Ronson's Blog

How to NOT design a system for managing price recommendations

I've been recently pulled into a project that provides agents with price recommendations for people that contact them. The third party building this, let's call them LidAries, has already implemented the "system" once for a counterpart. The system is built on two parts A front end GUI that can present

Fibrestream + VLAN = Packet Loss by LLDP

TL;DR If you use Fibrestream as your ISP and put it on a VLAN, make sure the port it's connected to has LLDP disabled. If not, you'll have constant packet loss. Fibrestream is my ISP and they provide internet over CAT5 DHCP. With more time on my hands, I

Homekit

Connecting QingPing Air Detector Lite to Home Assistant

References: Home Assistant Connection info: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/42330#issuecomment-717650747Product Reference: https://www.xiaomitoday.com/product/qingping-air-detector-lite/ (Could not find on https://www.qingping.co/)Purchased from: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001754875161.html The new QingPing Air Detector Lite is HomeKit compatible, so you can connect

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Moving from Google Play Music to Plex - Playlists

Google again, decided to kill another product. This time it was Google Play Music (GPM) and a forced migration to a inferior YouTube Music app. I had enough and decided to just host it myself on Plex. Getting playlists out of GPM is a bit of a pain. There's an

Conflict of Interest - FirstService Residential Ontario with VMedia

Link to communication: https://ontario.fsrconnect.ca/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2Fcq07QdcO90iTbru%2FNzExNzE%3D%2Fmcacl2xyzj.lcg.aspx I recently received a mass communication from the company that manages our condo. It informed us that they have created a great partnership with VMedia. Unfortunately, this is creates a huge conflict of interest.

steam

Raceroom Racing Experience Won't Start

Quarantine life means finding ways to spend time at home. That means video games! Installed Steam and looked for a free racing game. Found Raceroom Racing Experience. Installed it, but it wouldn't run. Debug Steps: Open SteamGo to Library -> Raceroom Racing ExperiencePress the gears setting icon, Manage, Browse

SIM

AIS SIM2FLY SIM Card

If you're travelling to Asia, one of the easiest to use and affordable SIM cards is the AIS SIM2FLY. This will also probably replace my FreedomPop SIM Card since it doesn't really seem to work anymore nor does it work in Asia Purchase Link: https://simcartonline.com/en_intl/ais-sim2fly-4g-8-days-data-prepaid-sim

Add curl to XiaoFang Camera

Download binary here: https://github.com/death2all110/yi-hack/tree/master/sd/testSFTP file to /media/mmcblk0p2/data/usr/bin/chmod +x curldoneReferences: https://web.archive.org/web/20170712052521/http://nemon.org/ipcam-ipr1631x/SDK: https://mega.nz/#!69tXHCAD!spJmcKzH3WUmOOyTMVxIc07N4m6Bu8m3ziDhURaKjgMSDK Build: https://github.com/cilynx/zm-w0002/blob/master/setup_toolchain.shOriginal Wayback

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Xiaomi MIUI Phone Set-up / Transfer

Purchased Xiaomi Mi Max 3 with Xiaomi.eu ROM pre-installed (https://tradingshenzhen.com/en/mi-max-3/1302-mi-max3-6gb-ram-128gb-rom-snapdragon-636.html) Tried to get settings/data/apps transferred from old phone to new, but none of the Google set up prompts appeared on boot. The following process will get it to work (hint: OpenGApps)

FreedomPop - Updated List of Tested Countries

Country City Supported Worked USA Elizabeth, NJ✓ ✓ USA Buffalo, NY✓ ✓ USA Ft. Lauderdale, FL✓ ✓ Sweden Stockholm ✓ ✓ Finland Helsinki ✓ ✓ Russia Estonia Germany Warnermunde ✓ ✓ Germany Berlin ✓ ✓ Denmark Copenhagen ✓ Netherlands Amsterdam ✓ ✓ Italy Rome Airport (FCO) ✓ ✓ Italy Rome City Center ✓ No, only at high altitude Top of St. Peter's Basilica Giardino degli Aranci Italy

1Password to Bitwarden

As of Bitwarden Version 1.26.0, the Bitwarden 1PIF and 1Password CSV import doesn't work very well. The URL does not map correctly. Therefore, no logins will pop up when you use the extension. Bitwarden Import documentation: https://help.bitwarden.com/article/import-data/ *update 2018-05-16 - 1Password export includes

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Effectiveness of Ronson's Shuttlecock Humidifier

The two questions that I get asked the most about my Shuttlecock Humidifer are: Does it work? How long does it take to work? To answer these two questions, I've set up a pseudo-experiment to measure the humidity of 4 tubes of shuttlecocks: Control - No humidity device / modifications Steaming

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How To Use Ronson's Shuttlecock Humidifier

