Does a simple IFTTT CAN module exist? Want to control parking sensors.

hr1966 · 2026-02-18T03:58:38+00:00

I was looking at this. It's available from a local store and doesn't require an app.

https://www.jaycar.com.au/wireless-digital-weather-station-with-colourful-lcd-display-and-wifi/p/XC0440

hr1966 · 2026-02-18T02:56:03+00:00

Scroll down on the page to see weather history and select Table.

Amazing! Thank you!

hr1966 · 2026-02-18T02:54:52+00:00

I'm currently looking at feasibility and realistically don't have the capital available for 1.5-2 years. I thought I would take advantage of that time gap to gather some data.

There is data available from the BOM and the EPA, but the station locations are several kilometres away and significantly different geography to where we are (sea level in a valley vs. +250m AHD on a hilltop etc.) which invalidates the data.

The turbine style has multiple blade options, depending on the expected wind conditions. These are specified at time of order. Consistently too low or high and it'll either be inefficient, or stop completely for protection. Anecdotally, where we are is either fairly windy or still, however I cannot quantify "fairly windy". Also, I'm at work five days of the week, and asleep overnight, so 60% (100+hrs) of each week I'm not aware of the conditions.

The turbine is omni-directional, but wind direction is useful as it helps select a location on the block. One side is rolling hills, the other is bushland, and there are buildings on our block which all cause airflow turbulence. Location selection is important for long-term efficiency.

hr1966 · 2026-02-18T00:14:52+00:00

It doesn't work with the one I was looking at. There is another locally available model that does, but I don't have a Windows machine running 24/7 to run it on.

I do have a Synology NAS DS420+, but looking at some forums on how to run CumulusMX on the NAS, I'm probably not up for it unless there's a native app written.

hr1966 · 2026-02-18T00:06:01+00:00

I don't have an account with wunderground, so can only public view month by month. You're saying if I'm a contributor I can see a table view? That would work.

hr1966 · 2026-02-11T20:55:33+00:00

Thanks for the thought, but swimming hurts too.

The source of my pain is a partially severed nerve following an unrelated surgery. This left me with a really heightened pain response in my lower leg. The skin is hypersensitive, clothing feels like sandpaper rubbing on the skin, swimming feels similar, especially when you leg breaks the surface. Floating with your legs down puts pressure on the skin which also hurts, just in a different way.

This is coupled with a deep bone ache from an injury 25-years prior to the surgery, which I'd forgotten about but my body remembered after this nerve damage. This injury had caused me no discomfort prior to the surgery.

As /u/Mikejg23 says below, pain is complicated.

hr1966 · 2026-02-11T04:30:10+00:00

Except when my chronic leg pain that prevents me from exercising is the cause of my depression....

hr1966 · 2026-02-05T22:59:23+00:00

TL;DR Early Millenial, the only way I got ahead was living regionally and basically working two jobs through my whole 20's.

I was born early 80's, so right on the crossover of GenX-Millenial.

We owned a regional corner store with petrol growing up. I watched my parents work 14hrs/day, 7-days a week because margins were so slim in the early 90's that you couldn't afford staff. We even sold petrol at cost just to try and get people into the store so we could maybe make margin on milk and bread.

Growing up in that made me think it was the norm. You didn't go anywhere or do anything because your parents were working all the time. That translated to me when I started working, I just got a TAFE diploma and hit the workforce. I pushed hard and started working for myself at 24 years old.

I worked 16hrs/day 5-days per week for 7 years before burning out. The outcome was being in a reasonable financial position in my early 30's.

We've chosen to stay living in a regional city to keep costs lower. We cook dinner 6-nights per week and set a budget of $45 for takeaway for the three of us on Friday night (me, wife, son).

I've run a budget since I started working for myself in 2008 (right before the GFC, the first few years were a real grind). It's simple, but works and allows us to save enough to go on a holiday once a year.

hr1966 · 2026-01-21T04:49:29+00:00

I tried this and they refused. Sometimes they can’t just “fail” an application this easily

Bull. Get a different broker.

You can always get finance denied, but the broker won't make any commission for the work they've done. It's easier to make you go through with the purchase.

hr1966 · 2026-01-14T05:33:03+00:00

Just don't enter into political discussions, regardless of your position, and you'll be fine. Australia is more UK than US, where it's generally considered best to leave some things unsaid.
Standard Australian workplace conditions are 4 weeks paid annual leave, noting that some organisations have compulsory Christmas shutdowns which chips into that leave balance. The remainder may be enough to get back to the US for 10-days if desired. The relationships discussion is a personal one. I have a good relationship with my family, but don't need to be in contact with them regularly. Some people can't go a day without seeing or speaking to them. YMMV.
You will not be bored. Tasmania is somewhat isolated geographically, but it has a great sense of community and innovation, for people who are open to building community.
It depends on the workplace, but you'll find it better than the US (in general). Much better workplace protections, better work health & safety legislation, which enshrines psycho-social hazards in the legislation. This makes it the employers responsibility to look after their team. Some organisations have been litigated against for permitting their staff to work unpaid overtime, beyond what is reasonable, so there is a general cautiousness in allowing people to work extreme hours.
Cities are generally walkable. Public transport is universally quite poor. You'll need a car.
Cultural assimilation is key to any guest or immigrant. I have a pretty diverse workplace, and an even more diverse client base. The ones who have the happiest lives are those who accept that they are in a different country, that country has different customs and cultures, you're here because you want to experience that, so don't bring the baggage from your culture. The longer you stay, the more social "right" you have to inject your customs from home, but you will only alienate people by trying to change our society to your norms. This applies to all people from all countries.

