of tees with those female connectors on it

forest edge
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so use an adapter

last dirge
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it's not just an adapter

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it's two per station

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at least 2 per station

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and that shit adds up quickly

forest edge
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well your plan is adding up quicker lol

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I never heard fo anything like this

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if all that is flowing through this is water, stick to garden hose pieces as much as possible. if you need one adapater to swap the line down to garden hose 3/4 fittings then do that as soon as possible

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every other fitting will be costly for doing the same job

clear ferry
#

I think I got to the bottom of my strange network issues @clever mortar running an LACP bond with the BCE driver I had no packet drop, but strange networking, but switching to the EM driver with LACP I could actually see package drop, now the database connection appears to be stable with the old mariadb 🤔

forest edge
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@clear ferry wutanc said the news is a lie about sweden not locking down for covid?

last dirge
clear ferry
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They did something completely different than other scandinavian countries and kept most stuff open for longer yes, and has had more deaths , but trumps bashing is as usual quite... fake news

last dirge
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the female side adapts to hose, male side adapts to 1.2" NPT

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could use that, poly pipe, and tees to do everything instead of going rigid PVC

forest edge
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ew plastic

clear ferry
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that is regular couplings we use here in norway atleast

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for any kind of gardening

forest edge
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without completely envisioning this setup it's hard to understand. but i would just convert everything to standard host connections directly from the pump output

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*hose

last dirge
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the problem is the valves

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they're all NPT

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so it's gotta go from hose, to NPT, back to hose

forest edge
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hose or pvvc pipe?

last dirge
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hose

forest edge
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so your putting ball valves on garden hose?

last dirge
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no

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off the tank it'll be 3/8" hose to the pump

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then 3/8" hose out

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then it'll go to whatever I end up using as a manifold

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whatever attaches to that will have a solenoid for each station

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the pump will maintain water pressure in the manifold and it'll turn on whenever there's a drop in pressure (valve opens)

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other side of the solenoid will be hose with drip irrigators or small fan emitters

clear ferry
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sounds similar to the setup I did for my dad, 3/8 from valve all the way to the bottom of the garden, and 3/8 to 1/2 T adapters where needed, I will upgrade it with valves for each T joint at some point, because the pressure is getting a bit lower at the end

forest edge
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they make just about every kind of fitting imaginable in pvc. I would consider making the manifold out of that and using adapaters and fittings out of pvc (except the garden hose quick disconnects those you want something nicer)

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and it would be stupid cheap

clear ferry
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I did brass for all connections

last dirge
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it'd be stupider cheap with the poly pipe

clear ferry
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and rubber hoses

last dirge
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I essentially want the equivalent of a long power strip but for water

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plug in stuff where I need it

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be able to remove it, relocate it

forest edge
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pvc

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can even use the pvc shut offs

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I would use brass hose disconnects tho

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but pvc adapaters to fit them if need be

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be like under 20 bucks for the whole thing lol

last dirge
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nah, PVC valves are expensive

forest edge
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lol less than 3 bucks is not expensive

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but you can order off a whole sale plumbing site and prob get it all cheaper than lowes

last dirge
forest edge
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you realize that is like a lawnmower gas shut off right?

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plus the aliexpress thing is way smaller and cheaper plastic

last dirge
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it's gonna have 35 PSI max behind it

forest edge
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pretty sure there is 1/4 pvc shut offs too

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I would stick with the half inch

scenic radish
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I've only ever known a half inch

forest edge
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you traded length for vocal talent

scenic radish
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Lmao

honest geode
wet pilot
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...

forest edge
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what is that

clear ferry
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cucumber sausages 🤔

forest edge
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hotdog not sausage lol

clear ferry
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we call it all "pølse" in norwegian

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we don't differenciate between elongated meat

forest edge
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lol apparently

clever mortar
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Why would you put sausage inside cucumber 🤔

clear ferry
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It's probably the reason why @forest edge is here

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tbh

clever mortar
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or is it more of making the cucumber something you'd want to eat, just to get to the sausage?

