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How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed

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Re: How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed

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Post by dTal »

dmitrygr wrote: post #2

Why does a bed need to run Linux? Why? Of all the possible timelines, we live in the dumbest. What was wrong with a plain old bed without 1GB of RAM and a full OS running on it?! It is the same everywhere. Finding a washing machine that was not WiFi-connected was a chore and I dread doing it again in ten years. As a person who's broken into O(1000) "smart" devices (for fun and for profit both), I do not want them in…

A bed doesn't have to be complicated. Why in my day, we got shit done on beds with only a Z80 and 32K of RAM. I remember when I bought my first bed with cooperative multitasking - a red letter day! And double density duvets were a game changer. But I don't miss traipsing down to the public library with a blank vinyl record to get the soft wear updates - and if you forgot, you got bed bugs!

Re: How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed

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Post by snickell »

dyauspitr wrote: post #142
gimmeThaBeet wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No it's actually 2-3k+ usd. I had done some cursory considering of it over the past few months because it seems like a potentially reasonable solution to a real problem I struggle with. But yeah part of it is like, it's really weird. If you asked me how much consistently better sleep would be worth, the answer is how much do you want? But phrase that as "Bed as a service" and my reflex is "you're kidding, righr?"

What problem are you trying to solve if you don’t mind sharing. It sounds like you’re paying for sleep tracking but couldn’t you just do that with something else like an Apple Watch?

They run cooled/heated water through them, the idea being that temperature can trigger / lengthen certain phases of sleep. Think getting into a warm bed that gets colder as you go into deep sleep, and then when the night is done warms up again for wakeup. In my case, it seems to work really well, but I have the same resistance/frustration with the ongoing subscription.

Re: How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed

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Post by blitzar »

dailykoder wrote: post #125
pfych wrote: post #110

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To ensure you've paid your monthly subscription fee (Not joking - the mattress cover has a subscription)

What. The. Fuck. Why would anyone buy such thing then? I really don't get it.

The intersection of lots of money and moron is where most product-market fit exists. It also happens to be a large addressable market.

Re: How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed

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Post by trallnag »

bigstrat2003 wrote: post #147
itake wrote: post #89

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how do you analyze your sleeping quality and habits over time? a built in display? This reminds of the 2005: "phones shouldn't support texting. people should just call" vibes.

Bro are you serious? Those aren't things the average person wants.

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Re: How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed

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Post by blitzar »

annoyingnoob wrote: post #8
dmitrygr wrote: post #2

Why does a bed need to run Linux? Why? Of all the possible timelines, we live in the dumbest. What was wrong with a plain old bed without 1GB of RAM and a full OS running on it?! It is the same everywhere. Finding a washing machine that was not WiFi-connected was a chore and I dread doing it again in ten years. As a person who's broken into O(1000) "smart" devices (for fun and for profit both), I do not want them in…

https://imgur.com/6wbgy2L "The most recent piece of technology I own is a printer from 2004 and I keep a loaded gun ready to shoot it if it ever makes an unexpected noise."

No way a printer in proximity to a shotgun (or window) last more than a few months.

Re: How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed

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Post by v101 »

fragmede wrote: post #71
peteforde wrote: post #28

Funny part to me is that I fully assumed that this was a post about hacking Eight Sleep beds by someone who didn't want to explicitly name the company, presumably for vague legal reasons. Then I got to a picture of an apparently real "Number Sleep Hub" and my mind was blown. WTF are we in a timeline so weird that there are two companies making water cooled beds, one is called Eight Sleep and the other is Sleep Number…

It turns out naming things is an unsolved problem outside of computer science as well.

Also in computer science, if one looks at all stupid product / framework / language names.

Re: How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed

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Post by MissTake »

archi42 wrote: post #148
FactKnower69 wrote: post #126

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>Like it or not, an app to configure the device instead of the device having a VCR remote control to program in schedules is what consumers have gotten used to these days. No?? When was the last time you spoke to another human being about this topic? Has any other person in your life seriously told you that they like having to download a smartphone app to set up their soundbar? Have you managed to fully insulate your…

I hate the app+cloud garbage as much as you, but have you considered how a VCR would be programmed today? Take your universal touchscreen device out of your pocket, select the VCR app, get a list of programms for the next weeks, touch the one you want to record (or do a full text search), select if you want to record this episode, all, or a certain set. In the past, you needed to first buy this weeks TV magazine. Or…

For those not brought up in the Era of Video Cassette Recorders…

SCART: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCART

EPG: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_program_guide

Re: How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed

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Post by v101 »

gimmeThaBeet wrote: post #136
dyauspitr wrote: post #131

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What sort of person is buying this? Do they give away the mattress for some really cheap price initially?

No it's actually 2-3k+ usd. I had done some cursory considering of it over the past few months because it seems like a potentially reasonable solution to a real problem I struggle with. But yeah part of it is like, it's really weird. If you asked me how much consistently better sleep would be worth, the answer is how much do you want? But phrase that as "Bed as a service" and my reflex is "you're kidding, righr?"

> If you asked me how much consistently better sleep would be worth, the answer is how much do you want?

Get to bed early, sleep cool, don't use an alarm? (also don't work shifts)

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