#the-water-cooler

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night zodiac
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CS

hearty depot
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I dont get AWS lightsail Containers
a nano node with 512 MB RAM 0.25 vCPUs and data transfer quota of 500 GB cost 7$wile a instance with 4x the CPU power and double transfer rate for 3,50$?

chilly nymph
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Ok I think I just can't trust anything in my house anymore. I knew I should probe it, but figured if the electrician went so far as to mark line and load, they'd be correct. Nope.

deft pewter
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Doesn't Lightsail also start at tree fiddy?

Plans starting at $3.50 per month

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And this sounds better than having to run an EC2 and still have to deal with certificate management and Route53:

Additionally, Lightsail load balancers include integrated certificate management, providing free SSL/TLS certificates that can be provisioned and added to a load balancer in just a few clicks. You can request and manage certificates directly from the Lightsail console – and we manage renewals on your behalf.

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I haven't found a need to use Lightsail so far but it doesn't sound awful.

hearty depot
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just "need" a IRC bridge.
Little pissed that cloud init doees not work, but the web ssh console is nice.
I would pay more with my ISP for a public IP.. and my transfer speed sucks at home.

deft pewter
night zodiac
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oh my goodness

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yells to girlfriend

deft pewter
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Can't you cook?

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If I demanded my wife cook for me every time I got hungry, I wouldn't have a wife.

night zodiac
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I can cook, lol. I used to be a cook. I rather not cook.

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she just does groceries so I need her to buy things.

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I am actually out of practice at the moment. I had a sprint of cooking a lot a few months ago but have been buying new things to play with.

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sous vide machine in the mail for tomorrow and ann unrelated rack of lamb in the freezer

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I'm going to sous vide some steaks tomorrow though. nummy

deft pewter
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That sounds disgusting 🤢

night zodiac
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which part

deft pewter
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Sous vide steaks...

night zodiac
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steak or lamb

deft pewter
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Isn't that basically boiled steak?

night zodiac
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lol, I have a torch I use for dabbing and cast iron

deft pewter
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How do you get the outside charred and the inside raw?

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You know, like a real steak.

night zodiac
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blow torch

clever mortar
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Or just ask my Gran 😉

scenic radish
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sous vide for steak is often followed up with a torch or grill

deft pewter
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But it'll be cooked right through if you use a sous vide, right?

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Feels like a lot of effort when searing it for 1-2 minutes on each side on a griddle gets you the perfect steak.

night zodiac
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you control the temp of the water very nicely to where it doesn't get super cooked

deft pewter
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If the inside is cooked at all, it's basically ruined 🤣

night zodiac
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I like medium rare on the rarish side and it will be a learning experience

deft pewter
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This is how I imagine your sous vide steak:

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night zodiac
deft pewter
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Still looks overdone to me

cedar chasm
night zodiac
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the one on the right isn't sous vide

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whooops

deft pewter
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If a good vet couldn't bring it back to life, it's overcooked.

night zodiac
deft pewter
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Yeah, that's the picture that I thought still looks overdone. There's no blood coming out of it.

night zodiac
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okay

deft pewter
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I like the outside charred and the inside just a little bloody 🙂

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But to each their own.

night zodiac
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I like the texture when it is cooked just a bit more

deft pewter
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I haven't actually tried sous vide cooking. I just got the impression it would result in a thoroughly cooked steak.

night zodiac
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I hope not. I usually throw my steaks in the freezer for like an hour before I cook it so I can get a better outside without cooking inside. I haven't cooked steaks in a while though

deft pewter
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I've never frozen them first, I just cook them straight outta the fridge so the inside stays cool.

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Our local supermarket often has multi-buy deals on steak, so I pick them up whenever there's a deal on. Sometimes they even include fillet in the deal.

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Two fillet steaks for £7 is something I'll never pass up.

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Some homemade peppercorn sauce and fresh veg... mmm.

scenic radish
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btw fun fact, it's not blood, it's a protein called myoglobin

deft pewter
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Where's the myoglobin from?

scenic radish
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ur mum

deft pewter
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no u

scenic radish
night zodiac
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I have the service where I can get steaks straight from the meat boys

clear ferry
scenic radish
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Meat Boys™️

deft pewter
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Ah, so myoglobin is almost like hemoglobin, just in muscle. smart

scenic radish
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that sounds like a porno

night zodiac
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once it is possible to get a freezer, I'll have half a mooer in my house

deft pewter
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We had a flyer through the door the other day for a company that does 'exotic' meats. They had stuff like kangaroo steaks. I'm tempted to try some of their stuff.

night zodiac
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see if you have any delivery farmer markets in your area. Might be some exotic farms near you

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62701 as zip to see what I see

forest edge
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lol online farmer markets

night zodiac
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they all meet up once a week and then they deliver the shit for other nerds in their area

forest edge
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we have farmer markets here every week. sure some have some kind of online thing but it's mostly just some parking lot thing

night zodiac
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yeah, parking lot has always been the way but I like the delivery

deft pewter
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At the moment, I'd take the delivery over the in-person shopping experience.

night zodiac
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yeah, our walmart gets loaded into our trunk, kroger comes to house, farmers market to house

forest edge
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when it comes to produce and such, i'd rather look before i buy lol

night zodiac
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fo sho. there are ratings tied directly to the name of the meat you're getting so it is a little less random

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PRIDE

hushed basalt
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Laughs in buying a deep freezer in 2018

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prays it doesn't break

night zodiac
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haha, yeah, too bad I can't get one yet :/

forest edge
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just don't buy a 2018 or any made within the last 20 years and you will be good to go

hushed basalt
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What are your thoughts

night zodiac
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like you have to ping atx to get his opinion 😛

hushed basalt
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I should just post a gif

deft pewter
wet pilot
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...

deft pewter
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Don't play with your food!

forest edge
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that is gross

scenic radish
night zodiac
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das hot

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🍑

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more

scenic radish
night zodiac
scenic radish
night zodiac
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I used to do that when i was little

scenic radish
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Disturbing

hushed basalt
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Nonononono

subtle pasture
night zodiac
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only you can prevent torn buttholes 🛢️

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LMAO. my girlfriend is cooking with her instapot and I was working on my automatons. I started doing stuff with my buzzer in the kitchen and she thought the instapot was going to explode.

