• TheOldRepublic@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    I’ve got a led strip on my toilet door. It turns red when someone is inside (mesured by the wasp in a box principle.

    • Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip
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      18 hours ago

      I’m unfamiliar with the wasp in a box principle. Is that the one where you keep a box of live wasps in the bathroom and determine if someone is in there based on how recently you’ve heard a scream?

    • Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show
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      15 hours ago

      Where do you guys find power outlets for all these weird placements of LED strips? :D Outlets in my house is not in great places for something like this.

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        25 minutes ago

        I lucked out and was simply in a relationship with a gal whom I helped purchase a house with a handy switched power outlet near the ceiling which was likely intended for seasonal decorative lights.
        I co-oped the outlet once we got married but I need to replace the piece of tape that keeps the light in with one of these multi-button zigbee mains-powered switches that fit in multi-gang decora plates. I refuse to do wifi unless I can run esphome on it, and I will only trust matter when it runs over thread.

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      18 hours ago

      Suggestion for enhancement: Have the LEDs start out yellow and after a couple of minutes turn them red because entry has likely become hazardous.

      • Mike Wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.com
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        10 hours ago

        Or put a mic in the bathroom and make the LEDs yellow for pee sounds and red for fart sounds.

        I’m kidding but I actually think this would be fun, but you’d need a way to differentiate sounds.