Aaron Parecki

Sidney Diongzon https://twitter.com/SidneyDiongzon • Dec 2
So....did everyone buy an Instant Pot today?

I bought one during the sale 2 or 3 years ago and it's been amaaaazing!

Portland, Oregon • 45°F

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Vika https://fireburn.ru/ • Dec 2
Today I learned that Philips Hue bulbs are definitely reliable. Maybe once I have the money I could buy some so I won’t have to stand up to turn off the lights. Looking forward to their smart plugs though; my desk lamp isn’t that smart 😢

Unrelated: It resembles your life-stack page a bit, which is cool. Quick question: does p3k store these pages like any other posts or does it do it separately?

Good question! It stores them like every other post, the only difference is they're marked with an "absolute slug" (like /home-automation) which causes the routing to be handled differently than my dated posts.

Portland, Oregon • 35°F

Mon, Dec 2, 2019 7:23am -08:00
Not Fake Adam Kalsey https://twitter.com/akalsey • Dec 2
Heads up the the Schlage customer service and tech support are so bad that you might as well just consider them disposable devices. “Hey my lock won’t unlock.” I’d removed it and replaced after 24 hours, and 8 days later they respond. Took 7 weeks for a resolution.

oof, thankfully I haven't ever had to call support and I've had 3 of their locks running for about 6 years straight now

Portland, Oregon • 34°F

Mon, Dec 2, 2019 5:57am -08:00
10:15pm
Asleep

5:33am
Awake

7h 18m
Slept

14m
Awake for

Portland, Oregon, USA • 35°F

Mon, Dec 2, 2019 5:33am -08:00
Contributions from: Australia, China, Germany, Poland, Saudi Arabia, United States

Mon, Dec 2, 2019 12:47am -08:00
Matthew Cassinelli https://twitter.com/mattcassinelli

You are dangerous to follow

Portland, Oregon • 38°F

Mon, Dec 2, 2019 5:20am +00:00 (liked on Sun, Dec 1, 2019 10:07pm -08:00)
Jerry Jones https://twitter.com/jerryhjones

I’ve been debating such a post for like, 3 years. My suggestion is to not hold your breath. 😂

Portland, Oregon • 38°F

Mon, Dec 2, 2019 5:11am +00:00 (liked on Sun, Dec 1, 2019 10:07pm -08:00)
Λdrøn https://twitter.com/Adron

This is the kind of list I like!

Portland, Oregon • 38°F

Mon, Dec 2, 2019 5:23am +00:00 (liked on Sun, Dec 1, 2019 10:06pm -08:00)
Jerry Jones https://twitter.com/jerryhjones • Dec 2
I have also moved mostly local with HomeAssistant. I haven’t read the whole post yet - but I can’t wait to compare notes! 🤓😎

Awesome! Let me know if you write up a post as well!

Portland, Oregon • 38°F

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Sun, Dec 1, 2019 9:10pm -08:00
Katie Mack https://twitter.com/AstroKatie

If Twitter had a reporting button for “incorrectly and condescendingly explaining an expert’s field of expertise to them,” it would save us all so much time

Portland, Oregon • 38°F

Sat, Nov 30, 2019 3:38am +00:00 (liked on Sun, Dec 1, 2019 8:40pm -08:00)
Matt Haughey https://twitter.com/mathowie

I moved a server to a friend's faster network and a couple days ahead I wrote a list of every configuration, deployment and port I'd need to modify, I moved the server, went through my punchlist, and I was done in five minutes, server fully operational. I can't believe it worked.

Portland, Oregon • 38°F

Mon, Dec 2, 2019 4:33am +00:00 (liked on Sun, Dec 1, 2019 8:39pm -08:00)
This is what you can do with an open/local home automation ecosystem.

This took me 15 minutes: the light turns purple when @barbot is pouring a drink and green when it's done.

Here's some more info on my home automation setup that makes this possible: https://aaronparecki.com/home-automation/

Portland, Oregon • 38°F

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Sun, Dec 1, 2019 8:35pm -08:00 #homeautomation #barbot
Josh Roppo https://twitter.com/joshroppo

Thanks Aaron! This is an awesome resource for getting the @internetofshit out of your local network.

Portland, Oregon • 38°F

Mon, Dec 2, 2019 4:14am +00:00 (liked on Sun, Dec 1, 2019 8:25pm -08:00)
Dad https://twitter.com/GeekAndDad • Dec 2
I wanted to get a setup using these: http://digistump.com/products/145

and sensors like these: https://www.adafruit.com/product/385

going, but DigiStump had to effectively shut down because their 3d printer project turned into a nightmare. Unfortunate because at $11 could be a great little node.

Oh you'll get a kick out of this then: https://esphome.io

I've made a few sensors with that platform. It's so much easier than DigiStump/Arduino stuff! And you can find esp8266 boards for under $10 too!

Portland, Oregon • 38°F

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tiffany https://micro.blog/tiffany • Dec 2
@aaronpk the stuff you've shared I'd have never thought of and are on my list to buy.

Thank you so, so much!

awesome so glad to help! I look forward to hearing how it works out!

Portland, Oregon • 38°F

Sun, Dec 1, 2019 6:47pm -08:00
Dad https://twitter.com/GeekAndDad • Dec 2
ha! Apparently that AcuRite 06002M you mentioned can be used inside a freezer to monitor freezer temperature (better range than the one they sell specifically for that use). https://github.com/trlafleur/Acurite-00592TX-Decoder-ESP32a

that sounds like an excellent use for my extra one!

/me goes to put one in his freezer

Portland, Oregon • 38°F

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Sun, Dec 1, 2019 6:24pm -08:00
Matt Haughey https://twitter.com/mathowie • Nov 29
This may be the first time I ever used a Black Friday deal: $19.34 for a wifi smart switch that works with homebridge and homekit is very very cheap and I just bought over a dozen to control every light in my house https://amzn.to/2P1DVk2

I am jealous of people who live in houses where they can swap out the built in lightswitches! Living in an apartment is definitely limiting for this kind of thing.

Portland, Oregon • 38°F

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Dad https://twitter.com/GeekAndDad • Dec 2
:) agreed.

Yah, I was looking at weewx because it'll run on a mac and I have an old MacMini sitting around that I was thinking about using: http://weewx.com/docs/macos.htm

weewx looks neat. That screenshot is pretty nice. That's one aspect I need to keep working on with my setup is putting displays in more places.

Portland, Oregon • 38°F

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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.

Portland, Oregon • 39°F

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Sun, Dec 1, 2019 5:59pm -08:00
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.

Portland, Oregon • 39°F

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