Could I have made this any more complicated?... 
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WOW! My answer is going to be no.
Care to give a brief run down?
The answer is always "probably."
Hah.. Basically it
- randomly chooses a nickname for my dog.
- sends a notification to both my phones and echo devices at meal times and repeats until the meal has been fed.
- sends reminders that the dog was already fed if the food bin opens up to an hour after a meal.
- tracks "snacks" basically times the bin opens between meals.
- updates a virtual presence sensor & string variable to display status on the Dashboard.
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Not going to work here. The kids will just ignore the alerts. I usually have to tell them 3 to 4 time to feed the dogs in the morning. But that is some great thinking in your code.
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I have MUCH more simplified version of this. I can confirm the kids just ignore it. It's really become more of a reminder for us to get after them.
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That's an impressive amount of RM. Why not just take this to the next step and use an automatic feeder?
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"KIDS! Go feed the dog so Alexa shuts up!"
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Damn near word for word. I actually also have pushover on their phones and sending notifications through emergency channel so it even overrides volume. Long story short...... don't get me started on it.
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I think you need to eliminate your single point of failure. And by "eliminate" I am not suggesting doing in your kids, just removing them from the critical path
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Yeah I've been considering removing the pushover aspect since they literally just block it out and my wife and I hear from the other side of house.
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