phughes

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[–] phughes@lemmy.ca 35 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

One thing I like about Z-Wave and Zigbee devices is that they can't connect to the internet no matter what, because they don't have the hardware for it.

  • This means you don't need to worry about them phoning home with usage data. (privacy)
  • It means you don't need to worry about them being used by a hacker to penetrate your network. (security)
  • It means you don't need to worry about them being a node in some botnet mining crypto for someone else with your electricity. (resource usage)

You've already got HomeAssistant to connect them to your Google Home or HomeKit account, so you can still turn on your closet light from the bar or whatever. You're not losing anything by them not being connected to the internet directly. You just never have to worry about that stuff. Instead of having to keep 40 devices that were sold by some company that no longer exists up to date on their firmware, you just need to keep HA up to date.

All it costs is one $30 usb dongle.

[–] phughes@lemmy.ca 28 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Considering how prevalent depression is I wonder how long it will be before we find out that a common processed food additive enhances the growth of Morganella morganii over other bacteria.

[–] phughes@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

That's a weird way to say: Sulfur emissions inadvertently decrease methane emissions from wetlands.

[–] phughes@lemmy.ca 37 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Just like Facebook's search "accidentally" suppressing Democrat searches. Firstly, why would you have that ready to "accidentally" deploy? Secondly, There's no way something like that gets enabled without multiple levels of manager approval. Facebook isn't some startup where anyone can push code to production.

[–] phughes@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

I was in southern Bavaria last summer and I so wanted to find a stranger.

[–] phughes@lemmy.ca 52 points 10 months ago (8 children)

They would have literally set the White House on fire using pipe bombs.

[–] phughes@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Stories now require a separate $100 subscription. /s

[–] phughes@lemmy.ca 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They need to do what unions do and take it back by force.

[–] phughes@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

Oh, that exposition dialog is… not good.

[–] phughes@lemmy.ca 15 points 10 months ago

Beyond Betrayal

Do these dumb motherfucker even know what betrayal means? He's not betraying you, he's doing what he said he would do. For once in his life you should have believed him.

[–] phughes@lemmy.ca 14 points 10 months ago

They have taken control of personnel and payment systems because they knew the people running them would obey the law. And these people do not give a fuck about the law.

[–] phughes@lemmy.ca 49 points 10 months ago

It's always projection with these guys.

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