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Using an $8 smart outlet to avoid brainrot

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Re: Using an $8 smart outlet to avoid brainrot

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Post by stavros »

mattbrewsbytes wrote: post #27

Can switches like this also detect usage, like current flowing? It might be a fun and healthy twist to plug a walking pad/treadmill into a smart plug and then either make it so brainrot websites are only viewable when the treadmill is being used or make a small app that tracks the time the treadmill is used and then only allows that amount of time on brainrot websites.

Yes, a lot of them do. There are some $5 plugs I use that monitor current and work great:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005729080838.html

The price varies a lot between listings, I think the cheapest I got them was $20 for 4 or so.

Re: Using an $8 smart outlet to avoid brainrot

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Post by stavros »

layer8 wrote: post #49
abound wrote: post #41

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Similarly: https://flic.io/ Little programmable buttons, they're great. I've used them for similar habit formation stuff, in my case not ignoring my alarm, by making the button the only way to shut it off, and putting the button very far away from bed.

Nice, but pretty expensive at $35 for the simplest button. For comparison, an IKEA smart button/dimmer is only $10.

Sonoff buttons are even cheaper, I think. IKEA buttons work well too, though.

Re: Using an $8 smart outlet to avoid brainrot

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Post by layer8 »

stavros wrote: post #52
layer8 wrote: post #49

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Nice, but pretty expensive at $35 for the simplest button. For comparison, an IKEA smart button/dimmer is only $10.

Sonoff buttons are even cheaper, I think. IKEA buttons work well too, though.

In Europe they are more expensive than the IKEA ones for some reason, but thanks for the tip, they look nice.

Re: Using an $8 smart outlet to avoid brainrot

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Post by stavros »

layer8 wrote: post #53
stavros wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sonoff buttons are even cheaper, I think. IKEA buttons work well too, though.

In Europe they are more expensive than the IKEA ones for some reason, but thanks for the tip, they look nice.

It depends where you get them from, I get mine from Ali for around $7? Locally they cost around 7 € as well, IIRC.

Re: Using an $8 smart outlet to avoid brainrot

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Post by layer8 »

stavros wrote: post #54
layer8 wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In Europe they are more expensive than the IKEA ones for some reason, but thanks for the tip, they look nice.

It depends where you get them from, I get mine from Ali for around $7? Locally they cost around 7 € as well, IIRC.

I only see prices above 9 € on AliExpress, but it's still a good price.

Re: Using an $8 smart outlet to avoid brainrot

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Post by stavros »

layer8 wrote: post #55
stavros wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It depends where you get them from, I get mine from Ali for around $7? Locally they cost around 7 € as well, IIRC.

I only see prices above 9 € on AliExpress, but it's still a good price.

Hm yeah, it looks like they stopped making the SNZB-01, now they only have the SNZB-01P, it seems. I don't know what the differences are, I'm afraid.

Re: Using an $8 smart outlet to avoid brainrot

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Post by mbreese »

layer8 wrote: post #33

This would work (even?) better if it wasn’t a switch, but a push button with the unblocking automatically timing out after some interval. Otherwise you’re prone to just letting it stay on unblock. The Amazon Dash buttons could be hacked to do something like that.

You could use a home assistant-like api to turn off the switch as well as manage the /etc/hosts changes. I don’t have any experience with home assistant, per-se, but I have programmatically controlled similar the switches with an older api, so I assume HA would work too.

Re: Using an $8 smart outlet to avoid brainrot

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Post by dsauerbrun »

cardanome wrote: post #28

One thing that finally worked for me was using: https://one-sec.app/ It basically forces you to do a little breathing exercise before you can visit the site that you have on its block list. It has been life changing. It adds enough friction for me to stop any impulsive visits but also is not so annoying that I would completely disable it in a weak moment. One Sec was developed by someone with ADHD, I think and it def…

this seems like an interesting idea I'd like to try but all the permissions it needs is terrifying to me... I understand why it needs them but there's no way for me to verify that they aren't doing anything funny with that access.

Re: Using an $8 smart outlet to avoid brainrot

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Post by thingsilearned »

cardanome wrote: post #28

One thing that finally worked for me was using: https://one-sec.app/ It basically forces you to do a little breathing exercise before you can visit the site that you have on its block list. It has been life changing. It adds enough friction for me to stop any impulsive visits but also is not so annoying that I would completely disable it in a weak moment. One Sec was developed by someone with ADHD, I think and it def…

I liked one-sec but now prefer https://www.getclearspace.com
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