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  • in reply to: Android apps #2469
    The DukeThe Duke
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      Dave your so 1999 .  B-)

      This all started as I’ve boarded out my loft, and didn’t want to run a stitch down in to the already decorated landing, it would mean channeling out the wall, and a re decoration.

      So I’m going to tap straight into the ring with the landing lights or may be bathroom . (Yet to be decided ) , stock a switch in line simply as an isolater and have a wifi bulb.

      I was testing the bulb in bed the wife seen it, she couldn’t miss it give she was lay next to me, and decided she loved it. As you can select sunrise mode for morning, with is excellent, starts red/orange and dim and over 20 mins gets to a normal colour, also we now have a night toggle that doesnt blind you, or wake the other up, as Nell as being able to togvle on off white light I’m normal mode.

      The lounge is going to get them next, as the wife likes ice white light for reading, so our lounge has them, though they sent the most relaxing bulbs even on a dimmer, so with the yeebulb we can had a reading toggle, a normal toggle and a TV toggle, and a disco toggle for the kids that reacts to music. Trouble is we will need a new with set up.

      Regarding the bathroom, I want to keep the normal switch and bulbs, bit also want to have a second switch, (line a landing switch set up), bit have the second switch a wi-fi relay. This is because I have a young daughter that leave the light on most nights ! And now older kids, that are of drinking age and also leave the light on when had a drink. Wouldn’t be an issue but the bathroom is next to our bedroom and the two exhaust fans wake me and the wife up, and we have to then go and turn it off. So a wi-fi switch would be great, and it can easily be done with a pi server, and a relay penalty atached an audino or another pi , maybe  pi zero.

      in reply to: Curry – One for Jason #2460
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        I don’t know, they like it both ways. They have served up a vegi curry once, which my kids never got the name of, that was mild on india terms. Probaly we’d class it as a med to hot, that was the nicest curry ive ever tasted .

        But they also make them selves hot curries, real sweaters, bit with out being painful, so many layers of taste, the complex is great.

        in reply to: Android apps #2458
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          Nice I heard about this years ago, but never give it a try.

          Why would you need two acoimts btw, for simplicity. As couldnt you  name the bulps mum longe1, mum hall 1 and so on, then simply set home screen short cut widgets to each, and drop the widget in a folder called mums lights , and one called simply lights for you?

          Unless you don’t want your mum to have access to your lights  from her end. It would make sense to have separate accounts.

          I received my second yeebulb (wi-fi ) this morning. Not opened it yet. Getting expensive !

          in reply to: Trump Inaugeration #2451
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            The americam media Dave are lying about the numbers, on main stream us news anchor tweeted a picture staying 2009 turbo it an today. I’m not disputing the  numbers was greater in 09 but they was alot closer than the media are making out.

            They are using photographs of about 3 hours before trump’s to highlight how empty it was. Total media bs.

            Reminded me of about 3 days before the election, there was a news footage of a Hillery rally in a town hall, I think jay z and beyance one, (I may be wrong on that tho) it was made out to be really full , but some one later uploaded a widangle pic from the rear of the room, it was empty, just a couple of hundred turned out. Trump was filling football stadiums, with out uber A list celebs.

            There was neumours times hillerys rallys had used this method, along with a could of (going ) youtubers that called the results almost bang on , ;acting up there reading why each state would go which way, and they was spot on,(I uploaded one of the videos after the election ) I belived he was going to win.

            He may be dangerous, but I doubt he is as dangerous as the which he beat, and even if he is, he will be dangerous, no just trying to further himself and the stats of suadi Arabia .

            Short term I’d rather be brokering friendship with Russia. Hillary would of been at war with them ;score she sat down to eat that meal they had aster the ceremony. Christ the Obama administration was doing all it could to antagonis Russia up untill he left office.

            Obama turned out to be dangerous, the man that was ment to bring the people together, actually screwed the poor, alianted the colours, doubled the us debt, that took 200years to build in 8 years , and divided a nation putting it back decades.

            Yet still trump gets the blames and half the contry want obama to stay. An my kids teacher has been filling my 8 yo head with liberal shit , saying trump is a nasty man and Obama should stay! I have already complained to the school.

            Its not so much I like or dislike trump, it’s hard to have any feeing for advance realestate developers, that make billions off the back of screwing the small guy. But wasn’t I hate more is the obvious media assassination and manipulation of people. They do the same with putin, the flip flopping with Assad is comical, so being British I always seem to fall down and root for the underdog, not cos I believe them right or wrong, but because I don’t like being manipulated, and I think think more people should do the same.

