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 Working for Suse
 
 
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 Working as Fullstack Software Engineer at Suse in scc team 
 
 Studying KarateDo
 
 
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 Walking the self improvement Do of Karate at Mishokan 
 
 Studying TaikoDo
 
 
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 Walking the self…

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 In Italia sarà obbligatorio il passaggio al mercato libero per la fornitura di energia elettrica e gas 
 Abbiamo bisogno di un modello intermedio che 
 
 Considerazini soggettive
 
 
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 Personalmente e parlando con amici e colleghi, questo sistema obbliga a controllare più o meno…
This is fun. 
 Maybe it’s the 5th time that I’m contacted by a person on Telegram/WhatsApp to work remotely. 
 Years ago, I just used to report the chat… 
 Then I started to go deeper into the net and eat the bait . 
 
 The Bait
 
 
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 This usually starts with a message from a person on Telegram (mostly Telegram,…
I am working with home automation with Home assistant in my spare time and I find out something that was kind of missing: 
 an addon that let you send notification or messages with whatsapp. 
 Is not easy as telegram or matrix , because Whatsapp doesn’t easily allow bots. 
 So, I decided to create a really ultra simple web api based on the glorious whatsapp-web.js , a really…
Today I spoke with zero cento studio about a collaboration for staring a project. 
 They rightly pointed out that is better to validate the idea before starting working. 
 I totally agree. 
 So I started questioning myself… 
 
 Why do I want to start this project?
 
 
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 Is for the money? 
 Is for the fame? 
 Then I…
Hi everyone! 
 I recently bought 4 used sonoff 4ch on subito.it 
to a super kind person that I really thank! 
 I had to integrate in my new house some lights 
 But damn!!! The sonoff 4ch doesn’t allow 230V inputs! :( 
 I was really upset at the beginning, but then I took the solderer and solved the problem, as always ;) 
 
 Enabling external buttons
 
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A mio avviso, il testamento di Asimov. 
 Buona lettura. 
 
 L’ultima domanda
 
 
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 L’ultima domanda venne posta per la prima volta, quasi per scherzo il 21 maggio 2061, in un momento in cui l’umanità cominciava a intravedere finalmente un po’ di luce. La domanda era il risultato di una scommessa di cinque dollari, nata durante una…
Today is finished the Bitrock Hackathon .
I decided to participate because I really like hackathons and the topic was interesting: 
 
 How to enhance the coworkers human relationship in a virtual world! 
 
 
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 This is really something that I’m thinking about since I started working remotely. The absence of the physical presence
is…
Today I was banned from a developers Telegram group. 
 I shared in the chat this link of DHH and a person replied a stupid comment. 
 Others arrived judging me as a fan boy and a bimbominchia (that kind of intraslatable… maybe the best is stupid child ) 
 I tried to reply asking for facts and data about the article. 
 No responses. 
 Then someone asked me to calm down.…
1 year ago I started a renovation of a house with my wife. 
 I didn’t know what I was going into. I just felt we needed to do that, based on the opportunities that occurred: 
 
 Giulio was born, so we needed more space 
 My dad died leaving me an heritage 
 My wife grandmother died, leaving my mother in law and her brother with a spare house 
 Superbonus occurred…
For the ones I heard that are kind of ‘sceptic’ about my electrician skills. 
 I tell you one thing. 
 
 I live for learning
 
 
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 Every second is for me an opportunity for improving, mastering anything that is possible. 
 I play instruments, write, do martial arts, do carpentry… Name something and I’ll certainly…
Here we are again with a practical guide to configure your private VPN! 
 I use this to connect from outside home to my internal services and devices. 
 
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 First thing first, you must have home assistant installed ( I can show you how ) 
 
 Wireguard
 
 
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 Install…
Hello! How can you monitor the water that arrives in your house? What if a leack happend? 
 With a water meter you can count live how much water is being used and fastly detect leackage!! 
 
 Hardware
 
 
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 yf-DN40 Water meter (aliexpress link) 
 
 
 Esphome configuration
 
 
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 DISCLAMER!
 
