#the-water-cooler

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last dirge
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mine's got "fuzzy logic"

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it always comes out perfect

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even if I add a little too much or leave out some water, it's always perfect

scenic radish
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Yeah I just have a cheap one lol

last dirge
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this is mine

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but I don't remember paying that damn much for it

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I did not pay that much for it

thick dragon
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Anyone use Grafana? Trying to work out why I can only select certain columns (indexed columns?) in the "select" part of the query editor.

last dirge
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what datastore?

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influx?

thick dragon
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MariaDB/MySQL connector.

last dirge
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if I remember correctly there was something "odd" about grafana's syntax

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like it doesn't map to ANSI SQL syntax

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I haven't looked at it in years

thick dragon
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Weird thing is, it just seems to be the query editor itself. Writing the raw SQL works fine.

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That's why I feel like it might be restricting selectable columns to the ones that are indexed for some reason.

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Even if you try and aggregate.

last dirge
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grafana's apparently been failing silently since I moved to docker

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so I can't even look at it 🙂

thick dragon
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Hmm, very strange. Not super necessary as there's plenty of Lovelace cards which can achieve similar. Just wanted to toy around now that I have my new solar system setup.

last dirge
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what's a kWh cost where you're at?

thick dragon
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23.1c/kWh (AUD) with my provider

midnight adder
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@igashu Thank you, I will have a look

thick dragon
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With 11.5c/kWh FIT. Looks like my base load (fridge + server + NAS + phantom power) is bang on 300W too.

last dirge
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that's a lot

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are there any state incentives there?

thick dragon
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What's a lot? The charge, the FIT, the base load?

tidal bronze
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@last dirge what do you think about tomorrow 😀

last dirge
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I don't know man

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thinking about setting a sell at 1500

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it went nuts after close

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it's gotta correct after this, I'd imagine

tidal bronze
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I think so too. I picked up some last week bumped today.

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Too enticing to sit back and watch

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LA property has gone up too. Makes little sense to me.

mild tapir
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Funny enough Houston TX property has gone up

tidal bronze
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So many in the market to buy no one is selling.

mild tapir
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I do real estate investing and its been blowing my damn mind so far

tidal bronze
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Same here.

mild tapir
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I was totally expecting to eat shit during the pandemic

last dirge
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BTC bumped today

tidal bronze
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Thankful all my tenants didn't miss a payment.

last dirge
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so far I'm still good on that front too

mild tapir
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I invest in development. I dont like the idea of being a landlord

last dirge
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I don't either

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but that decision was made for me

tidal bronze
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I didn't at start but with management I like it.

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I don't like apartments just not worth it gave up few years ago. Houses I like very much.

hushed basalt
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Finally have homeassistant, zigbee2mqtt, traefik etc on the new server

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only took 3 weeks haha

thick dragon
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I still need to move NGINX Proxy Manager off HA and onto my network management host. Don't like that access to my other proxies goes away if there's an issue with HA.

hushed basalt
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Yeah definitely decouple that

thick dragon
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And need to move my Unifi controller off my NAS onto that host too come to think of it.

hushed basalt
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I have a main server, which has a main vm which runs docker which runs traefik

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Then I'm going to set up opnsense as well

thick dragon
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Have been having some major issues with NPM lately though. Think they introduced a bug in later versions where it wouldn't properly create the config files for each host. Hopefully that's fixed now.

ancient anchor
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traefik ❤️

thick dragon
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traefik looks a little overkill for what I need, and a lot harder to understand than NPM.

hushed basalt
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Yeah it's not simple

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It's stable enough it's just the documentation is pretty crap

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Plus they change the names of variables a lot

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So a variable key could be

loadbalancer
loadBalancer
loadBalancers
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Depending on where you're configuring it, which is a MASSIVE headache

hushed basalt
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Gotta love optiplex for tool-less

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Put in a new intel NIC with zero tools,

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Spring loaded case lid, spring loaded pci plates, pop in card, close lid. Same for hard drives, optical drive etc.

clear ferry
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Proper rivers

clever mortar
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Nice

velvet horizonBOT
rare condor
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full lockdown, client cancelled Job and now have to wear hazmat suit around my Mum. Cherry on top, my bed slats broke 😦

scenic radish
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Heh, overboard?

rare condor
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Anyway I drove my Suzuki Swift onto my bed and it held up, so 😄

green inlet
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yes, but it is a Suzuki Swift 😉

clever mortar
rare condor
last dirge
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@tidal bronze my sell didn't hit :/

tidal bronze
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You were trying 1500 right ?

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Been busy since early morning didn't look at the market today. Peaked at 1429?

last dirge
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yeah

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it's still trying to pump though

tidal bronze
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Yikes shits correcting like crazy.

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Vivint running like crazy

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Sunrun + Vivint going to be another big PV

unreal orbit
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I got a text from my step-dad asking me my email address so he could send me some laptop specs to check. He then emails me a Word document with an embedded picture of a screenshot of the laptop product page in a web browser.

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I don't know how much more inconvenient he could have possibly made this

sharp ginkgo
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printed the word doc as .pdf

unreal orbit
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Even that would have been more convenient

sharp ginkgo
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couldve taken a screen capture of the word doc and emailed you the .png

scenic radish
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remote desktop session for you to view the web page he's looking at

sharp ginkgo
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facetimed you his screen showing the screen capture of the word doc

unreal orbit
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I really wish I was making this up. I cannot even fathom what the logic was here

clever mortar
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I've seen that, and worse

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It's known as User Syndrome

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I took the web page, printed it out, faxed it to Bob, who scanned it in, and embedded it in the Word documented...

unreal orbit
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I just didn't think anyone in my family was that tech stunted

last dirge
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my parents are always amazed that I can fix computer problems

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"how'd you do that?"

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"well, I typed what the problem was into google"

unreal orbit
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ugh. That's the worst. "well tell me what you did so I can do it on my own next time"

clever mortar
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I applied decades of experience

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(aka I asked somebody else who knows more than I do 😛 )

unreal orbit
green inlet
rare condor
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lol you think those cars are small they are standard to me or medium. Honda s660 is a small car 😛

scenic radish
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No send, only receive

clever mortar
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Only send empty packets...

rare condor
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The ping is pretty accurate, I uploaded 4tb and I think my ISP has done something weird to me

green inlet
mild tapir
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oof on the ping

rare condor
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Its pretty normal where I live

scenic radish
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hopefully you're not into online gaming

rare condor
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I play turn based games.

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I tried a driving game a while a go and it wasn't doable

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I managed to get 500ms ping for streaming though but even that was unplayable

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What ping do you guys get?

clever mortar
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To where 😉

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The moon will be high, but for Google I get about 8

rare condor
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To the start of the internet 1.1.1.1

green inlet
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Umph.....I pay for 200 down

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Looks like I am having issues also

rare condor
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Nice, not bad ping

green inlet
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Entire family prob on some form of video conferencing

rare condor
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For me I'm uploading 8tb of Server Backups, with Zoom Calls and streaming several cameras

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Its hard when everyone is at home

rich kettle
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tfw i set up my gocontrol usb stick and then accidentally busted it when moving computers around

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so now i have to set up another new one today 😄

scenic radish
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poor HUSBZB-1 😢

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love that stick. IMO it's a no-brainer for a stick to have both radios

unreal orbit
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I don't like the idea of a single point of failure for 2 networks

mild tapir
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^

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I also like having 2 control interfaces

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That being said, if you have 2 of them and use one for zwave + one for zigbee and then failover to the other on stick failure, then that may be worthwhile

fiery sorrel
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👋

hearty depot
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I dont think that you can have 2 coordinators (at least in the zigbee world )

rare condor
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But you can run multiple VMs

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and sync zigbee2mqtt

fiery sorrel
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won't the wavelengh mess themself up ?

