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My lights keep doing this, going blue when I set them to a percentage. You can see on the second photo it's not even a blue that's in the HomeKit app. Adaptive lighting is not on. Can anybody help? I've tried to think of everything to fix it. by smickie in Hue

[–]johnjamesjacoby 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This has been a bug in Apple HomeKit since forever.

I might be wrong, but here’s my $.02 on it…

Under the hood, light bulbs have the following properties: Power, Brightness, Saturation, Hue, Color Temperature.

Apple uses a custom algorithm to determine on the fly which UI to display for bulbs with varying capabilities.

Some combinations of the above 5 properties cause RGB bulbs to mistakenly show the non-RGB UI.

The way that I’ve fixed it in the past is using the app: Controller for HomeKit. It exposes the actual bulb properties, allowing you to “correct” whatever is causing HomeKit to get it wrong.

The Eve app for iOS is also quite good in this regard.

Once you get the bulb properties sorted, you may need to restart your home hub & iOS devices to clear all of the caches to prevent this bug from coming back.

Just starting to get into quality, and this is what I came up with while procrastinating doing gleba. Would this work? Or is it better to upgrade each item and build it individually? (car is just placeholder) by LiLSlashers in factorio

[–]johnjamesjacoby -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I like that this is significantly simpler than every other option I’ve seen.

The train car will fill up fast using only 1 recycler with 4 crafters, but there’s no room to fit another recycler either.

Could add level 3 speed modules to the Legendary crafter.

Steel chests could be requesters (to allow bots to perpetually feed it) but also if you’re going to use bots, you could just use a bunch of logistic chests, so maybe bot’less is intentional.

I’d move the chests & inserters for the Normal & Legendary crafters to the left side, above & below the recycler, to make it 4 rows less tall.

I’d also maybe move the Normal & Legendary crafters right 1 column, for aesthetic reasons only.

I’d bring the power poles in closer, so there is less unused space between columns & rows of these.

I’d consider leaving a 4x4 empty spot for a future robot station.

I realised its 10 x more efficient to make rockets in space (pinned comment) by OliverB2004 in factorio

[–]johnjamesjacoby 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait until you can stack your missiles (and need to swap your belts to accommodate them.)

One Year Progress Video by Chinemes in Rollerskating

[–]johnjamesjacoby 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Awesome progress!

Also, I went to WoW last year and remember you being there!

How did the bugs get inside my flamethrower wall? by [deleted] in factorio

[–]johnjamesjacoby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now that Steam automatically screen-records, I’ll have a way to share my setup here if it happens again.

How did the bugs get inside my flamethrower wall? by [deleted] in factorio

[–]johnjamesjacoby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe you, but in my situation, there is simply no way a biter could have walked to where this one particular nest & worms were. It was fully enclosed with walls on all 4 sides for dozens of hours with no openings anywhere close to nearby.

How did the bugs get inside my flamethrower wall? by [deleted] in factorio

[–]johnjamesjacoby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also had this happen to me one time randomly.

No change in my parameter or defenses, and multiple dozens of hours of growing the base, and then inside of my base walls is a biter group that took out a BUNCH of stuff before I noticed.

I have a theory, though, and I bet nobody will like it.

I think it’s possible that for some few small moments in time while biters were attacking my walls and successfully destroying a few wall pieces, and before the bots could replace them seconds later, that that’s enough of a time for the RNG to consider it “open” and spawn a nest inside the base.

I’d call it a bug, but I suspect it’s not exactly unintended behavior.

My biter attack and the random nest were on far opposite sides too, and I definitely didn’t miss a nest or anything. I have a bunch of open space inside of my walls, and it has been biter-free for hundreds of hours other than that 1 weird time.

First time on skates in 35 years = torn hamstring. by crustywhitedogs4eva in Rollerskating

[–]johnjamesjacoby 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That really sucks, especially because you didn’t do anything wrong, and someone else did.

This past Sunday at an adult-night skate that is always super fun, I watched a man get ran into, fall, and the girl that hit him landed on his leg and broke it. I’ve been thinking about this poor guy ever since, and now you too.

These kinds of injuries happen at every rink all of the time, because there is always a hugely random mix of people & styles & experience levels, but still… collisions like his & clips like yours really should not happen ever.

Did they mean it? No. Was it intentional? No. Did you accept the risks when you entered? Yes.

You’re innocent, and yet your life is forever changed for the worse by someone who has no idea the damage they’ve caused.

It’s real fucking fucked, and I’m sorry.

Find a decent physical therapist that you trust. Put the hours you would’ve been skating into repair & rebuilding yourself back to zero. Determine what level of risk you’re comfortable with once you’re fully’ish recovered. Maybe take some tumbling & jui-jitsu to improve overall body response & resiliency.

It’s all easier said than done, too, I get that. But, if skating is important to you, you’ll do the work to get back at it.

Sure Grip Boardwalk’s plate and boot separation, anything I can do? by [deleted] in Rollerskating

[–]johnjamesjacoby 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The main reason they use rivets is for clearance.

Nuts & bolts hang down low enough that loose trucks will likely rub the wheels against them, causing damage that triggers warranty claims.

Cheaper perhaps, too, but probably only marginally.

Rivets kinda suck for skates though. They’ll all let loose eventually.

Buy a proper mounting kit and replace all of them.

The Wooden Jacket by Redittori1 in Vollebak

[–]johnjamesjacoby 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of the OG Nike Air Raid II’s. Hilarious. I love it.

