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Never had a problem with password resets. e-mail-based 2FA and being unable to change the attached e-mail, OTOH...
I added my heated socks to Home Assistant so I can have them turn on when getting out of bed because I have a pressure pad under my mattress to track when I get up.
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Yeah I'm never buying those bulbs again. Learned that lesson years ago.
Being able to change colors from your phone is neat but let's face it, you're going to have it on the same setting forever anyway.
Maybe once I start selfhosting I'll fuck with HomeAssistant but till I control what connects to what, how, and why, I'm good.
I haven't reconnected all of my smart-bulbs in over two years because every time the software updates or when I have to change devices I have to reinstall everything all over again and find my account information and reset my password and all that, and it's fucking absurd and I am done with it.
Fuck voice controls, it was fun at first but there are switches on the wall, I will keep using them.
Maybe in a few years some AI program will be released that actually works and can be used to assist with home-control and it will just work autonomously, but I doubt it. These companies have zero intention or motivation to produce things that make our lives better, they go halfway by making something "cool" we want to try, but don't make efforts to make the new, cool things actually work better and more efficiently for users. No need, if they already buy the thing, then line goes up and that's all that matters.
That was how I expected things to go when 'smart' bulbs came out based on all the other sMaRt stuff, but kinda expected it to improve over time for some silly reason.
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Tip: don’t get the smart bulbs, get snack sockets. Easier to fix and reset and bypass if needed.
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I have one WiFi bulb in my house near the entrance to my office. I turn it red to let my housemates know I have a meeting without leaving my chair.
This is about the only reason I could see for a WiFi light bulb. I could wire something but that’s a lot more work.
It is more work, but imagine how cool you would feel with a big red button on your desk that you hit to turn the light on!
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Hass is awesome, but not something you'd probably use instead of an actual switch, I use it for my leds in my office where it makes sense.
I'm of the mind that Home Assistant should live alongside your lights and everything. They should still function without it, but function better with it. Like my lights are all still controllable from normal light switches, but with Home Assistant they change color temperature and brightness throughout the day with the sun.
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Yeah, I want smart switches w/ manual override, not smart bulbs. I can maybe see those smart bulbs for accent lighting or something, but definitely not for the majority of the lights.
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I like using the smart bulbs as part of my wake up alarm. HomeAssistant starts fading the lights on 10 minutes before my alarm is set to go off.
I bought the bulbs before Hue made accounts mandatory, so I blocked the bridge from all internet access, and it never got the update. If I ever need new/more bulbs, I'll be just buying some generic zigbee bulbs.
If it's just dimming you could go with dumb dimmable bulbs and just make the light switch "smart".
Apparently modern dimmers just PWM the power so it wouldn't take much to make something that does that. I assume LED bulbs work nicely with dimmers by now.
it very much helps to be able to set colour temperature as well as hsl
In my case, I don't want all the bulbs on, and splitting up the circuit now would involve cutting holes in my ceiling and walls. Otherwise, yeah, I would have gone with a smart switch. Most LED bulbs are dimmable these days.
The smart light switch has exactly the same problems as the smart bulb, and it's much harder to replace.
Smart switches aren't really a big deal to swap in. Plus, there's more options for purely local only devices based on espHome.
The only reason I didn't go that route is because I have wall sconces that I wanted to separate from pot lights, and I really don't like doing drywall repairs.
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Reminds me of that post
“My room mate asked if I could unplug his book so I can charge my cigarette, the future is stupid”
But can your normal lightbulbs ddos a Minecraft server?
You underestimate the electromagnetic emissions of cheap knock-off led bulbs!
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I'm reminded of GE and their unintentionally hilarious video about how to factory reset their smart light bulb
It won't let me watch unless I sign in and confirm I'm not a bot.
What are you hiding? Just confirm you aren't a robot! Which👏Blocks👏Contain👏Stairs👏!
I think I got to watch it. I'm honestly not sure if it's a parody. Is the real one over 8 minutes long? Because if so, holy shit that's a scary light bulb. Maybe GE is trying to become an influencer and get lots of views?
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My phone lets me listen to over 10,000 different songs.
How many different songs do you listen to each week?
Oh, I just play my 15 favorites on loop.
I have over 6,00 songs on Media Monkey. I let them play at random while I'm cooking. Often I will skip one if I'm not in the mood and sometime I will delete one. Varity is the spice of life!
I blame Spotify for its crappy algorithm. I have over 2000 songs on my liked list and shuffle gets me the same 30 every day.
It's not just theirs, I swear every fuckin streaming service has made the most dogshit algorithm of all time. If I have a playlist of 100 songs, and I hit shuffle and repeat, I expect a list to be generated with each song in a random order that will get played through until each song has been played once, and then ideally a new randomized list is generated to listen to the same 100 songs again in a different order.
For every streaming service I have used so far, my experience is that it'll just pick a cluster of maybe 10-15 songs, and cycle through exclusively that until the algorithm either decides you want to listen to something not on your playlist, or the internet connection breaks for a second and the algorithm just gives up completely on randomization.
Clear your cache. That supposedly works.
I have and it does for a short while.
yeah, same here. i think their algorithm must select the songs that cost them the least amount to play at that time.
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Not sure, I usually listen to DJ sets on soundcloud
I have 800 downloaded songs
My music folder is 8006 files (53.7GB) but I probably only listen to maybe 200 of them that are actually in my normal playlist.
When was the last time you listened to No. 658?
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