forest edge
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same reason any of the weird shit you ever see ends up coming into existence. someone wondered if they could

clever mortar
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Ah, so like pizza crunch

forest edge
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not sure what that is but sure

clever mortar
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Deep fried pizza

forest edge
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deep fried twinkies is what they do at fairs here

clear ferry
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Says the guy who comes from the country of deep fried mars bars

clever mortar
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Well, yeah

forest edge
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if it was a deep fried cherry you'd be all over it

clear ferry
clever mortar
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Heart attack central here

clear ferry
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I'm all out of cherry candies from @scenic radish now cry

scenic radish
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:(

clear ferry
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ate the last one yesterday

honest geode
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@clever mortar why wouldn't you put sausage in a cucumber? Have you tried it? It's amazing !

clever mortar
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I've never tried it... maybe some day

clear ferry
honest geode
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Don't forget the mustard of course

clever mortar
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Hotdogs require mustard

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That'd be like bacon without the brown sauce

honest geode
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It's an american illusion thinking bacon need anything added

clever mortar
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Yeah, but they're confused about chips, and football, so... 🤷

last plaza
#

After a few weeks of Social Distancing, all I see on YouTube is How to cut your own hair and how to make masks.

clever mortar
#

By the time I go back to work, I expect I'll have a ponytail and a biker beard...

last plaza
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I almost have it now 😂

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And the Bike 🤣

clever mortar
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My hair was cut right before the shutdown started, and the beard has only started in the last week, after the good lady decided now would be a good time to see what it looked like on me

last plaza
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I just need good weather.

wet pilot
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Lol I got a haircut on the last day the salons were allowed to be open. I have some time

last plaza
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lol. My wife never saw me with beard. She loves it now.

wet pilot
#

Usually go 6-8 months between haircuts anyway

clever mortar
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I've never grown one before, at most 3 days of stubble

last plaza
#

6-8 months?

clever mortar
#

I usually have my hair cut every 5 to 6 weeks

wet pilot
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Yup

last plaza
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Yep. 4 weeks here. I go crazy after week 3

wet pilot
#

Usually cut 2-3 inches off each time

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5 - 8cm

clever mortar
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I couldn't do that. It drives me nuts if I leave it as long as 2 months

wet pilot
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Lol when the fresh cut has it to my shoulders it's a bit easier to let it grow

last plaza
#

We have reasonably good weather today. Might go on a quick bike ride. I need stores to open so I can buy accessories and stuff. Can’t wait.

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Never had long hair. Maybe time to try that too

shy comet
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lol

clear ferry
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I usually shave my head twice a week

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I haven't since.... March 13th atleast

shy comet
#

letting it grow now?

clear ferry
shy comet
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lol

last plaza
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@clear ferry March 13 is the last day I shaved as well 😎

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When I got the beard oil, I thought I’d run out in a few weeks. Given the viscosity, I think it will last at least 6 months.

clear ferry
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Yeah, mine last close to a year

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I do 3-4 drops

hearty depot
low harness
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"getting help in linux - 8 lectures"

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google, stack overflow... then what? apropose?

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Is that even included in distros nowadays?

last dirge
#

anybody got solar?

clear ferry
#

Aleks does

last dirge
#

looking for opinions from people in the US that have done it

green inlet
#

Hot dogs in cucumbers? Do you cook anything at any stage? What is this brown sauce you speak of that goes on bacon. England has some of the best fish and chips in the world.

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I looked into it. Very expensive. I think the financing is 20-25 years.

clear ferry
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Oof

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7 years and 14k for my whole roof

last dirge
#

financing, lol

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if it weren't for our cars, I think we could completely offset

clear ferry
#

Having no loans is financially bad here

green inlet
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Really?

wet pilot
#

Not great in the us either

clear ferry
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Because of tax relief

last dirge
#

it's bad for the US credit system too

green inlet
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I only have a house note

clear ferry
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Credit system

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Lol

last dirge
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your credit rating's largely related on your ability to handle credit

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which is a catch 22

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since you gotta have credit to build your history

clear ferry
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We don't do that except, you are ok and _ you won't get loans_

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And you have to have a lot of unpaid bills for the second category

last plaza
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Having no loans is financially bad here
@clear ferry same here. Your so called credit score goes down

honest geode
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I love that we don't have stupid systems like that here 😛

last dirge
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@honest geode where are you?

