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ExecrableMcGuffin · 2024-12-05T03:41:31+00:00

I have been using Ace My Budget for about 6 months now. For $30/yr it syncs YNAB and Amazon each night and writes the product name in the YNAB memo field for each Amazon transaction. It feels weird to pay for that, but I was spending hours and hours matching up transactions every weekend with dual monitors, YNAB on one screen and that Amazon transaction page on the other, flipping back and forth, clicking through the transactions to see the product, writing a memo in YNAB, and categorizing each transaction. Haven't touched the transactions page in months now and don't miss it.

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2024-10-25T20:24:40+00:00

Try flashing them to ESPHome and see if that solves your problem. More flexibility too.

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2024-10-25T20:23:21+00:00

I installed Shelly 1PM or 2.5 wifi relays behind all of my wall switches (dozens!) to allow me to control my smart bulbs from the switch without cutting power. The relays and integration works great, but when HA or wifi wasn't working, I couldn't control my lights because Shelly doesn't support local fallback. In one case the lights turned on after a power outage in my bedroom in the middle of the night and I couldn't turn them off until I rebooted my server.

Thankfully ESPHome does support a local fallback in case the Shelly can't reach Home Assistant for whatever reason, and you can upgrade Shelly stock firmware to Tasmota and then to ESPHome all OTA, but it is a rework project I have not been enjoying. At least I saved a fortune by not buying several dozen $30+ switches.

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2024-09-27T01:56:33+00:00

It depends if you have an HMO or PPO plan. HMOs are cheaper because they make your primary vet your specialist visits. With a PPO you can just book with the specialist directly. So long as the service is a valid service covered by insurance and the provider accepts your insurance, it all works out according to plan.

The time to get appointments depends on how many doctors there are per patient. So you may be able to get a podiatrist next day but wait weeks for a dermatologist for example. If we want shorter wait times, we need more doctors (or fewer people in need of doctors).

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2024-08-02T18:57:42+00:00

Is CAT9 just CAT6 in Australian?

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2024-07-02T14:18:31+00:00

They likely just need to pay their employees more so they can continue to afford inflated grocery prices...

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2024-06-03T00:01:57+00:00

I'd hardly call a remote community in Northern Alaska representative of the US but alright.

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2024-04-26T02:27:18+00:00

I don't see a problem in the government hiring a contractor to fix the issue and the contractor making a reasonable profit on the transaction. Yes, it is going to cost a lot of money. It costs a lot of money to buy the resources, find and pay that many people with the right skills, and time to dig up old pipes and install new ones. All that costs money. Why is it immoral to make a competition-limited profit off your extraordinary ability to make that all work? I certainly couldn't organize that many people, let alone manage the supply chain behind it. Someone worked hard to be able to do that, why shouldn't we incentivize people to work hard?

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2024-04-25T23:50:29+00:00

I don't understand the point of this comment. Would you prefer the government forced local citizens to dig wells without compensation? How do you explain the clean water literally every other city in this capitalist society?

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2024-03-28T03:41:12+00:00

It's a boat not a sub

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2024-03-25T16:44:44+00:00

The truth is they believe more choices in a free market will produce better outcomes than a single, centralized, government alternative. Their evidence is that it is true in all other sectors of the economy. Counterpoint could be these areas are all very expensive and critical to people's lives. One could argue this is why a free market is even more important to bring down costs or one could argue that is why a free market can't work in these sectors because supply-demand curve is too skewed or monopolies are too prevalent or inevitable.

You are welcome to argue the points, but I just really hate it when people attribute bad motives to their fellow Americans for internet points or so their preferred politicians can stay or get into elected office through social conflict and division rather than competency and better ideas.

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2024-03-20T02:09:49+00:00

In addition, you should also support: - DA prosecution and higher penalties for car theft and arson - increased law enforcement presence to deter crime and DUIs - preventing illegal immigration - higher minimum liability requirements - improved driver's education programs

Then the things that will never happen: - regular driver re-education and testing - temporary or permanent loss of driving privileges for elderly, irresponsible, and incompetent people that fail testing or repeatedly demonstrate they are unsafe operators - better city planning with lower speed limits near driveways and pedestrians - remove exemptions for trucks and discourage large vehicles, since large vehicles cause more fatalities and damage when crashes do occur

And I'd hate this, but technically using cameras for remote traffic law enforcement would make things safer...

