@BenjaminHCCarr https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/tech/anthropic-safety-policy-change

@MLE_online I just remembered: you probably don’t need the phone app; most of the functionality is available from https://home.sense.com/

@MLE_online oh, that’s neat! I didn’t know they had added that. I bought one of the home energy monitors that goes inside the breaker box a while back.

@MLE_online they basically “fingerprint” devices based on some combination of power factor, power draw, and presumably some other details of use. It works okay for some things (it’s pretty good about detecting the car charging and the tea kettle) but not others (it never detected our microwave). I also had to get separate clamps to distinguish between our two identical HVAC systems.

@MLE_online for us, A/C dominates, but your intuition about refrigerator usage seems about right, based on what I see ours doing. (The big spike is a defrost cycle, BTW)

@MLE_online I’ve had mixed success using Sense to detect devices and separate out usage; but I’ve added a lot of plugs to precisely measure specific devices, and have occasionally tried to reduce usage as much as possible. It’s kinda tricky with several people in the house, though.

@copiesofcopies A fair point, but it also shows up low in lists based on PR count rather than LOC. I do suspect it might be underrepresented because OSS projects are going to bias towards languages that people want to use for hobby projects, while Elixir is optimized for some very specific solution spaces that will turn up more frequently in production than hobbies. I’m just surprised because I’ve heard far less buzz than I would expect if adoption is spiking.

@plexus (it actually makes a difference if you’re talking about little-o, although I suspect fewer people are familiar with that)