clear ferry
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@last plaza just tax relief here

honest geode
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Denmark

green inlet
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I beg to differ, paying things off builds your credit

last dirge
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@green inlet to a point

clear ferry
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If you have negative fortune you get tax relief, if you have positive fortune you have to tax of all of it

green inlet
#

There’s that free health care you love

honest geode
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@last dirge I have around 1.25M USD total in loans, and the bank still wants to loan me more

last dirge
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that's a lot

green inlet
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Of course they do, they are making money off you and all your loans are prob collateral backed

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@honest geode , do you cook the hotdogs at any stage. I want to try that

honest geode
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They're bound by rather strict laws (post 2008), but good jobs and good income = they are willing to lend a lot

clear ferry
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I paid $230k for my house , 100% loan, have $130k left, plus $20k in car loans

honest geode
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@green inlet as for the cucumber hotdogs, they have to cold smoked for 2 days

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@clear ferry I paid 1M USD for my house 😭 Had I lived just across the country (1 hour drive) it would have been less than half

clear ferry
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My house is valued at $400k without being inspected, so probably more in reality

green inlet
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Hmmm....cold smoked? Never heard of that

honest geode
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It's like hot smoked, but colder

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😄

clear ferry
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I would never pay more than $500k for a house tbh

green inlet
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Hah....in some places, you don’t have an option if you want a house.

wet pilot
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Yup

clever mortar
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Inflation will make a mockery of that statement 😉

wet pilot
#

We moved out of an area because that was the entry price for a row home

clear ferry
#

For that price I can get a 5000sqft house with a pool though

green inlet
#

So could I

clever mortar
#

My first house cost about $65K USD equivalent

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My current house is worth... quite a lot more 😄

green inlet
#

California you pay a million for a shack

clear ferry
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My parents paid $400k for theirs 17 years ago, now it's valued at $900k

wet pilot
#

Yeah in Cali the land could be worth more than the structure on it

honest geode
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@clear ferry Yea, but that's a paper-house, right?

green inlet
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Htf you get smoke without heat

honest geode
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Here the land is worth somewhere around 60% of the total value

clear ferry
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It's a 300sqm house with a 150sqm apartment, and a 100sqm apartment and two garages, and 2000sqm land @honest geode

honest geode
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@green inlet It's called 2nd hand smoking 😄

green inlet
#

I am very intrigued. Could I not just shove a hotdog in a cucumber and eat it?

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🤣

honest geode
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@clear ferry Crazy. Ours is 850sqm land and roughly 280sqm house (1st floor and basement included)

clear ferry
#

Cold smoking is pretty normal in Norway too

honest geode
#

You could just eat the hotdog, sure, but how could I then continue to make up stories about it?

green inlet
#

So it’s not a thing?

honest geode
#

Not as far as I know 🙂 But at this point I think I have to give it a try

green inlet
#

Hell yea....lmao.....I am going to try it

honest geode
green inlet
#

Now that would be good

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I think the other one is zucchini also

last plaza
primal wharf
#

Hello All! I'm looking for something that I'm not sure exists - I'd like a method of playing music (from youtube or spotify or whatever) to my google home speakers from lovelace - i.e. I can put in a link or song and start playing from lovelace

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Any ideas?

clear ferry
#

@last plaza wooooooo

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I enjoy the age defender one

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Rosemary

wet pilot
#

Might be possible

last plaza
#

Going to try Balm first.

forest edge
#

I need an HA driven lawnmower with mulching abilities lol

hushed basalt
#

🤢

forest edge
#

surprised when skalavala mentioned credit score atx didn't come back with some quip about how in norway noone has a credit score

last plaza
#

lmao

last plaza
#

@honest geode maybe able to translate that website to English 😊

green inlet
#

Are you getting a little stir crazy Skalavala or just using your time wisely? Sometimes mowing the lawn is therapy. Wireless earbuds, good weather, just me and the lawn 🤣

forest edge
#

@last plaza that's an addon board you add to other auto mowers. kind of neat supports those home depot ones lol

tribal whale
#

Scene Controllers... were they somehow broken in a recent update?

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All of mine have died.

