I'm literally unscrewing lightbulbs to renew their DHCP lease

[josh0@babka.social]

@sanityinc @db depends. If we want to do it in parallel, it’s probably O(N). In series it’s going to depend on deadline, budget, spacing between bulbs, and the prevailing overtime laws.

[disorderlyf@todon.eu]

@db What I want to know is why the fuck we put the microcontroller in the literally designed to be disposable part of the light and not as an additional layer like a smart plug. At least then, you could just take out that additional layer and deal with dumb lighting while you fix it.

[tsenov@mastodon.online]

@db Someone somewhere is updating the web server on their washing machine.

[axol_otleon@mastodon.social]

@Arlodottxt @w_b @heals @db @jenny753 This might actually be faster

[jwz@mastodon.social]

@db If you're leasing, I'd say it more of a smart apartment

[ottaross@mastodon.social]

@db "is your house plugged in? Have you tried turning your house off, then on again?"

[heals@indiepocalypse.social]

@Arlodottxt I would.. but the main breaker has been stuck at the boot screen for years!

@w_b @db @jenny753

[justenoughducks@mastodon.online]

@db this is why KNX is king

[ferricoxide@blahaj.zone]

@db@social.lol

I love my LifX bulbs, but, they're individually addressed. Any time I want to add a new AP or otherwise need to update SSIDs and/or passwords, I need to re-run setup on two-dozen+ lightbulbs. At least with my Hues, I really only need to configure the bridge and all the other lights just follow.

[resucutie@plasmatrap.com]

@db@social.lol yeaaaah, good that there are other standards for home automation like zigbee and thread

[reiddragon@fedi.catto.garden]

@db please tell me this is a joke. Please tell me that so I can sleep at night

[jaj@mastodon.social]

@db zigbee bulbs work better and are more energy efficient

[garthc@sfba.social]

@tom @db Plug it into a switched outlet strip?

[cobblefresh@mastodon.social]

@db omg i can relate

[amgine@mamot.fr]

@SebastianSolidwork @ralph @db

AND, OR, XOR… too many options.

[stephanie@thetransagenda.gay]

@db@social.lol I'm sure you already know this, but some GE lamps had an amazing method to perform a factory reset (I think it's been patched in newer firmware, or at least in newer bulbs): https://youtu.be/NiPH9jrWh9g

[sebastiansolidwork@mastodon.social]

@Amgine @ralph @db I know this problem! ️
I meant AND, but wonder how true+false for OR and XOR would work.
At least for human. I guess it works for living beings from hydrothermal vents.