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Re:Shocked to find smart thermostats raised remotely by “Sma... by X6S1x6Okd1st on Saturday June 19, 2021 @02:39AM (#27558331)
Yeah 3mo is not a time to losing control of the inside environment
Re:Shocked to find smart thermostats raised remotely by “Sma... by bpodgursky on Saturday June 19, 2021 @02:46AM (#27558361)
I agree (with a 6 month old of my own) but note that the tradeoff here is some random number of houses losing power _entirely_ through grid brownouts. I suspect overall the SIDs risk would be far elevated by cutting AC to 5% of houses entirely, spiking temperatures 20 degrees, than every house raising temperatures a couple degrees.

(you could try to structure the program so that only low-risk healthy adults were in the voluntary reduction camp, but it does seem like a bit of a logistical nightmare).

Re:Shocked to find smart thermostats raised remotely by “Sma... by X6S1x6Okd1st on Sunday June 20, 2021 @12:46AM (#27567155)
Congrats! I found it got easier and more fun after the 1y mark