#the-water-cooler

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fluid zephyr
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Yeah, that's actually going on in the dining room right now

undone aspen
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ugh. I'm not looking forward, entirely, to replacing this 1-gang switchbox into a 2-gang one. LOL

forest edge
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i like that those jumpers have little pull tabs lol

midnight adder
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Hi Guys! I am new here πŸ˜‰

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Just found this discord channel. Great πŸ˜‰

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Is there a installation guide incl. spk download links etc. for installing Hass.io on a Synology (Docker)? I found the general guide, but that doesn't help me with my problem.

I have uninstalled Hass.io via Package Center, but can't reinstall it... It's giving me an error... (Download failed).

last plaza
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i like that those jumpers have little pull tabs lol
@forest edge most of the jumper cables have those pull tabs. Not sure when was the last time you bought them 😝

midnight adder
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Would it be helpful if I write a install guide for Hass.io?

forest edge
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@last plaza 1990ish something lol

last plaza
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@midnight adder there are plenty of folks have written install guides. We have a huge problem as most of them go quickly out of date or not maintained. I’d suggest you follow the installation instructions on the official web site.

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There are folks trying to organize and simplify the docs... effort is underway.

midnight adder
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I had exactly the same impression πŸ™‚ All are out of date... Change-log would be good

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@last plaza I know it's open source, so I just want to give back πŸ˜‰

last plaza
midnight adder
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I'm not good at coding (you don't want to see that...) but I have other skills πŸ˜‰

brazen fable
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Don't you just love when you plug in a machine you've been tinkering with for a while and everything just works

wet pilot
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Lol awesome feeling

brazen fable
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Man I'm on day 2 of my computer rebuild/cleaning/rearranging/new machines

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This is taking way longer than I expected

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I just fired up my new home server and everything just works.

wet pilot
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Noice

brazen fable
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It runs Home Assistant, Wiregaurd, Plex, Blue Iris, and probably few other goodies

crystal pulsar
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Does the snapshot feature also back up things like custom components and HACS stuff?

shy comet
crystal pulsar
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Ah sorry.

glossy moss
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where can i find out about HACS

shy comet
glossy moss
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i installed it but it not taken the github taken

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token

shy comet
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oh you should be in their discord for that

glossy moss
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tnx

scenic radish
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Looks like none of my neighbors' access points support 5GHz DFS channels so I have channels 100-144 all to myself GWspenderPaiSmug

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Suckers

brazen fable
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lmao

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brb pointing radar at your house to knock you offline

scenic radish
forest edge
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uh

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3 on the same channel huh?

scenic radish
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i don't think you can select different channels for each SSID on the same AP

forest edge
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mesh has to be on same channel

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but it's still 🀒

scenic radish
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I have one AP broadcasting three SSIDs (main network, guest, and IoT) @rain swift

forest edge
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atleast you got it to yourself

scenic radish
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5GHz is already way less congested then 2.4 anyway

forest edge
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cause it's shorter range

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but gives you brain tumors faster

scenic radish
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Well, fewer things use 5GHz

rain swift
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what AP?

scenic radish
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Unifi AC Lite

rain swift
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i'd think you could do SSID's on diff channels but might depend on AP

scenic radish
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Pretty sure it's a per-radio thing, not a per-SSID thing

rain swift
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yes

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I run my unifi on auto though so

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it picks all that

forest edge
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mesh requires all aps on same channel, it's how it works

rain swift
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well yeah

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didn't know he was a mesh

forest edge
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I hope he is, otherwise super 🀒

scenic radish
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It's not mesh, I have one AP

forest edge
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you said 3

scenic radish
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3 SSIDs

forest edge
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off one single unit?

scenic radish
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Yes

forest edge
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3 as in one 2.4, one 5ghz and one banana phone?

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wait your doing vlan crap

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you got 3 off 5ghz?

scenic radish
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Lol 3 2.4GHz, 3 5GHz (same SSIDs for 2.4 and 5 obvi)

forest edge
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oh dear lord

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get them on seperate channels nubz

scenic radish
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You can't

forest edge
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it dosen't let you?

scenic radish
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Not that it matters anyway, it'd be the same if all devices were on the same SSID

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No, it's per-radio

forest edge
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interesting

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actually suprise that isn't causing you issues

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with interference

thick dragon
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I don't think it would cause issues. I don't think it's sending/receiving 3 separate radio signals, just identifying the signals differently depending on SSID. If you've got two APs, of course they would need to be different channels (unless meshed). Unifi will handle that though as I believe it does a channel hop/optimise every night by default.

forest edge
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well when he starts waking up to this pulsing pressure on the side of his head we'll know

scenic radish
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Exactly, it's just logically segregating traffic based on what SSID the device is connected to

rain swift
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I just run one vlan like a boss, if you get hacked, you're hacked, ain't gonna matter much.

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I block some things from talking to the internet in pfsense.

scenic radish
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I mean...firewall rules can prevent issues if a device on a VLAN is exploited

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If there's an exploit with the router itself that's a different story

rain swift
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meh, if you run everything right that isn't likely enough to matter. unless you pissed off the NSA then you're screwed anyways lol.

thick dragon
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I have 3. Private, IoT, and Cameras. Defintely don't want the cameras phoning in or out. They exclusively talk to my NAS which is running my NVR.

scenic radish
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Mine are private, IoT, and guest. I have some devices on the private network restricted to only talking to my server (no internet access)

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I would combine IoT and guest but I want the IoT devices to be able to talk to my server (casting local media)

thick dragon
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I just have some custom rules for that. Have a group called "Priority IoT" (nVidia Shield and PS4) which can talk to my NAS in the Private VLAN.

scenic radish
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Though I could do that by IP range I guess

forest edge
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if someone is able to gain access to your network via a IoT device they will likely know how to get around the vvlan as well

undone aspen
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Oh man...

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Not the best work, including a little bit of drywall damage by the door frame there, but, damn that's sweet. πŸ™‚

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That went from a 1-gang decora double switch (top was light, bottom was fan), to a Lutron Caseta dimmer on the right, and DewStop humidity sensor switch on the left.

fathom sparrow
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how'd you damage the drywall? did you saw through the nails holding the box up or brute force it out?

undone aspen
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Well, what was in there was a metal box, not nailed in by the side, but, nailed in, on an arm that was hiding under the drywall.

fathom sparrow
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wtf?

undone aspen
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Further, There was the double stud on the left, and a stud right on the right of the larger gang box, so I had to literally chisel out some of the stud itself.

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To get the new gang box to even fit inside between the studs. LOL

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Yeah. So, the metal plate ripped out the chunk of drywall there trying to get it out because, I was never going to get a double gang in there with even just a piece of that plate in.

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That's the close equivalent to the type of gang box I pulled out.

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Nailed, not on the sides, because there was no nail spots there. But on the front that went around the stud. :/

fathom sparrow
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you could have sawed that out, it would have just taken awhile

undone aspen
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A ... Really long while, yes.

fathom sparrow
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+/- 45 hours

undone aspen
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LOl

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And worse the box itself, with a LITTLE beating on it, the frame just fellt apart, it was that old.

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It was a one piece box.

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Still. Fixing that little bit of drywall, won't take nearly as much. Cut it out with a good razor, make it nice and fine.. Screw in a new piece, paint it the matching color (which I at least have the matching color code to get that color re-mixed), and boom!

fathom sparrow
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how much did you cut into the wood?

