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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yes, got the Broadlink integration. Commands take about 0.5-1 second. For heat pump is fine, but to control TV + Android TV + Sound is super slow. Where can you see if it has Local Polling? First time I heard about that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I've got Gamepass (cheap with the Gold conversion trick) so can play it day 1. Just played it for a bit, it's awesome so far.

Witcher 3 is one of my favourite games.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yeah all good to help. Took me a while to figure it out, in the end it's not that hard.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I'd get a coffee machine. I've got a fully automatic one at home that grinds beans, at work we only have instant coffee.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Starfield is generally available! Yeah!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Yeah, pretty cool stuff to cut them from the cloud. However, beware, it's another rabbit hole. Took me quite some time to get my head around it. I started with a simple ESP32 board and a height sensor for my standing desk to understand ESPHome.

The Aubess one works on the cloud as well.

To install ESPHome you need to do:

  • Install LibreTiny on your RPI, this is a fork of ESPHome that allows for Tuya based devices. See: https://docs.libretiny.eu/
  • Get a Linux environment. I installed dual boot on my PC with Ubuntu. I tried on my RPI but ran into a zillion issues. It could work on a VPC on Windows.
  • Install Tuya Cloudcutter on Linux. It comes with ESPHome / LibreTiny kickstarter images. https://docs.libretiny.eu/docs/flashing/tools/cloudcutter/
  • Use ltchiptool to generate a YAML for your specific device.

There's a very handy Discord channel for any questions. So far I've flashed a relay, a Brilliant smart plug from Bunnings, and that Aubess IR controller.

For the IR controller you'll have to learn all commands manually by pressing the button, reading the ESPHome log which displays the command string received by the IR receiver, and then make that a service in your ESPHome yaml.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (12 children)

Still having fun with HA? :)

I've got the RM Mini 3 which works fine for the heat pump, just slow as it's cloud based. Using smartir plugin, had to learn all commands though as it wasn't in there.

For the TV I have this one, flashed esphome on it so it's local only and no longer cloud based.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mPuQed8

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yep I also miss some of the reddits, eg icecreamery, and fitness. Weird thing is, fitness reddit is super popular and there's nothing active here as far as I can tell.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am Feedly user as well, but use the FeedMe app on Android. I prefer that app over the Feedly one, it's free, and I can add as many categories as I want whereas Feedly limits it to three or so in the free version :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

You can also configure how long you can spend each day on an app, at least on Android.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yes, agreed to put it in politics.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Buses are less comfortable than cars, and are probably also slower than a car.

Trains are more comfortable and can be faster than driving.

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