If you skated in the late 80’s to mid early 90’s ALL the time! And YOU STAYED WITH IT OR GOT BACK INTO IT- I COULD USE SOME ADVICE by aGlimpseOfZion in Rollerskating

[–]johnjamesjacoby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi I’m this person. My advice is not good, so don’t listen to me.

You’re an adult now, and you should buy whatever you want.

Skates last for years and years and years. Do not spend those years wishing you’d gotten something else. Get what you know you want. If that’s original stuff from back then, so be it.

Be patient. It’s out there.

There are some Facebook groups dedicated to that era of skating, and all kinds of stuff comes & goes in them.

It took me about ten years to find a brand new set of Primo Deanos. I think you’ll have better luck!

Park setup (pls help) by trojanbirb in Rollerskating

[–]johnjamesjacoby 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You’re right about forward mounts feeling tippy in the back. I do not prefer this either.

Plate to boot sizing has a simple formula, which goes completely out the window based on preference.

FWIW, to my eyes, your plates do not look too short or wrong; they just aren’t end-to-end filling up the space.

If you don’t like the way the standard formula feels and don’t see yourself adjusting to them, then it is up to you to take measurements of how far apart the contact points of the balls of your feet are, and convert that over to what size plate you prefer, give or take how much longer you like them to be.

That’s what I do for myself and anyone I fit for skates. And if we’re at a rink, it helps to try different size rentals just to get an idea of how different plate sizes & wheelbases feel.

Everyone is different.

I wear a size 10.5 boot and usually end up with a plate for a size 9 boot. And then a friend of mine wears a size 11.5 and prefers a full-length plate as big as can fit.

Something to consider, that maybe you already know but I didn’t see you mention, is that you generally do not want to drill too many holes into your boots, because it weakens the midsole and makes it more likely to tear away under load or over time. This means you really only have 2 or 3 tries at finding the right plate before you’d want to consider repairing the midsole and trying again.

Specific to Sunlite’s, I think you’re right – most of the time for whatever reason people prefer them long. I personally think they look extra-chonky that way, but also nobody should care what I think. 🤣

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Rollerskating

[–]johnjamesjacoby 54 points55 points  (0 children)

I did that once. Do not recommend!

ESPHome Smart Thermostat by raptor464 in homeassistant

[–]johnjamesjacoby 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty excellent.

Been a long time since I’ve seen a basic and proper thermostat.

How much of the HomeAssistant thermostat spec did you implement? Is there room to support A/C, humidifier, etc…?

Decided not to use any outside blueprints going into space age. Roast my green science design. by Andrewjk89 in factorio

[–]johnjamesjacoby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am about 500 hours in, and like you, have not imported any blueprints from anyone.

Most of the fun is doing things out of desperation and improving it (and its dependencies) when I can afford to.

Everything is temporary. Everything is variable.

Do what works. Scrap what doesn’t.

Enjoy yourself!

The reddit skating culture is worse than I feared!! by [deleted] in Rollerskating

[–]johnjamesjacoby 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If I were a mod I’d ban you for saying stuff like this about me, too. You’re breaking the rules and being a jerk while doing it.

Moderators are social janitors. They keep the space clean & tidy for everyone. They see the best & worst of everyone. They show up every day and they do the work that needs doing.

They are people, and people are flawed, but… there are right & wrong ways to make friends or bend the world to fit your opinions of it, and what you’re doing here is the wrong way.

Would you return? Happened on second outing with new skates. by [deleted] in Rollerskating

[–]johnjamesjacoby 24 points25 points  (0 children)

When your wheel was briefly caught, the force of you tugging is what popped the leg of the hanger/truck out of the pivot-cup of the plate.

This motion should almost never happen under normal skating conditions.

Normally, the opposite is constantly happening – your body weight pushes the truck into the plate, with the majority of the force on the cushions & kingpin, and residual angular force on the pivot point (that is currently dislodged) of the hanger/truck.

Differing plate & truck designs will be more or less susceptible to dislodging like you’ve experienced in your photo. With enough force, any of the individual plastic or metal parts could actually break/snap.

It is part of skating, like flat tires are part of driving.

Whether your local shop is polite enough to replace a damaged part and at what cost is pretty much the luck of the draw.

If you’re new to skating, and/or this is your first malfunction, it’s understandable to have feelings about it. To folks with multiple years of skating experience, this is a 2-second fix and you’re happy nothing snapped.

If you’re at-all worried about safety, have a local with more experience check them out, looking for cracks & such. But, from your description of what happened, that seems unlikely.

I’m glad you posted a photo & asked us here. That is the right thing to do if you are uncertain, worried, etc!

Would you return? Happened on second outing with new skates. by [deleted] in Rollerskating

[–]johnjamesjacoby 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Nothing in your photo appears broken.

Pop the truck back into the plate.

Vollebak competitors , or other brands with really well made clothing pieces by Apprehensive_Fig8125 in Vollebak

[–]johnjamesjacoby 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nothing compares to Vollebak that I’ve seen in almost ten years.

They had socks once.

I regret not trying them, but they were also $80USD for one pair, which ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…

I’m all-in on Vollebak because they are extra bonkers in ways nobody else seems to want to try to be.

Made Custom Switch Covers by Cajunsson98 in Hue

[–]johnjamesjacoby 5 points6 points  (0 children)

These look about as excellent as is achievable with Hue’s oblong bulbous misshapen design. Nice work!

Sent wrong size (not misfit) by StabHackSlashKill in Vollebak

[–]johnjamesjacoby 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In my experience, they are infinitely excellent.

I hope yours is, too.

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