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Most smart devices are incredibly dumb. (mastodon.social)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by geerlingguy@mastodon.social to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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Most smart devices are incredibly dumb.

In this 8th moving vlog, I set up @homeassistant Yellow with a @Raspberry_Pi to solve some of my first world problems—but using *smart* automation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTwyInX4KyM

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[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago

Exactly this.

My temperature sensors don't need to phone home or even communicate two ways. They just need to squawk the temperature into the ether.