You can still use radarr and sonarr even for 100% legally bought stuff, as an aditional way of organising :)
#the-water-cooler
last cedar
glacial knot
That’s the reason I bought some vinyls
deft pewter
I pay for Netflix, then use Radarr and Sonarr to watch them on my PC 😄
cedar chasm
just seems like an extra layer of complexity, to me
last cedar
Depends, if a show you want disappears.....
cedar chasm
mmm, indeed
last cedar
I have quite a reasonable TV archive tbh, feels nice to have. And organising it is fun
Lots is dvd or blu ray
And obviously latest season is streamed or whatever, then bought
If it is any good
But stuff like "Dexter" is absolute classic and never will be removed
cedar chasm
Are sonarr and radarr made by the same people? All related materials look more or less identical
cedar chasm
r++
last cedar
Tbh, I am not a big enough film buff to have it or use it (radarr)
My collection is smol
cedar chasm
Doesn't look like anything I need at the moment 🙂
static schooner
they'll probably make it by burning a small tank of gas
crisp sapphire
Or they could take the Bolt approach and have a spontaneous combustion mode.
cedar chasm
Should really just be a voice on a loud speaker shouting "LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME!"
last cedar
they'll probably make it by burning a small tank of gas
My kangoo ze van at work has an extra diesel heater
It is 200IQ
midnight adder
https://tenor.com/view/hello-there-well-hi-cute-gif-15474141
You running HA too
hearty depot
I'm thinking of buying an Android TV box with the power to run emulators.
do you already have such a device and are happy with it?
last cedar
I run a shield 2019, but not for emulators :/
steel flame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glqS5kEiJoQ <<< love this guy xDDDD
last cedar
Great thumbnail!
snow hedge
Question for folks that are running Frigate, is there anything nicer than the home assistant viewer? Some things I've noticed that bug me are:
- If I want to just watch from X time to Y time, I have to manually flip through recordings, this is worsened if I'm trying to look for something that happened
- Sometimes I want to extract a recording from X time to Y time, currently the only way I can do this is fire up a video editor and join all the parts together and cut the ends off.
It'd be nice if there was a viewer that could do continuous playback, and extracting recordings. It also occurred to me while thinking about this that clips are kinda redundant if you're recording 24/7.
Tempted to look into building something to do it, but don't really want to if there's something else that does it (or something else in the works?)
clever mortar
#cameras-archived would be where to ask that really
snow hedge
will repost there
deft pewter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glqS5kEiJoQ <<< love this guy xDDDD
He's an annoying prick and he's completely wrong 😄
deft pewter
Yeah... that thrusting is juvenile and unnecessary.
I don't need to see a middle-aged manchild waving his pelvis in my face. And even if I did, there was clubs I can go to for that.
dusky plank
oh sweet, the official homeassistant.exe
he installed „the windows version of homeassistant“ in the video…
deft pewter
Hah, ok.
deft pewter
I loved the comment section. He tries to prove just how technical he is because he used to take support calls once upon a time.
I worked at an ISP for 12 years in first line, then second line, then 3rd line support, then as a manager.
That definitely qualifies him as an expert in all things to do with home automation and software development.
hushed basalt
There always seems to be a large group of people who think they're tech experts because they know how to setup a Google Mini
Usually the ones who jump head first into Portainer
dusky plank
he uses "hass.cmd"
deft pewter
HassWP_2021.1.1? wtf?
Is he seriously just running random unsupported shit off the internet and then complaining HA's hard?
The man's clueless.
I really hope there's not much overlap between the people that come here for support and the people that watch his videos. He's sharing so much bad info.
clever mortar
Oh, that install method...
That's the love child of a train wreck and a clusterfuck
tiny pivot
Hi All, I have made a background image for my new phone galaxy S21+ home assistant edition. What do you think about it?
clever mortar
I think phone backgrounds are all about personal taste 😄
midnight adder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glqS5kEiJoQ <<< love this guy xDDDD
Oh my god, Especially the first minute is on point 😄
And dont you dare to ask a question in offtopic, or a slightly offtopic question, the gang will di*c you
deft pewter
Not our fault people can't follow simple rules 🤷♂️
clever mortar
In proper off-topic topic, don't you just know that every time you think this'll be easy and only take a few minutes you've just set yourself up for hours or days of work
On Monday I thought, I know, I'll add this handy feature to one of the tools we use. Yeah, that opened up a can of worms...
deft pewter
clever mortar
So true 😄
Admittedly, it sometimes balances out where you take somebody else (or somebody brings you) that "impossible" thing, and it gets solved in a couple of minutes
deft pewter
Or just take a break from something. After spending a whole week struggling, it sometimes only takes a few minutes on Monday morning to finish it off.
I don't know how much of that can be attributed to this: https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychpedia/zeigarnik-effect
clever mortar
I have a love/hate/hate relationship with that - the times where your subconscious goes Yeah, you forgot about this obvious thing didn't you
Even if nobody else thinks it's obvious
deft pewter
More than once, I've woken up with a good idea and had to scramble to write it down before I forget it again 😄
hearty depot
kek - just had a "very easy" scheduled downtime - just unplugging 2 cables and 2 minor software upgrades (just as we do every time during these maitnence windows)
ended up beeing quite easy and anoying
deft pewter
At least it wasn't a 'shouldn't be too bad'
deft pewter
I'm a little tempted... but it's still almost £600 for an underpowered PC just because you can carry it around.
I wouldn't use it enough to be worth it.
brisk glen
its a lot cheaper in the USA 😛
hearty depot
we recently had a "fuck" one - split routes in BGP
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brisk glen
meh I will hold off and see how it performs
hearty depot
afaik its just arch
deft pewter
its a lot cheaper in the USA 😛
Is it though? I don't have to set aside half my earnings for health insurance... 😉
brisk glen
true
deft pewter
Sales tax is included in our prices too, which offsets a bit chunk of the difference.
brisk glen
health insurance, car, house
hearty depot
also check out ONEXPLAYER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9c1T-ZukQA
brisk glen
I feel like if they were to get the equivalent to an apple M1 chip in there, things would be different
hearty depot
or Aya Neo
deft pewter
Another proprietary chip? No thanks.
brisk glen
if MS licenses windows 11 for arm chipsets
deft pewter
You're not going to convince every dev to change their architecture just because one person makes another chip. Apple fanboys are weird 😄
hearty depot
less games
brisk glen
until the market switches over
hearty depot
eeh, you think?
deft pewter
They won't all switch. It'll fragment the market.
Right now, devs only have to target two chip types. That's already a pain and some don't bother.
Some stuff can't work on both. Good luck running VM's on an M1.
hearty depot
yea, I can see it in a couple of years when arm or maybe risc enters the PC market
hearty depot
I actually have a M1 VM afaik 🤣
brisk glen
no but windows arm vm can run x86 games
deft pewter
So... you're admitting there are limitations? There's literally software that can't run on different chips.
brisk glen
@deft pewter except these chips literally emulate x86 instructions
deft pewter
And no game studio is going to target 3/4/5 different architectures. They'll pick maybe the top 1/2.
steel flame
Oh my god, Especially the first minute is on point 😄
And dont you dare to ask ...
But you need to come over this. If you go to Facebook / a Forum / Discord and you have 1000 ppl. there will be "alway" one guy who is strange (so am I) ... but that's nothing related to Homeassistant :)))
brisk glen
all x86 mac software runs on the apple arm cpu
hearty depot
oh no - its a A1 not m1
hushed basalt
Not gonna lie M1 looks amazing
brisk glen
not going to lie, but the macbook ultrabook (air) runs better and a hell of a lot cooler than my desktop
can barely get it warm
video editing and processing along with photo work
I just want to see this power on the windows side 😦
deft pewter
not going to lie, but the macbook ultrabook (air) runs better and a hell of a lo...