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scatman 🎵

wet pilot
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lolol

forest edge
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hmm automate women's vibrating underwear 🤔

wet pilot
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almost definitely has been done

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i mean, all those cam-girls with that one vibrator that can be linked to receiving donations

forest edge
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lol

hushed basalt
wet pilot
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booo

hushed basalt
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It's a pretty extreme hack though

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You'd have to be extremely high value

night zodiac
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yay, I broke down my automations

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now just to do all of the rest

scenic radish
clear ferry
hushed basalt
clear ferry
clear ferry
clear ferry
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Actually in the city working

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First time in.... Over a month I think

hushed basalt
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Did you have a thought about the linksys ap

hushed basalt
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Sorry do I need to ask that in gif form

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@clear ferry

forest edge
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atx likely can't speak in real life, his only form of communication outside of the internet is hand gestures and facial expressions in 3 to 6 second durations

clever mortar
low harness
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March 2018: A Microsoft representative claims they'll look into implementing python scripting in excel.

hushed basalt
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Lol

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Still not that useful

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But weird that they went with javascript considering python is hands down the language for data science

fathom prairie
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Can I chat to someone

green basalt
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Sure. What's up?

fathom prairie
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Can we talk instead of type

green basalt
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Sorry, I do not have a microphone on this computer.

fathom prairie
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Sorry ... Thought there was a chat room

scenic radish
clever mortar
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Almost nobody uses it though 😉

deft pewter
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If there's ever someone in there, they're just lost

green basalt
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@deft pewter Hehe.

last plaza
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I usually disconnect folks if they are just alone in that server for too long

fathom prairie
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I just have a quick question ... Can I install ha on a pi4 b+

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pi3 b+

low harness
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yes

fathom prairie
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pi3

low harness
fathom prairie
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Tried ... To install on a pi 3 getting errors ... There is an image for pi 3 but I get errors

clear ferry
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@hushed basalt I didn't look at it /remindme 16h

last plaza
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@fathom prairie you can run Docker on RPi. With Docker, HA installation is just one line of command. You don’t have to mess with anything.

opaque girder
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@last plaza HassOS is (was) supposed to be the one you don't need to mess with anything 😅

last plaza
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Never been a fan of any other methods other than Docker or venv.

fathom prairie
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I'll post my error in a min

night zodiac
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Lol, nest screen decided to show everything as a badge this mornjng

clever mortar
night zodiac
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"Your order should arrive within 45-45 Days" The confidence makes me happy.

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ahhhh shit. I used my old address, lol

clear ferry
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North pole?

night zodiac
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meh, I'll just have to watch the tracking like a hawk and go get it

clear ferry
eager geyser
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im getting a "computer cant read the data from micro sd card" type error after i flash my sd card with balena

clear ferry
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Well, you better head over to your installation channel then

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And probably throw out the sd card

eager geyser
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is this how its supposed to look like after the flash?

clear ferry
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We don't know and you aren't supposed to ask here

velvet horizonBOT
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chilly nymph
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@clear ferry can you give me help? I'm trying to install home assistant on a hockey puck, but I can't ping it.

clear ferry
heavy ginkgo
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hockey pucks dont even have internet

clear ferry
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Your hockey puck sucks then!

chilly nymph
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@heavy ginkgo that's ok. I'm just doing a local install

clear ferry
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Hockey puck 4+

chilly nymph
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Don't need the cloud

heavy ginkgo
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hockey pucks are air gapped

clear ferry
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With usb 8.1

chilly nymph
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No, I got the apple variant. Lightning.

clear ferry
heavy ginkgo
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apple makes hockey pucks ? does California even have a team in the NHL?

chilly nymph
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Ok I got it to ping. Just had to drop it on a pan

clear ferry
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Try flashing the bios

chilly nymph
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But the sd card flew off and now it can't be located

clear ferry
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hockey14.bin

heavy ginkgo
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im really confused by the post on reddit,

clear ferry
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The one about installing the custom component for snowballing?

heavy ginkgo
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someone was asking about HA support on a treatlife light switch. Someone responded and said they'd never let an insecure device like that on their network. but then recommended that they flash them with tuya-convert.

clear ferry
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Which would be the sane thing to do

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Or flash it via pins

chilly nymph
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Yeah, tasmota ftw

heavy ginkgo
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it still seems rather ironic lol

clear ferry
night zodiac
scenic radish
heavy ginkgo
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^ thats one strange peacock

night zodiac
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ANSWER THEM

scenic radish
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I DEMAND AN ANSWER

heavy ginkgo
# scenic radish Why?

because you're just trading platforms, if you're exposing the device to the internet, its still going to be insecure regardless of the firmware you're flashing on it. Local device issues on the board or firmware are pretty non-existent unless you're allowing public access to your home on a regular basis.

scenic radish
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Tasmota only reaches out to the internet for NTP, and you could just run your own local NTP server

night zodiac
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before tasmota, you can see the device chatting away to remote servers. tasmota fixes that.

scenic radish
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And you can block its internet access and it still functions properly

heavy ginkgo
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that said, i'm not disputing that the firmware is superior to tpllink/treatlife, especially since you can use it in HA

night zodiac
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it's also on github

scenic radish
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HitGub

heavy ginkgo
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there's plenty of mitigations to make an insecure device secure with network mitigations, but thats just my point. its ironic to say not to put tp-link/treatlife in your network and to flash them ( which i agree with flashing them). but the same mitigations can be applied to either.

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though they wont work in HA, so it's pointless. i'd prefer a cheap switch that i'd flash to begin with.

night zodiac
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I rushed to make a bunch of automations right before bed last night and managed to mess them all up

deft pewter
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I'd expect nothing less from you, Bu.

night zodiac
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mono, eat my

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heart

clear ferry
night zodiac
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I did a speed run of copy/pasting all of my night lights

heavy ginkgo
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my 5yo would never let me sleep if i broke her night lights

night zodiac
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my 29 year old gf runs away from dark rooms so I am just reducing running in the house

clear ferry
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I always loved the line Tweeter was a Boy Scout 'fore she went to Vietnam

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Followed by Jan said to the Monkey Man, "I'm not fooled by Tweeter's curl I knew him long before he became a Jersey Girl"

night zodiac
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on-the-fly scenes so fresh

clear ferry
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It be snowing

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\o/

last dirge
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dat heavy lens distortion doe

clear ferry
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I no man

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It hard

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You belta too?

night zodiac
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how do you do that thing that you do

last plaza
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Do you know what that is?

last dirge
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a flower head of some sort

last plaza
night zodiac
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Wow, he thinks you don't know what a picture is.

last plaza
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It’s weed 😂

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I used my macro lens on the weed 😝

night zodiac
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My weed looks different

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Indoor can look a bit different than outdoor though

deft pewter
night zodiac
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oh, yay. sewer people are here to fix my PIPES

scenic radish
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The Gang Storms the Capitol Building

night zodiac
scenic radish
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Lmao

clear ferry
fallen furnace
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I have a breaker box related question. If I have two thick wires coming in along with ground, do I only monitor one of the black wires using CT clamp to determine the power consumption or do I need to monitor both black wires?

deft pewter
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Yes

fallen furnace
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on...?

last plaza
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I love answering “yes” when people ask question with two different options.

