Dominic Findlay

[Dominic Findlay @FindlayDominic]

@melkorthevalor @c2c_Rail Looks like they are sending rainham services via chafford non stop towards london, so that should mean some trains will be at Fenchurch Street to come back as grays services.

They have cancelled half the services you'd expect because of the heat.

[Dominic Findlay @FindlayDominic]

@Off_The_RailsUK @Hellzapop_in @CrimeLdn Except it has a built in staircase to evacuate via

[Dominic Findlay @FindlayDominic]

@AidenTEM @theashrb So does it replace your card?

Or does the card and the phone share a balance?

It seems from other replies that once to switch to the phone, you dont use the card anymore, they're not linked.

[Dominic Findlay @FindlayDominic]

@japanauthor @theashrb So does the next tap of the card update it somehow?

What is the source of truth?

[Dominic Findlay @FindlayDominic]

@conradcheng @theashrb Its possible that when you tap the physical card after using the virtual one, the next reader you tap with the physical card sends updates of the balance to the card.

But tfl isn't gonna bother with this as they want you to use contactless instead.

[Dominic Findlay @FindlayDominic]

@ndirpaya @AidenTEM @theashrb Well, it seems from some replies that it has been implemented for similar state stored in the card systems.

But tfl isn't gonna to bother, they see contactless as the future.

[Dominic Findlay @FindlayDominic]

@AidenTEM @theashrb Not exactly the same, Navigo you put tickets on it, whereas Oyster you put money on it.

When you tap the reader with oyster
Balance is written directly onto the card chip.

Without Internet, its all done between the card and the reader
The journeys is relayed to tfl afterwards

[Dominic Findlay @FindlayDominic]

@theashrb And they want to you to use contactless.

Saying that, the amount of money left unused on oyster cards is a lot, they might keep it around for that!

[Dominic Findlay @FindlayDominic]

@ericyoondotcom @miaaowing Already here

https://t.co/Yw6Bys4QGM

[Dominic Findlay @FindlayDominic]

@ericyoondotcom @miaaowing A new feature is coming,
Which would allow the homeassistant matter server to commission the matter device via a esphome esp32 device.

Instead of how it works now, where you have to use an phone to setup the matter device to connect to the homeassistant matter server

[Dominic Findlay @FindlayDominic]

@ericyoondotcom @miaaowing Maybe in future there is the chance for esphome to expose a matter interface (over Thread or WiFi) but I dont know if anyone is working on anything or if its even possible due to licensing or compliance reasons.

[Dominic Findlay @FindlayDominic]

@ericyoondotcom @miaaowing There is also some support for zigbee but I haven't used that (yet). This would not use the esphome api.

[Dominic Findlay @FindlayDominic]

@ericyoondotcom @miaaowing I haven't touched matter except for a few of them new IKEA sensors.

This is esphome 's protocol over Thread,
As thread is ipv6 it has tcp/ip stack so the esphome api can work over thread.

[Dominic Findlay @FindlayDominic]

@ericyoondotcom @miaaowing Esphome can do thread now with supported microcontrollers. I've used it with esp32-c6.

Unexpectedly wifi was lower power compared to thread, maybe some improvements to power consumption can be made in future.

[Dominic Findlay @FindlayDominic]

@bensmithppc @WrongWingDeej @PolitlcsUK The Train Operating Companies would but the DfT sorta controls them, so they cant reduce the prices as they won't let them (since Covid).

DfT dont want to subside the railway any more than they have to.

Hence stupid prices.

Doesn't stop profiteering, like the original point.

[Dominic Findlay @FindlayDominic]

@bensmithppc @WrongWingDeej @PolitlcsUK Some of the Train Operating Companies are now nationalised also.

But Rolling Stock is still privatised.

[Dominic Findlay @FindlayDominic]

@WrongWingDeej @PolitlcsUK They have protection no other companies have, hence this joke of situation.

[Dominic Findlay @FindlayDominic]

@WrongWingDeej @PolitlcsUK I agree, but the reasoning is, if they keep it lower to protect consumers, the energy companies would eventually go bust and so bigger issue for everybody.

But that does mean almost guaranteed profit every year for these companies, if they dont mess something else up.