Probably some big announcement coming in April where it would be obvious she’s leaving.

I have Z-Wave switches but being able to make a voice command like “Nabu, setup to watch TV in the living room.” is faster and easier than pulling out my phone, unlocking it, opening the HA app, and then triggering the “Watch TV in the Living Room” automation and that’s assuming my phone is actually with me. I often roam the house without my phone, relying on my Smart Watch to alert me to text messages and phone calls.

Here’s another one. I’m taking laundry downstairs but the stairs lights are off and so are the basement lights. My hands are full carrying a basket of laundry so flipping the switches or using my phone to do it means that I have to set the basket down. Instead I say “Nabu, turn on the stairs and basement lights.” and the lights turn on for me. When I’m done and back upstairs I can either wait for the motion timer to turn them off or simply say “Nabu, turn off of the stairs and basement lights.” EZ-PZ and so convenient.

Different strokes for different folks and all that, I’m not judging how other people live, but I really don’t understand why people choose to do without voice control when they have an HA setup and the ability to run it all local.

That’s the answer commonly given but I don’t understand how automation can handle the ad hoc nature of life. Here’s some examples, maybe you could explain how this works for you?

• Watching TV and I’d like the lights dimmed or turned off.
• Finished putting laundry away and laid down to go to bed.
• Someone left the kitchen and the light is still on. I want it turned off without having to get up from the couch and I don’t want to wait for the motion timer to expire.
• Someone is coming over, say Pizza delivery, and I want the exterior lights to go back to full bright before they arrive.

I have no idea how anyone lives without Voice Control, particularly for lights.

I can’t see that top image without thinking of HLC / Grandpa Buff…

Nah, Teton County is easy to understand although I do question how they have a higher percentage than Albany County. What I’m really wondering about though is that orange county in South Western Colorado. WTF is that about?

Could be that they are taking a loss on the initial units in order to get going. Once the campaign backers are taken care the product is commercialized and then the price goes up. I’ve seen more than one Kickstart campaign used to launch a company in just this way. (Tempest PWS is another example).

Anyway they aren’t vaporware. I backed the campaign and received my units today.

I’m popping by to let you know that I received mine today. I won’t have time to play with them until tonight but I did unbox one and they look just as advertised.

I received mine today. I won’t have time to play with them until tonight but I did unbox one and they look just as advertised.

🤣🤣🤣

All models except the Roku Ultra will likely need to be replaced every 12-18 months. After that they start getting incredibly slow. The Ultra’s seem to hang in there for at least 36 months, sometimes longer.

Why? At worst I’m out a few bucks but I really do expect them to show up. Jeff Gerling has already been playing with them.

3532. I happened to be in my email when the survey link came through so I had it filled out within 2-3 minutes. BTW I goofed, I got the “reward shipped” email two days ago and not last week. So it’s with China shipping but hasn’t hit a domestic carrier yet.

I backed it as well. Got my shipping notice a week ago and am looking forward to playing with it.

As a former CAP cadet I approve this plan. The Air Force should approve it immediately!

I find your comment to be dangerously credible.

How do you have a SmartGrid if the nodes aren’t able to communicate with each other or log data?

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That will not save you.

YouTube…that reminds of a conversation I had here on Lemmy a while back. The subject of right wing political content on YouTube came up and I had the same “I don’t encounter that” comment that I just made in regards to Mastadon.

After a bit of back and forth I realized that I don’t engage with political content of any type on YT so the algorithm doesn’t push it at me. It seems that YT doesn’t do a good job of classifying political content as to its lean. So once you start engaging with political content the algorithm starts suggesting all kinds of it.

It’s the same with social justice and racial issues. I don’t engage with that kind of content on YT or Mastadon, don’t see it my feeds, and it’s not being pushed at me by the algorithm.

I don’t know if that explains it completely but there has to be some reason(s) why some of us don’t see this stuff while other people see it all the time.