Bluesheep

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Maps application w/ pins and list? in c/opensource@lemmy.ml
[–] Bluesheep@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Never tried this, but it was in a selfh.st newsletter a few weeks back

https://www.dedicatedcode.com/projects/reitti/?ref=selfh.st

I thought I would try it out when I had time. It does ‘memories’ and seems to tell a story about your data.

Looking for a zigbee power meter plug without a switch in c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
[–] Bluesheep@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Depending on your level of technical skill and willingness to risk crack things open, you can flash most Tasmota type devices with esphome and hard code it to be always on. This would go along way to eliminating software as the problem. I have done this with meters attached to my washing machine and dishwasher.

Also, the boards are also relatively simple and it is likely (although there are lots of variants) that you could remove the relay completely and bridge across the terminals. I wouldn’t plug my electric car into it (10A sustained) but you could put a led lamp through it without without much risk.

Disclaimer - I am a hobbyist, not an electrician. YMMV, keep a fire extinguisher nearby, yadda yadda

*Permanently Deleted* in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
[–] Bluesheep@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’ve heard it split into ‘old millennials’ being digital immigrants, and ‘young millennials’ being digital natives. Both are shaped by the wider macroeconomic effects and have similar outlooks, but older millennials are more likely to have been in work with some career progression under their belt before the crises hit.

mmm in c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
[–] Bluesheep@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I recognise this problem, I had it for cameras detecting people, and that being annoying when I work in the garden.

The automation itself is surfaced as a switch so you can turn it off without trying to change your in automation logic to test for states.

Then, if you are like me, you’ll realise you forget to turn it back on! I created an automation that triggers when the automation is turned off and turns it back on after 2 hours (no way I’m gardening for longer than that).

Lastly, because it was annoying to have to open the app, I made the notification have an action button to turn off the notification automation, so that when I start gardening and my phone pings, I can turn it off without farting about too much.

fuckfuckfuckfuck in c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] Bluesheep@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Hrm… when I am with my family (brothers and Sisters) our conversations are like this. Our partners find it a bit weird/intense/think we are always fighting but we think that’s just how it works…

It's getting cold... how are you going to keep heating costs low this winter? in c/askuk@feddit.uk
[–] Bluesheep@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

If you have a tool library or makerspace nearby they might have one you could borrow. The IR cameras are not cheap!

Which body part do you like the least in c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] Bluesheep@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Wowsers. My kids look at me like I’m mad when I have to turn the kitchen extractor the other side of the room off when we eat dinner. HOW CAN YOU THINK WITH THAT CONSTANT HUM.

!90s_memes@Quokk.au - and probably a lot of crossover with other generations in c/newcommunities@lemmy.world
[–] Bluesheep@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Related to 100% of memes. Laughed at 90%+

Think I might be a 90s kid.

foldable organizer walls in c/3dprinting@lemmy.world
[–] Bluesheep@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thank you so much for sharing your design thinking. I have no comments but will be trying your concepts. I am considering whether it might overlap on Gridfinity bins for organising things.

Study (N=16) finds AI (Cursor/Claude) slows development in c/technology@lemmy.ml
[–] Bluesheep@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I think you’ve got the key point here. Most of the commentary on AI focuses on its impact on people that are already good at their jobs. Where I see it having most impact is for people who aren’t good or aren’t capable. It doesn’t make them a good coder, but it might make them a bit better than before.

The same is true for professional and technical writing. There may be an explosion of people ‘delving’ into topics, littered with em-dashes, and it might take them a while to produce it, but the principle time saving is that I’m not reviewing and editing all the garbage the first time round.

Tired of misinformation? This custom GPT dissects how it manipulates your brain. in c/chatgpt@lemmy.world
[–] Bluesheep@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Fancy sharing the details of your prompt? I might like to recreate in a corporate environment.

No sweat if your keeping it closed.

Z2M slow since 2025.3 in c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
[–] Bluesheep@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Rebooted a bunch of bits and it seems to have sped up again. Weird really. I love zigbee for the low cost and low power consumption,M but as a tech nerd I hate that I don’t have the same tools as I would have with an IP device.

