A typical "conversation" in my home goes like this: "Alexa... Turn on the downst...

edent on Nov 24, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: The unbearable fussiness of the smart home

A typical "conversation" in my home goes like this:

"Alexa... Turn on the downstairs lights... sigh Alexa, turn on all the downstairs lights... deep sigh Alexa, downstairs lights one hundred percent."

Then, if I'm lucky, Alexa will convince the Philips Hue to flick on a dozen lights.

When everything works - it is subtle magic. When it doesn't, it's obviously a load of poorly debugged JSON parsers with finickity wifi connections.

vidanay on Nov 24, 2021 [–]

You forgot....<swear> I forgot I had to physically turn off the lamps last night because Google told me the devices were not available when I went to bed.