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think the support on the house is still there?

undone aspen
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Oh, barely any. 2~3/32"

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And, it was a double stud, so two studs right against each other.

fathom sparrow
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oh that's not too bad

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I was thinking half inch

undone aspen
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Yeah, Not nearly that bad. πŸ˜‰

fathom sparrow
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well you can never tell

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I remember that one thread on reddit, where a guy removed a beam in his house and did some shady shit. Whole thread was tearing him apart

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~6 years ago

velvet horizonBOT
undone aspen
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And I lightly chisselled, only the area I needed, that was rough, getting the positions right, around the bathroom counter and the plastic gang hanging out.

grave vale
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Anyone have any word on when adding custom repos in HACS will be working again?

velvet horizonBOT
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The topic of this channel is:

NO HOME ASSISTANT SUPPORT HERE (look at the other channels for that). NO POLITICS OR RELIGION!
BE CIVIL to one another or get BANNED permanently.

grave vale
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Sorry didn’t realize that qualified as support

undone aspen
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That's odd...

fathom sparrow
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new message

grave vale
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πŸ‘

undone aspen
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Anyway, yeah. So, Now, I have a Lutron Caseta dimmer in both bathrooms, a DewStop humidity sensor switch in both bathrooms, and new exhaust vent fans as well. The old ones were screaming "replace me".

fathom sparrow
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I wanted to go lutron, do you like it?

undone aspen
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I really love it, with the reliability,, smoothnes, and reaction time of it. I have the Lutron Pro hub for it all, so I have detailed control over it, with the lutron_pro integration.

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Which... I am about to update my json for switches now. πŸ˜„

fathom sparrow
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it requires internet?

undone aspen
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Not necessarily, not with the Pro, for sure.

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Pro uses the telnet interface. πŸ™‚

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The other has a local http interface, I believe, but you don't get as much control.

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And from the Lutron mobile app, I send myself said JSON for the "integration report", which I simply apply directly to my HASS git repo. πŸ™‚

fathom sparrow
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I'd only use it to interface with hass, nothing else

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I wouldn't want to expose it to the internet

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was just curious

undone aspen
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Exactly what I do. HASS itself integrates it with HomeKit & Alexa for me. πŸ™‚

fathom sparrow
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so it doesn't 'phone home' ever?

undone aspen
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Not that I'm aware of.

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it probablyd does for adding/removing devices and such, for the account, for the lutron app overall.....

fathom sparrow
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price for hub & switches?

undone aspen
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Depends on the switches. ~55~70 for switches. $55 for on/off, $65 for dimmer, $70 for fan control. Pro Hub is $140~$160.

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I even have a Lutron Caseta LAMP dimmer.

fathom sparrow
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and all require neutral or is it 'normal switch' configuration?"

undone aspen
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Dimmers do not require neutal wire. Fan control and on/off switches do.,

fathom sparrow
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but dimmers work with neutrals

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So this makes sense. Maybe I'll make the switch. Not keen on dropping 3k atm. Might wait for some zwave to die

undone aspen
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Not the dimmer switches. They keep just enough voltage going through to keep the switch powered and radio useful.

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The on/off, can't do that (or simply don't)/

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Course, if you need "3-way" or more, you just get Pico remotes, and you can even wall attach a pico remote into a switch gang.

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My living room light never had so much control until Lutron Caseta. Before, the ONLY switch to turn on the living room light was clear inside the living room by the hallway. LOL

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Now, I have a pico remote by the garage entry door, the front door, and the main switch where it was originally. LOL

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The only thing that's wierd is... The switches are... Well... Flat....

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That, takes getting used to.

fathom sparrow
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that's not too bad though, they all look nice

undone aspen
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They do look nice, they just don't have the same feel. πŸ˜‰

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Reaching in to "turn on a light", and you push a button, and it ends up being the off button or a single level of dimmer control, instead of turning on the light. LOL

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I only have 1 on/off switch in the house.

fathom sparrow
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I was at home depo this weekend

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and they had these new dimmers

undone aspen
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My kitchen, with the transformed flourescent tube lights to LED lights, balast disabled.

fathom sparrow
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they were slick

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they are just as you describe, but it had a bar on the side that was touch sensative

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so up / down was on off, and the slider was dimming

undone aspen
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My front porch, lanai light, garage main light (with two plugged-in lights on TPLink Kasa smartplug), living room ceiling fan, living room lamps, hallway, bathroom, office, are all dimmers. πŸ™‚

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Master Bedroom, not yet (needs re-wiring for fan/light control), and guest bedroom (needs re-wiring from light switch to light fixture, instead of light switch to REALLY old fan control switch and lamp wire to light fixture)

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Though Master Bedroom has two WiFi bulbs, Kasa dimming bulbs.

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And if .. IF there's a neutral wire in my light/fan switch... I'm hoping... Please be one... I can at least temporarily put my old GE Z-wave light switch in there to turn on/off the light+fan.

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Right now, there's another decora-style double switch, top controls light+fan, bottom is.. Simply not attached.

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Sad thing was, there was a sliding light dimmer switch there originally when I bought the house.

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That would've destroyed the fan had it been used too much, as a dimmer that is!

fathom sparrow
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I'd expect one in the fan switch box. But you do have an old house so... just open the box and check it out

undone aspen
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yeah.. I forget WHAT is in there, other than I know it was just a 2-conductor wire, instead of 3-conductor. No independant control wire for the fan, basically.

tidal bronze
last dirge
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eh?

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those Costco things?

tidal bronze
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Yep

undone aspen
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What costco things?

last dirge
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how'd you interface them?

tidal bronze
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Bond

undone aspen
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James Bond?

last dirge
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is that some RF bridge I'm too poor to know about?

tidal bronze
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Bond maintains state as well. As long as RF remotes are out of site things should be good. Bond.io

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last dirge
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they're proud of that

tidal bronze
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Love it. Running 5 fans and now the 2 shades. Maintains all states.

last dirge
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got an eScooter motor on the way

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figured out I can use the batteries for my EGO lawn stuff

undone aspen
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Hmmm, one of these days, I want to get automatic blinds.

last dirge
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I've got a 7.5Ah battery for that system that's 12S3P

tidal bronze
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3P ? Nice.

last dirge
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sorry, 14S3P

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the EGO stuff is nice

tidal bronze
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Want to try something from them.

last dirge
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I've got the backpack blower, hedge trimmer, and a multi-head tool with a string trimmer and stick edger

undone aspen
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Heh. I have gas powered stuff for those.

tidal bronze
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I could use s string trimmer. Keep all the heads clear throughout the week.

last dirge
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I ordered rotary scissors that should be here next week

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that'll replace the string head

tidal bronze
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Nice.

last dirge
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I have 3 chargers now and I disassembled one of them and it'll make an excellent base for the mower

tidal bronze
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Gardeners sometimes miss around the rotors so string trimmer would be a nice addition.

last dirge
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just have to weigh it down a bit

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the head on the trimmer is pretty nice

undone aspen
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I'm thinking possibly the Tradfri/Fyrtur blind system, from Ikea, might be my future one day. They, at least, do not charge an arm and a leg for simple blinds.

last dirge
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when it's empty you press a button on the head and feed the wire in and it auto winds

tidal bronze
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Fantastic

last dirge
tidal bronze
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@undone aspen I looked into those. The shade material is subpar

undone aspen
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Yeaaaah,. I do worry about that.

last dirge
tidal bronze
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Its great for an office. πŸ˜€

undone aspen
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heh.

