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Re:Ask HN: Now That Phillips Is Enshittified, How Can I Run ... by throwaway798214 on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @08:54AM (#37569262)
Don't take this the wrong way... but I control my lights with mechanical switches that are installed to walls of my home. They don't need logins to any cloud services, in fact they don't even have internet.

They just work.

Re:Ask HN: Now That Phillips Is Enshittified, How Can I Run ... by catchnear4321 on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @09:02AM (#37569345)
but how do you turn off the light once you are already in bed?
Re:Ask HN: Now That Phillips Is Enshittified, How Can I Run ... by evanlivingston on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @09:12AM (#37569476)
There are a handful of solutions to the problem of the lights being on while in bed, but wanting them to be off. One way is to turn off the lights before entering the bed. Another way is to get out of the bed and turn off the lights and then return to the bed.

Another popular solution is to place a lamp near the bed, such that the light controlled by the wall switch can be turned off before entering the bed and the lamp nearer the bed can be turned off while in bed.

Re:Ask HN: Now That Phillips Is Enshittified, How Can I Run ... by catchnear4321 on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @09:16AM (#37569518)
sorry, the correct answer was “clap.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clapper

Re:Ask HN: Now That Phillips Is Enshittified, How Can I Run ... by philomath_mn on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @10:43AM (#37570666)
Nobody asked for an AI generated response
Re:Ask HN: Now That Phillips Is Enshittified, How Can I Run ... by catchnear4321 on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @07:38PM (#37578576)
to be fair, at least one person must have.

otherwise we have bigger problems.

Re:Ask HN: Now That Phillips Is Enshittified, How Can I Run ... by croo on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @10:03AM (#37584277)
This answer is dripping with sarcasm and the AI doesn't even know.

Beautiful.