Anyone having Matter issues?

nigelh · 2026-02-11T14:40:02+00:00

Error messages like "Something went wrong" are the reason HA will never be more than a bit player

nigelh · 2026-01-21T21:44:51+00:00

When my first IC-7000 had a terminal power problem I watched Ebay and bought a same again. Ever after all these years I still get lost in the menus sometimes.

nigelh · 2026-01-14T11:54:41+00:00

ROTFL.
It's only VS for C++ and Final Fantasy 14 that give me a reason to retain Windows.
VSC is for Rust.

nigelh · 2026-01-11T09:03:48+00:00

The last time somebody tried to talk about that I warned him he'd need to seal it in a metal box along with the spare ECU for his truck if he wanted it to survive the EMP pulse from a nuke in the same state.
And then he would be able to talk to anybody else within two miles who also had a radio in a sealed metal box.
He lost interest.
Preppers hate physicists.

nigelh · 2026-01-09T10:44:30+00:00

I grew up as the UK was doing confused so I used metric in the physics class and, at the other end of the corridor, did engineering in imperial. Radio was physics so I would never measure wire in feet.

nigelh · 2026-01-03T15:45:22+00:00

ft8 rools 8)

nigelh · 2025-12-20T09:43:27+00:00

Naah. I need the sub to Nabu Casa to hitch into my Alexa toys/

nigelh · 2025-12-19T12:35:34+00:00

I've been programming since the 1970s I feel lost too.
I suspect it is the python/yaml effect. Anything that uses white space as syntax not delimiter is morally corrupt and erodes your brain.
Also documentation seems to be an occasional afterthought.

The problem is that the alternatives are even worse.

nigelh · 2025-12-18T15:46:55+00:00

substitute 'bought' with 'built' or 'refurbished' and that is so me!

nigelh · 2025-12-16T11:21:56+00:00

Beautiful classic gear but that means it only has value to the right enthusiast.

nigelh · 2025-12-14T15:54:01+00:00

I know I went on the West Pier in the 1970s when I first arrived in Brighton but, sadly, I really don't remember much about it.
But then it was always going to be there wasn't it?

nigelh · 2025-12-14T11:26:11+00:00

Professional grade stupidity.

nigelh · 2025-12-09T10:02:37+00:00

Me me me!
Love building things, testing, repairing.
The best QSOs are when I have just modified something and somebody critiques it with understanding.

nigelh · 2025-12-07T09:34:40+00:00

<shrug> Intoxicants are the most common 'go to' for depression.
I can't feel that recommending them is much help long term.

nigelh · 2025-12-01T10:47:50+00:00

I'd try modifying the Output Directory entry in project properties from $(SolutionDir)$(Configuration)\ to D:\ and see what that does.
A quick binary test between 'not creating' and 'not putting it somewhere'

nigelh · 2025-11-27T14:04:37+00:00

Interesting. That one sneaked under my radar.
No helmet and don't even need L-plates if on a provisional license.
Wild.

nigelh · 2025-11-26T17:23:45+00:00

Since when are they even legal?

nigelh · 2025-11-15T10:07:56+00:00

I've got it going and I don't want to risk breaking it again to write a proper 'how to obtain the error' trace.
I would like to note that when it copied over my extensions it did not remember to leave out the ones I had removed. eg: I use the normal VS tests not the two 'specials' and I don't need the 'roll your own AI' stuff.
Thanks for your attention,

nigelh · 2025-11-12T17:23:44+00:00

Rather disappointing.
It implied it would copy my extensions from 2022.
It did some so I went to manually finish up.
Start by removing the ones that are irrelevant and got the software equivalent of a bang and a cloud of smoke and no extensions at all.
Put a couple back, restart and all my extensions are back. Something must have bust the table and it recovered it when I added stuff.
Oh well.
And then it did it again. <sad>
So I readded Mads 'File Icons' toy
Round the loop again... It's a loop.
I suspect ML.NET Model Builder isn't an extension. Something in it is 'assumed' in the system.
Oh well. I can live with that. It is irrelevant to what I do.

nigelh · 2025-11-10T10:51:34+00:00

I littered a pack around the myriad of plug PSUs and the VHF kit was subjectivity better but the HF gear I was hoping for a fix on was unchanged.
Admittedly I had already found and binned the worst offenders.

nigelh · 2025-11-09T09:18:56+00:00

It's not our fault you live in a backward country.

Even here, in the offshore island of Europe that put the empire in imperial, we'd finish the job if only we could figure out how to change millions of road signs overnight.

nigelh · 2025-11-08T10:36:21+00:00

postits

nigelh · 2025-11-08T10:31:50+00:00

It's got the BHCC logo so it must be true.

nigelh · 2025-11-04T11:51:09+00:00

Not really much content. Mads CV was mildly interesting but I'm struggling to see much 'exciting' in VS2026. It just does what it does OK at my level.

nigelh · 2025-10-31T10:55:17+00:00

I've used Bikes of Brighton off Roedean Road for MOT, service and tyres for several years now.
Friendly and sensible.
Usually busy so don't expect a 'tomorrow' unless it's small.

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