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For a home, I'd like curtain curtains.

last dirge
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I don't see how people do curtains or shades

undone aspen
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I've seen track rail curtain systems, but they are expensive as heck, even for just a simple string-based pull.

last dirge
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gotta have the variability that blinds give

undone aspen
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Yeah.

tidal bronze
undone aspen
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I have venesian blinds AND shades.

last dirge
undone aspen
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Yea, I've seen those, I may end up doing that.

last dirge
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@tidal bronze you've got more money than me dude

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I bailed when I saw the cost of their controller

tidal bronze
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I did DIY 2 years ago. Not very pleasing to the eye.

undone aspen
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Hmmmm.

last dirge
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the only thing going to the blinds is 2-conductor cable

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for 12V

undone aspen
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Hell, I might just order the case for that to be printed and shipped to me. And order the parts.

last dirge
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then from blind to blind there's 3-conductor going to the next servo

tidal bronze
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I am looking for battery operated no wires at all.

last dirge
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but that's hidden by the trim panels at the top

undone aspen
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His system that you referenced is battery-based, and that... Is not a bad idea.

tidal bronze
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650 cycles per charge.

last dirge
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I could definitely make it solar powered

undone aspen
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And I have tons of rechargable AA batteries. πŸ˜„

last dirge
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it's just a single wemos and it only powers the servos when it's moving them

undone aspen
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And Wifi, of course.

tidal bronze
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Solar is not a bad idea but then again the top stop will be lower than frame to hide the panel.

last dirge
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I gave up on motorizing them up/down

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I couldn't find a source for sheaves that'd work with the gear motors I found

tidal bronze
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The top/down bottom/up stuff pretty cool.

last dirge
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they're plenty strong to pull the blinds up, I just can't find a sheave the right size to spool up the cable

tidal bronze
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I tested with 51:1 worked like butter. But I can't stand the eye sore

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@last dirge gotta go clean up, thanks again for the great recommendation πŸ‘

undone aspen
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So. for $45 in parts, and an unknown amount of cost for the 3D printing needed.... I could have my living room curtain automated.

last dirge
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good to know they are worth a damn for the future

undone aspen
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not the blinds, but the curtain. LOL

tidal bronze
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BTW 350 cycles per charge as well. @last dirge

last dirge
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they're battery powered?

tidal bronze
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Yep. Love it

last dirge
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USB charging?

tidal bronze
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Running POE to 12v 1A and turn on the port for 5 hours every 4 months. πŸ˜€

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Gotta love HA

undone aspen
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Course, I'd probably get the HiLetgo ESP8285, instead of the Huzzah Feather. That's just.. overpriced.

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Oh,

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The ESP8266 in this is powered by the USB, while the motor is powered by battery. Sheash. LOL

last dirge
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the Dragon launch is tomorrow, right?

wet pilot
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1633 EDT

unreal orbit
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Wow Dark Sky is just giving all sorts of nonsense data now. I guess trying to get people to jump ship earlier than next year

clear ferry
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Cloudy with a chance of meatballs @unreal orbit ?

forest edge
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Something about a norwegian front inbound. makes no sense

clear ferry
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holy motherino

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India had +50c yesterday

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I gotta clean my office, I have so much stuff here I'm actually not sure where everything is anymore πŸ€”

ocean mirage
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Yeah I gotta do the same

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And sell out giveaway a bunch of shit

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Might sell my epiphone

clear ferry
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I have never sold an instrument since I got my first one 30 years ago 🀣

ocean mirage
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I am gonna restring and set it up and see what I think

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but I haven't played it in ages so not much reason to hang onto it unless the setup makes me like it

forest edge
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I got like a psaltry? something like that and a couple other string instruments that lay on a table can't remember thier name, and a few guitars. can't play any of it lol

clear ferry
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I have never heard of that

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had to google it

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It's like a fiddle, for people who can't play a fiddle ?

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I would like a herdy gurdy though tbh

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@ocean mirage we should build a marble machine btw

ocean mirage
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why

clear ferry
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I love the sound of it

forest edge
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It's like a fiddle, for people who can't play a fiddle ?
@clear ferry I mean I guess nothing stops you from playing it with a fiddle but no you normally pluck at it with your fingers

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the ones i have look alittle diffrent than what you posted

clear ferry
clever mortar
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🀣

clear ferry
forest edge
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you may wanna see a doctor about your 3-4 hour black outs. lol

clear ferry
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You mean 331 hours blackout

hushed basalt
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I think ping having a default of infinity isn't the greatest

pure knot
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can I disable the 'logbook' and 'history' tabs on the left for some users?

velvet horizonBOT
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The topic of this channel is:

NO HOME ASSISTANT SUPPORT HERE (look at the other channels for that). NO POLITICS OR RELIGION!
BE CIVIL to one another or get BANNED permanently.

clever mortar
midnight adder
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Hi to all of you

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I'm new here

brazen fable
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Hi raider

clear ferry
midnight adder
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Im so so new...

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I would like to start reading

clever mortar
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Everybody else was once too πŸ˜‰

midnight adder
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do you have any guide or something ?

clever mortar
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And, indeed, most of that site πŸ˜‰

tough igloo
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It’s pretty useful that old thing. Some people keep a bible in the bedside table. Me? I keep the home assistant website url written on a piece of paper

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#rtfm4lyfe

clever mortar
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Be warned, YouTube videos are pretty, but they also become outdated pretty fast (same goes for any non-official docs)

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Always sanity check anything against the official docs

clear ferry
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People can read?

clever mortar
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No

clear ferry
scenic radish
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It’s pretty useful that old thing. Some people keep a bible in the bedside table. Me? I keep the home assistant website url written on a piece of paper
@tough igloo you're not a true playa until you have the forum PWA on your phone

hushed basalt
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I just play pull request logs on TTS when I sleep

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Absorb the changes subconsciously

scenic radish
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Lmao

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I should do that but with #the-water-cooler because I miss all the good conversation when I'm sleeping

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@clear ferry 0.0% packet loss... you really know how to get me going

undone aspen
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heh

clear ferry
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This isn't some unifi shite you see

scenic radish
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I will end you like a websocket closing

undone aspen
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Oh man, I'm actually sore today from yesterday's work.

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Ripping out a metal gang box and chiselling a little off a stud is no joke. LOL

late gate
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do you feel its a point upgrading something that works thats isolated on a vlan and not accessible from general local or external if mostly upgrades are security patches or just leave it alone?

clear ferry
thorny heron
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Got no friend into home-automation and spent 30-35 hours working on this project, so i figured i'd share here!

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Basically an interactive 3d floorplan, with brightness support.

Now working on adding color representation. It works well for red rooms but due to limitations of hue-rotate, I need to find a solution for the other rooms.

midnight adder
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thanks por your response

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I think this "lounge" is not for asking about technical things

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do you have other "channel" for that ?

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sorry for my english, I'm from spain

unreal orbit
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Yes, there are about 200 other channels. It all depends on your question

midnight adder
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i don't have nothing yet

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I've buy a new house

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and I would like to start on that

forest edge
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Yes, there are about 200 other channels. It all depends on your question
@unreal orbit don't be silly! it's only 190

midnight adder
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@unreal orbit don't be silly! it's only 190
@forest edge hahahaha

clever mortar
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Quite seriously, read the channel topics

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(top of the window, in each channel)

midnight adder
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I would like to buy the new raspberry 4 (I have the 1 )

clever mortar
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See where your question fits

forest edge
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@clear ferry what's "varnish" to you norwegians? Whale poop?

clever mortar
wanton rain
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lan in all the rooms, and MORE power plugs. Like really you'll need lots of them. Also some should be high on the wall (like 30 cm from the ceiling) to add stuff like RM minis, cameras etc.

