What's your laziest or most ridiculous automation? (sh.itjust.works)

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[-] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

Turn the lights on and off in the basement. The kids kept playing with the lights and arguing over it, so I automated the whole floor and blocked the switches off.

Arguments immediately stopped.

this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2026

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