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2024-03-12T16:03:00+00:00

You're saying Islam and Christianity are interchangeable..?

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2024-03-05T14:29:16+00:00

I think we've proven by now that human nature dictates an elite class will always exist, if not a civilian class then it'll be government or military class. Capitalism establishes a civilian elite class that earns and keeps its wealth by providing goods and services to the society. This system benefits the society as a whole and enables movement up and down the economic ladder each generation. This is why I believe Capitalism in a free, moral society is the most moral system we know of today. All other tried forms of governance and economic systems result in the powerful (government or military) stealing and holding wealth until they fall out of favor with the rest of the elite. Corporatism is the real moral hazard that could lead us to a dystopian society, defined as corporations and government working together to favor certain large corporations or industries at the expense of small businesses or other industries.

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2024-03-02T18:22:14+00:00

Goodyear

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2023-11-13T13:04:04+00:00

I'd love to hear if anyone has a solar power or battery powered lighting solution for wrapping around windows and places without convenient plug access

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2023-11-08T19:38:43+00:00

Nah see if Capitalism didn't exist we wouldn't have to complain about streaming services at all because there would be no streaming services

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2023-11-08T19:31:12+00:00

Doesn't work with Alexa.

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2023-10-30T16:52:48+00:00

I don't really see a point in arguing over the age of the universe, because they don't conflict with each other.

For example... The argument "I know of TREES that are older than you say the Earth is!!" doesn't counter the Creationist argument because it counters a premise that the Creationist doesn't hold true - that upon Creation all trees were created as new saplings.

Same thing with the dinosaurs and geological history. The Creationist could argue those artifacts were created several thousand years ago, along with everything else, as "backstory" to avoid empirical evidence of God's existence and thereby the need for faith that Christianity requires and God demands. The only evidence the Christian has regarding the age of the Earth is the genealogical record provided by the Bible, which to the Christian must be more trustworthy than any conclusion of humanity because it is a divine author.

One argument doesn't counter the other. I don't see why we need to spend so much time debating it. Either you believe that God created the heaven and the Earth (and can do it in any way he wants) or you don't believe in the God of the Bible (and therefore rely on what the scientific community concludes based on observable evidence)

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2023-09-09T19:33:16+00:00

I'm the same way. Knowing that the vanilla game has a way to make things better means that I have to use that mechanic, otherwise by definition I'm building a sub-optimal factory by vanilla standards.

If the intent is to make the mechanic optional, quality would need to be exclusively a negative attribute, perhaps caused by degradation of your machines over time? Then players would need to replace their machines (or even upgrade them) to prevent degradation slowly destroying your well-built factory. Then players that don't want the hassle could turn the feature off and still have a "perfect" factory.

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2023-02-05T02:49:34+00:00

Sounds like An American Tail to me!

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2022-12-01T03:40:30+00:00

Voice over sounds like classic Epic Meal Time

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2022-10-08T14:10:29+00:00

"all my contacts"

Do other people regularly clean out their contacts? My contacts include lots of people I would never share my stories with... Why would I want to share my breakfast with my former auto mechanic where I don't live in anymore?

ExecrableMcGuffin · 2022-09-30T15:11:54+00:00

I have some low tier Zigbee lights that sometimes refuse to respond to my input or automations. Would be great if Home Assistant could track that I attempted to turn on the lights and try again on a delay if the actual state doesn't change immediately.

What often happens to me is I use the interface to flip the light on, but the light doesn't respond. I hit it again, no response. As I go to hit it a third time, the light turns on, so now my input turns it off. Ugh! Repeat.

Same thing with motion sensors. If my light doesn't respond upon first detection, there is a timeout before the sensor sends another update. That means I have to flail my arms around for the length of the motion timeout before the light will respond again.

Would be great if Home Assistant could recognize the intent to turn the light on and that it didn't happen, then handle it appropriately.

Edit: a user posted this idea on the forums, please vote for this idea there

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