I don’t mean to make all you HomeKit users jealous, but I wanted to automate a lamp in my living room, and this has been working perfectly.

[drdrang@fosstodon.org]

@jamesfee @dmoren If you’re going to use a TC GIF, you should suggest moving to Hawaii.

[jamesfee@mastodon.social]

@drdrang @dmoren

[paulc@mstdn.social]

@drdrang WeHad one of those growing up but my parents would use it with a single lamp when we were on vacation.

I finally moved from X10 light switches to Insteon. So no sending signals over the Internet just to turn on the light. I stick with it because the Indigo software allow me to make sunrise and sunset to determine lights going on and off plus adds randomness so the lights don’t turn off at 10:05 every night, which makes me feel better when traveling.

[sadmin@social.tchncs.de]

@drdrang it fails when the central server goes down. It does, right? It does, right!?

[risottobias@toot.risottobias.org]

@drdrang @lmorchard gasp! it's @TechConnectify's magic spinny dial!

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[aburka@hachyderm.io]

@drdrang I don't understand, I don't see any STM32 processors in there at all

[linnefaulk@mastodon.social]

@drdrang I had one that would randomly turn on the light within a set period. This always freaked out my boyfriend.

[djm62@beige.party]

@drdrang antikythera plugin for HomeAssistant when?

[beaterich@norden.social]

@drdrang Then it’s a good one.

[jonm@hachyderm.io]

@drdrang Just bought one of those myself! On a related note, saw someone who automated a power strip to cut power every night at midnight, and now they never have to reset the clock on their microwave.

[drdrang@fosstodon.org]

@sadmin The central server at the power company, yes

[drdrang@fosstodon.org]

@risottobias @lmorchard @TechConnectify Never watched this one. When I was a kid, all electric clocks were like this. Quartz movements didn’t become common until sometime in the 70s, I think.

[drdrang@fosstodon.org]

@jonm I saw that, too. A strong indication of how unintuitive the clock UI is on most microwaves.

[wendinoakland@beige.party]

@drdrang OMG analog??? ()

[wendinoakland@beige.party]

@drdrang @sadmin Only problematic in Texas, amiright? Lol

[melroy@mastodon.melroy.org]

@drdrang KISS

[perhaps391@mastodon.social]

@drdrang Awesome build, cool retro 3D printed case. Arduino? Pi? What distro does it run?

..what does that mean, "No chips?"

[pomegranate_stew@kind.social]

@drdrang
That’s what we used to use for our bearded dragon’s viv. They work really well.

Sp got all fancy for the lights in the bird’s room though and replaced a light switch with a timer.

[ultranurd@tacobelllabs.net]

@drdrang And you're telling me this new-fangled clockawhatsit never randomly fails to turn on the lamp?

[taatm@mathstodon.xyz]

@drdrang @joesteel
I agree they have a good purpose.

Ironically, following a power cut, I found my lamps on at 1:30am.