IrateAnteater

Next you're going to be telling me that I should actually read articles too.

Says the guy on Reddit.

Makes sense. She was born in France after all.

Even if you don't believe in climate change, closing coal plants is good. You don't need years worth of data to see the smog go away.

The whole "answer this trivia question" gatekeeping is dumb.

But the unreasonable metalhead in me also wants all band shirts to have been bought at a show, so maybe I'm a bit guilty too.

I remember hearing that in rare cases, getting their tubes tied can actually heal.

The article writer got things confused. The meteor is the size of Dr Hans Pepper, not the soft drink Dr Pepper.

Smart switches aren't really a big deal to swap in. Plus, there's more options for purely local only devices based on espHome.

The only reason I didn't go that route is because I have wall sconces that I wanted to separate from pot lights, and I really don't like doing drywall repairs.

In my case, I don't want all the bulbs on, and splitting up the circuit now would involve cutting holes in my ceiling and walls. Otherwise, yeah, I would have gone with a smart switch. Most LED bulbs are dimmable these days.

I like using the smart bulbs as part of my wake up alarm. HomeAssistant starts fading the lights on 10 minutes before my alarm is set to go off.

I bought the bulbs before Hue made accounts mandatory, so I blocked the bridge from all internet access, and it never got the update. If I ever need new/more bulbs, I'll be just buying some generic zigbee bulbs.

My order of operations is Canadian -> European -> Anywhere else on the planet -> Decide if I actually need the thing or not -> Chinese -> American.