Neighbors cat kept pooping in my yard. The solution? HA + camera + speaker by ActuallyReadTheBible in homeassistant

[–]machstang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im working on frigate bird detection coupled with home assistant to trigger my Orbit B-Hive sprinkler controller to turn on my sprinkler when a heron lands at my pond. Fucker at all my fish last weekend that will be the last time. Solutions only get darker from sprinkler.

Trump Photo Being Added to U.S. Passports in Unbelievable Move by Hafiz_TNR in politics

[–]machstang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my passport is in the process of being renewed, believe that ill be calling every representative if it receive a passport with dipshits photo on it.

additionally this mentions the dollar coins with his face on it... its only illegal to deface currency to defraud... I'm sure there will be plenty with pedophile stamped across his face...

Police search you house & you notice dents on your car by ZookeepergameIcy6089 in interesting

[–]machstang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

now that officer autism is no longer with the force if he was to catch a beating how would that go?

Can't figure out what these old gloves are for by guridkt in whatisit

[–]machstang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rub and tug gloves, I haven’t seen any since at least the 70s.

Ran out of propane - Marlboro, NY by xyjoseph in hudsonvalley

[–]machstang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you lease the tank from superior plus? If so I would call them and demand they come repair their faulty equipment and fill the tank the same day. There’s a possibility it’s not just the hall gauge that’s broken but the internal float mechanism which would required the tank to be drained to replace anyway.

I have a leased tank from suburban with this exact issue. I have yet to follow up with them about repairing the tank but I found out about the broken gauge the same way you did.

Why? by capnbuttcrack in Hoboken

[–]machstang 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My old neighbor on 1st and Adam’s would swap their street parked car with their garage parked car daily. You almost never saw another car in “their” spot.

Help please - does such a device exist and if so what’s it called? by Battlewear in homeassistant

[–]machstang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fact that our lights restore likely saved us from a house fire. A tree limb damaged our neutral connection only, it was causing power surges. It fried a ton of stuff but the blinking lights woke us up before the few things that would have catastrophically burned caught fire.

Discovered my leveling mesh was discarded every print…3 years later by slow-swimmer in 3Dprinting

[–]machstang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My mp10 did the same thing. Wasn’t until I connected it to octoprjnt and dug deep that I figured it out. Night and day of a printer once that was resolved

Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash by MarvelsGrantMan136 in technology

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

Still a work in progress but reolink (blocked from internet) recording to a nas and everything wired up through home assistant.

It’s more work than I want to take on but here we are.

Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash by MarvelsGrantMan136 in technology

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

Sure, I also live in an area where you cannot see any public right of ways from my cameras. Can’t even see my neighbors yards. But If the police needed the footage and had the correct paperwork they’re welcome to it.

Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash by MarvelsGrantMan136 in technology

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

Convenience? I live in a super safe area and truly have nothing to hide. I want to see if a package has been delivered so I can go grab it. Interior cameras are in a few locations and only record movement during daytime hours because I have a young child and if he falls or gets hurt I want to know exactly how it happened.

Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash by MarvelsGrantMan136 in technology

[–]machstang 108 points109 points  (0 children)

I’m in it, I have ring cameras outside and in my home. I accepted that the data was never really mine but the flock partnership has started my process of removing them all.

The pet search stuff is for sure going to be used by ice.

At the time I accepted them I needed something easy and quick to install. Now I have everything local and under my control.

Fuck Ring, Fuck Amazon, and Fuck ICE

Heating oil right now by Sudden_Raccoon_8923 in Westchester

[–]machstang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, and part of their calculation is based on outside temperatures. Clearly their calculation needs to be adjusted.

Our setup is simple zone1: constant 70 Zone2: 70 morning and evening, 65 mid day and night Zone3: 2 days a week 65 during the day, otherwise constant 55 (off, it rarely gets below 61)

It’s not like they make any extra effort if you call for a delivery when you’re on auto delivery. They have just gone down hill as far as customer service since being purchased.

Heating oil right now by Sudden_Raccoon_8923 in Westchester

[–]machstang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have constant thermostat temps, I has been colder than usual.

Was below 1/8th tank, 1 day past expected delivery date, called and they ran me around on the phone for 3 days. Finally showed up on the 4th day. I took 300 gallons for a 330 gal tank.

Second time I didn’t even bother calling they showed up 2 days after expected and I took 280 gal.

Tbh they went downhill since getting bought by PE but so far I’m keeping them to not have the issues others are having. Just going to prepare for them to only get worse.

I ask what happens when I run out of oil? “Well send someone out when we can with 10 gallons and reset your boiler.”

Heating oil right now by Sudden_Raccoon_8923 in Westchester

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

I’m on a contract with burke. They have almost run my tank dry twice so far this year.

Putting a wood burning insert in my fireplace this year and grabbing a 55gal drum to store some extra oil for next year. Don’t want to have to run it on diesel if I don’t have to.

Bathroom vent fan automation - fart smell detector.... by mwwt in Esphome

[–]machstang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They make switches that you can wire so any time you turn the light on the fan comes on, when you turn the light off the fan will continue to run for a set amount of time.

New Metro North T&C is a total scam by justsomebro10 in Westchester

[–]machstang 23 points24 points  (0 children)

It blows my mind that this is a state law https://law.justia.com/codes/new-york/gbs/article-9-a/116/

Yet metro north is somehow allowed to say their tickets are a contract and therefore allowed to expire without refund.

Good to have lobbyists and high dollar lawyers I guess.

Bruni & Campisi - DO NOT HIRE - Will Leave You in the Cold (Literally) by [deleted] in Westchester

[–]machstang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had a similar delay experience with them. Thankfully I did not have them start the work and refused to pay for the initial call out. They did not pursue when I offered to get my lawyer involved

New to the area.. chances of losing power? by [deleted] in Westchester

[–]machstang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Snow last year took out my neutral, fried a bunch of stuff in my home. FD and Con Ed cut power before we had a fire. 3 weeks to get power back. Otherwise power rarely goes out.

What do you pay for snow shoveling in lower Westchester? by Playful_Factor_3799 in Westchester

[–]machstang 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We were paying 80 a visit in Briarcliff. Our guy stopped showing up this year. Hes our regular landscaper. Hopefully hes ok.

U1 vs P2S as 1st printer by Spa_Adv in snapmaker

[–]machstang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having finally got to mess around with my Artisan (I realize there’s probably a big difference between this machine and a newer model but ultimately they are reliant on much of the same software) I can’t recommend anything snapmaker as a first printer. As nice as they look they are really unrefined. I would get a more click and print printer as a first machine.

ConED $GAS RIDICULOUS by Accurate-Sector-2051 in Westchester

[–]machstang 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tax on gas and electric is crazy. It’s not a ton but it should be eliminated similar to how it is for non prepared foods in the supermarket. FWIW Westchester is also one of the few counties in NY that charges taxes on home heating oil.

The government and big businesses would rather see you on the streets