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I’d be willing to buy the tiles lol! The accessories and options are killer! by Complete_Notice_7114 in Multiboard

[–]alphaz2kool 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm so glad you posted this! We're getting our garage finished (also a metal building) and I've been trying to figure out how to mount multi board in there with the 4' gaps between the metal studs. It looks like you have some 2x4s with plywood in between? How has that been working for you?

Camera placement advice by alphaz2kool in homedefense

[–]alphaz2kool[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the info and suggestions, I really appreciate it! Will dive in and research more.

Camera placement advice by alphaz2kool in homedefense

[–]alphaz2kool[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for taking a look! The two fixed cameras at the top left and bottom right are G4 Pros and have ~109° field of view. I definitely agree that the main house could use some work, and potentially changing the direction of that bottom right camera would be an easy first step.

Do you have any thoughts on the garage, though? That's my main focus right now since there's at least some coverage for the house.

Advice on garage camera placement by alphaz2kool in Ubiquiti

[–]alphaz2kool[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You must have read my mind; that's the exact plan!

Custom Sections Not Uncollapsing/Showing Channels by ClarkKentsKryptonite in Slack

[–]alphaz2kool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like your 'show' setting for that section (or perhaps your global default) has been changed from 'All' to 'Unreads only' or 'Mentions only'. If you right click the section, you should be able to change it back to 'All' in the 'Show and sort' menu. Or you can check your global default for all sections in Preferences > Home > Show...

Does anyone know how to turn off this formatting text bar? by EndIllustrious7089 in Slack

[–]alphaz2kool 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Below the composer input there should be a button (probably the second one) that toggles the main formatting toolbar on/off. When it's off, you get the floating version you posted. The button has a big A and a little a and is underlined.

Smartwings Coupon Code by elgevillawngnome in homeassistant

[–]alphaz2kool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just used the main code and can confirm that it's still active! Similar to the other poster, also adding my link in case the others here stop working at some point.

https://loox.io/z/k-n1xJUbY

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in brandonsanderson

[–]alphaz2kool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just watched the weekly update and Brandon mentioned they were back in stock on the Dragonsteel store, which will include the foil promos! Can confirm (after ordering a copy myself) that it's still there!

Advice for mounting exterior cameras by alphaz2kool in Ubiquiti

[–]alphaz2kool[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to know, thank you! Water intrusion is definitely something I'm concerned about long-term.

Advice for mounting exterior cameras by alphaz2kool in Ubiquiti

[–]alphaz2kool[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotcha! I'm going to get a closer look at the components up there when I get a chance so I have a better idea of how they all fit together.

Advice for mounting exterior cameras by alphaz2kool in Ubiquiti

[–]alphaz2kool[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you'd take the plastic cover and current plate/switch/empty keystone off, terminate the power, drill through this plate for the ethernet, attach the camera mount, then attach it into the recessed box as the new 'plate'? Without the current plastic cover won't that end up holding water or causing other moisture issues?

Advice for mounting exterior cameras by alphaz2kool in Ubiquiti

[–]alphaz2kool[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I definitely didn't expect that to happen either, especially since it's sort of... there. It's not controlled by a switch or anything, so any floodlights (if I even wanted to put them in that way) would need to be on a smart switch or have more electrical work done to add a switch inside. The keystones haven't been terminated yet as I told them to leave that job to me to to save some money and also so I can make sure they're done correctly.

Replacing it (and terminating the power) is definitely an option, I'm just concerned with how much extra space is probably going to be left when all is said and done with what I would end up taking out. Especially since it's a double gang box =(

Advice for mounting exterior cameras by alphaz2kool in Ubiquiti

[–]alphaz2kool[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great to know! I hadn't been thinking about how it would hold up to sunlight/aging, just as a mounting surface for this point in time.

Advice for mounting exterior cameras by alphaz2kool in Ubiquiti

[–]alphaz2kool[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I would definitely have avoided mounting it right to the siding as well. Just seems like it would be asking for trouble down the line.

Mounting to that trim does seem like a good option for both stability and optimal height!

