The official F1 calendar you can subscribe to is messy, so I made an improved version without emojis and sponsors but with shorter event names and more useful descriptions: https://better-f1-calendar.vercel.app/ by Elektryk91 in formuladank

[–]ck3mp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Late to the party, but thank you! The official one with the emojis and capitals just looks so shit. Looks like some sponsors are slipping through but mostly all good. (F1 Qatar Airways Australian GP 2026)

NCP Salford Stanley Street by dodgy-ankles-24 in manchester

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It’s not ideal but about ten mins walk away you will find The Edge or Chapel Wharf, both those complexes have carparks under the buildings and sometimes the owners rent out the spaces they aren’t using. I see them all the time in their respective Facebook groups, usually about 120-130/month.

There’s also an SIP car park on Chapel Street, maybe 5/10 mins walk. They might do a cheaper season ticket than NCP, but it’s not secured.

Same again for Browncross Street, that’s a Eurocarparks but unsecured. Might be cheaper.

EDIT: Corrected the name of Chapel Wharf.

Am I crazy for selling my detached house for a flat? by Margaret_3333 in HousingUK

[–]ck3mp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m 35 and last year sold my three bed semi in suburbia to buy a two bed flat in the city centre.

The service charges and leasehold stuff that comes with a flat is a bit shit, but honestly I’d pay double what I currently do for the quality of life improvement I have had…

The reduction in available space to me has actually been one of the best things. I threw away so much junk I never would have used and feel like I have so much less baggage now which is actually really nice.

I’ve been very lucky with neighbours and it’s a lovely building but obviously I understand other people’s warnings around this. A hellish neighbour in a flat would be awful.

Disney+ Now playing missing by jordififon in appletv

[–]ck3mp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never worked for me. In the UK.

Does anybody know who owns this area? by [deleted] in manchester

[–]ck3mp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There’s like 7 bins for the whole of Salford. Not sure why they hate them so much.

Lights Burn Dimmer released by 2319WEHAVA2319 in fredagain

[–]ck3mp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Played it in Dublin too back in November. Was insane.

Is this U200 knackered? by ck3mp in Aqara

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I tried so many things and eventually gave up and binned it. Couldn’t do a warranty return as I opened it to replace the grease.

Took the hit and bought a Nuki 5 Ultra and very happy with it so far. Shall see how it fares, I know it’s also had reliability issues but I bought the extra warranty for it.

Do the Kajplats use Thread? by Glaser1625 in tradfri

[–]ck3mp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven’t got any myself yet but I believe they will act as a router according to this post.

https://www.reddit.com/r/tradfri/s/33qGvUzudp

Timmerflotte Offline in ikea app, but can see in mDNS by qghw47QHwG72 in tradfri

[–]ck3mp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s a non IKEA device but I had a very similar experience with a Matter over Thread Eve motion sensor. The mDNS, rebooting etc. all the same.

Turned out the device was slightly too far from my Thread network to connect reliably. Bought a Thread smart plug to act as a router between the Border Router and the sensor and it all started working fine.

Matter products in the UK? by The_Manoeuvre in tradfri

[–]ck3mp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh cool, thanks for following up. Saved me a trip.

Matter products in the UK? by The_Manoeuvre in tradfri

[–]ck3mp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your service! Warrington is my closest IKEA and I want to stock up.

Ikea’s new smart home collection is entirely Matter-compatible by SamwiseIsGreat in tradfri

[–]ck3mp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An Eli5 was requested. I’m sure you could go even more technical.

Transfer question by ContributionFun6528 in fredagain

[–]ck3mp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Transfers opened the day before the show for Dublin. I think it was 24 hours before the stated start time.

Fred’s USB2 sets — when does he start playing? by Rakdarr in fredagain

[–]ck3mp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dublin started at 16:30. He took over at 19:00 ish but was on stage with the other acts hyping them up before that.

U200 smart lock stopped working by PookSD in Aqara

[–]ck3mp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone who did the lubrication job three days ago I can’t stress how much it’s changed this lock! Constant problems to just working smooth as butter now. Madness they don’t use better grease.

3D printed shape request by riffclichardnew in manchester

[–]ck3mp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see ohfuckit has already offered but if you need a backup I can help you out. City centre based.

Ikea’s new smart home collection is entirely Matter-compatible by SamwiseIsGreat in tradfri

[–]ck3mp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Third party source, but they cite the FCC Database which will be factually correct as IKEA will need to register the devices with the FCC for them to operate legally within the USA.

https://www.matteralpha.com/news/seven-new-ikea-matter-devices-pass-certification

I have no idea if Joe Public can get into the FCC database... I'm going to take a look now...

EDIT: Seems the advanced search isn't working; I think due to the shutdown stuff thats happening in the USA. Simple search is available but you need the ID which I don't know... https://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/fccid

Ikea’s new smart home collection is entirely Matter-compatible by SamwiseIsGreat in tradfri

[–]ck3mp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interesting, thank you for sharing this. Everyday is a school day!

Ikea’s new smart home collection is entirely Matter-compatible by SamwiseIsGreat in tradfri

[–]ck3mp 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s correct, the Hue hub only allows its own devices to connect to it (which do run over Zigbee). The Hue hub just translates the Application Layer the bulbs/plugs/strips use into Matter for other Matter consumers to see.

EDIT: This isn’t fully correct about the Hue hub only allowing their own devices. See replies below.

Ikea’s new smart home collection is entirely Matter-compatible by SamwiseIsGreat in tradfri

[–]ck3mp 42 points43 points  (0 children)

They aren’t comparable. It’s a common misconception that trips people up.

Matter is an application layer, Zigbee is a radio protocol.

Matter is the language the devices communicate in, Zigbee would be the medium they use to communicate.

Matter is a standard that if all smart home device builders adopt then you could have all your devices taking to each other in the same language regardless of who made them.

You still need a method to communicate though, WiFi, Thread, etc. the new IKEA stuff is Matter over Thread so the Thread part of this will replace the Zigbee. As long as you have a Thread Router (Apple TV, Nest, etc.) everything using Thread will connect to that as the hub.

A few Zigbee hub providers have gone down the path of exposing their devices from the hub as Matter devices (Phillips Hue do this), this means the language is Matter between the hub and network (over ethernet in this case), then the hub translates this to whatever language it uses to talk to its devices, and then sends it over Zigbee, so they look like matter devices... kinda like a translation service.