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I had a cron job that sends automatically a text to my wife each morning along with a joke, she's in another country so is something I did to keep the communication open
Laundry. Just put your dirty clothes into a plastic bag and take them to dry cleaners. Pick up washed and ironed the next day. A huge time savings well worth the cost of service. Also no need to own washing machine, dryer, ironing board etc. EDIT: Now that I think about it, this was a bad example of automation. Please don’t downvote me!
This is the norm in NYC if you have a job and no washing machine. However, our wash and fold did screw up my clothes more often than I find acceptable.
I automated complaining once a month to the local water utility about a persistent puddle in the street in front of my home, caused by a leak.
I did this because a chromecast will turn on my TV and set it to the correct input, but it wouldn't turn off the TV. Turning the TV off was the only reason I needed to touch my remote control at all. But just recently google added the turning off functionality to chromecasts... so I guess my little project fade away.
Laundry. Just put your dirty clothes into a plastic bag and take them to dry cleaners. Pick up washed and ironed the next day. A huge time savings well worth the cost of service. Also no need to own washing machine, dryer, ironing board etc. EDIT: Now that I think about it, this was a bad example of automation. Please don’t downvote me!
thats outsourcing, not automating
Laundry. Just put your dirty clothes into a plastic bag and take them to dry cleaners. Pick up washed and ironed the next day. A huge time savings well worth the cost of service. Also no need to own washing machine, dryer, ironing board etc. EDIT: Now that I think about it, this was a bad example of automation. Please don’t downvote me!
I automated complaining once a month to the local water utility about a persistent puddle in the street in front of my home, caused by a leak.
Laundry. Just put your dirty clothes into a plastic bag and take them to dry cleaners. Pick up washed and ironed the next day. A huge time savings well worth the cost of service. Also no need to own washing machine, dryer, ironing board etc. EDIT: Now that I think about it, this was a bad example of automation. Please don’t downvote me!
In that case, I've also automated flying my own commercial airliner. I just pay someone $400 and I'm automatically flown anywhere in the continental US! Also, I automated bread baking. I just go to the supermarket and go to the bread aisle, and hey presto! Automatic bread.
But to me it feels like automation as I used to do it all myself manually. The amount of time I saved still surprises me. Especially ironing.