How lazy can one be?

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When I watch TV, I don't like to get up the couch or shouting to GA to adjust the lights so I had a sengled 4 buttons switch I kept handy for that. But this required me to leave the TV remote aside and pick up the sengled thing.

To show how lazy I am, I setup a Flirc IR receiver on a linux machine and program it to respond to a few unused buttons on my TV remote. With the help of MakerApi and a virtual button, now I can control whaterver I want with a minimum of movement.

Does home automation makes you lazy or lazy people make automation?

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This would be my situation :smiley:

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Truly Lazy people, are people who do what you stated above, but don't consider themselves lazy. LOL

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If you were REALLY lazy you would have automation that detected when the TV was on, check the lux in the room, and adjust the lights for you. I mean, really.

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Damn... I'm REALLY lazy apparently...

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@ymerj Enjoy

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Lazy people are probably responsible for most of history's greatest inventions.

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That woudn't do for me. My lighting preferences stems from mood rather then events.

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That was freakin hilarious. Thanks

It's not lazy , it's creative.
You know what they say "necessity is the mother of invention"

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Years ago I used to get a laugh when remote control ceiling fans were just released. My thinking was “how lazy can you get?”

Fast forward 25 years. All the ceiling fans in my house can be controlled by Alexa and Google so I don’t even have to lift a finger to push buttons on a remote.

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When I am visiting someone or staying at a hotel, I walk into a room, and the lights don’t come on, I get first confused and then annoyed.

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“It was life on the farm that drove me into devising ways and means to better transportation. I was born on July 30, 1863, on a farm at Dearborn, Michigan, and my earliest recollection is that, considering the results, there was too much work on the place. That is the way I still feel about farming.”

  • Henry Ford
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How is it "lazy" to spend upwards of hours to do the configuration needed to make that possible? Consider it an investment. If you live long enough, the 7 seconds you save every time you don't have to reach for a different remote will multiply out to more time than you invested in automating it, and you'll be ahead. By my rough calculations if I leave everything alone from now on, the time savings will pay for the time invested before my 100th birthday!

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ROI calculations involving home automation are best left alone.

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You can rationalize a lot by considering what people are willing to pay to be entertained. People who gamble can easily blow $100/hr, the last concert tickets I bought were $125 each, and even watching a movie in a theater costs about $20 an hour by the time you factor in parking and popcorn. So since most of us enjoy tinkering with this stuff far more than randomly losing money or watching some movie that "everybody" likes, just consider that Hubitat provides is between $20 and $100/hour of "entertainment value", multiply it all out, and tell your spouse that's how much you've saved. Even at $20/hour Hubitat has provided me with thousands in entertainment!

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I usually say hey it's cheaper than cocaine and only slightly less addictive. Or maybe that's what I say about coffee.

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There is a tendency to rationalize the wrong metrics. Satisfaction is rarely measured in units of time or currency. Is it pleasing or does it bring joy? Zen and the Art of Home Automation - the story of my quest for peace that ultimately resulted in insanity.

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Perhaps manga?

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That's not lazy. Thats effective :joy:

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I’ll second that. It takes a lot of time to get things “Just Right”. Lazy in my mind is just accepting things as they are, even if they are problematic.

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