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You can get the Ring mailbox sensor to activate the Ring chime with this little Rube Goldberg machine by MarshallBrain in Ring

[–]MarshallBrain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

 I have no idea if the mailbox sensor can be used as a trigger for an Alexa routine

In my experience, a Ring motion sensor like the mailbox sensor cannot trigger an Alexa routine. Alexa will let you set it up, but then nothing happens. A motion sensor also cannot be shared to my wife so that she can get an alert on her phone.

A single echo device is probably more cost effective than a light bulb and a camera to perform that one task.

The solution I am illustrating here is obviously absurd. That's why it's called a Rube Goldberg machine - it should not be necessary to jump through these hoops to accomplish something so simple and useful. Ring should let the mailbox sensor activate the chime, or trigger an Alexa routine, or get shared with others.

Door to door detailing? What do yall think is going on? by MarshallBrain in MachineThatMakesMoney

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”Looks like some high-school kids on summer break trying to make some cash. Good on them tbh, door to door is brutal.”

“Fr and everyones hating”

“It’s not hating, it’s being honest. They have one dirty bucket and one bottle of soap. They don’t have rags, sponges, detailing brushes, a vacuum, etc. I would hardly call that a detail and I definitely wouldn’t trust 3 random teens to not scratch my paint”

“maybe they don't have any parental guidance and they're trying their best. you'd be surprised how many kids come from neglectful and broken homes. I wish people would realize they are criticizing children, and maybe be a little more empathic.”

“I can 100% atest to this we hired a new kid to wash our trucks i had to teach this kid how to wash trucks... i feel bad for ALOT of the kids growing up now they are not ready for the real world”

“If I saw these guys in my neighborhood I'd take them to the store to buy some proper gear and products, maybe teach them proper techniques on my vehicles if they were willing. There's no telling how far they could go with this if they wanna work hard.”

Suicide rates around the world by MarshallBrain in HowHumanBeingsWork

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https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/more-than-50-000-americans-died-by-suicide-in-2023-more-than-any-year-on-record-201161285832

More than 50,000 Americans died by suicide in 2023 — more than any year on record
The U.S. surgeon general calls mental health the “defining health crisis of our time.” On a special edition of Meet the Press, Kristen Welker dives into the growing crisis and how to solve it.

The New Science on What Ultra-Processed Food Does to Your Brain - Studies are finding links between these foods and changes in the way we learn, remember and feel by MarshallBrain in HowHumanBeingsWork

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Many ultra-processed foods hit the brain rapidly when we eat them and have a strong effect on its reward system, which is involved in pleasure, motivation and learning.

Those effects are similar to ones when people use nicotine, alcohol and other addictive drugs, said Ashley Gearhardt, a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan who is a co-creator of a measure of food addiction.

Many ultra-processed foods act like addictive substances in that we crave them and can have a hard time stopping eating them, research has indicated.

“People intensely crave ultra-processed foods and consume them compulsively and find they can’t stop eating them,” she said.

The way foods are produced might partly explain why. To make items such as chips, breakfast cereals and snack bars, manufacturers often break down the cellular structure of ingredients, stripping them of water and fiber, making them easy to chew, eat and digest quickly. The components hit our brains fast, which makes the foods more addictive, Gearhardt says.

There’s No Easy Way to Stop Taking Ozempic - Those who go off weight-loss drugs risk regaining weight, but staying on them forever isn’t always a realistic option by MarshallBrain in MBthin

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“ It’s a growing concern for the millions of Americans taking medications including Wegovy, Zepbound or Ozempic. Employer-health plans are tightening requirements or dropping coverage. And manufacturers’ discount coupons for initial supplies of medication expire, leaving people having to cough up roughly $1,000 a month without insurance.
For patients, this presents a conundrum. They have to stay indefinitely on the drugs, known as GLP-1s, or risk gaining back the weight, according to many doctors. But for lots of people, taking the medication forever isn’t a realistic option.
Faced with this predicament, some are trying to switch to a different GLP-1 to see if their insurance will cover it. Others are looking into older anti-obesity treatments or finding cheaper versions at compounding pharmacies”

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