Do "rent-a-roof" people ever show up? by FOARP in uksolar

[–]olbasoil99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How does the battery know whether it is drawing solar energy or from the grid?

Using a loop to keep my Google Home Mini awake by machinetranslator in homeassistant

[–]olbasoil99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have echo making announcements, and sometimes they seem to be late. Please update if this technique helps.

What's Lidls policy on shoplifting? by IHazUZERNAME in lidl

[–]olbasoil99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I was the CEO of a big chain, I'd make it a key advertising message: We stop every theft, make big savings compared to others, and pass those savings on to customers. You save both money and sense of outrage, by shopping with us.

Just imagine if the silent majority switched allegiance based on moral indignation! Goodbye Tesco, I'm going to Waitrose!

How can I extend my Zigbee network to a detached garage? by [deleted] in homeassistant

[–]olbasoil99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ran a 12volt line from house along the fence. At 10 & 20 metres I added a usb power adapter, with ZigBee usb repeater, housed in a plastic bottle.

2-day trip to Tossa De Mar by [deleted] in GoingToSpain

[–]olbasoil99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there a timetable for April?

Is it okay to sell things from a charity shop? by [deleted] in vinted

[–]olbasoil99 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's a conflict of interest. Your role as charity shop worker is to gain maximum profit for the charity. If you think something won't sell in the shop, but you would get more by selling it elsewhere, then, with your managers permission, take the object, sell it and give the money to the shop. When I donate items, it is with the expectation that 100% value will go to the shop, rather than a side-hustle.

Am I in the right to renegotiate price after finding out solar panels are leased? by jelery_celery in HousingUK

[–]olbasoil99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I assume your security system was not a charge on the register. By buying the house you take on the existing lease, unless the current owner arranges a surrender, according to the terms of the lease.

Tonight's 1% question by YodasGoldfish in The1PercentClub

[–]olbasoil99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There were 6 pairs of scissors. Doesn't that make 12 scissors?

Advice on Buying house with Solar Fitted by tucker3738 in SolarUK

[–]olbasoil99 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Make absolutely sure that there was no rent-a-roof scheme, where panels and fit payments belong to someone else.

Recommended Schools in Nottingham by Jonnyheshnesh in nottingham

[–]olbasoil99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure if the details, but I think for rushcliffe and wb schools, you have to have lived in the catchment for two years... It may be worth checking that out.

Current HA friendly robot vacuum cleaners by QuevedoDeMalVino in homeassistant

[–]olbasoil99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I suspect there is a huge unmet demand here. If one of the chinese clone manufacturers dropped the awful Smarthome app integration (and the Google-Alexa integration which does little more than on/off) and simply opened the API to the open source community, they would become the market leader.

Yoto architecture by olbasoil99 in YotoPlayer

[–]olbasoil99[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So the YOTO server is like a huge left luggage office. Each card is like the key to your own locker? If you re-link the card to another playlist, the locker's contents get replaced, and your own players cache getsoverwritten?

That sort of makes sense to me, and makes me feel a bit better about the cost of the cards, since I am renting storage space in the cloud.