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tdhz77 • today at 1:36 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

https://github.com/agittins/bermuda

Smart homes are dumb unless you are presence aware. Looking at your phone to do a thing is just moving a light switch to your hand.

The Who is — does the automation make sense for one or many people. If two people are in a room what happens? If one person leaves what happens?

Esp32’s are pivotal in actually making a smart home predict what you want making the home more of a friend, “get on up there Peter Townsend.”


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c-hendricks • today at 7:15 PM

This is a good solution to "who" vs cameras and facial recognition, but doesn't it still tie you to a phone / Bluetooth emitting device? What do you do for guests?

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