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once you put this base in place, then step two is add more power plugs.

midnight adder
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I already have lan in all rooms

wanton rain
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ok, add power plugs! πŸ™‚

midnight adder
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and I would like to put some Unify nanoHD in ceilings

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to have a good wify

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wifi

wanton rain
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yeh I had to do switch to ubiquiti aas well

clear ferry
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No, just the blood of our enemies@forest edge

midnight adder
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do you think if I want to practise, if the Raspberry 1 is enough ??

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I'll buy the 4, but only to practise with 1

forest edge
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@clear ferry well that's good cause I would imagine normal vvarnish would make those outdoor steps slick lol

clever mortar
clear ferry
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Apparently my English sucks

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It's wood stain

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Not varnish

forest edge
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ah

midnight adder
last dirge
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Pi 2 = potato performance

undone aspen
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Hmmmmmm.

clear ferry
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When you couldn't find your waterproof access points so you create a makeshift one

undone aspen
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Okay. I think I'm going to try to work on a design for curtain and blind control.

late gate
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@clear ferry leveling? :p

clear ferry
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Pff, I don't care

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I'm a tinkerer,not an artist

late gate
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hehehe. kinda meh good enough

unreal orbit
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You're not Tinkerer πŸ€”

last dirge
#

I'm Ron Burgundy?

late gate
#

Even if solar panels are horrible for smarthomes, its still nice to see over 9 hours since any power came from the grid, and exporting around 3-7000w after house consumption depending if the 3 ac is running

unreal orbit
#

Why are solar panels horrible for smart homes?

undone aspen
#

Good question.

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I want to solarize my house and take back some from the electric company. As much as possible anyway. With a fully automated inverter system.

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Solar, though just comes with some pitfalls. The sun isn't always out, so you have to provide backups.

clear ferry
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Apparently they generate as much signal noise as you are complaining about @unreal orbit haha

undone aspen
#

Hmmmmmm

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Signal noise, from solar?

unreal orbit
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Oh really? Huh, interesting

clear ferry
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@undone aspen actually, the sun is always up, for quite a few months some places

undone aspen
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some places......

unreal orbit
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The sun is up, we just turn our back on it

late gate
#

yeah horrible signal noise. makes zigbee and 2.4ghz almost unuseable when the sun is up

undone aspen
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Hmmmmm..

late gate
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in sweden the army has even demanded removing panels cause it interfere

undone aspen
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Well... Thankfully I don't use much Zigbee. πŸ˜„

late gate
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Im selling the house atm so im just trying to enjoy it as it is

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if you install go with something like solaredge where the optimizer signal uses the power cables, and dont use 3 phase inverters on IT grids, rather 3x 1 phase

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keep away for solis and tigo

midnight adder
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for a roller blind, do you prefer sonoff dual or shelly 2.5 ?

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or other ??

clear ferry
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I find it funny that my esp reports -69dB for WiFi

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But that is only two bars

tidal bronze
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@late gate vendor/installer should address RFI issues and they usually do that pretty quick. Enphase would be the better way to go.

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Although most RFI is on Ham bands not 2.4Ghz and above πŸ™‚

late gate
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@tidal bronze I had two year fight with that tigo let 45 zigbee and ap points spamming going through channels looking for new optimizers the whole day. they conclude it was no issue at all and refuse to change how they operate.

torn hare
#

you I have an install that was based on hassio. I keep getting updates but should I switch to docker compose or something like that?

tidal bronze
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@late gate no idea what tigo is. Brining AC down instead of DC from panels eliminates most of the RFI == enphase

late gate
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tigo is a optimizer brand

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yeah maybe a lot of ways to make things better, but here i norway you have not much control over doing things yourself and are in the mercy of a few companies

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that mostly just do things based on short experience

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at least solaredge use a type data over the power lines to the panels, so they dont need to run a wireless signal on each panel. that helps a lot

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but having each panel as an ap point is just not a good idea

shy comet
#

wow hbo max has no 4k hdr content? wtf were they thinking lol

unreal orbit
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I would probably give them more than 1 day after launch πŸ˜‰

clear ferry
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Only streaming service I bother having is Netflix, and I only use it a few hours per month

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Everything else is on my plex

late gate
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plex + sonarr = win

unreal orbit
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I don't mind paying for services if they actually have good content. Saves me the hassle of finding it/hosting it

clear ferry
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That's nice about sonarr

late gate
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im still waiting for a service that got all instead of the increaing scattered services

clear ferry
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I just add it

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And sonarr does the rest

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Even if it doesn't exist yet, it'll pull it later

late gate
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and radarr of course

clear ferry
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And lidarr

late gate
#

jupp

unreal orbit
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Most of these services give you quite a few simultaneous stream options, so we just share accounts with friends

shy comet
#

ATT gave it for free with my fiber service

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but still even D+ launched with 4k

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these guys no 4k

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no amazon, no roku

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and only 5 devices

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its like 25% of what the competition offers lol

late gate
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I dont use 4k so never bothered me too much. im happy enough with 1080

unreal orbit
#

Oh there's no roku app yet? Well that kills it for me until they add that

scenic radish
#

Looks like none of my neighbors' access points support 5GHz DFS channels so I have channels 100-144 all to myself GWspenderPaiSmug

shy comet
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@scenic radish lucky you!

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my ESP device by my pool is still playing the random connect/disconnect game

scenic radish
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Booo

shy comet
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yea sometimes itll stay connected for hours

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then randomly itll just flip flop

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wow i had no idea there was a 1984 supergirl movie LOL

unreal orbit
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Supergirl?

shy comet
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yea lol

late gate
#

@shy comet clone esp?

shy comet
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@late gate dont think so?

unreal orbit
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Oh you mean literally from 1984, I thought you were talking about Wonderwoman 1984 and getting confused 🀣

shy comet
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its one device thats at the pool

scenic radish
#

I'm Ron Burgundy?

shy comet
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which is the closest to my 3 neihbors

shy comet
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im assuming a rogue AP

scenic radish
#

WRONG RON

late gate
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@shy comet its just we have esp esp discussion almost daily lol

shy comet
#

lol

scenic radish
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extra sensory perception?

late gate
#

the clones got around 20db worse signal than originals

clear ferry
#

Evil Swedish Parkour

late gate
#

any suggestions for a simple dynamic date log. I hatch turtoise eggs and would like to add to ha when a batch is laid so I can see the hatch time. not sure how I can add a list of dates without having to add a time entity for every hatch

shy comet
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@late gate maybe a input_datetime?

late gate
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yes, but was thinking a bit more dynamic. if I get 10 egg lays, I have to manually make 10 input_datetime

shy comet
#

you can automate that now

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theres a reload service for the inputs

last plaza
#

Just finished driveway seal coating... crazy amount of work with filling cracks, patching and sealing!

shy comet
#

wow

unreal orbit
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What really? In the next update or in .110?

shy comet
#

yea its 80 here too

last plaza
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Takes days of work! 😎

late gate
#

nice. enjoy it while its fresh!

shy comet
#

but its 10am lol

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@unreal orbit theyve had that a few releases back

late gate
#

btw anyone know if the rocket launch is still today?

shy comet
#

no more restarting for any of the input!

last plaza
#

At least it is cloudy here! I was dripping the whole time!

shy comet
#

@late gate according to the launch library integration its still on for 133pm pst

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@unreal orbit you can also use teh UI to add them too

last plaza
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My driveway camera takes snapshots every minute. I can stitch them into a time lapse video.

unreal orbit
#

Oh you have to call the service yourself, I see

late gate
#

you dont have to black out the road where you live?

