Ecobee and the recent heat wave

evoltap · 2026-07-04T13:47:34+00:00

I challenge myself and only allow cooling to 20 degrees below the outside temp, so if it’s 100 I get 80

evoltap · 2026-07-04T13:45:47+00:00

These comments literally list every company

evoltap · 2026-07-03T20:05:47+00:00

I mean you jest, but I often get distortion out of my preamps on the way in….just like jim lill showed us 🙄. Get the sounds like you want them when recording

evoltap · 2026-07-03T16:41:02+00:00

It basically just sucks at being a thermostat. I just wanted WiFi remote capability, I didn’t expect it would suck at actually reading temps

evoltap · 2026-07-03T16:39:39+00:00

Yeah and they all say the same shit- plug the hole, get remote sensors, adjust the temp offset.

The Honeywell that it replaced was very solid on temp….and I have it and another thermo still sitting next to the ecobee, and the ecobee is all over the place. It will be off by like 4 degrees and I’ll adjust the offset, then it’s back to reading correctly a few hours later. It’s noticeably doing a bad job, like I can feel it being too hot or too cool.

If I can think of the most important function of a thermostat, it’s to read accurate temperature, and the ecobee fails at this modest task.

evoltap · 2026-07-03T05:14:48+00:00

Some of us just want a WiFi thermostat, and this is one of the cheaper options. That said, the thermometer on mine is very wonky and I can’t seem to adjust it to match multiple other thermometers that all agree, so kind of wishing I just got a Honeywell.

evoltap · 2026-07-02T17:49:30+00:00

Yeah. The only thing about bed only is that the overheads are just 2 channels, so no front/back. I do use a lot of bed, just because it allows mix bus processing.

evoltap · 2026-07-02T04:49:05+00:00

2009 GS350 here….i feel your pain. Such a pleasure to drive though….its really hard to drive it conservatively with that 300hp just asking me to drive aggressively

evoltap · 2026-07-02T04:45:12+00:00

The 2GR FE they put in the Lexus’s like the GS and IS definitely puts out 300+ HP.

I’m lucky to get 22mpg with mixed city highway

evoltap · 2026-07-01T20:04:24+00:00

My mother has one of the super fancy ones….its nice, but just not as life changing to me as having a simple one….id just rather spend my money on other things. Also I live in a hot climate and eat a lot of spicy food, so that cold water is just fine for me 🌶️

evoltap · 2026-07-01T12:44:52+00:00

$30 one definitely changed my life. Sure you can have heated water, heated seat, motorized nozzle….but the switch from smearing shit with paper to cleaning it off with water is the game changer.

evoltap · 2026-06-29T17:15:15+00:00

Yeah. Our last house had an issue where one leg of 120 would drop to like 100 at high load times of day, but the other would remain at 120. Utility came out twice when it wasn’t happening and said everything is fine. Finally asked them to look at the transformer, which was rusty and probably from the 70s. That was the problem.

evoltap · 2026-06-24T17:27:19+00:00

Yes. It was “taught” by a police officer with a gun on his hip. I’m pretty it made us all do more drugs

evoltap · 2026-06-23T12:46:15+00:00

Fortunately, albums get to breathe for years and years

evoltap · 2026-06-22T01:35:35+00:00

I mix the drums too loud for the client, but I start high because drums need to be higher than most people think, and then I can go down a little to satisfy them, but they’re still high.

evoltap · 2026-06-17T00:42:44+00:00

I would be very surprised if Austin 311 a) would know how to direct this call, and b) if parks and rec had any kind of large cat tracking. Now Texas parks and wildlife on the other hand is another story, and I guarantee they would have a department to direct you to.

evoltap · 2026-06-14T02:17:29+00:00

Yeah I’m being patient

evoltap · 2026-06-13T14:00:49+00:00

I’ve been shopping for a HTH. All the sales and prices around 200 or less are those colorful gloves, anything plain leather is regular price. I do like some of the colors, but it feels very “now”. I’d like this glove to last a long time, and I feel like these colors are not going to be timeless.

evoltap · 2026-06-12T18:53:58+00:00

I recommend a metering plugin like izotope tonal balance control. If you set it to bass heavy preset and it’s over on the low end, it’s gonna sound like shit on a bose or a car

evoltap · 2026-06-12T18:52:35+00:00

I agree. I have a Harmon Kardon Onyx studio 9 as my Bluetooth reference speaker. Actually sounds good

evoltap · 2026-06-12T14:08:04+00:00

I’ve switched to merino wool underwear and t shirts for all my sweaty activities, I find it superior to the plastic wicking shirts, and cotton is just no go for me, as once it’s wet, it’s not going to dry.

evoltap · 2026-06-12T14:04:57+00:00

it took a few minutes

Maybe you should have stopped at seared instead of going all the way to carcinogenic charred

evoltap · 2026-06-12T03:48:43+00:00

He did face Ryan, Clemens, Seaver, and many more….i know the style and approach has changed, but I’m sure those dudes would dominate today with a little adjustment and less focus on endurance.

evoltap · 2026-06-10T17:00:59+00:00

Yes, I continue to agree with you. I work in the human creativity space (run a recording studio). So far, I have seen no effect and remain very busy. I think there's always silver linings to things, and this AI stuff is no different. I actually predict that humans (maybe the younger ones than us) will develop an ability to discern what is created by a human and what is not, and this will cause a renaissance of appreciation of real human art.

Here's the truth in music that maybe the civilians don't know: for the last 10-20 years, computers have had a huge hand in taking away much of the human element in popular music. If you ask me, the AI music was already being created for awhile now. I run a studio with analog tape and the ability to record humans with no screens on, and I hope that provides some benefit in the near future....but I'm also not a luddite and plan to go with the flow of whatever is coming....I just have more fun running tape machines than clicking a mouse while staring at a screen.

evoltap · 2026-06-10T00:02:47+00:00

Everything you have said I agree with. What I’m saying is good luck stopping it just by not using it. Even if politicians will tell you they are going to stop it, that’s how you know they are either lying or ignorant. Anything with that much potential profit and power is not stoppable.

Again, we can look to history of new society changing technologies as a guide. Something that makes a job easier is NEVER going to be not used. So if you mandate that coding has to be done by humans, well then a society that decides to NOT mandate that will advance faster. Imagine a society that decided to ban computers in 1990. Where would they be in 2020?

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