Better? Sounds like you need to upgrade your desktop 😂
Sure, they're power efficient... but they're not some super computer.
hearty depot
After they maxed out the general performance now and basically hit a dead end - the new game will probably get performance/watt
my laptop runs a AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U - would like to see the performance diffrence between this and the air ultrabook
deft pewter
The Ryzen 5 will win, hands down. It'll just eat more power.
Depends on your priorities. If you're using the MBA unplugged all day, having an efficient CPU is great. Personally, I can't remember the last time I worked on a computer and wasn't plugged in to mains power 😄
hearty depot
but reminds me, still have a Acer Chromebook R 11
One of the best devices I ever owned - its purpose is to surd the internet, and it does this very well (a device out of 2015) (STILL!)
Eh, I chill sometimes in bed when I have long meetings
dusky plank
hearty depot
Didnt we had recently a conversation bout this?
aka - elderly will buy and the licencing allows selling - or where this somewhere else
I need this
deft pewter
Cat6 o' 11 tails?
deft pewter
I like that. It's enterprising 😄
If someone can sell it, why shouldn't they? And if someone doesn't know it's available for free, they weren't going to get it for free anyway...
last cedar
This is me, but because I am so brilliant at my job, the scale starts at oh no, not very easy
deft pewter
I've been surprised a few times when I thought something would be huge and it turned out to be a few days.
I felt bad for our business analyst a couple of times when he suggested a feature and the team basically told him to get lost because it would take forever. I built some clever solutions for him in under a week.
last cedar
I have been sent on some proper wild goose chases
"half of 1 floor and an entire floor has no alarm or door entry"
Found a blown fuse in a PSU that we didn't know about
Dead short on the + - cable :/
Find a point where someone had stuffed a cable behind an upright and squashed it, many years before
Took half a day of examining where the short followed (which direction)
Stuff like that is fun :D
Think a school that is 4 buildings, 350 door entry readers in total
deft pewter
The worst messes I've had to work with were usually of my own making... so at least I have a headstart in knowing what it was supposed to do 😄
I've stayed away from consulting/agency work, so I get to learn a particular system really well, instead of learning new shit every day.
worldly sierra
Had my first tracking chip installed today 💉
dusky plank
does it show up in 
-> entities?
untold pike
Hi, I need a help from people who have worked on RPi. Using Python QT, I could play video streamed from an IP camera. The issue is there is a huge delay, when compare to the same video from the same IP camera, when played in Chromium Browser. Can anyone throw me some light on this.
Please tag me or mention me when replaying.
clever mortar
Huge is ... how many seconds?
deft pewter
Over 9000.
autumn cliff
Hi to all, I’m trying to install HassOS in a Asus Tinkerboard, but when it start show “ waiting from Home Assistan CLI to be ready… “ after few minutes new message is shown “[WARM] Home Assistant CLI not starting! Jump into emergency console… “
Someone could help me?
velvet horizonBOT
clever mortar
You also need to read the channel topics
autumn cliff
Sorry I’m new
deft pewter
Being new doesn't prevent you from reading.
autumn cliff
You are right, sorry
deft pewter
Damnit. Even raccoons are more intelligent than me:
The raccoon is noted for its intelligence, as studies show that it is able to remember the solution to tasks for at least three years.
What about their cousin, the ringtail?
last cedar
Damnit. Even raccoons are more intelligent than me:
> The raccoon is noted for ...
MOOD
Oh, wait
deft pewter
I'm lucky to remember things 3 days later 😄
late gate
Im quite suprised how small difference it was between my now 7 years old macbook vs a lenovo that is 3 generations newer, double ram, ddr4 etc - the macbook still feels faster, and the results shows its almost identical: https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/compare/8845497?baseline=8845551
orchid rose
That's because Intel hasn't managed to improve anything in the last decade
late gate
It really seem so. I had this lenovo laying around thinking it would be faster, then when testing a relative new laptop "fully specced" has so small difference its no point changing
subtle pasture
Im quite suprised how small difference it was between my now 7 years old macbook...
Yeah, they both have 4-core / 8-thread CPUs. The biggest difference is the older system has a Haswell processor, while the new one is Kaby Lake
So the new system is clocked higher and has Turbo Boost 3.0, which will help improve performance in lightly-threaded workloads
You also went down a process node size, from 22nm to 14nm, so I'd expect better battery life and less heat output.
Efficiency++ all around, at least 🤷♀️
deft pewter
The important test is whether or not it can run Crysis
subtle pasture
What's the battery life like? Both of those laptops have 6 cell ~90 Wh batteries
Officially, the Macbook has a 95 Wh battery, but I doubt it's running at full capacity after all these years
late gate
The lenovo is superiour
the mac got 240 charge cycles so the battery last for 3-4 hours
subtle pasture
oof
bitter pawn
This is the raccoon gif channel
this
subtle pasture
Slightly funny: Intel made a big deal about Turbo Boost 3.0, but it literally makes no difference in high-end systems, where users tend to enable all-core turbo...
late gate
so do you think its worth using the lenovo?
subtle pasture
"This CPU will automatically turbo its known-best core to 3.8 GHz!"
"Imma just have my entire CPU turbo to 4.6 GHz, thanks..."
subtle pasture
so do you think its worth using the lenovo?
Yeah, I'd keep the Lenovo. lol
bitter pawn
at first i was really excited for the new CEO to get all tech savvy on the corporate shills at intel. then that electronics show happened
and i was like...
oh no.
he's become one of them.
late gate
I might use the lenovo then
at least to avoid a mega hot computer as the mac is
Its probably 50+ degrees on the bottom and button 234 is so hot you cant hold your fingers on them for long. Yes I cleaned the fans
deft pewter
My 'old' MBP gets really hot when I'm doing really challenging stuff. Stuff like having Teams open in the background.
2018 model, so I'd expect better 😄
Got the 2019 model for the new job, so even if everything else sucks, at least it's got a proper keyboard again and not those shitty butterfly switches Apple tried in 2018.
late gate
I bought the 13" pro M1, but returned it
I need 15-16" to work effective, and I HATED the touch bar
deft pewter
I don't mind the touch bar. Don't find myself using it much since the MBP is usually docked and I use a real keyboard.
Got a 60% keyboard to save space, aiming for a clean desktop.
late gate
I use it on my lap, and I touched the bar everything I clicked a button brlow it
below
deft pewter
Who on earth uses them on their laps? 😮
static schooner
Me on my couch
deft pewter
🤢
late gate
when im on my couch
Im not that asocial :p
I wish I could connect the macbook pro 2014 to the philips usbc kvm
low harness
Oh man, I got a notification today about a package for pick up. And like 10 minutes later the power goes out (thunderstorm) and stays out for an hour.
The package contains a UPS...
low harness
So close!
midnight adder
Hi - I just created my discord account.
I am Kristen from Randers, Denmrk.
I am new to Home Assistant - but have heard a few talks during the covid vinter and spring in a local hacker group.
midnight adder
I am searching a person not too far from Sealand (sjælland) Denmark who can give a talk in a summercamp day or evening between Sat. 25 - Thu 29 July 2021 - do you know anyboy who are near or in Denmark who may be able and willing to this?
Hi Dr. Tran. I wasn't thinking of downhill as my first thurght when looking at Home Assistant 🙂
If anybody is interested pls mail me on unix42@gmail.com if am not online here.
Level is: experienced IT geeks with not or little knowledge of Home Assistant - i am looking for an kind of introdution to 2 workshops runned by a local hacker. Feel free to sugest anything relevant.
-> Dr. Tran. But I sense "spending much time" in the future DOWN in the HA system, code and internals.