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or just nobody cares?

unreal orbit
#

I was wondering why it wasn't in the reload list in configuration server controls

shy comet
#

i think they are working to add it there too

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or someone just needs to add it

last plaza
#

That’s just my drive way. The walkway is a little blocked, but folks understand here.

unreal orbit
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Ah they're labeled as "helpers" now. Neat!

last plaza
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It is a cul-de-sac. Not many people walk. Only a few.

shy comet
#

@unreal orbit i cant wait for template sensors to move there!

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the less restarts the better IMO

unreal orbit
#

Me too, I had the custom integration added for template sensors/binary, but the template render time was really slow for some reason

low prawn
unreal orbit
#

What the hell just happened to all the installation method channels?

clever mortar
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Working on it

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Needs an actual admin to fix permissions

static schooner
#

when in doubt, rebrand

unreal orbit
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Sorry, didn't realize it was actively happening

clever mortar
#

That's a very limited number of folks

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So ... 😬

shy comet
#

kinda cool we are getting official instructions for supervisd install over linux

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debating if its worth it to switch from a venv or not

tight sable
#

good evening all

unreal orbit
#

Dang, I actually liked just the two channels

shy comet
#

some of em should be separte i think

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it was weird having docker and venv together

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its like being in a conversation with 2 languages being spoken LOL

unreal orbit
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I hadn't actually seen too many overlapping conversations, but yeah I get that

clever mortar
#

The changes were made with the best of intentions. Sadly it turns out that humans are difficult to work with 🀷

shy comet
#

yup we are πŸ˜„

scenic radish
#

Please don't leave again @unreal orbit 😭

shy comet
#

i dont really mind honestly i was just messing around

unreal orbit
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@scenic radish no plans to! but sometimes life happens

scenic radish
#

I'm just messing πŸ˜›

shy comet
#

when you work from home its like you never leave πŸ˜›

unreal orbit
#

A lot of people are having a hard time adjusting to that. Trying to relax in the same place you work

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People got so used to physically changing locations they never learned how to mentally compartmentalize

last plaza
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.welcome_message @fathom sparrow

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That should send you a dm!

undone aspen
#

Holy batman. There's more installation method channels!

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or... is it UNholy Batman?

shy comet
#

batman is holy?

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πŸ˜›

undone aspen
#

lol

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I'm taking a break from hard labor today, and working. On.... Automations. Since I have more devices. LOL

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And, also, trying to decide what kind of Nema 17 stepping motor I want/need.

shy comet
#

what do you need to use it for?

undone aspen
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Curtains, on metal fishing wire.

undone aspen
#

Holy moly.

unreal orbit
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I feel like if your DIY project includes fishing line then something has gone wrong

undone aspen
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Heh

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METAL fishing line, not just fishing line. πŸ™‚

unreal orbit
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Any type of string, really

undone aspen
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There's a difference. πŸ™‚

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Well, it's to open/close curtains. So, yeah...

unreal orbit
#

Yeah I watched that tutorial... looked pretty hobo

shy comet
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im trying to do something similar lol but its more aheavy patio curtain

undone aspen
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Heh. Still, if it can be hidden well enough, and be used with very nice curtains.... It's a hell of a lot better than spending exorbient amounts of money for crap curtains or rollers.

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I mean, I might go above and beyond and make pulleys to make it smoother and nicer and all, but still. πŸ™‚

shy comet
#

i got the esphome part setup so i just need a stronger motor and i gotta take it a apart a bit for it ot fit properly

undone aspen
#

My living room curtains are looped tops, and actually 6 panels.

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Not just 2 panels. πŸ™‚

late gate
#

looks like a 3d printer stepper motor - same thing?

undone aspen
#

Nema 17's are often used in 3D printers.

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hmmmmmm...

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Checing out curtains to see if I can..... change them out. I have a huge living room window. LOL

unreal orbit
#

How big?

clever mortar
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Need a banana for scale

shy comet
#

my ender 3 uses nema17

undone aspen
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Well, 40"x2 panels would have to be able to lay out completely flat, and that's not possible with grommet style curtains. πŸ˜‰

shy comet
#

i use a wand on mine right now so i gotta take that piece off to see if its plug and play or i gotta print an adapter lol

undone aspen
#

And then it would barely fit and cover the center+outer edges.

late gate
#

my xiaomi vacuum started burning how fun

unreal orbit
#

It's only 4 feet wide? That doesn't seem very big

undone aspen
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77" wide, by 52" tall

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It's currently using 6 panels, 3 on each side, because two panels are mixed with a differently colored panel accross the middle of those two. Something my ex-wife did.

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I can't tell exactly how LONG the current curtains are, but they are basically nearly floor to ceiling. LOL

unreal orbit
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@late gate was the bin full or something?

late gate
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@unreal orbit no, just started it and 5 minutes later it came a horrible sound when it went into turbo mode and smoke out of the back

unreal orbit
#

Nothing stuck in the roller?

late gate
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no, it was clean

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been working fine for a couple of years, out of nothing it just happened

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from a youtube search im not alone. it seems the fan and motor can burn

undone aspen
#

Hmmm...

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40x84 navy blue.... Might actually go well with my living room.

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Ugh,,, no.. Too long, I think 84 is what I have now, actually. LOL

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Ohhhhhh... I think I see what happened before. My ex-wife bought panels at Home Depot, possibly, which they seem to only sell up to 37" wide panels. LOL

last plaza
#

When they say Bob and Doug are going into space today, I thought these two are going! 😝

last dirge
#

oh crap I almost forgot about that

last plaza
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1 hr 40 min+

late gate
clever mortar
#

Two things are infinite ... and I'm not sure about the universe.

shy comet
#

damnit clouds

last plaza
#

Yep. Bob and Doug are now back to drinking 😝

clear ferry
brazen fable
#

pfft

#

nano better

clear ferry
#

I would agree as I fell back on Pico for 20 years, but the last two years I've put in an effort to learn vi

brazen fable
#

man having plex on my 8700k is a dream

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I had it on a 3750k for years

last dirge
#

@last plaza they scrubbed, right?

slate marsh
#

Yeah

last plaza
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Yup. Moved to Saturday

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@clear ferry even worse. I can’t exit Nano 🀣

unreal orbit
#

Is it necessary to have homeassistant_ in front of all the installation method channels? Seems redundant and makes the channel names very long

static schooner
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  • the one that’s just called homeassistant
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We had one of those before and it just attracts all kinds of support requests

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For, ya know, home assistant

unreal orbit
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Unlikely to change anyone's mind on that one. The channels are meant to mirror the installation docs

static schooner
#

Gotta learn things the hard way, sometimes more than once

wet pilot
#

We're stuck with what the install methods are named

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We tried simplifying but it didn't help anything anyway

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'course a lot of it could be avoided if people actually read the channel topics

brisk glen
#

Or it could be called home assistant installation method... but this is the home assistant discord and people are stupid

wraith temple
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(and no its not me lol)

#

probably the most thorough set of config info i've seen!

wet pilot
#

Probably just open a PR on that docs page

wraith temple
#

cool, wasnt sure if there was a formal nomination to prevent everyone uploading

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will do

wet pilot
#

It'll get reviewed by the docs guys and they'll probably decide

undone aspen
#

Hmmmm

#

This is battery charger number 2 that I got that is USB powered for a charger, but has NO power brick. Just a USB-A to microUSB cable. What the frack is wrong with these companies doint this?

last plaza
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Is it necessary to have homeassistant_ in front of all the installation method channels? Seems redundant and makes the channel names very long
@unreal orbit I was thinking the same. Maybe we could use ha_ instead of homeassistant_. Since the blog post just came out, the channels reflect what’s in the blog. We have changed these channel names so many times in the past, this is not permanent for sure!

scenic radish
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I also suggested ha_ but it didn't seem to get much traction

amber bramble
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yeah i agree they're too long with homeassistant_ in front

unreal orbit
#

Are they not explanatory enough just being in the Installation Method category? Even β€˜ha_’ doesn’t seem entirely necessary, but it would be an improvement

scenic radish
#

Unfortunately it seems like you need to be blatantly obvious sometimes...