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Question: Is it a red wire or a black wire?
Answer: Yes. 🤣

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@fallen furnace you just need one black/live wire

fallen furnace
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Alright. Just wanted to confirm

last plaza
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That thing is not going to blow up. There is nothing wrong in trying different options.

fallen furnace
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Oh I know, it's just a pain having to open up the breaker box and shove the CT clamp on a thick cable

night zodiac
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can you link me the clamps you have?

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if you have something with 2 clamps and have merica power, you need a third clamp or you will only get every other breaker

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unless it states other magic

fallen furnace
night zodiac
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that does not look like it is meant for a breaker box

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That's for like a single device which would be 2 wire at that point.

last dirge
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it's a CT clamp

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makes sense to put it in a central location

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AKA load center

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AKA breaker box

night zodiac
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do whatever you want with 'er, lol

last dirge
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right, only goes around the "line" for a breaker

last cedar
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Was thinking things like that would make good measurement devices for power consumption for stuff like washing machine, dishwasher, etc

night zodiac
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oooh, I didn't think about this for some reason. I searched for monitoring plugs for some reason but didn't think about the clamps.

last dirge
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@last cedar that's exactly what they're for

last cedar
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Of course, said appliance needs its own breaker

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But that is pretty standard these days, when redoing stuff

last dirge
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the ones that actually use a lot of power usually do

night zodiac
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yee, dryer and stove are required unless you want 🔥

clear ferry
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Clamps 🤢

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Smart meters catKISS

last cedar
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Some clamps are nice atx...

clear ferry
last cedar
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Also, smart meter can't show power consumption of a specific device, only total

night zodiac
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the ones that were linked above, I looked at other reviews and people said they start to buzz when used on a single appliance, lol

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have you seen the ones from schneider electric?

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they are magic $$$ looking things

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adds to amazon wishlist

last cedar
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Only up to 6000A tho

night zodiac
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DAMN

last cedar
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Atx would need at least 4

night zodiac
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😛

last cedar
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It shouldn't be a closed system though

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If it had an api I would be all over it, depending on price

night zodiac
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I'm just glad someone has started it in some form so maybe one day I can afford one

last cedar
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I want to measure dishwasher, washer, dryer, so not everything

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We don't even have a dryer atm

night zodiac
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oh no

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I bought a ton of temp sensors and they need ESP's so I can just add some ghetto wire to my CLAMPS

last cedar
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UPS can report via NUT

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Maybe actually water heater would be nice to know

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And then a total current usage on each phase

night zodiac
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yeah, I have NUT. works very well that I forget about it

last cedar
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So I don't pay for larger fuses than needed

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Need to redo fuse box in all houses I looked at

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Most houses are not earthed, and no rcd

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So redo the entire system

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Only certain rooms earthed. My ups will just nope out

scenic radish
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Must be some old houses if they use fuses instead of breakers

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And no ground...

last cedar
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Yeah, ceramic round things

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They in themselves are no problem

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Just that they can't be reset

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But no where near as elegant as modern din rail solutions

night zodiac
clear ferry
night zodiac
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Four trucks here for the sewer and I don't see a single person.

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They just be in the depths

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Must *

scenic radish
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|| you can edit messages ||

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This ain't IRC boi

night zodiac
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I thought about it but then compared the effort

heavy ginkgo
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lol

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same issue i have in work chats lol

clear ferry
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Y'all n00bs

night zodiac
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I might fall asleep if I long press on mobile

clear ferry
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I'm still trying to force my 50+ yo collegues to use teams

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They probably won't until we kill Skype

heavy ginkgo
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i bet document revisions are fun for you then 😛

clear ferry
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The only documentation I do are low-level designs and cabling diagrams thankfully

heavy ginkgo
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the majority of the team i am on are pretty technical in nature, so it's fairly easy. But, occasionally we need to work with people outside of our team and they end up emailing documents via email when we have systems designed for real time document revisions :/

clear ferry
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I've done some document revisions in realtime for some excel, that is fun with 50 users at the same time

scenic radish
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Lol wtf

clear ferry
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Like playing snake in excel

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👀

night zodiac
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there are people playing snake in my yard

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cuties

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I wonder if he said yes

clear ferry
night zodiac
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oh no, he just broke his machine

clear ferry
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@deft pewter @clever mortar if you want some blades I ordered two different ones today and the price was the same for 100 and 10 so I will probably have a lot of spare ones wtf

clever mortar
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I've got over a year's supply already

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Amusingly Amazon suggest I should buy another 50 every other month.... 😂

clear ferry
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I ordered the Derby Extra that I've been happy with and the new Derby USTA that had great reviews, 5 and 6 £ each for 100 wtf

clever mortar
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I've got Gillette, though the Derby's are fine too IMO

deft pewter
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Amazon are wrong. 25 blades a month is nuts, even if you're shaving almost every day.

night zodiac
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yay poo pipe is cleared

clear ferry
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You want some @deft pewter ?

deft pewter
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I'm good, thanks. Got several year's worth already 😄

clear ferry
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I'll just replace it every three days then and still have 3 years worth

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🐔

last dirge
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I just shave like twice a year

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lifetime supply

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boom

deft pewter
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Monthly for me, depending on how often the wife complains.

last dirge
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the rest of the time I just hit it with the balding clippers

deft pewter
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I'm too lazy to shave but she doesn't like me hairy.

last dirge
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usually once a week or so

clear ferry
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@deft pewter

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I've joined a AI training project

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Which is supposed to train an AI to spot groomers

night zodiac
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I can go to PetsMart and get you some data

clear ferry
night zodiac
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such a handsome dog

last cedar
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Lots of snow today

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I ride bike to/ from work

deft pewter
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ride slide bike

last cedar
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Me riding home

deft pewter
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Awww

night zodiac
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smart lil fucker

deft pewter
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You still mad that you can't ride a bike?

clear ferry
last cedar
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😂

night zodiac
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my glass mat under my chair moves a surprising amount

deft pewter
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That's all the excess weight.

night zodiac
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das insane, weight moves 'er sideways. I'm large.

scenic radish
clear ferry
night zodiac
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I can't leave. I don't want to lose my role. best role.

