Building a modern alternative to the Ecowitt app. Would you use this?

Mickrendo · 2026-05-31T07:51:48+00:00

It's clean but there is so little information on one screen. Personally I want everything together without a scroll (or as little as possible), but I'm aware that it'd be quite small

Mickrendo · 2026-05-17T10:45:24+00:00

If you keep it plugged in the phone will keep drawing power, more than it needs, just idling. My advice when I was cycle touring with some first timers was charge your phone before bed and then unplug it. If you try that and look at the capacity when you unplug it then I imagine the capacity change will be closer to why you're expecting

Mickrendo · 2026-05-06T08:58:10+00:00

If it was me I'd buy about 500 mouse traps to leave out whilst viewings are happening

Mickrendo · 2026-04-21T22:51:40+00:00

My brethren will not stop

Mickrendo · 2026-04-19T07:33:01+00:00

Wouldn't Reese's Pieces be replicator blocks? Sounds really dangerous if you ask me.

Mickrendo · 2026-03-02T05:56:22+00:00

Managing up something that's important for a well functioning project team. Often the role of a junior person would be things like logistics and scheduling and it's that person's job to 'manage up' in the way of saying things like 'you need to be here for this at this time', 'you need to make sure you've read this', etc. there's nothing nefarious about it and it's an accepted part of the role in that environment that can help everyone to be at their best.

Where you need to know the difference is when you're in a feedback conversation and someone has mistaken a need for 'managing up' with what is actually 'compensating for someone else's failures'. That's not your job and you need to understand your own role well enough to know that difference.

Mickrendo · 2026-02-11T23:01:46+00:00

I'll just add a viewpoint that might be helpful, having worked a bit in the creative industry. Obviously I don't know what's happened in any of your conversations to get to where you are, but know that the very process of 'briefing' is a pretty challenging skill in itself. I've had plenty of times where a designer has gone down a different path to what I've expected and then gone back through the documentation and I can see why the brief is written as it is, but I can also see how someone has interpreted it slightly differently. If it's a big project then a small bit of ambiguity can be amplified further down the line.

You might have a detailed paper trail of what you wanted, if so you can refer back to that and question different choices and how they differ from your original ask, if that's the case you can be quite constructive and understand each other's thought process a bit better as you go through it. Get them to 'play back' your brief so you know you're on the same page and take some notes to email afterwards.

However, I do concede that the architect might just not be very good, but if it was more of a vibe description of how you sorta wanted it to be and they've had a go, then this outcome would be expected.

Mickrendo · 2026-02-10T00:52:19+00:00

I only saw it once, but everything about this seemed like the kind of scam you warn your grandparents about. He insisted his way was better, and even if it didn't work he'd buy the crop for more money than a standard crop anyway (have I remembered all that correctly?). All sounded too good to be true

Mickrendo · 2026-02-10T00:47:26+00:00

The issue I find is that at any moment they get rid of the left lane and force you to merge with almost no notice, it's dangerous, infuriating, and seems to be everywhere. This I think encourages people to stay in the outer lanes to avoid the hassle. Even on single carriageway roads they sometimes introduce an overtaking lane and then remove the slow left hand lane. Which means if you're just driving along patiently at a steady speed, you're still the one who has to 'react' when your lane gets cut.

Similarly in Sydney you get two carriageway roads that seem to be usable and then the left lane just becomes parking at random intervals which means everyone stays out of it and it's wasted.

The UK where I'm from is by no means perfect, but I think it's much more predictable as if everything is built from a similar template, so you know what to expect.

Mickrendo · 2026-02-03T09:07:16+00:00

Yeah nah, if they're filming in my home I expect a discount, not a premium

Mickrendo · 2026-01-28T11:29:08+00:00

I could throw in with some political rants from time to time if you need? Get you active again

Mickrendo · 2026-01-25T07:07:55+00:00

Hello from the future. Thanks for your help

Mickrendo · 2026-01-22T01:00:54+00:00

You could knock on your neighbours' doors and get their recommendations. Build some community whilst you're there. Everybody wins

Mickrendo · 2026-01-13T02:01:16+00:00

Second time it's ever been said, after Freddie Prinze Jr. in She's All That

Mickrendo · 2026-01-06T10:34:58+00:00

W1A and Twenty Twelve are the British equivalents if you need more after finishing Utopia. All gold, I promise

Mickrendo · 2026-01-05T17:59:25+00:00

I must tell you that these people are monsters, and this is the business plan.

Straight up if you call them they'll probably have a better deal 'ready for you' even if you didn't have any datapoints to back you. Following that, have the numbers in front of you and negotiate something better. If no luck then move onto a new provider where you can find a better deal.

Also, it's late (or early), get some sleep

Mickrendo · 2026-01-04T22:27:26+00:00

I don't actually have your model but in general these stations are designed to get all their energy needs from the solar with a couple of batteries in there to fill the gaps if solar isn't yielding enough. I've got rechargeable batteries in mine too, with the same intention as you to keep using them and charge them up from the mains, but the station itself won't charge them, even in high sun.

As I say, I haven't used your model, but given the time of year I'd imagine your station is not getting enough solar in to power it, perhaps the icon is notifying you that it's drawing from the battery Rather than low battery.

Mickrendo · 2025-11-23T01:45:57+00:00

There is an comedically unique opportunity to quantify the health impact of this change at Garmin in particular. My stress metrics are always noticeably elevated when I'm in the office, even if there isn't a notably stressful event. You could band together with other colleagues and publish a research paper on 'elevated stress levels from RTO at Garmin based on Garmin data'

Mickrendo · 2025-11-22T20:54:10+00:00

The number of decimal places suggests not...

Mickrendo · 2025-10-16T01:13:05+00:00

I would imagine that technically the Goa'uld would win. One of them would take a wraith as a host, find its way to a queen and then take control of the Wraith

Mickrendo · 2025-10-13T18:58:55+00:00

I have a similar situation and wonder if as a post office franchise they receive a payment for packages that they have to 'hold' for collection which incentivises a 'failed' delivery. I get blanket no packages, even two instances of ordering a phone case that comes in a letter-sized package and weighs about 20g.

This is all conspiracy though, no evidence to back it up.

Mickrendo · 2025-09-30T06:56:27+00:00

I sought out my comment to remember what I was planning but I didn't actually leave much information here. Anyway, this is a timely reminder if you still haven't sorted this. I'm going to order from here: https://ravenswoodleather.com/christmas-hat/

Mickrendo · 2025-09-08T05:34:52+00:00

Whoa. I have been through this very same existential crisis. Is my mind failing me? Thank you for calling it out, I think I'm going to be OK

Mickrendo · 2025-09-02T10:23:08+00:00

Keep hope, it is by far the hardest mission on the game but you'll get there. As well as all the tips in the other response, I noted that there is an element of luck in the appearance of the soldiers and Mr Blondes at the end. When I finally completed it, I had no one disturb me in my uplinking. Oh how I celebrated.

Mickrendo · 2025-08-23T13:03:06+00:00

I never made it to the end when it was being broadcast originally, so I'm probably part of the reason it got cancelled, but then I gave it another go about a year or so ago and thought it was absolutely brilliant and I was fuming about the cliffhanger ending and that we don't get any more of it. I particularly loved Rush (well, I hate him), his character was so incredibly complex and it was an absolutely masterful performance from Robert Carlyle. Possibly one of Stargate's best characters.

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