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i have some issue with zwave beeing on some "very popular" frequency here in europe ...

mild tapir
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You mean frequency interference?

fiery sorrel
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yup

mild tapir
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This depends on power output and local RF clarity

wet pilot
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huh, that's lame. zigbee is on the "popular" freq in the US and zwave is on its own

fiery sorrel
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i can't connect my nanoleaf to wifi, so maybe i have some noise issue

mild tapir
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868.42MHz in EU for Z-Wave
908.42MHz in NA for Z-Wave

2.4GHz globally for Zigbee

fiery sorrel
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cough and wifi cough

wet pilot
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and microwaves

clever mortar
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And Bluetooth 😛

wet pilot
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and bluetooth

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and any generic RF device

fiery sorrel
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ha to slow

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i've bough some of those 10Y zwave stipe for my fridge, i hope they will be more stable than my fibaro door sensor :(

mild tapir
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This is why I use Z-Wave. I already have my house flooded with 2.4GHz

rare condor
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I have several AP saturating 2.4ghz, zigbee always stable

fiery sorrel
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you'r lucky

mild tapir
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Zigbee typically uses channels 15, 20, and 25 which are untouched by WiFi

fiery sorrel
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i hate when the device just don't shut off and i have to wait for the next pull

mild tapir
fiery sorrel
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i alwayse wondered why those where the "recomanded" chanel on wifi ... i need to google it

mild tapir
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1, 6, 11

wet pilot
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1/6/11 are recommended for wifi because they don't overlap

mild tapir
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Do not use any mid channels.

wet pilot
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2 hits 1 and 6, etc

mild tapir
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WiFi is designed to work with other WiFi AP's by taking turns.

rare condor
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so what's the issue. 900mhz networks is saturated with LORA networks, Voice Networks and CSIRO crap, I always found 900mhz and RF 443mhz very unreliable

mild tapir
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900MHz would be Z-Wave's North American Band

rare condor
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I am referring to 850mhz to 950mhz to account for Regions

mild tapir
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Well if that entire area is saturated, forget about Z-Wave. Better hope 2.4GHz is relatively soft and clear

rare condor
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Yeah I tried Zwave for a while but living near Uni Campus and RF testing centre, has very unique interference

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Also Zwave is non existent in Aus

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everything imported from EU/US

shy comet
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wonder what new devices/features Google is going to announce tonight....its that smart home summit thing they are doing in place of I/O and all the other conferences

fiery sorrel
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i'm worry that they might push me to use cloud base service ... i will try to resist

mild tapir
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wonder what new devices/features Google is going to remove tonight

fiery sorrel
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at least 2 chat app

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maybe some api

mild tapir
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im going to puke at another google message application

fiery sorrel
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and for sure buy a company

clever mortar
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02:55 - 03:00 BST
You know... I think I'll give it a miss...

fiery sorrel
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let me find what that is for me

clever mortar
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Intro - Your APAC Assistant Distribution Team
Join us for a welcome and introduction from your EMEA Assistant Distribution Team
blink So... APAC or EMEA 🤔

fiery sorrel
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oh ... yea

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hey ! naming thing is hard ok ! it's like variable

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:p

shy comet
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i know theres a new android tv device

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i just hope they dont decide to reserve a new keyword forcing me to rename a device lol

fiery sorrel
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i wonder if my 1th gen nvidia shield will still get update

shy comet
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nvidia has been pretty good about maintaining all shields in updates

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i got 2 2017's here

fiery sorrel
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yea ... but they have so many new "AI based optimisation" that can't run on the old one... i wouldn't be surprized

shy comet
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they havent announced they will stop updating them so i think theyll continue to get updates

fiery sorrel
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i'm trying to get a new on for my bedroom, but shelf are empty everywhere XD

midnight adder
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they should have renamed home assistant to HASS with the latest namechange

mild tapir
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why

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Home Assistant is much easier to say and much more descriptive of the purpose

clever mortar
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Sure, lets call it Hate

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Sounds like an awesome plan ...

mild tapir
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Google "Hass"
"Hass avocado"
Huh

fiery sorrel
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why everything here have to be about "Hass" ... :P

midnight adder
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hass is much easier to type it out and also the name is unique

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home assistant is generic

mild tapir
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home assistant is designed to be generic

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so it fits

unreal orbit
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HA is easier to type

mild tapir
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^

midnight adder
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generic is not good for searching

unreal orbit
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I've literally never had a problem finding results for "home assistant"

mild tapir
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Home Assistant is the first thing to come up when googling it...

fiery sorrel
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but HA mean High availibility ... Well with the boot time now you could call it that

mild tapir
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In fact, its: The Website, The Github, The Twitter, The Github Again, Awesome-HA...

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At this point its like saying "Windows" is generic

clever mortar
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And, given hass means hate in German, it's a really bad name

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This is why the project has been moving away

green inlet
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At this point, Google just assumes part of my search will include home assistant

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Peanut butter home assistant

mild tapir
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Actually thinking about it, Home Assistant isnt generic at all

fiery sorrel
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and that why i can't find anything nice with duck duck go ... google personalisation engine is spooky

mild tapir
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What other things are called "home assistant"

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like literally nothing

green inlet
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My wife

mild tapir
green inlet
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Don’t tell her though

fiery sorrel
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🤣

midnight adder
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HATE is an epic name for a project imo

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every home assistant device out there lol @mild tapir

unreal orbit
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even on duckduck go it's the official HA site, then installation docs, the the android app, etc

mild tapir
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Like what?

midnight adder
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alexa home assistant etc

mild tapir
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thats a voice assistant

unreal orbit
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voice assistant

mild tapir
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not a home assistant

midnight adder
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anyway it's scientifically proved that I'm right about the name

clever mortar
mild tapir
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Actually Alexa is TECHNICALLY called "Virtual Assistant"

fiery sorrel
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i think there is a company somewhere around here that do people home assistant, but it's for elderly or recently hospitized people

green inlet
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We should just call it taco.

fiery sorrel
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it's not tuesday is it ?

unreal orbit
mild tapir
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I literally cannot find anything else on google called Home Assistant

fiery sorrel
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fuuu ... it's tuesday NukeFacePalm

midnight adder
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anyone disagreeing with the name change give a source or I win

mild tapir
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you have to provide a source for your claim first

unreal orbit
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wow that is some low tier troll bait. At least put in an attempt smh

fiery sorrel
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i didn't read the forum that much ... but does people dislike the change ?

mild tapir
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Ive seen nothing but + feedback myself

fiery sorrel
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i didn't like the fact that docker became the default, but that because i'm a dumb ass :)

green inlet
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Taco - Technical Automation Control Overage.

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I WIN

mild tapir
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Technical Automation Control Overlord

fiery sorrel
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Overlay ?

midnight adder
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never lost an internet argument before, wouldn't bet on it

green inlet
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Oh crap, @mild tapir wins

fiery sorrel
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or Overwatch !

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i like that ... i make me think of falout

mild tapir
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never lost an internet argument
You just did

unreal orbit
fiery sorrel
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that's some high level blender skill !

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i love the hair

green inlet
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Look how real the hotdogs look

mild tapir
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@unreal orbit I havent gotten my shit-tier troll memes in for the month

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Does that troll reproduce from its nose?