 
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 This post is going to be in italian. If you want to read it, please translate it with your preferred tool ;) 
 
 Storia della nuova schiavitú
 
 
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 Prima arrivò la connessione onnipresente. 
 Ubiquity 
 Fu realizzata tramite satelliti e torri piazzate ovunque sul…
I only have a single power meter , connected to my main power line. 
 So I cannot single out the various appliances by power consumption; but I came up with a simple way of telling if a power-consuming appliance has completed, like my tumble drier which is in my basement. 
 First create an input_boolean, this will hold the state that an appliance is on. 
 Go to Settings, Devices and…
This morning I was on site doing some work on the electrical panel. I had to go to the bathroom, but there is no useful bathroom :O 
 I was not free to do what I had to do, which was to go to the bathroom to defecate. 
 I was sick, I ran home where I got my freedom. 
 So, being free means 
 being able to do what one has to do
 in my context, go to the bathroom :)
Today was general strike day in Italy. 
 The kindergarten stroked, but they said that at 10:30 the strikes would be ended. I had my son for the morning, I worked with him on my arms and put him to sleep when he wanted (around 10:15). Then he woke up at 11 and I carried him to the kindergarten. 
 When I arrived I received this welcome 
 ...we are not a nursery. 
 The time we had to…
Today I will try to draw an image of power, using money metaphor. 
 I’ll make you a series of questions and also give you my responses. 
 
 What would you do with 1 dollar?
 
 
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 I would buy a coffee :) 
 
 
 What would you do with 1 thousand dollar?
 
 
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 I would…

 Imagine
 
 
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 a world where our concept of privacy doesn’t exists, but everyone is ‘public’ to everyone else. 
 How less injustice would there be? How less violence? 
 Do you think your feet have ‘privacy’ rights over your hand? Really? 
 We must start looking at ourselves as part of something bigger,…
Today I will share my new garbage collection assistant (thanks to @ferrimiche suggestion!) 
 
 Prerequisites
 
 
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 First thing first, you must have this installed: 
 
 home assistant ( I can show you how ) 
 HACS ( installation instructions ) 
 
 
 Install Garbage Collection integration
 
 
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Here we are again with a practical guide to start your #homeautomation journey! 
 
 Shopping list
 
 
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 esp32 ~ 8 euros 
 BME280 (humidity, temperature, pressure) ~ 4.5 euros 
 BME680 (humidity, temperature, pressure, gas) ~ 7.5 euros 
 
 
 Positioninig
 
 
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 The best…
I recently got a Shelly 1 v3 wifi relay, and I had already decided I did not want to use the Shelly ecosystem but to connect it directly to Home Assistant via ESPHome. 
 The Shelly 1 relay offers header pins to connect to, for debugging or flashing. Connecting it to a computer requires an USB/TTL converter. 
 You can either buy it on amazon for cheap, or luckily if you have an Arduino…
I hate internet tracing, so this site has no cookies or any technology to trace anyone! 
 Enjoy freedom!
Here we are again with a practical guide to start your #homeautomation journey! 
 
 Shopping list
 
 
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 raspberry pi ~100 euros 
 usb c power supply (3.5A recommended) ~ 15 euros 
 SD card (64GB class 2 recommended) ~ 15 euros 
 
 
 Home assistant
 
 
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 You can install…
Today I will give you an idea for a smart functionality of your smart alarm!
The automatic activation and deactivation of the alarm!
Why do you have to manually enable the alarm? With some #homeassistant magic you can automatically enable it when you leave home and disable it when you come back! 
 
 Alarm hardware
 
 
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The basic laws of human stupidity 
 The cake is a lie! 
 42 
 20 guiding principles of karate 
 The dream of life 
 I have seen things . . . 
 An hacker-how-to that inspired me long time ago 
 There is a price for all people 
 You are responsible for everything that affects you 
 La realtà non esiste 
 Uno e il tutto, Federico Faggin 
 Mishokan ASD site…