rcdemski

I've been slowly shifting away from cloud connected, wi-fi connected smart home things towards zigbee and zwave. I've had hit-and-miss reliability with them which is unfortunate. Are there any brands you've used you recommend?

I'm hopeful that Matter, even with the slow start, will fix this mess. It feels like the tech stack is there and now we're just waiting on the market to catch up with releasing hardware to the standard.

It seems like a fair statement from the reporter. Unless they know definitively whether the driver is cited or not then the outcome is unclear.

That said I hope there are repercussions for the driver

It has, but it’s presently an accessibility affordance you have to enable first. It’s found under device Settings > Accessibility > Siri > “Type to Siri” On/Off

The former owner chimed in to discuss the ownership change and how it was handled: https://surteesstudios.com/a-new-chapter/

I can’t say the software is untrustworthy anymore but the whole ownership change was poorly handled and I can’t blame anyone wanting to jump ship after that.

None. I’m three years in with mine in Denver so it deals with hot summer, frigid winter, random hail, occasional high winds. I’ve never had to touch it.

I wish more home technology was so painless.

I’ve had a Weatherflow Tempest [1] for a few years and love its simplicity. No moving parts, solar and rechargeable battery powered. Their platform is primarily mobile app based but they have a comprehensive API should you want to play around.

[1] https://tempest.earth/

Not being familiar with the installation I found this video super informative: https://youtu.be/WfZQf1983iw?si=wvh-GIj6XIEwWGlA

I appreciate them not trying to upsell their product, but give what seems like an honest comparison to their competitor. I have a Purple Air monitor and it’s done me well, but it’s great seeing an alternative with better access to the data. I may have to give it a shot!

I’d love to see pricing include tax… and then I think about how difficult that’d be to implement online

Teenager me sure acted like the GameCube had motion controls

I was given quite the delta, with $14k on the low end to replace our ancient gas furnace and AC with a 80 perfect efficiency gas furnace and standard AC unit, $20k for low end heat pump with gas backup, and as high as $34k for the every feature box checked.

I'm still shopping around and not giving up, it's just disheartening to see such a high markup.

How's the heat pump been working out for you? I'm a fan of electrify all the things (within reason) lately and combining a heat pump with a moderately sized solar system seem like a nice combination.

For me it’s price. I’d love to make the jump to a heat pump but local quotes are in the $20k range before rebates and credits. This stings when the same hardware can be purchased for a quarter of the price.

I’m all for paying for labor on top of that but 4x the price is a bit crazy.

Australia was also under British rule until the 1980s

I think it’s due to the WSJ piece on this program, comments here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39491968

Not sure if it was renamed but today the setting is called “Eye Contact”

I landed at wanting to work remote when I have clear direction on what my team wants to do, and meeting in person to hash out the big details. The in person bandwidth feels much greater (at least for me). Balancing both strategically lets us plan efficiently together and work efficiently at home.

Same, well, I’ll do the speed limit. But the end result is the same. I get to where I’m going without stressing over navigating around aggressive drivers. They tend to avoid the right lane anyway.

If my travels are so time sensitive that a couple minutes will make or break it the. I’m planning things wrong well before I leave the house.

I signed up a month ago and this is the first time something “not Google” has stuck for me. The results are solid, the interface is clean, and it feels good supporting an ad free product.

I wish them their best with platform growth.

I see any dc fast charger as paying for convenience.

I handle the majority of my charging at home overnight at my usual utility rate, but if I need to quickly charge up while on the go it’s a special case I’m ok paying a premium for.

I can only see very limited market uses like possibly store window displays or some theme park attraction. I don’t know how that can justify the R&D expense.

The developer has a post from earlier today discussing that situation

https://alex313031.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-good-bad-and-ugl...

Indeed. I thrive with an in person team but also recognize the majority of my team doesn’t. I greatly appreciate all of us having the individual freedom to choose what works best at my employer.

Down in Denver too. My money is on a date rollover issue related to DRM.

For personal networks this doesn’t make sense but does seem like a fun project to build. The profiles are really most powerful for enterprise networks.

That’s where my gut is landing on this one. They discussed managed app distribution at WWDC and that’s what feels like is coming with 17.2.

In my enterprise land I’m excited for these cleaner integrations for MDM app distribution.

I just tap the icon on my phone and get the effect. It’s cute

They removed them on the Model S and replaced them with capacitive steering wheel buttons when they launched the steering yoke

For Unifi cameras I switched from Homebridge to Scrypted. The streams load near instant when on the same network. All around a much more polished experience.

That’s what I enjoy about a local credit union. In a worst case scenario there is a building local to me with folks personally invested in solving my problem.

The reservoirs were drained from filling up too early. They left no room for shock if another storm hit and that’d be catastrophic.

The power grid is immediately stressed and the gas bans are years out. That doesn’t mean the day of the ban everyone suddenly has an electric car. Building capacity and maintaining what we have today in the grid is absolutely obtainable over a decade