#

I saw nothing in breaking changes about it

last plaza
#

I don’t like those self-propellant push mowers. Too much work. I enjoy gardening, but for lawn, I prefer riding mower, fast and easy.

tribal whale
#

Walking is to much for mowing? Pfft.. I pay some slackers to do it..

last plaza
#

Not worth my time.

forest edge
#

I have two yards to mow, one takes about an hour and the other takes 4 hours. i will welcome an auto mower if i can find one that works lol

last plaza
#

Exactly. Perfect for condos and small yards. Not for me.

wet pilot
#

@forest edge get a riding mower and add self driving car tech!

tribal whale
#

Humans offered money work well enough

lyric ruin
#

Hi there. What would be the best channel where I can get help booting up my hass.io installation on a Raspberry Pi 3?

wet pilot
forest edge
#

I have a rider, and i did find some kits that covvert them to auto mowing but they way too pricey lol

tribal whale
#

Indeed. But do you have a winders PC that runs fulltime? run it in VM.

last plaza
#

Humans offered money work well enough
@tribal whale not always. My lawn maintenance guys sucked big time. Had to fire them. I have a feeling they just spray water

forest edge
#

lol

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they spray weed growth formula

tribal whale
#

Find the right ones. mine are pretty decent. Helps I'm home at odd hours so I see them actually do work.

last plaza
#

I took video and threatened them to post it on social media sites. They came back with free applications and discounts... fired them later.

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Only reason I hired them was timing and time.

tribal whale
#

See I don't have to deal with that stupidity.

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So time and time..

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so.. time.

hushed basalt
#

My lawn is the size of a large car parking bay

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Such a pain

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Not worth buying a lawn mower for

tribal whale
#

Bad... move outta the country and into the city.

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😛

hushed basalt
#

I should just cover it in cardboard and mulch and say bye bye lawn

forest edge
#

I didn't think you au people even had grass to mow? or do you just mow the collect dust balls that accumulate?

last plaza
#

Riding one or push one? I got folks mow acres in an hour with right mower.

hushed basalt
#

Australia is the size of the US. So lots of different climates

tribal whale
#

Hell my brother and I let my sister mow the grass. She wanted to work on her tan and we had a riding lawnmower.

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She'd get into her bikini and go mow it.

hushed basalt
#

I think a riding lawn mower would barely fit on mine

last plaza
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Like in garage?

tribal whale
#

Need a bushhog?

forest edge
hushed basalt
#

Like the lawn is the size of a car parking bay

last plaza
#

I am struggling with AU language. When you say parking bay, is it like parking garage or parking lot you have for stores?

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If it just size of car parking lot, you might be okay with weed wacker

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@forest edge husqvarna is a good brand. I either buy that or Stihl brand. Not Home Depot Crap.

forest edge
#

home depot sells husqvarna which is why I said that. they were actually the first retail store to carry that brand

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they was $4300 before tax for that awd thing lol

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i mean come on

last plaza
#

I meant go to dealer stores. The HD usually find the cheapest as that’s what they sell for most customers

forest edge
#

that mower would havve to return and recharge 3-4 times before it could mow my whole yard lol

last plaza
#

Yes. That’s the downside. It only cuts like half an inch max.

forest edge
#

it would probably run non stop on my yard cause by the time it got done the first section would have regrown lol

last plaza
#

Watching 60 min. Farmers can’t sell the food they produce because they don’t have the buyers. They are dumping all the food or let it rot!

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Unfortunate!

forest edge
#

yea there is ideos of them dumping milk and smashing eggs

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*videos

last plaza
#

☹️

hushed basalt
#

If the mowers have smart navigation to not redo the same areas it doesn't matter if it has to recharge

forest edge
#

I don't even want to think the cost involved in the amount of guide wire i would need lol

wet pilot
#

GPS pins

hushed basalt
#

Yeah I wouldn't buy something if it couldn't zone itself

green inlet
#

.07 acres boys.....I do my whole yard in a hour and love it. Mow, trim, and edge

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Y’all can have your acreage 🤣

hushed basalt
#

You could set up some laser turrets

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Mow your lawn with the power of collimated electromagnetic waves

last dirge
#

@dull chasm bubbler sure does speed up evaporation

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@green inlet I've got a cool .04 acres of grass

forest edge
#

@hushed basalt uh lol

green inlet
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.07 is my whole piece of property. Never calculated how much the house takes up

last dirge
#

@last plaza my mower cuts to half an inch at its current setting

forest edge
#

@green inlet house or cardboard box? that's 3ksq ft

green inlet
#

🤔

#

America man

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3050 square feet

last dirge
#

I think I've got a third of an acre

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but between my driveway, house, sidewalks, and beds, I've only got about 1550 sqft of lawn

dull chasm
#

yep breaks surface tension a little

hushed basalt
#

Is a thicker lawn or a thinner lawn better?

