I constantly forget to take showers due to depression. I know I’m not the only one 😂 summer is early here in Texas and I don’t want to be the stinky dude

Uses the humidity readings of my bathroom to determine whether I was in the shower:

  • A running 1 hour average of the bathroom humidity is measured.
  • If the current humidity is 8% above the average, it is triggered as “wet”.
  • Then it marks down the last time, and then converts that to “days & hours since” last shower.

I have a badge at the top of my main dashboard that will let me know how long it’s been. It’s already been useful. If I see anything over 2 days I know it’s past time for a shower

I got a false positive from washing my hands when it was set to trigger by 5% increases, so I changed it to 8%.

Happy to share my code if anyone wants to do the same!

Edit: code in a comment below!

  • 4lan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Also! I was able to use this to make my PIR sensor presence detection more accurate

    before it would not see me in my shower and think im not there. Now that automation only triggers if the bathroom is also ‘dry’

  • QueenMidna@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Could you not also tie it into if the ceiling fan is running? Or a flow sensor on the shower?

    I’m just thinking of natural humidity and how that might skew the numbers.

    That’s a really cool and neat way to pull it off. I helped myself shower more by attaching a NFC tag to the shower wall and have an alarm my phone that can only be turned off by tapping the tag. The thinking is that I might as well shower while I’m there.

    • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      1 month ago

      i have a humidity sensor in the bathroom that turns the ceiling fan on, and the way that works is that it compares the bathroom humidity to humidity in other areas of the house, so it takes into account humid/dry days automatically

      • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        21 hours ago

        That’s a great idea -some of the numbers people are putting out here seem so strange: last time I opened my windows, humidity shot up to 90%

  • jol@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    1 month ago

    If you want to hijack your depressed reward system further, you could try to show a streak of how many days you’ve gone without missing a shower.