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rofl

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@green inlet It made me hungry for a hotdog tbh

fiery sorrel
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didn't have any in years ... and those look burned

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i don't think there are good one around here anyway :(

green inlet
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You obviously have never had an oven roasted hotdog.

fiery sorrel
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yup ... only had micowave one

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like twice

green inlet
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Probably two times too many

fiery sorrel
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hey when your a teen you eat what your parent give you... and when it's junk food you'r way to exited to think about it

green inlet
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Yea, one of my parents throw down meals was kraft macaroni and cheese with sliced hotdogs. Pretty sure that covers all 5 food groups 🤣

last dirge
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all the herbs and spices

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pretty sure my laptop fan is trying to achieve nuclear fusion

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at least according to the heat blasting out the side

fiery sorrel
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then fan will achieve fusion with the rest of the case before that :)

late gate
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I wonder how anyone can claim buying a 868,3mhz based smarthome solution is better than zwave/zigbee hubs. I just did some ranting with someone who claims all hubs are crap, and 868,3 is much better

fiery sorrel
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the capability of 868,3 to just pop in an out of a network is nice, where zwave and zigbee create a mesh that don't like to be broken

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and to be far i have tone of issue with zwave, mostly based on the complexity of the proto ... something simpler is usealy more reliable

late gate
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but would you in 2020 go and buy a 2000usd solution based on 868,3mhz?

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probably locked in to their own brand

fiery sorrel
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no, because i don't buy solution that cost 2000usd ... i buy modular.
But i could spend that much in 868,3 if i didn't make the mistake to use zwave for my door and motion sensor

late gate
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I cant say I had any issues with zwave making me want to go back to the basic tech.

fiery sorrel
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i think there is a world between US zwave and Europe Zwave ...

late gate
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that I dont know. I use EU zwave

fiery sorrel
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well ... me to and it's realy bad on my side, like i regularely (multiple time a day) get device stuck in one state because the message was drop and they don't re-brodcast (battery device)

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and with how sequentialy it behave, i can have up to 10 seconde between my first and last rolling shutter going down

late gate
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strange. what brand?

fiery sorrel
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fibaro for the device, and aeotec for the usb key (but i've try the rpiz also)

late gate
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ah fibaro. well the problem with fibaro is they have a lot of issues fixed in firmware

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serious issues

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even fire hazard issues

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that they refuse to release

fiery sorrel
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i ... can't update the firmware ... without a fibaro controler

last dirge
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the RF Frequency differs between the US and the rest of the world for zwave

late gate
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yeah, if you use a US zwave here you use the GSM network. you will get in trouble

fiery sorrel
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i realy wish they where an integration for rfxcom ... i could use my chacon in home assistant for thing like mosquito plug and xmas light without having to leave theme for meshing

late gate
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I use 433mhz for chistmas stuff and rfxcom

fiery sorrel
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but home assistant it does not support rolling code if i'm not wrong

late gate
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that I have no idea with. I just use nexa plugs in 433mhz.

fiery sorrel
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i have one in the mail, i'll try it

late gate
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RFXtrx433 only support rolling code on somfy I think

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but might be different now. a long time since I used it

fiery sorrel
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i'm starting to get mad at nanoleaf ... does anyone have 2 of them not nailed to a wall to do a test for me ? yeaaaa long shot i know :(

scenic radish
low harness
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That's neat. I suppose you can use it to generate the cell reference too?

scenic radish
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yeah, you could. in my case the cell reference (actually, range in this case) is the same among the individual worksheets though

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between this formula and INDEX(MATCH()) i'm unstoppable

last dirge
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sssssssssssssomebody stop me

clever mortar
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No

scenic radish
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No

dusky plank
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No

clear ferry
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Boaty McBoatface

last plaza
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Is that traffic in Norway?

unreal orbit
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It's traffic on a ferry in Norway

last plaza
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🍌 on the dashboard

last dirge
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for scale

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it's a metric banana though

tidal bronze
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@mild tapir you deep into fiber right ?

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Any recommendations for 1500ft premade Armored Direct Burial cable ?

last dirge
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why the hell do you need a quarter mile of cable?

wet pilot
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reasons

tidal bronze
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why the hell do you need a quarter mile of cable?
@last dirge upcoming project need 6 x 1500ft runs. 🤣

last dirge
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what the hell?

glad tinsel
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What's weird about that?

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fs.com does custom lengths of all their fiber options, including their armored cables.

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I've not ordered a half-kilometer long cable from them myself, but their ordering pages do allow that input length for custom cables. They're usually pretty good about quoting any special cables, too.

tidal bronze
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@glad tinsel thanks.

scenic radish
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no prob

tidal bronze
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Got jokes eh @scenic radish

scenic radish
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always

glad tinsel
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Happy to help!

clear ferry
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@last plaza boat ferries are normal here, all along the coast

rain swift
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whats going on in the loouunnggeee.

clear ferry
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The usual stuff

rain swift
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same, been bingewatching youtube videos.

last plaza
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I’ve been on a boat ferry when I used to live in NJ. That’s 11:30pm and that bright?

last dirge
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I'm on a boat and

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It's goin fast and

clear ferry
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The sun never sets in summer

last dirge
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I got a nautical themed pashmina afghan

clear ferry
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If it wasn't cloudy it would be in the middle of the sky almost

last plaza
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Are you done driving? Or still driving?

clear ferry
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For today, still 4 hour to my final destination but baby needs to sleep, and she gets cranky after more than three hours in the car seat

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Done 1400km so far

last dirge
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same

last plaza
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I bet.

clear ferry
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@last dirge I would too in the seats of a Tesla, they are shite openeyecry

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Atleast in the S and X, can't expect them to be any better in the 3

last plaza
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You will break your back if you go in Tesla that long. My mini van is way too comfortable than Tesla.

tidal bronze
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@clear ferry how long is the ferry ride?

clear ferry
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Yeah, I'm honest, the Tesla has some of the worst seats I've ever had

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@tidal bronze only 30 minutes for this one

tidal bronze
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Ferries are pretty boring. Shorter the ride better.

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Smoking allowed in certain areas ?

rain swift
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I thought the Tesla was supposed to drive for you? What good is it.

clear ferry
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@tidal bronze smoking hasn't been allowed in public places for 15 years or so

tidal bronze
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Is ferry a public place ? 🤣

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Isn't it a very private group of helpless individuals sharing a space for a few ?

rain swift
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I think you mean a yacht

dull chasm
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Isn't it a very private group of helpless individuals sharing a space for a few ?
@tidal bronze isnt that most everybody nowdays ?

dull chasm
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btw in the sad news Charlie Daniels Died ..... this explains the usa redneck values to a tee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwvU-4e05Mc

YouTube
Charlie Daniels
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#charliedaniels #charliedanielsband #cdb
Official video for "(What This World Needs Is) A Few More Rednecks from the Simple Man album.

