Yup! Even units with one exhaust need 2 fans. Many standalone models even have a small 3rd fan near the condensate reservoir to re-introduce moisture, collected when chilling air, back into the exhaust so they don't have to be drained as much.
The nice thing about inverter units is they only run the pump and fans as hard as it needs to obtain its objective. Once there, it can spin down and get much quieter. I used to have floor units and hated sleeping with those. All through the night you would get fan noise and a huge CLUNK as the compressor kicks on or off. We upgraded this year and the ramp-up is so much easier to sleep through. There is still fan noise, but much quieter and becomes white noise after a while.
While it does pull in hot air from outside, it is not cooled, but rather heated. AC units are divided with a cool side that lowers temp in a room and a hot side that extracts heat.
Warm air is used by the condenser (a radiator that collects the heat from the room) and sent back outside hotter than it sucked in.
The air on the cold side of the AC unit is recirculated into the room.
Doesn't really apply to your setup, but I just got a u-shaped window AC from midea and it works well with home assistant. I didn't expect it, but it also has an outside temp sensor I can read. I've been graphing outside temp all summer. Purple is the AC, blue is openweathermap. Ignore humidity, that is for a tropical/moss tank.
They have an indoor unit with the same wifi capability, linky so that one might work.
EDIT: you're right, Midea compatibility isn't standard in home assistant, nor advertised , but I added it with a custom integration. It's been working great this summer.
data stays local for the most part. Every file you send to the cloud becomes property of the cloud. Yeah, you get access, but so does the hosting provider, their 3rd party resources, and typical government compliances. Hard drives are cheap and fast enough.
not quite answering this right, but I very much enjoy learning and evolving. But technology changes and sometimes implementing new software like caddy/traefik on existing setups is a PITA! I suppose if I went back in time, I would tell myself to do it the hard way and save a headache later. I wouldn't have listened to me though.
Portainer is so nice, but has quirks. It's no replacement for the command line, but wow, does it save time. The console is nerdy, but when time is on the line, find a good GUI.
I feel a lot of these responses miss the mark. If I read it correctly, you suggest matrix is the data leak and the results of which show in Instagram.
Matrix has many clients, one of which could be leaking data, but not necessary from your end of the conversation.
There are also keyboards which analyze input, and high privileged apps that can read notifications.
From what I understand, Meta apps can scan a device for a list of apps installed (probably somesort of fingerprinting concern) but can't actually read app interactions or content.
I'd say hi in a chat with some clear, unique keywords on a new or old/wiped device and see if the leak continues. It may not be you at all, but it would identify the problematic device
And walking down to the food court to use a bathroom may be, ahem, problematic for a retirement community.
There was a dead mall in a nearby city that was finally bulldozed to make way for apartments. It's taken decades and nowhere near habitable yet. Sort of a start though.
Man that brings back memories. MythTV was my first venture into Linux-based systems. I got a PCI HDTV tuner card, took over my parents garage, and built a little box to make a PVR. What a fun project. I bet MythTV is a LOT easier now!
Currently, I have a silicondust tuner and run Plex in docker. Works great for my needs. I think it works with jellyfin too if you prefer that route.
Highly recommend SSD if just for Lemmy. Man, the syncing can take a while. I have HDD with a m.2 cache and it can still take a while. Personally, I'd go for something a little more powerful, but it's all fun and educational.
I just don't want to get sick, lose my retirement savings to medical debt, have social security run out, and wind up homeless like things seem to be headed.
Yes. But generations has different views and priorities from one to the other. For example boomers see the world as they remember and hang on to what they know, but that policy isn't working anymore.
I, for one, am concerned retirement won't exist by the time I get too old to work. Our current candidates don't need to give a crap about that. They'll die before that becomes an issue.
Boomers had a good run, and did a lot of damage. Younger generations are doing a lot of fix-its; that's commendable. Mine was called lazy, ignored, and I would really like for it to not be passed over. I don't have a lot of time left to hope things start getting better from a generation that seems to do rash, illogical things to justify logical conclusions.
I just want us to have a chance to shine in the sun.
Ah, that works too.
Someone bought a home over my way and added a 2-story ADU in their backyard. They rent both units out. Probably pays for the mortgage completely.
I laugh when I pass that one. No idea how they got a 2-story permit for an ADU that is taller than it is wide in a 1-story neighborhood.