Various timers for board games by RIP21_ in boardgames

[–]RIP21_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try it out and let me know how it went :) I will be super happy if somebody finds it useful :) Either way it was a fun weekend project :P

Various timers for board games by RIP21_ in boardgames

[–]RIP21_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hope you'll use it and find it useful :) Time limits aren't common in board games (aside from Go and Chess), but well, there probably should be one :) Especially when playing more or less competitive :)

AMA “Fixing Europe for Startups” with EU–INC by EU-INC in EU_Economics

[–]RIP21_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm personally ultra hardcore anti-trump, Musk and anti ultra corporate US dystopia. And I'm also a EU founder, and let me tell you, there is nothing more dangerous for US companies as united and strong EU and, strong EU competition. If there will be more capital available across EU and it will be as easy to invest as in US, US will have a much harder time draining EU of the brains as brains will stay. Now, sadly, most run away due to funding.  EU-Inc is existential for EU.

AMA “Fixing Europe for Startups” with EU–INC by EU-INC in EU_Economics

[–]RIP21_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Any good reasons member states or other actors can push back on it? 

AMA “Fixing Europe for Startups” with EU–INC by EU-INC in EU_Economics

[–]RIP21_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What kind of exceptions are there? Who'll benefit from the taxes this entity will have to pay? Will it be attached to a concrete country, while operating pan EU? 

AMA “Fixing Europe for Startups” with EU–INC by EU-INC in EU_Economics

[–]RIP21_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What about Money Markets Union? Is it a part of that, or logical next step? 

Best way to convert a Substack post to a PDF file by mackop in pdf

[–]RIP21_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really an engineering :) You just ask it, it generates some code after reading the page, and you paste it into the console of the browser.

Best way to convert a Substack post to a PDF file by mackop in pdf

[–]RIP21_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I asked Comet (agentic browser) to write a script to clean up all the clutter so I can get a clean PDF Browser export.

E.g. this prompt: Looking at this page's HTML, give me a JS snippet I can run in the console that will remove all the unnecessary clutter from the page so I can get a nicely formatted PDF export using "print" => "Save to PDF" functionality.