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In terms of height

green inlet
#

Thickness vs height?

steel urchin
#

well finally just marked hour number 10 of ATT being in my house for the weekend, how's everyone else's going?

green inlet
#

Thicker keeps weeds out. Height depends on grass and weather

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I don’t let service providers past the modem 🤣

hushed basalt
#

I guess I mean depth

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Height

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From soil to top of grass?

#

Would robot lawn mowers give a higher actual height than their rated cutting height

forest edge
#

@steel urchin holding a BBQ for servicemen are you?

steel urchin
#

these are bizarre questions lol

hushed basalt
#

Since they're lighter they'll be sitting more above the soil than a heavy mower

steel urchin
#

an inch is an inch is an inch... grass typically isn't so industrial that the weight difference is going to make a difference in the impression and grass displacement

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at least not in MY yard

forest edge
#

@hushed basalt what? the height is from the bottom of the wheel to the cutting edge. it doesn't matter if the auto mower is so light it doesn't "sink" into the ground as much as like a riding mower, the difference is minimal and the effects is non-existent.

hushed basalt
#

But soil to grass height must matter

forest edge
#

as for the health of the grass?

hushed basalt
#

Yes

last plaza
#

@last dirge you got the rotary one?

hushed basalt
#

An inch of thick buffalo can support a lot of weight

forest edge
#

different grass is different in different climates. but yes, keeping the grass mowed for universal height aids in each grass being able to get the same amount of sunlight etv

last plaza
#

@forest edge I ordered helmet online - it is coming from Italy. 😱

hushed basalt
#

So that's my point

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Buffallo is very common here

forest edge
#

but as far as diffrence between 2 inch grass and 3inch.. 3 inch would make it harder for some weeds, starving sunlight etc

hushed basalt
#

So you could potentially end up with an ever raising lawn

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Even though the cutting height is the same

forest edge
#

@last plaza wtf? why italy? and from where?

last plaza
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lol. Ordered via eBay.

forest edge
#

you didn't want the bluetooth one?

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lol

last plaza
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I do. This is the same brand as the bike. Same color as well.

forest edge
#

you found one that is same color as the bike i assume

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i knew it lol

last plaza
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I’ll buy another Bluetooth one when the stores are open next two weeks or so.

forest edge
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they are easy to paint and cheap to have someone air brush

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with solid colors, designs isn't cheap lol

last plaza
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It’s pretty glossy.

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Spent $180 on that! Just the brand and color.

forest edge
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@hushed basalt point of taller grass is to try and prevent weeds from getting enough sunlight and nutrients to grow up around the blades. plus feels better with bare feet. but taller grass also needs to be mowed more and require more watering etc to maintain

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$180 isn't bad

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that new not used right?

green inlet
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You guys must mow your grass differently @hushed basalt 🤣

last plaza
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Brand new.

green inlet
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My mower wheel ride on the soil

last plaza
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Most sellers are away and not shipping due to covid. Otherwise I would get it much cheaper.

forest edge
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@last plaza most helmets have a 3-5 year shelf life on the "protective" aspect. the foam inside the shell breaks down and thus the helmet must be replaced. ^some more expensive ones can go for 7 years but those half helmets are likely 3 year so you could always wait and get a bluetooth when it comes time to replace it

last plaza
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I am going to buy another one anyway. I’m going to need one in case wife or kids want a quick ride.

forest edge
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lol how i am, got a brand new full fiacial sitting 10ft from me that is about to expire and was only worn once in the store when i bought for the woman

last plaza
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Need saddle bag, helmet lock, storage box..etc. still looking. May visit IronPony soon - they are open on appointment basis only.

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You don’t want to wear them beyond 3-4 years anyway.

forest edge
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that motorcyclecloseouts someone had suggested to you the other day is a good place to buy that kind of stuff

last plaza
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Yes. I bookmarked it. It was @wet pilot that shared the link

forest edge
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revzilla is another good place

wet pilot
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heh turns out that one isn't even the one that i'm subbed to

last plaza
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I just hit 99 mile on the bike now. 😊

wet pilot
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there's another

forest edge
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still a good store, we have an actual store here and I been going to it for years phnx lol

last plaza
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There was so much headwind today, at 65mph, I thought I am going to fly

wet pilot
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same idea though

forest edge
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@last plaza thinking of getting a windshield? or did it come with one?

last plaza
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Yep. Book marked. Will look into them.

