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DeltaTangoLima

@ DeltaTangoLima @reddrefuge.com

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Just an Aussie tech guy - home automation, ESP gadgets, networking. Also love my camping and 4WDing.

Be a good motherfucker. Peace.

  • Entity control from iOS widget

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  • So you can't possibly conceive that a single finger tap on a home screen widget to control a light is far simpler, and takes less effort, than having to open the app each time, potentially scroll to the location of the entity you want to control, then tap?

  • Entity control from iOS widget

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  • Yep, but I'm talking about widgets that you place on your phone's home screen - not in the app directly.

  • I love piracy and seeders

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  • Name the band? Maybe some of us can pitch in.

  • What movie from your past are you completely nostalgia blind too?

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  • Oh man - hard disagree on this one for me. Still rates up there as one of the best adventure franchises of all time. We rewatch the trilogy as a family at least once every year or two, and always (re)notice awesome little easter eggs each time.

    Plus, entirely safe for family viewing. It's getting harder and harder to find movies series like that where the teenagers will still enjoy it, and the young 'un can get into it.

  • Should we consider Jesus a zombie?

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  • Honestly, I'm not sure. You might still be partly right, though.

    The Anglican church originated from the Church of England which was created by (the formerly Catholic) Henry VIII, when the Pope wouldn't annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.

    Just evidence, as always, of religion being used to further a powerful person's agenda.

  • Should we consider Jesus a zombie?

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  • No, it’s not just Catholics who take communion.

    Source: Mum tried to raise me Anglican.

  • Disney wants a wrongful death lawsuit thrown out because the plaintiff had Disney+

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  • This makes me glad I pirate their content. Cunts.

  • How do you pronounce zsh? Sudo? Ssh?

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  • lol. Well played.

  • How do you pronounce zsh? Sudo? Ssh?

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  • For you, is it 'reG-eks' or 'reJ-eks'? I know it should absolutely be the former, but my brain tells me to say the latter when I read it.

  • What's your most profound "small world" moment?

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  • One of my best mates is someone who I've worked with, at a few jobs, over the past 30 years. We met in our first ever technical support job then, over the following decades, kinda landed at the same places around the same time. At one point, I even hired him as a contractor into a team I was building.

    We've helped each other move houses, we've been there for each other's weddings, and our kids have pretty much grown up together. We get together for pub meals and barbecues as often as we can - sometimes just he and I, sometimes with the wives and kids.

    My point is, over those 30 or so years, we've discussed a lot about our respective histories, families, school mates, hobbies, etc. There's probably not much we haven't shared about our lives with each other.

    Literally two weeks ago, he randomly sends me a picture of the back of a family photograph that was taken when he was a little kid. Had the name of the photographer and the photographer's phone number stamped on it.

    Turns out my grandfather (a professional photog at one stage in his life) had been my mate's family's photographer all those years ago. Used to visit them once a year to take all the family photos. My mate remembers him quite well - just funny that we never connected the dots before now.

  • In January, is it winter in Australia?

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  • Yeah, now I have my own family and we do our own Christmas, it's shorts, thongs, BBQ, seafood and beer.

  • In January, is it winter in Australia?

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  • No - it's definitely Christmas in summer in Australia. But somehow my dear old Gran never got the memo, and insisted on making us sit down and sweat through a full roast Christmas lunch each year, sometimes in 40°C+ heat.

  • Logitech has an idea for a “forever mouse” that requires a subscription

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  • Seriously, fuck all these "subscription" ideas.

    Why in the ever-loving fuck would I want to pay a subscription for a goddam computer mouse? Some techbro fuckwit is probably chest-bumping his own reflection in the mirror for coming up with this dumb idea.

    Here's a novel idea to help you keep revenue going the right direction: try innovating something truly useful and new, rather than selling the same, regurgitated Hotel California bullshit to hapless users.

  • How big is YOUR collection?

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    • About 1,400 movies: 6.7TB
    • About 15,100 episodes: 10.9TB

    Spread across a couple of NASes, each with 4 x 4TB drives in RAID5.

  • Men in their 40s, what’s one piece of advice for men in their 20s?

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  • The real value is in the comments

  • Smart locks and remote Z-wave

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  • Thanks for this. Yale was also on my list to look into.

  • Smart locks and remote Z-wave

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  • Fantastic. Thank you. Yale was second on my list to research.

  • Smart locks and remote Z-wave

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  • Yeah, I’m aiming at quality lock over quality smart. As long as I can get remote lock/unlock going, the smarts will be built into my HA/Node-RED automations.

    Good point re keyed lock. I won’t be changing my back door locks, so can always jump a fence if I get desperate.

  • Smart locks and remote Z-wave

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  • Awesome feedback. Thanks for that.

    Do you happen to know if all Schlage smart locks support the same features, or only a specific model range?

  • Smart locks and remote Z-wave

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  • Maybe, but I’ve read some posts that state some Schlage locks can be entirely controlled through Z-Wave without needing cloud access.

    But, that may mean I don’t get battery monitoring that way.