            I don’t mind politicians lying to me. Sadly I’ve accepted that’s their job, but once the media get at it, is when I get annoyed. And the democrat liberal media in the US is shocking to read, it like reading imore.

            The BBC is also annoying the crap out of me, it’s cheap headline and cheap jokes.

            /Rant.

            My opinion is we dodge a figgin large B̶u̶l̶l̶e̶t̶ nuke , with the US voting in trump. The rest of his policies I don’t care about, not being American.

            in reply to: Amazon – how do they do it? #2449
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              Well the packages was delivered at 07:42, no one heard the driver so they was also considerate of the time. I don’t think they actually knocked as just put them in the “safe place” the garden ahead, given we have dogs, we never usally miss a knock at the door.

              But how would we ever know that we have missed a know before………  :wacko:

              in reply to: Amazon – how do they do it? #2427
              The DukeThe Duke
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                Jason, you’ll have to put your link in your Sig. I’m sure regulars are allowed biz links.

                in reply to: Amazon – how do they do it? #2426
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                  @sgb101
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                  Definitely yes, that’s what I said. But 20:00h has been my latest cut off in all the years I’ve been with prime. . I wonder if we have a closer Wearhouse now. Not that I know where they are .

                  in reply to: Trump Inaugeration #2424
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                    I didn’t bash him, I echoed what you said, he said “radical islamists”. The prior administration would even use the word Islam in fear of offending the Muslim community. But all that achieved is making the general public believe all “ragheads ” are not to be trusted. Trump has actually defined there is a difference and if the media do it’s Jon properly and not twist his words, they should be starting a debate with the American people defining the diffences between the billions of law abiding Islam’s and the Radical islamist extremists , that use a twisted version of Islam to pedal hate.

                    In regards to his america first , I think that should be every politicians goal, lol no America, bit their own colours. I liked his speach, incert Britain (or any nation ) in to America, and it’s a great speach. It doesn’t mean cutting yourself off from the world, it just means. We won’t be getting screwed no more, if the deal isn’t right for the country, we won’t do it.

                    I liked it, Ive actually grown to like him, and if he is allowed to shake things up, I think it may be good for us all.

                    The thing I like the most is his inexperience I’m politics, he doesn’t have the 40 years, of owing other poltitions favours etc. And the best thing about him is he going to give the American people something diffent, from the same model of the road politics they have had for 20 years.

                    We could actually do with someone in charge that isn’t a company man. Or women in our case.

                    My daughter asked if I could run for president as she likes the white house, I explained we would have to live in downing Street, showed her that, and she said don’t bother. So I dodged the bullet there.

                    in reply to: Curry – One for Jason #2416
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                      I was under the impression that all maist all Indians are actually Bangladeshis . I don’t care wjere there from as long as they cook a good ruby. I’ll have one about 00:30,  since I posted being hungry last night, I’ve only eaten two flapjacks. So can’t wait.

                      in reply to: Trump Inaugeration #2403
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                        Trump called it what it is , Islam is fine, radical Islam is not.

                        He for the first time in years, has actutally uses the word Islam, but it is a positive thing as he is showing their is a diffence between normal Islamic Muslims , an radical extremists . The last administration was so scared of annoying the Islamic Muslims, they just never muttered the word Islam, but all that did was turn the low IQ half of America against all “rag haeds “.

                        Atleast least calling the Isis ghad, what they are, opens up the debate, that there is a diffence between the two.

                        This may seem like it makes no sense to you , as we know herw there is a diffence, but we as nerds, are usually on the higher side of the ideot moniter. There is many in our own country was downstairs see the diffence, between islamic Muslims and radical terrorists, that use Islam to pedal their hate.

                        in reply to: Arthritis? #2397
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                          How are you suppose to take it ? Neat? If not how much water do you add?

                          in reply to: Yeelight bulb #2395
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                            I’d rather the chineese was monertorimg me than gchq or NSA . That isn’t a joke either.buy chineese and say more private.

                            in reply to: Yeelight bulb #2388
                            The DukeThe Duke
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                              Cool, I’ll give that ago ony Nexus later. Seems the some procedure as ifttt was. Well it’s doesn’t the same job, acing as a middle man doing a handshake.

                              I was reading up about About ‘home Assistant’ for ras pi, last night , just breifly it was late, but as far as I can gather, that runs as a server (middleman ) letting you control a host of things, I’d like to put a relay in my normal lights, my bathroom especally!

                              Google now and google assistant can speak to home assistant. Send a signal to a pi of some discrimination, or audino , that could trigger an relay toggling lights .

                              All interesting.