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@forest edge it didn’t come with one. Stores are closed. I need that badly. That and engine guard.

forest edge
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engine guard?

last plaza
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There is a tall one. I want that. Small one is no use.

forest edge
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burn your legs?

last plaza
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It protects engine and you can rest your feet on highways.

forest edge
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oh ok i know what your talking about

last plaza
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The guy insists that I bring the vehicle for first service. I am going to do it myself. Just an oil change and filter change. Unless they tune things, I am not going there.

forest edge
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@last plaza how many miles was on the bike when you got it?

last plaza
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@forest edge less than 4 miles.

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Watching a video on tappet adjustment.

green inlet
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You guys know of any projects that effectively sniff Bluetooth and/or wifi. I want to see if I can effectively develop a Bluetooth / WiFi signature around my house, compile a list of known devices and see if I can generate an alert if an unknown shows up

forest edge
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should look at the book but it may need adjustment after it's been "broken in"

last plaza
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Yes. The manual doesn’t say much. It says see service center 😊

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@green inlet you may ask tinkerer whenever is back tomorrow

green inlet
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I played with kismet a little on a rasp2. Didn’t work that well. I now have an old desktop I want to repurpose but want to do some research before I start down the path.

forest edge
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@last plaza welcome to the modern days. there is probably a separate service manual for the bike much like how they do for cars.

last plaza
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yes. Problem is I would need some experience before I know I need to do tappet adjustment. Now, I can’t tell if I need it or know when to do it.

forest edge
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you can always call a dealer and ask them what is typically done

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they won't lie to you

last plaza
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Yeah. Problem is it is an imported bike. These bike stores are mom and pop shops. No big dealerships.

forest edge
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if it's an authorized dealer it dosen't matter

last plaza
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True!

forest edge
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you know the bike you have is a branched Indian, you could even call an Indian dealer and they could even tell you cause I promise you the bike shares alot of the same parts, just diffrent branding

last plaza
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He was trying to sell me to change the silencer that makes more noise and apparently boosts power.

forest edge
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silencer?

last plaza
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It is not the Indian bikes you see in the US. This is literally a bike from India.

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Exhaust I mean 😊

forest edge
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I know but it's the same manufacture, just branched off

last plaza
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I am not so sure about it. This one is Royal Enfield.

forest edge
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Licensed from Royal Enfield by the indigenous Indian Madras Motors, it is now a subsidiary of Eicher Motors Limited, an Indian automaker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Enfield_(India)

Royal Enfield (India)

Royal Enfield is an Indian motorcycle manufacturing brand with the tag of "the oldest global motorcycle brand in continuous production" manufactured in factories in Chennai in India. Licensed from Royal Enfield by the indigenous Indian Madras Motors, it is now a subsidiary of ...

last plaza
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lol

forest edge
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there is no promises an indian dealer would know, but like i said, generally when there is branches they use alot of the same parts but slap diffrent branding

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so if push comes to shove you get stuck trying to find an answer, always worth a shot

last plaza
forest edge
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oh

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i think you are right

last plaza
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Yep. They are different.

forest edge
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I read indian as indian, not indian as the people

last plaza
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lol

forest edge
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weird

last plaza
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This is literally imported from India.

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Yup.

forest edge
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yup your boned then gl haha jk

last plaza
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Brand new in the US.

forest edge
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I would start looking for a full on english service manual for the bike asap

last plaza
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Even the model is Interceptor 650. Got the 2020 model.

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Yep.

forest edge
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there is only one Royal Enfield authorized dealer where i live

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4 in the whole state lol

last plaza
forest edge
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correction 3 in the whole state lol

last plaza
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They are only a few dealers across. We have 3 in Ohio. Luckily one in les than an hour.

forest edge
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so the "silencer" is him referring to the muffler needing adjustment?

last plaza
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He was suggesting a different exhaust that makes loud pop noise.

forest edge
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lol

last plaza
forest edge
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well louder is safer but you do need to find out what the break in mileage is an if anything like valves will need adjustment or not

last plaza
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Yes. But not gonna do it now. 😊

forest edge
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well yea, wait till covid goes away some lol

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but don't put it off, if the valves do need to be tighten etc and you just ride it out, it could lead to your injury and whole new bike lol

last plaza
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There is this guy on YT where he makes videos on this specific model. Not sure if he is from Australia or Britain.