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Z2M slow since 2025.3 (lemmy.world)
 

Anyone else finding their z2m mesh is going slow? Can’t work out the cause, wondering if it is related to recent patch.

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Help guiding my son through his exams (lemmy.world)
 

Hi folks. I think my 16yo son has ADHD. He shows a lot of the classic behaviours. (Not listed for brevity)

He’s smart, performs well in class, but struggles badly with exams, detail. He is also struggling with revision. He’s been a high performing up until now but he’s hit hit the limit of his abilities.

His exams are 2 months away, we won’t get a diagnosis in time 😔

Can anyone here suggest resources or personal insights that could help me help him through this period?

Thanks!

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Subscribed to a community (lemmy.world)
 

Saw a community on lemmy had moved. Decided to subscribe to it in the new place too. I was subscribed to it before and liked it well enough.

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Help! DNS A Records only ones getting filtered. (lemmy.world)
 

I’m pulling my hair out over this. I’ve got a proxmox homelab, an LXC running technitium installed from TTeck’s script.

The DNS server is also doing DHCP for my network. I have an authoritative zone for ‘.lan’

I can get NS, SOA, TXT records from the DNS server, but no A records! The DNS query logs show that it gives an answer, and if I am on the DNS server itself I get an answer, but no other machines on the network hear the reply.

I think this means the DNS server is working properly. There are no FWs in the way as I can resolve other types.

Where else can I look, or how can I diagnose this? I am completely at a loss.

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Picked up the children (lemmy.world)
 

Picked my son up from sports training. Had to give a couple of other kids a lift home because we share lifts to these things. Dropped them home on the way. It’s not exactly the shortest route but it was fine.

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Hardware Recovery Strategies (lemmy.world)
 

I had a bit of a scare this week. My setup is HAOS running on Proxmox. I have a Sonoff USB Zigbee gateway. (also a coral for Frigate, and a USB SSD attached to Proxmox)

Friday night, the server stops for no reason. I dig it out from the cupboard and I can hear the fan short cycling. I disconnect everything and take it to a screen so I can see what's happening - it boots fine, WTH?

Must be a USB thing. Add them back one by one and when I connect the gateway back problem is back. Now I get worried. Switch USB port and remap to HAOS and boom! back up and running. Panic over, cold house (radiators are zigbee) and angry wife and children avoided.

All of which has lead me to consider that my HA set up is really 'Mission Critical' and I need some recovery strategies beyond a daily backup. I think the gateway can be swapped but I'm not sure if the key to the zigbee mesh is hardware encoded or software.

This is the question - What are your recovery strategies? Do they include hardware or just software? I'm thinking maybe I need a second dongle and a couple of low powered machines in the Proxmox cluster. I won't be able to get my homely back up immediately, but if I can get HA running again on a different node with a backup dongle I'd be OK.

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'Touch points' in HA (lemmy.world)
 

I was reading the HA roadmap and thinking about the points where everyone (else) interacts with my HA environment. I’ve wanted displays/dashboards for a long time but mostly have either battery powered buttons or smart wall switches. These are good in that I can automate them but with two teenage children we have a lot of variability.

Tell me how everyone else uses HA in your house. Do they love it? Do they see only that buttons ‘do things’? Do they read dashboards and crave data?

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when is the best time to go to the dentist? (lemmy.world)
 

Two-Thirty!

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Help building a homebrew NVR (lemmy.world)
 

I’ve got a project in mind I’d like to test with the community before going ok deep on.

I’d like to put together a face-recognising NVR closely tied to homeassistant. I’m thinking of using an RPi4 with a coral attached. Then installing docker and including the following:

  • frigate
  • doubletake
  • compreface (unless others recommend a better detector?)

I have an MQTT server in HA but also wondering if it makes sense to have a local MQTT server for the NVR.

As usual, I’m working on the edge of what I know, so any suggestions/comments on things that might trip me up would be warmly welcomed.

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[UK] Found during house renovation (i.imgur.com)
 

There is a key to lock it closed, and the same key will lock it either on or off. In keeping with a Victorian Bell/Butler Board but not near it in the house.

I guess it must be some kind of isolator switch, but I know nothing of its history.

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