meleecrits

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[–] meleecrits 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

My wife can apply for dual citizenship as the grand daughter of Irish immigrants. Her sister already moved to Ireland about five years ago. We're making plans to protect our son.

I may be called a coward, and part of me would agree, but I've watched this country descend into fascism for over thirty years. I no longer have hope that things will get better.

[–] meleecrits 37 points 1 month ago (5 children)

My father in law is the son of Irish immigrants. According to Stephen Miller's plan, he can be denaturalized and deported. Is it likely to happen to him? Probably not. He's a relatively wealthy 70 year old. But once the brown people are dealt with, who will they scapegoat next?

[–] meleecrits 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To give Bush his credit, he said that "won't be fooled again" line because he realized he was about to say "shame on me," and that would have been used against him for the rest of his presidency.

It actually showed real on the spot adaptability.

[–] meleecrits 18 points 2 months ago

I unironically want to get one for me cat.

[–] meleecrits 15 points 3 months ago

I feel this goes beyond theory at this point, sadly.

[–] meleecrits 22 points 3 months ago

Thank you for transcribing that! My wife and I burst out laughing when he said that.

[–] meleecrits 16 points 3 months ago (4 children)

What if the dm words it like: "you appear to be in a privy. You notice a hole in the wall."?

I've already put more thought into this than I'm comfortable with.

[–] meleecrits 13 points 4 months ago

To be fair, when has a president ever had to deal with an unexpected change of events?

(/s to be safe)

[–] meleecrits 11 points 4 months ago

I'm calling my shot: by the end of September, he drops the hard R in public.

[–] meleecrits 25 points 4 months ago

We all know Trump won't accept the results. He didn't in 2020, and in 2016 he claimed it was still rigged against him even when he won.

It's really weird when you think about it.

[–] meleecrits 18 points 4 months ago

MAGA nut jobs: wtf, I love EVs!

[–] meleecrits 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

All your boss told you was that if they could, they would pay you less.

All hard work gets you is more work.

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by meleecrits to c/homeassistant
 

Next school year, my son will be left home after school for a few hours while my wife and I are at work. I'm looking for a way to detect when he's home and have the front door unlock (among other automation scripts that are in place).

I came across this post and was going to get the Tile Pro as it seemed to check off all my requirements:

  • I could put it in his backpack where it can be forgotten.
  • long battery life.
  • Through the Home Assistant integration, it can trigger when it gets in range.
  • It also has a few other beneficial things, so I was thinking of putting one on each of our bicycles in case they're ever stolen. Hell, I could look into putting one on my cat's collar in case she ever gets out.

Then I came across some concerning articles regarding data harvesting. The whole reason I started self-hosting was to prevent data harvesting, so it seems like the Tile is a non-starter for me.

Has anyone been in this (or a similar) situation? Mainly, I'm looking for a device I can put in my son's backpack that can trigger when he's within range, so the house will open for him. BLE seems like it might be a solution, though I run my server on an old Dell r720 enterprise server in my basement, so I don't currently have Bluetooth functionality (and it's pretty far away from the front door, 20+ feet), though getting that is not a dealbreaker for me.

  • Addendum: To people saying just get a key: we have a key for him. I have a monolith sized server in my basement that automates most everything in my house these days, and was curious if anyone had set up something similar to what I was thinking. Home automation is very much a hobby, and I'm using it to learn new things.
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