Still rocking YNAB4 (even on my Macbook m2) thanks to smart people haha!
Just did my month end bill paying while on vacation with my MBP.
Will cry when this breaks down / people cannot get it working with dropbox/android etc... But so far I'm rocking!
I had a humidity switch in ours a while ago (not smart) and it would turn on too much even if a shower wasn't running but our windows were open. And, enough humidity was in the air. So that didn't work out great.
It was a self contained deal not a smart switch though
I'm no facebook fanboy by any measure. I miss Forums, but everyone moved to FB groups. (at least 90% of the people/content). I am on FB, I manage my FB feed. I unfollow/unfriend "crackheads" as someone else called them. I only follow people that mainly post their own content, not forward shit, or post news etc.
I was mainly there to share public "stuff" with my remote family (both parents were 300-600 miles from us) and we had a young child (both parents first grandchild).
I now mainly use FB for groups of my interest, because that's where the people are. I also sell stuff on FB market place, because craigslist is a ghost town.
Between managing my feed/friends, using 'social fixer' browser extension and Pihole I rarely see ads on there. Certainly not on my PC. The the App can sneak in some, but I hide/report any ad I see.
It works for me. I don't live on there by any means but go there for interest groups.
Been using enbrighten switches from Jasco. I use their Zwave but I think they have ZigBee too.
I use the ones that look like toggle switches over the paddle style to match the rest of the house .
I have them on all our bathroom fans too so they can be left on (steam / smell disposal) and auto shut off after 30 min.
You would think nearly half the voting population would agree and not support those that do. But here we are. Boggles the mind.
I was more aminable when I was paying $14.99 for YT Red Family plan. At $23/mo it's pretty expensive and I want new features/controls for that money
Ya, just an infrastructure where their ads have to go into blocks within the video (inserted wherever but tagged as such)
Generally an Unpopular opinion, but I think this should include creator ads (or at least an option per creator to support them by turning on their own ads).
Defaulted to off , I don't want to watch a random videos AG1 ad. That said there are a couple creators I watch I would be willing to enable theirs strictly to support them.
Because if I'm paying for ad removal it should be complete ad removal.
Whether true or not there are back doors , as there will always be no matter where it's hosted. Unless we got access to the full source code .
But a "kill switch" doesn't address the issue. I mean while it's "killed" it does but whenever it's not, the data privacy concerns are in full swing.
That's a lot of "ifs"
haha, ya... Such well placed money there.
Its crazy how much further ahead Europe is in Privacy Protection.
All these companies need to be held responsible for what they do with our data, and what it costs them when they lose control of it. Either figure out how to safe guard it or suffer painful consequences. Or perhaps only store what's necessary for us to interact.
Almost like we should focus on making the US better / competitive instead of trying to succeed by blocking others.
Don't we get a ton of components and raw materials required for EVs from China already?
Came in to say exactly that... The Irony is thick, and likely unfortunately lost on people that will approve it.
That's cool!
For now at least, I block as much telemetry at the network level (DNS level) using pihole.
Annoys my wife and kid at times. I try to explain why and what it means but convenience is king unfortunately.
I believe the biggest thing that will hurt MS is moving to subscription. The vast majority of users aren't gonna wanna have a forever fee when they buy a laptop/PC
Ya, a PR nightmare for the next 15 minutes until the next unbelievable thing comes along and the ADD nature of people forgets windows is watching everything they do.
Just got this email from Haier (US) who seems to be distancing themselves from the EU division's decision to block Home Assistance.
Hello <name>, (I changed this)
Thank you for reaching out with your concern.
The Haier brand in the U.S. is independent of Haier Europe and operates separately. hOn is the connected IOT platform for Haier Europe. In the U.S., consumers can use our open IOT platform, SmartHQ. SmartHQ does not prevent integrations with Home Assistant.
We appreciate you reaching out.
Kindest regards,
Digital Engagement Team Haier Appliances
Noticed when we got home last night our outside lights were not on, but we have an automation to turn them on if we're gone after dark. Meant to check why, but forgot.
Logged into the companion app this morning to manually toggle a switch and saw Life360 integration was not connected and "requires reconfiguration"
reentering my password and trying to log in is not working. I tried removing and re-adding the integration but the problem remains. Now I cannot re-add the integration as it will not sign in.
Anyone else experiencing this?
MyQ just broke the rest of its smart home integrations.
Was hoping this would sort itself out, but after a couple weeks it's still there. Scrolling not always smooth, and swiping back from a post is always very studdery.
Wondering if others are experiencing this? Phone is 2 weeks old, came from a Pixel 7 Pro which didn't have this problem.
cross posting my own post here. Just realized there's two googlepixel communities. Just an FYI. Peak Design did acknowledge my email them, but no updates from them.
Have been using a P7P and PD case for quite a while now, we moved over to the PD ecosystem because we have both Android and Apple phones in the house and I wanted a way we could all just put our phones into a car mount and charge without having multiple wires.
I have an amazon dual charge wireless stand that is 'Made for Google' whatever that means. I use it to charge my P7P w/PD Every Day case, and my Pixel Buds.
I received my P8P PD Everyday case Monday, and yesterday I wanted to put it on the stand to charge it up a bit. Set it on there and after a bit noticed a red flashing light. It was NOT charging the phone. Tried placing it again, same issue.
As it turn out, the P8P case must have changed enough to cause some issues.
P7P + PD Case works fine P8P Naked works fine P8P + $13 amazon magsafe TPU case works fine P8P + PD case does not work.
I sent them an email yesterday with details, but buyer beware.
*Edit: One other thing about the PD case, is the camera bump protection (lip that is taller than the camera) seems like it's smaller. The P7P lip isn't huge, but the amazon TPU case covered a large part of the bump completely which would create a lot more protection. *
Stand:
Amazon case that works with stand.
I normally don't upgrade to the next series, but with trade-in,and pixel watch 2 deal I decided why not
While I didn't particularly love the curved P7P screen it did give you more desktop real estate. The 8s screen feels a tad squished in. Everything on screen is a bit smaller. I don't hate that but it's a surprise.
I just got my Peak Design case so I can use my PD mounts (motorcycle primarily). The case seems decent however, much like my opinion of the P7P case, I think it could use slightly more lip to protect the screen and camera bump. The screen lip is probably fine if you don't run a glass screen protector, adding that thickness really reduces the lip.
Otherwise, I have only really spent time setting it up, not much time using it yet :).
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