Where are people online here from?
deft pewter
Welcome to the community. For this kind of request, you're better off posting on the forums. Anything you say here just scrolls off screen quickly.
midnight adder
Thank for the suggestin - i wasn't sure what forum would be relevnt for this kind of question/request
bitter pawn
why is kristen seeming so pure and innocent?
deft pewter
Someone has to be 😄
midnight adder
I may not be the right person to answer why I seems so pure an innocent 🙂 - but I can assure you it may be a mis interpretation 🙂
deft pewter
You've told us you're from a group of hackers. I don't think you're pure and innocent 😂
midnight adder
Thank you mono for the suggestion of a group.
Hackers in DK has a generel innocent nature and apear smiling, friendly and with an innocent smile. It has it's advantage i believe.
hushed basalt
glacial knot
Hackers in DK has a generel innocent nature and apear smiling, friendly and with...
that sounds like common manipulation tactics 😄
deft pewter
Just ask yourself: what would Mitnick do?
crisp sapphire
worldly sierra
orchid rose
coronovirus
young sigil
It's a new variant.
late gate
I started building a new rack. I wonder how long it will be temporary before i do cable management
hearty depot
neat
last cedar
I started building a new rack. I wonder how long it will be temporary before i d...
27 years!
last cedar
Yes
verbal fog
late gate
changed a network setting on the nas and it locked up. be careful with dsm7 and 802.3ad lacp it could be you need to reboot for it to take, and before that it disconnects the lan
Have anyone noticed apple move the keys one step to the left, and of course reverse the mouse. Do anyone think thats just to make the feeling of using a computer strange? I usually use a day to get used to the shiftet keyboard and mouse
deft pewter
🤔
Moved them on what, compared to what?
They haven't moved my keys on my MBP's... but they haven't been in my house to mess with my shit.
late gate
It might just be on norwegian keys, but on mac vs pc when you swith and hold your armrest in the "touch" posision its east to press j instead of k
and so on
deft pewter
Which device?
deft pewter
Well the keys are a little different to other keyboards... but I think it's only the bottom row that's different.
late gate
it could be, but I had the feeling its a marked strategy
deft pewter
Home row is in the same place, the row above and below are shifted by half a key (just like PC).
deft pewter
Just get a real keyboard 😄
deft pewter
There's... no difference
You have a monitor with a KVM. One keyboard is all you need.
late gate
So do you choose mac keyboard or win keyboard? I had a period I used the white mac keyboard as it was easier to develop on.
with kvm mac/win
deft pewter
I'm using a Drop Alt right now.
Can remap the keys for when I'm using it with the Mac. I just toggle a layer
late gate
very clickyclicky`?
deft pewter
I went with silent switches, so no
It's mechanical, so it's still louder than your Magic Keyboard, but it's not awful. If I still worked in an office, I wouldn't feel bad using it there.
late gate
I regret using a gaming keyboard
too much clicky
WOOOOOW I changed edge to firefox, and I just got a notice: Changed browser to default edge cause of dangerous browser
deft pewter
$365 😂 Even for a custom mech, that's ridiculous.
And gaming boards are just full of unnecessary gimmicks... RBG, macro keys, LCD screens... 🤢
hushed basalt
I want the ergonomics
deft pewter
There are plenty of split orthos without spending that much
late gate
I want to buy a good hybrid keyboard
deft pewter
I can't name them... I scroll past them on /r/mk 😄
And if you want something you can even use one-handed:
last cedar
And gaming boards are just full of unnecessary gimmicks... RBG, macro keys, LCD ...
Backlights are sick
deft pewter
🤢
deft pewter
I have subtle lighting on mine just to know which layers are active.
last cedar
The littlr coloured caps btw
late gate
damn
last cedar
Not sure if you know of them
deft pewter
The firmware that came preinstalled on mine had all kinds of horrible animations. When I customised the firmware, I took them all out.
last cedar
And Brown switches with o rings
deft pewter
Brown? 🤢
late gate
I have the Corsair Gaming K70 MK.2
deft pewter
45g? I got 60g switches this time 😄
jagged veldt
Hi, its possible to add bulb color weel to lovelace as a grid card?
velvet horizonBOT
deft pewter
You want #frontend-archived. No support in here.
If you're new, please take the time to read all the channel topics.
jagged veldt
Im sorry
dusky plank
dull chasm
sure there can be support in here ....just depends if you like the answers
deft pewter
And so it begins: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/57872739
"We are doing everything to prevent any Covid outbreaks. If we end up with an outbreak we will make sure we have a plan in place to respond."
It's not really a plan if you're just reacting 🤦♂️
last cedar
sure there can be support in here ....just depends if you like the answers
Only for raccoon related questions
Like
If a raccoon steals something, but there is no one around to see, is it really stealing?
deft pewter
If a raccoon steals something,
but there is no one around to see,is it really stealing?
glacial knot
yes
clever mortar
The answer of course is to frame somebody else...
static schooner
last cedar
I like how you both think
sharp scaffold
this place has too. many. channels.
sharp scaffold
think I'm setting up the family on Hubitat 😕
not a chance they would manage to maintain a HA system alone
can you think of a better fire and forget system?
cedar chasm
Not sure what you need, HA fills my needs
sharp scaffold
something that runs like an appliance, with zero maintenance ever
cedar chasm
ever, ey?
cedar chasm
Well, I wish you all the best 🙂
cedar chasm
Well, Pi's aren't mandatory but to each their own
deft pewter
Set them up with an NUC and HA OS.
Pi's are just kids' toys, after all. They're fun but they're no substitute for a real computer.
cedar chasm
Mine gets to be a DHCP server
sharp scaffold
the best part about a pi is how easily you can swap out the sd card
I guess I could have a NUC boot off a USB stick though
deft pewter
The best thing about SD cards is that they die. Every time.
cedar chasm
Good, no witnesses
sharp scaffold
how's the maintenance on HA OS?
deft pewter
You're asking how to set up something reliable for non-techie people and then saying you want a kid's toy running on shitty storage? 🤔
sharp scaffold
pis are definitely not kids toys, especially pi4
strictly hardware wise they can do a lot more than your typical home router
deft pewter
More than a router, sure. Less than a computer.
sharp scaffold
sd cards though, yeah -- I hear pi4 can boot off usb, so you can set it up with a ssd
deft pewter
Seriously... get a cheap NUC with NVMe storage. Sorted.
sharp scaffold
or a pi4 with nvme storage 🤷♂️
deft pewter
Whatever floats your boat.
sharp scaffold
but it would still run a full linux distro, that's the next part
it will fill up the drive with logs, need random updates to random services I don't need
I need to check out HA OS, it sounds promising
deft pewter
This is why I suggested it...
deft pewter
If you want to spend NUC money on something less reliable than an NUC, it's fine.
cedar chasm
Not really sure; once in a while someone will show up on chans with a bad disk image, it seems
not sure how representative that is
sharp scaffold
normal computer + ha os, sounds like a decent plan
probably still not as foolproof as a real appliance though
deft pewter
What exactly do you consider 'an appliance'? HAOS is the appliance version.
cedar chasm
I assume appliance in the sense that you payed money for it and can wring somebody's neck if something goes wrong
deft pewter
Then they're outta luck with HA 😂
I thought even the Blue was a 'you bought it, you're on your own' deal.
cedar chasm
one could always ping the mods (runs for cover at the thought)
Anway to Hubitat specifically, if it is less techy than HA and the compatibility with zigbee and zwave devices actually is decent it might be a decent alternative for some
I'm too far down the rabbit hole to make the change personally, though
sharp scaffold
appliance as in all you can do to it is power on/off and factory reset, and it's supposed to work for a while like that
i.e. home routers
won't need upgrades, won't fill up with logs, won't boot into "press y to check the filesystem" mode 😉
cedar chasm
You are still setting up automations and things, as far as I could see on their website
sharp scaffold
oh, I can set it up, just won't be there to do any maintenance
the thing has to run headless in a closet for a couple of years at least 🤞
cedar chasm
Well, hopefully that is how it works out in practice
deft pewter
oh, I can set it up, just won't be there to do any maintenance
This point seems unimportant. SSH should be one of the first things that get set up anyway, so you'll be able to fix most things remotely anyway.
sharp scaffold
not the "press y to check the filesystem" part
green inlet
won't need upgrades, won't fill up with logs, won't boot into "press y to check ...
