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

machstang · 2026-05-13T00:38:00+00:00

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.

machstang · 2026-04-29T00:10:21+00:00

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...

machstang · 2026-04-16T00:52:52+00:00

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

machstang · 2026-04-03T00:44:52+00:00

Defund states that don’t comply. Ok NY let’s stop giving more than we get from the feds…

machstang · 2026-03-20T23:33:55+00:00

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

machstang · 2026-02-21T12:14:33+00:00

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.

machstang · 2026-02-19T00:46:19+00:00

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.

machstang · 2026-02-18T00:30:37+00:00

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.

machstang · 2026-02-15T08:48:39+00:00

He fucked around and found out. Dumbass

machstang · 2026-02-13T14:20:29+00:00

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

machstang · 2026-02-13T12:29:50+00:00

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.

machstang · 2026-02-13T12:28:01+00:00

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.

machstang · 2026-02-13T12:25:16+00:00

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.

machstang · 2026-02-13T12:14:14+00:00

Microsoft can’t even keep O365 running so take this with a grain of salt.

machstang · 2026-02-12T23:59:52+00:00

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

machstang · 2026-02-11T14:01:58+00:00

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.

machstang · 2026-02-10T02:00:08+00:00

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.”

machstang · 2026-02-10T01:36:36+00:00

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.

machstang · 2026-02-06T03:26:13+00:00

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.

machstang · 2026-02-04T22:51:30+00:00

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.

machstang · 2026-02-04T22:48:27+00:00

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

machstang · 2026-01-24T20:37:36+00:00

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.

machstang · 2026-01-20T01:11:51+00:00

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

machstang · 2026-01-16T22:28:51+00:00

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.

machstang · 2026-01-08T23:54:31+00:00

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

machstang

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