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Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by slig on Monday January 31, 2022 @09:17AM (#30148097)
For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting a Piezoelectric Sensor, RPi, couple of resistors, and a clamping diode.
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Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by pmontra on Monday January 31, 2022 @09:36AM (#30148319)
This assumes a lot of extra skills and knowledge.

As a Linux user I know RPi pretty well but piezoelectric is something I used to light gas, resistors are something I studied at school (and things that heat), a diode... maybe, but clamping? I won't be able to put those pieces together.

I'd buy a smart plug with a http url to call to turn it on and off and make a web app running on a RPi at home to manage that plug.

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Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by frosted-flakes on Monday January 31, 2022 @10:27AM (#30148967)
I'm pretty sure that was a sarcastic reference to that well-known dropbox comment.
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