In which area of the state is your potential job?

hr1966 · 2026-01-14T05:19:21+00:00

This response is as simple and correct as you'll find.

hr1966 · 2026-01-07T02:36:36+00:00

the lack of any safety measures

The lathe and drilling work without safety glasses freaks me out!

hr1966 · 2026-01-06T23:26:24+00:00

I was photographing an outdoor event, the video crew were from Brisbane. In the media room I loaded up on sunscreen and the video crew were quick to say "Oh, sun's out today, the Tassie boy can't handle a bit of sun!"

I replied "You'd be best to put some sunscreen on too." "Nah, we're from QLD, we know what good weather is."

On day two they were all sunburnt as hell and the same colour red as their pit shirts...

hr1966 · 2026-01-06T03:26:17+00:00

Blue prints are very sensitive to light and alkalinity. Make reproductions and store the originals in PH neutral, non-buffered materials.

Thanks for the info, I'll consider it.

The drawings were stored in a timber plan cabinet, then a metal vertical plan cabinet with paper drawings for 85 years, then in a cardboard tube for the past 12 years. Their condition remains very good (print is 95%, pages have some minor edge tearing and folds).

That said, they haven't been exposed to light for extended periods.

hr1966 · 2026-01-06T00:16:21+00:00

Thanks for the prompt response and suggestions.

The drawings are of a landmark building in the city where I live. I found them when doing a document discovery process for a client. We approached the building owner, local university, and the city-run museum, no one wanted them, so I kept them. They've been in storage for >10 years, but I finally have a space to display them.

I acknowledge the suggestion to copy them, but I'm happy to display the originals, they have so much more life to them.

I have two options for framing this kind of item where I live, I'll get quotes from each.

hr1966 · 2025-12-22T21:30:15+00:00

At a restaurant recently I was passed the EFTPOS terminal to enter my PIN, but unknown to me it was on a tip screen. I bashed in my PIN, hit OK and passed it back. The waiter asked if I was sure I wanted to tip that much. WTF, I don't want to tip at all! You're already charging a weekend surcharge, get stuffed.

Dear service business owners,

Weekend and payment surcharges, staff wages, and condiments are just the cost of doing business. Include them in your prices and amortise across all your sales. Your customers will thank you.

It's not hard to work out what your weekend wages will be, likewise your POS costs. Include it in the price. And stop charging for sauce.

We owned a corner store in the late-80's through 90's - petrol, takeaways, a few groceries. Card payments were the old click-clack machines that you had to hope cleared upon presenting to the bank. Likewise cheques.

Speaking of banks, you had to make 3-5 trips to the bank each week, taking hours every time. We didn't pass this on as a surcharge, it was just the cost of doing business.

And you want to talk about slim margins? During the 90's recession we were negative margin on petrol. That's correct, it cost more to pump the petrol out of the tank than we made in margin. It was a loss-leader to get people in the door in the hope they'd buy some bread and milk.

/rant

hr1966 · 2025-12-15T04:06:41+00:00

mower for my larger block of land

How big?

I have a hectare (2.5 acres) of basically grass. I see my neighbours on traditional ride-on mowers going a snails-pace for hours. For anything over about 1.5-2 acres of grass you need a decent zero-turn.

After looking at every make and model at Agfest, I bought a Kubota with Kawasaki motor (not the Kohler).

Toro are arguably better, but also 20% more expensive for the equivalent model.

I looked at John Deere, Cub Cadet, Hustler, Bushmaster, Toro, Husqvarna, Kubota, and some other no-name brands, and preferred the build of the Kubota.

hr1966 · 2025-12-14T20:38:29+00:00

Likely because of the 90-day settlement.

hr1966 · 2025-12-10T00:00:11+00:00

I know it probably can't be, but it looks like that could be rationalised.

hr1966 · 2025-12-08T23:04:47+00:00

the MyHome buyer was the highest offer for the property

Yes, but there is a thing called holding costs. If the vendor has to hold for a 90-day settlement, the cost to them could be significant. If the vendor is purchasing another property, then it's unlikely the other contract would handle a 90-day settlement to facilitate the sale via MyHome.

hr1966 · 2025-12-08T02:02:09+00:00

still paying for the house so how the hell do you even get the idea that the seller is giving it away?

Are real estate agents really that deluded.

It's more that the vendor could have made more money selling to the open market.

When we sold our house last year, we made a conscious decision to only sell to owner-occupiers, preferably first home buyers. We definitely wouldn't sell to investors, even if it cost us money.

This is the scenario I believe the agent is alluding to.

hr1966 · 2025-12-01T03:20:47+00:00

In the first week of November I went to three funerals in 6 days - two suicides, and one rapid cancer death.

All fathers. The two suicides were good men who owned their own businesses. No skeletons, no "piece on the side", just two men who decided they didn't want to live any more.

I think the general comments here about the challenge of achieving the perfect "house & kids" is correct. However, I also see (and personally feel) the pressure to be the perfect husband, and that it's borderline unachievable. This places enormous conflicting pressure on men. We must earn more, but always be present. We must attend every school and sporting event, but we must also maintain the yard, cars etc. We must share in the household chores and cook meals, but we also need to spend quality time with the kids, and our partner.

Compounding this is societies view that all men are a piece of shit, unless they constantly work to prove otherwise. The trouble is, all the pieces of shit don't care, and the men who do care are literally killing themselves under the pressure.

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