Smart Home S**t
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- scarabin10
We have google home in every room and every light and most switches are “smart”. We have an IR blaster (RM mini) that replaces all infrared remotes. Nest cams everywhere. Thermostat. Just went all in.
I honestly don’t feel like my life is any easier. It took hours of dicking around in 3-4 different apps, creating custom scenes, making sure everything plays well together, and every so often they’ll release an update that breaks everything so i have to do it again. Walking into a room and telling google to turn your lights on take twice as long as just flipping a switch. Half the time you tell her to turn on the lights and she’ll start rattling off locations of all the lighting stores in your area while you just stand there in the dark. Also, you can’t change its name so you have to say “google” every time you want to do anything, which frankly, is some corporate bullshit.
On one hand it’s nice being able to say “movie mode” or something and have the lights change color, dim, a projection screen comes down, a projector fires up, and the inputs change (there’s a kind of sci-fi satisfaction in that) but on the other hand a smart home has its drawbacks.
- It giveth AND taketh, eh?
I feel too, it's really in its infancy which is not always a great time to go "all in".ideaist - yup same here (Alexa though, couldn't get g-home from amazon where im at go figure)GuyFawkes
- I’m gonna put motion sensors in each room and have the lights come on automatically so i don’t have to say anything. But that’s $45/sensorscarabin
- Oh yeah, and if your internet goes out you can’t turn on your philips hue lights. That’s real fun when they’re all philips hue lightsscarabin
- See, I don't want lights coming on whenever I enter, or when it THINKS someone is coming/going.monospaced
- @scarabin - could you use ultrasonic distance sensors instead? They cost like £3 a piece.Nairn
- Yeah but in this case i want someone else responsible for it working, if that makes sense. Thought about making my own system but it’s too much troublescarabin
- yeah that whole thing when the internet goes out sucks shitGuyFawkes
- Sounds like a living hellnb
- It giveth AND taketh, eh?
- Nairn3
Don't.
- Don't make my home "smart"? I've been on the fence and still am on said fence.ideaist
- Smart homes are so lame. A home should be a sanctuary, and comforting. Smart shit ruins that vibe.nb
- @nb I agree; trying to have 1 foot in and 1 foot out of smart technology.ideaist
- Also have you ever listened to someone ask Alexa to turn down the music or whatever? God it’s so fucking tiresome and lamenb
- I'm avoiding Google product(s) except for some of the nest offerings as they seem to be the "best of the best" with few alternatives. The lock, camera, etc.ideaist
- I got Hue lights and thought that would be nice. It is a nice idea but fuck if it ever works. Don't bother with that nonsense.CyBrainX
- I shouldn’t use the word lame. What I mean is it’s very uncoolnb
- Make your home a peaceful refuge from the dorky world of tech!nb
- It's all fun and games until a firmware updates fucks everything and you're locked out your house.face_melter
- ^Nairn
- Just get a butler! FFS.shapesalad
- I have my fire alarm connected to my phone, so that when there's a fire, and I'm not home, I can turn it off remotelydrgs
- ..and let all the other inhabitants of the block where I live die a horrible death.Nairn
- The Nest thermostats definitely add to the sanctuary feel. They feel more elegant and less intrusive than traditional thermostats, which look like computers.monospaced
- Nest listening to everything you say lol
https://gizmodo.com/…grafician - I'm talking about the thermostats, lol. Those don't have a mic. That's an entirely different, unrelated product.monospaced
- That article is about the security equipment, which I would expect to have microphones.monospaced
- There is a huge headache in constantly updating firmware of every device to keep your network securenb
- ideaist1
^
Amateur mistake.
- ideaist0
My older bro installed the Next x Yale Lock this weekend:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.co…
https://store.google.com/ca/prod…
I'm curious of others setups; I don't want 100% of my home to be technology based BUT I've been behind for so long it feels nice to at least have 1 "smart" home piece now.
- ideaist
Hey gang,
I own a home now.
Feels good; boy becomes man and what not.
I feel the need to have a smart home topic to post setups, tech, etc.
XO for relevant and irrelevant insights, knowledge, etc!