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This seems very over engineered. I had a device that used a simple motion detector and compressed air to do the same thing. It worked fantastic.
by spicybright 5y ago
This seems very over engineered. I had a device that used a simple motion detector and compressed air to do the same thing. It worked fantastic.
- alkonaut 5y agoThe low-engineering solution to this problem is to trade the non-cat-edible plant with a neighbor for another plant. That solution wouldn’t be a blog post on HN though. For a hobby project, over engineered is just the right level of engineered! I’m guessing the creative phase is at least as important to the author as the solution to the problem. We are reading and discussing this only because it made it to HN which it did only because it is over engineered.
- vidarh 5y agoIt's certainly overengineered, but cats usually won't stay in your garden. Trading it with a neighbor might well make things worse if your neighbor isn't paying the same amount of attention.
- yunohn 5y agoYou’re on hackernews, not Instagram? It’s fun to see people solve things in an over-engineered way.
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