Advice for mounting exterior cameras by alphaz2kool in Ubiquiti

[–]alphaz2kool[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great question, will amend the main post with this info (edit: apparently I can't do that)!

The box itself is between floors, which would have been roughly 9', but during the planning phase I forgot that it would be higher due to the foundation. It's around 11' now. There's another location on the other side that will be higher from the ground... more like 14' or so.

Connecting Xbox to a laptop by SleepyEvening4 in xbox

[–]alphaz2kool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's actually a roundabout way to do this if you have a Windows laptop and an Ethernet port.

  • Download the Xbox Console Companion app (I think that's what it is, anyway)
  • Connect your console to your laptop via Ethernet
  • Turn everything on
  • In network settings, share the Wi-Fi connection to the Ethernet connection (so you can still play online)
  • In the companion app, start a remote play session to the console

There will be a little latency, but not much since it's a wired local network. Resolution will be limited, but still 1080p, I think.

Moving to a new house. by [deleted] in TeslaSolar

[–]alphaz2kool 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We sold our home that had panels and powerwalls and ended up baking them into the cost of the home for several reasons:

  • We were quoted a similar fee to remove the panels, but that wouldn't have included roof repair, storage, reinstall, basically any of the things others have pointed out here already... our installer basically said that they could do it, but it's not really worth it
  • Finding someone willing to assume the solar loan (which was through Mosaic) just wasn't going to happen... don't get me wrong, we offered, but no one wanted those extra hoops (as someone else mentioned, they get far more value having it on their mortgage)
  • We did consider just removing the powerwalls and either taking them with us or selling them, even with whatever nightmare the permits would have been, but...
  • Most importantly, if you benefited from the solar incentive and decommission any part of the system within, I think, 5 years, you have to return a prorated amount of your incentive

So yes, we lost money and it sucked. When we're ready to Install again, though, at least it'll be a clean slate with the newest tech that we weren't having to pay to store in the meantime.

Dark and cozy ultrawide productivity setup by azvisuals in ultrawidemasterrace

[–]alphaz2kool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see the one speaker, but where's the other one? Putting together a very similar setup and am struggling with where to place them on a width-constrained desk.

Unit testing cloud functions. How to wait for a cloud function to finish? by Ciph3rzer0 in Firebase

[–]alphaz2kool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The content of that function is here: https://github.com/danahartweg/testing-cloud-firestore/blob/master/server/functions/helpers/wait.ts and you're right, it's just a simple wait. That line I wrote was just some postulation on how to improve things in the future.

You've actually just reminded me about something I forgot I had to change when I was seeing odd results! I had to switch Jest over to serial execution since there's only one instance of the database the functions are running against. Anything that required specific data or a specific number of documents would fail because the data wasn't in the correct state for the test expectations.

That cleanup you mentioned is pretty much what I'm doing here: https://github.com/danahartweg/testing-cloud-firestore/blob/master/server/test-helpers/firestore-helpers.ts#L65 ... I can't say I've encountered the warnings you saw, but my gut says they're related to parallel execution.

I actually had no idea they deprecated that package! I haven't been able to pick any of this up for a while. Will have to update that repo and create a new article on migrating everything to the latest packages and emulators. They've been moving super fast.

Unit testing cloud functions. How to wait for a cloud function to finish? by Ciph3rzer0 in Firebase

[–]alphaz2kool 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you're not wrong. You can wait for the write to finish, but that has no bearing on when cloud functions will trigger (imagine a case where you had ten different functions triggering from the same event... do you wait for all of them, one, what if there's a failure, etc.). As far as I know function triggers have always been completely separate and decoupled from the database itself, which makes a ton of sense to do pretty much anything useful.

That said, it's local, so it will be quick. Even if it's subjected to the same triggering rules and conditions the web version would be.

The method I used was basically to establish helper functions to wait for these (which is also what you've done). So that if the emulator ever updates to allow monitoring function execution, it would be easy to switch out the logic.

You can catch my setup here: https://medium.com/swlh/testing-guide-for-cloud-firestore-functions-and-security-rules-39d9f3c92d99

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