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What's your laziest or most ridiculous automation? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 day ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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[–] TheOldRepublic@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I've got a led strip on my toilet door. It turns red when someone is inside (mesured by the wasp in a box principle.

[–] EarMaster@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

You should set up a speaker in your toilet and start to fade in orchestral music when the occupancy time is getting too long.

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm unfamiliar with the wasp in a box principle. Is that the one where you keep a box of live wasps in the bathroom and determine if someone is in there based on how recently you've heard a scream?

[–] Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Where do you guys find power outlets for all these weird placements of LED strips? :D Outlets in my house is not in great places for something like this.

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

I lucked out and was simply in a relationship with a gal whom I helped purchase a house with a handy switched power outlet near the ceiling which was likely intended for seasonal decorative lights.
I co-oped the outlet once we got married but I need to replace the piece of tape that keeps the light in with one of these multi-button zigbee mains-powered switches that fit in multi-gang decora plates. I refuse to do wifi unless I can run esphome on it, and I will only trust matter when it runs over thread.

[–] greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net 2 points 18 hours ago

I know there are some zwave rechargeable LED strips but they're pricey

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Suggestion for enhancement: Have the LEDs start out yellow and after a couple of minutes turn them red because entry has likely become hazardous.

[–] mike_wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.com 1 points 1 day ago

Or put a mic in the bathroom and make the LEDs yellow for pee sounds and red for fart sounds.

I'm kidding but I actually think this would be fun, but you'd need a way to differentiate sounds.