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Yup. Just gonna ride it for now.

forest edge
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tune up videos etc?

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or look at me videos

last plaza
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Tune up and how to do service videos.

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I really don’t like “look at me” videos. They are fun, but useless.

forest edge
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well that's good. always nice to have some kind of source out there

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lol that little windhsield

last plaza
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Yep. Especially when this is not a very common bike.

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that wind shied is very small. There is a big one, but still looks small.

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It is technically a fly shield, not a wind shield.

forest edge
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ah so tappet is the valves. we call them valves here but apparently everyone else calls the tappets. was like wtf is a tappet lol

last plaza
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lmao

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🤣

forest edge
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ah so you do need to adjust yours

last plaza
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I couldn’t tell if he is from Australia or England.

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Yes. Hopefully right after first oil change.

forest edge
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yea no idea maybe @hushed basalt or @clear ferry might know

last plaza
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If i do some research on the products he use, that might give a clue. But it doesn’t matter.

forest edge
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so that dude comfirmed there is a 750 page service manual for the bike

last plaza
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The pdf he talked about?

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I did the search, but couldn’t find any. Will try again.

forest edge
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yea he said he got it online, so free i assume

last plaza
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Found it. 😊

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835MB file!

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never seen such a large pdf file 🙂

forest edge
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I dunno he seems to have done a decent job explaining how to do it. you could probably do it yourself

last plaza
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yes, he did... Loved the video! With the service manual, and the video, I can definitely do it

forest edge
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plus you got the manual for free which is rare lol

last plaza
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lol - I got the small booklet, but that's just basics

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good, I also found unofficial community forum! awesome!

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He is from England. He shared a few amazon links, they took me to amazon.co.uk site

hushed basalt
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@forest edge that video is definitely english

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Is that what you mean

last plaza
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yes

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@forest edge thank you for all the tips! 🙏

forest edge
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you mean the half helmet over a full facial? np, saved you a lot of teasing from other riders

last plaza
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all the interaction, ideas, and suggestions! 😊

forest edge
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wish I could figure out what may have changed with lights in HA from 106 to 108. 3rd night in a row my light script has failed to fire and when i try and manually execute it nothing happens till I turn the lights off

last plaza
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now I am lost in the community forum...

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do you see the light in entities? is that correct?

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sometimes the entity ids change

forest edge
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yea, all of that there and hasn't changed.

last plaza
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so, you can execute/invoke service calls and it works in the services?

forest edge
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I use scripts to make my lights come on etc as well as script to do color stuff. before if I ran a script to turn the lights on then say 30 seconds later ran another script to change the colors the lights would change colors. now when i try and run the color script nothing happens untill i turn the lights off then run the script

storm apex
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can anyone show me how to get hassio on docker . im running curl comand and get 404 bash error

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im on debian

forest edge
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i'll try updating from 108.4 to 108.6 and see if it still does it

last plaza
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ok...

forest edge
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man my apc saved my butt today. power went on and off like 4 times earlier this morning. no way my sdcard would have survived that lol

last plaza
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same here, my network (specially firewall) takes 15 minutes to start up during power outages... apc is super helpful there

forest edge
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its weird, been noticing a lot of reports of power cycling all over the country

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like the power companies aren't manning enough people to ensuring things are running properly or something

last plaza
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lots of thunderstorms - last week, we were having lighting, thunders and snow at the same time

forest edge
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lol

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thats nuts

last plaza
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crazy spring weather in ohio...

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its like the weather got confused what shit to throw at us lol

forest edge
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they say lightning during a snow storm is one of the rarest things you can witness

last plaza
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welcome to ohio, you will see them all the time lol

forest edge
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lol

warm sparrow
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was outside finishing a bed im restoring, i live on lake erie

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went from sunny to rain clouds in a blink of an eye

forest edge
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lol

hushed basalt
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Was 38 degree highs with 24 degree overnight last week

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Now it's 24 degree highs with 11 degree overnights

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Changed from summer to winter instantly

clear ferry
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We have gone very fast from 5/-5 to 18/4

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Suddenly spring

wet pilot
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our weather has been super tempermental here