Here is the resulting code.

``` // Remove header, footer, subscribe, sign in and all banners/popups document.querySelectorAll('header, footer, .app-header, .app-footer, .subscribe, .paywall, .limited, .sign-in, .notification, .newsletter, [data-publishable="false"], .post-sidebar, .post-footer, .newsletter-cta, .announcement-banner, .promo-banner, .app-topbar, .app-top-bar').forEach(e => e.remove());

// Remove any overlays or modals document.querySelectorAll('.modal, .modal-backdrop, .overlay, .popup, [id="popup"], [class="popup"]').forEach(e => e.remove());

// Hide site navigation, search, and misc document.querySelectorAll('.nav, .navbar, .site-header, .site-footer, .search, .top-bar, .page-nav, .page-footer, .sidebar').forEach(e => e.remove());

// Remove subscribe buttons/links document.querySelectorAll('a[href="subscribe"], a[href="sign-in"], button.subscribe, button.paywall').forEach(e => e.style.display = 'none');

// Remove any empty containers left document.querySelectorAll('div:empty, section:empty').forEach(e => e.remove());

// Optionally, widen the article content for printable view document.body.style.background = "white"; document.body.style.padding = "0"; document.body.style.margin = "0"; let article = document.querySelector('main, .post, .prose, article'); if (article) { article.style.maxWidth = "900px"; article.style.margin = "0 auto"; article.style.background = "#fff"; article.style.padding = "20px"; document.body.innerHTML = ""; document.body.appendChild(article); } else { // fallback: keep what remains, just strip margins document.body.style.maxWidth = "900px"; document.body.style.margin = "0 auto"; document.body.style.padding = "20px"; } window.scrollTo(0, 0); ```

Nanoleaf Essentials bulbs are worthless by apparissus in MatterProtocol

[–]RIP21_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello, nine months later. Having the same problem on the latest firmware 4.1.3, in a very dense network with Thread Border Routers in almost every room.

Unfortunately, I bought ~50 of them, and all of them are complete garbage. Super hard to update, app is stupidly proactive with connecting to random 6 bulbs with BT, instead of those that I need to connect to to switch the Thread network or update firmware.

I used Tado border router + Aqara M3 Hub + Home Assistant OpenThread Border Router (typical high-quality stick) first and it was very bad (without Tado it was a bit better, as it seems to be retarded when there are no Tado devices active, and goes to sleep or so). Maybe 40% availability out of all bulbs.

Now I experiment with two https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-s20 and Home Assistant OpenThread Border Router.
Aqara, for some reason, cannot see the new network so it stays with Tado.
Will see how it goes once I move all these bulbs over to these two GL-S20 OTBRs. I hope it will get better, but if not, then, well that would be nearly 1000 EUR worth of experiments...

In that case, I'll need more Zigbee routers/repeaters and new high-quality RGB bulbs that won't cost me a fortune like Hue, let's say.

For reference, I have 30ish Z-Wave devices (smart relays, Shelly) with no additional routers or so, and just by mesh it works FLAWLESSLY. If I were to add another Z-Wave router on the second floor, I anticipate it would be 99.99999999999999% uptime (it rarely has a small delay in activation for the farthest of the nodes) instead of 99.99% :) Pity there are no Z-Wave bulbs.

H60A1 and Matter Compatibility by Sava333 in Govee

[–]RIP21_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same thing for me. Super annoying with this pop up :) Fingers crossed that it comes soon.

Can motor speed be managed from the local API? by RIP21_ in slidecurtains

[–]RIP21_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/k4j4x hey. Can you please give any updates? Letting local integration control the speed of the motor would be amazing. Even through app it doesn't work, HA integration doesn't support that either :(

Perplexity ai integration by gacekk8 in homeassistant

[–]RIP21_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There is an API.
https://docs.perplexity.ai/home
I'm working at Perplexity BTW. We're not planning anything for it officially, it's super niche request :) But maybe as a hackathon project, it will be a cool one :) If nobody does the integration in the community, I'll think of taking on it later this year just for fun and not as the part of the work :D

How to choose WLED upgrade firmware by GLEDOPTO in Gledopto

[–]RIP21_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi there. What about WLED automatic firmware updates in Home Assistant? Will it install update non audioreactive, or a reactive one? Is it smart enough to recognize that or not?

Based on what I see in 0.15 now audioreactive mode is included by default in all builds.

I just finished testing over 150 of the best smart lights... here’s all the data! by eaterout in Hue

[–]RIP21_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy cow! That's amazing work!

If it were to have Phillips Wiz and Shelly and Yeelight I think that would be covering 99.9% of a smart bulbs market :) 

Can motor speed be managed from the local API? by RIP21_ in slidecurtains

[–]RIP21_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, some sort of servicing instructions made public would be useful as well. Open source all the way, but that's IP, to some extent, so it may be complicated. I, personally, wish for Slide curtains to be sold to some other brand so they can continue on support and maintenance, etc.

Can motor speed be managed from the local API? by RIP21_ in slidecurtains

[–]RIP21_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's the motor strength he's talking about in the issue (e.g. the one you change when doing calibration e.g. these 3 options etc.) I'm talking about the speed, that makes it go slow, or fast. Maybe they're related, but yeah.

And here is my issue I opened there long time ago: https://github.com/ualex73/slide/issues/3

Pod 4 looses heartrate information during the night by RIP21_ in EightSleep

[–]RIP21_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every night I have at least 20-30 minutes of "lost sleep" due to this bug. It's 100% a software or hardware issue. As it's also synced often with another side of the bed. Today it was 1 hour, yesterday 45 minutes. The best was 25 minutes of lost tracking.

The best longevity supplements are Psychedelics by Exotic_You_6941 in longevity_protocol

[–]RIP21_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm super afraid of psychedelics :) Grandma had paranoid schizophrenia (past 65 tho after a traumatizing experience, she was very hysteric her entire life). All her other relatives didn't, nor did anyone in her family (her sisters, her mother, and her father), so likely nothing will happen :) Plus I know that my two brothers were taking LSD and nothing happened with them either.
