GreatAlbatross @ GreatAlbatross @feddit.uk

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The only thing I can see really shifting it, is people saying they'll support trump to stay in with their communities, then making excuses why they stayed home on election day.

And if I'm honest, that's a hell of a hail mary pass.

z-wave may be easier than expected, as I think the devices stay linked to the hardware dongle used. (This is just from memory, mind!). But if you need to change the dongle, perhaps less fun.

imo, it will be a bit of pain to get everything inside HA, but once it's done, you'll be inside a platform that is pretty open, and commonly used, with lots of other people (hopefully) posting up solutions to problems before you encounter them!
And because it's software that will run on pretty much anything, you have the reassurance that even if something crazy happened, you could just reinstall an old version.

If it were me, I'd clear an entire weekend day, power off the old kit, and work away at getting HA controlling everything.

Because if they remaster it, they can also remaster the price.
Which is probably why they've pulled all the old versions.

I like to think of it like a passive action that helps handle the smaller amounts of moisture (humans breathing, cooking, laundry), but also an action that helps reduce the problems of acute issues that occur. That way, when something does happen, there is at least a dampening effect while the leak is fixed.
Leaks and rising damp still need to be addressed, obviously.

Examples are things like vermiculite render on the outside, Steico/Wool batts as normal insulation.

The downside is, it's expensive. The insulation is only as good as fibreglass/rockwool, and costs about 3x as much.

There is another thing that I sometimes talk about on here, breathability.
You either need to prevent any moisture moving in any direction, or allow vapor to move with breathable materials.
Ones that allow water vapor to move, but not liquid water.

Older buildings, where the original materials were breathable, should ideally continue to use breathable materials. This prevents issues with water wicking through one old surface, then getting trapped behind another. It also removes the risk of damaged or badly designed vapor barriers allowing things through, as the materials themselves help get the moisture out as a passive action.

They're also changing the way you get money after someone buys something.

eBay balance, apparently. So by default, when a transaction happens, the money stays in eBay, and you have to manually transfer it out, instead of scheduled timed payouts.

Nice to see NC becoming involved with the board.

I don't run that much z-wave due to cost, but I'm all for improvements and tighter integration.
Especially since when I do want to spend money, ZW works very well.

Kinda like the BeltBox, but less brightly coloured.

Building wide generating and averaging absolutely makes sense.

It needs tighter regulation though. As when you have apartments that are effectively tied to a provider, protections need to be in place to stop ridiculous energy price hikes and maintenance charges.

Must be the fracking residue in the water.

Or maybe something like this:

https://www.securemeters.com/uk/product/room-thermostats/hrt4-zw-asr/

The unit with the buttons on is a simple relay, which hass can control to turn things on and off, and use a heating control with a temperature sensor.
But if you hit the button on the front, it also gives 30 minutes of on, which can be handy if the system had issues.

Or you could have a hass controlled relay, but also leave the old controller wired in on a manual switch.
So if there was a failure, you could go back to the old control by manually flipping it over.

This is an absolutely brilliant summary.

It's getting to the point where the only saving grace for Tesco over Aldi is the delivery vans.

Here comes the next house price hike wave, then.

Nationwide are also launching deals under 4%.

Shipping people out of the UK to Australia?
That'd never work. You'd have to charge them at least ten pound.

The trick is to fit 9.5mm every time, until their partner asks if there is a way to make it stronger.

Then fit 2 layers of 15mm soundboard.

The great thing is though, it's completely up to you to choose: If you want to carry a child to term, and have the requisite equipment, you can do so.
If someone else doesn't want to, that's their decision too.

That's a pretty awesome idea, I'm not going to lie!

Alternative take: People should be able to undertake one of the hardest personal decisions/actions of their life without the chilling effect of others.

I thought it was.