This is why I’ve limited my smarthome. I have TP-link Kasa devices. None of them are on the internet. The app works over wifi, and if that fails I have the ability to control them through a windows script or Home Assistant... or just hitting the on/off buttons by hand. I also like Govee bluetooth devices for their…

Destroying the earth is probably far easier, and like 7 billion humans are already helping.

What?  No 1967 Casino Royale?

Do they not still have offline functionality? 

I keep the old ones around for various cleaning tasks. There’s always one on the kitchen sink for difficult to clean kitchen tools, like the vegetable slicer. The most important thing: Take a sharpie and put a big X on the back of all old ones so they don’t get mixed up with a new toothbrush.

Yeah, but now it’s official google-branded, so it’s “better”.

Dibs on 867-5309.

So we’re going to Black Mirror-White Christmas this one?

I don’t drink alcohol or caffeine - bad migraines.  As long as my dating profile had non-drinker on it I didn’t end up hooking up with the kind of women that required their partner to drink.  Before internet dating it was an occasional issue.

Soon enough Apple will start making phones that only work with their own proprietary cell tower.

They’re asking for consent from the owners. I’m fine with this as long as they never drift into morally grey areas like opt-out (default in the system) or emergency access of anyone’s system.

I received one ticket 20 years ago. I noticed that the place I went to pay it had a trash can full of those envelopes. I don’t know if those offices are still open during coronavirus, or at all since the internet became a thing, but if they are still open then that’s where I’d go.

This is exactly what I was waiting for before installing Android 11.  Thanks for the update!

How about Meg Myers in a Metroid Power Suit?

I have one of those window swamp coolers with a honeycomb pattern. Occasionally wasps get in. I ended up putting a screen around the outside of the swamp cooler.  Picture this, but covered in screen.  It’s kept pretty much everything out.

I was going to suggest the same thing.  High five!

My wife and I are looking at baby names and I think “AI Murder Machine” would be a great one.  Thanks!

I have an underweight cat (I know, unheard of) and I wanted to leave food out for her without the others taking it. For some reason the SureFeed won’t read her chip unless I pick her up and hold her against the antenna. It reads the other cats fine, and the included tags just fine. The vet said her chip is properly…

Nokia justifies those prices with quality and timely OS updates. Unfortunately, my 6.1 has had a couple of bad quality problems. Early on bluetooth and GPS went out. I figured this out at the beginning of a 4,000 mile round trip road trip. Fun with paper maps. A complete phone reset eventually fixed this, but that’s a…

Personally I used Keto Chow so I didn’t have to worry about whether I was getting enough of all the nutrients.  If I had it to do over I would have supplemented that with exogenous ketones for a little extra non-sugar energy boost.

Personally I used Keto Chow so I didn’t have to worry about whether I was getting enough of all the nutrients.  If I…