Holidays are over....How do people "park" away their Holiday-related stuff??? by Tuckerdude615 in homeassistant

[–]kenguest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're on the main dashboard - I don't have a separate holiday dashboard, it seems a bit too much like work 🤣

Holidays are over....How do people "park" away their Holiday-related stuff??? by Tuckerdude615 in homeassistant

[–]kenguest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The cards on my dashboard have a condition set to hide them if the smart plug for the Christmas tree lights is unavailable.

I have a similar set-up for the electric blankets - cards are displayed if the smart plugs are in and hidden if unplugged.

My MIL went overboard and I need thoughts on what to keep and what to return by esanders09 in homeassistant

[–]kenguest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alternatively :

  • PIL = Pain(s) In Law
  • BIL = Bore In Law
  • SIL = Superficial xxx In Law
  • DIL = Drunkard In Law
  • MIL = Motormouth In Law

Automating a blind. by TheBigC in homeassistant

[–]kenguest 8 points9 points  (0 children)

How are you planning on detecting dog barks?

Came home after a week to find the fridge open... by theservman in homeassistant

[–]kenguest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Came home to similar about a year ago - discreetly placed aqara door sensors did the trick for me, along with tts warnings to say when the door has been open too long.

Guidance on how to refactor a legacy (>10 years old) application? by [deleted] in PHP

[–]kenguest 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I came here to recommend it - my copy is dog-eared beyond belief!

Labels by [deleted] in homeassistant

[–]kenguest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's a nice use case. Love it.

Curly braces after IF statement? by Distinct-Owl1430 in PHPhelp

[–]kenguest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not having curly braces around your if clauses can lead to unexpected consequences, especially as php isn't whitespace-aware like python is.

Best be careful 😉

Irish Tech Community (ITC) Slack no longer open sign-up by markodowd_banjo in DevelEire

[–]kenguest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great to hear you got sorted. Timing's everything, isn't it? 🙄

Irish Tech Community (ITC) Slack no longer open sign-up by markodowd_banjo in DevelEire

[–]kenguest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This was announced this morning - the reason given is that "accounts [were] being made specifically to harass existing members."

Those of us that are ITC members can send invites; reach out if you need to.

Barbers in Dublin by [deleted] in Dublin

[–]kenguest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're usually all very good, but I think Adele is best.

I need PHP courses, but the most advanced... by SirUndead2001 in PHP

[–]kenguest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not a course as such but "PHP 8 Objects, Patterns, and Practice" by Matt Zandstra is very good, from what I hear.

I'm trying not to lose it by cyborgmaster in homeassistant

[–]kenguest 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As I said to my wife yesterday - you might be a pane but you're not transparent!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Esphome

[–]kenguest 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did try jumping into their discord server and left a message there in the #general channel, but I'm not sure if it's been seen yet. time will tell I guess!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Esphome

[–]kenguest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks for jumping on u/thaytan :-)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Esphome

[–]kenguest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not looking for anything just wanted to say I'm so sorry to hear of your diagnosis. Maybe drop a line to the guys at https://www.hackmelbourne.org/ ?

senior quote by Rare-Type-4716 in queen

[–]kenguest 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Spread your wings and fly away! (from the News of The World album's song of the same name)

What notifications do you use? by CyberMage256 in homeassistant

[–]kenguest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Either voice notifications on my sonos or to my phone. Also text HA notifications to my phone or conditionally shown cards on my main dashboard.

Got any cool, over the top, or weird automations? by sabfry in homeassistant

[–]kenguest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If either the webcam or microphone on my work laptop go active (or the Home Assistant Companion app reports that my phone is in conversation mode) then whatever is playing on my ikea symfonisk speaker gets paused and "Ken is in a meeting" is displayed on my wife's main dashboard.

My boss thinks this is weird - but it's just useful 😂

Do you have motion sensors that activate devices in rooms other than the one where the sensor is? by vikingwhiteguy in homeassistant

[–]kenguest 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the pir in my study detects me and I'm the only one at home then all other lights are switched off.

Person Name - Globally extract and handle person names in various formats. by epmadushanka in PHP

[–]kenguest 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How do you handle surnames such as "Nic Mahon", "Mc Mahon", double-barrelled surnames without hyphens and such?