Apple Music: http://smarturl.it/CDB_SimpleMan/applemusic
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/CDB_SimpleMan/itunes
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▶ Play video
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even maybe will help with just plain morals

mild tapir
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@tidal bronze Yeah, if you need some high pressure cable I got a few manus to reccomend

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Question is, how many fibers you need?

tidal bronze
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2 or 4

dull chasm
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i am sad you dont answer me ..... 😢

tidal bronze
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Ask and answered buddy. That's the norm now.

dull chasm
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huh?

tidal bronze
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BTW sending you few flacs in a bit.

dull chasm
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oh boy 🤯

mild tapir
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@tidal bronze Corning honestly.

dull chasm
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@tidal bronze i know you can get mqa on vynil what about atmos?

tidal bronze
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That's what I am looking at @mild tapir

mild tapir
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yeah at that length its well worth it

tidal bronze
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Easiest would be tidel @dull chasm

mild tapir
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Oil projects ran corning for a long time under break away water barriers

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and they are STILL working

dull chasm
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i know that but i will be in a area with sat only internet soon

tidal bronze
#

Oh boy. But why.

dull chasm
#

country

tidal bronze
#

You should be good with Hughes. Ping times not great but good.

dull chasm
#

gonna try visat .....everybody out there hates hughes

tidal bronze
#

Just got them installed for a project. 2mb up 70mb down. 50ms ping

dull chasm
#

datacap or throtlle ?

tidal bronze
#

Of course capped. Didn't check how much.

dull chasm
#

prooly 50gb or so

tidal bronze
#

I think 20gb I might be wrong.

dull chasm
#

damn

tidal bronze
#

Edwards AFB so didn't check the details

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Was easier than signing 50,000 docs 🤣

dull chasm
#

i been there a few dozen times at least LOL

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but i have prolly been to at least 70 percent of all AF bases

#

green ramp is no fun when outfitting and loading for conflicts/war

tidal bronze
#

I can only imagine. Pretty busy runway 😀

#

Will send the HD tracks in a few.

dull chasm
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ok cool no hurry ....i am prolly fixing to crash ...been up since 2

remote coyote
#

G'day bit new here. Seems there are a great many very good youtubers that talk home automation and I've subscribed to quite a few but I was wondering if any people here have found any Australian based ones?

last plaza
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Why? They don’t speak English?

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If you wait a couple of hours, you’ll see a flood of aussies here.

rain swift
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superhouse tv, he's australian.

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I don't actually know how to invite people hahahaha

remote coyote
#

Nothing wrong with the usa/uk based ones just not all stuff in aussie land is available to use like uk and usa certification etc, ah yeah Jonathan. Thanks!

rain swift
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afaik, if you're in australia, you're not allowed to touch anything AC in the house without 3 engineers present and a permit. 🙂

remote coyote
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Nanny states 😛

rain swift
#

exactly LOL

thick dragon
#

Imagine we also have the lowest rate of incidence of electrical fire and electric shock among developed countries because of it though. Plus, we're on 240v here - so potentially more dangerous than 110v, depending on amps.

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@remote coyote: If you use Facebook, there's an Aussie & Kiwi automation group with a lot of really clued-in people there. Making their own ESP projects and whatnot.

tough igloo
#

Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi

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That’s my contribution

remote coyote
#

There's always a silver lining to everything @thick dragon thanks for the info.

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Thanks @tough igloo 😉

thick dragon
#

The Blakadder repository for Tasmota also has filtering by country now too, with heaps of people submitting their configs for AU devices.

tough igloo
#

There’s a good community forum thread for Aussies too

remote coyote
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ooh by electrical standard nice.

thick dragon
#

And yeah, fair few Aussies here on Discord too, so anything specific holler out and you'll likely get a pretty quick answer 🙂

remote coyote
rich kettle
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hmm

thick dragon
#

Random question - what's everyone's baseline power load in Watts? Curious to see where I sit at 270W.

remote coyote
#

490W here, right now.

lunar sundial
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1500W when the AC's off and cars are not charging

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+/- 20%

thick dragon
#

How many fridges/freezers do you have @lunar sundial? That seems exceedingly high.

last dirge
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I don't have power monitoring yet

lunar sundial
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1 fridge, 1 freezer, and there's a small little fridge as well

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but 500W of that is my NAS and ESXi server in my rack 😛

thick dragon
#

Methinks you need a more efficient NAS/ESXi host! My 270W is with the NAS and ESXi host.

lunar sundial
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they're old, a PE2950 and a Old Supermicro chassis X8SIL system

thick dragon
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Fair. I've got a Syno DS418 and using an old ex-govt HP desktop (with laptop power supply) as ESXi host.

lunar sundial
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The PE is dual CPU lol

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I have an old 12bay system I may eventually turn up to replicate the NAS 😛

thick dragon
#

I couldn't justify an actual rack. Only have an 8-port managed switch that daisy chains to unmanaged switches. Plus I'm retro-fitting the CAT6 in a 2-storey townhouse, which is difficult 😛

lunar sundial
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I havea 2960G in the rack too

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i regret not having told the builder to put in conduit for my data runs 😦

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walls have fire blocks in them, pain in the ass to run new wire/fiber

tidal bronze
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Around 1400W here as well

thick dragon
#

So I'm using the yr integration to get the predicted cloud cover for some automations for my new solar. Unfortunately you can only get prediction results at a static time period in the future (n hrs). What would be the most elegant way to get average of cloud cover over say, a 4 hour period? Am I really gonna have to set up 4 separate sensor entities then a template sensor to average them?

lunar sundial
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used to be DarkSky would do what you wanted, but they sold out

tidal bronze
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What's the use case on the automation side?

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You can use open weather map and weatherbit as well.

thick dragon
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Reminders in the morning for highest potential self consumption (provided other conditions have been met, such as washing machine not run for 40+ hours, dishwasher not run for 30+ hours).

tidal bronze
#

Undersized ?

lunar sundial
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I can run my upstairs AC unit off my panels most of the day 🙂

thick dragon
#

I mean, it reminds me in the morning if it's going to be a sunny day and what chores need doing (based on last run time). Want to split it via morning/afternoon, based on predictions across those periods.

lunar sundial
#

interesting

tidal bronze
#

Got it. Yep interesting. So you are on TOU without Net metering?

thick dragon
#

I don't know what those terms mean 😛

tidal bronze
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Time of use. 🙂 Not calculated total production Vs Consumption.

thick dragon
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Ohh, no I have that. But the best value for money is when you can self-consume. I only get 11c/kWh for generation, but costs 24.9c/kWh for usage.

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So want to predict when it will be best to do the chores based on least-used grid energy.

scenic radish
#

C O N S U M E

tidal bronze
#

Making money is long gone here (LA) now. lol All I want is pay just the subscription and anything over on the production side goes in this bucket 🙂

last dirge
tidal bronze
#

Wowza

last dirge
#

how to lose $600 in a fraction of a second

tidal bronze
#

sold yesterday.

last dirge
#

when you place a sell instead of a buy limit

tidal bronze
#

You got out in time.?

last dirge
#

I sold at 1374

tidal bronze
#

Fantastic

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UAL let me down today....but going to hold on the few.

#

Did you bite AAL? Looks like will hit 9's

last dirge
#

nope

#

airlines are shitting hard

tidal bronze
#

After hours 0.09 up. Epic

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But 9 is a good price for a stay

thick dragon
#

Looks like the met.no API returns a 6-hour forecast in the default API response. Unfortunately the default weather integration appears to use the current conditions, and doesn't expose the forecast - so might need to pull that in via AppDaemon or something.

tidal bronze
#

I used cloud cover sometime ago but was always hit and miss for light control. Went with multiple lux sensors problem solved. You will have to rely on predictions for your use case.

south oyster
#

What is the right place to get advice about getting security cameras? Devices or cameras?

thick dragon
clever mortar
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Yup

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More specific > general

south oyster
#

ty

clear ferry
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Just one more degree north to travel EYEBROWS

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Or 4 hours by car

clever mortar
clear ferry
#

Depicts the last two hours last night pretty well

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To keep the baby awake

clever mortar
#

I'd have expected more of that then 😛

clear ferry
#

Depends on which one you think fits this as a singalong

clever mortar
#

It'd be tricky to head bang to that...

clear ferry
#

I've seen metal heads headbang to a lot..

fading zodiac
#

Dafuq did i just watched?

clear ferry
#

You'll get the gist of it since you speak Dutch

fading zodiac
#

I don't speak that LOL

clear ferry
#

Wait, aren't you from the Netherlands?

quartz ether
#

I love updates and the big lists of things wrong in my config 😦

forest edge
#

gotta admit, surprised it took as long as it did for some of the emoji's in the HA arsenal to appear after a certain few got promoted smartpepe

inner lava
#

Has anyone here also tried OpenHAB? Recently heard about it, read a bit about people’s experiences with it and apparently HASS and OHAB are very similar, tho OHAB may be a bit easier due to the „click and drag“ block automations you can make.

forest edge
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I tried it awhile back, was an attempt to find something that actually worked with the type of smart bulbs that I have. I can't speak for any changes made to it in the last 6 months but I had quickly found out it was easier to modify integrations etc with HA than it was with OHAB so I stuck with HA. @inner lava

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I didn't think the "learning curve" with openhab was any easier than HA either imo

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course these days HA is even easier than what it was back then

clever mortar
#

Similar.... "ish"

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They're both automation platforms

#

OH is more "stable" - it changes much more slowly (one release every 6 months ISTR). It also has a lot less integrations.

inner lava
#

Hm...