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But yeah, that was another proposed option too

unreal orbit
#

It’s just a minor annoyance either way, oh well

wheat stream
#

Hi lounge folk

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so if the awesome hassbot can take codewalls and create a nice hastebin link

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why don't we just like, have that be a feature instead of an "automoderator" sort of thing with all of the chasting?

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just like, go ahead and post a codewall, and our friendly neighborhood bot will hastebin it for you!

amber bramble
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the reason i heard in the past was because sometimes hassbot likes to sleep on the job

wheat stream
#

did anyone open an issue on github? πŸ˜†

last plaza
#

the reason i heard in the past was because sometimes hassbot likes to sleep on the job
@amber bramble not more than the mods do 😝

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We have given too much power to bot earlier to auto kick and ban people for violations like code walls, repeat postings...etc. we changed it now. We use that more of an utility than as an authority around here.

wheat stream
#

that's good!

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but I feel like people don't treat that like a utility

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it's like, naughty naughty user

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and other people pile on

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which there may be good reason for!

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but I'm not aware of them

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(I of course personally have not made such an amateurish mistake in a while. I'll have you know I'm a lvl. 3 noob)

last plaza
#

It used to yell at people for posting code walls, also keep count on number of times they did, and automatically warn people and all. But problem is people are people. No bot can really fix everything.

undone aspen
#

Heh.

#

I think it's time to try out an RPi3+ for monitor.sh.

scenic radish
#

And even though it does move it automatically (when it's awake) it's rather jarring to see on mobile

wheat stream
#

I gotcha. so maybe if it did it like preemptively it would be fine for all?

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as in it nuked the codewall and made a link before anyone else even saw the message

scenic radish
#

Not sure that's possible tbh but skala would know more

last plaza
#

The bot only gets the message after it is posted. It cannot change the original message. It can only delete the original posting, and repost the same with the link. This is Discord limitation, and not the bot’s.

scenic radish
#

Yeah I figured it'd be a discord API limitation

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But you would know betta

last plaza
#

If I had the opportunity, I’d have done that long time ago. We thought about a lot.

scenic radish
#

Makes sense

last plaza
#

On the other hand, if the bot can change original message, it would be lot more fun. We can make all sorts of fun things with it. πŸ˜‚

undone aspen
#

Hmnmm.. Who was it that pointed me in the direction of monitor.sh? I actually think it was Tinkerer?

scenic radish
#

moron posted a codewall, it is moved here bitches

wet pilot
#

If it auto edits "I ignored the rules and posted something that is too long. It is now here"

last plaza
#

Yes. That’s how it used to say. It also used to say @midnight adder being an idiot, posted message more than 15 line. It is moved here <link>.

scenic radish
#

Lmao it actually said that??

last plaza
#

People didn’t like that! Go figure!

wet pilot
#

Haha

last plaza
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Yep. I had a whole list of words I used in there. It used to randomly pick words.

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I made an alternative bot that has a potty mouth. I don’t think I can use that in here 😝

hushed basalt
#

Post one line of code 15 times. #lifehacks

wet pilot
#

Then get warned for flooding 🀣

hushed basalt
#

Get 15 secret bots!

wheat stream
#

Bahaha let's develop the codewall botnet

scenic radish
#

Post one codewall, insta permaban. Problem solved

#

Raspberry pi immediately crushed

undone aspen
#

Hmmm, well, this is most interesting. Perhaps I'm using too much power, but, I figured I'd tinker a bit with my RPi4 I'd stopped using for HASS itself, but made back into a prototype/testing system. Now, running monitor.sh on it, and unlike my p0w's, it's not slowing down a bit constantly scanning bluetooth devices.

wheat stream
#

Chili's has a sign that says illegally parked cars will be crushed and melted down. I was always quite worried about that as a child.

scenic radish
#

If you don't have a pi, $35 of functionality is removed from your server instead

#

I love those signs ngl lol

last plaza
#

Trespassing will be prostituted.

scenic radish
#

Kek

#

ALL PROSECUTORS WILL BE VIOLATED

hushed basalt
#

ALL TRESSPASSERS WILL BE SHOT
ALL SURVIVORS WILL BE SHOT AGAIN

#

Kind of like what happens if you ask for help in Linux Discord

scenic radish
#

I remember one year when I helped freshmen move in someone switched a sign that said NO PARKING IN FIRE LANE to NO FIRE IN PARKING LANE and I thought it was the funniest shit

#

@hushed basalt Discord GNU/Linux

hushed basalt
#

Probably violated about 6 fire codes

scenic radish
#

It's ok though, no fire was allowed in the parking lane.

hushed basalt
scenic radish
#

Invite pls

undone aspen
#

Oh, I know that discord.

#

I'm there, but never "there"

hushed basalt
#

I think he's gone now but the most active mod was the worst

undone aspen
scenic radish
#

Just wanna join to post "guize i can't find the C:\ drive"

hushed basalt
#

mods are the worst

ocean mirage
#

mods are cops

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and you know about cops

hushed basalt
#

Power tripping batman wannabes ?

ocean mirage
#

batman is just a mega cop

#

but that too

#

1312

scenic radish
#

WHERE IS SHE??????

hushed basalt
#

NSW police commissioner got like a $90k payrise in March

last plaza
#

Holy crap! Look at the discord linux’s welcome message. It is FULL of rules - much like HOA handbook.

hushed basalt
#

Hehe

ocean mirage
#

Man oppressing the public really does pay

hushed basalt
#

Also CPI increase pay freeze for 12 months for all public staff

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Including frontline workers who have been fighting covid for 3 months

#

your contribution is valued. Here's a purchasing power reduction. Looks like your christmas budget won't stretch as far this year. Kthnxbaiii

ocean mirage
#

sounds about right

#

the slow but steady decline of the proletariat continues

scenic radish
#

So I think my fiancee and I might need to reschedule our wedding reception :/

#

We're gonna still get married on our planned date but COVID restrictions will likely make it impossible for us to have the reception

#

@last plaza dude that was awesome

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READ!

