I've helped few Indian farmers by doing this.
Ask HN: What are the things that you have automated in your personal life?
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#402Used a motor and a TP-Link smart plug to open bedroom curtain every morning, and close it in the evening. All bought on amazon.
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#403I have a robot lawn mower that is wire guided. Instead of the traditional lawn mowers that basically cut the grass in all directions (making a sloppy cut pattern) my mower knows how to cut in straight lines so you get a traditional cut pattern. It also has the ability to dump the grass cuttings into a composting bin. Basically, I put down wire guide cable into the lawn and into the cement as well. It is all powered b…
Does the wire ever get in your way or trip you when you're walking around the lawn?
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#4041. When I plug my camera's SD card into the front of my Linux server it automatically copies off any new photos and sorts them into a YYYY/DD/MM folder structure. 2. I wrote a cryptocurrency trading bot because I'm too lazy/uninterested to actually learn anything about the market. It seemed to do pretty well when the market was flat or going up. Hard to tell if it's doing badly now or if it's just reflecting the stat…
Can you share how you do the SD card thing?
I'm not sure how to autorun when an SD card is inserted (using ubuntu here).
Re: Ask HN: What are the things that you have automated in your personal life?
#405Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've often commented that I'm glad I have to water the garden because it's an excuse to just stand around looking at plants. I don't like watering grass because grass is boring and requires a ton of water, so rather than install irrigation, I ripped out all the grass and planted more interesting plants. (Drought-tolerant xeriscaping is common in my area, so this isn't unusual.)
> just stand around looking at plants. Hard to overstate how good this is for one's mental health.
When we bought a house with a pool, I did not keep the existing pool maintenance guy who'd come in every week for $100/month, and neither did I install a better pool vacuum robot.
I love the 30min when I come home after work where I scoop leaves and various kinds of debris out of the water. Very relaxing.
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#406Maybe not what anyone was expecting, but we've automated all the cleaning in the house. The clothes get washed, folded, and ironed. The trash gets taken out. All the plants get watered. How? The oldest form of automation. We pay someone to come and do it. We have a cleaning person come twice a week.
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#407I have semi-automated cooking for the week ahead. We recently started cooking meals for the week ahead on Sundays and then freezing them. The aim was to give us more time with the kids and to cut down on housework. To save time on the Sunday cooking session I have cobbled together a very clunky, and I mean VERY clunky semi-automated cooking system. It comprises a Raspberry PI which controls a couple of WiFi mains swi…
I just bought an electric slow cooker. I leave it on for 12-24 hours depending. Does the same job without the complexity.
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A friend is getting such a system to production for Indian recipes with Mechnical Chef [1] The demo looks incredibly cool [2] [1] http://www.mechanicalchef.com/ [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBB0ZaN1paE
I'm not able to seek on the video he has embedded (using Chrome on Android here). I'd probably have looked for more than 10 s if I could have.
Here you go - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPooW6tqQts
Re: Ask HN: What are the things that you have automated in your personal life?
#409Maybe not what anyone was expecting, but we've automated all the cleaning in the house. The clothes get washed, folded, and ironed. The trash gets taken out. All the plants get watered. How? The oldest form of automation. We pay someone to come and do it. We have a cleaning person come twice a week.
Where and how do you afford this?
Cleaners really are not that expensive. I live in the UK where the cost of living is really high and can still afford to have a cleaner in for a couple of hours a week. I still do the dishes (well, load / empty the dishwasher), clothes and take out the rubbish but at least I don't need to vacuum / dust the house etc.
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Profits that come from Stocks remain in your trading account. You transfer them from your trading account into your business bank account. The actual profit/difference is taxed. I don't understand what's so complicated?
It’s not particularly complicated but it’s far from optimal. If you’re not doing anything special your profits are taxed as ordinary income but you don’t get to deduct business expenses, nor do you get to count that income toward deductions like self employed healthcare or retirement account contributions.
Now you're just debating additional income. However, say your company lost -$10,000. If you profited $10,000 in stocks -- you technically made $0 in profit, which means you still don't need to pay taxes, even on the profit on stocks.
...and if your business is really killing it, and you're also killing it in the stock market, I am certain you won't have a problem paying a few dollars to the US Gov. It's still better than other investment avenues :-)