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# Orginal sensor logic taken from:
# https://community.home-assistant.io/t/virtual-light-sensor/31975/15
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# Modified based on this information:
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# dark_sky_cloud_coverage:
# The percentage of sky occluded by clouds, between 0 and 1, inclusive.
# Map cloud coverage to sky conditions:
# < 30% - clear - zero light blocked (0%)
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Last active August 29, 2015 14:00
On the dissolution of inBloom (nee Shared Learning Collaborative)
inBloom had a catch-22: they wanted education app creators to build new
tools and services on their platform. Vendors wanted to know that they
had some potential customers, so inBloom courted states and districts to
provide data (just like any other educational app provider - see below)
on the hope of these cheaper and possibly better applications.
inBloom was trying to solve a problem that technologists in education
are keenly aware of; integration of new apps into the educational
ecosystem is time consuming and expensive. State and local school
systems utilize many point solutions. Each and every one of these