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I wonder, has anyone tried to port Blocky or whatever it’s called to HASS yet?

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Cause that’d be one hell of a gamechanger for me to ditch NodeRed 😉

mild tapir
#

Blockly?

inner lava
#

Yeah

forest edge
#

OH is more "stable" - it changes much more slowly (one release every 6 months ISTR). It also has a lot less integrations.
@clever mortar I do wish HA would slow down a hair sometimes. seems like when i finally upgrade i'm already half a version behind lmao

mild tapir
#

Interesting idea

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@forest edge I have found to stop caring about latest version

clever mortar
#

@forest edge Oh, I agree, but ... 🤷 That's the price for an awesome platform 😄

mild tapir
#

I just update on a schedule

forest edge
#

I don't want to deal with massive fixing of broken stuff by waiting @mild tapir

mild tapir
#

You mean all the small changes that break your current setup after upgrade?

forest edge
#

half of my intergrations are custom so I have to update those manually

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rather change a few things here and there than basically rewrite entire blocks lol

mild tapir
#

one day im gonna get my custom ints into a git server and make it easy to update them.. ugh

#

buuut that can wait. gotta get my NTP servers running and with NTPsec

clear ferry
#

Stratum 2? What is this? NTP for yesterday?

mild tapir
#

I am waiting for my GPS Drop

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I wish the NTP Pool supported NTPsec

clear ferry
strange vapor
green inlet
#

Great picture. Only missing one thing. 🌞

late gate
#

Bought a QI charger here in Norway and it cought fire during the night melting the cover of my phone. So no, its not just ebay chargers that is dangerous

last plaza
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Beautifull!!! @clear ferry

green inlet
#

Something happened to the discord app? Anytime I have a pop-up, like to see reactions or delete a post, I can’t get rid of it to get back to the UI.

forest edge
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Bought a QI charger here in Norway and it cought fire during the night melting the cover of my phone. So no, its not just ebay chargers that is dangerous
@late gate pretty sure this is how atx lights his fireplace to keep warm

late gate
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probably, but a bit frightning as its a charger that is sold in the apple store and the big electronic companies (multi charger)

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It took one hour from I plugged it in before half of the charger plate had melted

clear ferry
#

@last plaza view from my parents house

clever mortar
#

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice

clear ferry
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Snow never leaves the mountains here tbh

clever mortar
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See, that's my idea of a nice place

last plaza
#

👍👍👍👍👍👍

scenic radish
#

Submitted an issue to the frontend repo and included this in the issue:

Operating system: Debian 10, Windows 10, Android 10
clear ferry
#

My favourite triplet of shitstorms

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But why no iPhone X?

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Because iPhone users don't know Roman numerals probably CatRee

strange star
#

That is beautiful 😄

rare condor
#

What would you call a sensor which measures CO2, Temp & Humidity, thinking environment sensor. Bad naming always comes back to haunt me

last plaza
#

@clear ferry that’s a killer view!

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What would you call a sensor which measures CO2, Temp & Humidity, thinking environment sensor. Bad naming always comes back to haunt me
@rare condor a multi-sensor 😝

rare condor
#

I settled with Garage Environment Sensor.

scenic radish
#

CO2 or CO?

rare condor
#

CO2 and TVOC

scenic radish
#

O

rare condor
#

Using MOX sensor

scenic radish
#

O

rare condor
#

MOX sensors are pretty inaccurate

scenic radish
#

O

rare condor
#

I worked with them in previous job, we needed to monitor CO2 levels in Building for Shopping Centre. Quite frankly they are accurate enough to create binary warnings but not true CO2 levels as its based on TVOC. It estimates CO2 based on Ions released from heated MOX pad

scenic radish
#

O

rare condor
#

I think @scenic radish is broken

scenic radish
#

Aren't we all 😢

rare condor
#

But I will name my sensor O given your persistence

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Nah, I had a date today and saw old friends. Spent all day outside, feel great. Ready for 6 week lockdown 😐

scenic radish
#

6-week lockdown?

rare condor
#

Yep in Melbourne

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Australia as of 11:59PM tonight I can no longer leave my house

scenic radish
#

😬

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sorry to hear that

rare condor
#

I got lots of supplies and Gym Equipment to maintain health

green inlet
#

My house wouldn’t hold 6 weeks of supplies 🤣

rare condor
#

Disappointing as we were returning to work, parks opening, schools opening etc.

green inlet
#

How many cases?

rare condor
#

Some people can't even leave home for food, special workers and Police are getting supplies to them

green inlet
#

Total cases in Australia are less than Florida’s daily new cases.

unreal orbit
#

I think that says more about the incompetence of Florida...

rare condor
#

We are trying to eliminate it like NZ, we were close until the current spike that's why we are in Full Lockdown again.

green inlet
#

Yea, I am not sure what the answer is. Australia’s lockdown is pretty similar to what N.C. is doing. But as soon as lockdown is done, if no vaccine, cases will spike again

unreal orbit
#

Yeah I think eradication is a bit of a pipe dream for any non-island country. Even New Zealand is a bit big to try it

green inlet
#

No way that happens is us.

unreal orbit
#

Definitely not

green inlet
#

And most of Florida’s cases seem to be 30 somethings. Apparently their death rate is not increasing.

#

I just hope some kind of standard comes out of this. Hope someone learns something.

scenic radish
#

illinois has been doing well, so please everyone not from here, stay away

acoustic talon
#

Hi guys, anyone know of a free alternative to google cloud print? maybe something we can host on HA or raspberry Pi

rare condor
#

Anyway my date was a Nurse tonight so probs infected 😅

green inlet
#

Lmao

#

Hope you got some before lock down

scenic radish
green inlet
#

I wonder how many babies are conceived during a 6 wee lockdown.

scenic radish
#

wee

rare condor
#

So I work on PLCS at SPSs Sewer Pump Stations, when we open the sewer we have floats we monitor. (Controls High High Alarm i.e. (PUMP now or overflow!). Right now the amount of syringes and pregnancy tests is at an all time high floating on top, at one location it was so bad we could not see the float.

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I spent my 23 Birthday at a sewer pump station trying not to gag last week, perks of the job 🙃

scenic radish
#

ew lol

clever mortar
#

I believe the correct response is ... you must see some shit

scenic radish
#

before retirement my dad worked at a water treatment plant

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affectionately referred to as "the poop plant"

last plaza
#

Total cases in Australia are less than Florida’s daily new cases.
@green inlet thats ‘cause they aren’t testing fast enough 😝

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If you don’t test it, there is no number.

unreal orbit
rare condor
#

We are doing heaps of testing

#

Way more per capita then US

trail crag
#

mmm...nah. It's because FL is FL

unreal orbit
#

The dumbest part is the less you test the higher your death rate will appear

trail crag
#

Right. "We have no covid here, but way more deaths than usual this time of year" 🤦‍♂️

rare condor
#

Florida is Equiv. to Australia's Queensland

last plaza
#

I wonder how many babies are conceived during a 6 wee lockdown.
@green inlet I have a name for those babies. Covidians.