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NO ROLES = NO RULES

scenic radish
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NotDefinedError: Variable 'NO ROLES' is not defined

night zodiac
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if bird then terd()

vast lily
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ive come across similar projects but they use additional sensors, one uses an additional resistor, i thought this one was interesting because they are directly putting the bare wires into the water

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i was thinking since i only need to know when the level gets too high i can just tape the ground wire and a digital pin wire to the top of the bucket and let the water complete the circuit

last dirge
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that'll work until your wire oxidizes

vast lily
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ok Cool thanks i will post there

night zodiac
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meh, I don't feel like updating my unifi passwords right now. someone reminds me later

scenic radish
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No

night zodiac
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oN: eroideT

last dirge
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which one of you nerds can answer some questions about IP phones?

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@hushed basalt oi, seems like that's up your alley

night zodiac
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lmao

last dirge
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what?

night zodiac
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his name

last dirge
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he's really a telco tech though

forest edge
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like office phones or turning landline phones into a voip?

last dirge
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in Straya

night zodiac
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I figured, I like like the "bad" part.

forest edge
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office phones

hushed basalt
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Ask away

night zodiac
hushed basalt
last dirge
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is there a situation whereby I can buy a phone that I can use on whatever network as long as it's got a RJ45 connection?

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my wife's office is going all remote but they're not providing any virtual telco stuff

hushed basalt
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Like a VOIP phone?

last dirge
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and I'll be damned if she's going to use either her cell phone or our VOIP line to give out to clients (prisoners) or other attorneys

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my VOIP experience is extremely limited

hushed basalt
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Could just get another voip account

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And a voip handset like a yealink

scenic radish
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Google voice number boi

hushed basalt
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And configure the account directly in the phone

scenic radish
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It's free

last dirge
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I've got a VOIP gateway through Ooma

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but I don't think I can add lines to it

hushed basalt
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We don't have google voice here

night zodiac
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I used to use a service called Grasshopper for voicemails and all sorts of things separate from work but might be a bit too much

forest edge
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you can have multiple gvoice numbers going to the same phone

scenic radish
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But you're not the one asking for a solution 2Think

last dirge
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I don't want to have to fuck around with making sure she follows all the steps to make a call via google voice vs her regular phone

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just want something she can pick up and it's a totally different number

hushed basalt
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I'd just buy a yealink handset

last dirge
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AND it'd do vmail

forest edge
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I don't think there is any "steps"

hushed basalt
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And get a voip provider that does voicemail

forest edge
#

maybe hitting a button before calling out at most

night zodiac
hushed basalt
#

Put it in the web admin of the phone

last dirge
#

yealink looks like it needs that gateway thing

hushed basalt
#

Then you have a seperate phone that just works

#

Nah you can put accounts directly in

forest edge
#

many traditional phones have a switch for line 1 and line 2 as is, you just put the gvoice on line 2 and thats that

last dirge
#

so just by a SIP somewhere that's got voicemail?

hushed basalt
#

You might need upnp or port forwarding on your router

#

Yep

#

Most should do voicemail to email too

last dirge
#

the goal is she may eventually have a shared office

#

I'd want her to be able to take whatever into the office and it work there too

night zodiac
#

grasshopper was nice because I could set up extensions and then easily transfer people to numbers I used often

#

or they could just automatically talk to someone else other than me, lol

hushed basalt
#

As long as the office provider has the network flexible enough

last dirge
#

it's the state

#

so probably not

hushed basalt
#

There's probably no way to bring a voip phone into an office without some collaboration from IT

last dirge
hushed basalt
#

That's just a voip phone,

#

But the rj45 goes into the DECT basestation

last dirge
#

yeah

#

shit, might have to think more about this

hushed basalt
#

My strong preference is for corded phones

last dirge
#

at home I've got no hardwired network upstairs

#

so I'd have to string cable to accomplish that

hushed basalt
#

The DECT stuff is pretty crappy tbh

last dirge
#

or put a switch on this damn "range extender" that acts as a bridge

#

SUCK MY DECT

#

so this Fisher Price "My first VOIP" phone would get the job done?

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looks like yes

hushed basalt
#

I'd try for a t42s

last dirge
hushed basalt
#

This is what account registration looks like inside the phone

last dirge
#

so just needs 5060 out

hushed basalt
#

Voip can get a bit tricky,

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That's just for registration, but actually voice data goes on other ports

last dirge
#

you damn kids these days

#

back in my day the phone was bolted to the wall

night zodiac
#

how long was your cord?

last dirge
#

depends on when the last time it was unspun/unknotted

night zodiac
#

haha

#

that was my favorite game as a kid

#

untangle the phone cord

#

I think my aqara motion sensor I put on my porch is picking up every car that drives by. It needs a new position.

last dirge
#

or a blinder

night zodiac
#

I have just managed to set it up in the worst possible way

deft pewter
#

Wrap it in duct tape and the cars won't be a problem.

night zodiac
#

I didn't think it was that sensitive

deft pewter
#

Mine picks things up across the street. When it works...

last dirge
#

@hushed basalt got any recommendations on a SIP provider?

night zodiac
#

I can probably just aim it down more

hushed basalt
#

Sorry you'd need a local one

#

Same coast as you

#

I'd see if your ISP has one, you could try that

#

@night zodiac car windows reflect light

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So they blast your porch with light.

#

IR in particular

night zodiac
#

I am going to face it towrads the door rather than mount it on the door side.

#

just at the top of the stairs there, fook it

hushed basalt
#

Just use a tripwire attached to some cans

night zodiac
#

genius

hushed basalt
#

Then get 20 cats

night zodiac
#

I am going to try a vibration sensor on my trash cans. I ordered one for the mailbox but might audible that to the trashcans

hushed basalt
#

And put food in the cans

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So they swarm visitors covered in cat food

night zodiac
#

getting my hungry

hushed basalt
#

I put a PIR in my letterbox

#

Snails set it off though

night zodiac
#

yeah, I'll let you know how the vibration sensor goes

#

hopefully the mail lady doesn't yoink it off

hushed basalt
#

DIY it

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The more wires sticking out the better

night zodiac
#

I actually did think about making a laser trip wire but didn't want it looking sketchy

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yeah, haha

hushed basalt
#

Postal service love DIY devices

deft pewter
night zodiac
#

sounds like my gmod file from way back when

hushed basalt
night zodiac
#

yay, only took me 10 minutes to remove the adhesive from this sensor

#

thumb rubbing intensifies

hushed basalt
#

I want to talk about Star Trek Discovery but I don't want to spoil it for anyone

night zodiac
#

I think you're the only one still watching star trek, it's okay. jk

#

I'm sure there are dozens of you

forest edge
#

only seen the first season they released on cable

#

it's certianly not as good at the originals but it had some interesting points

night zodiac
#

yeah, I was just joking. 😛

#

mono, shh

deft pewter
#

ST:D is great. I love that it's a bit different from the others... I guess that's just kinda what they do.

night zodiac
#

oh, I felt like he was coming after me

deft pewter
#

Looking forward to more Picard too, assuming there's another season.

forest edge
#

i hadn't seen picard but everything i read said that was a trainwreck into a dumpster fire

deft pewter
#

It wasn't your typical Star Trek series. Just a story set in the Star Trek universe.

