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Imagine you’re lazy and on the couch and it’s cold and you don’t want to go upstairs to where the thermostat is to turn it up. I can just do it from my phone.
by irq 9y ago
Imagine you’re lazy and on the couch and it’s cold and you don’t want to go upstairs to where the thermostat is to turn it up. I can just do it from my phone.
Are you still unable to see the point?
Imagine you live in a big family and people come and go all day long and no one remembers to turn the thermostat down when they’re the last person to leave.
Are you still unable to see the point?
(Sometimes it seems like “I don’t see the point” is code for “I can’t imagine a lifestyle different than my own”)
- jotm 9y agoNo.
- lern_too_spel 9y agoThe rarity of when this would be useful is what gets me. I have a programmable timer on my thermostat that I set to turn on when I expect to be awake and in the house during the week. If I leave the house for a few hours on the weekend, there isn't a big enough energy savings for turning it off. My range of comfortable temperatures is large enough that feeling cold while sitting on the couch and needing to turn the thermostat up a few degrees higher than normal doesn't sound plausible. Like wearing a wristwatch, this just seems like more trouble than it's worth.
- irq 9y agoAfter reading my post, I am surprised you fail to imagine a lifestyle different than your own where, for example, your time at home and away from home is unpredictable, and so a timer would not be helpful, but a geofencing system is.
- lern_too_spel 9y agoI can imagine that lifestyle. I'm surprised you fail to understand how rare that lifestyle is. Most people who can afford a fancy thermostat work predictable hours.
- irq 9y agoMany of my tech industry peers are contractors with multiple in-person clients in different parts of the city. This often means they never know exactly what their schedule for the following day will look like. Some others travel 3-5 days per week, and the days they do it on vary too. It is not uncommon.