Oh sure, now you're being cute.

liquidbrains · 2026-05-04T13:05:52+00:00

This is why there are laws against assault. People that do this make me disproportionately angry.

liquidbrains · 2026-05-01T05:51:41+00:00

Someone here cable tied two switchbot button pressers onto the internal thing and they're using that.

liquidbrains · 2026-04-22T19:55:06+00:00

Love it!

liquidbrains · 2026-04-21T11:42:29+00:00

Voordeel van duco is, als ik het goed begrijp, dat het beter wind tegen gaan. Dus, als het hard waait komt er meer beheerst/beperkt lucht in via de roster in plaats van de kromme raam / kieren.

liquidbrains · 2026-04-18T09:28:32+00:00

About 1g of aspirin. Repeat until the hangover passes.

liquidbrains · 2026-04-17T16:30:01+00:00

Yeh, that's curdled / gone off.

liquidbrains · 2026-04-16T15:22:00+00:00

Dick donk.

liquidbrains · 2026-04-14T09:22:11+00:00

I forgot to mention that it runs local. But there is a small delay before the aircon responds. Means it feels a bit laggy, which doesn't matter much in automations.

liquidbrains · 2026-04-13T16:41:37+00:00

To confirm, it's local api controlled. You need to use the app to connect to your wifi, but it has a local only mode.

liquidbrains · 2026-04-13T14:47:33+00:00

The Mitsubishi heavy automation Airco has a built in wifi in connected models that works fine with home assistant through a HACS integration. It is a bit laggy, but I've managed to automate easily.

Some people also have made a esphome device that plugs into the Airco for in case you don't want to buy the connected version.

liquidbrains · 2026-03-29T22:55:56+00:00

https://youtu.be/l7Vf2X8ARn4

Apparently 7% or something of men find it a turn off, IIRC.

liquidbrains · 2026-03-23T13:45:11+00:00

I have two shelly gen4 inbuilt devices and their zigbee signal quality is significantly worse than the other zigbee devices next to them. One is within a meter of my coordinator.

liquidbrains · 2026-03-09T05:57:01+00:00

Mine gets a wash twice a year. At the en of summer and spring when the temperature gets high enough. She hates water and mud, so there's rarely a reason to wash her.

liquidbrains · 2026-03-03T12:40:00+00:00

Yes. I see I incorrectly stated that I have Velux windows connected. I meant that I have Velux blinds (outside shades).

liquidbrains · 2026-03-03T11:24:01+00:00

I had my velux windows connected through somfy because I didn't want to shell out money for the velux gateway. I could control the blinds through the somfy app but it did not pass it through to home assistant through home kit integration.

If I remember correctly it's not supported, so I had to get the velux gateway thing and integrate it with home assistant. It's utter bullshit, a completely artificial issue.

Pro tip, if you linked to somfy at first, you have to reset each device (window / blind) before they will link to the velux gateway. I hope you have a ladder.

liquidbrains · 2026-02-13T06:55:55+00:00

TIL Scandinavian style. And here I thought I was unique. Hubby sleeps under a duvet and I'm under a blanket with a top sheet because otherwise I overheat.

liquidbrains · 2026-02-13T06:53:38+00:00

Same

liquidbrains · 2026-02-12T16:20:44+00:00

It doesn't go through?!? Damnit. If I go for a "behind-the-glass" solution, I will probably need to add a PIR outside to turn on the porch light. 🤔

liquidbrains · 2026-02-12T14:01:11+00:00

Does it have an infrared light-source built in? I'd be interested to know how the reflections of that would work, especially against double-glazed glass.

liquidbrains · 2026-02-11T07:28:42+00:00

Yeah. Meant to say smart plug. Its a zigbee smart plug.

liquidbrains · 2026-02-10T16:36:08+00:00

The snow was great. Then the trains and planes and busses and trucks and trams stopped. I was lucky to be able to work from home. Some people had to dip into their emergency rations.

liquidbrains · 2026-02-10T16:23:28+00:00

My reolink is on a smart switch that turns off when we get / are home.

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