David HoIt's not fashionable to talk about consuming less as a climate solution because our economy is based on selling us crap that no one needs.
Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE@davidho Apparently this is all you need: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OfxlSG6q5Y
The Antique Toaster that's Better than Yours
You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below That title isn’t hyperbole or clickbait nonsense. This really is better than your toaster. At least, I ...
LisPi@TimWardCam @davidho Bonus points for being entirely analogue and relatively easily maintainable/repairable.
@TimWardCam @davidho Relatively easily repaired though, you just need a replacement filament of the right metal & dimensions.
That's nowhere near as hard as repairing a broken CPU or reverse-engineering whatever server this probably relies on (local storage we can't rent-seek? Perish the thought), breaking the encryption it uses and spoofing keys so you can use your own local server.
@TimWardCam @davidho I've got plans for a few similar projects in the bottomless limbo of my "todo eventually" list.
For outdoor stuff it gets a bit complicated as weatherization in Canada gets complicated.
Freeze/unfreeze cycles mean ingress protection is mandatory, rather than just strongly recommended, which has done quite a bit for keeping me lazy.
@lispi314 @davidho The electronics and all the sensors are in the greenhouse, apart from the thermometer measuring the outside temperature.
There's an unexpected benefit of the humidity sensor - when we're away from home we can see when (whether!) whoever has promised to water the plants in the greenhouse whilst we're away has actually done it.