If this is what you are looking for, home assistant may not be for you. There are upgrades once a month and things regularly break depending on how much you want to do with it.
This all above and beyond the numerous hours you will put in to do setup, again, depending on what you want to do with it.
sharp scaffold
yup, that's what I do for fun in my own home, but I wouldn't set it up for (clueless) others
even I don't upgrade the thing once a month, I generally like my light switches to work
green inlet
Well, if you don’t stay current with upgrades, we will surely see you here saying you jumped 5 versions and everything is broken
jade tartan
etcher takes forever
hoary oasis
Hi everyone. I’m new to this discord. Been using home assistant for a couple years now. Happy I found this place. 😀
last cedar
Welcome!
glacial knot
Pleaes pay your tax in form of racoon gifs
orchid rose
raccoon knugen
last cedar
Drottningen, but yes
orchid rose
ah yes
glacial knot
makes me wonder if we have racoons at the zoo
but I don't think so
we should place Mono and Michelle in the zoo to fix that
last cedar
We don't at our zoo
glacial knot
just provide them with a couple door mats and a trashcan
last cedar
I would live there
cedar chasm
Sweden has other amenities, though.
Highly addictive kanelbullar, for example
glacial knot
Sweden has other amenities, though.
Highly addictive kanelbullar, for example
Is that some kind of stuff marketed by IKEA?
last cedar
Can confirm they arw good eating
Moose are pretty leet too
But yeah. No raccoons :/
glacial knot
Moose are pretty leet too
For eating or watching?
last cedar
Both
cedar chasm
Moose running out in front of cars is the spice of life
last cedar
More for watching though
Yeah, like why not spray the antlers like they do in Finland?
glacial knot
Do moose regrow their antlers yearly?
cedar chasm
I think that's reindeer
glacial knot
I’ve seen some reflective coating stuff for antlers. Too make them more visible at night for traffic
cedar chasm
Or maybe it is moose
glacial knot
Yea, such a waste of meat
last cedar
But obviously if I didn't die if I did hit it, would be a bonus
I have had 1 close call since 2010
So I would say I have been pretty blessed, but also probably overdue for something
Realistically
glacial knot
sounds like gamblers falacy
cedar chasm
It doesn't have to be a near death experience either.
Once when our family was out in the car really early we had one running ahead of our car for a while in the dark
Was quite whimsical
deft pewter
I’ve seen some reflective coating stuff for antlers. Too make them more visible ...
They've proven that doesn't work
glacial knot
I've just seen the concept. I'm neither in an area where it makes sense, nor do I work on anything related /shrug
deft pewter
Snopes did an article on it after that art piece that claimed to be a real deer with painted antlers. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/reindeer-glow-in-the-dark-antlers/
So far, they haven't found a way for shit drivers to stop being shit.
cedar chasm
There's always the bus
cedar chasm
All hail the bus
deft pewter
🤢
If I get a bus from my suburb into the city, it passes through some pretty undesirable areas...
glacial knot
like your suburb? 😂
deft pewter
It's funny though. You can do the journey in reverse (city back to home) and guess where people will get off from their appearance. If they have that pale, grey skin associated with drug addicts, they're getting off halfway 😂
deft pewter
like your suburb? 😂
It's only undesirable because I'm here...
cedar chasm
If I get a bus from my suburb into the city, it passes through some pretty undes...
I'll have more on this once I get to a proper keyboard
glacial knot
is the bus you ar riding an undesirable area then? hmm
deft pewter
Half of it, yes. Just avoid the yellow-stained seats.
glacial knot
Are there any bus seats without various stains? I guess it's about how recent they are...
deft pewter
To be honest, I just get the metro instead. It's a 5 minute walk from my house and goes all the way into the city within about 15 minutes.
glacial knot
I go by car. Because public transport sucks outside major urban areas
deft pewter
Yeah, if I'm heading out of the city, I'll drive. I wouldn't try to get a bus out into our national parks. I think they run 3 times a week 😄
Like if I wanted to get to any of this... https://www.google.com/maps/@55.2533142,-2.2636767,57746m/data=!3m1!1e3 And I know that's not as rural as some parts of Scandinavia.
last cedar
They've proven that doesn't work
Aha, TIL
hearty depot
got vaccaneted yesteday evening - i feel like shit²
wouldnt had thourght that it hit me so hard
clever mortar
Yeah, both rounds of mine did a number on me
hearty depot
did go for johnson & johnson
just 1 time and the next time in like April 2022
clever mortar
I got the AstraZenica, no choice was given 😄
hearty depot
yea, was the same last week.
Just browsed for appointments yesterday and I was given a choice - super neat
clever mortar
Yeah, there's choice at the larger vaccination centres here now, at least some of them. There wasn't however when I got my first round.
They are now doing studies to see what the impact of a different booster option is, so that'll be interesting
glacial knot
they are doing studies and some discussions
but I don't think any country recommends (or even authorized?) booster shots in general
clever mortar
yet
The FIL has been invited to a take part in a study to see the effect of getting a different vaccine for a booster. He may get the same type as he got, a different one, or something unrelated.
glacial knot
yea, certainly a "yet" thing. Will also depend on further mutations and potential adjustments of the vaccine for variants in the next 1-2 years
clever mortar
I know the UK is certainly considering booster shots
glacial knot
I know we do cross-vaccination in Germany. For AZ first dose, it's BionTech or Moderna 2nd
they had an offer of Moderna/BionTech/J&J at the center when I went there on Friday
late gate
Anyone know any trick to get w11 to think i run a g8 intel? Its so strange it doesn’t support g7, when they are almost identical except some virtual execution thing.
subtle pasture
Windows 11 technically runs fine down to 4th gen, at least in its current preview state
And Microsoft's official compatibility list actually includes 6th gen (Skylake) parts
You should be fine with a 7th gen CPU 🤷♀️
late gate
they have a hard cap on g8, so you cant install it on 7
peak crescent
I have a simpleton question, I set up a docker container with Home Assistant to just play around and see what the community is about. I'm a bit confused, on some youtube videos the concept was that the data would stay locally and no need for cloud. Yet on the Integrations aspect ; when I added Ring , it asked for my user pass and account login credentials . So does hass just act as a middleman ?
clever mortar
Yes, largely
Some #integrations-archived are cloud based, because manufacturers don't like local control
A lot aren't
If you pick devices that have local integrations, then everything is local. If you pick devices that are cloud based, then anything HA does with those devices has to use the manufacturer's cloud service
peak crescent
Darn, and here I thought eventually someone would be able to firmware hack this shiz ; haha . I'm looking at Wyze RTSP at the moment. atleast thats one thing that goes completely in my own control.
clever mortar
#cameras-archived can help there
But yeah, many cheap cloud first devices are only ever going to be cloud devices
peak crescent
of all the discord servers , I can't believe this one is so massive . Its crazy ...
who would have thought
clever mortar
Well, take the time to browse the channels and their topics
peak crescent
I don't see this large a community for friggin rss reader help
clever mortar
Like this one, which says no support here - only Raccoon GIFs
peak crescent
lol
clever mortar
There's 73K members here, alone
Plus goodness knows how many others over in Reddit, Facebook, the forum, and other places
peak crescent
its nuts
last Q for ya ; is there an active hardware recommendations blog/guide you recommend
as a starting place.
