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This would work (even?) better if it wasn’t a switch, but a push button with the unblocking automatically timing out after some interval. Otherwise you’re prone

by layer8 1y ago

This would work (even?) better if it wasn’t a switch, but a push button with the unblocking automatically timing out after some interval. Otherwise you’re prone to just letting it stay on unblock. The Amazon Dash buttons could be hacked to do something like that.

abound 1y ago
Similarly: https://flic.io/ https://flic.io/ Little programmable buttons, they're great. I've used them for similar habit formation stuff, in my case not ignoring my alarm, by making the button the only way to shut it off, and putting the button very far away from bed.
- layer8 1y ago
  Nice, but pretty expensive at $35 for the simplest button. For comparison, an IKEA smart button/dimmer is only $10.
  - stavros 1y ago
    Sonoff buttons are even cheaper, I think. IKEA buttons work well too, though.
    - layer8 1y ago
      In Europe they are more expensive than the IKEA ones for some reason, but thanks for the tip, they look nice.
      - stavros 1y ago
        It depends where you get them from, I get mine from Ali for around $7? Locally they cost around 7 € as well, IIRC.
        layer8 1y ago
        I only see prices above 9 € on AliExpress, but it's still a good price.
        stavros 1y ago
        Hm yeah, it looks like they stopped making the SNZB-01, now they only have the SNZB-01P, it seems. I don't know what the differences are, I'm afraid.
mbreese 1y ago
You could use a home assistant-like api to turn off the switch as well as manage the /etc/hosts changes. I don’t have any experience with home assistant, per-se, but I have programmatically controlled similar the switches with an older api, so I assume HA would work too.