#

But it was enjoyable.

forest edge
#

they said it made picard look weak and old

deft pewter
#

He... is weak and old.

#

He's like 90 years past retirement age, with all the bodily failures that come with old age.

#

But he gets drawn into events that he can't ignore.

#

He's not a Federation captain anymore. He doesn't have a crew or a ship of his own. That's what I mean by it not being a typical ST show.

night zodiac
#

|| boobs ||

deft pewter
#

It's almost a sci-fi crime show in the ST universe.

#

Oof. Another reason not to like Ubiquiti... they just had a data breach and can't rule out that user data was leaked.

night zodiac
#

yeah, that is why I was saying to remind me to change my passwords, lol. deir host

deft pewter
#

Following Troy Hunt on Twitter means hearing a lot more about these breaches, not just the ones you're actually affected by

glacial canyon
#

Slow history, slow running of automations. RPi4 4GB, 64GB Samsung Endurance MicroSD card. Any ideas what might be the issue? Also the whole webinterface can be laggy sometimes. It's not always the case. Sometimes lights (through automation) go on within a second, sometimes 5s or longer? Also history loading can be 2-3s or sometimes 10-15s. What could cause this?

deft pewter
#

👋

#

And read topics 😉

#

Oh, and crossposting... noice

velvet horizonBOT
#

@glacial canyon Please DO NOT cross post. Read the channel description, post it and wait for folks to respond.

Command '.crosspost' was invoked by: mono
deft pewter
#

If you've already asked for help... wait.

forest edge
#

500 bucks for a modern arcade cabinet that is smaller/shorter and hosting older games is a complete rip off.

#

the originals didn't even cost that much

#

infact when arcades started phasing out you could pick up many of them for around 100 bucks

deft pewter
#

I always wanted one of those dance machines...

night zodiac
#

DDR, lol

deft pewter
#

No space for it and they aren't cheap.

#

DDR = 🤢

#

Pump It Up = 🔥

hushed basalt
#

I suspect arcade cabinets were pretty expensive new

#

Adjusted for inflation

#

You can't compare the used cost of them during the bust of arcade

forest edge
#

coin operated machines were around 3k brand new but they were commercial bought only

#

and the games they hosted was also new

deft pewter
#

Ouch. That would've been a lot.

forest edge
#

not for a business

#

at a quarter a pop they made that back quick

#

those machines were built to last and take a beating as well

hushed basalt
forest edge
#

i dunno atx has to take a verbal beating all the time lol

deft pewter
#

I hear he can take a good pounding.

night zodiac
deft pewter
#

poundtag giggidy

#

That's a hash, you fool.

night zodiac
deft pewter
#

Ooo, American Gods S3 is airing.

#

Maybe they'll finally tell the story instead of spending several seasons in chapter 1.

night zodiac
#

my delivery people at night are going to get blasted with light now. excellent.

#

I love on-the-fly scenes A LOT

#

the broadlink humidity sensor seems to read a bit high in my comparisons to the bme280

forest edge
#

talking about that pro sensor built into the cable?

night zodiac
#

yeah, the mistake buy 😛

forest edge
#

mine has been fairly accurate

night zodiac
#

I'll compare it to another bme I already have soldered up and see what she says

#

some time

forest edge
#

gotta make sure they are next to each other since humidity can vary

night zodiac
#

yeah, might just be that. they are about 2 feet from each other but one is hanging out of the outlet and one is lying against the tv stand or something I think

#

I don't really want to use it, 'just curious about the readings but I will try to get the closer for fun

deft pewter
#

Not too close or you'll end up with more than 2 of them.

night zodiac
#

$$$$$$$$$$

tidal bronze
#

50% humidity ? 🤔

forest edge
#

image like a whole room with that floor

#

I wonder if there is a place with a dance floor like that

quartz roost
#

that is a seriously cool video lol

wise cypress
#

whats the easiest way other than samba to access configuration.yaml?

hushed basalt
#

Vscode remote ssh

#

I give up on American gods

#

First season nearly lost me

#

Season 2 really lost me

#

Can't even enjoy watching Emily Browning since she's a rotting corpse

forest edge
night zodiac
#

turns out my blaster's off function does work and my gf must have just lied to me when testing

forest edge
#

women.. just can't trust them

night zodiac
#

I probably explained it poorly - her probably

chilly nymph
#

@forest edge And yet we listen to them

heavy ginkgo
#

blasters off? are you in a space ship:

night zodiac
#

IR blaster

chilly nymph
#

@subtle pasture Did you print a case, buy one, or did you do something different for your pi+ssd?

subtle pasture
#

It's currently just in a standard Pi case with the SSD held to the bottom with Velcro

forest edge
subtle pasture
#

A printed case isn't a bad idea, or I could upgrade to a Pi 4, and get one of those snazzy new Pi 4 + SSD cases

forest edge
#

deskpi pro case and tell everyone it's a nuc

green inlet
night zodiac
#

The sous vide steak is good

last dirge
#

skull canyon NUC FTW

clear ferry
clever mortar
clear ferry
#

I'm atleast four of those

#

🐔

clever mortar
#

But, would you want to live in Aus?

clear ferry
dull current
dusk quarry
#

Does the HA Blue run a 64bit instance by default?

forest edge
clever mortar
#

Other than, why is Sonama blue... nobody knows that one 😛

#

Quickly runs away and hides

rare condor
#

I started a project to add lighting to my backyard. I thought it would take a day, its 4 weeks later and I am now learning about Direct Memory Access controllers on the STM32 platform. I think I over complicate things

#

I could have bought string lights from the hardware store, but no I go and build a mesh lighting network with Modbus (over RS485), MQTT, WLED and 9 MCUs. 🤦‍♂️

deft pewter
#

12V WS2811 strips. Sorted.

orchid rose
#

too ez

forest edge
#

@clever mortar Sonama? we don't need no stinking Sonama! Ban him!

#

smart plug + outdoor decor lights and done lol

clear ferry
#

I love it when a case has been open for two months, with three different vendors

#

Noone can solve it

#

I'm onsite for an hour....