For getting everything centralized . perhaps time to replace things
clever mortar
No, because what you want will vary according to where in the world, budget, and more
See the pinned message in #hardware-archived for a starting point of the things you need to ask
late gate
Im sure its a secret group here, Tinkerer for blood rituales for getting promotions. I have been here for years, sacrifised a goat, three chickens and ran nude through a marathon, but I have not gotten my wish to be a sith lord
clever mortar
You have to die first, and for some reason nobody wants to take that gamble
late gate
so thats the secret for promotion!
clever mortar
deft pewter
so thats the secret for promotion!
The secret is to not ask... and to demonstrate knowledge of HA 😄
clever mortar
Accurate knowledge, unlike some posters I see here and elsewhere who hand out advice that's about as good as you can test to see if mains wiring is live by licking the cables
deft pewter
you can test to see if mains wiring is live by licking the cables
This works. I don't see the problem.
clever mortar
Well, not after you lick the cable you won't 🤪
late gate
I thought licking the cables was by code
deft pewter
That's only in the US.
late gate
oooh
deft pewter
It's frowned upon in Norwedenland.
late gate
what about peeing on it?
static schooner
it's the 6th or 7th taste - 240V
late gate
im on so much pain relief I probably would not feel licking 240V :p
green inlet
_Accurate_ knowledge, unlike some posters I see here and elsewhere who hand out ...
That’s not good advice? 🤣
Also, good advice to read a couple lines down/up to see that everyone made the same joke as you. Not as funny when you are number 5 in line
green inlet
I know right…..know I am over here thinking about giving Mono a hard time for his U.S. code comment but, he seems to be a little grumpy these days.
Best not to poke the bear.
clever mortar
last cedar
Im sure its a secret group here, Tinkerer for blood rituales for getting promoti...
As long as you don't sacrifice a raccoon
late gate
I cannot promise that
last cedar
worried raccoon noises
late gate
Going to put up a raccoon trap
static schooner
I guess you could use a raccoon as a live line tester like they used to use rabbits for cosmetics and pregnancy testing. But that would be cruel
late gate
I suddently got an urge to try lipstick on Michelle, like clown lipstick animal testing
last cedar
I guess you could use a raccoon as a live line tester like they used to use rabb...
I can think of other things to use!
late gate
Omg you are real! 
static schooner
in yer network, hackin yer webcamz
late gate
Im 1337
last cedar
Omg you are real! <:mindblown:334058415385083911>
YES!
late gate
I need to rethink life
chilly nymph
@hushed basalt Any chance you're around? I feel like I need your specific advice lol
deft pewter
If it's advice on how to counteract the venom of deadly critters from down under, you're probably better off getting to an ER.
hushed basalt
<@!448110501696897025> Any chance you're around? I feel like I need your specifi...
Sup
If it's in and it should be out, or it's out and it should be in, try the emergency department
hushed basalt
<@!448110501696897025> Any chance you're around? I feel like I need your specifi...
.
chilly nymph
sorry got a call
deft pewter
Another call?
chilly nymph
same call
just got off
Anyways, apologies. Question I had was if I can remove a stud bay to install a structured media enclosure lol
deft pewter
That's something only badtelco's capable of answering?
chilly nymph
the person that called me happened to be a builder, and his opinion was that it's not best practice, but "off the record," removing one on the second floor is probably not a big deal, especially considering this one has been in place for over 100 years
Nope, just something I thought he specifically would have input on
He's also followed me through some of the adventures of this house
hushed basalt
I'm not sure we don't really have studs here
forest edge
roo support
hushed basalt
I assume you can add extra studs around it to reinforce the once you remove though
Possible a lintel or whatever it's called if the span to too great
chilly nymph
it's just the stud bay...the horizontal wood that prevents the stud from twisting
hushed basalt
Hmm yeah it's all brick here I have no idea
chilly nymph
no worries
The other thing I was considering was just moving the stud bay down below my new enclosure.
hushed basalt
I thought a bay was the space between studs
chilly nymph
And one thing I've learned is that I am HORRIBLE at cutting drywall with a multitool
You're right. I'm using the wrong terminology
Google failed me. But googling the term I used confirms your thoughts
hushed basalt
What do you mean by media enclosure
deft pewter
A space to store all his vintage VHS.
chilly nymph
deft pewter
So... a cupboard?
chilly nymph
lmao, sure
I thought it was badtelcotech that recommended I buy it. But perhaps my memory is failing me.
hushed basalt
Nah not me haha
chilly nymph
It has indeed failed me. It was @tidal bronze but badtelcotech was in the conversation
hushed basalt
I'm a strong proponent of 19" racks
chilly nymph
This happens to be in a literal closet, so the space is appreciated. I'll be putting the racks in the server room in the basement
hushed basalt
bitter pawn
https://giffiles.alphacoders.com/890/89010.gif @last cedar having to clean up. gotta organize those doormats.
last cedar
You know me too well @bitter pawn
dry pine
Hi all! Been using HA for a few months now, but just recently added my first smart appliance (ecobee thermostat). Looking forward to interacting with y'all here.
I'm currently running has.io in a VM running on my unraid server. Been working on setting up an HADashboard that'll run on my old Galaxy Tab 10.1
dry pine
All I had was a wifi camera and an alarm system managed through alarm.com
And I really wanted to learn what I could about it because I enjoy tinkering with these things.
dry pine
Haha. I've been looking at the example dashboards
last cedar
@dry pine welcome!
dry pine
<@268594144895565825> welcome!
Thanks!
glacial knot
I think I'll add one of those contact sensors to my desk
so I can log if it's in standing or sitting height
last cedar
I think I'll add one of those contact sensors to my desk
so I can log if it's in...
That is so insanely nerdy
I love it
dry pine
Now if you could only control if it's standing or sitting height through automation
glacial knot
I already spent more on the control unit with one click memory function.... but there's a secondary port in the motor unit. I probably could
dry pine
Automatically adjust height based on who's present.
last cedar
I already spent more on the control unit with one click memory function.... but ...
A magnet at lower position, and a magnet at upper position.
One button and hardware to make motor go one way, from a to b.
One button to make it go b to a
glacial knot
4 programmable height buttons. So it's clearly enough for me alone, would be enough for 2 people living here^^
dry pine
But the "coolness" factor
last cedar
Yes
Coolness factor
Camera that watches who is standing and corrects height of table based on complex mathematic formulae
dry pine
Okay, that's some next level thinking
last cedar
I always over-complicate where possible
glacial knot
object tracking with a skeleton that automatically adjusts desk height for perfect ellbow angle would be cool as fuck
but also creapy
glacial knot
I could motorize my current one 😄
and a mousepad revolver that places the right waifumotive towards the user
dry pine
Or a mouse pad with a digital image that can be changed. Less moving parts 😉
glacial knot
hmm, are there any good flexible displays for the silicone boobieswrist rests?
glacial yarrow
Now I want to figure out how to hook my standing desk to HA.
glacial valve
I am considering buying a new NUC 11 (Tiger Lake) to migrate my current Pi3B+ HAOS install too. Wondering if the i3 with 16g and a 1TB NVME is enough or should I spend up on the i5? I've got about 80 devices and 15 active automatons at the moment. And I'd like to integrate my UniFi Protect Cameras.
orchid rose
#hardware-archived is probably a better channel to ask since there's no support talk here, just raccoons
deft pewter
Now I want to figure out how to hook my standing desk to HA.
So lazy. I like it.
bitter pawn
So lazy. I like it.
#metoo
dry pine
So lazy. I like it.
True laziness would be waiting for someone else to figure it out then copy that 😂
deft pewter
I'm still waiting for someone to install a standing desk in my study 🤷♂️
I haven't asked anyone to... which probably explains why it's taking so long.
static schooner
I have many projects in that state
deft pewter
You start your projects? 😮
static schooner
yes, that's the worst part
deft pewter
I'm so glad none of the companies I applied for wanted to see examples of my OSS 😄 My GitHub is crappy... barely any projects in the last couple of years.
static schooner
I grow bored and distracted easily. Much like a raccoon
deft pewter
The most motivated I've been with a project was when I made a tool to read the save files for a single player game and present stats in a shareable format. Helped that I was part of a community that encouraged me to add features.
