I was “today” years old when I discovered poutine. I’d had fries with gravy before but poutine is much better! Where has this been all of my life?

Actually a bit of a fusion: birria poutine at the local Biergarten, SO GOOD!

My younger kid has discovered “boy kibble”: simple cooking and food prep for high protein, low fat meals (ground turkey and rice), perfect for the gym-bro and looksmaxxer in your family!

I tease, I tease

Anyhow I started there, added “K-Pop” (ginger, garlic, oyster sauce, soy sauce, chili oil, sesame oil , forget what else) so I could tease him about his music taste ….. he doesn't actually like k-pop but I’m on a roll

I tease, I tease

But I had to add veggies too, so now it’s actually something

Does anyone have experience integrating a Bryant mini-split Heat Pump? …. It’s made by Carrier so Carrier heat pump may be similar.

It looks like the strategy is

• install a “System Access Module”
• download Bryant home app
• set up and account
• connect the SAM to the account over WiFi
• there’s an integration which probably connects to the cloud service

This is going to be expensive, getting the SAM installed (new system so I don’t want to risk losing warranty by doing it myself) so I need to know what to expect and whether it is worth it

1. The unit has many modes and controls whereas traditional thermostat just holds a temperature. Will this let me automate additional modes like “dry”, fan speed, vent direction, etc?
2. Is there a better approach with local control? I have zwave, Zigbee, thread meshes so any of those would be ideal.
3. I have an old remotec ir blaster that I used on my previous ac, but have not yet tried on this one. Is that my only local choice?
4. Can anyone speak to ir blaster improvements since broadlink bought remotec? Is there anything worth buying an updated device?

Edit:

• installer quoted $500 parts and labor
• found the part on eBay for $300

That’s way more than I’m willing to spend, especially since it’s not local and I’m skeptical of any cloud service. I’ll have to try the IR blaster

I really like the new Maintenance Dashboard. Trying to track batteries was one of the first things I did with my own dashboard, with automation. This seems like a small thing but an automatically generated dashboard to track batteries is so useful, especially for new people. Whoever worked on that: well done!

That being said, what’s next? Does anyone know how to find some sort of roadmap or backlog for this feature in particular?

Other things that would be useful here

• printer cartridge levels
• various filter ages and replacements

Substituted farfalle for soba noodles

Edit: Thai Peanut Chicken Noodles

Prep Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 10 minutes | Servings: Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients:

• 2 (5.6-ounce) packages refrigerated Yaki-Soba noodles, seasoning sauce packets discarded
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2-inch chunks
• 2 cups shredded cabbage
• 1 carrot, peeled and shredded
• 2 green onions, thinly sliced
• ¼ cup fresh cilantro leaves
• 2 tablespoons chopped peanuts

FOR THE PEANUT SAUCE:

• ¼ cup peanut butter
• ¼ cup reduced sodium soy sauce
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
• 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon Sriracha, optional

Directions:

1. In a medium bowl, whisk together peanut butter, soy sauce, garlic, honey, ginger, vinegar, sesame oil and Sriracha, if using; set aside.
2. In a large pot of boiling water, add Yaki-Soba until loosened, about 1-2 minutes; drain well.
3. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add chicken to skillet and cook until golden, about 3-4 minutes.
4. Stir in cabbage, carrots and green onions until heated through, about 1 minute.
5. Stir in Yaki-Soba and peanut butter mixture until well combined, about 2 minutes.
6. Serve immediately, garnished with cilantro and peanuts, if desired.

Source: https://damndelicious.net/2017/03/06/thai-peanut-chicken-noodles/

Did anyone here get one of those Trmnl dashboards? I’ve been wanting to build an e-ink dashboard for years but it keeps not happening, so I ordered a Trmnl X as soon as I read about it.

There’s a bit of a delay on shipping, and early adopters on Reddit were negative, but I’m excited!

— apparently one of the issues was magnets not sufficient to hold it to a fridge. THE CASE HAS MAGNETS! AND THEY'RE UPDATING THEM!

There is a big list of plugins, including apple calendar and HA dashboard, which I’m most interested in

Anyhow, if you got one, please share your experience

Despite obstructive politics, it’s finally here! Massachusetts has some of the highest electricity prices bills in the US because of all the politics blocking our attempts at developing new energy, but here’s immediate savings on our bills, locked in for 20 years!

Good news, everyone!

We’ve had some of the highest electricity prices in the US for too many years, after closing problematic power plants (no coal, no nuclear) years back when politics keeps blocking our attempt at more power generation, but it’s finally here, and immediately lowering electricity prices!!!!

Probably limit to the us for feasibility: i want to find out about regional products but also have a chance of getting interesting ones.

For example I recently found about two flavors of soda available in parts of the us but not where I am (Peach Crush, Cactus Cooler). I was able to order online to try them!

What else is regional to you that someone may like? Any communities? Links? Online resources to help?