#

And I've learned a new switch cli in the mean time

forest edge
#

to be fair can norwegians even read the norwegian language printed?

clever mortar
#

I've seen so many folks fail because they know something must be true/false, without every checking

clear ferry
#

"this is supposed to be like this"

#

WELL WHAT IF IT ISN'T

clever mortar
clear ferry
#

I've never touched dell network os before

#

It was horrible

#

1/10 can't recommend

forest edge
clear ferry
#

I just noticed I had put a bag of the cherry candy I got from @scenic radish in my bag

#

The one that has so much sugar it feels like I'm having a case of diabetes when eating five

deft pewter
clear ferry
#

Is it the one about American superiority?

deft pewter
#

Terry Crews for President 2024!

forest edge
deft pewter
#

We're getting close to that reality and I don't like it.

clear ferry
#

@deft pewter もの

#

@forest edge そのま

deft pewter
#

Invalid use of hiragana, old man.

#

Should be katakana.

#

Borrowed words 😉

clear ferry
forest edge
#

👺

clear ferry
#

I cheat and use hiregana too much

#

I should get back to studying

last plaza
#

Hiragana and katakana? N00bies! Try Kanji

last dirge
#

did I stumble into weeb world?

scenic radish
eager geyser
#

a quick question to experts, how often do you need to connect your rasb pi to a monitor to use it or do you make everything off your laptop. i dont know if i should get a screen for my pi. have it connected to my tv atm which is not very practical

scenic radish
#

SSH exists for this exact reason

eager geyser
#

thanks will try it

scenic radish
#

Or telnet, if you're into that

clever mortar
torpid fjord
#

Never had a monitor connected to my Pi - been running for at least a year....

eager geyser
#

damn why did i buy this hdmi cable lol

#

this was easy

scenic radish
#

Ehh, nothing wrong with having a spare

tame sand
#

Or when you lock yourself out by changing the ssh config. Not as if that has happened to me before. 🤔

clever mortar
#

Thankfully you can tell SSHd to reload the config while running, and then test your changes before you disconnect

eager geyser
#

got it to work!

#

next step is to learn how to get my tellistick to work

#

🙂

fiery nebula
#

hello everyone

scenic radish
fiery nebula
#

🙂

#

I am looking at an 8 channel relay board with esp8266 on ebay.

#

Is it OK to post link in here for your thoughts?

last plaza
#

It’s fine!

fiery nebula
#

https://www.ebay.com/i/124217756147?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=124217756147&targetid=1068323853350&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9012578&poi=&campaignid=11758056434&mkgroupid=112482175845&rlsatarget=pla-1068323853350&abcId=9300462&merchantid=114823679&gclid=Cj0KCQiArvX_BRCyARIsAKsnTxNpHplfDhb9tepxHdNCB_oYOBqfbpT1v_76oDiXCEuEWKwwjBvquYQaAleiEALw_wcB

eBay
WIFI 8 Channel Electromagnetic Relay Module ESP8266 Arduino Wireles...

Find great deals for WIFI 8 Channel Electromagnetic Relay Module ESP8266 Arduino Wireless Smart Home. Shop with confidence on eBay!

#

I am trying to make sure I can run tasmota on this board

#

It appears to have a Wemos D1 Mini (I only see D1 listed though)

clever mortar
#

#diy-archived, or the Tasmota Discord, would be better places to ask IMO

fiery nebula
#

Ok Thanks

clever mortar
#

Please read the channel topic 😉

night zodiac
#

yay, I automated my humidifier based off of outside temp like a 🐦

#

of course it is like the warmest day in a long while so the MATH isn't even used

scenic radish
#

Like a bird?

night zodiac
last dirge
#

designer: make it look like this

#

me: puts the design into the app

#

designer: this is too wide, make it more narrow

#

me: makes it more narrow

#

designer: no, not that narrow

night zodiac
#

yeah, I hate that shit. I always sent two versions. One with something super fucked that way they chose the one I wanted

#

I am glad I don't design any more

#

I feel for you in so many ways

last dirge
#

"this screen needs to look special, not like the other screens in the app"

#

cool, that's real useful

night zodiac
#

LMAO

last dirge
#

"this uses the exact same component that's used to render this everywhere else in the app"

#

"it looks different"

#

the ol' icepick in the eye

quick pivot
#

Hi everyone, I would like to integrate HA with some software for tracking the best before date of food. Do you know if there is something available?

clever mortar
#

Please read the channel topic 😉

last dirge
quick pivot
#

okkkk 🙂 Thanks you

last dirge
#

interesting idea

#

TTS yelling at you "THE MILK'S GONE BAD"

clever mortar
#

Yeah, but then you need to remember to enter the dates for everything as you shelve it... that's not gonna happen 😄

last cedar
#

How about ocr scanner that scans barcode and best before date

#

So it knows what you bought and when said thing goes bad

clear ferry
night zodiac
#

I don't think I have updated my zzh since I bought it, lol. I am staring at my map thinking of stuff and I am dumb.

clear ferry
clever mortar
midnight adder
#

i did NOT fuck up giving it to whole school as akid

last cedar
#

@clear ferry 🤣

deft pewter
#

Ah, the edgemeister is back.

clear ferry
night zodiac
#

I need the blues clues mail time song as rtttl

clear ferry
night zodiac
#

might be a midi to rtttl converter

#

and it in midi

night zodiac
#

I think my mailbox vibration sensor will work

#

hopefully it stays together, I might have bbroke it

#

welp, I think the wind is blowing it around, lol

glossy inlet
#

which vibration sensor do you have? i have an aqara one and the plastic pieces holding it together broke pretty easily.

night zodiac
#

or neighbors car starting

#

it is aqara but I was trying to pry it apart from the adhesive and fooked it

#

lots of force

#

should have got screwdriver

glossy inlet
#

exactly what I did!