                              in reply to: Trump Inaugeration #2382
                              The DukeThe Duke
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                                I sent the whole day doing nothing , just watching it, the yanks can’t do pomp , a sea of tench coats and blue flashing lights and high on religion.

                                I thought though his speach was very positive all round except for the all out war on radical Islam, you can’t win a war against a ideology based on a religion, all an all out war will do is create more “radicals” and bring more attacks to America. The issue is a making of American and UK policy , if we just walked away, we would have the odd terror alert , bit they would just go away eventually. Give them the middle East and the oil

                                we should spend the money on neuclear reactors government owned. 100s of superfast charging stations, like Tesla do, and drive electric cars. We should put Britain first, and short term buy oil from Russia, and OPEC , but start building a fossil free UK .

                                I’d love to know how trim wants to open up all his industry, start employing Americans first and buy American first, he has two options as far as I can see, huge import taxes, or decapitation of the dollar but 3/4 , I can’t see the elete likeomg either, especially the latter.

                                 

                                in reply to: Curry – One for Jason #2378
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                                  Very hot frying pan with a splash of infused garlic  olive oil .

                                  Light on the Yogert.

                                  in reply to: Curry – One for Jason #2357
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                                    Could murder one now  :negative:  bit have to wait until tomorrow night , my daughter only works on a Saturday night now, as biz is slow in Jan .

                                    Can’t wait, phal, mushroom rice, and garlic nahn. Oooor just making myself more hungry . CBA going down and cooking. May eat some toothpast. :wacko:

                                    Edit- last weekend she brought a jelfrezi in, I like a jelfrezi, any non coconut curry done well suits me, but my god was this one hot, I think it was a cheifs special. It was superb . Mega hot, but so many layers. The up side to Jan being slow is the boss works every night , in the busy months he has other cheifs and in the years all my 3 have worked in the place, (6 now), he has never employed a cheif that can get close to him.

                                    He had one force a good while that just burnt the spices every time, so you you got this bitter burning hot stuff, that tasted like you was eating black pepper, with zero layers. And it was like acid to me, loads of heartburn. I stopped eating his. It’s amazing when you eat enough of the stuff , you can tell how has made what.

                                    As soon as the bosses goes in the microwave, while your re Woking the rice, you can just tell he made it, it’s just smells so complex .

                                    I f-ing love a good curry. Also we have a curry take away in the next village, it’s ten year old, and was terrible when it opened, never been since, but I read in the local rag, for the last five years running he has been in the top 10 in Wales, the last two year number 2 , a gaff in Cardiff got the number 1 spot each time. So I’m going to have to check it out again. Banglafusion I think it’s called.

                                    The one the kids work at is called Asia , and is oppersite the old landudnl theater now a wether spoons. So if your ever I’m Llandudno I highly recommend it.

                                    Say the Duke sent you. you’ll probably get a funny look as the kids won’t have a clue who the Duke is lol.

                                    in reply to: Do we still build, is this the right place? #2348
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                                      Lol 12″ was a good guess. My case is small so I attached it with a dremel to remove the lover bank of HDD cradles. Doesn’t matter as I have HDDs and I simply not glued them to the floor of the case. And have my HDD on the second from top and I keep my top one empty to shove all the wires. I don’t had DVD drives . Well I have some in the shed. But I use a small USB DVD that live in my PC repair kit. I don’t even think that got used in 2016. Physical media is dead in my house it seems.

                                      in reply to: Do we still build, is this the right place? #2344
                                      The DukeThe Duke
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                                        it will fit the mobo, bit they are quite big cards, so you need to make sure it will fit in your case. As your friend for the length of it, and double check you have aleniugjt room.

                                        Iirc my 970 is about 12″ long. But they are all different.

                                         

                                         

                                        in reply to: Yeelight bulb #2338
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                                          No you can’t  not in the UK oranywhwrw in the EU, thanks EU:negative:  however from withing the app you can turn alexa voice control on on any fire TVs .

                                          I turned ours (the wife’s) on , but I’m not home to test it. So if you , or anyone, jave a fire TV , down load the app, seems to the same on all platforms, and enable voice on the TV, and see what happens and report back.

                                          I’d image on the TV it won’t be always listening like a real Alexa, so you’ll have to hold the button down . Also in the app you can select the TV commands to report back to the fire tablet, so that may be good. It may allow you to ask elexa something without it pausing your film etc, and your tablet talks , or visually, reports back.

                                          My house is getting confusing ! I think all my devices are talking about me  :scratch:

                                          in reply to: Yeelight bulb #2336
                                          The DukeThe Duke
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                                            I’ll have to check the cheapo job I have here, I’m sure it did. I’ll report back.

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