Aaron Parecki

Dad https://twitter.com/GeekAndDad • Dec 2
Also not seeing you using the weewx-sdr? I'm entirely new to this so perhaps just my ignorance.

The names of these things are terrible. I'm using the RTL-SDR dongle, it's linked down from the "controller" section.

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Dad https://twitter.com/GeekAndDad • Dec 2
Read through it but didn't follow all the links. Didn't realized rtl_433 was the driver (different git repo though?).

oh yeah guess there are two of them. I don't remember why I used the one I did.

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Dad https://twitter.com/GeekAndDad • Dec 2
@samgrover you might also check out: https://github.com/matthewwall/weewx-sdr/issues/6

looks like there's a way to get the temp sensor data without their expensive phone-home hub. Need a 433 radio receiver: https://github.com/matthewwall/weewx-sdr

that's what I use, did you read it?

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tiffany https://micro.blog/tiffany • Dec 2
@aaronpk you're in an apartment as well? Sweet!

Yeah it definitely has its challenges for smart home automation!

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Sam Grover https://twitter.com/samgrover

Thanks, this is awesome! I've been meaning to implement some of these without any proprietary cloud.

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𝙇𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙩 https://twitter.com/larsrosenquist

YAML: the result of people ignoring the lessons from JSON (the result of people ignoring the lessons from XML). Now we’re ‘coding’ infra with 3000 line typeless, indentationsensitive markup, escaping it, then embed it in another 3000 line typeless, indentationsensitive file.

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Nelson Minar https://twitter.com/nelson • Dec 2
Oh, there is some support, you're right! https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/wemo/

Yikes the Wemo outlets have pretty bad reviews though. I think I'll look for a z-wave version instead of wifi.

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Nelson Minar https://twitter.com/nelson • Dec 2
This is great thank you! Do you have a smart plug that you like? I'm looking for something that monitors wattage, not just turns off/on. The Wemo Insight Smart Plug is the right kind of thing but it's not hacker friendly.

I haven't looked for that kind of thing yet. I thought the Wemo outlets let you talk directly to them on the LAN and also had Home Assistant support though!

Portland, Oregon • 40°F

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Sun, Dec 1, 2019 4:19pm -08:00
I finally started documenting all the home automation devices and apps I use, with the main goal of everything running locally! Here's a fun list to browse through if you're looking for some holiday shopping ideas!

https://aaronparecki.com/home-automation/

Portland, Oregon • 41°F

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Michał "phoe" Herda https://functional.cafe/@phoe • Dec 1
@aaronpk this post doesn't federate properly on Mastodon as it gives me an invalid link to https://aaronparecki.comvideo.mp4/

Thanks! I just fixed it. No idea how to get Mastodon to update its cache of it though.

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Portland, Oregon, USA • 38°F

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Last year, I finally got in the habit of catching up on my business accounting every 2 weeks. 💵 This year, I haven't even opened quickbooks since August. I really need to get back on track with that or tax season is going to be really painful.

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📷 PhotoJoseph 🎥 https://twitter.com/photojoseph • Dec 1
Wow I feel dumb but I just figured something out. You know how when you launch Instagram you briefly see a photo before it scrolls way down the timeline, and you really want to see that photo, so spend the next several minutes scrolling for it and not leaving IG? Yeah… genius.

at first I thought you had found a solution for that... then it hit me 🤦‍♂️

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📷 PhotoJoseph 🎥 https://twitter.com/photojoseph

Wow I feel dumb but I just figured something out. You know how when you launch Instagram you briefly see a photo before it scrolls way down the timeline, and you really want to see that photo, so spend the next several minutes scrolling for it and not leaving IG? Yeah… genius.

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Gary https://twitter.com/every_daydad • Nov 30
Maybe 2 years now? I’ve had the channel for almost 3 but really focusing on it for 2.

Super cool, congrats in advance!

Portland, Oregon • 35°F

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Gary https://twitter.com/every_daydad

I know! I'm totally in shock because 1. I never thought it would happen and 2. I think its going to happen today or tomorrow 🤯

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