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ADHD... win? (lemmy.starlightkel.xyz)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/adhd

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Put clothes in washer.
36 hours later, realize never put clothes in dryer! Aww crap... gonna need to wash again.
Investigate. Discover never started washer, clothes never got wet.
Victory...?

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[–] surewhynotlem 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I have an old washer and dryer that work. I don't want to replace them with smart devices. I DO want to get a text whenever they're done with their cycles. Any ideas how to make that happen?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

ADHD person here.
I installed Home Assistant on a small RPi and used a Wifi plug.

I then I used one of the many blueprints that basically says "If power is over 5amp, and then stop for 5 minutes and under 5amps, then send a message to your phone".

Not exactly easy, but its really fun.

[–] surewhynotlem 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I do have HA, but never thought of that. Thanks! I'm going to see if anyone sells that sort of sensor prebuilt.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

https://youtu.be/q6aCfDDEkwE?si=XXlizUALgTh8Bi_U

There are now blueprints that make it extra easy but this guy sets it up manually and even installed it on your smart speakers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://piped.video/q6aCfDDEkwE?si=XXlizUALgTh8Bi_U

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I have the skill set, but not the free time or interest. I LITERALLY might do this though (I'm this kind of weird hacker)...

Get an old Android phone (I have like 5, I don't know how many would charge, but probably 2 would). Duct tape it to your washer.
Write an app that queries the accelerometer and detects jiggling.
Wait 2 minutes. If there's more jiggling, start the 2 minutes over.
When there's no jiggling for 2 minutes, send a push notification.

[–] AA5B 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Figure out how long it runs
Set a timer for that long

[–] surewhynotlem 1 points 10 months ago

I'm not usually the one setting it unfortunately.