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I would like to start using floorplans/maps with various device actions on them. This means I need locally stored images, that can be seen over the network.
I managed to upload images to HA, but as they need to be accessed with a token, I either need to refresh the token every day (no), or have an image with a long-lived token (also not a good idea).

How have other people done things?
Is it worth spinning up an http image host?
Or maybe throwing files into an nginx folder inside HA?

Thoughts on a postcard :)

[-] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 3 points 5 days ago

The important thing is, they're using SMRs.
Megaprojects can go off the rails of time/budget because people try to make them special, bespoke, unique.
"Nothing like this has ever been done before!" When really, you want your project to be like lego: Lots of standard parts (or at least, mass-produced for your project) that connect together to make a larger whole.
SMRs mean more common parts, and more modular building. Build the first, build the second faster, learn from mistakes, etc.

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Oh my Jesus, can we just renationalise them already?

'We can only squeeze money out of this debt strangled utility if you exempt us from liability, particularly the executives in charge'

What a load of horseshit.

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As I'm currently doing a re-wire, it's a great opportunity for me to put some metering in the house.
I'm single-phase, but I plan to monitor multiple sections of the house, which are each wired for 100A independently.

I'm currently eyeing up either the Shelly Pro 3EM – 120A or the 50A.
As it will fit nicely in the consumer unit, and supports Ethernet.

I previously looked at the Aeotec clamp devices, but they seem to be difficult to find with multiple 100A connectors.

Emporia Vue was also a consideration, but I'm always a little hesitant to buy products that require custom firmware to even work properly, when others are available. And I'd also like to avoid using 2.4Ghz wifi for connectivity.

I'd love to hear any experiences people have had with similar devices, good or bad. And how the integration with HA went.

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I guess they kinda have to do this, or you'd have to keep the same person on breakfast until they retired.

I always found it a little bit comfy that BBC pipelined a lot of the flagship presenters.
Steve Wright going from Radio 1, to Radio 2 as the listeners aged, for example.

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[-] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 69 points 4 months ago

Or from the sounds of it, doing things more efficiently.
Fewer cycles required, less hardware required.

Maybe this was an inevitability, if you cut off access to the fast hardware, you create a natural advantage for more efficient systems.

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23317790

Just rings for now, going to expand functionality later to handle authentication for unlocking the door and maybe other things lol

[-] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 58 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I still remember when they cut their bitrates and lowered video quality.
They denied it entirely, people proved that CR was full of shit.
So CR responded by...Attacking the people who proved the streams were lower bitrate than before.

[-] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 57 points 7 months ago

I had someone arrive at a BBQ, saw me frying some onions, and ask "Are you going to caramelise those onions?"

Yes mate. The onions I'm frying for a few minutes while the burgers cook, gonna be nice and caramelised in seconds, just you watch.

[-] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 90 points 8 months ago

The way to tell so often seems to be if someone has called it AI or Machine Learning.

AI? "I put this through chatgpt" (or "The media department has us by the balls")

ML? "I crunched a huge amount of data in a huge amount of ways, and found something interesting"

[-] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 102 points 10 months ago

This is from the Woolworth's sit-in, where people sat at the segregated lunch counter in protest.
Other people who did not like this verbally and physically abused them.

https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-anne-moody-20150211-story.html

[-] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 62 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I guess it simplifies the game plan. If there is only one outcome to prepare for, it's easier to organise what you're going to do.
Plus, it gives him a face save.
"NO, we did not lose that FRAUDULENT ELECTION. I told the GOOD people not to vote, and they did not. I will be holding my OWN, FREE ELECTION in florida on friday."

[-] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 77 points 10 months ago

The workload that's starting now, is spotting bad code written by colleagues using AI, and persuading them to re-write it.

"But it works!"

'It pulls in 15 libraries, 2 of which you need to manually install beforehand, to achieve something you can do in 5 lines using this default library'

[-] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 57 points 10 months ago

Channel 4 had ice sculptures standing in for the Conservative and ~~UKIP~~ ~~Brexit~~ Reform parties at a climate debate after both leaders declined an invitation to take part.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50596192

[-] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 61 points 1 year ago

I can't see how anyone involved with allowing this isn't complicit.
What possible reason did the police of a foreign nation need to be physically there for, other than physically removing someone?

[-] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 65 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The traditional "british teeth" was the UK's dental industry focussing on healthy rather than pretty.
Nowadays, it's caused by underfunded patient slots at dentists.

You can find a private dentist pretty easily, but it's quite hard to get taken on as an NHS patient (which means when you need treatment for something, you're not in the capped NHS bands). Which is especially bad if you're eligible for completely free treatment, as you're blocked by available dentists.

The dentists are generally given funding (or access to funding) for a set amount of NHS patients to make up the difference between NHS capped costs and their true costs. And unfortunately, there often aren't enough slots.
I was lucky with my current dentist that they happened to have slots when I signed up. And a few years later, they let me know when slots were opening so I could add the rest of the household.

[-] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 52 points 2 years ago

"The real treasure was the interviews we sold along the way"

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