Oh, it’s not just tax dollars, the head of Buc-ee’s donates directly to Abbot and other Texas republicans.

And worst of all, it’s probably in Texas.

This “channel” doesn’t have an app that works on my TV.  Why would I ever subscribe to this?

Zigbee, Z-wave, up until matter were the two big standards. One like this that is Wifi only has no compatibility to matter or the other two and doesnt work with anything outside the Manufacturer app, but that isn’t apparent in the article.

I’m not looking to force everything to be local, but I want that option. I still retain all of that cloud functionality even with Zigbee and Z-wave; local and cloud are not mutually exclusive. All of those devices are bridged to HomeKit, as well as Alexa and Google Home. I have automations or routines in all of the…

For me, I don’t want a multitude of random IoT plugs and bulbs on my WiFi network, worsening the already congested spectrum and having access to the Internet with the security implications that brings. I generally only use Zigbee or Z-wave for these lightweight devices and sensors. For battery powered devices the…

I’m curious... why Zigbee, of all standards? There are a lot of standards out there, but Zigbee is just one of them. There are no hubs that operate on Zigbee only from what I understand ... and the plugs themselves work on wifi or Matter, can you describe a situation where they’d need to integrate with Zigbee? I did…

Don’t subscribe to Shudder at $6/month. Subscribe to a year’s worth of AMC+ during one of its periodic sales for $2/month. Then you’ll get Shudder packaged alongside AMC, BBC America, Sundance Channel, and IFC Films. AMC+ usually runs this $24/year (with no ads!) offer around Black Friday, Christmas, and New Year’s.…

Yeah, I didn’t want to get too much into the weeds there, but I also don’t want to give WBD too much credit.

(Don’t forget in addition to your steel membership card, I think you also got grandfathered in at a slightly lower price point, yeah?)

Charter member of Criterion Channel here, and zero regrets. Not just because of the steel membership card that I lost, either.

That’s probably because you watched Batman Begins.

Maybe. But I’ve read the book and while it’s good, I don’t think it’s the sort of light reading that really would benefit from movie fans. It’s a dense academic tome that won the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction.

A lot of authors shit upon adaptations of their work if they don’t like the results. Anyway, authors generally don’t make money off the movie’s success, they generally only get money when the movie rights to their book are sold.

May I suggest purchasing electric car jack and powered impact wrench, powerful light and triangle incase you get a puncture. You may only use it once but it it well worth it.

Many vehicles still use lead/acid “flooded” batteries. These produce hydrogen & oxygen gases in concentrations large enough to be explosive. All it takes is a spark at a battery terminal to ignite them. (Remember the Hindenburg Graf Zepplin?)

Yup, that definitely annoys me even more.

from the internet: What happens if you connect the negative jumper cable to the dead battery?

Because I’m one of those people that catches these things...

In your discussion re: Auto parts stores and check engine lights:
- ODB = late member of the Wu-Tang Clan; not sure of what his mechanical ability had been.
- OBD = On Board Diagnostics. The stores typically have an “OBD Reader” or scanner that can read common…

The cabin air filter is less intimidating, because it is usually located in the car cabin.

Great job with the LED bulbs.  Now oncoming traffic cant see a fucking thing.