First Ring Daily 548: Never Locked In

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• veroach

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  23 January, 2019 - 12:39 pm

  <p>Probably not what you are after, but have you looked at brilliant.tech. and what they are up to. (no affiliation)</p><p><br></p><p>Eric</p>

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• oaklines

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  23 January, 2019 - 1:28 pm

  <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">If your up for a bit of a project – take a look at Home Assistant – </span>https://www.home-assistant.io</p><p><br></p><p>I've standardized on Z-Wave switches primarily because they seem to work with everything.</p><p><br></p><p>Then it's just regular light bulbs.</p><p>i.e. smart switches and dumb blubs rather than dumb switches and smart bulbs</p><p>No fancy colors – but it is rock solid.</p>

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• MyCleverUsername

  23 January, 2019 - 1:39 pm

  <p>Paul, you are always telling stories (and complaining ;)) about your house – I'd really like a video tour :D</p>

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• Daekar

  23 January, 2019 - 3:14 pm

  <p>So… Paul… I understand that you find value in the home automation and assistant stuff, and I understand that just because I don't see that value doesn't mean it isn't there for others. However… listening to you on this show… do you see why some of us aren't embracing this wave of technology yet? There are <em>no</em> options that conform to my requirements of simplicity, functionality, and portability. </p>

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• OwenM

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  23 January, 2019 - 6:39 pm

  <p>TP-Link Kasa switches work with everything I think. </p>

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