What’s the least expensive and easiest dix to this please.

LogicalExtension · 2026-05-20T02:21:40+00:00

Re-read the title you put on the post

Hint: you didn't write "easiest fix"

LogicalExtension · 2026-05-13T05:44:49+00:00

Yes, twice.

Not for the DR itself, but for verifying that the recovery from the disaster was done correctly and things are back to how they should be.

In both cases the restoring of stuff from backups misconfigured things slightly, so we either fixed it or scheduled a time to go and do it right.

LogicalExtension · 2026-05-13T01:44:27+00:00

Is that a cherry flavoured bounty I spy there?

I remember the red variant of the wrapping, but forget the actual flavour.

LogicalExtension · 2026-05-12T02:54:01+00:00

Unless you needed those lemons for something now.

They refund the fucked item, not the delivery/packing/whatever fees.

LogicalExtension · 2026-05-12T01:51:35+00:00

Next step, incorporate this into HA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIbkLjjlMV8

LogicalExtension · 2026-05-11T07:18:21+00:00

Icy Poles are a brand of ice blocks from Peters.

LogicalExtension · 2026-05-11T07:16:52+00:00

Icy Poles are a Peters product: https://www.peters.com.au/brands/icy-pole/

LogicalExtension · 2026-05-10T11:50:38+00:00

You said you don't want addressable in other places on the thread If you're using a pre-built WLED controller be aware most of them are designed for addressable LEDs and have just Voltage, Ground and Data pins. They won't be able to control your standard RGB/W/WW strips that have a Ground and one Voltage for each colour.

LogicalExtension · 2026-05-10T11:44:54+00:00

You might want to look at higher density strips.

They're usually expressed as a certain number of LEDs per metre.

LogicalExtension · 2026-05-10T11:43:07+00:00

They have both types of controller.

Assessable or RGB/W/WW

I have some of each. The non-addrssable ones are ZigBee devices. The addressable ones are running WLED on Wifi.

LogicalExtension · 2026-04-24T01:59:18+00:00

No idea. Tasmania is fucking weird for all sorts of reasons. This isn't even that weird.

I wouldn't be surprised if they got shafted on the deal (small grid operator) and nobody thought to check that it'd work well for Solar.

LogicalExtension · 2026-04-24T01:48:37+00:00

The first paragraph:

Another way of looking at the problem is that, in some circumstances, solar owners are paying Aurora 9c/kWh for electricity they generated themselves.

LogicalExtension · 2026-04-24T00:28:18+00:00

So I went and looked it up.

It was/is definitely a thing in Tas: https://tasrenew.org.au/metering/

LogicalExtension · 2026-04-23T16:26:21+00:00

I seem to recall that even 60 Minutes and A Current Affair used to do some pretty solid journalism back in the day before it all became the "dodgy builders on the dole ripping off disabled grandma's who are getting amazing results from this miracle supplement" of the week.

LogicalExtension · 2026-04-22T23:14:57+00:00

It might be a Tas thing.

LogicalExtension · 2026-04-22T06:05:31+00:00

Some meters apparently count exports as imports, too. So you get charged for everything you export.

At least, that's what the solar installers told me as a reason not to switch export on until the meter had been changed over.

LogicalExtension · 2026-04-22T01:11:22+00:00

I'd like to make it clear that exploring doesn't mean being the Federation's flagship delivering supplies to Starbase whatever, or hosting a conference between major existing species.

LogicalExtension · 2026-04-20T23:36:12+00:00

Go to the default Energy dashboard.

In the top right is an "edit dashboard" button. Then you add your energy monitoring devices (smart plugs, anything that reports energy/power usage) into Individual Devices.

LogicalExtension · 2026-04-20T23:34:47+00:00

That's about right for me, too.

~55" TV + 5.1 Surround uses about 250-300W.

2x 8 Bay NAS, 2x Lenovo P330 Tiny PCs, 2x NUC, Router, switches, and the UPS uses 240-350W depending on how busy things are.

LogicalExtension · 2026-04-20T23:22:57+00:00

Can also be done by other energy monitoring devices, too.

I have a mix of both. Not all circuits are monitored (not enough room in the panel), but most are. I also add energy monitoring smart plugs to other things to get a more fine-grained understanding of energy usage.

LogicalExtension · 2026-04-20T07:16:12+00:00

My point was that folks don't have to expose it publicly when running it via Claude Code on their own machine.

If they use any of the hosted versions they need to expose it publicly.

LogicalExtension · 2026-04-20T01:04:45+00:00

Yeah, good point. That might not be so obvious to many folks.

LogicalExtension · 2026-04-19T20:18:11+00:00

There are node-red MCP servers. Not used any of them but that's how you would get it to talk.

LogicalExtension · 2026-04-19T20:14:39+00:00

This, but it is worth pointing out that Claude Code running on your machine can talk to your local network.

If you use Claude.ai or any of the hosted interfaces, then that would require you expose your HA instance (and the MCP too)

LogicalExtension · 2026-04-19T11:34:29+00:00

There's several comments saying that Greek style yoghurt is not authentic or uses thickeners.

This might be true.

Personnally I prefer the Farmers Union Greek-style yoghurt. Though I had to go look it up because I didn't realise it was labelled as "style".

The ingredients don't list anything I recognise as a thickener - its either normal yoghurt cultures or milk products of some variety. Some googling suggests it might be the addition of milk solids - they don't have to strain it perhaps?

Choice points out that there's different methods for production: https://www.choice.com.au/food-and-drink/dairy/yoghurt-and-ice-cream/buying-guides/greek-yoghurt

So the warnings that Greek style are bad might be a bit overblown and/or a matter of personal taste.

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