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If you do it right, they will all speak Chinese automatically 🤣

unreal orbit
#

While there is a potential for another baby boom, I think education and knowledge of contraceptives today compared to ~70 years ago will make it a very minor boom at worst

last plaza
#

Plausible.

rare condor
#

Are you guys/gals helping the statistic?

unreal orbit
#

By getting tested?

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Or by conceiving?

#

Well your implication did not lead to an inference 😉

glad tinsel
#

We welcome the new "Coronials" who will be born at the end of 2020 and through mid-2021.

clear ferry
#

Fun fact, Norwegian death tolls overall is down this year, because less people have been mingling overall, so less deaths to flu and common cold

scenic radish
#

fun for who?

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😛

clear ferry
#

For staticians, they PepeOrgasm over those things

scenic radish
#

i'm almost through all the candy you sent me btw lol

clear ferry
#

You fat bastard

scenic radish
#

there's a reason i don't buy candy for myself

unreal orbit
scenic radish
#

i have such little self-control with candy

clear ferry
#

I should send more, and fat you up for Christmas

scenic radish
#

noooooooooooooooooooooo

clear ferry
gleaming gyro
#

Anyone watching the Hey Google event?

last dirge
#

negative

mild tapir
#

Nah

#

I was too caught up in time servers for the past 8 hours over a CRLF <> LF Config Issue.... damn you line endings

last dirge
#

good ol' line endings

#

git autoconvert

#

FTW

mild tapir
#

Yeah I really need to add these servers to my config management git repo

#

Let all the auto-fixy-blackmagic I have in place stop me from doing a stupid like this

#

But ayy, I have TLS 1.3 NTP now. No idea why that needs to have TLS but I wanted it

tidal bronze
#

@last dirge what are your plans for the Mule ?

last dirge
#

huh?

tidal bronze
#

Kanye says "“Well my second album is called Late Registration. I got a rap … The other thing is, my campaign is Kanye West YES, not YEP, not YEAH. YES. YES. YES... When I’m president, let’s also have some fun. Let’s get past all the racism conversation, let’s empower people with 40 acres and a mule, let’s give some land, that’s the plan.”

last dirge
#

what a goddamned fool

tidal bronze
#

Pretty sure you know what to do with 40 acres but I am confused what to do with the mule.

last dirge
#

mules are good at pullin

tidal bronze
#

I read the whole interview early AM. Best day ever.

unreal orbit
#

What an..... interesting person

tidal bronze
#

I need to see a Dr now. LMAO.

#

@dull chasm better get ready for the 2nd tractor. 😜

dull chasm
#

@tidal bronze 2nd tractor shit still trying to buy 1st truck

hearty depot
dull chasm
#

big v8 ....4x4 but why ...cause i am a pure breed american redneck

strange vapor
mild tapir
#

I was literally setting up a leapfile to prep for the TAI offset and leapsecond init and you had to go post that

#

great now I RIP'd the hwclock by using smearing.

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@strange vapor Why couldnt you have posted that an hour ago D:::::: ablobcry

last dirge
#

wooo

#

laptop keyboard shit the bed

mild tapir
#

click click MUSH

#

~fak

last dirge
#

mine's a hp laptop too

#

usually pretty bulletproof

tacit tapir
#

Just updated to 0.112. Amazed by how fast the logbook is now😮

glad tinsel
#

Same. HUGE improvement. The last couple updates have been impressive re perceived performance.

tacit tapir
#

Yea

#

I'm running HA on a pi3b+. I used to wait 30 seconds for the logbook to load

#

It's 1 second now

fiery sorrel
#

hey

clear ferry
#

Midnight sun fun times

clever mortar
#

That sunset gets 11 stars in reviews...

light trout
#

but did it set?

scenic radish
#

But will it blend?

clever mortar
#

We're gonna need a bigger blender

clear ferry
#

But it isn't a sunset

light trout
#

You are far up enough now that it does not set, the winter is a much better time up there 😄

clever mortar
#

It tired, and failed...

clear ferry
#

I prefer winter

#

No sunlight for two months

#

Midnight sun is just annoying

light trout
#

💯 ☝️

clever mortar
#

I'd like to experience it, once. Just like I'd like to experience the sun not rising that day, once.

light trout
#

I've done both, the sun not going away really messes with sleeping

clever mortar
#

I can imagine

clear ferry
#

Both are probably fun for outsiders

clever mortar
#

I hate summer here with short nights enough that I'd not want to live somewhere the sun never set

clear ferry
#

Going out drinking at 2am with the sun still up is... Interesting

#

Worth watching, even filmed here in this town

#

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119375/

IMDb
Insomnia (1997) - IMDb

Directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg. With Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Maria Mathiesen, Gisken Armand. In a Norwegian city with a 24-hour daylight cycle a Swedish murder investigator has been brought in on a special case. Sleep deprived, he makes a horrible mistake which ...

rich kettle
#

no more badnest?

#

As part of the Works with Google Assistant replacement, the company announced a Device Access program to let third-party “integrate directly with Nest devices.” An upcoming Device Access Console provides a “self-serve console that guides commercial developers through the different project phases.”

clever mortar
#

2021, 2022, somewhere around there

rich kettle
#

well it does say 'soon'

clear ferry
#

I was expecting to learn ipv6 soon

#

In 2001

rich kettle
#

Meanwhile, we also get a glimpse at temperature controls in Android 11’s power menu. A sheet slides up after tapping to adjust the temperature, while there are suggestion chips for Heat, Cool, Heat/Cool, and Off.

#

that's kinda nice htough

cedar mural
#

Which of the # channels is used to exchange information about interesting devices for Home Assistant? A German company released MQTT switches with Tasmota pre-installed. Where would you post that?

light trout
#

The forum is probably the best place for that

static prawn
#

i'd like to mask my mqtt robovac co-ords from the states page, it takes over 30 secs to load each time. is it possible to prevent a certain entity from showing in the states page?

clear ferry
green inlet
#

@clear ferry

terse stag
#

are rgbw in-wall dimmer switches a thing?

mild tapir
#

Ignore that, mistake. ~ Carry on

terse stag
#

i want to try out circadian_lighting throughout my house but I prefer smart switches to smart bulbs

unreal orbit
#

How would a switch be rgbw?

terse stag
#

great question. all i can find that would be similar are LED strip RGBW dimmers like the Zooz Zen31

mild tapir
terse stag
#

sure, as long as I never have to use that bizarre panel interface and can import it into HA easily

mild tapir
#

Oh you just want a RGB Capable Controller that mounts in the wall

terse stag
#

bingo

mild tapir
#

Is this for LED Strips or?

green inlet
#

Dawg gone it man. I can’t post a picture. Something up with discord?

terse stag
#

@mild tapir preferably overhead lighting, though it looks like LED strips would be way easier to implement

mild tapir
#

Way easier is an understatement

terse stag
#

listen, I didn't sign up for Home Assistant to make things ridiculously easy on myself 😄

mild tapir
#

how about your wallet

terse stag
#

it's busy casting hexes on me

mild tapir
#

There is stuff like KNX Lighting

terse stag
#

looks like the stuff /r/homelabs are made of

mild tapir
#

You aint wrong

terse stag
#

@green inlet discord hates certain picture formats, though I can't remember which ones off the top of my head

unreal orbit
#

Or if it's over a certain size

green inlet
#

I think the iphone app updated and it blows

#

anyways, @clear ferry ☝️

last plaza
#

Brown cheese?

scenic radish
#

That looks...so gross

green inlet
#

I hope that is what it is supposed to look like. Wife said the ice pack was melted and the cheese was room temp on arrival

mild tapir
#

ewwwwwwww

green inlet
#

yes, brown cheese

mild tapir
#

w-whats it taste like?

green inlet
#

actual tasted pretty good

#

if you have ever had dulce de leche, the closest thing I can describe it as is dulce de leche cheese

last plaza
#

Where did you get it from?

