GreatAlbatross @ GreatAlbatross @feddit.uk

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I've eliminated 2.4GHz wifi in the house for this reason.
The only downside is, I really need to get a couple more WAPs installed.

HA has been dead handy when I occasionally need to use an old device, as I can flip the second radio on from a dashboard.

So far, I'm only £150 down on cable and clips on my rennovation. And this is the decent stuff, AWG23, and double run.

It'll probably go sideways when I spec up a switch with enough ports, mind...

I frequently confuse the two when I'm not thinking, or my browser has defaulted to the colonial spellchecker.

Don't forget more length restrictions because the copper can't keep up.

They can be shown on US television at least.

Yep. Damn Wizards infiltrated the UK commercial media a decade ago, and they never left.

It's a balance to hit in article sharing communities too.
Too much leniency, and you just end up with people posting DMG articles, and tiny un-sourced blogs with snazzy titles.
Too tough, and you end up spending your entire life justifying why various borderline sources are not suitable.

imperial measurements have been legally defined in reference to SI units for decades

This is the important bit.
Effectively, we are metric, but display things using the old units sometimes.

And you sometimes get people ordering lumber for the first time giving bad reviews because they feel they've been cheated out of some wood.

I just assume I'll do 45.45 MPG, then I'm pleasantly surprised when the fuel bill is lower than expected.

I end up doing a lot of lazy maths, and remembering rough numbers.

45MPG? That's about 10 miles per litre.
8 inches? Eh, 20cm.

Anything remotely technical, I convert everything to metric (and actually take the time do accurately).
Having the inch-fractions to mm table on the back of a ruler is very useful when using old drill bits and spanners.

I use them, and I love them.

They're banned from the internet, and never complain.
I use both SD cards inside the cameras, and dumps over SFTP.

The general standard of integration with HASS is very good (IR control, alerts, streams, etc.)
If you want to access streams over a VPN, make sure that you configure the IP addresses manually in the app, rather than letting it auto-find (took me a while to work this out).

Doorbell cam: Lovely bit of kit. Button press and person detection hooks in nicely with HASS things.
I really like being able to answer delivery people (and be silly with visitors). 2-way audio works well in the app, I keep meaning to try integrating it with HASS now the latest version has capability baked in.

810A: Decent picture quality, the only fly in the ointment is that it uses H265 for full res, and a lot of open source things don't officially support it.

510: Good value, and decent quality image. There is a firmware floating around that adds pet detection features too.

The barista grade stuff works pretty well in builders tea, honestly.
You just have to get in the habit of shaking the carton.

They see younger generations moving away from dairy, and claim it's because non-dairy stole the words.

When in my case at least, it only took a week milk-free to realise that having mild discomfort in your stomach all the time isn't normal.
And that drinking MOMA instead left me feeling lighter and happier.

Hue bulbs now work on standard zigbee.
I'd have to double check that the newest ones still do, but unless Signify are being complete bell-ends, it should just work.

I switched mine over after I got fed up with that bloody hub requiring an app to do any serious config, and randomly disconnecting.
The response time seems better when using HASS too. Bulbs that are not yet paired can be easily added to the network, ones that have been paired need to be deprogrammed first.

This is how the Hue RGB bulb I have can be controlled in HA:

It's fair to say that there really isn't one standard yet for home automation.
You're likely to end up with multiple radios just due to availability of products.
I started with a zigbee dongle, then got a z-wave one when I started finding products I wanted that only came in z-wave.
Then I got an SDR dongle to use 433MHz (lots of cheap gear uses 433)

I personally haven't touched thread/matter yet.

The really nice thing about HASS is that if you can get it to talk to HASS...It can be integrated with anything else you integrate with HASS.
For example, I have some cheap zigbee push buttons.
One click toggles the hue bulbs for that room on/off. Two clicks toggles a daylight mode.
Press+Hold toggles a dim yellow mode for night.

Or for another, I have central water heating.
The toggle for heating on/off is a simple smart switch.
This is linked to a virtual thermostat in HASS, which in turn is fed by a simple thermometer that also feeds into HASS.

You can often make really nice integrations by keeping the hardware as simple as possible, then stitching it together with HASS.
Rather than buying one thing for all, and hoping it integrates well.

I think I've found footage of their getaway: Pastry

You just know there is a room full of MBA types about to pitch GPT written code for this tender.
GPT written pitch, naturally.

Something, something, businesses getting replaced with vape shops.

I still don't get why my laptop shipped with BIOS raid enabled.
It only has one drive!