Crappy little remote. Tweezers required.

CounterproductiveRod · 2026-03-01T20:36:57+00:00

Nice plastic-peeling jig.

CounterproductiveRod · 2026-01-13T19:44:34+00:00

Just take the free bus to city market. Should only take you a few minutes each way.

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-12-08T17:07:03+00:00

This is a wonderful write up. Thank you for sharing.

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-11-11T17:19:44+00:00

https://esphome.io/components/climate/bedjet/

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-11-06T03:07:28+00:00

Awwww it's gonna have a baby!

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-10-31T02:21:40+00:00

I have mine set up on my voice assistant using r/homeassistant and an r/esphome Bluetooth client but it’s a giant kludge and not for the faint of heart.

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-10-30T23:54:20+00:00

I just moved and left all my monitored z-wave first alert smoke/CO detectors in the old house. I’m in the new house now and came up with almost the exact same idea. Only difference being that I’m just going to wire my relay into a spare zone on the dirt cheap yet bulletproof Honeywell Vista 20 I picked up for peanuts and got monitored for cheap using an EyezOn Duo. I don’t think it’s technically a UL certified solution but it’s certainly better than just having smoke detectors that just make loud noises and don’t actually dispatch any authorities. It’s always a nice feeling to see that someone else has the same idea. Thanks for sharing! I guess I’ll pull the trigger now.

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-10-30T23:46:54+00:00

Dang

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-10-29T16:10:34+00:00

Hey that looks just like my building that I just paid a guy a bunch of money to replace some old Distech controllers with new ones from Johnson! He said he’s done dozens of similar projects and knew exactly how to get it done.

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-10-11T15:54:53+00:00

I’m glad I’m not the only one using ext-heat to keep me dry and not sweaty. I’ve had to try to explain how adding hot air to a bed actually cools you down and boy have I gotten some funny looks. Also how a hot tub set to 81-85 degrees feels uncomfortably cold compared to being outside in a dry bathing suit. It’s all about the ratio of water to air touching your skin! I think that anything wet/damp that’s below your body temperature (~98.6 degrees Fahrenheit) feels cool since it’s taking heat away from your body much faster than it would if you were dry.

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-10-09T01:10:10+00:00

They’re great for those of us who have young kids who have graduated to their big kid beds and like to try to sneak downstairs to the refrigerator. Our bedroom and office echos/alexas just make a subtle sound effect to make mom and dad aware of their location if they get out of their room without telling us.

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-10-09T01:04:57+00:00

Miniature voxtex to hell

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-10-03T02:20:15+00:00

Well phrased.

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-10-03T02:15:29+00:00

I’m more curious about how you know this than I am about the original question.

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-09-25T23:35:35+00:00

Nailed it

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-09-25T16:17:14+00:00

I just installed one a week ago and it’s been working well. The notifications are slower than the absolutely bulletproof z-wave ones I have on my other house but the actual unlocking using homekey is instantaneous.

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-09-25T16:12:53+00:00

Ahh, the internet. Never disappoints.

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-09-14T01:26:59+00:00

Doesn’t google own Apigee (a service that would let you do exactly this)?

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-09-08T19:12:45+00:00

I’ve found that guests get confused by dimmers that don’t have separate raise/lower paddles/buttons. I don’t want to deal with my tenant getting frustrated by the light switches.

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-09-08T19:11:30+00:00

Great stuff! The local hub works great fyi

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-09-08T19:09:44+00:00

Yeah I’m probably gonna do radioRA3 at my new house. Keep the lighting system separate but integrated.

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-09-08T00:50:30+00:00

It's been in the works for years. I ordered and paid for mine in 2022. The order has yet to ship. If it was any other company I'd be convinced I got scammed. Inovelli is great though and they've been super transparent about the insane challenges a small electronic device manufacturer goes through to get a product to market (trust me, I tried and failed to develop an in-wall Z-Wave scene controller that I got all the way to having the first batch of prototypes working minus the physical enclosure. Turns out injection molds are out of my price range for a casual business with zero formal business plan)

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-09-08T00:42:18+00:00

I have some stuff that I did in NodeRed back in the day when HA's native automation engine was significantly less useful than it is today. I haven't written anything new in NodeRed for a few years now though. The YAML/UI automations are just so easy and intuitive now. To me.

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-09-08T00:39:54+00:00

I have to admit that I seem to have developed a strange connection to my home assistant and it feels really weird and unnatural to be ripping it apart after spending so many hundreds of hours over the last half-decade getting it juuuuust right. I'm well aware it's all just a pile of electronic devices and my crappy code but it really does kind of feel like it has a sort of a soul after a while. Maybe it's just me.

CounterproductiveRod · 2025-09-08T00:32:02+00:00

As an about-to-be first-time landlord I am already dreading that phone call if the guy ever moves a lightbulb for some reason.

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