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additadditadditadditadditaddit

last plaza
#

We're gonna still get married on our planned date but COVID restrictions will likely make it impossible for us to have the reception
@scenic radish congratulations! NY governor says folks can get married via video call.

hushed basalt
#

When is your date

scenic radish
#

Dec 12

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2020-12-12 πŸ˜„

last plaza
#

N O I C E πŸ‘

ocean mirage
#

just have the reception with less people

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even better

scenic radish
#

It will likely be only 50 max at that point

#

Our guest list is ~130

ocean mirage
#

130 jfc

last plaza
#

130 Including Mods? @scenic radish

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🀣

ocean mirage
#

I cant think of 10 people I like enough for that

scenic radish
#

Oh shit u rite, 144

last plaza
#

lol

ocean mirage
#

12/12

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144

#

nice

scenic radish
#

nice

#

Stupid game room

ocean mirage
#

ill trade you

#

thats ideal

last plaza
#

Your gaming pc is generating too much heat

scenic radish
#

With your Xbox, networking equipment, desktop, server

#

Terrible duct run

#

Only room with two exterior walls

#

Large window-to-wall ratio

ocean mirage
#

you can come live here for the winter

scenic radish
#

|| from the window to the wall ||

ocean mirage
#

and ill enjoy your weather

hushed basalt
#

Are you going to get married at 12:12pm

#

What window dressings do you have in that room

scenic radish
#

Vertical blinds

hushed basalt
#

🀒

ocean mirage
#

this is telcos shit lol

scenic radish
#

Yes it is

hushed basalt
#

Pelmet, curtains, stat

#

Although what's the orientation too

ocean mirage
#

I will not suffer the appearance of a pelmet

scenic radish
#

SE

hushed basalt
#

That's a pelmet

#

Looks prettt sleek af to me

scenic radish
#

Ur a pelmet

ocean mirage
#

I mean that kind isnt doable everywhere

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and I dont like it all that much

#

better than the wall mounted kind

hushed basalt
#

Well that's a bulkhead but there's other ways

#

You can also have it in your cornicing

scenic radish
hushed basalt
#

So you get a lot of sun coming in?

scenic radish
#

In that room for sure

hushed basalt
#

I assume you can't put any external shading on a condo

scenic radish
#

Well, and in the others but it's the most direct in there and the kitchen which also faces SE

#

Nope

hushed basalt
#

In that case the next best thing is to get some tinting on

scenic radish
#

I thought about that actually

hushed basalt
#

Something with a low SHGC

scenic radish
#

But I would definitely fuck it up lol

hushed basalt
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You could get someone to do it, it will make a big difference

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Basically there's two ways heat enters your home

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Direct solar radiation, and through ambient transfer

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The first is what makes greenhouses much warmer than ambient temperature, and is going to be your biggest heat gain by a long shot

scenic radish
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Yup, their R value probably isn't super high for windows either, they're 20-year-old double glazed

ocean mirage
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you ever think about doing this as a job telco

scenic radish
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But they're casement so they have a good air seal

hushed basalt
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R value isn't quite relavent in this case as your heat gain is coming from solar radiation coming in

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Once it passes through your glass the blinds don't do much as the heat is already in your room

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And it will pass straight through windows with a high r value

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Just like if you built a glass house out of double or triple insulated glass and put it in the sun it's still going to cook

scenic radish
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Ah true

hushed basalt
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So back to solar radiation, roughly half the heat energy is in the visible spectrum and almost the rest is in the IR

last plaza
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Our bedroom is facing east, and in the morning we get way too much sun light. I’ve installed room darkening blinds, and they are awesome. I can sleep until 10 if I want to 😎

hushed basalt
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So without external shading your best bet is a film that will reflect that solar energy straight back through the glass and into your neighbours face

ocean mirage
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tfw north facing and getting mad sun in the winter

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so good

last plaza
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lol. my bedroom faces backyard, neighbors house would be way too far.

hushed basalt
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And obviously there's a trade off with fixed film, reducing solar heat gain in summer but losing it in winter

scenic radish
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@hushed basalt right in the face of the train that's 150ft away actually but good to know

ocean mirage
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the dumb fucks who built this place put a patio on the north side where all the windows are but I tore it down

hushed basalt
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That's why adjustable external shading is best, it works like a sun umbrella that you can put away when you're cold

ocean mirage
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well took the panels off

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yeah I want something like that

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lots of options tho

last plaza
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We installed pull down room darkening blinds. We can always adjust the height and open close whenever we want

hushed basalt
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So you can use different films and they have SHGC values and VST values

scenic radish
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Super Hot Grill Chick?

last plaza
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Although I have a whole house fan in my to do list for a few years. Couldn’t get to it yet!

hushed basalt
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Shgc is solar heat gain coefficient. So 0 to 1, and 0 is no gain from solar heat and 1 is maximum gain

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Vst is visible light transmission

last plaza
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Window tint stickers are easier option for sure!

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Home Depot and Lowe’s carry them here.

hushed basalt
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You can tint your own windows but it is a skill to do right

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I don't have the aptitude for adhesives,

scenic radish
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This apt does not have Super Cow Powers

last plaza
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They are super easy if you follow directions and use proper tool. Just need squeeze and spray bottle with soap water.

hushed basalt
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You need to get your windows super clean

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With razors

last plaza
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Of course

hushed basalt
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And lots of squeeginf

scenic radish
last plaza
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And no grease and oils...etc. Prep is key

hushed basalt
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Plus you have to transfer a giant piece of film from roll to window without touching itself or anything else or dust

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Or you ruin an expensive piece of film

last plaza
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It is not that hard. I’ve installed in two basement windows for us. It’s been 10 years+, looking great.

hushed basalt
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Like I said I don't have the aptitude for it

last plaza
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The film@is not very expensive. Maybe $20?

hushed basalt
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Maybe in murica

last plaza
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Maybe.

scenic radish
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So I have a small spare SSD that I'd like to make network accessible. Would you guys just use samba or do you have another suggestion? Mainly to use for backups for not-large files

last plaza
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I know some materials are expensive in some countries as demand is less.

hushed basalt
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Can you put it in your mini pc

scenic radish
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I already have samba set up on my machine so it'd be trivial to add another location

hushed basalt
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You can't even get commercial tyvek in Australia

scenic radish
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I have an open USB 3 port

last plaza
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Ssh or samba.

scenic radish
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The SATA controller is taken by the main SSD

hushed basalt
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You could use it as a cache drive for downloading

last plaza
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I am a big user of decals. I like to do designs with the surgical knife. I go to a store called tellers, and I get decals from there.

scenic radish
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I had to expand /var because docker filled it up with images 😬

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I have a cronjob set up to prune weekly

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Actually I guess I could just use rsync instead of making it network accessible

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Unless my fiancee wants to use it

last plaza
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Rsync is best!

hushed basalt
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What does your fiance do

scenic radish
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Yeah I already use rsync for my home assistant config backup

wet pilot
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She does Tedi

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Ooooooooh

scenic radish
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heh

hushed basalt
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πŸ₯ πŸ‘€

wet pilot
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Haha

scenic radish
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She works in communication/marketing

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Communicating her love for me...?

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Alright it's borderlands time

undone aspen
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Lol. I should create a virtual device for Alexa. β€œAlexa, turn off the sun.” β€œOK”

scenic radish
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Damn, the OG Google home is discontinued

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And I missed the fire sale that a bunch of stores had

hushed basalt
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The mini or the big one?

scenic radish
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The OG, the air freshener-lookin' ass one

hushed basalt
scenic radish
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Is that a smart plug?

hushed basalt
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I reckon they've screwed up and it's the OG mini and they've advertising it wrong

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Yes it's disgusting aye

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That's pretty standard size for AU smartplugs though

scenic radish
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Yeah that thing is Y U G E

hushed basalt
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This is pretty much the smallest plug I've ever seen legally sold in au

wispy edge
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smartest thing i ever did was get a smart board instead of a plug. no chunk on the wall

scenic radish
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@hushed basalt wtf...

hushed basalt
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If you don't have a good place to stash the powerboard though you just end up with a bigger problem :(

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Zigbee outlets would be best

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But $50 each and then $250 for an electrician, hah

tough igloo
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Have you got the bigw link @hushed basalt ?

hushed basalt
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Looks like a mess up to me

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Those plugs look too ugly though

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I'd only use them in the roof to control ceiling fans etc

tidal bronze
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Anyone using a meater?

