If it helps for a future purchase, Focusrite’s external interfaces have been amazing for Linux support.

To the point where I didn’t even notice; It just worked perfectly out of the box.

I’m assuming you’ve already checked this, but is your interface set to the same frequency/bit depth between Linux and windows? Or if it uses optical, whether it’s set to the same word clock source.

I keep wondering if I should open a little non-profit shop, specialising in “cheap home assistant stuff that isn’t awful, that I’ve tested”.
Then I remember the absolute chaos involved in running a shop…

I’m currently eyeing up an Airgradient One, which uses the SHT40.
Unfortunately, I don’t have enough tinkering time at the moment to roll out much more kit.

In honesty, I use the relative humidity readings as more of a “it’s dry” “It’s OK” “it’s moist”, than expecting any sort of accuracy!
I’ve even considered mapping percentage ranges to “moist, normal, dry” in HA.

On the UK theory test, this question used to have an answer of “offer them a cigarette”.

Meanwhile in the map notes:

Me when I go to an area on holiday, and there is lots of fun mapping to do.

Absolute classic. When I hear OF, I want to hear this too.
Same with Harlem Shuffle and Jump Around.

I mean, that’s where all my sensors are, and they’re doing OK.

My outdoor sensors are classic 433mhz meteorology ones though, as I didn’t want to mess around waterproofing zigbee gear.

Have you considered mounting a door sensor (depending on the letterbox type).
If it has a shutter, you could mount the two parts on the inside, on the edge.
Do americans still use those flag things on mailboxes? As I guess you could also use a door sensor on the flag.

I swear it’s the blackout curtains. I’ll draw them tight on the first night, then have a surprise in the morning if I didn’t set my alarm.

Going back to the source, the quote is: " LIVERPOOL are the UK’s cryptocurrency connoisseurs - with one in 10 (13%) regularly investing and checking their online stocks"

I’m not sure if they’ve bundled regular market investment with crypto.

I knew this would come up, which is why I threw in the “ok for consumer gear” line.
I don’t have any super accurate sensors at home to test against, but to be honest, cheap hydrometers are best for vague ranges. “It’s damp”, “it’s normal”, or “It’s dry”.
Which is actually what I use it for: It’s in the bathroom to send alerts to open or close the windows based on humidity and outside conditions.

Compared to the rest of the sensors in the house, when the windows are open and air in the house is normalised, it’s within 5%, which is about all I could really hope for.

Meeting summary:

• Synergy promoted by Gerald
• Fourth quarter prediction estimate forecasts brainstormed by Jeremy.
• Coffee situation update from Mark.
• Level 4 agility in KCD reached by GreatAlbatross

Some meetings, I wish I’d bought a steamdeck.

Terminal 5 was an absolute masterclass in how to deliver a megaproject.
HS2 is, unfortunately, just another magnitude of complexity. Some of it avoidable, some of it was going to be a pain no matter how much was planned.

It also doesn’t help that HS2 got massively underestimated to get political approval and shovels in the ground. (The flipside being, if it had gone with realistic estimates, it could well have been stuck in committee for until 2050)

Sweaty new-builds with no air con

We’re slowly getting there. MVHC imo is going to be the next big one that goes in the regulations.
The concept is, you seal the house up so that airflow doesn’t happen unless you want it to.
Then set up heat exchangers with ducting between the rooms.
So fresh air can be brought in, cooled/heated by the stale air going out.
And it also lends itself well to aircon systems.

There is also Part O of the building regs, which uses calculated shade on south-facing windows to minimise solar gain in the hottest months.

It’s fine though: They’ve just asked for freedom from liability. And I’m sure they’re going to use that power to build a reservoir or something…

Yes.

Edit: More doing a lot of DIY to bring the project into a budget I can afford.
Which means getting specialists in to do smaller things between me doing the grunt work.

At least you’ve got people in to do it!

Glares at the half finished kitchen taking up my time too

I considered this, but was forbidden: The limescale would leave it looking manky.