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abraxas@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago. I use MediaMonkey since v0.1
I think that’s one of the ones I tried. It’s just more convenient to have unlimited access to music, whether I own it or not.
as she runs into walls now when the system is down because there is no light.
What do you do for lights? Like motion/position detection into each room? Or voice control?
I’ve wanted to get into automation several times, and I’m never settled enough in a house to spend the money. There’s always some reason we want to move and I don’t want to do all that permanent work to move. I even worked at an IoT company for a few years on backend and embedded code, so I have literally no excuse…
At least we have that mandatory 14-days-return-policy.
Not sure where that is. That would be nice (except that they could reduce the cashback anyway). Consumer Protections these days have been eroding in the US. Even our so-called consumer protection laws have landmines to protect the businesses.
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
Yeah sure, I get it. I actually use Tidal Hifi. But not really for streaming but for downloading and discovering new music. Has its benefits for sure.
It’s mostly based on motion. If it’s dark enough in a room and you enter it, light goes into a - we call it motion-light - cyan. So it’s clear to us it’s automatic. If no motion after 2 minutes is detected it slowly fades out for like 20s so you got a chance to “renew” the light by moving. Unless you switch a scene on, then it just stays on. If you switch it off, the automatic mode is on again. Took a good while to fool-proof it :-)
Voice control too, yes. But also homebrew. No Alexa-shit or similar. Also control by watch, or even outside over telegram.
Oh dude, we moved like 5 times in the last 5 years :-) Good thing is, we take the stuff with us. I use zigbee, not wiring. Wiring is superior, but also very fixed. So yeah, I regularly have to place everything again and adapt the scripts a little bit. But nothing much changes actually. Just a lil more extra-work after moving. Awesome, for an IoT-company I would even consider working again :-)
Lol, excuses…It’s a time- and money-sink, there you have great excuses. Also at least once a month I have to tinker here and there, or change a battery. Since Star Trek i wanted a home that reacts to voice and does things automatically. And tablets which give a great overview. Or, as mentioned, our watches. Automatic doors would be awesome now! And they gotta do the WOOOSH-sound!