And... then I stopped playing, so I let someone else do it now 😄
molten slate
Hi Everyone, new to the discord. Thought I'd start by introducing myself before I fired a question. I've been running HA for a while now (via a VM on unRaid) with Node-Red for all my automations. I love to tinker and automate. Been slowing switching my house over to smart. So far I'm working with Insteon, Shelly, Sonoff, Alexa, Homekit and more.
deft pewter
Go get some water. We don't want you to dehydrate in this heat.
bitter pawn
@last cedar
forest edge
you know every time someone posts raccoon memes to the internet an innocent raccoon gets his head blown off. just sayin...
subtle pasture
velvet horizonBOT
static schooner
I was getting some Obi-Wan Kenobi vibes
deft pewter
Obi-Wan Raccooni
last cedar
https://tenor.com/view/foreign-stance-racoon-racoon-blanket-racoon-blanket-cute-...
Me every morning after turning off my alarm
forest edge
@tidal bronze have you been stocking up on bottled water? sounds like you might need it lol
tidal bronze
Don't use bottled water
hearty depot
where you located quad?
tidal bronze
LA
hearty depot
lothing came around in my european news why you now would need bottled water
tidal bronze
I get all my news regarding Los Angeles from @forest edge. Although he lives few thousand miles away he keeps a close eye on everything california 😆
dusky plank
forest edge
I get all my news regarding Los Angeles from <@104768700069990400>. Although he ...
considering most of you don't know the world is on fire around you till the paint on your front door starts to bubble it's not surprising lol
hushed basalt
forest edge
2 weeks later that raccoon died from lead poisoning
wintry hazel
not sure if serious 😑
last cedar
ROFL
crisp sapphire
2 weeks later that raccoon died from lead poisoning
Relatable
worthy rune
Hi everyone, I have set up the media player group platform. Should I be able to make a group mixing my samsung tv with echo devices and does this platform support media playback? The group I created does not appear on my media player Lovelace spotify card . I can create a mini media player card and add the group but alexa wont do tts this way and nothing happens on the tv. i didn't know where to post and hope this is an apropiate channel, cheers
dusky plank
you are mainly talking about #integrations-archived , sepcifically #voice-assistants-archived and maybe #frontend-archived (lovelace)
but definitely not #the-water-cooler
worthy rune
ok thanks, should I remove to another channel?
dusky plank
no need to remove, just move 🙂
worthy rune
cheers
dusky plank
last cedar
Please push the wago lever down
orchid rose
close enough
last cedar
No, gotta be closed all the way!
clever mortar
Nah, there's nothing wrong with some dodgy wiring and either setting fire to things or killing somebody
amber ice
Is my SD cards career over?
amber ice
😅
I got the data I need of it still, good thing I had this tool called „Linux files system for windows“… any way around this in the future? Not use a Pi for example?😅
warm hemlock
**Life with Complex Automations **
Is Smart Home really going to solve our problems or should we still live a non-smart life? 👉 https://bit.ly/3kJNF4f
static schooner
A) take snapshots and copy them off regularly B) don’t use SD cards
velvet horizonBOT
clever mortar
Industrial SD cards last longer
Dashcam cards last pretty well too
Both will die
amber ice
I thought I got something not crap
It lasted almost 2 years so I guess that’s not too bad?
clever mortar
Not terrible, not awesome
amber ice
I’ll go for another one and search for something else in the future then, thanks for the advice.
clever mortar
WD Purple cards seem to be pretty solid
amber ice
Ok I’ll cancel my order then 😅
I guess that’s nothing special then, went for the purple one now
warm hemlock
How to clean up all the unwanted entities that are not being used anymore? Why the SD card gets full overtime even after following the office cleanup guide and limiting recorder data to just one day.
Any good guide available ?
I am using a 32GB SD Card now.
clever mortar
I know you've not been here for a while, other than to post links to your blog, but please read the channel topics
velvet horizonBOT
clever mortar
warm hemlock
@clever mortar Sorry for sharing links. I was just sharing my thoughts about how we all can improve our future of how we tirelessly write the automation rules to build intelligence. I am aware that recorder is an integration but since my concern was more about cleaning home assistant, I thought it was off-topic.
clever mortar
There's no support for Home Assistant here
🤔
Sharing links is fine, but when you've been away for 6 months, and that last visit was here's my blog and then you come back to apparently only post a link to your blog here, and elsewhere.... it looks like you're a spammer
If you're active in a community that's one thing, particularly when it's on topic, but ...
clever mortar
Well, either active, or at least pay attention 😉
hearty depot
just had a new friend in my office..
Now I cant find him anymore... concerning.. I guess he will eat me
static schooner
he's getting his posse together to take you down
drifting void
Hello everyone
I am a brand-new Home Automation user, started working with it about 1h ago, and I like it a lot. Already set up a few integrations, with more to come.
static schooner
beware carnivorous insect infestations
last cedar
beware carnivorous insect infestations
And raccoons
static schooner
they're both good life advice
clever mortar
The presence of which is easily identified through the fact that things go missing...
static schooner
right, raccoons are more apt to just steal from you rather than eat you, give or take a finger
forest edge
Hi all! Can Raspberry Pi 4 4GB boot from 1TB SSD?
no, 999GB or less
hearty depot
just my cind of humor
crisp sapphire
Please push the wago lever down
Did
Apparently kids in stockholm like to break open public facing electrical box's and expose live wires for some poor fucker to accidentally touch
although the area im currently in is pretty hellish crime wise.
hushed basalt
fast tapir
#the-water-cooler I am hopping to get a little help from the community. I am using the code in the link with esphome for a wiegand card reader. https://github.com/avwuff/esphome-wiegand . What I would like help with is the lamba code to add to my on_vale to compare a code. This is my end goal. I want friends and family with a key fob to be able to access my house. The current code works great as I want the code to go to HA first and HA to verify that I want it to open the door. What I am missing is that I want to add an automation to the esp8622 that of it sees my key fob that it will open the door without talking to HA. I need this hard codes so the door opens for me even if the Wi-Fi goes out. The door relays are on the same esp8622 as the reader.
last cedar
Apparently kids in stockholm like to break open public facing electrical box's a...
They do thia in Eskilstuna too
last cedar
Omg... The little hands!!
young sigil
<#397426163649216512> I am hopping to get a little help from the community. I am...
Please read the channel topics. No support here. Try #diy-archived or the ESPHome server.
static schooner
that, plus much crossposting
forest edge
ugh it costs more money to buy a replacement part that fits into a gas cap then it is to buy the whole new cap
it just seems silly to me
hushed basalt
By gas I assume you mean Petroleum
fallow karma
glacial knot
and some BSD routers
hushed basalt
wintry hazel
why do people do things like the above
wide grove
Hi all! Can Raspberry Pi 4 4GB boot from 1TB SSD?
Yes it can. Compared to SD, performance gain is enormous, so is the reliabilty (BUT: always backup to another medium).
warm hemlock
Thanks @wide grove
bitter pawn
https://i.imgur.com/K0guHWM.jpg @last cedar is having a house party
crisp sapphire
They do thia in Eskilstuna too
"Välkommen till mina områden"
last cedar
https://i.imgur.com/K0guHWM.jpg <@!300242410338910209> is having a house party
Oh yeah. Parents out of town, gonna make the most of it
bitter pawn
lololololz
fallow karma
hushed basalt
Those are load bearing barnacles
keen holly
Howdy y'all, smartthings victim here... have been lurking on HA for a while and I'm about ready to start setting up my pi, just thinking about buying a cheap external SSD for a boot drive so I dont destroy SD cards... frankly I'm a bit intimidated to start as I have no clue where to begin
subtle pasture
These pillows give me anxiety...
keen holly
These pillows give me anxiety...
