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Replacing a Honeywell VisionPRO IAQ with an ecobee isn’t a normal thermostat swap. The hidden EIM changes everything. I documented the wiring, configuration, testing, and setup:
absent.org/replace-honeywell…
Inspired by @DanielLockyer, today I chose violence.
I let @ChatGPT walk me through replacing a proprietary Honeywell thermostat system with an @Ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced that I got for free from @nwnatural
That meant:
• bypassing the Honeywell EIM 💀
• rewiring the furnace control board
• reconnecting the outdoor condenser
• testing every stage (heat, A/C, fan)
I labeled everything and double-checked every step before making changes, but ChatGPT never led me astray.
The actual wiring and installation process took 20 minutes. The system is now fully operational. 💪
I’ve been wanting to do this for YEARS. Today, AI made a project that felt well beyond my comfort zone approachable.
AMA. Photos below. I did a temp job with some butt connectors, but have some proper Wago 221 connectors arriving Wednesday.
ALT Before, with labels
ALT After, with temp butt connectors.
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@codejake retweeted
I use C/C++ for all my projects. Debt Badge, Clucks Capacitor, homemade power-wall, sculpting software for my haptic interface.
I suppose with AI assisting, the clunkiness of developing in C disappears and the efficiency shines. How soon until the language doesn’t matter?
🚩🚩🚩 OPENAI BOARD MEMBER: "THERE'S A MATERIAL RISK OF AI TAKEOVER IN 6-12 MONTHS."
"a coin flip [within 3 years]."
"We have seen things we might expect to see shortly before something really bad were to happen."
For most people in this room, the most likely reason they will die is because of an AI accident."
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Hot take: I love some of these sites but I think they are so doomed.
Publishers are making access conditional on readers weakening their privacy & security protections against the ads surveillance industry.
Ain’t nobody going to turn their browser and network protections off so they can read an article. They’re just going to move on or ask AI to summarize the article for them.
@grok summarize the important points from this article. I cannot get past the ad wall. Nor do I want to.
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Today marks the last day I read a comment on Hacker News. I'm out.
My gosh, the dumbness and reply guy-ness. It truly is the new Reddit (not a compliment).
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@codejake retweeted
On $20 plans, $1 of Sol costs 7x what $1 of Opus does. A task, only 1.3x
Just the API equivalent usage for a subscription isn't enough. You need to show the efficiency of the models as well.
@codejake retweeted
UPDATE: Israeli company we caught delivering zero-click infections is #1 bidder on Starlink ads in 105 countries.
Data from @trendai_RSRCH suggests worldwide surveillance op targeting @Starlink users. 1/
By @razhael
reuters.com/business/media-t…
🚨NEW INVESTIGATION: zero-click mercenary spyware hacking via targeted ads.
A normal-looking ad loads. If you're a target, you're infected. No click needed.
To protect yourself, block ads now.
First time it's been confirmed in the wild. We call it #AdFection.
Candiru spyware infections at @AJEnglish. 45+ devices infected.
Same ad pipeline operated by Israeli company Discover-Tech reached NATO, European Parliament, dozens of gov networks & critical infrastructure incl US nuclear giant Westinghouse.
Confiant, which worked with us, found signs ads were displayed at US @DeptofWar, IAEA & ICC.
Investigation ongoing 1/
READ our report by @billmarczak @WolfieChristl, me Astrid Perry, Siena Anstis & Ron Deibert : citizenlab.ca/research/how-d…
Confiant's blog: blog.confiant.com/p/adint-we…
This X account @spycraft101 is A++.
Great espionage stories like this every day. Rabbit holes.
A Russian immigrant was shot to death by FBI agents under unexplained circumstances in Mississippi in October 2024.
Ilya Beloozerov came to the US at age thirteen with his family from Moscow in 1987. His stepfather Nikolai was a mathematician and Soviet dissident. His anti-Soviet views seemingly informed Ilya’s entire life, and he was later a vocal supporter of Ukraine following the Russian invasion in 2022. Ilya even sent at least one care package containing flashlights and tactical gear to Ukrainian troops on the front lines.
Ilya worked in IT for several companies, most recently as a systems administrator for Maxar Technologies in northern Virginia, beginning in 2022. Maxar (later renamed Vantor) provides commercial satellite imagery for corporate and government clients. Ilya’s job required a Secret security clearance.
According to reporting for CNN by Isabelle Chapman, Ilya’s behavior changed drastically in 2024, in the final months leading up to his death. He began making large cash withdrawals from his bank account and twice attempted to fly to eastern Europe. On the first trip he was denied boarding by TSA officials, and after the second he was interviewed by the FBI. Maxar Technologies terminated his employment, citing an “irregularity” but would not comment further to journalists. He also attempted to hire a lawyer in case he was charged with making false statements to the FBI, according to his son Alexander.
In late September, he disappeared from his apartment and would not answer his ex-wife’s messages. He turned up in Hernando, Mississippi, where he offered a married couple $30,000 in cash if they would sell him a truck and drive him all the way to California. Over the next several days he finalized plans for the cross-country trip with the couple.
On October 4th, 2024, just as they were about to begin their journey, FBI agents surrounded Ilya in the hotel parking lot. He was shot at least five times and died on the scene. At the time he had thousands of dollars in cash with him, and several ID documents from other individuals. The FBI has not released any information so far on what led to his shooting.
#russia #ukraine #fbi #shooting #cnn
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I don’t really use Windows much but I’d love to if it didn’t suck as much.
Regardless, having all kinds of fun having an agent go through and turn it into a power user OS. Learning a bunch of new stuff along the way.
More soon.
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I guess I’m not the only one finding this sus.
Because of Cithulhu here, I'm actually thinking about going back and listening to parts of the episode. IIRC the Tor attack he covers, it wasn't possible after the .onion v2 and pretty much everyone switched to Onion v3 in Jan 2018.
I remember some of his other methods not making sense to me either.
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Way cool, but it kills me that none of these libraries seems to have a good network topology (star?) algorithm for wide area networks.
This is Pele, my new rendering library for diagrams and charts, compatible with the latest Mermaid syntax.
- 100-500× faster than mermaid.js
- 6× smaller bundle
- No dependencies
- Easy to theme
- Responsive to device width
In pursuit of making Obsidian insanely fast and cohesively designed, I always found the Mermaid library to be too big, too slow, and too hard to theme. Pele will be the new renderer in the next version of Obsidian, but you can start using it now.
Pele [ˈpɛlɛ] is named after the goddess of volcanoes and fire. It's open source under the MIT license. Try the playground!
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@codejake retweeted
New: I got a tip a little while ago about a shadowy Pentagon entity called "TSO" with a lot of money and a desire for offensive hacking tools.
Turns out TSO is a new DoD agency. And it does a lot more than hacking.
w/@JackDetsch and @paulmcleary
politico.com/news/2026/10/22…