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@shy comet what meat temp probe are you using ?

shy comet
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Max6675 with k type thermocouple

scenic radish
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@last plaza tubthumping slaps on good headphones

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Audio-Technica ATH-M40x

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I need to listen to music on these cans more often

last plaza
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yup... there are some songs I only listen on good headphones!

scenic radish
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These headphones were a steal. I use them for gaming too lol

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With a cable with an inline mic

last dirge
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anybody using emonCMS?

scenic radish
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Ugh these headphones sound so good

last plaza
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those are good headphones!!!

scenic radish
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Such a wide soundstage

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It's insane

last dirge
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@scenic radish you should definitely listen to this

scenic radish
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Ooo will do

last dirge
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found this gadget earlier today

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works with cheap current clamps

shy comet
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@tidal bronze i havent found a thermocouple with an actual pointy end like the consumer ones do for the probe but the ones on amazon were good enough to penetrate beef and chicken

tidal bronze
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Going to do some digging. Meater is pretty interesting

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No luck in reverse engineering that so far.

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Time to cook is pretty cool.

last dirge
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@tidal bronze the Sorted guys did a review of it and they were impressed

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but it's $$$

shy comet
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i looked at all those and i decided to go the ESP route since it was just easier and i use HA for notifications

last dirge
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inside, I use a shitty Maverick knockoff

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on the smoker, I use a probe that plugs into my BBQ Guru

shy comet
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i have an input select with various meats and you just select one and HA does the rest based on my own predefined temps

tidal bronze
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Nice.

shy comet
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the automation gives me a 10 min heads up before internal temp has been reached so i can prepare to take it off the grill once its done

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my goal was make it easy for the wife

tidal bronze
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10 degree lead time. πŸ‘

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Started to reverse sear a lot so looking for better monitoring options.

last dirge
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dat sous vide doe

tidal bronze
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Hmmm not a huge fan of that.

shy comet
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i love my sous vide

last dirge
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why not?

tidal bronze
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Reverse sear kicks ass.

last dirge
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it's fantastic

shy comet
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it is

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i have the anova

last dirge
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sous vide is reverse sear on steroids

shy comet
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and i use a Pi to talk to it via BT for mqtt control

tidal bronze
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Nopes. @last dirge

shy comet
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i mainly use it for temp notifications lol

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got tired of hte anova persistent notification

tidal bronze
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Lets agree to disagree.

last dirge
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my Instant Pot does it

tidal bronze
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πŸ˜€

shy comet
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steak in a sous vide πŸ‘Œ

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with a charcoal chimne sear at the end

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i cant have them any other way now

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129 internal temp 🀀

tidal bronze
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Kamado reverse sear FTW with some cultured butter basting

last dirge
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minus the pain in the ass of starting the grill, you can do all of that sous vide too

shy comet
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i need to get more steak in the fridge πŸ€”

forest edge
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food chat

last dirge
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Costco ribeye packs FTW

shy comet
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the charcoal chimney isnt terrible just takes time

tidal bronze
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Tons of YT on the subject. I side with reverse sear over SD.

last dirge
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charcoal chimney Alton Brown style is amazing

shy comet
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i have not heard of that lol

last dirge
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he puts the steak directly under the bottom of the chimney

forest edge
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what the hell.. when did the channels change names again? lol

shy comet
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under? wow

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@forest edge the install ones? earlier today lol

tidal bronze
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Most of these YT stuff is blown out of proportion lol.

last dirge
tidal bronze
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Meh

last dirge
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posts a video of a guy with a $5000 flattop

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immediately after a video of a guy with a $20 charcoal starter

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sImPlE iS aLwAyS bEtTeR

tidal bronze
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Number of views always talks lengths. 😜

forest edge
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@tidal bronze steak burger, not smashed burger lol

tidal bronze
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Don't worry about the cost of the flattop@last dirge enjoy the video.

last dirge
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his crunchwrap video is good

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other than the fact I can't find whatever gigantic tortillas he's using

tidal bronze
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I like anyone who uses Japanese mayo. πŸ˜‹

last dirge
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I used some kewpie and sriracha tonight to make a dipping sauce for some cauliflower tots

tidal bronze
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Now we are talking.

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Sriracha or Sriracha ketchup?

last dirge
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sriracha

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cauliflower tots with a sous vide ribeye

tidal bronze
last dirge
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seared in a pan because it was raining

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lamb from Costco?

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noticed it was on deep discount when I was in the other day

tidal bronze
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No local butcher. I like the costco lollipops

last dirge
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my local butcher's prices went way up recently

tidal bronze
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No beef at my costco. Lol.

last dirge
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there was finally chicken at mine when I went

tidal bronze
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Although I don't buy beef there.

last dirge
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still no butchered pork other than belly

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only vac sealed stuff

tidal bronze
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Tons of pork and ground beef here. Thats about it.

last dirge
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so get a shoulder

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or some STL ribs

tidal bronze
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I don't like pork other than wild boar.

unreal orbit
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To any mods dealing with the installation method channel name changes: The topic of #general-archived needs to be updated to the proper channels

forest edge
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need to settle on a name of a channel and stick with till death do it part

unreal orbit
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Naming things is not a strength with this lot

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πŸ˜‰

scenic radish
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good catch, thanks @unreal orbit

unreal orbit
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Good way to future-proof it

hushed basalt
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That burger video looks good

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It's hard to get good mince beef here without going gourmet outlets though

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But may be worth it

fading zodiac
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Morning

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Fossil Farms

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Sounds like a retirment home

clear ferry
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Old people as matrix batteries

fading zodiac
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πŸ˜‚

unkempt geyser
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I am meeting with the founder of MEATER later, to share how a group of us have extended their product and integrated it with Home Assistant.

If they had an open API would you be interested in adding one of their thermometers to your Smart Home? Do you have one now, and miss not having an integration?

orchid rose
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I'd be interested for sure. I tried building a thermometer myself to connect to HA but it didn't work for some reason. I find the Meater to be a bit too expensive for what it does, but iirc it has some cool features like estimated time left for cooking and so on that I could do some interesting and useful things with.

clear ferry
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I'm trying to integrate a $10 one with esphome, but I haven't gotten around to it yet

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Right now I'm too busy exposing my fat ass crack to the neighborhood while wood staining my stairs

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Got a package yet @hearty depot ?

hearty depot
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nope - But viennas postal service is a little.. overwhelmed

clear ferry
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Same with most of Europe I guess haha

hearty depot
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Wtf happend here πŸ˜„

clear ferry
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It's been 13 days though GWaobloChildPepeCry

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Congratulations

hearty depot
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awwww thx

clear ferry
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@scenic radish package will probably take even longer, last time I sent him something it took over three weeks haha

hearty depot
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I wait like 4 monts already on things from ali - they ll come around.. eventualy
just got yesterday the orangepi zero (orderd 6.th of january)

clear ferry
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Good thing about Ali, if they don't arrive in time you can get money back

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I've been waiting over two months so far

hearty depot
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they dial up the delivery times more and more - things I orderd in febuary are now due mid june

clear ferry
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Oh right, you are also outside of EU