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dsign ◴[] No.41835057[source]
The hardware is getting so cheap! But the software...

I bought for $20 a bed lamp that comes with led lights, bluetooth receiver, clock and alarm clock, and wireless charging for my iphone. It has a microphone to stream all my conversations god knows where, though its purported purpose is to listen me sing and pulse the lights according to the pitch.

It comes with a convenient app to set the clock and the lights. But due to a glitch in the software, the alarm goes off every night at 01:00 AM. I haven't been able to disable that via their official app; no real programmers were used making that thing. But there probably is a bug in their bluetooth stack that would allow me to become root of the lamp and fix it myself...if I had the time.

I wish hardware makers for off-brand products would include a minimal hacking kit in their boxes.

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1. swiftcoder ◴[] No.41840070[source]
> its purported purpose is to listen me sing and pulse the lights according to the pitch

I'm stunned there are enough customers with good enough pitch control to make that a viable market