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A few years ago, I declared to my family that if they bring any “smart” appliances into the house, they (the appliances) would get the sledgehammer. They (the family) didn’t understand why.

Now they understand.

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EyesEyesBaby@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Home Assistant is the way. It even brought my old Music Flow speaker back to life!

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- June@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Smart devices with local control are absolutely the ticket. HA is surprisingly easy once you get past figuring out how to set up the server.
  
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Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
My father when my mom brought home “smart outlets”: “The coffee maker is sentient enough, I don’t need it conspiring against me with the outlet.”

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- vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  The machine spirits should not talk to eachother.
  
  Especially the toaster! It will talk if it can.
  
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- Imotali@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  As the owner of a Victoria Arduino E1… it is not smart. They tried. My DE1XL was the better machine, for $2,000 less.
  
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