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[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (15 children)

Even if I wanted to smartify my home using open source and local servers. I wouldn't even know what to make smart.

Lights only ever need to be on when I am in the room, but every door has a switch that only requires my arm to lift a bit. So what is the point in powering electronics for that? Just wastes energy.

Anything with a lock is a no-go anyway.

I rarely close my curtains, and don't see why they should do so automatically in the off chance of it happening.

I don't need to touch my thermostat when I am not at home.

Can anyone tell me actual useful applications that aren't just a gimmick?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

We only have two "smart* things: when we get up to pee at night, a motion sensor turns on a light in the living room. Much dimmer than those premade motion activated lights, so we don't wake each other. Returning to bed and triggering the sensor again turns it off.

And when it has been raining more than a certain threshold in the past 24h, the outlet into which the pump that feeds our drip irrigation is plugged turns off, and on again when it hasn't been raining for a while. Saves lots of water, especially when we are on vacation. (The rest of that system is " dumb", though.)

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