#

Zon?

green inlet
#

Amazon 😀

#

For the low low price of $30.00 🙂

#

I had to try it

last plaza
#

cool. Although I am not sure if I trust someone to ship cheese - especially those pissed off amazon warehouse staff.

green inlet
#

Especially when I dont have any idea what it is supposed to look or taste like

last plaza
#

lol

green inlet
#

If ATX says it looks right, I will try it on waffles

midnight adder
#

are there paid devs or people working for home assistant?

unreal orbit
#

Kind of

#

The company is Nabu Casa

midnight adder
#

yeah, I guess what I wanted to ask is if there are people working full time there

unreal orbit
#

yes

midnight adder
#

nice

last plaza
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Anything else you wanted know?

unreal orbit
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What's your favorite color?

last plaza
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Thanks for keeping it civil. I realized that’s an open ended question 😝

unreal orbit
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But you didn't answer 😦

midnight adder
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what size are you

bitter pawn
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fun size?

last plaza
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There is only one size in America. XXXXXXL 😝

midnight adder
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i remember me mum telling me about americans having t-shirt sizes with XXXL and more

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it was exotic

dull chasm
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that size @last plaza LOL

ancient anchor
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i think my car is the size of that bed

dull chasm
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damn i can take you and car for a ride LOL

last plaza
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@dull chasm I envy you. That is a beautiful truck!!!

dull chasm
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thank you

last plaza
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Love the color. I’m sure it is fun riding it.

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Got any accessories or attachments or gadgets for it?

dull chasm
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385 hp .....electronic locking rear diff .. 4x4 with off road suspension ....

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I think john deere green tractor will match?

tidal bronze
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@dull chasm awesome truck!

dull chasm
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thanks

hushed basalt
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[Confused in Australian]

dull chasm
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normal then?

hushed basalt
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This is a truck

tidal bronze
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Did you check out the tracks @dull chasm

dull chasm
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no sorry been at the damn dealer all day

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@tidal bronze dad didnt i talk with ya about a raise in allowance

tidal bronze
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LMAO

dull chasm
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i been good

hushed basalt
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Never understood the American fascination with pickup trucks

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Need to carry many cows in the back on your daily commute?

static schooner
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As a daily driver, me either

dull chasm
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i dont commute .... i have a take home unit

tidal bronze
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Fascination?

static schooner
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As a way to haul stuff when needed, sometimes it’s the best way

tidal bronze
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Best thing to shop at Costco

dull chasm
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no doubt ^^^^ i use the bed close to daily

static schooner
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Although I think SUVs have taken a bunch of the market

dull chasm
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buying feed ....going to get fuel for tractors and such ...

tidal bronze
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Prefer the truck over suv for many things specially Home depot runs.

hushed basalt
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I mean if you have a farm sure, our farmers often have F150s and such

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But I doubt farmers take up 1% of the truck market in the USA

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SUVs are crap, I hate them.

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Station wagon, ute, or even minivans are way better for carrying stuff

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Than SUVs

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Can't offroad properly, can't carry cargo properly, can't carry 7 seats properly, shitty compromises all round makes it useless

tidal bronze
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As long as it's not a tiny vehicle anything is fine for me. 😆

hushed basalt
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Thinking of getting a Kia Carnival

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5 seater isn't going to cut it when a second kid comes along

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Especially since our SUV has bugger all boot space (wife's choice not mine)

green inlet
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Lmao.....that whole rant and you own an SUV?

tidal bronze
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Wife likes SUVs I have no idea why. Specially for 1 person. Lol.

thick dragon
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Does anyone know what the last working release of NGINX Proxy Manager was? Been a bug that prevents new SSL certs from being created for 2+ months. Want to move it off my HA install onto my network management VM.

hushed basalt
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Wifes always win

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This is known

tidal bronze
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She can have her SUV not my thing.

hushed basalt
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Look at all that cargo space. In 5 seat mode. mmm

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carrying capacity drools

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vs SUV

tidal bronze
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Never looked into capacity since we don't have kids. We rarely drive each other's anyway.

hushed basalt
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We're a one car household

green inlet
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When my kids were young, my wife promised me that if I bought her a mini van, she would drive it straight off the lot and into a pole. She got a Dodge Durango, which I hated. After that car, she was like, I think I want a mini van. I got the Durango and loved it.

tidal bronze
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Durango does look nice.

hushed basalt
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We'll probably get a minivan as a second car

green inlet
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Still have the Durango. So easy to throw an 8x4 sheet of plywood in or just about anything else. It is now 17 years old, taught all of my kids to drive in it, has 230+ miles and still runs like a champ

hushed basalt
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Then eventually trade in the SUV to a hatchback

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No need for 2 big cars

green inlet
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I want a corvette....not sure why...never liked them when I was younger. I just want one.

tidal bronze
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Wife's birthday is coming up gotta surprise her. I'm in the market as well for a damn SUV.

green inlet
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Besides gas mileage, I think SUVs are awesome

tidal bronze
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I don't get it but she loves it. Says the driving position is way better than a car. 😀

hushed basalt
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And pedestrians

tidal bronze
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With COVID pretty good deals and rates.

hushed basalt
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I just wish car manufacturers cared more about aerodynamics

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I mean how hard is it to design little things like mini rear spoilers

tidal bronze
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Never thought about it. She drives maybe 3 or 4 miles a day. I rarely drive at all. Even it's box that'll do. 😆

hushed basalt
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Makes a huge difference

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2/3rds of your fuel consumption on the open road is due to drag

tidal bronze
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Market here is crazy. Went through the roof. Nobody is selling and tons of buyer's. @rain swift

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@hushed basalt didn't ever think about fuel consumption.

hushed basalt
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Things in motion want to stay in motion

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The only reason you can't just drive in a direction, get up to speed and then turn your engine off is because of wind resistance and rolling resistance

tidal bronze
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@rain swift exactly shit is weird.

hushed basalt
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There's a reason Prius is so slipperly looking, a lot of their 'fuel saving' features come from being designed aerodynamically not just being a hybrid

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But style wins over function for consumer markets every time

tidal bronze
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I totally agree with your aerodynamics but never really thought about it when buying a car. I am all over it with my RC cars though.

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No thank you. 🤣

hushed basalt
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Wedges are terrible for aerodynamics

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Teardrop

tidal bronze
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Lol

hushed basalt
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Here you go

tidal bronze
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People are interesting

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32 miles of duct tape so you gain 1.7% efficiency

hushed basalt
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I have no idea what the guy was up to

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Probably a university student doing his thesis on aerodynamics or something

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But the difference would have been a lot

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Or a complete nutjob on the internet

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🤷‍♂️

green inlet
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@rain swift , you got to realize that banks just can’t kick you out of your house because you missed one mortgage. Usually 3-6 payments till things start to happen

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Yes, be patient. I am also hoping to pickup some investment properties.

thick dragon
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I'm pretty happy with my place. Definitely big enough for what we need, and very comfortable to live in. Getting sparky to run some CAT6 on Monday so should be all good then.

green inlet
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Australia I am guessing. They can’t even replace switches

bitter zinc
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If I was installing smart home stuff at a friends house, would you guys reccomend me installing home assistant there? Idk if its meant to be setup then left alone like that

thick dragon
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@green inlet: Yes, Australia - but we can run our own CAT6. I just own a 2-storey town house and need to run the CAT6 in a conduit down the side of it which I can't do myself.