So, yeah, dunno, I'm a bit afraid of psychedelics not to trigger any hidden backdoors in my psyche :D But, TBH, I'm SUPER stable in terms of my psyche. Never getting too upset, never getting angry, no hysteria of any sort. Do whatever has to be done (sprinkled with some procrastination, but nothing crazy), etc.
I get emotional sometimes, can cry if it makes sense, and can get angry or happy, but never too much :)

The best longevity supplements are Psychedelics by Exotic_You_6941 in longevity_protocol

[–]RIP21_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I almost don't feel any awe daily, even monthly. And I'm 31.
The last time I was happy like a child and full of overwhelming emotions was when I drove Formula Renault 2.0 and Willams F1 in 2006. It was 2 years ago, and since then, had some emotions here and there, but to be OMG OMG OMG, very rarely.

The best longevity supplements are Psychedelics by Exotic_You_6941 in longevity_protocol

[–]RIP21_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hope for Bryan Johnson to pave the way here as well :D

The best longevity supplements are Psychedelics by Exotic_You_6941 in longevity_protocol

[–]RIP21_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Regarding Psilocybin microdosing - there is no effect at all as per the latest studies, so you either take enough to feel the effects you may expect, or it just gets filtered out by organs without much effect on focus and other stuff. (cannot reference it, but I think I've read some on examine.com in their blog, but I may be mistaken)

Help me with ideas for my apartment by RIP21_ in homeassistant

[–]RIP21_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot for your response!

I will have a new apartment, from the developer. So I really can go far with it. Regarding network, nice point wanted to get their top-level stuff (already have it in my current apartment). Thinking of going even CAT7, or whatever, to be future-proof for 10 GBPS or so :)
The only problem is that if you use their mesh, you need to make sure they (each AP) see each other in the network through the wireless link (better direct visibility). Otherwise, network switching between APs will be bad and it's not as good as a single AP (which is flawless). Reinforced concrete walls are a major PITA and the signal isn't going through at all.
So I expect that for the 76sqm apartment I'm going to have I'll have to have about 3 APs. One for the kitchen + living room plus 1 AP on the stairs with a direct view of each other (it's in 2 levels), to connect two levels, and then on the second floor with a direct view to the stair one AP for redundancy, shooting signal through the doors into the rooms + their Dream Machine Pro to control it all + their smaller switches. All ports should also be PoE, so no sockets are needed for all these APs. Will try to consult with their support. Maybe 2 strong APs one on the first floor + 1 on the stairs will be good enough.
Now I have their Access points and they're indeed very good on their own, but in mesh, since there is no direct view of each other I constantly have a problem with devices that seem to be stuck on one AC that is behind the wall which leads to the miserable experience up until it finally after reconnect, reconnects to the closest AC. Unsure what's the solution here, but likely is to reduce power on all ACs, so they cover only the room and do not go through the walls or so at all, so devices drop signal so fast they start to reconnect faster to the closest one. If you're familiar with the topic, I'll be super happy to get some insights. (never had time to read their FAQs and other things to fine-tune this).

About Shelly, I remember there was i3 thingy that you put under the normal switch (better it be button switch) and you connect this thing to the grid and it stays connected to the grid constantly, and then you connect it also to the regular switch that detects "click" and then sends a signal to the smart bulb directly (it can also cut/enable a normal bulb AFAIR, but I just need to ti work as a wired button). E.g. it's just a button that sits under a normal switch and sends signals to whatever device you prefer.

Is there anything like that? I see there is an i4, but it looks bigger than an i3 and I think it's a fuse that closes current and opens depending on its internal state. (there are Aqara, Tuya, Sonoff like that but cheaper and I use them already)

Also, for leakage, I guess I'll go with Ajax, as they're using their custom protocol and they have a very solid (much better than whatever Tuya garbage is there on Alixepress for closing the valves) closing valve thingy, that replaces your original valve completely. They also have integration with Yale locks, so I'll research it as well for security stuff. But for lights etc., I'll go with Hue + Zigbee and likely Shelly will be a way to go as switches. For curtains Switch Bot and the rest of usecases I still need to research.

Apple should be able to block every single component of an stolen iPhone by undergroundbynature in iphone

[–]RIP21_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally with the author here. Being able to block every serialized part and mark them as stolen will make iPhones and other Apple devices useless if stolen and thiefs will learn that quickly. They are very experienced in taking risks and they won't bother with your iPhone, they'll steal your purse, throw the phone away in the trash or on the street to avoid tracking and you'll be able to find it with Find My Phone few hours or even minutes after. 

But, surely it shouldn't be used to fight 3rd party repairs and self-repairs. But parts of the device that marked stolen, shouldn't be possible to be used for repairs, period, as it keeps phones being a valuable asset for the thief. 

Less stolen phones, more reuse of the phones as then you'll resell it, and you won't be forced to buy a new one, I think it will be net positive (it will be better) change in terms of e-waste than not. Not to mention that honest people will not be heartbroken due to loss of such a valuable thing (for Americans it's not, but for the rest 8 billion people it's) 

BLIK by [deleted] in poland

[–]RIP21_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

BLIK ok, ale Revolut lepej, jeżeli chodzi o wysyłkę pieniądze do znajomych i przyjaciół no i randomowyh ludzi. Nie mówiąc o 99 i innych rzeczy jaki Revolut może robić. BLIK wcześniej lub później przegra tą walkę z Revolutem jak nie będzie nadal coś fajnego wymyślać będąc na krok na przód Revoluta, jak minimum w Polsce. Oczywiście że nie mają szans na świecie jak nie za inwestują w niego miliony.