Roast Grumpy Old Thread II - the grumpiness continues

[Samsquanch]

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Easy

Hey google turn on xxx light






Note: I don't mean XXX, just xxx.



Hey google turn off xxx light


Or...

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If you are still livin' in the past.

 

[Nate7]

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Easy

What style of light switch do you have?

 

[Hojuman]

What style of light switch do you have?

Hand operated white one - on / off.

 

[Nate7]

Hand operated white one - on / off.

Toggle, button, illuminated...?

 

[Hojuman]

Toggle, button, illuminated...?

Up - down.

 

[Nate7]

Up - down.

FFS

 

[Hojuman]

FFS

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[Samsquanch]

What style of light switch do you have?

Absolutely normal ones with clicky switches.Plain old Clipsal as installed by the builder. Not the fancy glass and touch sensors.

Shelley switches go in behind them. Adds functionality while operating exactly like the originals.

 

[Samsquanch]

Toggle, button, illuminated...?

I did try some of these but had reliability issues and they aren't cheap (the good ones).

 

[Samsquanch]

FFS

Hojuman ... Mind in the gutter as always.

 

[ferball]

These are examples of the light switches in my home.

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On CPH2069 using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[ferball]

On CPH2069 using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[Hojuman]

These are examples of the light switches in my home.

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On CPH2069 using BigFooty.com mobile app

Bakelite ! Going for 100 years +. Not like the cheap plastic Shelley, " please turn on the light Alexa " Nate & Sonof pedalling.

I bow down to you Ferb's.

 

[Twinkletoes]

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Yes, the opposite to the US light switches.

 

[Samsquanch]

Yes, the opposite to the US light switches.

Apparently that's due to the Coriolis effect I think (gosh, I hope I spelled that right or Nate7 will be on to it like a flash).

Hojuman these things fit in BEHIND a regular switch. Just get your sparky to install them. You don't even know they are there one they are inserted...


ferball the shelly will go behind your switches as well (if the hole in the wall is big enough). I reckon that it would be cool to have google adapted Bakelite switches!

 

[Nate7]

Apparently that's due to the Coriolis effect I think (gosh, I hope I spelled that right or Nate7 will be on to it like a flash).

Hojuman these things fit in BEHIND a regular switch. Just get your sparky to install them. You don't even know they are there one they are inserted...
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ferball the shelly will go behind your switches as well (if the hole in the wall is big enough). I reckon that it would be cool to have google adapted Bakelite switches!

Correct spelling!
Distance from the equator dictates amount of deviation when allowing for the CE.

I could go on for hours about how it's used, but you'd go to sleep.

 

[Samsquanch]

Correct spelling!
Distance from the equator dictates amount of deviation when allowing for the CE.

I could go on for hours about how it's used, but you'd go to sleep.

I knew you'd be the resident expert on all things coital.

 

[Nate7]

I knew you'd be the resident expert on all things coital.

South Africa and bird watching according to krakouers

 

[Samsquanch]

South Africa and bird watching according to krakouers

If anyone would know it's kraks.

 

[koshari]

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Easy

Gotta say i agree, working in automation and process control has taught me kiss is the principal for mission critical stuff. If i was to automate anything i would use modbus rather than any wireless based transport layer. Modbus has been going strong since the 70s , its open licenced now and virtually all vendors use it.

 

[koshari]

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Except for a 2 way

 

[Hojuman]

Gotta say i agree, working in automation and process control has taught me kiss is the principal for mission critical stuff. If i was to automate anything i would use modbus rather than any wireless based transport layer. Modbus has been going strong since the 70s , its open licenced now and virtually all vendors use it.

Absolutely no idea what you are talking about, but feel your sincerity

 

[koshari]

Absolutely no idea what you are talking about, but feel your sincerity

Theres 10 kinds of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that dont.

 

[Samsquanch]

Theres 10 kinds of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that dont.

I like it!

My first major programming job was in Fortran and it involved re-writing a program that had been originally written onto punch-cards, and when printed onto 132 column fan-fold it came out to about 1500 to 2000 sheets. I was tasked to re-write it so it would run on a more modern computer. It had a routine that did a huge amount of number crunching but using a base 11 numbering system.

There were two comments in the entire suite of software. I recall them distinctly...

Comment If there is a tape input error the printer will print 100 pages of # characters. That will stand out like dogs balls.

Comment The following routine uses a base 11 numbering system. If you cant work that out get another job.

The bloke that write the software had moved on and was only available for assistance at consultant rates and when his new employer allowed him to take calls so I was pretty much on my own.

The base 11 routine would have been about 500 pages in its own right I estimate.

Then it struck me - just use Hex. That's built in so I don't need an external routine.

I used to live and breath hex and binary Kosh.

Not now. I have forgotten almost everything I ever knew.

 

[rickety]

Somehow there is no bacon in my house! Wtf!!