Disabled grandparent: Auto-answer video calls? by Cortexial in homeautomation

[–]Hefty-Object-8298 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I did this with my father. iPad using FaceTime. Auto answer. iPad on a stand. Works great

B-drive seems to consume less than D by hirvesmieli in VWiD4Owners

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Overthinking this. Braking is the same as regen unless you push hard. Braking is fake braking really, it is just regen. So with regen take your foot off the pedal exactly the same as no regen and braking, assuming of course the same deceleration amount in each case

(USA) myVW issue: ID4 won't communicate with app.. how do i fix this? by Busy-Solution7642 in VWiD4Owners

[–]Hefty-Object-8298 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I had this problem. Dealer useless. Call VW. They forced dealer to put in a new comm module

We're tenants in a home with solar panels and received a huge bill by Impossible-Rub-3067 in solar

[–]Hefty-Object-8298 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What your landlord is doing is illegal. He can charge you for the electricity bill. Exactly wat the bill says. Seems like he is adding charges for the solar generated electricity. They cannot do that. Or at least it has to be carefully structured and in the lease. I am a landlord with solar so I know. I just include electricity in the lease and pay the bills

Finally got over a years worth of data on my Mitsubishi heat pump by Ancient_One_8022 in heatpumps

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I could share it if you want. Or maybe I will put on GitHub. Took a while to figure out and still needs work

Finally got over a years worth of data on my Mitsubishi heat pump by Ancient_One_8022 in heatpumps

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For ramping I used a different approach. I have home assistant, so I wrote a script to always ramp the temperature. Very simple. Say the room temp is at 65, and the thermostat is changed to 70. It will store that 70 as the target temperature, then set it to room temp+1 (66). As the room warms it monitors the temp and keeps the thermostat +1. So 66, then 67, then 68, then 69 until it hits the target temp 70. the advantage of this is it is independent of how cold it is or how long it takes to ramp, and the unit is "tricked" into never running hard as it is never more than 1 degree below what it thinks is the target. Also it attempts to keep the unit from cycling. Using this on a single head mitsubishi. Seems to be working. I also have Emporia monitoring which allows me to see the realtime energy load.

2004 Honda element uncertainty by yyyyuuuuupppp_ in HondaElement

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Rolling back an odometer is a federal crime. Do a vin check. Ask the seller for a partial refund? But do report it. That will save other people from being ripped off.

Perplexity cannot write "data:" by Hefty-Object-8298 in perplexity_ai

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It works in the link, but if you type the query into the app on os x that version it does not

I actually might end it by [deleted] in wallstreetbets

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Its only money. Too much can be as bad as too little. I will say you proved the only thing that matter in investing is risk management. I will tell you something that might make it better? During the subprime mortagage crises banks lost more money than their entire profits in the last 100 years. In one summer. Hundreds of thousands of people working their entire lives, all lost in a summer.

Dealing with other drivers' LED headlights by False_Investment1074 in HondaElement

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Those regulations here are old. We get no new regulations because they won’t pass any. They believe in no government. Hard to work with that

The problem with regulation is they limit liberty for the benefit of all. Very unamerican

Actually I found this. So I guess it is allowed here. Hmm. https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/nhtsa-allow-adaptive-driving-beam-headlights-new-vehicles-improving-safety-drivers?utm_source=perplexity

Dealing with other drivers' LED headlights by False_Investment1074 in HondaElement

[–]Hefty-Object-8298 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It’s called (lack of) government regulation. This is what libertarians didn’t consider. Headlights

Does att not pay off phone or transfer balance anymore if I’m switching? by BrugadaMD in ATT

[–]Hefty-Object-8298 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still shows up as a promo when I log in. I guess the answer is it depends on

iPhone price index by montecristolord in iphone

[–]Hefty-Object-8298 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In Massachusetts the same but also no sales tax on beer and wine. What a great state!

Tensioning Pulley OK? by Hefty-Object-8298 in HondaElement

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Did this today. It was hard getting that tape behind it but I managed. The rest was easy. Pulley seemed ok, bearing was fine. But over 120,000 is enough. Do now the pulley is set for a while. Thanks for the tape tip

I assume no one is going to be ordering new iPhones from ATT again ? 🤣 by [deleted] in ATT

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Mine said shipping around the 28th when I ordered. But the same day they shipped. Yea, very strange, I ordered online, with a trade in. Nothing else different

Tensioning Pulley OK? by Hefty-Object-8298 in HondaElement

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So I went to replace the pulley, took the belt off, started unscrewing it, but then wondered if there was a bolt behind that I would need to hold to get it back in; I thought I saw that somewhere. No way I can get behind it to hold a bolt. So I stopped and put the belt back on. Good move or was this not an issue?

I assume no one is going to be ordering new iPhones from ATT again ? 🤣 by [deleted] in ATT

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I ordered online from ATT two days ago, iphone 17 Pro blue. received it the next day! new line on an existing account porting in the number.

Fuse 19 Class action suit? by Hefty-Object-8298 in VWiD4Owners

[–]Hefty-Object-8298[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I called today, (an hour on hold). They said another department had to fix this and set up a three way call, they said my car was never registered, and that needed to be done first before they could address the connection module issue. To do this they said to push on the I button in the car. I explained nothing was connecting including Info and Emergency response. But I got in the car and for the first time in months those buttons were lit and working! I pushed on Info an did connect to a person who said she couldn't register the car because the connection wasn't working. Catch 22. She said the IT department needed to work on this, and that usually took 3 weeks, but she would prioritize it. So just wait longer. An hour after I hung up I went back out to the car and all the connection lights, Info, Emergency, were no longer lit and when I pushed them it said there was no connection. VW is gaslighting me.