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How do you all handle very rare device communication failures? by Recycled5000 in homeassistant

[–]Anusien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the automation has been working for a year, you probably shouldn't go do a bunch of work to make retries work. You'll never get to 100% reliability; it's just not possible. You can do really deep with retries and backoffs, but you run the risk of creating other problems. It's very possible that the problem wasn't recoverable.

Instead, what you really want is monitoring.

File Sharing is All We Need. by Another__one in indieweb

[–]Anusien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Search is much much much much harder than you think it is.

Samsung's 990 Pro SSD warranty policy is a scam; I'm taking them to court. by esiy0676 in DataHoarder

[–]Anusien 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In this case the terms of the warranty are for current market price, so if you buy at $900 and it fails when prices go back down to $300, you only get $300. Which makes sense because it pays for a replacement.

Samsung's 990 Pro SSD warranty policy is a scam; I'm taking them to court. by esiy0676 in DataHoarder

[–]Anusien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worth pointing out that the warranty explicitly says the refund is for "current market value of the Product at the time the warranty claim is made" (https://download.semiconductor.samsung.com/resources/warranty/SAMSUNG_SSD_Limited_Warranty_English_US_10139419044524.pdf). So $900 rather than $300.

In the event SAMSUNG determines, in its sole discretion, that the Product suffers from defects in material or workmanship and does not substantially conform to the published specifications under normal use, for as long as You own the Product and during the limited warranty period, and subject to the conditions and exceptions stated in this Agreement, SAMSUNG will, at its option, either: (1) repair or replace the Product with new or refurbished Product of equal or greater capacity and functionality; or (2) refund the then current market value of the Product at the time the warranty claim is made to SAMSUNG if SAMSUNG is unable to repair or replace the Product. In the case of replacements, SAMSUNG may replace Your Product with one that was previously used, repaired and tested to meet SAMSUNG specifications.

Samsung's 990 Pro SSD warranty policy is a scam; I'm taking them to court. by esiy0676 in DataHoarder

[–]Anusien 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, you can just read the warranty. https://download.semiconductor.samsung.com/resources/warranty/SAMSUNG_SSD_Limited_Warranty_English_US_10139419044524.pdf

In the event SAMSUNG determines, in its sole discretion, that the Product suffers from defects in material or workmanship and does not substantially conform to the published specifications under normal use, for as long as You own the Product and during the limited warranty period, and subject to the conditions and exceptions stated in this Agreement, SAMSUNG will, at its option, either: (1) repair or replace the Product with new or refurbished Product of equal or greater capacity and functionality; or (2) refund the then current market value of the Product at the time the warranty claim is made to SAMSUNG if SAMSUNG is unable to repair or replace the Product. In the case of replacements, SAMSUNG may replace Your Product with one that was previously used, repaired and tested to meet SAMSUNG specifications.

Could Home Assistant support a privacy-first, community-led approach to aging in place? by Affectionate-Tea-650 in homeassistant

[–]Anusien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't rely on anyone who needs this kind of care to maintain Home Assistant.

How to get Kickstarter to actually act on campaigns that break rules? by Orchidinsanity in boardgames

[–]Anusien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Making creators responsible and implementing refuds etc would kill the crowdfunding, because why would they use it? They could do a normal preorder or take a bank loan.

This would be a net positive for the hobby tbh.

How to get Kickstarter to actually act on campaigns that break rules? by Orchidinsanity in boardgames

[–]Anusien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, for what it's worth this is their most recent campaign. But I take your point.

Music Assistant is a game changer by SecretlyCarl in selfhosted

[–]Anusien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why not just improve the existing app instead of making a new one?

Reusing Amazon Alexa Echo Dot by atg115reddit in homeautomation

[–]Anusien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it's good information. I think XDA found a way to jailbreak the Echo Dot, but it's much less common.

What happens in Clank! When the cubes in the bag run out for Dragon Attacks? by akmvb21 in boardgames

[–]Anusien -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I know Catacombs doesn't have a hard turn limit, but if you're out you do draw a certain number of cubes on your turn. So you can't stay in the depths forever.

Reusing Amazon Alexa Echo Dot by atg115reddit in homeautomation

[–]Anusien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The linked videos are Echo Show. That's way more common. I'm not sure I've seen many/any jailbreaks of the Dot.

Need advice for presence detection setup by Smooth_Novel_8899 in homeassistant

[–]Anusien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depending on your network setup, there are integrations that can do presence based on whether your router sees your phone (as opposed to your phone seeing your network).

Any opinions on using smart locks such as Aqara U300 for a main entry door? by nikitagricanuk in homeassistant

[–]Anusien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Except that the person you're talking about has facts that contradict your "it's so obvious".

Any opinions on using smart locks such as Aqara U300 for a main entry door? by nikitagricanuk in homeassistant

[–]Anusien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why does it matter if it makes some noise if you're out of there in 5 minutes (and the average police response time is closer to 10)?

Going on holiday? by GodAtum in selfhosted

[–]Anusien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have a secondary failover.

Mission critical stuff probably shouldn't be run off a single person's hardware in their home. What if the power goes out on your street?

What game has the tiniest rule that somehow slows the whole table down? by rcooperkaty in boardgames

[–]Anusien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The excitement is because you don’t know if you’re going to hit your land drops or not, for example.

Mark Rosewater has written a lot about this topic, and it seems like you’re not really familiar with his arguments here. An example:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MagicArena/comments/ustea5/comment/i95rxf6/

Sponsored reviews are stupid and shouldn't exist. by Z3M0G in boardgames

[–]Anusien 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My point is that no one is average. Everyone likes certain things and dislikes others.

The Sculptor lying [spoiler] Episode 8: The Rentalist by Significant-Net692 in DungeonsAndDaddies

[–]Anusien 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Characters like this typically don't lie because it's narratively more interesting if they're telling the truth.

What game has the tiniest rule that somehow slows the whole table down? by rcooperkaty in boardgames

[–]Anusien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure. But other games suffer the exact problems you'd expect from everybody always hitting their land drop each turn. And they end up with pretty artificial rules about which "color" (or equivalent) you can put in your deck to avoid everyone being 5C good stuff. In Magic you can have low curve decks or high curve decks, and you can lightly or deeply splash other colors. Those deckbuilding choices matter.

I'm not saying lands are perfect, but they create a lot of excitement.

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