#

i have it bound together with electrical tape

#

now that I think about it, I wonder if the electrical tape is shielding its signal

night zodiac
#

I might just glue it together and buy a new one when battery dies

#

or deal with glue in future

#

I don't want it to look weird to mail lady

#

trex tape won in a 1v1 vs the plastic clip I guess

deft pewter
night zodiac
#

I think the mailbox quit talking to me, lol

deft pewter
#

I'm not surprised

night zodiac
#

yeah, oh well. 😦

#

she floating off into space on my map

deft pewter
#

Your mail box left you?

night zodiac
#

I'm going to leave it and see if it magically connects to the repeater I put on my porch instead of the shti far away

clear ferry
#

Lora Lora Lora @night zodiac

deft pewter
#

Who's Lora?

night zodiac
#

hue motion sensor still likes going across the house

#

googles lora devices

clear ferry
night zodiac
#

I don't see any lora that is tiny

#

googling intesifies

deft pewter
#

First result I found: https://thepihut.com/products/adafruit-rfm95w-lora-radio-transceiver-breakout-868-or-915-mhz?variant=27740304337&currency=GBP&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gclid=Cj0KCQiArvX_BRCyARIsAKsnTxMssgjPeIxczbNdmnGqNpuSs2IKcRLZVsulDjEMhyQ-6-695nu0QqQaAhQCEALw_wcB

The Pi Hut
Adafruit RFM95W LoRa Radio Transceiver Breakout - 868 or 915 MHz

"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat.  You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles.  Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there.  The only difference is that there is no cat." Sending data over long dist

clear ferry
#

They are the size of a small esp board

deft pewter
#

Tiny

night zodiac
#

yeah, I don't want to make shit

deft pewter
#

🤏

clear ferry
#

DIY > *

night zodiac
#

I am trying to buy something premade so mail lady doesn't talk to me

deft pewter
night zodiac
#

she already talks to me too much

#

THANKS GUYS

#

I SEENT THAT SHIT

#

I was trying to see premade stuff only as I have said 😛

deft pewter
night zodiac
#

I need some enclosed shit for outside

clear ferry
deft pewter
#

Outside? Put it inside your mailbox.

clear ferry
#

Enclose it yourself!

night zodiac
#

I'mma put it in a tictac box

deft pewter
#

I know something else you could fit in a tic tac box

#

🤏

clear ferry
night zodiac
#

yeah, I am not fooking with that, not fun to me

#

battery and shit

clear ferry
deft pewter
#

No-one said you had to attach a friggin battery to your nads.

night zodiac
#

under the toilet seat is all I need

deft pewter
#

Ouch. Lift them clear before you lower the seat.

#

I wouldn't normally kink shame but you're odd.

hearty depot
#

fiberglass pencils are awesome to get dead battery goo out again, just dont worry and yolo that box

night zodiac
#

my mailbox is back online.

#

I wonder what kind of kinky shit this vibration sensor is into so I can get it to change router

hearty depot
#

kinky shit under the toilet seat?

clear ferry
#

Pair it from its current location

#

That should pair it to the right one

night zodiac
#

thanks! ❤️

#

time to go out into the cold for the 20th time today. neighbors haven't called cops yet

#

screw driver in mailbox

#

I might have just deleted my doorbell

deft pewter
#

Delete yo self

clear ferry
hearty depot
#

uff.. so many Verschwörungsschwurbler
Its not even a decent messaging app, the API is cool to use (thanks for the infinite storage lol) but the 450M schould have gone somewhere else

📎 unknown.png
deft pewter
#

25 million in 3 days... it's almost like another messaging app / social network just closed.

night zodiac
#

say that to my face

deft pewter
#

How many of those 25 million are rednecks. 🤔

night zodiac
#

SAY THAT TO MY FACE

clear ferry
#

Y'all

night zodiac
#

I am joking, lmao

wet pilot
#

Watch the rules yall

clear ferry
hearty depot
#

probably the whatsapp shizzle
aka we now can use usr data for our coustomers something

wet pilot
#

Probably a larger impact

#

And hangouts shutting down

clear ferry
wet pilot
#

I have a bit of a split between signal and keybase

hearty depot
#

oh yea, ll miss that platform

deft pewter
#

Which one? Parler?

hearty depot
#

never heard of keybase

wet pilot
#

Same idea. Secure text but you control your keys

clear ferry
#

Match dot com

hearty depot
#

Why I have to think of the VPN company wich stored your passwords in cleartext

📎 unknown.png
#

I like the storing of my own keys idea

clear ferry
#

Horse staple battery pole

hearty depot
#

you having a stroke?

clear ferry
wet pilot
#

Xkcd reference

hearty depot
wet pilot
#

Haha

hearty depot
#

I have to use a telephone to register, I dont like that too much

wet pilot
#

Hmm I don't remember now

#

Probably to force some 2fa to start though

#

If you add your email you can remove your phone number

hearty depot
#

still to less privacy

wet pilot
#

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

hearty depot
#

but that is crying on a high level

wet pilot
#

Basically on par with everything else

#

Yeah

hearty depot
#

fun ideas

#

But I should upload my private keys to their servers.. uff

wet pilot
#

Or make a new one only for this

hearty depot
#

God deam, owned by Zoom , I just started caring for you...Keybase is basically a GoT character now

night zodiac
#

when I eat spicy hot sauce, my eye lids start sweating

#

feels neat with a ceiling fan

scenic radish
#

My scalp sweats when I eat spicy food lol

wet pilot
#

Zoom recently purchased them to help fix their encryption

scenic radish
#

Spicy foods?

forest edge
scenic radish
#

How thoughtful 🥰

forest edge
night zodiac
#

welp, I got a start to grafana. RIP time.

wet pilot
#

lol

alpine spear
#

Dustin Farrell made this Transient 2 video and gave me permission a while back to use it. Generated a lot of traffic after he posted it to his channel as well. People have been asking for a how to video, I’ve been slacking a little bit, but I’m finally making the how to video for this setup over the next few days if anyone is interested.

#

I use WLED, I’m a bit new to home assistant, but I’ll probably be throwing that into the mix in this video.

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It’s audio reactive too!

wet pilot
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that's really slick looking

sour escarp
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hmmm....

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it's just.... probably an unpopular opinion but I don't get it

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its just fast 'n furious with your TV, to each their own I guess

wet pilot
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immersion 😄

sour escarp
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hows it going, phnx? long time no talk

wet pilot
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same ol' you?

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few beers in so a good night

sour escarp
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working, automating... same here, been having a few beers and listening to music

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the sam adams winter lager special from the local convenience store

wet pilot
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ah nice

sour escarp
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it's not quite the quality of a good local brew but it'll do

wet pilot
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local brew

sour escarp
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nice

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where I live still lacks availability of local brews

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they are here, just not as convenient as i'd like

alpine spear
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It’s easy on the eyes at night.

wet pilot
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yeah, we're pretty spoiled in Charlotte, NC

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lots of breweries and lots distribute to the grocery stores

alpine spear
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But when I’m cleaning the house and blast music and make the Lights react. Kind of gives me some energy I guess

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wet pilot
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i've been going the dumb bulbs, smart switches route so that doesn't lend itself to RGB

sour escarp
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i guess i'm just old, my daughter would probably really dig it tho @alpine spear 😄

