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What's your laziest or most ridiculous automation? (sh.itjust.works)
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[โ€“] 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?