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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Mon, Dec 2, 2019 12:04pm -08:00
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
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
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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Sun, Dec 1, 2019 6:57pm -08:00
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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Sun, Dec 1, 2019 6:11pm -08:00
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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Sun, Dec 1, 2019 6:02pm -08:00
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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Sun, Dec 1, 2019 5:57pm -08:00
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?

Portland, Oregon • 39°F

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Sun, Dec 1, 2019 5:51pm -08:00
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!

Portland, Oregon • 39°F

Sun, Dec 1, 2019 5:45pm -08:00
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.

Portland, Oregon • 40°F

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Sun, Dec 1, 2019 4:33pm -08:00
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
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.

Portland, Oregon • 40°F

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Sun, Dec 1, 2019 10:31am -08:00
📷 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 🤦‍♂️

Portland, Oregon • 39°F

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Sat, Nov 30, 2019 6:16pm -08:00
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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Sat, Nov 30, 2019 10:11am -08:00
📷 PhotoJoseph 🎥 https://twitter.com/photojoseph • Nov 30
I can’t decide if I actually have a use for this or not… a 15.6” thin (like iPad) external HDMI/USB-C monitor for $110. Add a second monitor to a laptop or even new iPad sounds clever. But do I *need* it? Damn sales… https://geni.us/mkwdmx

I have a 13" one that I use with my portable ATEM setup and it's fantastic. This is a ridiculously good deal!

Portland, Oregon • 32°F

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Sat, Nov 30, 2019 8:46am -08:00
Nov 27
I have to confess that geopolitical controvery is not one of the challenges I anticipated when Apple brazenly tackled Maps.

As someone who has come from the mapping world and seen the CEO make passing comments like "hey nice to see you can't chat gotta go settle this border dispute" I could have told you this was coming a hundred miles away

Portland, Oregon • 40°F

Wed, Nov 27, 2019 8:24pm -08:00

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