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yeah I have done the same @wet pilot, using shellys for most of my switches

wet pilot
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i have the GE zwave for the most part. though that's coming to bite me with the 1.6 stuffs

sour escarp
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i do need to get some dimming stuff tho

wet pilot
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i like their fan controllers though

alpine spear
sour escarp
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I really like zwave stuff, thinking about getting some of the 3-way switches that don't require an extra switch, I don't think GE does that though

alpine spear
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Ambilight is nice for certain things. But most the time I just like a dim ambient lighting at night.

wet pilot
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my 2yo would probably lose her mind

alpine spear
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I kind of started dedicating towards Z wave as of recently. I like it

sour escarp
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im using the gocontrol zwave thermostats and they have been solid

wet pilot
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i have the gocontrol garage door controller. its been decent

sour escarp
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you using zwave2mqtt?

alpine spear
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I have a bunch of relays and esp’s, motion sensors and stuff. I keep telling myself I’m going to start using ESP home one day. I’m an electrician, I should’ve already converted everything by now. I’ve been distracted

wet pilot
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nah, still using built in zwave because lazy

alpine spear
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I actually started out with Smartthings and Alexa. Now my smart things hub is pretty much just a Z wave and zig bee controller. And home assistant or Alexa routines take care of everything

sour escarp
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the gocontrols using zwave2mqtt didn't quite translate properly to HA climate so I ended up using appdaemon to listen to MQTT and publish MQTT that worked natively with the mqtt climate integration

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extra work but no issues so far

wet pilot
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i have appd running but i haven't re-done everything for v4

sour escarp
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i can't imagine you'd have to redo anything by upgrading but i don't know for sure

wet pilot
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nah, i tried and things broke so i pinned a version on my container and haven't followed up

sour escarp
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ah ok

alpine spear
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I feel like I still have so much to learn. I’m a great electrician and can tell you everything about wiring and how to hide things or keep it up to code. But when it comes to all this automation, yaml, and learning how to use home assistant.. I’m a little slow with it lol

sour escarp
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i ended up going deep into AD, use it for all of my automations

alpine spear
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Like all you guys have these acronyms that I’m like fuck now I got to go Google that

wet pilot
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i have almost everything in AD. Only thing i skipped on is my holiday lights because that's too basic

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hahaha

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AppDaemon

alpine spear
sour escarp
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@alpine spear i have done a lot of low voltage in the past, not an electrician but one skill missing from my tool belt is the ability to bend some conduit, so i picked up a bender and some EMT, going to give it a shot

alpine spear
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I used WLED for Christmas this year lol

wet pilot
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noice

alpine spear
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Conduit is my love

wet pilot
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drools

sour escarp
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my issue is that i am not good with measurments

alpine spear
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Lol that’s one of two parking garages at the Apple Campus in Cupertino

sour escarp
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good with computers, understand electrical circuits pretty well, very handy in general but I have never bent a single piece of conduit

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nice

alpine spear
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The main key is to keep a lot of foot pressure on that bender’s shoe. That’s how you avoid kinking your bends

sour escarp
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i think i'll be ok with that part, my main issue will be measurements

alpine spear
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I’ve always worked in commercial or industrial places, but the quarantine took me down a rabbit hole and I learned all about arduinos, LED’s, low volt stuff

wet pilot
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bend then cut

sour escarp
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i guess box offsets are arbitrary, what do you recommend, 2-3" ?

alpine spear
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I feel like a wizard now

wet pilot
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i've always wanted to get into arduino but have never had a project to try it with

alpine spear
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Box off since I usually flip the bender upside down so the shoe is up in the air, and a slightly pull down on the conduit with a lot of pressure near the bender’s shoe. About 5°

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Then slide the pipe through until your bend just pokes out of the bender, And give it another little 5°

sour escarp
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yeah but how many inches from where it goes into the box?

alpine spear
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I’ve

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Ohh*

sour escarp
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also odd because all the videos I have seen show box offsets being done at 10-degrees

alpine spear
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The end of your bender’s shoe about an inch from the end of the pipe

hushed basalt
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I don't really understand why people say "dynamodb is flexible"

alpine spear
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Omg my voice text is going to shit lately

hushed basalt
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It's really not

wet pilot
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"it is until it isn't" just like all NoSQL DBs

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indexing is stupid important

alpine spear
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10° is fine, but you just have to keep your bends really close together

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Do you have a conduit bending chart?

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30° is always the best. You just multiply your offset by 2 and that’s how far your bend marks are apart from each other

sour escarp
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pretty sure i can acquire all of the bending chart information on the interwebz 🙂

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probably just store it in a dynamodb for convenience

alpine spear
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Segmented bends are really cool. We don’t get to do them often, but I did a ton at this winery. You mark the pipe 30 times equally spaced, and bend it 3° on each mark. Then you end up with a giant, smooth 90°

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Yeah honestly when I forget stuff I just grab my phone and Google it real quick. Thank God there’s an app for the segmented bends lol

scenic radish
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Longboi

alpine spear
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IBend is a great app. Super easy to fine tune the angles, to make it fit the way you want. You can just move a slider to change your bends even by 1° and it constantly tells you the updated math/bend spacing.

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I love tech lol. The old timers on jobs HATED those apps for a while. But they hate all technology

wet pilot
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not surprising

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"in my day..."

scenic radish
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And their wives

alpine spear
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I actually used my iPhones level app to bend conduit. We had electric vendors that you said the pipe in and just hit the button and bends the pipe to whatever degree want

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When they saw me holding my phone on the pipe it would drive them nuts.

sour escarp
alpine spear
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But you could walk up to a conveyor line set your phone on it tap the screen, zeroed it out, then put your phone on the slope and know exactly what degree do you need

scenic radish
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Pretty cool

sour escarp
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see, im for realz 😄

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hehe

alpine spear
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Nice! Klein, attaboy

sour escarp
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yeah i have a lot of klein stuff

alpine spear
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I actually just bought the same bender for a side job last week

sour escarp
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I used to manage a low voltage company now I have my own IT company but I still like to get my hands dirty

alpine spear
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The nice thing about union, is we just bring the hand tools that are on the tool list. The contractor supplies all the power tools and bender’s and stuff

sour escarp
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(at home)

alpine spear
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Haha

sour escarp
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im just tired of running schedule 40 because of my noobness

alpine spear
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I have so many tools now, especially since I’ve been trying to acquire side work during this quarantine lol

sour escarp
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makes sense

alpine spear
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Do you only need 3/4”?

sour escarp
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right now yes but eventually i'll get into bending larger pipe

alpine spear
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You can still bend half inch in a three-quarter bender. Just make sure you use the three-quarter multipliers for your offsets

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Was just thinking if you wanted to practice on smaller pipe or something.

sour escarp
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yeah that too