I just got an Airthings Radon monitor, and the integration with HA went smoothly. As a starting dashboard I have a simple card displaying sensor values.

But I let myself get carried away and got the one with the most sensors. So expected to see history graphs so I can look at trends or events, but it never occurred to me they were all different units and scales. HA wants to create many charts, which is less easy to read.

Does anyone have dashboard ideas on how to display these?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44396235

I’m considering joining a CSA for summer produce …….

But getting produce this way can be expensive so not everyone can do it, but this one place also spends part of our shares to offer

• “Food For All” where they offer half price food shares on request, no paperwork or shame involved!
• you can buy shares with SNAP at subsidized prices so it’s at least comparable to grocery stores, but then put money back on your SNAP card!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44396235

I’m considering joining a CSA for summer produce …….

But getting produce this way can be expensive so not everyone can do it, but this one place also spends part of our shares to offer

• “Food For All” where they offer half price food shares on request, no paperwork or shame involved!
• you can buy shares with SNAP at subsidized prices so it’s at least comparable to grocery stores, but then put money back on your SNAP card!

I’m considering joining a CSA for summer produce …….

But getting produce this way can be expensive so not everyone can do it, but this one place also spends part of our shares to offer

• “Food For All” where they offer half price food shares on request, no paperwork or shame involved!
• you can buy shares with SNAP at subsidized prices so it’s at least comparable to grocery stores, but then put money back on your SNAP card!

Can anyone help with pointers for automatable garage heaters? So far my searches aren’t finding anything. My requirements are:

• remotely preheat when I want to work out
• alert if it’s left on, or automatically turn off

I’m in the US, looking for 240v maybe 5,000w electric heater. The basic item is cheap and readily available at home centers or online. I even see variations with Bluetooth remote and/or controlled by app.

I’m looking for something locally automatable. Matter/Thread would be ideal but I’m fine with Zigbee or z-wave. But I’m not finding anything like that, and getting stuck on some vendors portal is not ok. Any leads?

Or something that can use an external thermostat - I actually have an extra Ecobee - that can be locally automatable. Any leads? Any search tips that might find such a thing?

I briefly thought of automating an outlet, however even if smart outlets are available for those loads, that wouldn’t work because all these heaters have a safety feature to run the fan until the unit is cool

One of the environmental regulations we benefit from here in the us, is eu common charger rules! Basically all computer like devices now use usb-c. Thanks.

But it would be even better to be common to essentially every portable device. I’ve seen flashlights that charge over usb-c.

While I was travelling this past weekend, my toothbrush battery died and I didn’t have the proprietary charging base. I sure wish that took usb-c also. Looking online I see a couple but most electronic toothbrushes still use proprietary chargers

Which brings up: what are you guys seeing, where common charger rules are actually required? Looking across non-computer devices that are not required to be usb-c, are they?

Edit: proprietary

In the last few years, car headlights seem to be much worse with glare. I don’t know if people no longer turn down their high beams, or if it’s raised trucks or aftermarket bulbs, or just shitty car design but it’s getting much tougher to see at night. And my teens complain more, so it’s not just me getting old

I’m looking for a way to improve my nighttime safety without adding to the problem.

Does anyone have experience with aftermarket LED bulbs for fog lights? Are they enough brighter to help see the road in the glare of oncoming high beams, while being enough lower to not just blind other drivers?

It’s coming down to the final deadline. I’m running out of time and need to decide ….

Kids are at college so buying in bulk is less important but I love Costco. My membership expired in May, but I’m down to three rolls of toilet paper, LoL

Do I renew Costco and continue to buy in bulk at the potential of wasting money, or do I give up on Costco and buy all supplies from the grocery?

Lemmy.world seems to have more crashes lately but whatever, I appreciate the work put in to keep it running.

But it just caught one of them. It was trying to redirect me to 192.168.1.9 - which is a private IP, non-routable. What’s going on? Do we need to worry about malware?

(And yes, this is exactly why I don’t use the same default IP range that every other residential user does)

Where are all you Apple haters when we need you? I was expecting my new iPhone today and just got notified of a 2-3 week delay because “unprecedented demand”

I ordered the day orders open (admittedly evening of) and we were getting excited, planning a dinner and stuff, time to explore the new features …. Now we need to wait?

Edit: delayed another 2-3 weeks

Edit October 14: Shipped!

Is anyone else’s getting excited for the rumored Apple Home Hub, whether it’s announced next week or later in the year?

I’ve been looking into some sort of dashboard and control panel for a while now, but it looks like it needs to be dyi. Apple is good at making things just work. Echo show is fairly useless plus has ads and collects personal data, but Apple has been selling on privacy. Most other products have been too simple or restricted or locked in but apple has been big on matter-thread, apple has fairly mature software. Most importantly I can expose a lot of controls from Home Assistant over HomeKit. Apple home hub could finally be the one.