The shuttlecock humidifier is an inexpensive way to keep shuttlecocks at optimal humidity. ($5!) Research: Wilson Patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7591369 - ~50% Relative Humiditiy (RH) More Wilson Patents: https://encrypted.google.com/patents/US7591369 Ashville Badminton Club: https://ashevillebadmintonclub.org/wp-content/uploads/Proper-Shuttlecock-Moisture-Levels.pdf ~60-70% RH How

homeassistant

Home Assistant + deconz Conbee USB

Started with a Wink Hub because of a Black Friday Deal Set up Home Assistant and Homebridge Purchased some inexpensive Xiaomi Sensors hoping they would work They did not, ended up purchasing a Samsung Smartthings Hub and implemented HA + Smartthings + MQTT This was unreliable and would constantly go down and

taobao

JCEX - UPS on TaoBao no longer ships Shuttlecocks to Canada

Buying non-mainstream brand badminton shuttlecocks from China are much more affordable. One of the best places to purchase them is TaoBao. To order and ship them to Canada, there were 4 main options: TaoaBao Direct - JCEX - UPS (佳成-UPS) TaoBao Direct - Zhongshan Express (中山速递) TaoBao Direct from Seller

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Alternative to Humidome

The humidome is too expensive in Canada. Assuming you can get 100% improvement, then you would break even after just one tube. However, this is asking a lot of the product. Instead of buying the humidome, you can easily purchase a different product and get the same benefit. I've been

Homebridge

Pairing More than one Device with Homebridge

Set up Homebridge with one iOS device - https://github.com/nfarina/homebridge Modify AccessoryInfo.MAC_ADDRESS.json to remove the paired device (where MAC_ADDRESS is some string) - File should be in ~/.homebridge/persist/ { "displayName":"Homebridge", "category":2, "pincode":"

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HomeAssistant + SmartThings + MQTT Bridge

Reference: Original Install Guide: https://home-assistant.io/blog/2016/02/09/Smarter-Smart-Things-with-MQTT-and-Home-Assistant/ New Built-in MQTT Broker: https://home-assistant.io/components/mqtt/ Reddit Notes Instructions on the original blog post includes a step that's no longer needed - MQTT Broker is already included as a component of HomeAssistant now. Set up

Building TensorFlow 1.4 from Source to Support Intel CPU w/ Anaconda

References: https://www.tensorflow.org/install/install_sources#ConfigureInstallation https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41293077/how-to-compile-tensorflow-with-sse4-2-and-avx-instructions#comment81255824_47146118 Pre-built wheels: https://github.com/lakshayg/tensorflow-build More pre-built wheels: https://github.com/yaroslavvb/tensorflow-community-wheels https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40373686/freeze-graph-py-throws-an-error-during-build/40374431#40374431 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41293077/how-to-compile-tensorflow-with-sse4-2-and-avx-instructions Environment: Ubuntu 16.04.

windows

Upgrading Drives in a Storage Pool (Storage Spaces)

Most of the info is here and here Technet, but for easy step by step, follow below: Open PowerShell Identify the disks you want to remove using: Get-PhysicalDisk | select FriendlyName, SerialNumber, UniqueID This will list all the disks and their UniqueID (which you'll use later to retire/remove Mark the

SE3016

Rackable SE3016 PSU Replacement

The OEM PSU in the Rackable SE3016 is loud. You can replace the small fan, but you can also replace the PSU completely. I also needed to replace the PSU as it wasn't able to drive all 16 ports after a while. Items I Ordered: 2 x Coboc ATX4EX-8 8&

python

pandas DataFrame Replace

Source: http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/generated/pandas.DataFrame.replace.html The pandas DataFrame description of the replace function makes you think that it would search for a string and replace it (my poor assumption) However, this is incorrect. It will search for an exact match of the to_

MySQL

Drop Databse <Database Name>; mariaDB

Was trying to remove seafile from a server and drop the databases in mariaDB. Unfortunately, all the documentation says the syntax is: DROP DATABASE DATABASE_NAME; This doesn't work. You need a '`' around the database name to work. DROP DATABASE `DATABASE_NAME`;

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Zjstar ZJ3T Shuttlecock - Speed 77

Basic Info: Official Info: Zjstar Available for Sale from various retailers on TaoBao Purchased from JJ Sports in Markham for $21 Goose Feather Price: ~58 RMB or $10 CAD from Taobao + Shipping All shuttles were purchased by me with no affiliation with any third parties Shuttlecock Pictures Durability: /10 Flight:

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Wenjie No. 105 Shuttlecock - Speed 77

Basic Info: Official Info: Anhui Wenjie Sporting Goods Co., Ltd Available for Sale from various retailers on TaoBao: Purchased one tube from 钻级卖家 Duck Feather Price: ~58 RMB or $10 CAD from Taobao + Shipping All shuttles were purchased by me with no affiliation with any third parties Shuttlecock Pictures Durability: