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  • Oh this looks interesting, thank you. So you basically just backup the relevant parts of the file system and then use this to restore in case of an incident/ emergency? A little more hands on than just restoring from a Proxmox backup, but probably also more agnostic/ interoperable.




  • Thanks for the reply! I almost forgot I wanted to try this out, and this has re-motivated me. So there should be no issue in having solar panels -> EcoFlow -> TrippLite UPS? That would be great, because then I could have my UPS’ charging from the EcoFlow, which would (hopefully) top off each day.









  • rootOPtoPrivacy@lemmy.mlTM Signal
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    Yes of course. Signal can archive messages and they can be restored, you can screenshot messages and you can have them backed up as part of a policy like icloud backups.

    My question is more about how do you know you’re interacting with an authentic signal client, and not a bastardized one.







  • rootOPtohomeassistantSimple light automation question
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    2 months ago

    Yes, definitely. That’s one of the reasons I’ve implemented this way. If a light (for example) had the physical switch turned off and back on, a lot of smart bulbs will go to the on state, even if HA had previously set (and expects it to be) off. The next execution may turn it off in an off state, on in an on state, on from an off state or off from an on state, but either way that truth table will resolve after an iteration



  • rootOPtohomeassistantRecommendations for Zigbee Bulbs
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    Oh that’s good to know. I have a handful of Kasa bulbs and I don’t give them WAN access. They seem to be mostly fine without WAN, but I do get communication issues with them from time to time (which is why I’m exploring zigbee as an alternative). Thank you for the reply!


  • rootOPtohomeassistantRecommendations for Zigbee Bulbs
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    Great points. I have white a few smart switches through the house to control things both physically and via Home Assistant. Most of the other lights are wifi based and work mostly as expected with occasional drops (which can get annoying). Was wanting to experiment with ZigBee to see if it was more reliable, but it sounds like that might not be the case