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Re:Run Your Home on a Raspberry Pi by rcarmo on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @01:59PM (#30182238)
Or maybe not automate destructive devices. Might be simpler and more responsible anyway, since equivalent harm can be had if your kids ask Siri to warm up the house...
Re:Run Your Home on a Raspberry Pi by sam345 on Thursday February 03, 2022 @01:57AM (#30189535)
Automation bugs are dangerous on any home device. I once accidentally programmed an infinite recursive loop on all the lights in the house so had on and off signals being sent nearly simultaneously. Scary and not a good thing but easy to do particularly with wifi and mqtt messaging. Had to shut main power off. Luckily only one light switch broke.