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Always interesting to see other people's setups. I'm curious how that ZigBee graph was generated. Would be really cool to see under the hood of the network my

Always interesting to see other people's setups. I'm curious how that ZigBee graph was generated. Would be really cool to see under the hood of the network my Hues have formed. He mentions a "ConBee II sniffer". I skimmed Google for ConBee II, and indeed it's a ZigBee gateway, but I couldn't find any explicit sniffer functionality? > I ended up with an Eaton 5P 850VA / 600W Line Interactive Tower UPS It bothers me to no end that UPS's are rarely specified by their Energy capacity (e.g. Amp-Hours or Watt-Hours); only the maximum Power. Often times the Energy capacity isn't even specified anywhere obvious; you have to dig to find it. Bonkers. > The main consideration was whether I should get 3 x 4K screens or go with an ultrawide which tends to be a lower pixel density. Having gone Ultrawide, I regret it. It sounds good on paper, but it has proven to be far more hassle than it's worth. The problem is: if you tile windows into two halves, they're a little too big; if you tile into thirds, they're a little too small. A third is fine for watching a video on the side, or working on a terminal. But it's too cramped for code. Plus if you split it in halves, you end up moving your eyes and/or head a _lot_ to look from the left half to the right half. Remember, you're going to be at this screen for 8+ hours a day. The last thing you want is more mileage on your eyes and neck. On a regular monitor, half a screen-width is "just right" as Goldilocks would say. So between Ultrawide versus two or three regular monitors, I'd rather go back to regular monitors. I also thought it would be great for gaming, and to be fair it does deliver. The view in Subnautica is amazing! But the extra FoV and pixels are _expensive_, and one would need to account for that by pouring more money into their GPU. Realistically, I would rather have spent more money on upping my FPS than my FOV. That said, any movies shot in ultrawide ratios look great on it...

jen20 6y ago
> if you tile windows into two halves, they're a little too big; if you tile into thirds, they're a little too small. This depends on what you mean by "ultrawide". I have a 49" widescreen and thirds are perfect for almost everything - though occasionally it's necessary to use a 2/3-1/3 split. Six terminals side by side provides more than 80 columns per terminal. Most operating systems make it unnecessarily difficult to use a large display effectively out-of-the-box, though. On macOS, Magnet is the saviour, I'll have to try the tool mentioned in the article for Windows.
- fpgaminer 6y ago
  You're quite right; it depends on the ratio. For reference mine is 21:9. A higher ratio might prove more useful. > Most operating systems make it unnecessarily difficult to use a large display effectively out-of-the-box, though. On macOS, Magnet is the saviour, 1000x yes. I've always liked the freedom of a standard window manager combined with tiling shortcuts. On macOS I'm still on the defunct Spectacle, though. Is Magnet a worthwhile (having to re-learn shortcuts) upgrade?
  - jen20 6y ago
    Ah yes, mine is 32:9, which is far more useful IMO! Re: Magnet, I switched from Spectacle when I got my first ultrawide a few years back, and haven't experienced any issues with it. The default shortcuts are quite reasonable (ctrl+alt+{d,f,g} for thirds), and the edge drag zones are nice. I don't really recall what Spectacle was like in day to day use though, sorry.
__mp 6y ago
Re conbee2: Checkout https://phoscon.de/en/conbee2 https://phoscon.de/en/conbee2 You can control a wide range of Zigbee devices without installing a gateway. From Philips Hue or Ikea lamps to plant sensors from Aliexpress. List of supported devices: https://github.com/dresden-elektronik/deconz-rest-plugin/wiki/Supported-Devices https://github.com/dresden-elektronik/deconz-rest-plugin/wik... You would integrate the devices with an OpenSource HomeKit or HomeBridge implementation on a Raspberry or similar into your home.
KVFinn 6y ago
>Having gone Ultrawide, I regret it. It sounds good on paper, but it has proven to be far more hassle than it's worth. The problem is: if you tile windows into two halves, they're a little too big; if you tile into thirds, they're a little too small. Even better, rotate one of your three monitors into portrait mode. All the websites that have tons of whitespace on the sides because they are optimized for mobile phones in portrait mode are suddenly just right again. TikTok videos are fullscreen. Scientific Papers and other PDFs display perfectly. D&D character sheets fit just right. It's great!
- chrismorgan 6y ago
  I like having two portrait 16:9 monitors side-by-side, typically above my laptop screen.
- GordonS 6y ago
  My setup is a 3K landscape and a 1200p portrait. Having a portrait screen is really useful - I can use the full height for documents and paper, or test runners, or I can split it vertically. It's a great setup.

jen20 6y ago

> if you tile windows into two halves, they're a little too big; if you tile into thirds, they're a little too small. This depends on what you mean by "ultrawide". I have a 49" widescreen and thirds are perfect for almost everything - though occasionally it's necessary to use a 2/3-1/3 split. Six terminals side by side provides more than 80 columns per terminal. Most operating systems make it unnecessarily difficult to use a large display effectively out-of-the-box, though. On macOS, Magnet is the saviour, I'll have to try the tool mentioned in the article for Windows.

fpgaminer 6y ago
You're quite right; it depends on the ratio. For reference mine is 21:9. A higher ratio might prove more useful. > Most operating systems make it unnecessarily difficult to use a large display effectively out-of-the-box, though. On macOS, Magnet is the saviour, 1000x yes. I've always liked the freedom of a standard window manager combined with tiling shortcuts. On macOS I'm still on the defunct Spectacle, though. Is Magnet a worthwhile (having to re-learn shortcuts) upgrade?
- jen20 6y ago
  Ah yes, mine is 32:9, which is far more useful IMO! Re: Magnet, I switched from Spectacle when I got my first ultrawide a few years back, and haven't experienced any issues with it. The default shortcuts are quite reasonable (ctrl+alt+{d,f,g} for thirds), and the edge drag zones are nice. I don't really recall what Spectacle was like in day to day use though, sorry.

__mp 6y ago

Re conbee2: Checkout https://phoscon.de/en/conbee2 https://phoscon.de/en/conbee2 You can control a wide range of Zigbee devices without installing a gateway. From Philips Hue or Ikea lamps to plant sensors from Aliexpress. List of supported devices: https://github.com/dresden-elektronik/deconz-rest-plugin/wiki/Supported-Devices https://github.com/dresden-elektronik/deconz-rest-plugin/wik... You would integrate the devices with an OpenSource HomeKit or HomeBridge implementation on a Raspberry or similar into your home.

KVFinn 6y ago

>Having gone Ultrawide, I regret it. It sounds good on paper, but it has proven to be far more hassle than it's worth. The problem is: if you tile windows into two halves, they're a little too big; if you tile into thirds, they're a little too small. Even better, rotate one of your three monitors into portrait mode. All the websites that have tons of whitespace on the sides because they are optimized for mobile phones in portrait mode are suddenly just right again. TikTok videos are fullscreen. Scientific Papers and other PDFs display perfectly. D&D character sheets fit just right. It's great!

chrismorgan 6y ago
I like having two portrait 16:9 monitors side-by-side, typically above my laptop screen.
GordonS 6y ago
My setup is a 3K landscape and a 1200p portrait. Having a portrait screen is really useful - I can use the full height for documents and paper, or test runners, or I can split it vertically. It's a great setup.