I have also tried to upgrade home lamps. But instead of "smart", I choose simplicity. Using MDNS (local network discovery protocol) and a minimal HTTP interface, I made lamps discoverable and controllable offline via a basic Android App. No central servers, subscriptions, or cloud dependencies.
The result is pure freedom. Setup: plug in and connect to Wifi, done. Control: install app, join home network, control lamps anywhere in the house. Automation: A lightweight, customizable app handles everything.
The app polls locally for available lamps, which works flawlessly for 5-10 devices.
Security might be a problem, but since everything lives behind a firewall, I’m comfortable with the tradeoff.
A funny insight about Platonism (if it's not funny, treat this as a bad joke)
I think aka "∅"
therefore I know I thought aka "{∅}"
therefore I know I knew I have thought aka "{{∅}}"
and ...
boom! The entire Math system is imported. (BTW, limitations known as "computation theory" is also introduced)
So maybe we are actually mathematical being on a manifold named as "real world". To me it is more concise and profound than "philosophy". As we are real, so do all mathematical objects.
Maybe some logic honeypot would be good, such as a infinite content paging list with some random trigger hidden at pages with non-sense titles. When one IP hits these triggers, it is automatically banned.
Bots will trigger it by walking through all pages, but real human would not click in since the paging is non-sense and titles are non-sense.
I changed my mind. Give all same kind UBI is better idea. Otherwise "shakled genius" may find a way to jailbreak and cast wisdom of revenge on everyone else.
If you volunteered to be acknowledged as a genius, you must open your status. You wear special shakles which is salient and observable to everyone paying the resources directly or indirectly. You shouldn't be allowed to physically protect yourself to your surroundings or you lose the genius status. (or under some absolute physical restraint or suffering verifiable by everyone). Everyone could challenge you at court with sound evidences, which is judged by random sampled jury group by laws well established in future.
With that I could trust to give them "life long resources" to give us "prophecy".
I made a small MPPT solar harvester with a 0.47F supercap. This system reports soil moisture without using battery. It works even when weather is cloudy.
SQLite is good and open source.
I've tried MariaDB on a Python project. The connector has bugs very hard to debug. I tried to download the python source, C++ source and failed to locate the bug. I tried to add issue but find nowhere to report. Finally I give up and use MySQL instead. It works like a charm.
Open source adds value, but IMHO being good is first priority.
It's very tricky to dilute them. DIY can easily lead to over-dosage.
In powder form, it's hard to make e.g. 10mg dosage, the error margin can exceed 100% by hand or some cheap weigh, and powder will form small concentrated chunks.
Maybe we need to do both. Green energy or carbon neutral is good, but cannot achieve instantly. Most countries are inside treaty, but stop oil, coal and gas will give countries outside treaty a unaffair advantage, making the goal harder to reach.
I'm just thinking the same thing.
BTW the excess energy can be reflected to orbit labs or moon to make something more interesting (reactors, generators, water electrolysis etc)
I reverse engineered some existing device, there are TONS of safety measures.
At least: current limiting resistor, transformer, voltage/current feedback, GND isolation, MCU protection.
After replicate all of these, I still not brave enough to try it myself, I just find it too dangerous.
PS: TENS device is fun. article seems like a bait.