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oh man that is hilarious. I am so on that wavelength :)
Don't read his blog though, or you'll be tremendously disappointed.
Are you confusing him with Scott Adams?
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#722I use Custom Voice Commands to:
- tag photos with a phrase for retrieval by voice later
- manage lists by voice (e.g. shopping, to-do, bucket lists)
- manage other notes to myself by voice (e.g. reminders)
- link specific web pages to voice commands like voice bookmarks
- smarthome automation by voice via Alexa or IFTTT
I also share my voice commands with those in my family who are less technically inclined.
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#723I cannot believe there isn't a single mention of coffee or HTCPCP here...
The OG of automation
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My solution for this was an ESP8266-based Sonoff POW (wireless smart switch and power monitor), running Tasmota, sending data through MQTT to Home Assistant, scripted to send notifications through Telegram. https://www.itead.cc/sonoff-pow.html https://github.com/arendst/Sonoff-Tasmota https://www.home-assistant.io
Interesting, I didn't know that Sonoff did a power consumption monitor. That makes sense for something like a washing machine. Presumably though you never actually use the relay/off-switch capability of the Sonoff, right?
For the washer I don't use the switch at all.
The only time so far I used both the switch and the power monitor was on the Christmas tree, because I was curious how much it cost to run ($3 or so overall iirc).
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#7258 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15451442
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#726We (with the wife) automated menu for the week and the shopping list. A database store all recipes (ingredients, time taken...) and the menu composer chose semi-randomly* into the list. * : Menu composer takes into account : - in season vegetables, - number of reutilisation of the ingredient, - number of reutilisation of the meal, - expiration of the ingredients (vegetables can expire rather quickly) - various parame…
people would buy this.
Unfortunately not. Or maybe I was selling it wrong. :) I had designed something exactly like this.
I posted it to HN a few months ago to crickets. I might be reviving it soon-ish.
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#730When the dog used to wake me up in the middle of the night to drink water and take him out, I had to do to it manually. Now it’s all automated, my body just does it. 90% of brain is asleep. I look forward to automating diaper changes when the baby arrives. The subconscious brain is an incredible piece of technology.
The automated diaper changes are real. Once you can do it all in darkness (or near darkness) yours hands just learn all the movements and you get it done so quickly you are back in bed and asleep very soon. Sleep still gets disrupted to some degree (you can't drop straight back into interrupted REM), but much less than you'd think.
Provided they're only wet. Please don't try to handle a dirty nappy subconsciously in the dark :)