Major AWS outage took down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more
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    • Ravi@feddit.orgEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Not using my phone, but a dedicated alarm clock on my nightstand. Mainly because I can see the time and what alarm preset is active at a glance.

    • kurikai@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 days ago

      I have home assistant(no internet needed) turn in the light from off to dim to bright over 5 mins. Such a nicer way to wake up than an alarm.

      • SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.ukEnglish
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        3 days ago

        Me too, it’s so much more.natural way to wake up… but it’s still tied to the alarm time of my phone (which also fades in slowly)

          • SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.ukEnglish
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            2 days ago

            Install the HA Companion app on your phone (I use the “minimal” one.from FDroid), and enable the Alarm Sensor - that provides the next alarm time (so, be careful if you have different alarms throughout the day!)

            Then, I use that time to trigger the lights to start ramping up about 30mins beforehand.

            Also… be careful to check if you’re at home… took me a while to realise the lights were coming on whilst we were away.

            Oh, and I use Simple Alarm Clock - also from FDroid - because it fades in the alarm sound.

    • renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.netEnglish
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      2 days ago

      A frustrating number of devices rely on cloud connectivity for astoundingly rudimentary tasks.

      I was once at a friend’s house for a game night and it was really cold; everyone was under blankets. I asked to turn up the heat and they said, “The internet is down, so the heat doesn’t work.” 🤯

    • dan@upvote.auEnglish
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      2 days ago

      There’s way too much stuff that relies on internet access. If I’m at home, and my washing machine (which is also at home) wants to tell me when it’s done, why does that need to use the internet?

      I try to stick to Zigbee or Z-wave devices where possible, since they’re guaranteed to be local-only. If I need access when I’m away from home, I connect with a VPN to access Home Assistant.

      • qjkxbmwvz@startrek.websiteEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Matter is also local—provisioning can be a PITA but once done I’ve been pretty happy with even the cheap Matter WiFi smart bulbs. Home Assistant supports them very well.

        Cheap bulbs can be a little buggy, which usually means I need to power cycle some of them now and then.

        • dan@upvote.auEnglish
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          2 days ago

          I mainly use smart switches rather than smart bulbs. Currently I’m using the Inovelli Blue switches which use Zigbee.

      • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        2 days ago

        I’ve got a Zigbee power metering plug on our washing machine. Set up an automation for it to notify us when it’s done. Just that sold my wife on HA, she’s asking for other things like this now.

        • kvadd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 days ago

          So, the automation is when the power usage suddenly go way down, It is considered done?

    • nogooduser@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 days ago

      They don’t rely on the server to sound an already scheduled alarm but they do rely on the server to set the next one for a repeating alarm.