I see inflated batteries!
subtle pasture
That's what they're supposed to look like, yup. lol
forest edge
Howdy y'all, smartthings victim here... have been lurking on HA for a while and ...
tons and tons of guides out there. it's a whole lot easier then people initially think.
clever mortar
https://www.home-assistant.io/getting-started/ is a good starting point
keen holly
Thanks y'all, I keep hearing its so easy these days so I think I'm finally going to jump into it this weekend. Coming from ST V2, if my current setup has seemed to get buggy over the years, would yall suggest removing all devices and factory resetting the ST hub for a clean new setup?
clever mortar
Well, you're gonna ignore it anyway 😛
I'd just treat the HA install as a fresh start. Begin by just experimenting with it, before migrating things over
keen holly
I'd just treat the HA install as a fresh start. Begin by just experimenting with...
Awesome, thanks!
clever mortar
I'd highly recommend you spend a while just messing about and learning HA
That way if you feel the need to blow it all away and start fresh, you're not going to be quite so annoyed 😄
keen holly
Okay last question, promise! Thoughts on boot drive: take my chances with SD card for now or worth spending $30 on a cheap external SSD?
clever mortar
SD card is fine to get started with, if it's one designed for a high write life (eg Industrial cards, WD Purple dashcam cards, etc)
You'll probably outgrow the Pi at some point anyway
Anyway, you'll have backups, right?
subtle pasture
Performance-wise, an SSD helps immensely (even on a Pi 3 with USB 2.0). It extends how far you can take HA on a Pi by a significant margin, I'd say.
clever mortar
Does help, but I've seen a fair few people run into power and compatibility issues with SD adapters
Anyway, any 64 bit PC from the last decade will outperform that Pi...
subtle pasture
Not wrong, though there are other reasons why that might not be desirable
And it's not like the SSD you bought for the Pi will go to waste if you upgrade to a PC later 🤷♀️
forest edge
You'll probably outgrow the Pi at some point anyway
how so?
hearty depot
what do you want to tell me youtube..
(when you dont know it, watch it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arj7oStGLkU its funny... and sadly true)
clever mortar
how so?
Maybe it's just me, but I found the Pi just couldn't do all I needed/wanted. With an i5 I've got so much more headroom
Besides, being not on a Pi solves all the power issues they have 😄
forest edge
granted there are a few limited exceptions in the forms of addons but aside from that I don't think one could ever actually outgrow it
clever mortar
Limited .... like any form of meaningful image processing
forest edge
inside of HA that is, we don't count none OS versions where people want to run non HA stuff on the same machine as well lol
clever mortar
Yeah, if you're just talking HA and some basic other programs, sure, a Pi will be "ok"
But, once you start stretching your wings, not so much
forest edge
||more pi's||
clever mortar
Running MotionEye on a Pi is ... amusing
forest edge
many cameras and something like a pi don't work well
clever mortar
A camera doesn't work well
Feeding it a 25 FPS stream causes it to choke
Even the low-resolution stream from my camera causes the Pi to choke at that framerate
clever mortar
Aye, though the Pi4 isn't faster enough to matter
Interesting
I may have to buy one to play with then, see if it can cope, or if it too just dies
forest edge
granted i used masks so all 5 cameras wasn't detecting motion 24/7 lol
clever mortar
Well, on an i5 the low res stream takes about 10% of a core at idle
Then layer Doods/TensorFlow on top 😄
forest edge
you need to switch to frigate
i'm at 15% on an i7 with plex, and motioneye and frigate and a few other containers all running at the same time
my old i7 975
keen holly
Anyway, any 64 bit PC from the last decade will outperform that Pi...
I do have a 10 year old i7 64bit laptop I've considered repurposing, really would be more useful than the pi?
forest edge
IF you are planning to do camera stuff @keen holly
clever mortar
Even if not
forest edge
and plex etc
clever mortar
It comes with a built in UPS
stiff holly
it even comes with its own KVM and UPS
forest edge
over kill is as bad as under kill imo.
stiff holly
no, I need my 3990X and Quadro A5000 to turn my lights on and off
forest edge
lol
keen holly
LoL I was just thinking how much more power that beefy hp laptop would draw
clever mortar
I think my laptop has a highly powered Intel ||rubber band powered|| graphics card
subtle pasture
Speaking of the Pi
https://www.notebookcheck.net/The-Raspberry-Pi-Foundation-reveals-details-on-its-next-single-board-computers-including-PCIe-support.551607.0.html
clever mortar
My laptop has a 45W power supply, it draws a lot less than that 99% of the time
subtle pasture
Pi 4a and Pi 5 are in the pipeline 👀
stiff holly
Pi 4a and Pi 5? Will we also get a Pi 4a 5G?
clever mortar
Don't forget the display is a big source of the power draw in a laptop - both the GPU and the screen itself
keen holly
Just want to say y'all seem super nice, thanks for not running me off with my noobness
clever mortar
Don't worry, we'll be mean soon enough 😛
static schooner
you could be the dude in #zwave-archived , and get a different reaction
forest edge
thank god they going back to full size hdmi ports
but no thank you to no usb 3 ports lol
clever mortar
People generally get treated the way they behave 
Though, that doesn't explain the resident raccoon...
subtle pasture
but no thank you to no usb 3 ports lol
USB 3.0 on the Pi 4 is provided by a PCIe controller. The plan appears to be to remove the controller and expose PCIe on a header / slot
forest edge
yea i saw that
subtle pasture
So if you want USB 3.0, either get a 4B, or install a USB 3.0 card on the 4A 🤷♀️
static schooner
NVMe baby
forest edge
I would not buy a 4a
subtle pasture
And that's why the 4B exists. lol
clever mortar
I have no need of USB ports on a Pi that supports proper storage
forest edge
rpi5 will make tinkerer switch back to rpi lol
subtle pasture
I have no need of USB ports on a Pi that supports proper storage
Yeah, I more-often want my Pi to have an NVMe drive than USB 3.0
clever mortar
I've got everything from an original Pi up to a Xeon
Horses for courses, and all that
forest edge
Yeah, I more-often want my Pi to have an NVMe drive than USB 3.0
you'll get emmc and like it
subtle pasture
It's rare that I plug a peripheral into a Pi that can take advantage of USB 3.0... and when I do, it's usually a USB to SATA adapter for an SSD
@forest edge emmc is also an option, yes...
keen holly
I have a 4b and a zero I wanted to use for pihole but it wasn't working as good as I hoped
subtle pasture
Pi Compute Module 4 already has emmc and PCIe available
keen holly
The 4b I got for HA
clever mortar
Yeah, I ditched PiHole on the Pi and went to AdGuard Home in Docker
forest edge
zero for something like pihole is not a good option lol
subtle pasture
I'm running pfBlocker-NG on my pfSense firewall/router
keen holly
Yeah, I ditched PiHole on the Pi and went to AdGuard Home in Docker
Docker?
Feel free to take my tech guy card now lol
subtle pasture
The nice thing about doing blocking on the same device that's also the firewall/router is that IP blocklists work
stiff holly
god bless Docker. Running anything I can't replicate with a few yaml files makes me feel icky now
static schooner
My First Docker Container, new from Fisher Price
keen holly
https://tenor.com/view/pings-off-reply-pings-off-reply-ping-discord-reply-ping-g...
