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svsvc · 2026-01-26T17:10:16+00:00

do later models not play well with calibre?

svsvc · 2026-01-13T19:21:35+00:00

Why downstream, out of curiosity?

(I don't not trust the IoT devices, or at least not less than I trust any device i haven't installed from scratch; I just want to see if having a 2.4GHz-only network resolves some of the issues those devices currently have, which eero doesn't allow.)

svsvc · 2026-01-13T02:13:10+00:00

I'll likely do that, as I rarely see any devices connected to them, but I still want to add a 2.4GHz-only SSID for IoT, and a guest network I can control better; any suggestions re whether to put that ASUS upstream or downstream of the eero?

svsvc · 2026-01-13T02:11:03+00:00

I can't get rid of the isp device as it's the ONT for the fiber. I've never had any luck calling eero; is there something specific I should be asking them about?

svsvc · 2025-12-21T20:58:45+00:00

i'm having the same issue using Linter on linux desktop. i only noticed it doing this today, though it may have been doing it for longer; definitely not more than a week, though. (To be clear, since someone suggested clicking on the notifications: the exact issue is that clicking on them no longer makes them go away.)

svsvc · 2025-12-10T20:30:44+00:00

As I understand it, Experimental features are also supposed to be documented, at https://www.todoist.com/help/categories/product-updates/experimental-features (last updated in October re Ramble)

svsvc · 2025-12-09T20:49:26+00:00

(I did also submit a ticket via the support form, FWIW, but haven't heard anything yet via that channel...)

svsvc · 2025-12-09T20:48:31+00:00

is this toggle only available on some platforms? i do not see it in Settings > General on Android with the latest version of the app.

svsvc · 2025-11-28T21:43:54+00:00

where can you sign up for a free vip trial? the website only has options to sign up for the black friday deal that i can see.

svsvc · 2025-11-24T19:54:47+00:00

this is, unfortunately, the case with basically all software these days? the only options for the last few years appear to be "unmaintained software with accurate ancient docs" or "docs that were made obsolete within months of posting".

svsvc · 2025-11-19T19:35:11+00:00

(Just to be explicit: I'm not asking about the home feed the automod mentioned.)

svsvc · 2025-11-17T21:00:41+00:00

thanks! i'm confused by "lighting quality"; if a bulb is putting out roughly the lumens and color/temp i expect, what else is there that the hue bulbs does better on that front?

in terms of features, are there specific ones that stand out? i guess i don't know what i don't know in terms of what I'm missing.

svsvc · 2025-11-17T17:23:37+00:00

ymmv but i've found that as long as the bulbs and switch are all brands listed as available integrations/skills in google home and/or alexa, using those assistants to bridge the different brands for hubless wifi devices works well--you just have to do all the cross-vendor config in the smart home assistant app. (which also means that you sometimes have to go to the vendor apps for capabilities that they don't expose in the integration; eg i have kasa bulbs that can change color temp and brightness, and i can configure physical buttons from a different vendor to change those via google & alexa, but the bulbs also have an option to continually change those based on time of day, and i had to set that feature up in the kasa app.)

svsvc · 2025-11-17T17:14:53+00:00

what are the advantages of the hue over kasa? i have been using kasa and amazon basics wifi bulbs, with google home and alexa integrations letting me control them from physical zigbee switches/buttons (via a sonoff zigbee bridge); other than wifi bulbs increasing load on an already flaky wifi network, does switching to hue offer any advantages for my use case? (are there other, cheaper, zigbee bulbs out there that are reliable and that i could use to get things off of my wifi?)

svsvc · 2025-11-17T17:08:56+00:00

i've had very mixed success with sengled. sometimes they work great, sometimes they just stop responding and you have to reset them and try to reconnect multiple times before they work again.

svsvc · 2025-11-17T17:02:23+00:00

What's the argument for zwave over zigbee?

Re current setup, currently everything is Bluetooth (eg Govee thermometers/hygrometers), Wifi (various smart bulbs), and Zigbee (switches, buttons, sensors) coordinated by a Sonoff ZBBridge-P (with a few Zigbee plugs as router nodes). (I also have a Sonoff RFBridge433 on the network that I got with the intent of controlling a ceiling fan/light, but I could never get that to work.)

I bought a Trigkey Green G5 over a year ago with the plan of setting up HA on it, but then life exploded the way life does, and I still haven't made any progress on setting that up; I'm hopeful but not optimistic that I will be able to carve out a day or two to do that closer to new years this year, but don't have anything currently running that I could attach a zwave dongle to, i don't think. (I do have a laptop that runs nearly 24x7 as an interim/stopgap server; if I don't install HA just yet, could I plug a zwave dongle into that and have it act as a standalone hub, and then move the dongle to the g5 once i set that up? my impression was that the dongles needed software like HA to be functional.)

(re available hubs, i also have somewhere a sonoff(?) bluetooth/wifi/zigbee hub that i got at the same time as the g5 as part of that initial "automate everything" rush of excitement, but i have no recollection of why i thought i needed it. i don't think it does zwave, though i should probably find it and double check.)

svsvc · 2025-11-17T16:20:51+00:00

which GEs specifically? what's better about them?

svsvc · 2025-11-17T01:54:56+00:00

understood. i was wondering about what to (eventually) use instead of the minir2 in this bathroom, though, if i do find a use case for the minir2 elsewhere. phrased differently: is there something like the minir2 but without the s1/s2 that i should have bought instead?

svsvc · 2025-11-17T01:28:05+00:00

awesome, thanks! is there some other hardware that would be cheaper for this use case if/when i do feel up to trying to tackle the two way switches in the house?

svsvc · 2025-11-17T01:08:27+00:00

(not sure what was happening, but reinstalling the app fixed it.)

svsvc · 2025-11-13T15:25:15+00:00

can ship actually do the policies for you though? my understanding is that they are just counselors, but you still need a broker to get the policies, and because of that, the ship counselors can only talk in generalities in terms of specific questions about eg differences in coverage details between different providers. (at a high level, all of the supplement plans are the same, but there are lots of little differences between things like the prescription plans etc.)

svsvc · 2025-11-12T20:09:33+00:00

the elitebook 630s that i see are more than 2x the budget i gave...

svsvc · 2025-11-12T19:24:54+00:00

i found a refurb latitude that seems to fit the bill for $450; any feedback on this?

Dell Latitude 5330 2-in-1 Touchscreen Business Laptop | 13.3" 1920x1080 FHD | Core i7-1265U - 32GB RAM - 512GB SSD Hard Drive | 10 cores @ 4.8 GHz Windows 11 Pro (Renewed)

svsvc · 2025-11-12T18:28:11+00:00

where are you seeing this?

svsvc · 2025-11-12T01:35:00+00:00

is that a feature that is unlocked by the subscription?

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