Netflix Switch – dim lights, turn on the TV, order food, and silence your phone
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#2It's really great to see a company's engineers given the time and resources to do some fun tech project like this. Sometimes it seems like unless a project is about directly increasing revenue, its incredibly difficult to get buy-in from management. These projects are great for culture.
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#3genius
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#4Gives new meaning to Netflix & Chill.
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#5It's really great to see a company's engineers given the time and resources to do some fun tech project like this. Sometimes it seems like unless a project is about directly increasing revenue, its incredibly difficult to get buy-in from management. These projects are great for culture.
From what I've heard Netflix has a great culture surrounding it.
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#7It's really great to see a company's engineers given the time and resources to do some fun tech project like this. Sometimes it seems like unless a project is about directly increasing revenue, its incredibly difficult to get buy-in from management. These projects are great for culture.
I agree, I didn't realize Netflix did side projects like this, it definitely makes the company feel personable.
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#8Maybe Orwell's vision wasn't accurate. The title suggests Huxley got it right.
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#9It's really great to see a company's engineers given the time and resources to do some fun tech project like this. Sometimes it seems like unless a project is about directly increasing revenue, its incredibly difficult to get buy-in from management. These projects are great for culture.
Is it really just a fun project? Or is Netflix trying to use this as the nose of the camel to get into the house automation business?
I've always thought house automation was cool, but a lot of trouble and likely to wind up a waste of my time and effort once I stop using it in three years because whatever standard I was using became obsolete. But if Netflix can start automating my house one bit at a time and slowly sneak up on me...
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#10This is fun, I like stuff like this; Not too serious and brings that sense of 'doing it yourself' feeling to it.