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Technodad, 9 months ago to RedditMigration in The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won.

Creating a viable competitor is never a victory from a business perspective.

Technodad, 9 months ago to homeassistant in How to use central scenes on Zwave?

Make sure to look for Zooz blueprints - there are blueprints for many switches. The blueprint for the Zen32 scene controller really helped me use the switch to the full extent.

Technodad, 9 months ago to apple in Car owners are frustrated with infotainment confusion, so GM is taking away the most popular solutions

Certainly reduces the confusion - one less car brand to consider when shopping.

Technodad, 9 months ago to homeassistant in Smart Lock without Phone Home

I’ve had a couple of Kwikset 920 Z-wave locks and they are solid. All local, good integration with HA security, no phoning home.

Technodad, 10 months ago to homeassistant in Justifying purchasing a weather station

One of the features of my Tempest PWS that is a real blessing over the summer in lightning detection. My rescue beagle does not handle thunderstorms well, and the vet recommended some anti-anxiety meds - but they need to be given well before the storm is audible to some very large ears. So, I have a Home Assistant automation that sends alerts for > 5 strikes within 60 miles.

You can also get the Blitzortung integration for Home Assistant, which will let you generate an alert from their cloud data.

Technodad, 10 months ago to homeassistant in What are the benefits of zigbee2mqtt over ZHA and is it worth migrating?

Is there any difference in network performance, e.g. reliability of communication, or is that all down to the hardware?

Technodad, 10 months ago to Electricvehicles in Electric cars prove we need to rethink brake lights - Technology Connections

According to the Ioniq Guy on YouTube, Hyundai has just announced a service update that activates the brake lights based on deceleration rate. The update will be available in July, so a pretty quick response.

Technodad, 11 months ago to Electricvehicles in Exclusive: Rivian to acquire ABRP (A Better Route Planner)

I hope they a) improve it, b) keep it platform-independent, c) maintain the paid subscription. I don't use it when driving, but it's the best I've found for planning.

Technodad, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to Electricvehicles in Electric cars prove we need to rethink brake lights - Technology Connections

For the Ioniq 5, the brake lights supposedly do turn on for the higher levels of regenerative braking per https://youtu.be/G1rJNNKRzqY . I wonder if the discrepancy between these two results is different software for the North American market?

Going to have to do a test on my iq5 when traffic calms down..

Related: Can anyone recommend a Fediverse magazine for the Ioniq5?