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Anything directly connected to AC or DC, you can't touch. Anything else is fine.

green inlet
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@bitter zinc , only if 1) he gave you access and you are willing to take the time to update/troubleshoot 2) he is happy with things as-is and doesn’t care about future stuff.

hushed basalt
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You can't run your own cat6

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Legally

scenic radish
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What??

hushed basalt
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Yep

scenic radish
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Wtf

hushed basalt
# 
CPRs promote safety and maintain network integrity through requirements including:

A registered cabler must perform telecommunications, fire, security and data industries cabling.
Cablers must have the right registration for the type of work they are doing: open, restricted or lift registration. For details, see Types of cabling registration.
Work must comply with the Wiring Rules - industry standard AS/CA S009:2013 Installation requirements for customer cabling.
scenic radish
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Seems excessive

hushed basalt
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Yep

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Fortunately I'm a licensed cabler so mhwauhwuaaw

scenic radish
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I'd be pissed if I couldn't even put in a new light switch

hushed basalt
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Come at me bro

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We definitely defintely can't put in new light switches

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Or change light fixtures like for like

scenic radish
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Goodness

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I replaced a bunch of my switches with dimmers, can't imagine paying someone for that

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But...I also know what I'm doing and know my limits

hushed basalt
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Yep hence why when I intend to run RPIs around the house it's cheaper to buy POE hats and use POE ports than it is to run a powerpoint there

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A 2 man team of electricians would probably charge you.. $200/hour?

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plus 30-50% markup on materials or more

tidal bronze
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Can you install a patch cord without supervision?

hushed basalt
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Yes

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As long as it's preterminated

tidal bronze
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Phew

hushed basalt
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Any equipment must also be licensed for Australia

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So technically that rules out even random rj45 jacks off aliexpress

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I know I'll be buying cheap keystone jacks off amazon when I do my house though

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No one is ever going to look at the model number of my jacks

tidal bronze
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Is this generating revenue + keeping standards or just keeping standards.?

hushed basalt
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Well the 'reasoning' is

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Think back to the 80s where 'telecommunications' was purely a telephone

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People doing crappy wiring could have it accidently connected to 240v

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Or ground it, or use random dodgey telephones

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Which would not be nice for the technicians working on the telecoms infrastructure

static schooner
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RING

hushed basalt
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But yeah it's nanny state really

static schooner
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boom

hushed basalt
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Telephone rings are about 90v AC,

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current limited but it'll give you a tickle

static schooner
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I’ve been on the wrong side. It’s great fun

tidal bronze
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So homeowner has no right to open a wall or do anything of that sort ?

scenic radish
tidal bronze
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Same cell ID?

peak cloud
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Clouds, air pollution, cars driving by, multi-pathing, etc.

scenic radish
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Fair, just seems dramatic

tidal bronze
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Looking at your signal level you must be on the fringe and switching cells.

peak cloud
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Yeah, a 30% delta does seem pretty ridiculous.

tidal bronze
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Pop up engineering mode on your phone and you can double check

scenic radish
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Probably quad...I have poor signal throughout my condo, probably because it has concrete ceilings, floors, and exterior wall construction

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And brick veneer outside that lol

peak cloud
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Can you get a mini cell, or whatever those tiny towers from the carrier are called?

tidal bronze
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They don't do that anymore right ?

scenic radish
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Cell extender? Maybe...I think TMobile discontinued them

peak cloud
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Oh, I have no idea. I have never needed one, just read about them somewhere.

tidal bronze
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They discontinued before LTE

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You can also use tasker and get a good idea if you are jumping cells

scenic radish
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Sitting in my living room, my phone's signal on LTE is -113 dBm lol

tidal bronze
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Wowza

scenic radish
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"you just get a l'il LTE"

tidal bronze
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Still won't downgrade to 4g and it holds?

scenic radish
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Yeah it stays on LTE, no issues

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Apparently -113 dBm is two out of four bars

tidal bronze
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TMO is all about the bottom line that up/down costs money. Lol.

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Keep Tedi glued to LTE

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Why not go 5G ?

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I tested the low band 5G deployment on TMO mind numbing coverage.

scenic radish
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Don't wanna get covid

tidal bronze
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LMAO

scenic radish
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Nah, I'm on an OG Pixel XL, no COVID-5G for me

tidal bronze
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You will be very happy with 5G even on a ventilator

scenic radish
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"I'm hanging by a thread, but my cell signal fucking rocks"

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5G seems interesting, but I thought it has even less range than 4G because of the wavelength?

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Or does TMobile just have a ton of the spectrum

tidal bronze
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3 bands. Low mid narrow. Vzw went with narrow band to start. TMO went bottom up.

scenic radish
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Oh I seeeeeeeeeeee

tidal bronze
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Ultimately will have all three bands.

scenic radish
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Sign up for magenta yet?

tidal bronze
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I like the low band first. I need sustained coverage not 1.7gb down underneath the damn antenna.

scenic radish
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Get that """"free"""" third SIM card?

tidal bronze
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Not yet because working on a deal and might get the sim for free.

scenic radish
tidal bronze
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Lol.

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You should test a 5g phone at your place.

scenic radish
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Yeah I'd be interested to see for sure

tidal bronze
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I ran the test with one plus. Can't wait for the N20

hushed basalt
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Can you put the modem on a usb extension cable

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Get it in a better position and orientation

scenic radish
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Yeah, I've got it on an extension in seemingly the best spot

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Tbh it just needs a strong enough signal to send out an SMS

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The dunder mix was my favorite out of the hard candies @clear ferry

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I like the sour on the inside

clear ferry
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I'll have to buy you a five kilo pack then @scenic radish

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@green inlet it looks just fine openeyecry openeyecry

thick dragon
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Nothing more frustrating than having something new and shiny to play with, but not being able to.

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Solar sitting on my roof, and can't do squat with it until energy provider upgrades my meter 😦

forest edge
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I love how these stores are coming out with all kinds of hand sanitizers and masks in bulk now and they price gouge for it even tho the "big scare" aspect of covid is over so nothing is rushing off the shelfs lol

clear ferry
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USA, not even done with wave 1 of covid yet CatRee

forest edge
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Norway, 100% infected so just went meh smartpepe

clear ferry
green verge
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my face when I got to star it first

clear ferry
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@hushed basalt just left my torrent with planetes open and it finally downloaded it

light trout
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That repo in itself is not that cool, but if you go to his profile it now shows the same content

young sigil
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It it wrong that I mentally pronounce his user name as ball-lube?

clear ferry
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I do bah-loo-oob

wet pilot
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I do bah-loob

clear ferry
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@young sigil you are from down under ish though, you are excused!

forest edge
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It it wrong that I mentally pronounce his user name as ball-lube?
@young sigil thou shall be banned forever! 🔨

thick dragon
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Classic Jemaine!

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My partner and I just finished second season of What We Do In The Shadows. Such a hilarious show.

forest edge
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the vampire show?

thick dragon
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Yeah

forest edge
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the energy vampire is the best

thick dragon
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Yeah, easily the best character in there. Not a character who was in the original movie either.

clear ferry
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Colin Robinson is my spirit animal

hearty depot
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@young sigil thanks for that... it's in my head now

clear ferry