wanna see a work of art? this is an actual tutorial on how to reset your GE smart lightbulb: https://youtu.be/1BB6wj6RyKo
@noiob
It truly is!
In before 10 hour remix
@noiob the way the second reset process kept semi-randomly alternating 8’s and 2’s made me start to wonder if they were spelling out something in morse
@Satsuma − · · · − −
doesn't seem to be valid morse
@noiob if you’re willing to add your own spaces -. / ..- / - is NUT
@Satsuma perfect
@noiob people are laughing at this (with good reason) but I think it's kinda clever they figured out some way you could send a bit stream to a light bulb
@Alyx you can send a lot of bits to this lightbulb, it has WiFi
@noiob what if the transceiver ain't working
@Alyx idk most devices I have just have a button for reset… and even if you argue that that might not be safe or practical in this case turning it on and off six times isn't either. There's a lot of easier patterns that one won't hit accidentally either
@noiob ...ok now I asking why they didn't just have a button
@Alyx because it has to be powered while you push the button and that doesn't seem very safe to me, especially since the button has to be near the base (which also doesn't seem very convenient)
@noiob Perhaps the designers were inspired by this?
the amount of bad decisions that led to this video existing is staggering