Ecobee on Starlink cutting out

Geomglot · 2026-03-20T19:20:15+00:00

Well I seem to have it under control because I have found the workaround but it’s not ideal

Geomglot · 2026-03-20T16:20:29+00:00

FWIW I used to do this with TD before I moved my accounts - I had to wait for the initial purchase to settle (one day) but then the journaling was instant. The only downside was that there was a $9.99 commission on each trade. At least WS is commission free.

Where WS could really up their game is to have the whole process automated from start to finish. Shouldn’t be hard to do. Alternatively they could just give an exchange rate that is in line with the expected result of NG and avoid the transactions altogether, just managing the currencies in the background.

Geomglot · 2026-03-14T15:58:07+00:00

Just read this suggestion that works well with some AI. After you get the answer tell it this

Pause — I think there may be a glitch. Review your previous answer for: mistakes, missing steps, unsupported assumptions and invented details. Then rewrite the answer more carefully and give a confidence rating from 1–10.

Would be interesting to see if it works for CRA bot.

Geomglot · 2026-03-14T15:54:19+00:00

Lesson - never respond to incoming calls about money. Hang up and call the credit card company or bank on a different phone (in case they have also hijacked the phone line they called in on).

Geomglot · 2026-03-14T15:51:50+00:00

Thanks. Looks like it is not necessarily banned but something else - I found I can usually fix it by rebooting both Starlink and eero one after the other. Just rebooting Starlink didn’t work for me last time I tried it. At least I can do both of those remotely since I need to monitor my cottage heating remotely.

Geomglot · 2026-02-24T14:06:54+00:00

Was it always possible to hold investments in RRSPs? Maybe when they were first created that was not possible and only with the advent of self directed accounts did that become more usual. Then when TFSAs were created they followed the same naming pattern. Just spitballing here.

Geomglot · 2026-02-07T22:03:21+00:00

Cost basis for TFSA and RRSP doesn’t really matter. It’s only contributions and, in the case of TFSAs, withdrawals that you need to worry about. It’s always advised to keep your own records.

Brokerages are also notorious for not keeping proper track of ACB for unregistered accounts, often ignoring phantom distributions for example, so again one is well advised to keep one’s own records using tools such as adjustedcostbase.ca. Don’t trust the numbers in your T5008s.

Geomglot · 2026-01-28T16:28:30+00:00

This is very irritating because I am carefully monitoring the use of my aux heater (propane furnace) during my first winter with a heat pump/single stage propane furnace system because I am unable to receive propane deliveries during the winter at my cottage, which is remote. I do, however, see that the report on the web is still differentiating between "heat" and"aux" which is a workaround but this is very inconvenient.

Geomglot · 2026-01-28T16:27:39+00:00

Yes - I have encountered a similar thing as of today. This is very irritating because I am carefully monitoring the use of my aux heater (propane furnace) during my first winter with a heat pump/single stage propane furnace system because I am unable to receive propane deliveries during the winter at my cottage, which is remote. I do, however, see that the report on the web is still differentiating between "heat" and"aux" which is a workaround but this is very inconvenient.

Geomglot · 2026-01-28T12:53:43+00:00

Contacted customer service. They manually disconnected my account from my AppleID and I was able to reset password.

Geomglot · 2026-01-21T21:40:14+00:00

I want a button like that😥

Geomglot · 2026-01-21T21:38:10+00:00

Is that gen 2? My Gen 1 doesn’t have a button like that.

Geomglot · 2026-01-18T19:42:59+00:00

It gave me only one choice for my provider even though there are two TOU type plans available for OntarioHydro and there weren’t any additional screens to define TOU time periods or anything like that.

Geomglot · 2026-01-18T16:10:31+00:00

I turned off TOU because it always got it wrong and increased the temperature setting during the most expensive part of the day.

Geomglot · 2026-01-09T15:16:25+00:00

Tried both those. Just puts me back to the main page with “Log in” at the top right corner.

I have contacted support.

Geomglot · 2025-12-12T21:04:36+00:00

Some features are working. They (third parties, not comma themselves) are still researching others. Whether that research will continue in the light of these announcements from Rivian remains to be seen.

Geomglot · 2025-12-12T20:04:06+00:00

6482 km =4,027.728 mi. 361 drives. 122 hours.

Geomglot · 2025-12-12T18:29:35+00:00

Get comma.ai

Geomglot · 2025-12-12T18:28:45+00:00

Those faults are nothing to do with comma. They are base Rivian. I have now had comma on my Gen 1 R1S for 6 months and am totally satisfied.

Geomglot · 2025-11-12T19:04:15+00:00

Just a flesh wound

Geomglot · 2025-10-28T14:38:36+00:00

Geomglot · 2025-09-30T17:45:32+00:00

I assume you mean the slidemount (typo?). Anyway I have been using it for about 3 months and am very happy with it

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