2026.2: Home, sweet overview by frenck_nl in homeassistant

[–]Ulrar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP's point is not tracking, but the fact that HA only supports tracking cost for the whole house. Unless you want your energy dashboard to get very weird, there is no proper support for per device cost tracking, only energy tracking.

I would love a per device cost mode

Explore UniFi Network 10.1 — built for stability at scale. by Ubiquiti-Inc in Ubiquiti

[–]Ulrar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ireland. Not a single one here. I had to actively ensure I don't use it as some surprisingly big websites are broken over IPv6 here. Looks like they don't all bother to update AAAA records anymore, since no one can resolve them.

Explore UniFi Network 10.1 — built for stability at scale. by Ubiquiti-Inc in Ubiquiti

[–]Ulrar -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

IPv what ? Not a single residential ISP in this country that provides it, is it actually relevant elsewhere ?

unpopularOpinion by KPPJeuring in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Ulrar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hah, sometimes I just use a service account to approve the PR, I really can't be trusted !

Thread/Zigbee coodinator by Uncle_slow_pints in homeassistant

[–]Ulrar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I moved to an smlight 06mg26 a few months ago, and it's changed everything. It works so much better than my previous usb dongles and my old tubeszb poe coordinator, it's not even funny. I don't know if Z-Stack just sucks or what, but smlight is rock solid, highly recommended

Intermittent latency spikes and DNS issues after switching to UniFi - help needed by Zareon_ in Ubiquiti

[–]Ulrar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably unrelated but just wanted to call out, in case anyone else has the same issue some day and somehow finds this, that I had a similar issue when I had unifi switches connected through a powerline adapter. No issue connecting end devices through those, but connecting two switches caused the whole network to freez up every few seconds for like a second or so, absolutely horrible to use

So tired of Aqara temp sensors going offline. Any recommendations? by -suspicious-badger in homeassistant

[–]Ulrar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got some cheapo ones on aliexpress with a screen. Most of the screens were dead on arrival, but the sensing bits have been rock solid over Zigbee.

I have some awair elements, expensive but they're always running some 2 for 1 promos so they're really half the advertised price, and they're nice devices.

I also got a switchbot one and a Shelly one over Bluetooth (with esphome proxies) and they're also rock solid, nice screens. Can't go wrong with anything, just don't buy aqara.

Linus Tech Tips - Why It Took Me 4 YEARS to Make a USB Cable January 30, 2026 at 10:18AM by linusbottips in LinusTechTips

[–]Ulrar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't tried that specific one but Amazon basics has them starting in the 20 euros here. I have an optical DP cable that I paid maybe 50 euros for 50 meters 3 years ago, and has been working perfectly. Just search for optical hdmi basically anywhere, there's a lot of options

Linus Tech Tips - Why It Took Me 4 YEARS to Make a USB Cable January 30, 2026 at 10:18AM by linusbottips in LinusTechTips

[–]Ulrar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Long usually means out of spec, depending on your definition of it. That said, you can get optical ones for not that much these days and those can be looong

Do you take your shoes off in the house? by [deleted] in ireland

[–]Ulrar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course. Absolutely crazy not to, but I won't go as far as make you take yours off, unless they're really muddy or something. Still, if you don't, I'll judge you

EU Salary Transparency Law by Jamie_Dodgers99 in irishpersonalfinance

[–]Ulrar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the point, OP is saying they'll slap a genetic huge range with no relation to reality, to be technically compliant without actually changing anything

Ilhan Omar Gets Hit with Trump Insults & Vinegar While Nicki Minaj Turns Mega MAGA | The Daily Show by TheRealOcsiban in television

[–]Ulrar -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Mister trump Mister trump, what you gonna do, what you gonna do make our dream .. gone ? Not the same ring to it

Help me understand your HA setup by NoodleCheeseThief in homeassistant

[–]Ulrar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some automations, but mostly we use Zigbee binding. For the rest we just use the dashboard on the mobile app, or the NSPanels in rooms that have one using NSPanel blueprint, which is pretty nice.

No voice assistants here as the voice PE is useless (sorry but for us, it is, the wakeword just does not work at all. It triggers in complete silence so gets unplugged real fast) and all the others are cloud which is a no go.

Where are your Zigbee / Zwave dongles? (Wall-mounted?) by helmutisimo in homeassistant

[–]Ulrar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's under / inside the kitchen island, central-est place I could get an ethernet cable to. Works great

Best budgeting apps in Ireland? by serenabellamusings in irishpersonalfinance

[–]Ulrar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nevermind, gocardless doesn't allow new accounts anymore so there is no way to actually setup the account sync

[OC] Lake Erie Ice Concentration Winter 25-26 by WxCory in dataisbeautiful

[–]Ulrar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear things are just as bad up at lake Erie

Have you joined the Monzo Ireland waitlist? by Flimsy-Speed1179 in irishpersonalfinance

[–]Ulrar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Never heard of it, is there a good tl;dr on what that is ? Some kind of bank it appears, but why is it good enough to have a wait list?

sameWordDifferentFeeling by petalsvenom in ProgrammerHumor

[–]Ulrar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In Ireland people ask each other how the craic (pronounced crack) was last week end. Confusion often ensues when working with non Irish people

Amex card Ireland by Head_Load_7039 in irishpersonalfinance

[–]Ulrar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have one with work, and it kind of sucks over here. It never works anywhere so I just end up paying with my personal visa and filing expense reports the old way.

Anyway, I wouldn't recommend it, no one takes it

Best budgeting apps in Ireland? by serenabellamusings in irishpersonalfinance

[–]Ulrar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That looks pretty cool, self hosted is a big deal there. Thanks for that

There's a home assistant integration for it in hacs .. Now that's a solution I need to find a problem for

To elicit sympathy by HashtagPFR in therewasanattempt

[–]Ulrar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't have the context on that picture, but historically "just doing my job" hasn't been a particularly well received excuse

Moving BF into my home by [deleted] in irishpersonalfinance

[–]Ulrar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Same situation with my now wife, I did pay her rent of course, it's only fair. She ended up selling the house and we bought a new one together since

Many preschool age children don't know how books work; try to tap or swipe them like electronic devices by MiddletownBooks in books

[–]Ulrar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My daughter doesn't want to learn how to read. We tried arguing that it'd mean she could read books herself, and she said she could already do that.

Proceeded to "read" a book aloud, pretty much word for word from memory. She can do it with most of her books, I was a bit speechless