OMG I'm so sorry I never knew I could click that!!
clever mortar
No worries 😄
keen holly
Did it not ping you that time?
clever mortar
Nope
keen holly
Super
clever mortar
Docker took me a while to wrap my head around... wasn't until I started wanting to build my own images that the penny finally dropped with it
Now I love it
||Just not for HA, I still run that the old school way||
forest edge
I wouldn't want to mess with running HA in a docker
stiff holly
what's wrong with running HA in Docker?
clever mortar
Nothing
forest edge
always have to tinker with crap down the road if you wanted to experiment etc
static schooner
it's too easy
clever mortar
I've got a few decades of Unix experience though, so pip install was trivial for me
stiff holly
I've been running HA in Docker, was super ez
clever mortar
Also, I do some weird ass stuff locally that'd be painful to port to Docker
||ok, I'm too lazy to code up||
stiff holly
next step, HA in k8s?
static schooner
we periodically get people looking for support for K3s
stiff holly
oh no
subtle pasture
Docker took me a while to wrap my head around... wasn't until I started wanting ...
Building your own images is, often, the only way to go in production environments
keen holly
Im getting the feeling in my 2 minutes of this "what is docker" YT video I'm watching that I'll be better off running docker on my old PC over the pi?
subtle pasture
Otherwise you're stuck doing massive audits before every 3rd party container upgrade to make sure they didn't majorly fuck up security inside the container
keen holly
HAHA: high availability home assistant
You crack me up like a cheap sidewalk
subtle pasture
HAHA: high availability home assistant
check the "Enable High Availability for this VM" checkbox in vCenter
Done >.>
keen holly
Yeah, I ditched PiHole on the Pi and went to AdGuard Home in Docker
Does Adguard home work for YouTube or Hulu ads?
stiff holly
does that actually do anything if you're not running a cluster?
I've never used vmware before
subtle pasture
does that actually do anything if you're not running a cluster?
If you're not running in a cluster than you don't have the infra for HA in the first place 😛
You need at least two physical hosts, ideally with dedicated networking between them
stiff holly
yeah of course, I didn't know if that was an option you see in vmware regardless
subtle pasture
Which is the minimum for any kind of HA, really
The annoying thing with VMWare is the licensing costs associated with features like HA, FT, and DRS.
Hyper-V includes all that for free 🤷♀️
clever mortar
Does Adguard home work for YouTube or Hulu ads?
Don't think so, but I don't watch a lot of those
subtle pasture
I prefer VMWare environments, but I can't deny Microsoft is kicking their ass on value
clever mortar
VMs are nice for the ability to snapshot and migrate them live, in the right environments
subtle pasture
Yeah, though both vSphere and Hyper-V clusters can do that for both VMs and Docker containers now
Mix and match all you want
keen holly
Don't _think_ so, but I don't watch a lot of those
That's why I gave up on the pihole. I use ublock for browsers, I just wanted to block ads on casting services or streaming services on my Xbox
Shoot, I think I forgot to click the button that time, sorry
subtle pasture
Really wish Microsoft would do an embedded version of Hyper-V. That's one market segment where VMWare has basically zero competition
forest edge
you can't block ads served through apps
keen holly
I watch so much Hulu, and I have the cheap version that serves ads. Sometimes I get lucky and during one episode here and there it'll glitch for every ad and skip for my xb
static schooner
I was forced to the higher-priced ad-free version for my sanity
the commercial insertions are poorly timed and too jarring
forest edge
paying money to be served ads is dumb but they claim itself the diffrence between paying $10+ a month vs paying under $5
that damn paramount+ thing is horrible. like 5 ad slots with each being 90 seconds of ads
static schooner
the worst part is that it's not very smart about when you've already seen an ad segment, so I end up rewatching them or being prevented from fast forwarding
makes me want to give up and torrent
keen holly
the commercial insertions are poorly timed and too jarring
This is too accurate
forest edge
torrent these days is basically all automated too lol
keen holly
Tried the paramount one and couldn't believe how many commercials compared to Hulu
forest edge
and is cheaper cause it's only the vpn costs out of pocket heh
I hate the paramount streaming app with a passion, so glad we bing watched everything on there till next year
keen holly
And I would get the commercial free plan except we get it Hulu free through Sprint on a grandfathered plan and they won't let us pay the difference
I stopped torrenting when I got 5 letters from my isp about some movies I downloaded, that was years ago and wasn't using VPN
Those letters kind of scared me from ever thinking about torrents again
forest edge
torrenting in the US is risky. although bollywood isn't as man hunting as they use to be
keen holly
Even with VPN?
forest edge
being charged with thousands of dollars by downloading crap you already own on disc was a frightning time lol
dunno, I don't torrent these days.
crisp sapphire
OMG I'm so sorry I never knew I could click that!!
Its pretty damn hidden imo. Not good UI/X
Only recently found out thanks to Tinkerer aswell
deft pewter
Time to get used to new keycaps... thought I'd try XDA profile for a change. Can't type for toffee now 😄
cedar chasm
Here is what I've learned: resyncing a RAID-1 volume after replacing disks is quite time-consuming;
If AT ALL possible consider just doing a backup to some other medium, then delete and recreate the volume with all the disks one is hoping to use.
This is surely what I will do.... next time......
subtle pasture
Weird, RAID-1 generally has the fastest rebuilds of any RAID type
There's no parity to calculate, so the rebuild is literally only limited by how fast you can write data to the replacement disk
You sure you weren't dealing with RAID 5 or 6? Or nested RAID?
deft pewter
Didn't they just add functionality to ZFS to allow adding/removing disks to pools? Sounds like you need to leave the 90's behind and switch from RAID to ZFS.
Add disk, rebuild, swap disk, repeat,.
subtle pasture
You could always add/remove vdevs from pools
deft pewter
So it's always been superior to RAID?
subtle pasture
You could always add/remove RAIDs from a pool as well...
The big issue ZFS has had, for consumers, is the inability to expand an existing vdev without replacing every disk in the vdev (with a rebuild between every disk swap)
Want to upgrade an 8-disk vdev? That'll be 8 new drives and 8 rebuilds.
It was basically pointless to attempt expanding a vdev. You might as well just make a new vdev with the new disks and migrate your data.
ZFS might be getting the ability to expand vdevs one disk at a time... soon... finally...
I'll believe it when I see it. Its been "coming soon" for like a decade now
cedar chasm
Weird, RAID-1 generally has the fastest rebuilds of any RAID type
Well, this is all going down on an old two-bay Synology NAS, so don't know whether everything is happening according to the state of the art 🙂
Currently 'Checking parity consistency'
subtle pasture
With RAID 1, a consistency check involves reading the entire contents of both disks and verifying that Disk 2's contents == Disk 1's contents.
cedar chasm
Indeed, well it's been doing a thorough job of it
subtle pasture
It's a block-level operation, so yeah... it'll take a while
deft pewter
The only fun block-level operations are LEGO builds.
cedar chasm
I would be grateful to get away with this, if one of the disks legit died
but next time I will have enough spare disks to just stuff it and rebuild
Does ZFS still require a specialized controller?
analogous to a RAID controller?
deft pewter
RAID-Z and mirroring do not require any special hardware
subtle pasture
Yeah, neither RAID nor ZFS require a controller, though RAID is often accelerated with a controller
Synology doesn't use a hardware RAID controller in most of their NASs. They use EXT4 or BTRFS on top of LVM, unless you specifically configure them for plain RAID instead of SHR1 or SHR2.
BTRFS is the default as of DSM7, and is basically equivalent to ZFS for NAS use
cedar chasm
ahaa
thus
Oh well, once this one dies, maybe I'll move to TrueNAS or whatever is hawt at the time
subtle pasture
Synology is still one of the better options, tbh...
I'm rocking one of their 12-bay rackmount units.
cedar chasm
woah
I'm still doing mostly livingroom computing, though in a rack, so I do like that their 2-bay/4-bays can be pretty silent
I suppose wise hardware selection could still fit that bill but the ready-made solutions are right there in webshops near us
icy marlin
Hello everyone I have a question
cedar chasm
Hi Hostu, questions are free but bare in mind that the other channels are support, this one is more free thought